Flashpoint Challenge Subsystem

Choose a Scene Goal: What each side wants if they “win.”
Determine Starting Dispositions:

Set Duration: Typically 2–4 rounds, depending on scene/narrative importance.

Each round represents an exchange during the Flashpoint. Unlike combat, rounds in a Flashpoint unfold over varying lengths of time, determined by the narrative context.

1. Secretly choose an Action: (each side picks one)

• Advance – Force progress, attack the challenge head on
• Fortify – Regroup, defend your position, hunker down, recover
  
• Subvert – Trick, undermine or redirect
  

2. Reveal and roll:

• Each side makes one opposed check (pick the most relevant skill, saving throw or perception).
• The higher roll wins the exchange.
• If one side rolls 10+ their opponent's roll, it’s a critical success.

3. Consult the Flashpoint Matrix for outcomes

• Adjust dispositions accordingly
• Repeat the process for the next round or proceed to Resolving the Challenge

The Flashpoint ends when:

• One side hits 0 Disposition, or
• The set # of rounds elapses.

The side with higher remaining Disposition “wins” their goal — but it might come at a cost: