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+---
+title: Checks
+summary: How we roll dice and why
+path: rules/general
+cover:
+  showInHeader: false
+meta:
+  publicationDate: 2025-10-19T22:16:00.000Z
+  status: draft
+  isFeatured: false
+  tags:
+    - crunch
+    - how-and-what
+  author: dave-damage
+seo:
+  noIndex: false
+---
+- Determine the outcome of an action
+- Use a **Obstacle (Ob.)** to determine **Outcome**
+- **AWQ** exclusively uses **D6** for checks
+
+## Outcomes{% Sidenote #outcome-fallbacks marker="§" content="Not all actions ship with the complete set of outcomes, so if a specific outcome is missing, use the following fallbacks: **Boons** become **Failures**, **Complications** become **Successes**, and a missing **Boon** is considered a **Success**" type="crunch" /%}
+
+- **Bane(⊗):** Action fails spectacular
+- **Failure(⊖):** Action simply fails
+- **Complications(⊜):** Action succeeds but with a *Twist*
+- **Success(⊕):** Actions succeeds
+- **Boon(⊛):** Actions succeeds with additional benefits
+
+## Check Modifiers
+
+### Favour & Peril
+
+- **Favour (⥣):** Increase chance of success
+- **Peril (⥥):** Increase chance of failure
+- **Resolution:** Multiple instances cancel each other
+  - `Peril > Favour`: Roll is *perilous*
+  - `Peril = Favour`: Normal roll
+  - `Favour > Peril`: Roll is *favourable*
+
+### Re-Rolls(⧆)
+
+- Re-rolled result is always final result
+- One attempt per check (Exception: *Dark Deals*)
+- **Sources:**
+  - *Luck Points:* Spend 1 **LP**
+  - *Dark Deals:* Suffer 1 **Corruption**
+  - *Pushing:* Suffer 1 **Fatigue** or **Stress**
+
+#### Pushing
+
+- If initial roll was a *Bane* and succeeds after the *pushing*, the outcome becomes a *Complication*
+- Cost of a *Push,* depends on the check's **Characteristic**{% Sidenote #push-cost marker="" content="**Fatigue:** **WS**, **BS**, **S**, **T**, **Ag**<br/>\n**Stress:** **I**, **Dex**, **Int**, **WP**, **Fel**" type="crunch" /%}
+
+## Anatomy
+
+### Reference Value (RV)
+Denotes the **Skill** or **Characteristic** used for calculating the **Obtacle**
+
+### Check Type
+Denotes the roll-type
+- **Basic**
+- **Complex**
+- **Extended**
+
+### Check Mode
+- **Unopposed[⥤]:** RV based on _Self_
+- **Opposed[🣑]** RV based on _Target_
+
+### Difficulty
+Always modifies _RV,_ never _Ob._
+- Very Easy [○]
+- Easy [◔ ]
+- Routine [◑]
+- Challenging [●]
+- Difficult [∶]
+- Hard [∵]
+- Very Hard [∷]
+- Impossible [∺]
+
+### Notation Format
+`[Check Type] [Check Difficulty] [Check Mode]`
+
+**Examples:**
+- `Basic[∶] Cool` (unopposed marker usually omitted)
+- `Extended[∶] Charm 🣑  Perception`
+
+