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CoS emphasizes narrative development and roleplaying, utilizing its custom-built HUD to deepen the storytelling and introduce unexpected scenarios for its players. On this page, you'll find a detailed breakdown of our HUD along with recommended ways to use it.
Use /2 to emote in your character's name
Main Menu
This central icon on your HUD allows you to customize your titler, color, and text. It also provides access to the HUD website, where you can view a detailed breakdown of your character's HUD information.
Once you click it, a pop up menu opens and it looks like this:
Renaming your character is disabled by default and is only going to be permitted if your last name changes due to marriage or if your status shifts from illegitimate to legitimate. Open ticket for this function and reasoning.
combat
this icon contains all the functions required for combat and combat-like situations. It includes several dropdown menus, which vary depending on your station.
Once you click it, a pop up menu opens and it looks like this:
The HoH War menu is exclusively accessible to the Head of House, offering unique mechanics for War Campaigns. It contains individual rolls for army, fleet, and defenses. The HoH can only use this in coordination with a Combat Team member.
Flat Rolls is a menu offering single rolls for the following stats: attack, defense, charisma, and intrigue. These rolls do not require an opponent and can be used at the player's discretion during story progression
Flee is an opposed roll used in combat situations where a character attempts to escape from a fight. It requires an opponent.
Sparring is a non-lethal opposed roll that enables two or more players to engage in combat without losing health points. It can be used during story progression or in non-lethal events where success or failure is the primary objective. It uses the opposed menu of attack vs defense.
Initiative is the combat initiation button that signals a player's readiness for battle, and it's mandatory in combat scenes.
Attack is a lethal opposed roll where the attacker's roll is pitted against the defender's defense; upon success, it deducts one Health point from the losing defender.
Healing is a function for players wishing to heal others—it requires a roll of 10 or higher to succeed. If successful, the healing action restores 1 Health point to the target player automatically.
dragon
This icon features rolls that activate when a dragon is present in a scene, applicable to both the dragon rider and the opposing player.
Once you click it, a pop up menu opens and it looks like this:
When activated, the Dragon menu enables Dragon riders to perform flat rolls using their dragon stats, useful for personal story progression or when requested by the Combat or Story team. It offers flat rolls for Majesty, Obedience, and Destruction, and is available only to those who possess a dragon.
The Opposed menu, when clicked, opens various options for hatching eggs, taming dragons, or engaging in combat when both the dragon and its rider are present in the scene.
Once you click it, a pop up menu opens and it looks like this:
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DEFvsDES is a non-lethal opposed roll that counters a player's Defense against the dragon's Destruction attribute.
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INTvsOBE is a non-lethal opposed roll that counters a player's Intrigue with the dragon's Obedience attribute.
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ATKvsDES is a non-lethal opposed roll counters a player's Attack against the dragon's Destruction attribute.
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CHAvsMAJ is a non-lethal opposed roll that counters a player's Charisma against the dragon's Majesty attribute.
The Player Attack button is used in combat scenarios involving one or more dragons alongside their riders. It is a lethal opposed roll that combines the player's Attack with the dragon's Destruction attribute, challenging the target's Defense plus the opposing dragon's Destruction attribute. If roll is successful it deducts health points from the target.
story
This icon includes all non-lethal rolls required for story scenes, including single d20, d5, and d6 rolls when necessary. The menu consists of flat rolls that combine dice and attributes or just flat dice. It also provides opposed non lethal rolls for certain story relevant combinations.
Once you click it, a pop up menu opens and it looks like this:
character
This icon includes all needed functions for character, from creation, retirement, spending points and resetting HP
Once you click it, a pop up menu opens and it looks like this:
The Show Sheet function lets players display their complete stats upon request to the Story or Combat mod teams, or share them with anyone within chat range if they wish. It provides detailed information on player stats, house stats, and dragon stats, depending on what is available for the character:
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Spend Points enables players to allocate unspent attribute points after character approval.
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Reset HP is a function that restores your health to its maximum—please use it responsibly.
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Create allows you to generate a new character.
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Retire lets you retire one of your characters; use this function with extreme caution and in accordance with the rules, as it is irreversible.
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Switch permits you to toggle between characters.
coin
This icon includes ability to check your coin balance and to pay someone for the story service
Once you click it, a pop up menu opens and it looks like this:
