Combat Dice

The Combat Dice used in Chronicle X are twelve-sided custom dice with various symbols on them. The sides are:

• 2x BLANK. Has no effect in itself, although some special abilities can let you use a BLANK as if it was something else.
• 3x SHIELD. In a Defence roll, this prevents one non-critical damage.
• 1x DOUBLE SHIELD. In a Defence roll, this prevents two non-critical damage.
• 4x HIT (symbol: reticle). In an Attack roll, this inflicts one damage, which can normally be prevented by the defender rolling SHIELDs.
• 1x DOUBLE HIT (symbol: reticle). In an Attack roll, this inflicts two damage, which can normally be prevented by the defender rolling SHIELDs.
• 1x CRITICAL HIT (symbol: bullet hitting alien skull). In an Attack roll, this inflicts one damage that can't be prevented.

When attacking objects, such as Hazards, the CRITICAL HIT counts as a DOUBLE HIT.

The core box for the game contains five Combat Dice, and that is the maximum you can ever roll. If you somehow get a Combat Value higher than five, you still only get to roll five dice, but for every Combat Value point higher than five, if you make an Attack roll, you may change one BLANK into HIT for each Combat Value point higher than five. So, for example, if you have a Combat Value of 7, you roll 5 dice, and may change up to 2 dice that rolled BLANK to HIT. This only applies for true BLANK, not for SHIELD or DOUBLE SHIELD (which are also non-HIT, but not BLANK).

Footnote: Chronicle X Combat Dice exist in two colours: red and blue. It is random which colour you get in the core box, but you should normally get all five in the same colour.