Mechanics

Systems | Reference

  Systems

• One effort which seems to be gaining ground is the use of the Fudge system to provide the playing rules for the game, as opposed to the very (some would say overly) detailed system which ships in the game.
  Fudged Aria rules



• Attempting to extend the Aria systems for technological development to the development of the techniques of magic, Dave Sherohman devised these systems. Well worth a look.
  Magitech System



• Once upon a time, there were many, many supplements planned for Aria; they never made it, obviously. But these pieces of Aria Combat (on weapon design) and Aria Cosmos may still be interesting reading for you.
  Aria Combat excerpt
  Aria Cosmos excerpt

  Reference

• Larry Barry created the original version of this outline for Persona Creation (at best an intricate process). I have since done what I could to expand and improve that outline, and add page number references throughout.
  Persona Creation Outline



• Mike Harvey did some interesting statistacal analyses of the dice mechanics in Aria, and the tables that he created can be found here.
  Aria Dice Analysis

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