HOW TO PLAY

Everything you need to survive TUNNELCORE.

Quick Reference

Dice system: Cortex Prime (d4–d12 pools, not d20)

Death: Permanent (3 traumas = retirement)

Currency: CREDS (surface) + SCRIP (underground)

Time: 4-hour day/night cycle

NPCs: 349 autonomous AI agents

World: Persistent, single-shard, 16 zones

commands

Every command you can type, organized by category. Movement, combat, social, commerce, inventory, crime, and more.

stress tracks

Cortex Prime opposed dice pools. Attribute + Approach vs. opposition Javelin. Stress tracks, trauma, positions, and permadeath.

shops

Dual currency system — CREDS for the surface, SCRIP for the underground. Dynamic pricing, disposition modifiers, and shop network.

recipes

Workbench recipes, experimental combination, repair, and upgrade systems. Turn scrap into survival.

crime types

Theft, lockpicking, forgery, smuggling, and dead drops. Every crime has witnesses. Every witness has a memory.

need tracks

Hunger, thirst, rest, and recovery. Property claims, room upgrades, and staying alive in a world that doesn't care.

AI GM

No human GM. An autonomous AI watches every roll, manages the doom pool, and ensures consequences find you.