Adding Glyphs

 

Getting back to work on the SNAFU SRD, I've been reworking the assorted glyphs that give a visual interpretation of the rules. I'm trying to make sure these glyphs are easy to grok, make sense in context, and are visually distinct. Most of the symbols I've needed are already established in images I produced months (maybe years) ago, but I've noticed a few gaps as I've refined the rules and the way they work.

 I've got to stop doing this, it's just making more work for me. 

A fairly universal symbol for the positive output of an action

A fairly universal symbol for the negative output of an action

A symbol to cover the catch-all category of "advantages" which covers mastered skills/abilities, equipment, and supernatural powers. 

 

Aegises are defensive traits, but I hadn't really developed a symbol for them. I figured we needed one.

 

A symbol to differentiate super-human and supernatural powers compared to standard mundane things that anyone could learn with practice.

Game-icons.net is an awesome resource for stuff like this.

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