Player's Handbook · Chapter 1

Welcome to Craft Lite

Craft Lite is a fast, genre-neutral tabletop RPG. One roll drives everything: 2d6 + a stat, meet or beat a target. If you can add two dice to a number, you can play.

Your character is built on three stats and three resource pools:

Governs
MightStrength, toughness, heavy weapons
WitIntellect, perception, magic and tech attacks
FinesseAgility, stealth, ranged and light weapons
PoolPowers
ManaMagic abilities
EnergyTech and device abilities
StaminaPhysical abilities

Any character can use all three pools — a spell-slinging brawler with a plasma pistol is a legal build. Everything your character learns is a Feat, bought with XP. There are no classes and no levels; characters grow along a rank ladder from F to S+ defined by what they've bought.

This book teaches you to play. Chapter 2 builds your first character; chapters 3 and 4 cover rolling and fighting; chapters 5 and 6 cover growth and gear. For the full letter of the rules, the compendium files are the authority — start with @Missing file and the complete walkthrough in @Missing file.

Manual updated Jul 29, 2026.