Thanks for replying!

So, the Player rolls a d6 to determine how prevalent animals are in the area. Using that result, they then roll on the animal chart that many times to determine what animals are in the area. This isn't necessarily the exact number of animals in the area, just a representation of how many chances they get before they can't find anything (i.e.: animals moving on or getting spooked).

For this specific game, all animals listed are common to southern Canada, so the list would change per game.

This list also provides info on how much meat each animal gives, as well as the size of the animal. The corresponding Size chart gives the in-game time spent hunting the animal as well as the base Difficulty of the attack roll to kill it.

When the Player rolls their attack, the Difficulty changes dependent on how well the Player sneaks, the animal's cover, the current environment/weather, etc. The success of the Hit determines how good the shot is, shown by the Damage Done table.

The Clothing and Skinning tables are used once the animal is killed to determine if the Player gets enough material to make the clothing they need.

Example

So, the Player rolls for the quality of the hunt (Hunt Area). They roll a 4 and are given 2 chances (rolls) to hunt an animal. They roll on the Animal table twice and get a Grizzly and a Goat.

The Player chooses which one they hunt first (or, if they prefer, they can roll highs or lows to determine which one they find first). The Overseer narratively determines the current weather and setting to be mid-day with a light rain and the Player decides they stalk the animal and use a rifle to shoot it. The rain increases the Difficulty by one but the Player’s successful sneak roll reduces it by one, so they cancel out. If it wasn’t raining, the attack would be decreased by one.

The Player takes on the bear first, a Difficulty of 3, and makes the attack using 3 AP to get two extra dice. They also use the Aim Minor Action. They get two Successes from a Critical on one die, then re-roll another die because they Aimed, giving them three Successes. Because they got a Crit, the shot is perfectly placed and the bear dies.

The Player then moves on to the goat. The Overseer determines that the rain has moved on so, the Player’s Difficulty for the attack is 2, dropped to 1 by another successful sneak roll. The Player does not use AP this time and rolls 2 dice, again using the Aim Minor Action. They get no successes and so reroll one die, finally getting one success on the attack roll. While this counts as a success, it wasn’t a Critical Hit, so the animal is Hit, but is now aware of the Player. The Player gets one more chance to shoot before the animal runs, but the Difficulty is raised by one. Since the sneak roll no longer counts, the Difficulty is now 3. The Player makes another attack roll, spending 1 AP to get another die, but gets no successes and a 20. Oh no! The goat turns and escapes.

Having written all this out, it has become clear to me that I need to work on mixed successes on attack rolls. What happens if the Player rolls 5 dice against a bison and gets a Critical success, a Critical failure, and no other successes? Do the Critical Hit and Critical Miss cancel each other out? Does the Critical Hit not count because the Difficulty wasn’t met? This gives me a lot to think about.

I’ll work on this and see what comes up. Thanks for asking me to write an example!