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I have decided to make changes for this rule in the player’s handbook.
On page 10, left hand column, there is a chart I am modifying for my game world.
Int 15-16 70%, 14 to 22
Int 17 80% 16 to 24
Int 18 90% 18 to 36
Int 19 97% 20 to all
These are spell book amounts. The spells per day is a separate chart in this blog.
Author Bill George
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This not during combat. For combat movement.
1. movement distance traveled
rate in 1 round in 1 segment
4" 40' 4'
6" 60' 6'
9" 90' 9'
12" 120' 12'
the rest of the scale should be obvious.
2. outdoors 1” rate = 1 mile walking for 8 game-hours a character can travel, subject to terrain, load carried, hostile forces, and the weather.
3. mapping a town, if the locals allow it, takes 1 turn per 90’. This is the same as dungeon mapping.
1. any surprise rolls are made.
2. if one group is surprised, the other acts.
3. If both groups are surprised, whomsoever’s surprise wears off first, acts.
4. Initiative is then rolled by each group. The group getting the highest on a d6 goes first. If both groups roll the same, reroll.
5. The first group to get initiative attacks first and then the other group does their attacks. Initiative is rerolled at the beginning of every melee round.
6. I will call your character’s name aloud when it is your turn for that character to do that character’s action.
a. Tell me what weapon, spell, or device your character is using and
and what monster/area you are aiming for.
b. Unless a spell requires a to hit roll, I don’t require one.
c. For weapon combat, roll a d20 and tell me what you rolled.
d. I will make all of your character’s adds ( that include magic items)
e. If I tell you that your character hit, you should automatically
roll the damage dice for that weapon, etc. I will make any damage adds.
f. No monster or character will fall down dead, or into unconciousness,
until the end of the combat round. Unless the being hit takes massive
damage or the hit is critical. e.g. 30 hit points done to character or
monster with only 7 hp left.
g. If a monster hits your character, I will tell you what damage your
character has taken. No fair guessing… :-)
h. combat grid used in this campaign:
front front front
front Defender front
flank flank
rear rear/back rear
The second row of ‘front’ is for your character’s shield side.
Otherwise its a flank attack. Flank attacks don’t get any shield adds.
i. A frontal attack on your character’s shield side is vs.
armour plus dexterity plus shield adds.
j. A frontal attack on your character’s non-shield side OR the second
frontal attack against your character’s shield side is vs.
armour plus dexterity adds.
k. A rear attack negates shield adds. If your character is surprised,
dexterity adds are also negated.
l. A rear attack is at +2 to hit.
m. Prone, physically held, or stunned creatures are attacked at +4.
n. Against a magically asleep, magically Held, paralyzed, or totally
immobile creature, the hit is automatic.
o. A thief attempting to backstab while in general melee is +3 to hit
and no extra damage.
In some locations a horse can be bought or rented. The rent is 5 gp for a one-way trip with a stable representative taking the horse back to the stable. Your character will be met at the same location for the return trip at a player requested time for an additional 5 gp. Don’t expect rental horses in the time of war, you are traveling further than 25 miles from the stable, or you are traveling beyond the borders of the nation where the stable is located.
A. first method of buying a horse.
An average light riding horse or pony; with saddle, saddle blanket, bit and bridle, small saddle bags, and horse shoeing labor for one game year at the stable of purchase; can be bought for one year. Cost: 75 gp I did this for those players that didn’t want to roleplay buying a horse.
B. Second, and referee assisted, method
Prices are for the animal only, a local area’s prices may differ.
size/type base price base movement
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donkey 8 gp 12”
horse, light riding 25 gp 26”
, light war 75 gp 24”
, medium war 110 gp 18”
, heavy war 150 gp 15”
mule 20 gp 12”
pony 20 gp 12”
quality price adj. movement adj. movement range
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poor – 50 percent + ( 2d6 – 6)” ( -4” to +2 “)
average – — + ( 2d4 – 5)” ( -3” to +3 “)
good + 100 percent + ( 2d4 – 4)” ( -2” to +4 “)
excellent + 200 percent + ( 2d4 – 3)” ( -1” to +3 “)
superb + 265 percent + ( 2d4 – 2)” ( 0” to +4 “)
C. A third way
Draft Animals, horses, ponies, carts, chariots, and wagons
Pony chariots ? I am presuming halflings would use them. Certainly not humans.
terrain cost
( 6 hours/day ) max load cart/wagon
Vehicles/animal normal rugged gp wt base harness
Cart, small/pony 8 miles 4 miles 3,500 75 gp 5 gp
, small/light horse 10 5 5,500
, small/medium horse 12 5 6,000
, medium/pony 6 zero 4,000 125 gp 6 gp
, medium/light horse 8 3 6,500
, medium/medium horse 8 5 7,500
, medium/mule 10 6 7,500
Chariot, small/pony 6 miles 3 miles 3,000 250 gp 30 gp
, small/light horse 9 5 4,000
, small/medium horse 10 6 4,000
, medium/light horses 12 7 5,500 500 gp 55 gp
, medium/medium horses 14 8 5,500
, medium/heavy horses 16 10 5,500
, large/light horses 12 7 5,500 750 gp 73 gp
, large/medium horses 14 8 5,500
, large/large horses 16 10 5,500
Wagon, small/light horse 8 miles 3 7,500 110 gp 20 gp
, small/medium horse 10 6 8,500
, small/heavy horse 12 9 9,000
, medium/light horses 9 4.5 9,000 210 gp 45 gp
, medium/medium horses 11 7 11,500
, medium/heavy horse 13 8 10,000
, medium/heavy horses 14 9 13,500
, large/light horses 10 6 12,000 363 gp 75 gp
, large/medium horses 12 8 13,500
, large/heavy horse 14 8 13,500
, large/heavy horses 16 10 15,000
‘horses’ in the above chart would mean 2 to 4 horses. I know a team of 6 or more horses/oxen could move larger loads, but this is for adventurers, not merchants.
A small chariot can carry 1 or 2 characters with a small amount of equipment. A large chariot can carry 2 characters plus a small stove and food storage. One or two horse chariots are usually drawn by heavy horses. Four horse chariots are usually drawn by draft horses. Four horse chariots look more like wagons than war chariots. Yes, I know the Hittites and others had 4 horse war chariots, but Crestar isn’t a parallel Earth. Wilderness proficiencies required for chariot, cart, and wagon use are: animal handling, animal lore, charioteering, plant lore, and land based riding. Wilderness proficiencies required for horse riding are: animal handling, animal lore, plant lore, and land based riding.
gp wt carry
animal cost move rate saddle/etc. normal encumbered
draft horse 30 – 75 gp 12” 5 sp – 90 gp 4,000 8,000
horse, light riding 25 – 92 gp 26” 15 sp – 5 gp 2,500 4,000
mule 20 – 45 gp 12” 1 sp – 10 gp 2,000 6,000
pony 20 – 65 gp 12” 6 sp – 3 gp 2,000 3,000
war horse, heavy 150 – 548 gp 15” 70 gp – 300 gp 5,000 5,000
, light 75 – 274 gp 24” 20 gp – 100 gp 3,000 5,000
, medium 110 – 402 gp 18” 50 gp – 200 gp 4,000 6,500
Animal cost is determined by amount of training, which varies from average to
superb. Combat training is 100 gp extra.
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Tell me that your character wants to listen and roll a d20. Tell me the number that you rolled. Low numbers are best. I will tell you what your character hears. The thief ability is rolled by me. Loud noises will be heard by the adventuring group unless the group is talking, arguing, or the listeners are deafened due to combat, loud noises, etc.
Listening for a noise on the other side of a door or thin wall. The character(s) listening have to remove any head gear and place one ear on or near the door. The player then rolls a d20 as for listening for low-level noises.
number of door | number of door listeners width | listeners width ================================================================= 4 10' | 2 5' 3 8' | 1 4' 2 6' | 1 3' =================================================================
Author Bill George
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Not mentioned much in the game books, but here is a quick chart for reading and writing in my campaign.
intelligence reading level writing level 10 basic skills basic skills 11 can read books with simple concepts can write fairly well 12 can read basic scholarly works can write basic scholarly works 13 can read most scholarly works can write most scholarly works 14 can read all scholarly works can write all scholarly works
Author
Bill George
Categories
house rules, Page 04
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dwarf, hill: dwarf, mountain:
hair eye hair eye
color color color color
brown gray light gray amber
brown violet light gray green
brown green silver violet
black green silver green
black violet silver amber
black gray gold amber
gray gray gold violet
gray green gold green
gray violet blond amber
blond violet
blond green
elf, gray: elf, high:
hair eye hair eye
color color color color
light gray amber blond green
light gray green blond gray
silver amber blond violet
silver violet dark brown green
silver green dark brown gray
gold amber dark brown amber
gold violet gray green
gold green gray amber
blond amber gray gray
blond violet
blond green
elf, valley: elf, wood:
hair eye hair eye
color color color color
light gray amber copper red light brown
light gray green copper red light green
light gray blue copper red hazel
silver amber blond light brown
silver violet blond light green
gold amber blond hazel
gold violet brown brown
blond amber brown gray
blond violet
blond green
gnome, deep: gnome, surface:
hair eye hair eye
color color color color
gray gray pure white gray blue
bald gray pure white bright blue
bald dark brown medium white gray blue
bald violet medium white bright blue
brown brown light brown gray
brown green light brown violet
gray dark brown gray gray
gray violet gray green
gray brown
half-elf (gray elf): half-elf (high elf)
hair eye hair eye
color color color color
blond green black gray
blond gray black hazel
blond blue black green
dark brown green red green
dark brown gray red gray
dark brown blue red violet
gray green dark brown green
gray gray dark brown blue
gray blue brown brown
light gray amber brown gray
light gray green
half-elf (valley elf): half-elf (wood elf)
hair eye hair eye
color color color color
light gray amber black gray
light gray green black hazel
light gray violet black green
silver violet copper red light green
silver gray copper red light gray
dark brown green copper red light brown
dark brown amber dark blond green
gray gray dark blond gray
gray blue blond hazel
gray green blond light green
blond blue
blond light brown
blond gray
halfling, hairfoot: halfling, stout:
hair eye hair eye
color color color color
blond gray (15% chance) dark red gray ( 2% chance)
blond blue (15% chance) dark red green ( 2% chance)
light brown brown blond gray ( 15% chance)
light brown hazel blond blue ( 15% chance)
light brown green light brown brown
sandy hazel light brown hazel
sandy brown light brown gray
sandy gray sandy hazel
brown hazel sandy brown
brown gray sandy gray
brown brown brown hazel
brown gray
brown brown
halfling, tallfellow:
hair eye
color color
dark red gray ( 2% chance)
dark red green ( 2% chance)
blond gray ( 15% chance)
blond blue ( 15% chance)
light brown brown
light brown hazel
light brown gray
brown hazel
brown gray
brown brown
brown green
human
hair eye hair eye
color color color color
gray green sandy gray
gray blue sandy ashen ( 2% chance )
gray gray blond blue
brown brown blond brown
brown green blond blue
brown gray blond jade ( 2% chance )
dark blond green auburn green
dark blond blue auburn gray
dark blond brown auburn hazel
dark blond violet auburn brown
black gray auburn rose ( 2% chance )
black hazel russet violet
black blue russet green
black brown russet hazel
red green russet emerald ( 1% chance )
red brown brunet violet
red gray brunet brown
red copper ( 2% chance ) brunet green
sandy brown brunet gray
sandy green brunet beryl ( 1% chance )
gray violet
Author
Bill George
Categories
house rules, Page 03
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Some folks may think I had lots of house rules. I don’t believe I did. But I did use a typed booklet of how I understood the game rules to work. I know some folks see that as pretending to be official, but it isn’t. When I started reading the 1E books there was no one for me to talk to who was also playing the game. Internet accounts were not available to very many back then, and I wasn’t reading gaming magazines in 1979.
After reading over the Identity spell description, I saw that the exact number of pluses an item had would not be easily known. So I told players that a e.g a magic sword could be determined to have a vague number of pluses, but not the exact amount. So a magic sword with a +1 or +2 would be identified as a sword of few pluses. Three or four pluses was amagic sword of several pluses and 5 or 6 pluses identified as a sword with many pluses. I didn’t tell them until months later that many +6 items were unique. If a +6 sword, dagger, etc. ever broke, there was no replacement.
The same would be true for magic items with charges. A percentage range would be the result of Identify. If the percentile roll is close, a result within 10 percent of the total charges would become known to the caster of Identify. For every 10 percent higher than the roll needed, the range is wider. So an item with 50 charges, and 20 percent roll too high, would give a result of ’40-60 charges’. Rolls below the required amount, give more accurate results, but the exact number wil never be known. Unless the players keep track of how many times the item has been used, then it stops working. That count will be accurate.
Magic items were never for sale to characters. Sometimes I might allow healing potions to be found in town for gold pieces, but that was rare. Most of the time I had a General Store typed up, a few times I just had a generic price list available for the players to read. I will include price lists for the various towns as I type up the dungeons.
What is a leading question ? Player, asks “what is behind that door ?” or “Are there any monsters behind the door ?” or “If my character hits the monster with a sword, will that cause damage ?”
If they didn’t have their characters do anything that would help them determine what is behind the door, that is a leading question. I don’t answer leading questions.
My dungeons were shown to the players as floor tiles that were 2 inch by 2 inch squares representing a 10 foot by 10 foot area. We used 25 mm miniatures. I bought some tiles and made the rest out of old beige manila folders using a t-square and pencil. Then went over the drawn tiles with a drafting pen to make the movement squares more visible.
movement items
rate worn action possible
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15 inch normal clothing, Bracers move 4 or less, action
of Defense, Monk, or Barbarian move 5 no action
run 6 and roll 4d6 vs. Dex
if roll over Dex, fall down.
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12 inch any magic armour or mail, move 3 or less, action
leather, elfin chain mail move 4 no action
run 5 and roll 4d6 vs. Dex
if roll over Dex, fall down.
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9 inch banded, chain mail, padded, move 2 or less, action
ring mail, studded leather, move 3 no action
thief with Boots of run 4 and roll 4d6 vs. Dex
Elvenkind moving silently. if roll over Dex, fall down.
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6 inch bronze plate, field plate, move 1 or less, action
full plate, plate, scale, move 2 no action
splint, thief moving silently run 3and roll 4d6 vs. Dex
if roll over Dex, fall down.
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4 inch encumbered 9 carrying max move 1 or less, action
weight load for that move 2 no action
character’s strength ) run 3 and roll 4d6 vs. Dex
if roll over Dex, fall down.
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Turning around takes one hexagon of movement.
1 hexagon = 3 and one-third feet. 3 hexagons = 10 feet.
A Barbarian can run or move 15 inch up to 9 game-hours out of every 24, if the character has taken no damage. The percentage damage taken of the character’s total hit points is the percentage decrease in the 9 game-hour time interval. e.g. A Barbarian with 45 hit points has taken 23 hit points in damage. 9 times 0.51 = 4.59 game-hours available at a 9 inch movement rate.
All other characters can move at a 15 inch movement rate for a maximum of 6 turns (thats one game-hour). After 6 turns, the character must drop to 6 inch movement rate for 4 game-hours of walking, or sleep for 2 game-hours, before returning to the 15 inch rate. If the character continues at 15” rate over the 1 game-hour limit, the player must roll 4d6 vs constitution per turn over the one game-hour limit. Failure means a total physical collapse. The character must then rest for 4 game-hours after reviving from 3d10 + 5 rounds of unconciousness. After 3 failures you must saving roll vs. Constitution with 5d6. This failure means the character will be in a coma for 3d6 + 2 turns. After the sixth failure, the player must SR vs. Constitution with 5d6. Failure this time means the character has died of heart and system failure.
levels that fumble:
a. 1st thru 6th level fumble on a natural 1 or 2 on a d20.
b. 7th thru 10th level fumble on a natural 1 on a d20.
b. 11th thru 23rd level fumble on a natural 1 on a d20.
( only 5 percent of the time )
For multi-class, add up the levels, then use the above.
The monsters use the same chart.
If your d20 roll was a natural 20 and a hit, it is a critical hit. If the natural 20 was a miss, no critical hit occurred. If you get a critical hit, roll percentile dice, and I will tell you the visible results.
A. components
1. segment 6 game-seconds
2. 10 segments 1 game-minute
3. round 1 game-minute
4. combat round 1 game-minute
5. turn 10 game-minute
6. There are about 24 game-hours in a game-day.
7. The 12 game-months have 30 game-days each.
8. The game-year is 366 game-days long.
9. There are 2 game-festivals per game-year of 3 game-days each.
They are called Lithe and Yule. For many nations these are
major holidays. Lithe is between the 6th and 7th months.
Yule is between the 12th and first month. Yule is the
New Year’s Day equivalent and Lithe is the Midsummer’s
Day equivalent for Crestar.
B. guide for the amount of game time necessary for standard events.
1. door, search for mechanical traps 1 round
, remove mechanical traps, varies 1-30 rounds
by complexity
, opening, push or pull 1 segment per attempt
, tie rope and pull open 1 round
2. secret door, check for by tapping the
wall and listening for
echoes per 10’ × 10’ wall
section 1 round ( regular search)
, same but more thorough 1 turn ( thorough search)
3. room, map and casually search,
20’ × 20’ area 1 turn
, same size, thorough search walls,
floors, map furniture,
etc. +1 turn
4. movement thru a previously mapped area
( not including opening any doors )
a. walking at a 9” rate takes 1 round per 90 feet
b. running at a 9” rate takes 5 segments per 90 feet.
( roll vs. Dexterity only necessary once for each
5 game-minutes)
Author Bill George