link to great idea re: monster motivation and treasure
Jun 23, 2022 17:53:57 GMT -5
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Post by hengest on Jun 23, 2022 17:53:57 GMT -5
ironnerd posted this at his awesome BECMI forum. Text below.
I think this is great and I have never seen this idea before. I just love it. No particular comment but I love all the thoughts it generates. Even if the players don't know it, especially then. They end up equipmentless and naked and suddenly they are less likely to be attacked. They load up on magic and treasure and they are walking targets. Completely dig it.
In Beowulf, Grendel is clearly a really monstrous monster (he eats entire men, whole, very quickly), but even he has a kind of pack to hold his stuff.
What's in that bag with its awesome dragonskin and cool bindings? Presumably, his mana-treasure.
I figure the reason monsters have treasure on them so often is that they need the mana contained within the gold and jewels to live. That means that the more treasure a character is carrying, the more likely he is to be attacked. This manifests (in game terms) by an adjustment to the Reaction Roll
................. Monster
GP .............. Reaction Adj
0-400 ........... -0
401-800 ......... -1
801-1,200 ....... -2
1,201-1,600 ..... -3
1,601-2,400 ..... -4
2,401+ .......... -5
................. Monster
GP .............. Reaction Adj
0-400 ........... -0
401-800 ......... -1
801-1,200 ....... -2
1,201-1,600 ..... -3
1,601-2,400 ..... -4
2,401+ .......... -5
I think this is great and I have never seen this idea before. I just love it. No particular comment but I love all the thoughts it generates. Even if the players don't know it, especially then. They end up equipmentless and naked and suddenly they are less likely to be attacked. They load up on magic and treasure and they are walking targets. Completely dig it.
In Beowulf, Grendel is clearly a really monstrous monster (he eats entire men, whole, very quickly), but even he has a kind of pack to hold his stuff.
A glove* hung by him
wide and wondrous, wound with bands;
and in artful wise it all was wrought,
by devilish craft, of dragon-skins.(trans. by Frances Gummere)
*"glove" (OE glof) here seems to be a kind of pouch or, I guess, "messenger bag")
wide and wondrous, wound with bands;
and in artful wise it all was wrought,
by devilish craft, of dragon-skins.(trans. by Frances Gummere)
*"glove" (OE glof) here seems to be a kind of pouch or, I guess, "messenger bag")
What's in that bag with its awesome dragonskin and cool bindings? Presumably, his mana-treasure.
