automatic secret curse kits during chargen
Mar 19, 2021 20:03:02 GMT -5
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Post by hengest on Mar 19, 2021 20:03:02 GMT -5
Born from thoughts after this recent thread.
I never much wanted to play a paladin but liked how restricted they were in AD&D.
I think of it as kind of the seed of over "role-playing," planning out this extreme character from level one or even from when you roll the dice.
But it is an interesting idea. If you allow sub-classes, hey, why not?
Then, as I said on that thread, I'm pretty not into the idea of paladins of any old alignment, as in 3E (I think).
What is it that I like? The idea that these people are exceedingly rare. That their exceptional abilities are at least as much a restriction on them than anything else.
What don't I like? The (to me, extreme) insertion of a pretty specific rigid fantasy medieval society into the rules themselves.
(Note: some people like mechanics, some like fluff. Some like both.)
So what might I propose?
I never much wanted to play a paladin but liked how restricted they were in AD&D.
I think of it as kind of the seed of over "role-playing," planning out this extreme character from level one or even from when you roll the dice.
But it is an interesting idea. If you allow sub-classes, hey, why not?
Then, as I said on that thread, I'm pretty not into the idea of paladins of any old alignment, as in 3E (I think).
What is it that I like? The idea that these people are exceedingly rare. That their exceptional abilities are at least as much a restriction on them than anything else.
What don't I like? The (to me, extreme) insertion of a pretty specific rigid fantasy medieval society into the rules themselves.
(Note: some people like mechanics, some like fluff. Some like both.)
So what might I propose?
"Blessing and a Curse" Kits
This involves the DM allowing players to roll their own 3d6 stats and select a class, but then certain scores in a certain class will trigger an automatic application of the kit. The blessing is the high score, the kit is largely negative. This allows a mechanic activated purely mechanically, as if from on high, simply by the application of certain rolls to a certain class.
The idea is that CHA ≥ 14 triggers exceptional attention on the character. This in combination with a high score in the primary attribute means trouble.
So for Fighting-Men: CHA ≥ 14, STR ≥ 13 triggers the application of the kit:
(To be applied in secret by the ref)
The idea is that CHA ≥ 14 triggers exceptional attention on the character. This in combination with a high score in the primary attribute means trouble.
So for Fighting-Men: CHA ≥ 14, STR ≥ 13 triggers the application of the kit:
- when henchmen go disloyal, there is a 50% chance they challenge or otherwise try to defeat you
- intelligent monsters immediately go for you as party leader
(To be applied in secret by the ref)
