Do You Use Luck Points?

[Bartholmew Quarrels]

Do you use any form of Luck Points in your OD&D game? 

Lawful characters could take their Charisma Score and divide by three and round up (but a minimum of 2 Luck Points even if your Charisma is less than 6).

Using one Luck Point could grant you the following things to simulate heroism in action. Where applicable it could not be for an Evil or Neutral or Chaotic action and on Lawful characters can use Luck Points.

Examples of using one Luck Point grants you:


Add +2 to an attack roll

Subtract -2 from a saving throw

Subtract -4 from your AC vs. one melee-engaged opponent for one round

Add or subtract 20% from a % roll


You could do this after making said roll.

If the PC engages in an evil or a neutral or a chaotic action, then they lose the Luck Point without gaining any benefit. They don't gain that point back until they have atoned for the action.


I like this for three reasons, it encourages players to not use Charisma as a dump stat, if you do anything other than 3d6 in order for stats.
It encourages players to take Lawful Characters.
It encourages team work which is, IMO, a basic of good old school gaming.

[The Perilous Dreamer]

Nov 5, 2022 14:14:54 GMT -5 Bartholmew Quarrels said:

Do you use any form of Luck Points in your OD&D game? 

Lawful characters could take their Charisma Score and divide by three and round up (but a minimum of 2 Luck Points even if your Charisma is less than 6).

Using one Luck Point could grant you the following things to simulate heroism in action. Where applicable it could not be for an Evil or Neutral or Chaotic action and on Lawful characters can use Luck Points.

Examples of using one Luck Point grants you:

Add +2 to an attack roll
Subtract -2 from a saving throw
Subtract -4 from your AC vs. one melee-engaged opponent for one round
Add or subtract 20% from a % roll

You could do this after making said roll.

If the PC engages in an evil or a neutral or a chaotic action, then they lose the Luck Point without gaining any benefit. They don't gain that point back until they have atoned for the action.

I like this for three reasons, it encourages players to not use Charisma as a dump stat, if you do anything other than 3d6 in order for stats.
It encourages players to take Lawful Characters.
It encourages team work which is, IMO, a basic of good old school gaming.

This looks like fun, if I get another face to face game going or if I get my pbp fired back up I will have to use this.

[The Semi-Retired Gamer]

I've been tempted and even written down some notes but I've never tried it in game.

[dicebro]

Yes, but only with hobbits, elves and dwarves that continue to adventure past their maximum level.

[hengest]

I used to dream of using fudge dice, and even have a few still.

[The Semi-Retired Gamer]

Jul 14, 2023 13:46:00 GMT -5 hengest said:

I used to dream of using fudge dice, and even have a few still.

I'm intrigued by FUDGE and the dice. I really need to do a deep dive on it.

[hengest]

Jul 14, 2023 19:55:39 GMT -5 The Semi-Retired Gamer said:

Jul 14, 2023 13:46:00 GMT -5 hengest said:

I used to dream of using fudge dice, and even have a few still.

I'm intrigued by FUDGE and the dice. I really need to do a deep dive on it.

Read the game as a kid, was crazed to get some dice. I can send you a few if you like.

[The Semi-Retired Gamer]

Jul 15, 2023 23:03:51 GMT -5 hengest said:

Jul 14, 2023 19:55:39 GMT -5 The Semi-Retired Gamer said:

I'm intrigued by FUDGE and the dice. I really need to do a deep dive on it.

Read the game as a kid, was crazed to get some dice. I can send you a few if you like.

I appreciate the offer but I actually have some of the dice.  I bought some after reading the pdf years ago.  I planned to print the game out but I never got aorund to it.  

[hengest]

Jul 16, 2023 7:15:03 GMT -5 The Semi-Retired Gamer said:

Jul 15, 2023 23:03:51 GMT -5 hengest said:

Read the game as a kid, was crazed to get some dice. I can send you a few if you like.

I appreciate the offer but I actually have some of the dice.  I bought some after reading the pdf years ago.  I planned to print the game out but I never got aorund to it.  

We should start a club for people like us who have the dice but have never played the game.

[The Semi-Retired Gamer]

Jul 24, 2023 13:08:07 GMT -5 hengest said:

Jul 16, 2023 7:15:03 GMT -5 The Semi-Retired Gamer said:

I appreciate the offer but I actually have some of the dice.  I bought some after reading the pdf years ago.  I planned to print the game out but I never got aorund to it.  

We should start a club for people like us who have the dice but have never played the game.

A club or a support group? LOL