The decision to use a skill challenge as the core resolution mechanic was influenced by a desire not to add weird things like dice pools or the like to simple d20 roll over 5e. The GM might also offer complications in exchange for negating a failure.Īn untested alternative to skill challenges. Edges accumulated during preperation are spent to gain advantage on rolls as long as the edge granting advantage is somewhat plausible. The project is played through as a skill challenge, with the player suggesting steps of the project and making the accompanying rolls.They may also take this chance to accumulate edges by doing extra research, recruiting allies to help, sourcing exceptional ingredients, making sacrifices, etc. The character gathers the necessary ingredients.The GM sets the DC and complexity of the project, which should be high enough that success is reasonably unlikely for a level appropriate character making rolls without advantage.Assuming this is approved by the GM, the GM and the player work to come up with a rudimentary list of essential ingredients like bones and onyx for a skeleton, or etching acid and gems for a sword. A player who has a figment proposes an item, magical effect, or the like that suits the figment and their character’s style of crafting.A skill check will have a DC that the checks are made against, and a complexity, which is the number of successful checks that must occur before three failures for an overall success.
5e limbo rules series#
If you’re unfamiliar with those, they’re basically a series of player initiated checks in a mildly abstracted scenario, with the outcome of each check adding up to either an overall success or failure. Those modifications aside, this is basically just a skill challenge from 4e. Also, I’ve tried to combat the potion problem with figments as a limiting resource most easily generated through adventure in a way that (hopefully) doesn’t feel too forced. This system doesn’t use intricate recipes, but tries to encourage players to come up with compelling recipes themselves by having work done in excess of a basic recipe heavily weight the chance of success. Witch Hat Atelier by Kamome Shirahama Bones They were designed for a necromancer priest, but I think the underlying system could be used for other magical crafting. These are some rules I cobbled together for a 5e game around a year ago.
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