The B/X Carousing Procedure
FRONT (3x5) — B/X CAROUSING (HOUSE PROCEDURE)
1) SPEND (gold is gone):
Light: 50 gp × level
Standard: 100 gp × level
Hard: 200 gp × level
2) INTENT (matters on high rolls):
Rumors / Contacts / Heat Dump / Blow Off Steam
3) ROLL:
2d6 + CHA
4) BAND:
2–5 TROUBLE
6–8 MIXED
9–11 GOOD
12+ GREAT
5) BASE RUMORS (always, by spend):
Light 1 / Standard 2 / Hard 3
TROUBLE (2–5): +Roll 1 Trouble
Heat Dump: reroll Trouble once (must take new)
Steam: roll 2 Troubles, take worse
MIXED (6–8): choose 1
Complication OR Owed Favor OR Contact-with-a-Want
GOOD (9–11): add by Intent
Rumors: +1 rumor OR upgrade 1 to STRONG
Contacts: +1 Contact
Heat Dump: reduce Heat 1 step
Steam: small boon
GREAT (12+): add by Intent
Rumors: +2 rumors OR (1 STRONG +1)
Contacts: Strong Contact + boon
Heat Dump: reduce Heat 1 step + safe contact
Steam: bigger boon
OPTIONAL XP:
XP = 10% of gold spent (cap 200 × level)
BACK (3x5) — QUICK TABLES
RUMORS (d12)
1 Odd coins buyer 2 Paying for fresh graves 3 Missing guide/map
4 Watch attention 5 Noble servant hiring 6 Shrine lit at night
7 Rival crew hurt 8 Healer wiped out 9 Road “curse”
10 Locked cellar 11 Torchlight in tower 12 Bounty on the impossible
TROUBLE (d12)
1 Brawl enemy 2 Pickpocket (lose +10% spend)
3 Public scene (-1 reactions 1 week) 4 Owed favor (fixer)
5 Property damage (+50 gp×lvl or feud) 6 Bad bet promise
7 Offended faction 8 Watch questions
9 Duel challenge 10 Hangover day (lose morning)
11 Tagalong NPC 12 Marked by rivals
Erik: Hello from Nebraska! Another great video. Y'know, it's hard to keep coming up with new ways to say, "Great video!"
ReplyDeleteUnder Base Rumors, you say: Light 1 / Standard 2 / Hard 3
But under "Good" and "Great" you say: upgrade 1 to STRONG or some such.
Should "Hard" in the first instance be changed to "Strong"? I didn't catch this in the video.
I need to go back over both your blogposts and your B/X Series and your DM's Toolbox playlists and take notes. Then I'll format them in MSWord so that I can either print them out as a half-sheet booklet or onto index cards. There is good D&D advice all over the internet, but almost nowhere else is it condensed down enough to be practical just prior to or at the table. Keep up the good work.