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Post by Ironnerd on Mar 8, 2022 19:37:42 GMT
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
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Post by hengest on Jun 23, 2022 22:18:22 GMT
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 This is fantastic! There's a whole magic system, adventure hooks, whole settings implicit in this idea! Nice, nice, nice! Post this at the Ruins, please! Or can I link to it and discuss? |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jun 24, 2022 2:01:53 GMT
I like it, this is wild!
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Post by Ironnerd on Jul 4, 2022 22:17:57 GMT
It comes from an idea in a Larry Niven novel. Mana comes from the solar wind. I took that ball and ran with it like Forest Gump.
The Earth's magnetic field blocks mana, so very little new mana reaches the surface (except in meteroites). When the Earth was formed, however, it was bathed in the stuff. In the time of D&D, it has been greatly diminished so mystical creatures seek it out around volcanoes or deep in the Earth. That's why the farther you go down into a dungeon, the nastier the monsters get. The really tough critters get dibs on the mana. Mana can also be locked up in gems and metals. Gold is precious because it holds a lot of mana per oz. Since all these creatures evolved to need mana, they crave it and need it. That's why snakes can have a treasure and why Dragons have a huge freaking horde of it.
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Post by hengest on Jul 4, 2022 22:37:00 GMT
It comes from an idea in a Larry Niven novel. Mana comes from the solar wind. I took that ball and ran with it like Forest Gump. The Earth's magnetic field blocks mana, so very little new mana reaches the surface (except in meteroites). When the Earth was formed, however, it was bathed in the stuff. In the time of D&D, it has been greatly diminished so mystical creatures seek it out around volcanoes or deep in the Earth. That's why the farther you go down into a dungeon, the nastier the monsters get. The really tough critters get dibs on the mana. Mana can also be locked up in gems and metals. Gold is precious because it holds a lot of mana per oz. Since all these creatures evolved to need mana, they crave it and need it. That's why snakes can have a treasure and why Dragons have a huge freaking horde of it. You really did run with that. I like the idea even better now. |
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