System & Houserules

[Dom]

For the first game, we're gonna go with Swords & Wizardry: Core Rules with some additional house rules. You can either post in French or English as it suits you.

Here are the house rules I plan on using for this adventure, everyone is free to discuss about them:

• The Halfling Adventurer: Players can choose the Halfing Adventurer as a class/race. (Available for free at www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=59698 or I can send it to you by email).
  
• Variant Elven Adventurer: Players can choose a variant of the Elven Adventurer as a class/race (see below).
  
• Binding Wounds: A character can bind 1d3 hp worth of wounds following a battle. Note that the character can only recover hit points lost during this particular battle. Recovered hit points cannot exceed the uninjured maximum amount. One clean cloth bandage must be used per hit point regained. Binding wounds takes a whole turn. Clean linen cloth bandages should be available for purchase in most villages and towns.
  
• Scroll Making: Spells casters of any class and level may create scrolls at a cost of "200 gold pieces and 3 days of work" per level of the spell to be inscribed. The scribe must do an Intelligence check for magic-user scrolls or a Wisdom check for clerical scrolls (adding the spell level to their roll) to know if the scroll was created successfully. When creating a scroll, the character is not considered resting.
  
• 100 XP/HD: Monsters give 100 experience points per hit dice instead of the normal amount. CL A gives 25 XP and CL B 50 XP.
  
• Time: Round length will be set to 10 seconds instead of the original 1 minute. Movement rates and some spells durations will have to be reworked but I don't think it will matter much for a Play-by-Post game.
  
• Movement Rates of PC Races:
  

  Race	Up to 75 pounds	76-100 pounds	101-150 pounds	151-300 pounds
  Human	12	9	6	3
  Elf	15	9	6	3
  Dwarf	9	9	6	3
  Halfling	9	6	3	3

  
  A movement rate of 12 means a walking rate of 40' per round, 20' per round half speed and a 80' per round running/charge speed. A movement speed 3 points higher means a walking rate 10' faster. Inverse for a movement speed 3 point less. Extrapolate other movement speeds from there.
  
• Death: Characters die a -level hit points. So a level 1 character dies a -1 and a level 2 at -2. At 0 and below they are unconscious.
  
• Secondary Profession: Optionally, a player can roll on the Secondary Skill table (see attachment) to determine which occupation his character has/had apart from being an adventurer.
  

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[Dom]

Variant Elven Adventurer

Certain elven tribe customarily teach their young one elements of both magic and the art of war.
However, that doesn't mean that every Elven child have the talent or the capacities to perform in both domain. Those weak in the mystical ways turn themselves to the full mastery of combat, leaving their comprehension of the arcane world to a minimum.

Prime Requisite: Strength, 13+ (5% experience)

Hit Dice: 1d6+2 (Gains 3hp after level 9)

Attack Table: As Fighting-Man

Armor/Shield Permitted: Any. But only magical armor when attempting to cast a spell.

Weapons Permitted: Any. But both hands must be free when attempting to cast a spell.

Saving Throw: As Fighting-Man

Special Traits: Darkvision (60 ft), 4 in 6 chance to find secret doors when searching, immune to Charm Person and Sleep.

Limited Spell Caster: This variant can never put point in the Magic-User branch. They can thus cast one first level spell per day chosen from their spellbook (two if the character has 15+ Intelligence).

Level Progression: Follows Fighter progression for the original Elven Adventurer (S&W:CR Table 10 p9).

[Dom]

Intoxify

“I didn’t think that this watered down swill could be so powerful!” Koram exclaimed, feeling tipsy.

“Maybe it is something in the water,” Chalk said with a smile.

“Certainly does the trick,” Valance proclaoimed.

“I don’t well that well,” Gnybaro said, a little wobbly.

The innkeeper wasn’t sure what was going on with his watered down swill either.


Intoxify (Arcane)
Level 1
Range: Touch or 20 foot radius around caster
Duration: One hour per level of magic-user

This spell causes those around to become drunk (provided that they are capable of being intoxicated; the undead, for example, are unaffected), as if they had their fill of alcohol. All saves are at -2 for the duration of the spell and judgment is impaired. Attack rolls are all at -1 due to poor coordination. The spell can be either touch or area effect, at the discretion of the casting wizard. The wizard can even cause themselves to feel the effects of the spell, but suffer the same effects and disabilities.

Credits to Ancient Vaults & Eldritch Secrets blog.

[Dom]

Sleep

Sleep (Arcane)
Level 1
Range: 240 ft
Duration: 1 hour

This spell puts 4d4 hit dice worth of enemies into an enchanted slumber, beginning with the weakest creatures first. It does not affect creatures with 5 HD and above and creatures immune to sleep.