Level Up (A5E) Fall back!
If it's any comfort, you're going to get the whole combat chapter to have a crack at very soon!
It's one of the best things I ever designed, I think! So simple and elegant. I use it constantly.
I love how countdown mentions the actively interesting risk of setting off magical alarms as the implied fail state of picking the lock rather than just falling back to "welp guess that door is locked still" or guards.
This is really a great mechanic that I will completely ripoff. I hope to see many great ideas when I buy the hardback book for this game.
J.Quondam
CR 1/8
Yes, it really is great!
I've been trying to figure out a way to run attitude toward a particular NPC in a village, and I think this will work nicely. The townsfolk start off friendly toward him, but grow paranoid over time, and eventually want to torch the guy. Each day, the PCs' actions might add to or remove from the countdown pool; then the pool is rolled at dusk or whatever. When it finally runs out, the mob goes on their rampage. Yay! Barbecue!
(I might go with removing 1s rather than 6s, though, just to jibe with the "low roll = bad" of most other D&D mechanics.)
Thanks for this!
WHOLE Combat Chapter?!
I'm so ready for this...
I'm so ready for this...
