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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kaptain_Kantrip" data-source="post: 220903" data-attributes="member: 546">Here are my character creation rules for a low fantasy (Harn) flavored setting (a work in progress). I basically converted Call of Cthulhu d20 to D&D and added in some material from the d20 Harn Guide available online. Feedback requested! Thanks... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />_________________________________________KAPTAIN KANTRIP'S LOW FANTASY/HIGH GRIT RULES_________________________________________Ability Scores: All abilities begin at 8 points each. Younow have 22 ability score points to spendany way you wish using the“challenging” Point Buy method ofcharacter generation (see DMG, p. 20).All scores between 9-14 points may bebought on a 1-1 basis; scores between15-16 cost 2-1, and scores of 17-18 cost3-1. HIT POINTS [CoC Version]: At level one, you have 6 hit points + CON mod + any Toughness feats. At level two and every level thereafter, you receive 1d6 hit points + CON mod.DEATH FROM MASSIVE DAMAGE [CoC version]:If a human takes 10 hit points of damagefrom a single injury, he must make a Fort save(DC 15) or die immediately. If it is subdual damage, he must make the same Fort save butfailure results in 2d6 minutes of unconsciousness.Creatures (Demons, Ivashu, etc.) only check for death from massive damage if they take 50 hit points of damage from a single injury.Sanity Score: Your Sanity score = Wis score x 5. Base Save and AttackBonuses: Pick either the Defense or Offenseoption. * Defense Option: Pick two savingthrows; these each receive a +2 bonus, but the third saving throw receives +0. Your Base Attack Bonus is also +0. * Offense Option: Pick one savingthrow; it receives a +2 bonus but the other two receive a +0 bonus. Your Base Attack Bonus is +1. Defense Bonus: Pick the Defense or Offense Option. * Defense Option: +2 AC bonus (scaleswith level) * Offense Option: +0 AC bonus (scaleswith level), but you get to pick onefighter bonus feat.Feats: Pick any three. If you chose the “OffenseOption” for your Defense Bonus, youreceive a fourth feat taken from the listof fighter bonus feats. Skill Points at 1st level: 8 + Int mod x 4. Skill Points at 2nd leveland beyond: 8 + Int mod. Skills: Choose an Occupation Template belowor create your own template bymodifying an existing one or designing anew one with the DM’s permission. Inthis case, pick any twelve skills as yourcore skills. All other skills are non-coreskills and cost two skill points to raiseone rank. Occupation Templates: Each template gives the ten core skills for each occupation and allows room for minor customization by leaving two core skill slots empty, to be filled with skills of the player’s choice. Remember that most characters not of the clergy or nobility are illiterate and do not possess the Script (literacy) skill. ------Barbarian:Craft (any)Craft (any)HideKnowledge: LocalKnowledge: NatureKnowledge: Weather SenseListenMove SilentlySpotWilderness Lore+any two of player's choice------Clergy: Concentration Diplomacy Knowledge: Religion Knowledge (any one) Listen Script (native) Script (temple tongue) Sense Motive Speak Other Language Spot + two skills of player’s choice ------Criminal (Bandit): Appraise Bluff Gather Information Hide Knowledge: Underworld Move Silently Open Lock Pick Pockets Profession: Gambler Wilderness Lore + two skills of player’s choice ------Freeman: Craft or Profession (any one) Craft or Profession (any one)Craft or Profession (any one)Knowledge: Folklore Knowledge: LawKnowledge: LocalKnowledge: Weather Sense Listen Spot Wilderness Lore + two skills of player’s choice ------Mercenary: Climb Hide Jump Knowledge: Mercenary Knowledge: Military Listen Move Silently Spot Use Rope Wilderness Lore + two skills of player’s choice ------Merchant (Guilder): Appraise Bluff Craft (any one) Diplomacy Gather Information Knowledge: Trade Knowledge (any one) Listen Profession (any one) Spot + two skills of player’s choice ------Noble (Knight):Diplomacy Gather Information Knowledge: Administration Knowledge: Heraldry Knowledge: History Knowledge: Law Knowledge: Military Perform (dance)Perform (any musical instrument)Ride Script (native) + two skills of player’s choice ------Serf, Male (Cottar, Villein): Craft (any one) Handle Animal Heal (First Aid) Knowledge: Folklore Knowledge: LocalKnowledge: Weather Sense Listen Profession: Farmer Spot Wilderness Lore + two skills of player’s choice ------Serf, Female: Craft: Cooking (includes salting)Craft: Textilecraft Heal (First Aid) Knowledge: FolkloreKnowledge: Local Listen Nursemaid Profession: Farmer Spot Wilderness Lore + two skills of player’s choice ------Slave: Craft or Profession (any one) Craft or Profession (any one) Craft or Profession (any one) Diplomacy Hide Listen Move Silently Profession: Servant Sense Motive Spot + two skills of player’s choice__________________________________CHARACTER CLASSES: There is only one character class:"Adventurer." No one begins play knowingany magic or having any non-mundaneabilities except by special DMpermission. Those interested in magic must seek out their destiny (doom) during the course of play.MAGIC:The only way to learn magic is to locateforbidden books or consort withdemons/dark gods, who may eitherimpart the knowledge directly into thecharacter's mind (dark gods) or teachthem the necessary requirements overtime (demons). Each spell takes 1-3weeks to learn. Every time a spell is cast,the caster must pay the cost: either insanity points, temporary ability scoredamage, or both. Practicing magic ispunishable by death in all nations withoutexception; no nation (knowingly)worships any dark deities or (willingly)consorts with demons.CULT SORCERER ("PRIEST"):If a character sacrifices all theirremaining sanity points when summoningor contacting a dark god and agrees tobecome its priest (witch, cultist, grandmagus, sorcerer, or whatever title youwant to use), the "cult sorcerer" templatefrom CoC d20 is applied to the character. CULT SORCERER TEMPLATE:As base creature, except for thefollowing additional abilities:Clarity of Madness (Su): Althoughirrevocably evil and dangerously insane,the cult sorcerer does not appear so toothers. The cult sorcerer receives a +2profane bonus to Bluff and Diplomacychecks. He knows the “expected”answers to questions, how to dealnormally with the outside world, etc., solong as he is not cut off from his deity(such as in an anti-magic field orprotection circle, or if his god isbanished, temporarily destroyed orpermanently slain).Divine Denial (Su): Cult sorcererscannot cast spells that call upon rivaldeities (such as a Cthulhu worshippertrying to cast song of Hastur).Divine Link (Su): When cut off from hisdeity (as outlined above), the cultsorcerer is affected as by a confusionspell until contact can be successfullyreestablished. While cut off from hisdeity and not able to act normally, thecult sorcerer will alternately babble,gibber, curse, cry, scream and beg, inaddition to any other random activitiesdictated by the confusion spell. While the link is in effect, the cultsorcerer casts all spells of his deity as ifhe had the Spell Focus and Greater SpellFocus feats (total +4 bonus to the DC).Spells of his deity are limited to thosethat actually have the deity’s nameincluded in the title, such as grasp ofCthulhu or song of Hastur. Gift of Power (Sp): Each deity impartsone or two spells to the cult sorcerer’smind directly (no roll or time to learnnecessary). These spells are thosefavored by that deity (in its CoC d20description), though it may substitute anyspells it knows at a whim.Gift of Purpose (Sp): The cult sorcereris expected to lead a cult in the worshipof his chosen deity. At 6th level, hereceives the Leadership feat for free.Indomitable Spirit (Ex): Iron Will feat.DARK PACT:An alternative to becoming a cultsorcerer is to make a Pact with a darkdeity, which requires you to cast a spellto contact or summon the being inquestion and bargain with it. In exchangefor some gruesome promise (such asyour soul, your first born, or your bodyand mind to turn into a loathesomemindless servitor a few years down theroad), the being will grant you oneimmediate boon that may be all at onceor scale over time (or by level). Typicalboons are +1 to Intelligence every yearor every level (whichever comes first),immortality (immunity to aging, not toviolent death), a copy of a forbiddenbook containing spells, or something youdesire (such as another's love, or fame, ormoney). These boons generally do notjust magically appear, but arrive in atimely but possibly unexpected manner(wishing for money results in your familydying and you gaining an inheritance, forexample). The Unspeakable Oath (fromCall of Cthulhu d20) is an example ofone type of dark pact offered. Othersexist.WIZARD:A wizard is one who uses his spells andforbidden knowledge for good or ill butavoids bargaining with dark deities asoutlined above. Wizards are typicallyloners and hermits, using their mysteriouspowers to further their own goals butalways weighing the risk of going too farand sacrificing too much. Mosteventually slip into madness and death.</blockquote>

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