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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6358576" data-attributes="member: 7006">In my just completed The Gate of Firestorm Peak campaign I created a Sanity and Corruption mechanic for it (to show the Far Realm degradation of the characters' minds and bodies.)&nbsp; Each PC added their 3 physical stats (STR/DEX/CON) and multiplied it by 2 to get their Corruption score, and added their three mental stats (INT/WIS/CHA) and multiplied it by 2 to get their Insanity score.&nbsp; Then every time they received any sort of healing to recover from injury, they had to make a Corruption check-- they had to roll under their Corruption score on percentile dice... and every time they saw something mindbreaking in the game (aberrations and whatnot) they had to make a Sanity check-- also rolling under their Sanity score on percentile dice.&nbsp; If they succeeded on the check they took no Corruption or Sanity damage (or very little), but if they failed... they would take anywhere from 1d6 to 3d6 in Corruption or Sanity damage (which was subtracted from their scores.)&nbsp; Thus, the more corrupted or insane they became, the easier it was to continue to fail checks and tumble down that slope towards 0 (and permanent body corruption or complete insanity.)It seemed to work very well and my players really started to sweat once they got inside the Peak itself and entered the major field of corruption inside the Twisted Caverns.&nbsp; So many fights causing injury, and seeing so many things that drove them crazy that they were continually rolling and seeing their two stats drop further and further and further down.&nbsp; Never did get anyone to 0... but our Telepath did get down as far as about 13 or 14 in Corruption (which I described as her eyeballs expanding out of her head like the guy in Total Recall before finally exploding, rendering her blind... although as a telepath, was not a completely handicap as it might be for someone else.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 6358576, member: 7006"] In my just completed The Gate of Firestorm Peak campaign I created a Sanity and Corruption mechanic for it (to show the Far Realm degradation of the characters' minds and bodies.) Each PC added their 3 physical stats (STR/DEX/CON) and multiplied it by 2 to get their Corruption score, and added their three mental stats (INT/WIS/CHA) and multiplied it by 2 to get their Insanity score. Then every time they received any sort of healing to recover from injury, they had to make a Corruption check-- they had to roll under their Corruption score on percentile dice... and every time they saw something mindbreaking in the game (aberrations and whatnot) they had to make a Sanity check-- also rolling under their Sanity score on percentile dice. If they succeeded on the check they took no Corruption or Sanity damage (or very little), but if they failed... they would take anywhere from 1d6 to 3d6 in Corruption or Sanity damage (which was subtracted from their scores.) Thus, the more corrupted or insane they became, the easier it was to continue to fail checks and tumble down that slope towards 0 (and permanent body corruption or complete insanity.) It seemed to work very well and my players really started to sweat once they got inside the Peak itself and entered the major field of corruption inside the Twisted Caverns. So many fights causing injury, and seeing so many things that drove them crazy that they were continually rolling and seeing their two stats drop further and further and further down. Never did get anyone to 0... but our Telepath did get down as far as about 13 or 14 in Corruption (which I described as her eyeballs expanding out of her head like the guy in Total Recall before finally exploding, rendering her blind... although as a telepath, was not a completely handicap as it might be for someone else.) [/QUOTE]

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