pvgttm-web/src/pages/tools/referee-screen.md

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Referee's Screen		2023-12-03T22:23:17.000-04:00	tools	feature	trs	hidden

Combat Procedure (10s)

1. Declare Spells, Defending, Retreats, and Versatile Weapons

2. Roll Initiative: Each side rolls 1d20.

3. Winning Side Actions:

   • Morale Check
   • Movement and Action (any order)

4. Change Sides: In initiative order.

5. Slow Weapons

6. Repeat

Encounter Sequence

1. Stealth: Referee rolls for stealth, if applicable.
2. Determine Distance: 2d6 x 10’ in dungeon, 4d6 x 10 yards (or 1d4 x 10 yards if either side has stealth) in wilderness.
3. Roll Initiative: Each side that has stealth rolls 1d20, highest roll moves first.
4. Choose Actions: Each side decides how they will respond in initiative order, and the encounter proceeds.
5. End Turn: Each encounter is assumed to take at least one full turn to complete.

Group Skills

• Board: To position vehicles for boarding.
  • All: 2-in-6
• Forage: To find food while traveling overland.
  • All: 1-in-6
  • Barbarian: 2-in-6
  • Ranger: 2-in-6
• Hunt: To find food dedicating time to the task.
  • All: 1-in-6
  • Barbarian: 5-in-6
  • Ranger: 5-in-6
• Pathfind: To navigate without a road or river, varies by terrain type
  • Clear, grasslands: 5-in-6.
  • Barren lands, hills, mountains, woods: 4-in-6.
    • Druid in woodlands: 5-in-6
  • Desert, jungle, swamp: 3-in-6.
• Stealth To pass unnoticed by foes
  • Light = no stealth, base 2-in-6 chance otherwise.
  • Failure of group can trigger individual skill checks (ex: thief, halfling).

Individual Skills

• Force: To force open doors through strength.
  • Determined by STR
• Light Fire: Use a tinderbox to light a fire.
  • All: 2-in-6
• Listen: To hear monsters through doors (breaking their stealth).
  • Humans: 1-in-6
  • Demihumans: 2-in-6
  • Thief: by level
• Luck: To avoid triggering traps by stepping over a pressure plate instead of on it.
  • All: 4-in-6 (based on traps only triggering on 1-2)
• Know Lore: Identify an item
  • Bard: 2-in 6 chance
• Search: To find hidden passages and traps.
  • Humans: 1-in-6
  • Demihumans: 2-in-6
• Stealth: When the party fails its stealth check, stealthy classes get another chance.
  • Deurgar: 3-in-6
  • Halflings: 2-in-6
  • Ranger: 3-in-6 (in woods)
  • Svirfneblin: 4-in-6 (in gloomy underground conditions)
  • Thieves: Varies with level

Morale Check

Creatures who’ve been severely wounded or seen their leaders killed may flee.

• Roll 2d6 under morale score or the monsters surrender / flee.
  • After 2 successes in a fight, no further checks.
• When to check morale: - After the first death on a side, and - When a side is half killed or incapacitated.

Reaction Roll

Roll 2d6 + CHA bonus.

• 2-: Hostile, attacks
• 3-5: Unfriendly, may attack
• 6-8: Neutral, uncertain
• 9-11: Indifferent, uninterested
• 12+: Friendly, helpful

Stealth / Surprise

• Referee rolls 1d6 for stealth, if applicable.
• Each side that’s being relatively stealthy (quiet, douses torches, etc.) has a base 2-in-6 chance of not being spotted.
• Parties carrying an active light source typically can not have stealth.
• If only one side has stealth, they may usually make a free attack (or can pass unnoticed).
• If all sides have stealth, they miss each other.

Turn Undead

Divine Spellcaster rolls 2d6, then consults table.

• If table says "T", roll indicates how many HD of undead are turned

• If table has a number, compare that number with the roll

  • If the roll is less than the target number, the turning attempt fails.
  • If the roll equals or exceeds the target number, roll another 2d6 to determine how many HD of undead are turned.