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House rules for the [[campaign::Dissolution]] campaign.
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The idea of the [https://seanmccoy.substack.com/p/dungeon23 #dungeon32] "contest" was to build a megadungeon by creating a brief outline of one room, each day, for the year of 2023, in a [https://www.jetpens.com/Hobonichi-Techo-Weeks-Planners/ct/4080 particular kind of notebook]. This is the result of mine, with an introduction written after it was all done.</div>


== Critical hits ==
== Introduction ==


When you roll within your critical range, you have a choice:
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* You may roll for a critical hit, as per the standard rules.
== The Temple Beneath ==
* You may automatically just take max weapon damage. (If your critical multiplier is &times;3, you deal 1.5 times max weapon damage.)


This is a bit of a trade off. All attacks deal three types of damage, and each choice deals with them differently:
=== A. The Surface ===


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Half-way up a forested mountain, an ancient trail leads to ruins.
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| '''Type''' || Weapon damage || Bonus damage || Ancillary damage
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| '''Description''' || the base dice damage of the weapon || fixed damage from strength, magical plusses, etc. || sneak attack, vital strike, added energy damage, etc.
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| '''Standard rules''' || colspan="2" | Make to-hit roll again. If you would hit, damage calculated a number of times equal to your critical multiplier (usually &times;2) || Applied only once, even if critical succeeded.
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| '''House rule''' || colspan="2" | ''No additional roll needed''. Damage roll treated as if highest number came up on each die. If range is &times;3, multiply the result by 1.5 (round down). ||  Applied only once
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To use abilities that trigger off of critical hits (such as critical feats), you ''must'' make the confirmation roll to determine if they take effect; however, you can still elect (prior to rolling) either damage option. For example, if someone with the Bleeding Critical feat rolled within their critical range, they could take the max damage, then roll a confirmation to see if the bleeding crit triggers, or they could roll the confirmation and, if successful, roll extra damage and the bleeding crit triggers.
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==== 1.1 Stone-Capped Well ====


In most cases, the house rule will result in a lower ''average'' damage, but is reliable (i.e. you don't need to make the confirming "attack" roll). Some examples, always assuming a critical actually happens:
* Rune-covered
* Repellent


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==== 1.2 Feet of the Colossus ====
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! !! colspan="4" | Damage Roll !! colspan="3" | No crit || colspan="3" | Standard crit (if achieved) || colspan="3" | House rule
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! Situation !! Weapon !! Bonus !! Ancillary || Crit range !! Min !! Average !! Max !! Min !! Average !! Max !! Min !! Average !! Max
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| '''Lostwhite w/ +1 flaming flail''' || 1d8 || +9 || +1d6 fire || &times;2 || 1+9+1=<br/>11 || 4.5+9+3.5=<br/>17 || 8+9+6=<br/>23 || 2(1+9)+1=<br/>21 || 2(4.5+9)+3.5=<br/>30.5 || 2(8+9)+6=<br/>40 || 8+9+1=<br/>18 || 8+9+3.5=<br/>20.5 || 8+9+6=<br/>23
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| '''Lostwhite w/ +1 greatsword''' || 2d6 || +11 || || &times;2 || 2+11=<br/>13 || 7+11=<br/>18 || 12+11=<br/>23 || 2(1+11)=<br/>24 || 2(7+11)=<br/>36 || 2(12+11)=<br/>46 || colspan="3" | 12+11=<br/>23
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| '''Lostwhite w/ +1 battleaxe''' || 1d8 || +7 || || '''&times;3''' || 1+7=<br/>8 || 4.5+7=<br/>11.5 || 8+7=<br/>15 || 3(1+7)=<br/>24 || 3(4.5+7)=<br/>34.5 || 3(8+7)=<br/>45 || colspan="3" | 1.5(8+7)=<br/>22
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| '''Caralaria w/ fist and vital strike''' || 1d10 || +6 || +1d10 || &times;2 || 1+6+1=<br/>8 || 5.5+6+5.5=<br/>16 || 10+6+10=<br/>26 || 2(1+6)+1=<br/>15 || 2(5.5+6)+5.5=<br/>28.5 || 2(10+6)+10=<br/>42 || 10+6+1=<br/>17 || 10+6+5.5=<br/>21.5 || 10+6+10=<br/>26
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| '''Scoffney w/ +1 rifle''' || 1d12 || +1 || || '''&times;3''' || 1+1=<br/>2 || 6.5+1=<br/>7.5 || 12+1=<br/>13 || 3(1+1)=<br/>6 || 3(6.5+1)=<br/>22.5 || 3(12+1)=<br/>39 || colspan="3" | 1.5(12+1)=<br/>19
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| '''Scoffney w/ +1 rifle and sneak attack''' || 1d12 || +1 || +3d6 || '''&times;3''' || 1+1+3=<br/>5 || 6.5+1+3(3.5)=<br/>18 || 12+1+3(6)=<br/>31 || 3(1+1)+3=<br/>7 || 3(6.5+1)+3(3.5)=<br/>24.5 || 3(12+1)+3(6)=<br/>44 || 1.5(12+1)+3=<br/>22 || 1.5(12+1)+3(3.5)=30 || 1.5(12+1)+3(6)=37
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| '''Oreni's ''scorching ray''''' || 4d6 || || || &times;2 || 4(1)=<br/>4 || 4(3.5)=<br/>14 || 4(6)=<br/>24 || 2(4(1))=<br/>8 || 2(4(3.5))=<br/>28 || 2(4(6))=<br/>48 || colspan="3" | 4(6)=<br/>24
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The moral of all this is that if you have a decent chance to hit, you will likely do more damage using the standard rules, but if you need a good roll to hit, you are better off with the house rule. Also, the larger your bonus damage is, the more advantage you will get from using the standard rule.
* All that remains of a massive granite statue, created by magic.
* Overgrown, no paths remaining.
* Scattered haphazardly on all sides of the left foot are balls of hair and bones (like owl pellets), about volleyball size, as well as larger solitary bones, skulls, and antlers.
* Ancient and weathered
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== Sneak Attacks and Ranged Weapons ==
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Just a clarification to the standard rules on sneak attacks:
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* Sneak attacks ''can'' be made with ranged weapons, so long as the rogue is within "point-blank" range (30').
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* Sneak attacks are allowed if the target is denied a Dex bonus, or if the rouge flanks the target.
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* You cannot normally flank a target with a ranged weapon.
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So, as practical matter, the only way you can typically sneak attack with a ranged weapon is by denying the target a Dex bonus. Targets lose their Dex bonus to AC in any of the following situations:
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* Target is [http://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering---final/conditions---final#TOC-Blinded blinded]
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* Target is [http://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering---final/conditions---final#TOC-Cowering cowering]
* Target is [http://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering---final/conditions---final#TOC-Flat-Footed flat-footed] and does not have [http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/basic-classes/rogue#TOC-Uncanny-Dodge-Ex- Uncanny Dodge]
* Target is [http://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering---final/conditions---final#TOC-Helpless helpless]
* Target is [http://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering---final/conditions---final#TOC-Stunned stunned]
* Target is [http://www.d20pfsrd.com/skills/climb climbing]
* Attacker is [http://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering---final/conditions---final#TOC-Invisible invisible]
* Attacker successfully [http://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering---final/combat---final#TOC-Feint feints] against the target.
* Attacker or ally uses [http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/greater-feint-combat---final Greater Feint] against the target.


== Reach Spell ==
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This one is really a mistake that was active for long enough to make us keep it. This is no longer a metamagic feat. It is a standard feat that lets the caster cast any touch spell as a ranged touch attack if within "point blank" range (30').
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This changes magic (particularly clerics and other healers) quite a bit. It also fits the definition of a broken rule, as it is hard to imagine any caster that wouldn't take this feat, but so be it. It is pretty fun.
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== Vital Strike ==
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From the look of the errata, looks like we read this one wrong as well, but we're keeping it as well. We allow any attack to be declared (post attack roll) as a vital strike, but only once per round.
== Appendices ==


== Arterial Strike ==
=== Appendix A: The Arch Keys ===


This is a new feat, adapted from (but a bit more flexible than) the feat of the same name in ''Complete Warrior''.
The early Kiooliciti experiments with portals led to the five "polyhedral" portals. The location of these are summarized here, in addition to the location of the keys that allow their use:


'''Prerequisite''': Sneak attack ability, base attack bonus +4.
* Tetrahedral (yellow): 3.26, tesseract entrance. Keys: 2.2, 4.7, 4.8
'''Benefit''': If you hit with a sneak attack, you may choose to forgo one or more +1d6 of extra sneak attack damage to deliver a wound that won't stop bleeding. For each die forgone, the target takes 1 [http://www.d20pfsrd.com/gamemastering/conditions#TOC-Bleed bleed]. Bleed from multiple arterial strikes stacks with each other, but not with other bleed effects that deal damage.
* Cubic (orange): 1.28, smashed. Keys (shattered): 2.14, 4.26
* Octahedral (purple): 3.11, near geode. Keys: 1.13, 2.14, 4.7
* Dodecahedral (green): 4.16. Keys: 2.11, 4.4, 4.14
* Icosahedral (blue): 5.17. Keys: 5.3, 5.10, 5.27


== Close Shot (Combat) ==
=== Appendix B: Tesseract Connections ===


This is a new feat, which extends "point blank" range.
When the Kiooliciti built their tesseract, they labelled the ''edges'' of its graph not the ''nodes''. (After all, it is the edges that are the hard things to create and monitor.) Each edge (a connection between rooms of the tesseract) has been given an alchemical symbol. Most are two way (↔), some are one way (→), and some are broken (—). The edges are:


'''Prerequisite''': base attack bonus +3.
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'''Benefit''': Any effect which specifically only works within "point blank" range may be used from an additional 30' away. That is, "point blank" range becomes 60'. Situations that benefit from this feat include:
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* Using [http://www.d20pfsrd.com/feats/point-blank-shot-combat---final Point Blank Shot].
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* Sneak attacking with ranged weapons.
* 🜁 air 3.26 → random destination.
* Using the Reach Spell feat (see above).
* 🜂 fire 1.21 — 3.26
* Casting touch spells from wands (see above).
* 🜃 earth 3.26 ↔ 4.15
* The Furtive Shot rogue talent (see below).
* 🜄 water 3.26 ↔ 5.1
'''Normal''': Point blank range is normally 30'.
* 🜉 aqua vitæ 4.15 ↔ 6.2
 
* 🜌 vinegar 4.15 ↔ 5.1
== Furtive Shot ==
* 🜍 sulphur 4.29 ↔ 5.11
 
* 🜎 philosophers sulfur
This is a new [http://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/basic-classes/rogue#TOC-Rogue-Talents rogue talent]:
* 🜏 black sulfur 5.7 ↔ 5.17
 
* 🜑 mercury sublimate 5.10 ↔ 5.17
''Furtive Shot ([http://www.d20pfsrd.com/basics-ability-scores/glossary---final#TOC-Extraordinary-Abilities-Ex- Ex])'': If within point-blank range of a target that is flanked by two or more of your allies, you may sneak attack that target with a ranged weapon.
* 🜔 salt 5.6 ↔ 5.7
 
* 🜕 nitre 5.11 ↔ 5.21
== Magical Items ==
* 🜖 vitriol 5.3 ↔ 5.7
 
* 🜨 verdigris 5.21 ↔ 5.30
=== Pearl of Power ===
* 🜶 alkali 5.17 ↔ 5.31
 
* 🜳 regulus 5.4 ↔ 5.5
Spontaneous casters can use a [http://www.pathfindersrd.com/magic-items/wondrous-items#TOC-Pearl-of-Power pearl of power] to restore a spell slot, with one restriction: that slot can only be used to cast a specific spell that the user has already cast that day (specified when the perl is used). Also, anyone using a pearl must spend a full action to do so.
* 🜬 sublimate of antimony 5.4 ↔ 5.8
 
* 🜢 sublimate of copper 5.5 ↔ 5.8
=== Wands ===
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We treat wands as if they all have the Reach Spell feat (see above). That is, if they cast a touch spell, they can do so as a ranged touch attack from 30 feet away.
* 🝁 quicklime 5.15 ↔ 6.3
* 🝅 alum 5.15 ↔ 6.3
* 🜩 tin 5.2 ↔ 5.8
* 🜚 gold 5.16 ↔ 5.19
* 🜛 silver 5.20 ↔ 6.1
* 🜠 copper 5.29 ↔ 6.2
* 🜪 lead 5.2 ↔ 5.14
* 🜜 iron 5.8 ↔ 5.31
* 🜫 antimony 5.20 ↔ 6.1
* 🜾 bismuth 5.16 ↔ 6.4
* 🜺 arsenic 5.8 ↔ 5.13
* 🜼 realgar 5.30 ↔ 6.4
* 🜸 marcasite 5.20 ↔ 6.4
* 🜿 tartar 5.10 ↔ 5.16
* 🝃 borax 5.31 ↔ 6.1
* 🜘 rock salt 5.2 ↔ 5.11
* 🝉 gum 5.9 ↔ 5.13
* 🝊 wax 5.2 ↔ 5.20
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* 🝕 urine 5.2 ↔ 5.29
* 🝖 horse dung
* 🝞 sublimation 5.2 ↔ 5.22
* 🝟 precipitate 5.10 ↔ 5.24
* 🝠 distill 5.15 ↔ 5.23
* 🝢 dissolve 5.8 ↔ 5.25
* 🝣 purify 5.2 ↔ 5.27
* 🝤 putrefaction 5.17 ↔ 5.26
* 🝩 crucible 5.9 ↔ 5.28
* 🝪 alembic 5.25 ↔ 7.3
* 🝭 retort 5.23 ↔ 7.31
* 🝑 trident 5.24 ↔ 6.5
* 🝎 caput mortuum 5.20 ↔ 5.27
* ⍚ “evaporate” 5.26 ↔ 6.1
* ⍝ “encase” 5.27 ↔ 5.31
* ⍢ “grind” 5.27 ↔ 6.2
* ⌱ “extract” 5.28 ↔ 6.3
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Revision as of 06:01, 24 December 2023

The idea of the #dungeon32 "contest" was to build a megadungeon by creating a brief outline of one room, each day, for the year of 2023, in a particular kind of notebook. This is the result of mine, with an introduction written after it was all done.

Introduction

=

The Temple Beneath

A. The Surface

Half-way up a forested mountain, an ancient trail leads to ruins.

1.1 Stone-Capped Well

  • Rune-covered
  • Repellent

1.2 Feet of the Colossus

  • All that remains of a massive granite statue, created by magic.
  • Overgrown, no paths remaining.
  • Scattered haphazardly on all sides of the left foot are balls of hair and bones (like owl pellets), about volleyball size, as well as larger solitary bones, skulls, and antlers.
  • Ancient and weathered

Map

Week title

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Week description

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Appendices

Appendix A: The Arch Keys

The early Kiooliciti experiments with portals led to the five "polyhedral" portals. The location of these are summarized here, in addition to the location of the keys that allow their use:

  • Tetrahedral (yellow): 3.26, tesseract entrance. Keys: 2.2, 4.7, 4.8
  • Cubic (orange): 1.28, smashed. Keys (shattered): 2.14, 4.26
  • Octahedral (purple): 3.11, near geode. Keys: 1.13, 2.14, 4.7
  • Dodecahedral (green): 4.16. Keys: 2.11, 4.4, 4.14
  • Icosahedral (blue): 5.17. Keys: 5.3, 5.10, 5.27

Appendix B: Tesseract Connections

When the Kiooliciti built their tesseract, they labelled the edges of its graph not the nodes. (After all, it is the edges that are the hard things to create and monitor.) Each edge (a connection between rooms of the tesseract) has been given an alchemical symbol. Most are two way (↔), some are one way (→), and some are broken (—). The edges are:

  • 🜁 air 3.26 → random destination.
  • 🜂 fire 1.21 — 3.26
  • 🜃 earth 3.26 ↔ 4.15
  • 🜄 water 3.26 ↔ 5.1
  • 🜉 aqua vitæ 4.15 ↔ 6.2
  • 🜌 vinegar 4.15 ↔ 5.1
  • 🜍 sulphur 4.29 ↔ 5.11
  • 🜎 philosophers sulfur
  • 🜏 black sulfur 5.7 ↔ 5.17
  • 🜑 mercury sublimate 5.10 ↔ 5.17
  • 🜔 salt 5.6 ↔ 5.7
  • 🜕 nitre 5.11 ↔ 5.21
  • 🜖 vitriol 5.3 ↔ 5.7
  • 🜨 verdigris 5.21 ↔ 5.30
  • 🜶 alkali 5.17 ↔ 5.31
  • 🜳 regulus 5.4 ↔ 5.5
  • 🜬 sublimate of antimony 5.4 ↔ 5.8
  • 🜢 sublimate of copper 5.5 ↔ 5.8
  • 🝁 quicklime 5.15 ↔ 6.3
  • 🝅 alum 5.15 ↔ 6.3
  • 🜩 tin 5.2 ↔ 5.8
  • 🜚 gold 5.16 ↔ 5.19
  • 🜛 silver 5.20 ↔ 6.1
  • 🜠 copper 5.29 ↔ 6.2
  • 🜪 lead 5.2 ↔ 5.14
  • 🜜 iron 5.8 ↔ 5.31
  • 🜫 antimony 5.20 ↔ 6.1
  • 🜾 bismuth 5.16 ↔ 6.4
  • 🜺 arsenic 5.8 ↔ 5.13
  • 🜼 realgar 5.30 ↔ 6.4
  • 🜸 marcasite 5.20 ↔ 6.4
  • 🜿 tartar 5.10 ↔ 5.16
  • 🝃 borax 5.31 ↔ 6.1
  • 🜘 rock salt 5.2 ↔ 5.11
  • 🝉 gum 5.9 ↔ 5.13
  • 🝊 wax 5.2 ↔ 5.20
  • 🝕 urine 5.2 ↔ 5.29
  • 🝖 horse dung
  • 🝞 sublimation 5.2 ↔ 5.22
  • 🝟 precipitate 5.10 ↔ 5.24
  • 🝠 distill 5.15 ↔ 5.23
  • 🝢 dissolve 5.8 ↔ 5.25
  • 🝣 purify 5.2 ↔ 5.27
  • 🝤 putrefaction 5.17 ↔ 5.26
  • 🝩 crucible 5.9 ↔ 5.28
  • 🝪 alembic 5.25 ↔ 7.3
  • 🝭 retort 5.23 ↔ 7.31
  • 🝑 trident 5.24 ↔ 6.5
  • 🝎 caput mortuum 5.20 ↔ 5.27
  • ⍚ “evaporate” 5.26 ↔ 6.1
  • ⍝ “encase” 5.27 ↔ 5.31
  • ⍢ “grind” 5.27 ↔ 6.2
  • ⌱ “extract” 5.28 ↔ 6.3
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