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Base rule set: OD&D The Littlest Brown Book.

Much was borrowed from EvilTables' Northern Strata rules & Slothyyyy's Redux downtime & hireling rules. Combat draws on Chainmail by way of Meatheads.

Character Creation

Everyone is a human, but additional types may be unlocked. Characters are foreigners by default, having traveled over the Encircling Sea to Antarctica in search of adventure.

Instead of attribute scores, roll 2dZodiac to determine sun & moon signs:

No clerics -- everyone is either an Armiger (fighter) or Magus (magic-user).

Characters get max HP at 1st level.

Armigers can pick two weapons to be favored weapons, rolling attacks with +1.

Magi belong to an esoteric tradition (white, black, red, green, or blue magic) & automatically know all spells of their tradition (of the level they can cast). Sharing spells between traditions is strictly taboo, but this does not apply to spells learned while adventuring. Additionally, traditions confer the following benefits:

The spells Detect Magic & Read Magic do not need to be prepared & can be cast in place of any prepared spell.

Combat

Combat proceeds via the following sequence:

1. Initiative (d6, players win on 4+, -1 penalty underground unless magical light is present)
2. Casters declare spells & ranged attackers take aim
3. Initiative winner move & ranged
4. Initiative loser move & ranged
5. Melee, in order of weapon class (high-low 1st round, low-high 2nd round)
6. Spell effects

Attackers roll 2d6 & compare to the target value on the combat matrix. If the defender has a shield (or has armor plating, in the case of the monster column), use the parenthetical value. Two-handed weapons are marked with an asterisk -- these inflict 1d6 + 1 damage.

Armigers can make one attack/HD when fighting 1HD foes. At level 4 Armigers get a +1 bonus to all attacks, at level 7, +2.

Weapon damage (d6)

Magic

Turning Undead

Any character may brandish a holy symbol to attempt to turn undead. Each use of Turn Undead must be recharged by spending a week of downtime in prayer.

Shrines

Any character can pray at a shrine to acquire a power. Some powers are passive, others can be deliberately invoked.

Downtime

For each week between adventures, characters can choose one of the following downtime activities:

Carousing

Carousing requires a suitable population of guests & merchants to furnish food & libations. Generally, a single inn can supply up to a night of debauchery, a village can support a village festival, a town can furnish a grand soiree, & a city is needed to host anything more. Remote locations can attract distant guests if additional weeks are allotted for sending invitations & travel.

Leads

All credit for this system goes to Slothyyyyyy.

Leads are stated goals, with conditions for completion. Completing a lead provides an XP reward, starting at 100 and increasing by 100 for every failed attempt at completion.

At the start of each session, players select one lead to pursue. At the end of each session, players may add one lead to the lead pool.

If the conditions of a lead are fulfilled while pursuing another lead, XP is awarded for that lead as normal.

Other Rules

Overland Travel

Travel across the Antarctic hexmap occurs in two modes:

• In settled lands, along roads, & through areas already explored, encounters are 1-in-12.
• When venturing into unexplored territory, the full set of OD&D travel rules are used (encounter odds by terrain, chance of getting lost, etc).

Sailing

TBA, will probably use the rules in Wolves with modifications for ragworm-powered vessels.

Cold weather survival

TBA

Hirelings

Sequence of Play

1. Session start
   1. Update calendar
   2. Introductions: player name, character name
      1. Ref notes player bonuses to reaction, initiative, surprise
   3. Recap last session
   4. Resolve downtime
      1. Update reputation
      2. Level up (if applicable)
   5. Expedition prep
      1. Select a lead
      2. Purchase equipment
      3. Hire hirelings
      4. Calculate days till starvation (if traveling overland more than 3 days)
      5. Quartermaster determines party carry capacity
      6. Determine marching order
2. Session
3. Session end
   1. Quartermaster distributes treasure
   2. Calculate & award XP
   3. Award or increase Lead XP
   4. (Optional) add a new lead

Player Roles

• Caller -- take the lead in communicating party's actions to Ref
• Scribe -- take notes & writes a session report
• Mapper -- take the lead in mapping & annotating in TLDraw
• Quartermaster -- determine party carry capacity, record treasure, distribute treasure at end of session