In Dungeon Crawl Classics, there are two ways to save a dying character.
First, a character who drops to 0 hit points starts bleeding out, and continues bleeding out for a number of rounds equal to their character level (so a 0th-level character bleeds out instantly, a 1st-level character bleeds out for 1 round, a 2nd-level character for 2 rounds, and so on.) If a character receives healing while they're bleeding out (either from a cleric's lay on hands ability or from the new fleeting luck mechanic) then they lose 1 Stamina and wake up with however many hit points they regained. Healing a character who's bleeding out requires another character to step outside combat to administer aid (unless fleeting luck allows characters to heal themselves, I'm not completely sure how this new mechanic works.)
Second, a character who drops to 0 hit points might get saved if their friends roll over the body. The idea of rolling over the body is that maybe the character got lucky - maybe they weren't really dead with 0 hit points, maybe they were actually just unconscious with 1 hit point. The character who seemed to be dead rolls a Luck check - if they roll less than or equal to their Luck score, they get lucky, and they're just unconscious (if they roll over their Luck score, then they're unlucky, and they're really dead.) If a character is rolled over, they lose 1 Strength, Agility, or Stamina (at random) and they get -4 to all Action Dice rolls for the next hour. Like healing, rolling over the body requires another character to administer aid. Unlike healing, there's no time limit built into the rules for rolling over the body. You can attempt to roll over the body of a character you failed to heal who just bled out before your eyes - maybe they'll get lucky and it just looks like they're dead. You can also attempt to roll over the body of a character who got left behind when everyone else ran away from the monster that seemed to kill them, or a character who got dragged away to one monster's lair while the other monsters prevented the other characters from following - as long as you eventually find the body, no matter how much time as past, you can attempt to roll them over and see if they're really alive. (As a judge, I would probably still rule that 0th-level characters who seem to die are really dead and can't be saved. And I wouldn't let the other characters find the body of a fallen comrade unless I was willing to let them try to roll over the body and save them.)
I've written a Death & Dismemberment Table for DCC. (As far as I can tell, the idea and name of a "death and dismemberment table" originally comes from Robert Fischer's "Classic D&D Injury Table" and was popularized to reach a wider audience in Trollsmyth's "Playing with Death and Dismemberment." Since then, the idea has diffused and proliferated into numerous versions and rule systems.) To roll on this Death & Dismemberment Table, a character still has to be saved from death by being healed while bleeding out or by having their body rolled over to discover they're really still alive. Healing still requires clerical magic or fleeting luck, and rolling over the body still requires a successful Luck check. However, this table replaces the automatic ability score loss that accompanies healing or rolling over. Instead of automatically losing 1 Stamina (or automatically losing 1 Strength, Agility, or Stamina) the character instead experiences random ability score loss. On average, the results of this table are equivalent to the automatic 1 point loss in the DCC core rules - but only on average, any individual roll might produce results that are worse, the same, or better than the result listed in the core rules. Also, the way I've suggested deciding what dice to roll means that low-level characters are likely to get worse results than the following the core rules, while high-level characters are likely to to experience better.
DEATH & DISMEMBERMENT TABLE
Roll on this table after a character has been saved by healing magic, fleeting luck, or rolling over the body. The dice-type for the roll is determined by the character administering the life-saving aid, and the roll is modified by the Luck score of the dying character.
Most characters are untrained in medical care, and so roll a d10. Characters with the following occupations are considered trained, and so roll a d20 - alchemist, barber, butcher, dwarven apothecarist, elven sage, halfling chicken butcher, healer, herbalist, shaman. (Judges using alternative occupation lists should determine which occupations are considered trained in medicine.) Clerics always roll d20 + CL. Unless granted a superior dice-type by their occupation, thieves roll the dice-type indicated by their "cast spell from scroll" ability. (At the judge's discretion, thieves could recieve the dice-type determined by their occupation and add their "handle poison" bonus to the roll, but this decision should be consistent across all thieves.) Wizards who have an arcane affinity for necromany use the dice-type indicated by their occupation, but they may improve it by +1d for each one spell their affinity grants them the ability to cast using a higher die. (For example, a necromancer who got result 14-15 on the arcane affinity spell rolls a d12, while a necromancer who got result 26-29 when casting arcane affinity rolls a d16. The maximum benefit of this training is to roll a d30, which would require both a trained occupation and an arcane affinity result of 16-19 or higher.)
Roll Result
0 or less Internal bleeding / cerebral hemorrhage. Your injury is much worse than it initially appeared. Outwardly you look unscathed, but your insides are shattered and pulped. Despite all efforts to save you, you bleed out and die.
1 Stroke. You blacked out, and when you came to everything was dark and quiet. You are blinded (by a cutting attack) or deafened (by a bludgeoning attack) until healed and you permanently lose 2 points of Personality (if cut) or 2 points of Intelligence (if bludgeoned).
2 Spinal injury. You heard a terrible snapping sound, and now you can't feel your body or move it except to make it twitch or spasm. You are paralyzed until healed, and you permanently lose 2 points of Stamina.
3 Shattered elbow. You landed hard, and your arm bent at an ugly, impossible angle. Your broken arm is useless until healed, and you permanently lose 2 points of Strength.
4 Mangled hand. You broke your fingers, snapped your wrist. You'll never make such precise, steady movements again. Your broken arm is useless until healed, and you permanently lose 2 points of Agility.
5 Concussion. You passed out, you threw up. Your head is spinning, your vision is blurred, you can hear people talking but you can't understand the words. You permanently lose 1 point of Personality (if cut) or 1 point of Intelligence (if bludgeoned), and until your organ damage is healed, you cannot engage in strenuous activity (combat, running, jumping, swimming, climbing) without making a DC 10 Will save or else getting dizzy passing out.
6 Heart attack. For a moment your heart stopped and you couldn't draw breath. You vomited and shit blood. Even now it feels like your chest is being crushed in a vise. You permanently lose 1 point of Stamina, and until your organ damage is healed, you cannot engage in strenuous activity (combat, running, jumping, swimming, climbing) without making a DC 10 Fortitude save or else hyperventilating and fainting.
7 Slipped disc. Your spine twisted and your hip fell out of its socket. Your leg is numb and you can't feel your toes. You feel pins and needles when you feel anything at all. Until your broken leg is healed, your movement rate is reduced by half, and you permanently lose 1 point of Strength.
8 Shattered knee / broken ankle. You went down hard and now your leg can barely support your weight. You'll never be as nimble or as light on your feet as you were before. Until your broken leg is healed, your movement rate is reduced by half, and you permanently lose 1 point of Agility.
9 Nasty headwound. You have an ugly scar on your face now. It makes you stupid; it makes you mean. You permanently lose 1 point of Personality (from a cutting attack) or 1 point of Intelligence (from a bludgeoning attack.)
10 Broken ribs. Your chest made horrible cracking sounds as you slammed into the ground. You'll never draw a full breath again. You permanently lose 1 point of Stamina.
11 Dislocated shoulder. Your arm was knocked from its socket. You can put it back, but it'll never bear weight like it used to. You permanently lose 1 point of Strength.
12 Sprained wrist. Your hand got bent back too far, at an angle it was never meant to turn. It will always feel stiff and shaky after this. You permanently lose 1 point of Agility.
13 Success! You are revived without permanent injury.
14 Success! You are revived without permanent injury.
15 Success! You are revived without permanent injury.
16 Success! You are revived without permanent injury.
17 Superior healing! You moved faster than you've ever moved before trying to dodge that last blow. You failed then, but you won't fail again. Permanently gain 1 point of Agility.
18 Superior healing! You never saw such perfection in the techniques of violence until you saw the blow that almost killed you. Now that you've seen it, you'll fight more perfectly too. Permanently gain 1 point of Strength.
19 Superior healing! All your life you've had a crick in your spine; your bones clicked when arched your back, flexed your hips, turned your wrist, stretched your jaw. Somehow that last blow knocked everything into place, suddenly everything just fits and nothing is out of place. Permanently gain 1 point of Stamina.
20 Superior healing! You used to be callow and naive. Nearly dying has changed all that. You have perspective now. Permanently gain 1 point of Intelligence or 1 point of Personality (your choice).
21 or more Divine intervention / patron bond. Your recovery is nothing short of supernatural. Some powerful being had a hand in keeping you alive. It might have been your cleric's deity, your wizard's patron, or another supernatural entity trying to recruit you. You recover all hit points and permanently gain 2 points of Luck. In addition, roll 2d4 + 10; you gain that result in Divine Aid or from the appropriate Invoke Patron spell. You can gain this Aid or Invocation at once, or later at a time of your choosing. The entity owns you now; it saved your life, and you owe it a favor in return.
Thursday, November 30, 2017
Sunday, November 12, 2017
Alternate Mutations for MCC
The Mutant Crawl Classics core rules have tables for determining mutant appearance, manimal subtype, and plantient subtype. Each table takes a similar form, roll 1d30 to pick a category of mutation (skin color, skin texture, eyes, etc for mutant appearance; primate, canine, feline, etc for manimal subtype; deciduous, conifer, fruit-bearing, etc for plantient subtype) then roll again to choose a specific mutation from within that category.
There isn't necessarily a problem with any of these tables, but I do worry that there may be slightly too few specific options within each category, and that the categories for manimals and plantients leave some obvious choices out. (I also wonder about some of the mutant appearance charts. Is there a meaningful difference between hands that "are comprised of tentacles" and hands that are "absent, replaced with tentacle fingers?" What if someone's sole mutation is to have 2 arms or 2 legs, which is a serious possibility on the "Body" category subtable?)
Partly, this concern is practical. Tables with too few choices risks producing too many repeats, and because each MCC game begins with 4 characters per player, this risk is greater than in other games. (Reading the Random Esoteric Creature Generator and then reading Island of the Unknown shows what this risk looks like.) It doesn't matter if the mutants at one table look like the mutants at another, but it does matter if some of the supposedly unique mutants at one table look like others at the same table. (If mutants are supposed to belong to distinctive types, rather than being individuals, then this isn't a problem at all, but I think that the mutants are supposed to each be unique.)
The other part of my concern is creative. I don't claim to have imagined every type of mutation, but it seems there are some obvious possibilities left out. Many of the mutants depicted in the art of the book, for example, cannot be created following the tables, which seems like another missed opportunity.
In the future, I'll write my own tables, but for now, here are three alternative tables based on the mutations in the Crawling Under a Broken Moon zine and the Umerican Survival Guide. These tables provide categories of mutation without offering specific types within each category. One way to use these tables would be for the player and judge to decide together what the mutation looks like. Another way would be to follow up by rolling on the CUaBM or USG mutation tables, which provide chances for a number of possible abilities related to each category. One caveat here would be that these tables were originally written for a world where mutations are less common than in MCC.
The first table provides alternative mutant appearance results. The second provides alternative manimal subtypes. The third provides alternative plantient subtypes.
Mutant Appearance (roll 1d24)
1-2 Extravore (digestive abnormality)
3-6 Extra limbs
7-10 Cranial abnormality
11-14 Dermal abnormality
15-18 Ocular abnormality
19-20 Aggregate features (roll 1d3, 1 granite, 2 iron, 3 crystalline)
21-22 Weaponized features (roll 1d6, 1 claws, 2 spines, 3 fangs, 4 horns, 5 club fist, 6 spikes)
23 Roll 1d20 once on this table. The mutant has two mutations of this type.
24 Roll 1d20 twice on this table.
Manimal Subtype (roll 1d20)
1-2 Avian (bird-like)
3-4 Bovid (cow-like)
5-6 Canine (dog-like)
7-8 Crustacean (crab-like)
9-10 Feline (cat-like)
11-12 Piscine (fish-like)
13-14 Amphibian (frog-like)
15-16 Reptilian (lizard-like)
17-18 Testudine (turtle-like)
19 Roll 1d16 twice on this table.
20 Roll 1d16 once on this table and 1d20 once on the Mutant Appearance table.
Plantient Subtype (roll 1d12)
1-2 Tree-like
3-4 Bush-like
5-6 Vine-like
7-8 Flower-like
9-10 Fungi-like
11 Roll 1d10 twice on this table.
12 Roll 1d10 once on this table and 1d20 once on the Mutant Appearance table.
There isn't necessarily a problem with any of these tables, but I do worry that there may be slightly too few specific options within each category, and that the categories for manimals and plantients leave some obvious choices out. (I also wonder about some of the mutant appearance charts. Is there a meaningful difference between hands that "are comprised of tentacles" and hands that are "absent, replaced with tentacle fingers?" What if someone's sole mutation is to have 2 arms or 2 legs, which is a serious possibility on the "Body" category subtable?)
Partly, this concern is practical. Tables with too few choices risks producing too many repeats, and because each MCC game begins with 4 characters per player, this risk is greater than in other games. (Reading the Random Esoteric Creature Generator and then reading Island of the Unknown shows what this risk looks like.) It doesn't matter if the mutants at one table look like the mutants at another, but it does matter if some of the supposedly unique mutants at one table look like others at the same table. (If mutants are supposed to belong to distinctive types, rather than being individuals, then this isn't a problem at all, but I think that the mutants are supposed to each be unique.)
The other part of my concern is creative. I don't claim to have imagined every type of mutation, but it seems there are some obvious possibilities left out. Many of the mutants depicted in the art of the book, for example, cannot be created following the tables, which seems like another missed opportunity.
In the future, I'll write my own tables, but for now, here are three alternative tables based on the mutations in the Crawling Under a Broken Moon zine and the Umerican Survival Guide. These tables provide categories of mutation without offering specific types within each category. One way to use these tables would be for the player and judge to decide together what the mutation looks like. Another way would be to follow up by rolling on the CUaBM or USG mutation tables, which provide chances for a number of possible abilities related to each category. One caveat here would be that these tables were originally written for a world where mutations are less common than in MCC.
The first table provides alternative mutant appearance results. The second provides alternative manimal subtypes. The third provides alternative plantient subtypes.
Mutant Appearance (roll 1d24)
1-2 Extravore (digestive abnormality)
3-6 Extra limbs
7-10 Cranial abnormality
11-14 Dermal abnormality
15-18 Ocular abnormality
19-20 Aggregate features (roll 1d3, 1 granite, 2 iron, 3 crystalline)
21-22 Weaponized features (roll 1d6, 1 claws, 2 spines, 3 fangs, 4 horns, 5 club fist, 6 spikes)
23 Roll 1d20 once on this table. The mutant has two mutations of this type.
24 Roll 1d20 twice on this table.
Manimal Subtype (roll 1d20)
1-2 Avian (bird-like)
3-4 Bovid (cow-like)
5-6 Canine (dog-like)
7-8 Crustacean (crab-like)
9-10 Feline (cat-like)
11-12 Piscine (fish-like)
13-14 Amphibian (frog-like)
15-16 Reptilian (lizard-like)
17-18 Testudine (turtle-like)
19 Roll 1d16 twice on this table.
20 Roll 1d16 once on this table and 1d20 once on the Mutant Appearance table.
Plantient Subtype (roll 1d12)
1-2 Tree-like
3-4 Bush-like
5-6 Vine-like
7-8 Flower-like
9-10 Fungi-like
11 Roll 1d10 twice on this table.
12 Roll 1d10 once on this table and 1d20 once on the Mutant Appearance table.
Friday, November 3, 2017
Characters I Want to Play - Alternate Occupation Tables for MCC
The Mutant Crawl Classics core rules provides separate tables for starting occupations (hunter or gatherer) and character genotypes (pure-strain human, mutant, manimal, or plantient).
My first thought when I saw this was that there was no reason to separate these tables. One of the interesting things about Dungeon Crawl Classics' starting occupations table is that it determines both the character's race (human, dwarven, elven, or halfling) and their occupation with one roll.
My second thought was that I could use the occupation lists from DCC #79: Frozen in Time or from Mystic Bull Games' The Tribe of Ogg and the Gift of Suss to replace the minimalist occupation list in MCC proper.
Below are three tables providing alternate occupations and genotypes for MCC characters. The first table uses only the occupations originally found in the Mutant Crawl Classics rules. (In all three tables, I preserved the frequency of the original genotypes.)
01-16 Human hunter - wood spear (1d5)
17-32 Human gatherer - leather bag
33-49 Mutant hunter - wood spear (1d5)
50-66 Mutant gatherer - leather bag
67-77 Manimal hunter - wood spear (1d5)
78-88 Manimal gatherer - leather bag
89-94 Plantient hunter - wood spear (1d5)
95-00 Plantient gatherer - leather bag
The second tables uses the occupations found in Frozen in Time. The pure-strain humans have occupations that went to humans in the original table. Only pure-strain humans can start as lore-keeper's assistants, shaman's assistants, or as stargazers. The mutants have occupations that went to both humans and demihumans. The manimals and plantients have only those occupations that originally went to demihumans. Manimals are weighted more heavily toward dwarven and halfling occupations, while plantients are weighted more heavily toward elven occupations.
01 Human artisan - club & clay pot of ochre paint
02-03 Human butcher - flint cleaver (as hand axe) & side of mammoth meat
04-05 Human brewer - club & skin of beer
06 Human canoe-maker - dagger & canoe
07-08 Human cord-maker - knife (as dagger) & hide cordage, 50'
09 Human fire-bearer - spear & clay pot of embers
10-11 Human fisherman - harpoon (as javelin) & flint fishhooks, 12
12-14 Human gatherer - knife (as dagger) & basket of vegetables
15 Human healer - club & bone needle and sinew thread
16 Human herbalist - club & herbs, 1 lb
17-19 Human hunter - spear & animal pelt
20 Human lore-keeper's assistant - club & divination bones
21-22 Human orphan - club & weird trinket from former tribe
23-24 Human potter - club & clay, 1 lb
25 Human shaman's assistant - club & herbs, 1 lb
26-27 Human slave - club & strange-looking rock
28 Human stargazer - spear & piece of meteorite iron
29-30 Human tanner - dagger & hide armor
31-32 Human weaver - dagger & fabric, 3 yards
33 Mutant artisan - club & clay pot of ochre paint
34-35 Mutant butcher - flint cleaver (as hand axe) & side of mammoth meat
36-37 Mutant brewer - club & skin of beer
38-39 Mutant canoe-maker - dagger & canoe
40-41 Mutant cord-maker - knife (as dagger) & hide cordage, 50'
42 Mutant flintknapper - flint hand axe & flint, 1 lb
43 Mutant herder - staff & elk calf
44 Mutant fletcher - short bow & flint arrowheads, 20
45 Mutant scout - spear & piece of signaling quartz
46 Mutant fire-bearer - spear & clay pot of embers
47-48 Mutant fisherman - harpoon (as javelin) & flint fishhooks, 12
49-50 Mutant gatherer - knife (as dagger) & basket of vegetables
51 Mutant animal trainer - club & wolf pup
52 Mutant fowler - sling & feathered cape
53 Mutant healer - club & bone needle and sinew thread
54 Mutant herbalist - club & herbs, 1 lb
55-56 Mutant hunter - spear & animal pelt
57-58 Mutant orphan - club & weird trinket from former tribe
59-60 Mutant potter - club & clay, 1 lb
61-62 Mutant slave - club & strange looking rock
63-64 Mutant tanner - dagger & hide armor
65-66 Mutant weaver - dagger & fabric, 3 yards
67-71 Manimal flintknapper - flint hand axe & flint, 1 lb
72-76 Manimal herder - staff & elk calf
75-76 Manimal fletcher - short bow & flint arrowheads, 20
77-78 Manimal scout - spear & piece of signaling quartz
79-83 Manimal animal trainer - club & wolf pup
84-88 Manimal fowler - sling & feathered cape
89 Plantient flintknapper - flint hand axe & flint, 1 lb
90 Plantient herder - staff & elk calf
91-94 Plantient fletcher - short bow & flint arrowheads, 20
95-98 Plantient scout - spear & piece of signaling quartz
99 Plantient animal trainer - club & wolf pup
00 Plantient fowler - sling & feathered cape
The third and final table uses the occupations found in The Tribe of Ogg. The role of shaman's apprentice is again reserved for pure-strain humans. There were no occupations specific to the demihuman ooloi in this adventure, so as in the first table, all genotypes draw on the same list of occupations.
01-04 Human fisher - spear & string of fish
05-08 Human flint knapper - flint axe & 1d5 stone daggers
09-16 Human gatherer - stone dagger & leather bag
17-26 Human hunter - spear & hunk of dried meat
27-28 Human shaman's assistant - club & fetish object
29-32 Human tanner - club & 1d3 tanned hides
33-36 Mutant fisher - spear & string of fish
37-40 Mutant flint knapper - flint axe & 1d5 stone daggers
41-51 Mutant gatherer - stone dagger & leather bag
52-62 Mutant hunter - spear & hunk of dried meat
63-66 Mutant tanner - club & 1d3 tanned hides
67-69 Manimal fisher - spear & string of fish
70-72 Manimal flint knapper - flint axe & 1d5 stone daggers
73-78 Manimal gatherer - stone dagger & leather bag
79-85 Manimal hunter - spear & hunk of dried meat
86-88 Manimal tanner - club & 1d3 tanned hides
89-90 Plantient fisher - spear & string of fish
91-92 Plantient flint knapper - flint axe & 1d5 stone daggers
93-95 Plantient gatherer - stone dagger & leather bag
96-98 Plantient hunter - spear & hunk of dried meat
99-00 Plantient tanner - club & 1d3 tanned hides
At some point I might try my hand at writing my own alternate occupations table, possibly with slightly modified genotype ratios - but for now I just wanted to make something to facilitate picking occupation and genotype in a single roll, and something that utilizes the two already-existing stone-age occupation tables from DCC.
My first thought when I saw this was that there was no reason to separate these tables. One of the interesting things about Dungeon Crawl Classics' starting occupations table is that it determines both the character's race (human, dwarven, elven, or halfling) and their occupation with one roll.
My second thought was that I could use the occupation lists from DCC #79: Frozen in Time or from Mystic Bull Games' The Tribe of Ogg and the Gift of Suss to replace the minimalist occupation list in MCC proper.
Below are three tables providing alternate occupations and genotypes for MCC characters. The first table uses only the occupations originally found in the Mutant Crawl Classics rules. (In all three tables, I preserved the frequency of the original genotypes.)
01-16 Human hunter - wood spear (1d5)
17-32 Human gatherer - leather bag
33-49 Mutant hunter - wood spear (1d5)
50-66 Mutant gatherer - leather bag
67-77 Manimal hunter - wood spear (1d5)
78-88 Manimal gatherer - leather bag
89-94 Plantient hunter - wood spear (1d5)
95-00 Plantient gatherer - leather bag
The second tables uses the occupations found in Frozen in Time. The pure-strain humans have occupations that went to humans in the original table. Only pure-strain humans can start as lore-keeper's assistants, shaman's assistants, or as stargazers. The mutants have occupations that went to both humans and demihumans. The manimals and plantients have only those occupations that originally went to demihumans. Manimals are weighted more heavily toward dwarven and halfling occupations, while plantients are weighted more heavily toward elven occupations.
01 Human artisan - club & clay pot of ochre paint
02-03 Human butcher - flint cleaver (as hand axe) & side of mammoth meat
04-05 Human brewer - club & skin of beer
06 Human canoe-maker - dagger & canoe
07-08 Human cord-maker - knife (as dagger) & hide cordage, 50'
09 Human fire-bearer - spear & clay pot of embers
10-11 Human fisherman - harpoon (as javelin) & flint fishhooks, 12
12-14 Human gatherer - knife (as dagger) & basket of vegetables
15 Human healer - club & bone needle and sinew thread
16 Human herbalist - club & herbs, 1 lb
17-19 Human hunter - spear & animal pelt
20 Human lore-keeper's assistant - club & divination bones
21-22 Human orphan - club & weird trinket from former tribe
23-24 Human potter - club & clay, 1 lb
25 Human shaman's assistant - club & herbs, 1 lb
26-27 Human slave - club & strange-looking rock
28 Human stargazer - spear & piece of meteorite iron
29-30 Human tanner - dagger & hide armor
31-32 Human weaver - dagger & fabric, 3 yards
33 Mutant artisan - club & clay pot of ochre paint
34-35 Mutant butcher - flint cleaver (as hand axe) & side of mammoth meat
36-37 Mutant brewer - club & skin of beer
38-39 Mutant canoe-maker - dagger & canoe
40-41 Mutant cord-maker - knife (as dagger) & hide cordage, 50'
42 Mutant flintknapper - flint hand axe & flint, 1 lb
43 Mutant herder - staff & elk calf
44 Mutant fletcher - short bow & flint arrowheads, 20
45 Mutant scout - spear & piece of signaling quartz
46 Mutant fire-bearer - spear & clay pot of embers
47-48 Mutant fisherman - harpoon (as javelin) & flint fishhooks, 12
49-50 Mutant gatherer - knife (as dagger) & basket of vegetables
51 Mutant animal trainer - club & wolf pup
52 Mutant fowler - sling & feathered cape
53 Mutant healer - club & bone needle and sinew thread
54 Mutant herbalist - club & herbs, 1 lb
55-56 Mutant hunter - spear & animal pelt
57-58 Mutant orphan - club & weird trinket from former tribe
59-60 Mutant potter - club & clay, 1 lb
61-62 Mutant slave - club & strange looking rock
63-64 Mutant tanner - dagger & hide armor
65-66 Mutant weaver - dagger & fabric, 3 yards
67-71 Manimal flintknapper - flint hand axe & flint, 1 lb
72-76 Manimal herder - staff & elk calf
75-76 Manimal fletcher - short bow & flint arrowheads, 20
77-78 Manimal scout - spear & piece of signaling quartz
79-83 Manimal animal trainer - club & wolf pup
84-88 Manimal fowler - sling & feathered cape
89 Plantient flintknapper - flint hand axe & flint, 1 lb
90 Plantient herder - staff & elk calf
91-94 Plantient fletcher - short bow & flint arrowheads, 20
95-98 Plantient scout - spear & piece of signaling quartz
99 Plantient animal trainer - club & wolf pup
00 Plantient fowler - sling & feathered cape
The third and final table uses the occupations found in The Tribe of Ogg. The role of shaman's apprentice is again reserved for pure-strain humans. There were no occupations specific to the demihuman ooloi in this adventure, so as in the first table, all genotypes draw on the same list of occupations.
01-04 Human fisher - spear & string of fish
05-08 Human flint knapper - flint axe & 1d5 stone daggers
09-16 Human gatherer - stone dagger & leather bag
17-26 Human hunter - spear & hunk of dried meat
27-28 Human shaman's assistant - club & fetish object
29-32 Human tanner - club & 1d3 tanned hides
33-36 Mutant fisher - spear & string of fish
37-40 Mutant flint knapper - flint axe & 1d5 stone daggers
41-51 Mutant gatherer - stone dagger & leather bag
52-62 Mutant hunter - spear & hunk of dried meat
63-66 Mutant tanner - club & 1d3 tanned hides
67-69 Manimal fisher - spear & string of fish
70-72 Manimal flint knapper - flint axe & 1d5 stone daggers
73-78 Manimal gatherer - stone dagger & leather bag
79-85 Manimal hunter - spear & hunk of dried meat
86-88 Manimal tanner - club & 1d3 tanned hides
89-90 Plantient fisher - spear & string of fish
91-92 Plantient flint knapper - flint axe & 1d5 stone daggers
93-95 Plantient gatherer - stone dagger & leather bag
96-98 Plantient hunter - spear & hunk of dried meat
99-00 Plantient tanner - club & 1d3 tanned hides
At some point I might try my hand at writing my own alternate occupations table, possibly with slightly modified genotype ratios - but for now I just wanted to make something to facilitate picking occupation and genotype in a single roll, and something that utilizes the two already-existing stone-age occupation tables from DCC.
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