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Bonus and penalty dice
Some POWERS, HOUSE RULES and GEAR will give an Adventurer a BONUS
DIE. This means that the ADVENTURER gets to roll a second die of the type
they are rolling and keep the higher result.
Example: Invoking “HUZZAH!” to avoid getting crushed under the screaming
Wheels of Hot Pointy Death, Carson gets a BONUS DIE to his REFLEX roll.
His REFLEX DIE is a d8 – so he gets to roll 2 d8s. He gets a 3 and a 7, and
keeps the 7.
Sometimes, Adventurers will get cursed, poisoned, or do something really
stupid, - and the diceMaster will give them a PENALTY DIE. This means
that the Adventurer has to roll a second die of the type they are rolling and
keep the lower result! Bummer.
Example: Ken’s cleric just drank a whole vat of “Guaranteed Not To Be
Unholy Soda Water” (with a picture of a naked devil girl with crossed fingers
on the bottle”. It seems like a good time to give him Penalty Dice for using
holy items and powers.
HUZZAH!!
Whenever your Adventurer’s greed or stupidity places him in danger, the
player should shout “HUZZAH!” right after announcing his Action. If a player
shouts “HUZZAH!!” he gains a BONUS DIE to his roll. After shouting, the
player must describe in detail why their plan will work (adding drama and
role-playing to a game that has pretty much skipped all of that stuff).
Each time a player uses “HUZZAH!!,” it must be “better” (both in the sense
of greedier and stupider, and in the sense of shouted louder or acted sillier)
than the last person to use “HUZZAH!!”
EXAMPLE: Trick is surrounded by Lichamsters (evil undead rodents) and
down to his last vial of Evian Holy Water. He knows that he has to make this
TOHIT roll count, so he shouts HUZZAH! He then explains that he is going
to throw the bottle up into the air, and crush it as it falls with the Mace of
Destruction throwing droplets of divinely powered “undead beating water” all
over the baddies. The dM thinks that’s pretty cool and gives Trick a
BONUS DIE on this roll.
“Aieee!”
Sometimes, you have to hurt the ones you love for the greater good. A
player can earn a STORY (to be used during the TOWN PHASE) by making
things harder for their chums while in a DUNGEON. After a player has
announced their ACTION for a turn, another Adventure can shout “AIEEE!”
warning the party that more danger is afoot. After the shouting calms down
– the shouter (i.e. the one that shouted) has to explain how things have
gotten worse, and if the rest of the party agrees (usually, because it’s funny
or cool) the player receives a PENALTY DIE to their current action.
EXAMPLE: Fire Wizard for Hire, Sharkey McSharkerson is burning down trolls
with his fireballs. His good buddy Scotty the Dwarfling Meat Shield feels that
this is a little too easy- and sees a great opportunity to gain a STORY (and
he needs to get his Armor repaired after Sharkey’s juggling match with the
Fire Salamanders didn’t work out too well). Scotty screeches “AIEEE!” and
says – “Just as Sharkey starts to summon up another swirling mass of hot
death, one of the bells on his pointy wizard shoes is mistaken as a truffle by
the Troll’s pet Sabertooth Warthog.” The dM thinks this is pretty funny,
and has a Warthog appear and attempt to burrow into Sharkey’s footgear –
giving Sharkey a PENALTY DIE, and gaining Scotty a STORY for the
upcoming TOWN Phase.