session zero for mystara campaign using rules cyclopedia ...€¦ · cyclopedia and labyrinth lord...
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SessionZeroforMystaraCampaignUsingRulesCyclopediaandLabyrinthLord RollingAbilityScores
• EveryplayerwillcreateapoolofAbilityscoresbyrolling3d6sixseparatetimes.
• Youmayre-rollonenumberthatis9orlowerORyoumayre-rolltwonumbersifbothare6orlower
• Finally,assignthe6attributescoresasdesiredtocreateacharacterclasspaying
particularattentiontothatclass’PrimeRequisites.AvailableClassesforPlayThefollowingsixteenclassesaretheonlyplayableclassesforthiscampaign.
Class EquivalentClassforAttackValuesandSavingThrowsArcher FighterAssassin ThiefBandit ThiefBarbarian FighterBerserker FighterBountyHunter ThiefExplorer ThiefGladiator FighterPirate FighterRune-Smith ClericScoundrel ThiefSwashbuckler FighterSwordMaster FighterUndeadSlayer ClericWanderer ThiefWildWizard Magic-User
StartingMoneyEveryonebeginswith3d6x10GoldPiecestobuyequipment.
SavingThrowModifiersUsethetablefromtheRCinChapter19
BaselineMovementRateforCharacters120’(40’)InitiativeBeforeCombatbegins,everyonewillrolltheirindividualInitiative:1d6+Dex.Mod.Thiswillbetheorderfortheentirecombat.
CharacterPerksInadditiontotheClassSkills,thiscampaignwilluseGeneralSkillsandWeaponMasteryfromChapter5oftheRC.GeneralSkillsGeneralSkillsareacquiredasfollows:
UnskilledPenaltyforGeneralSkillsTheDMwilldetermineifthereisachancetoperformcertainskillseventhoughthecharactermightbeunskilled.ThepenaltyfortryingtoperformaGeneralSkillwhenyouareUnsklliedis+6totherollunlessthedescriptionintheRCfortheskillstatesotherwise.Forexample,anAssassinwithanIntelligenceof15mightdecidetotrytoconcoctapoison
eventhoughtheydon’thavetheAlchemyskill.Theyneedtorolla15orlowertosucceedandmustadd6tothedieroll.WeaponProficiencyCharacterswiththeequivalentAttacksandSavesasaFighterwillusetheFightercolumnfordeterminingtheacquisitionofWeaponProficiencies.
BeginningWeaponProficienciesTheClassdescriptionslistProficienciesforeachclass.ProficientequatestoaBasiclevelofskill.Otherwise,thecharacterisconsideredUnskilledwithotherweapons.InadditiontothegivenproficienciesintheClassdescriptions,charactersgainWeaponProficienciesasthechartabove.UnskilledPenaltyforWeaponProficiency