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Tuesday, 4 September 2012

[HOUSERULES] Revisiting Corruption...


I've been thinking about the corruption table I drafted for my houseruling of black magic and I decided it was too limited, so I've expanded it (now you roll 2d20):

Die Roll
Taint
2
3
Features become (1) sunken, (2) skull-like, (3) lizard-like, (4) monkey-like, (5) molten, (6) bird-like, (7) cat-like, (8) lop-sided
4
Sweats a harmless, but disgusting, translucent gel from all pores
(-2 CHA)
5
Gives off an aura that upsets non-magical creatures within 5ft (dogs, horses, wolves etc shy away, bare their teeth, won’t let him near etc)
6
Incurable fungal growths appear over body (-1d3 CHA)
7
Alignment shifts towards chaos
8
Becomes lecherous
9
Loses 1d6” height
10
Muscles atrophy (-1d3 STR)
11
Grows hair on palms of his hands
12
Becomes paranoid
13
Loses all sense of taste and smell
14
Develops a limp, movement rate is halved
15
Back becomes hunched
16
Fingers and nails elongate (1d3 scratch, damage)
17
Eyes becomes lizard-like
18
Has hair issues: (1) all falls out, (2) turns white, (3) stands on end, (4) falls out in clumps
19
The Shakes, constantly twitching (-1d3 DEX)
20
Nose becomes hooked
21
Becomes flatulent and odorous (-1d3+1 CHA)
22
Teeth become fang-like (1d3 bite)
23
Grows an extra (1-4) finger or (5-6) toe on random hand/foot
24
Tongue becomes forked
25
Hands and feet become webbed (-1 DEX, +1 on swimming checks)
26
Grows a functioning third eye in (1-2) middle of forehead, (3) palm of random hand, (4) back of head (5) chest (6) random cheek
27
Parts of his body fall off: (1) a random ear, (2) nose, (3) 1d4 fingers on random hand, (4) 1d4 toes on random foot, (5) genitalia, (6) roll twice and add results
28
Face contorts into gross visage (-1d3 CHA)
29
Ages 2d4 years overnight
30
Health declines (-1d3 CON)
31
Weight drops (2d30+8)% overnight (-1 CON for each full 20% dropped)
32
Develops an irrational fear and hatred of (1) horse, (2) dogs, (3) birds, (4) water, (5) trees, (6) the opposite sex
33
One eye goes milky, sight is lost in it
34
Alignment shifts towards evil
35
Grows a tail that resembles that of a (1) donkey, (2) horse, (3) lizard, (4) devil, (5) rat, (6) monkey
36
Will only eat rotten food
37
Increase height by (1d6+1) inches
38
A portion of his sanity slips away (-1d3 WIS and exhibits a random insanity:
(1) vivid hallucinations, (2) delusions of grandeur, (3) believes he is a famous person from local myth or legend, (4) obsession with random person in group, (5) obsession with random item in his possession, (6) split personality)
39
Develops a craving for the narcotic leaf known as qat
40
Gains a powerful insight into the workings of magic +1 INT

If I come up with any more taints that I think might be suitable (or watch any particularly inspirational fantasy or horror films) I might try and expand the table again, out to 2d30!
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