diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json index dcff7d8..1d34c0b 100644 --- a/.vscode/settings.json +++ b/.vscode/settings.json @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ { "cSpell.words": [ + "Demonfish", "Gameplay", "permadeath", "roleplay", diff --git a/rules.md b/rules.md index b955c15..9b7dac6 100644 --- a/rules.md +++ b/rules.md @@ -217,80 +217,100 @@ When you sell a newly discovered artifact at the delving guild's appraisal offic **Developer's Note**: In the future it might be possible to purchase certain artifacts from the guild's auction house, but these will be expensive, and usually limited to higher ranks. It would also be interesting to explore Orth's black market, as illegal foreign delvers are a thing. -...Obsession can affect certain artifacts - - | Artifact | Grade | Price (orth, skill points) | Description | | --- | :---: | ---: | --- | -| Relic Egg | 4 | 10o, 1sp | This simple egg-shaped artifact is found throughout the abyss. It doesn't seem to have any use, but still sells for a high price overseas. The designs on the surface are more elaborate the deeper it's found. | -| Sun Sphere | 4 | 20o, 1sp | This superficially resembles a Relic Egg, but is capable of emitting light for a short time when activated. The designs on the surface are more elaborate the deeper it's found. | +| Relic Egg | 4 | 20o, 1sp | This simple egg-shaped artifact is found throughout the abyss. It doesn't seem to have any use, but still sells for a high price overseas. The designs on the surface are more elaborate the deeper it's found. | +| Sun Sphere | 4 | 40o, 1sp | This superficially resembles a Relic Egg, but is capable of emitting light for a short time when activated. The designs on the surface are more elaborate the deeper it's found. | +| Princess Bosom | 3 | 200o, 2sp | This egg-shaped artifact has a soft texture, and squishes when pressure is applied to it. Some delvers refer to it as a "boob stone". It's use is not clear, but it's scarcity grants it a higher than expected grade. | -...Princess Bosom +**Developer's Note**: Some of these artifacts are not found in the series' canon, like the Relic Egg. Some canon artifacts, like the rock top, are sometimes outright ignored or forgotten. Since Akihito can make up and discard artifacts at will, I can do the same for this game. Fun Fact: The reddit post titled "All Mentioned Artifacts" was written by yours truly, over 6 years ago by picking through each panel in the manga - if anyone knows their artifacts, it's me. -...need more artifacts +...need more artifacts: Charcoal sand, offering, crumple pot, rock top + +...Obsession can affect certain artifacts - activating a sun sphere? # Skills -...rework the categories, making them the primary way of organizing. Catagories are: Combat, Craft (like a craftsman), Survival (camping, etc.), skills/levelling up +This is a list of skills available, grouped into categories. To purchase a level in a skill, you must spend points equal to the new level being purchased. You can only purchase a level in a skill if you already have the previous level of that skill, and any additional prerequisites. -...I might have "group" skills, which requires everyone in the party to purchase at once - this could be a good way to implement the timeskip for whistle advancement +## Progression Skills -...knot tying, for combining ropes +| Name | Description / Effect | +| --- | --- | +| Health Training | Through tough training, you manage you expand your maximum health statistic equal to your level in this skill. | +| Stamina Training | Through tough training, you manage you expand your maximum stamina statistic equal to your level in this skill. | -This is a list of skills available. To purchase a level in a skill, you must spend points equal to the new level being purchased. You can only purchase a level in a skill if you already have the previous level of that skill, and any additional prerequisites, and if you have not reached the maximum level of that skill, if listed. +## Survival Skills -Some skills are given categories, such as "combat" or "survival", these are guides. +| Name | Description / Effect | +| --- | --- | +| Rough Cooking | You can make a meal out of just about anything, be it vegetation, fungi, or a giant beast hunted by your group. This skill is considered essential for surviving in the abyss, when returning to the surface is not an option. You can produce enough edible food for 2 x your level in this skill. You must own some kind of cooking gear to use this skill, and doing so consumes the ingredients. | -...need many more skills +## Crafting Skills -### Unarmed Fighting +| Name | Description / Effect | +| --- | --- | +| Botanical Sketching | You can record details of the primal flora endemic to the abyss. It's believed that less than 10% of the plant life within the abyss has been recorded and named, so all delvers are expected to have at least a basic skill with a pencil and paper. You may spend one point of stamina to record a specimen from a safe distance. For every two levels of this skill you have, you can usually sell the documents to the delver guild for an additional 10% monetary reward. | +| Anatomical Sketching | You can record details of the primal fauna endemic to the abyss. It's believed that less than 10% of the wildlife within the abyss has been recorded and named, so all delvers are expected to have at least a basic skill with a pencil and paper. You may spend one point of stamina to record a specimen from a safe distance. For every two levels of this skill you have, you can usually sell the documents to the delver guild for an additional 10% monetary reward. | -Category: Combat -Max Level: 3 +## Combat Skills -You punch, kick, slam and bite to the best of your ability. When used in combat, perform a skill check against a target. On a success, deal damage equal to 1d4 + LVL - 1 as damage. +| Name | Description / Effect | +| --- | --- | +| Unarmed Fighting | You punch, kick, slam and bite to the best of your ability. When used in combat, perform a skill check against a target. On a success, deal damage equal to 1d4 + LVL - 1 as damage. You may only take this skill up to 3 times. | -### Rough Cooking +...I think level 3 unarmed combat is actually better than a knife? Fiddle with this -Category: Survival +## Group Skills -You can make a meal out of just about anything, be it vegetation, fungi, or a giant beast hunted by your crew. This skill is considered essential for surviving in the abyss, when returning to safety is not an option. +Group skills are unique in that, except for Sworn Promise, every member of your play group is required to purchase them at once, otherwise they are unobtainable. Purchasing a level in a group skill will still only cost equal to the level being purchased. In addition, you cannot take a group skill during character creation. -### Anatomical Sketching +**Developer's Note**: Sworn Promise relates to a potential event that can take place deep in the abyss - the creation of a Life Reverberating Stone. It has zero impact before that point, so feel free to ignore it. -Category: Craft +| Name | Description / Effect | +| --- | --- | +| Sworn Promise | Two members of your group make a pact to one day reach the bottom of the abyss together. This group skill may only be taken once, and only by one pair of characters; if either member dies or becomes unable to fulfill this promise, the pact is broken and this skill can be taken by another pair. | -You can record details of the primal fauna endemic to the abyss. It's believed that less than 10% of the wildlife within the abyss has been recorded and named, so all delvers are expected to have at least a basic skill with a pencil and paper. - -You may spend one point of stamina to record a specimen from a safe distance. For every two levels of this skill you have, you can usually sell the documents to the delver guild for an additional 10% reward. - -### Botanical Sketching - -Category: Craft - -You can record details of the primal flora endemic to the abyss. It's believed that less than 10% of the plant life within the abyss has been recorded and named, so all delvers are expected to have at least a basic skill with a pencil and paper. - -You may spend one point of stamina to record a specimen from a safe distance. For every two levels of this skill you have, you can usually sell the documents to the delver guild for an additional 10% reward. +...need many more skills: knot tying for combining ropes, group skill to progress to blue whistle # Bestiary ...need many more creatures - can borrow from the series, but original ideas are cool too -...how hard do these things hit? what is their AC? Any special abilities? +## Man-Toyer -...bug swarm +Health: 10 +Difficulty: 8 +Attacks: Claw Swipe (1d6 damage) +Special: The difficulty of this creature is increased by 2 if there is at least one other allied Man-Toyer nearby. -### Man-Toyer +Description: Superficially resembling a weasel, they sport hard spikes along their heads, backs and hips. Their large fluffy tails can be seen standing erect from a distance. On their own, they pose little threat, but they normally travel in large packs, and can sometimes overwhelm lone delvers who get too close. Their meat is meager, but edible. -...creatures need difficulty levels, health and attacks (reactions cna work too) +## Bug Swarm -Superficially resembling a weasel, they sport hard spikes along their heads, backs and hips. Their large fluffy tails can be seen standing erect from a distance. +Health: 3 +Difficulty: 12 +Attacks: Sting (1d3-1 damage) +Special: This creature can attack four times during it's turn. -On their own, they pose little threat, but they normally travel in large packs, and can sometimes overwhelm lone delvers who get too close. Their meat is meager, but edible. +Description: A mass of various flying insects, most likely disturbed by a delver's activity or some other passing creature. Swatting it away is enough to make it disperse. + +## Demonfish + +Health: 10 +Difficulty: 10 +Attacks: None +Special: None + +Description: A harmless, but delicious source of meat throughout the first four layers. The best tasting ones have a clear color differentiation between their back and belly. They grow smaller at lower layers. # Botanical Compendium -...plants, flora, fungi, etc. +## Eternal Fortune + +Also called the flower of fortitude, this is a fast growing, perennial plant that grows throughout the entire abyss, and even on the surface in Orth. It prefers colder temperatures, which encourages large white 5-petaled flowers to bloom. + +In Orth, the flower's petals and seeds are used in cooking, and the petals are scattered during celebrations, including birthdays and funerals, and everything in between. # Appendices @@ -336,7 +356,7 @@ On their own, they pose little threat, but they normally travel in large packs, | 1 | Encounter: Surprised by Man-Toyer x 1d6 | | 2 | Encounter: Bug Swarm | | 3 | *Nothing* | -| 4 | Relic Egg | +| 40 | Relic Egg | | 5 | Relic Egg x 1d2 | | 6 | Relic Egg x 1d3 | | 7 | Sun Sphere | @@ -348,3 +368,4 @@ On their own, they pose little threat, but they normally travel in large packs, ...More things and stuff goes here +...hunger might need to be harsher \ No newline at end of file