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#RPG people: can you grok this with a fast skim?
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Rules show a roll of 3D6, and you add each intersection, then check results. 2, 3, 4 translates to 2 + 3 = 5 3 + 4 = 7 2 + 4 = 6
2 - A king rules this population. Dwarves consider this bad luck, but the king promises to have a daughter and let her take his place in the next generation. 3– Gold seams run through the mountain, allowing the dwarves to make precious items, and to trade with overland peoples. 4– A Hall of Records stands at the base of this moun- tain, guarded by heavy doors. It works a little like a library, but only contains factual accounts of the things dwarves take interest in, such as facts about rocks, the lineage of queens, descriptions of how to farm on mountains, and techniques to measure altitude. Each book has a minimum of three seals, pressed a dwarven record-keeper, who has verified the authentic- ity of every statement in the book personally. 5– The ‘Polite Passage’, is the name dwarves use for the long, thin, bridges they create, with only room for asingle dwarf to walk at a time. Settlements have one for entering. and another for exiting, Larger rooms around the mountain’s exterior store wide equipment, such as wagons.
6— Magma streams in the mountain’s heart flow eternally, and mix with underground rivers, producing a great plume of steam at the top. Some tunnels contain steam- traps, where a metal grate will ring the “dinner bell’, and allow hot steam to flow in to cook the intruding predator 7~ A tin seam allows dwarves to mine, and trade with nearby settlements. 8~ In the dark Labyrinth below the mountain, extensive underground tunnels, filled with fungi, moss, living oozes, skein, and umber hulks. With enough traps laid out for the monsters. this cre- ates a kind of rough garden, or *hunting ground” for the dwarves to gather additional food. It also provides dyes. which dwarves use to tum their beards and hair green, yellow, or blue, depending on their wealth and gender.
9~ 1D6 farms extend outside the mountains, across the fertile lands at the base. The dwarves create them with high stone walls, and polish each brick until it has nothing to hold onto, and no way to climb up. Inside, may allow as much space as any bailey to grow vegetables for the mountain. 10~ An elevated barley garden around a third of the way up the mountain, provides food for the settlement. No- body can see the gardens from below, as it grows on steps carved into the mountain. A series of rock-bells will sound when anything steps on them, but do not ring in response to the wind. 11— Aniron seam allows dwarves to create quality weapons and armour. If they have no road out, then they only make rare, wholesale trades. 12— Half way up the mountain, shepherds take sheep and ‘goats on long walks, then put them safely away at night, 10 sleep in stone rooms.
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cthos 🐱
cthos 🐱
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The example makes it more comprehensible but "whenever you roll 8 or more" does that mean whenever a pair totals more than 8 or the total of all 3 dice is 8 or more? I assume the former, but if that's the case I'd probably reword it to say "when a pair is more than 8".
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Malin
Malin
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Poll for above:

  • yes (50%, 3 votes)
  • yes, after a bit (16%, 1 vote)
  • took me a bit, not totally clear (0%, 0 votes)
  • no idea what this is saying (33%, 2 votes)
6 voters. Poll end: 6 days ago

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hairylarry
hairylarry
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It's a dice table where one 3d6 roll produces three results, all 2d6 combinations. The 2d6 possibilities go from 2 to 12. Snake eyes to boxcars.

Not sure how it fits into a game or what the add 100 to the population is about.

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silverwizard
silverwizard
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@Malin It took me a second to figure it out - and I think I got it. I'd grumble about this rule.
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Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan
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@Malin Yes, it's pretty straightforward, although I wonder why the gold vein would result in a lower settlement population than a tin one most of the time.
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