Exploding Garlic Dice
Rise up Comus posted a neat “scarcity die” mechanic yesterday HERE to determine how much garlic a merchant might have in stock
Let’s steal it, and turn it into a food poisoning mechanic!
STEP ONE: Roll 1D6
| D6 | DOES MY TUMMY ACHE? |
| 1 | YES |
| 2 | YES, and +2D6 |
| 3 | NO |
| 4 | NO |
| 5 | NO |
| 6 | NO |
STEP TWO: Count the Yeses
1 YES : 1 DAMAGE
OPTIONAL: Adjust the Dials
| “POISON 3” | “POISON 4” | ||
| 1 | YES | 1 | YES |
| 2 | YES | 2 | YES |
| 3 | YES, and +3D6 | 3 | YES |
| 4 | NO | 4 | YES, and +4D6 |
| 5 | NO | 5 | NO |
| 6 | NO | 6 | NO |
This design was inspired by Cats Have No Lord’s request for OSR alternative poison systems, posted HERE on bluesky. Cats has some really cool things in the works and is worth a follow!