Groundlings: Pikmin + Mausritter
Almost immediately after posting my first blog post I got an idea on how to put Pikmin into Mausritter in a way that didn’t rewrite the whole game… make it a hireling funnel!
I took the framework of the standard mausritter hireling sheet…
Then I made some adjustments…
I locked some of the columns behind the pikmin’s maturity level, effectively creating a leveling system. I also left room under each column to write in a type-specific special ability…
Now there are many different ways to implement Pikmin’s “nectar” into Mausritter, the most lore accurate being the most boring. The funniest solution that I could think of was replacing nectar with blood. After your little plant guys take down a rabbit or whatever, one by one have all the pikmin in the “close” range roll a WIL Save. When a pikmin succeeds their WIL Save, they level up fully to their level 2 bloomed flower. The first failed WIL Save roll means that the “nectar” ran dry.
Otherwise, pikmin can roll a WIL Save during a long rest. If they succeed, they may increase their level by 1.
Update: Check out Groundlings on itch!
