What is more sublime than to inspire and charm, to cleave the people’s heart with words — and then perhaps do the same with a blade? Bards are poets and songsters who bolster their companions. But their cunning and versatility while adventuring make them more than just their pretty words.
Bards are collectors, too: of songs and tales, magical secrets — and there are those adept at collecting enemies.
The acrobat is a poised and limber figure, trained in body and mind to overcome physical obstacles with grace and endurance. An acrobat often uses their own body in place of gear, leaping where other adventurers run.
Whether they swing on the chandelier or meditate to balance energy and withstand incredible force, an acrobat’s true skill is in making the impossible look easy.
Our final mode of play for Hundred Dungeons is Recuperation, which incorporates rest, downtime, and wealth management. When the pressing danger of adventure subsides, characters need to rest and spend time furthering their personal goals. Recuperation is a realm of play with no set time scale. It begins when the party isn’t immediately entering another realm of play.
This is the fourth post showcasing rules from Hundred Dungeons, a free roleplaying game that borrows from d20 fantasy, OSR, and narrative games like FATE. Today we’re looking at Combat, the third mode of play. If in reading these posts, you haven’t yet had the thought that Hundred Dungeons is a sort of retroclone of 2014 D&D, today’s post might get you there. It’s fairly obvious where the starting point for the Combat rules came from.
