The Inverted Tower/Draft 4.5

Under consideration

No XP if the current level is +2 the floor level (to circumvent farming)?

Open Questions

Retreating?

Should we have some kind of grind mode?

Game is too mechanic?

I need to add some non-battle mechanics. Maybe a table before encounters?
- Quests?
- Trader monsters?
- Feats of Strength?
Especial rules for the necromancer combat
Second-wind?
Should elites cause 2 points of damage?

Changelog

Small change on combat rules

Rules

Character Creation

Attributes

There are three attributes in this game:

Attribute	Description
STR	How strong your character is
DEX	How dexterous your character is
INT	How intelligent your character is

Select one attribute and put one point in it. The other two will start as zero.

Hit Points

Max HP starts at 5. You can never heal past your Max HP.

Initial Equipment

1 Dagger — adds +1 to a combat roll and then discarded.

1 Potion — recover to Max HP and then discarded.

Rolls

These are all the rolls you going to use to play The Inverted Tower:

Name	Abbr.	Desc.
Dice Roll	DR	Roll, compare with table
Dice Check	DC	Roll. Passes if die is 5 or 6
Epic Check	EC	Roll. Passes if die is 6
Split Roll	SR	Roll, then: 1 or 2: option 1 3 or 4: option 2 5 or 6: option 3

A 6 is always a success and 1 is always a failure.

Gameplay

New room: DC. If passes, DR for Event type. If fails, Its an Encounter.

If Event:

Make a note on the room if event room.
Each floor has only one event room of each kind.
Event rooms have no monsters.

If Encounter:

SR(1,2,3) for number of monsters
EC for elite monster. If passes, one monster is an elite.

Resolve event or encounter. To Resolve an encounter, check the combat section below.

If the encounter is successful, DR for treasure (from the table).

Tables

Events

Roll	Name	Mechanic
1 to 3	Trap	Must handle trap
4	Merchant	Sell items (dagger and potion) for 5gp each
5	Bonfire	Heals to Max HP
6	Stairs	Allows the player to move to the next floor

Traps

Do an SR(STR,DEX,INT) to see the kind of trap. Do DC with the attribute as the modifier. If it fails, -1 HP and no treasure.

Treasure

Roll	Treasure
1-4	1 gp
5	Dagger
6	Potion

Combat

If normal monster, do a DC with the following multipliers:

choose one of your attributes (STR, DEX or INT) and add it to the roll
minus floor level (ignore this on floor 1)
(optional, if available) dagger (adds +1, more than one can be used)

If succeeds

Monster dies.
The Player gets 1 XP.

if fails

The Player's HP is decreased by 1.

If the enemy is elite, check the elite section below.

Leveling up

Every (10 + current level) XP, you level up.

Max HP is increased by one on level up, and 1 point can be added to an attribute (STR, DEX, or INT).

Elite Monsters and Bosses

An elite monster is a terrifying enemy from the levels below who spends some of their time in this room. To kill an elite monster must pass a DC. Daggers can be used to get to this number as usual.

Elite and bosses gives 2 XP.

A Boss is another gruesome foe always found in the last room of the floor. Handle it as an elite monster, but do a DC to see how many minions he has. If passed, he has 4. Otherwise, 2. A boss always drops one potion, one dagger, and one gold piece as treasure.

Wandering Monsters

When moving back to an existing room, do a DC. If pass. handle it as a new encounter.

Dead-ends

A level has 12 a maximum of rooms.

If the player gets to the 12th room and still hasn't found the stairs, this room is the stairs and also is the floor boss's lair.

Dungeon Log

Since we no longer have mapped rooms, keeping what we call a Dungeon Log is advised. Each line in it displays what is in the room. For example:

Floor 1

Room 1 : Trap (INT) (Failed)
Room 2: Mob 1 (killed) Mob 2 (killed)
Room 3: Stairs
Room 4: Mob 1 (killed) ⟶ Wandering: Yes. Mob 1 (killed), Mob 2 (killed)
Room 5: Mob 1 (killed), Mob 2 (killed)

Flavor

Objective

The game's objective is to get to the 10th floor and slay the necromancer (boss).
Mobs

Elite mobs are Lichs; normal mobs are Skeleton Warriors.

Floor Bosses are the Necromancer Acolytes, who raise skeletons to aid them.