![]() ![]() People play or roll low intelligence all the time and yes many do goofy things. Long term affect 1-10 is Obsessive Compulsive Disorderġ6-25 is Hoarding disorder (Yes it is a thing. Without analyzing every single thing in the DMG here are a few of the examples of the game RAW: To imply we are playing madness and insanity without any connection to real life is madness itself. Lets get off our high horses for a moment and realize this is a game that emulates many aspects of real life. He pulled Amnesia, which his character's cousin in another campaign (PotA) had. I gave him a long term affect since he has headbutted many things. A dwarf who regularly headbutts things managed to get the first card. ![]() They may keep it to remind themselves up until it's expiration, then it goes back in the appropriate pile. ![]() The madness card will only be read by the player. This is based on my personal choice so your mileage may vary. The significance of the event determines the length. If an individual fails the save he picks a card at random. They do not affect combat but may result in actions taken in, out of, leading up to, or getting out of combat. Some are made up, e.g, Megalomania, Bi-Polar Disorder, OCD (ritualistic spasm after dice roll), etc. There are two of each type to allow for some cross over. Myself and 2 other DMs have created madness cards. I want my players to experience the Underdark, not 10-key-excel-spreadsheets-dark. From an encounters perspective I can't keep adding stats and tracking dice rolls. I told them I forgot and encouraged them to remind me. They asked why I didn't make them roll when we ended the session. I missed the first row when the prisoners were forced to watch the Drow skin alive three barbarian NPCs that made an escape attempt. I'm posting what I'm experiencing in the hopes to hear from others. Madness is a new stat and I think one of the harder things to deal with for new DMs (myself included). ![]()
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