5E - Carousing in the [Rainbowland]

Inspired by Jeff Rients' (http://jrients.blogspot.com/2008/12/party-like-its-999.html) classic carousing table, a companion carousing guide to the Rainbowland XP rules. The major change is the addition of the Serendipity result for lucky characters.

Step 1: Go carousing and spend your gold.

Step 2: Roll them bones and your Charisma.

Roll 1d20 + Charisma modifier	Carousing Result
≤ 4	Mishap
5–19	Rousing good time, no special effects
20+	Serendipity

Step 3a: Mishap? Mishap! (this is pretty much Jeff's table)

Roll d20	Mishap Result
1	Make a fool of yourself in public. Gain no XP. Roll Charisma check or gain reputation in this town as a drunken lout.
2	Involved in random brawl. Roll Strength check or start adventure d3 hit points per level short.
3	Minor misunderstanding with local authorities. Roll Charisma check. Success indicates a fine of 2d6 x 25gp. Failure or (inability to pay fine) indicates d6 days in the pokey.
4	Romantic entanglement. Roll Wisdom check to avoid nuptials. Otherwise 1–3 scorned lover, 4–6 angered parents.
5	Gambling losses. Roll the dice as if you caroused again to see how much you lose. (No additional XP for the second carousing roll.)
6	Gain local reputation as the life of a party. Unless a Charisma check is failed, all future carousing in this burg costs double due to barflies and other parasites.
7	Insult local person of rank. A successful Charisma check indicates the personage is amenable to some sort of apology and reparations.
8	You couldn’t really see the rash in the candlelight. Roll Constitution check to avoid venereal disease.
9	New tattoo. 1–3 it’s actually pretty cool, 4 it’s lame, 5 it could have been badass, but something is goofed up or misspelled, 6 it says something insulting, crude or stupid in an unknown language.
10	Beaten and robbed. Lose all your personal effects and reduced to half hit points.
11	Gambling binge. Lose all your gold, gems, jewelry. Roll Wisdom check for each magic item in your possession. Failure indicates it’s gone.
12	Hangover from hell. First day of adventuring is at -2 to all rolls. Casters must roll Int check with each spell to avoid mishap.
13	Target of lewd advances turns out to be a witch. Save versus polymorph or you’re literally a swine.
14	One of us! One of us! You’re not sure how it happened, but you’ve been initiated into some sort of secret society or weird cult. Did you really make out with an emu of was that just the drugs? Roll Int check to remember the signs and passes.
15	Invest all your spare cash (50% chance all gems and jewelry, too) in some smooth-tongued merchant’s scheme. 1–4 it’s bogus, 5 it’s bogus and Johnny Law thinks you’re in on it, 6 actual money making opportunity returns d% profits in 3d4 months.
16	Wake up stark naked in a random local temple. 1–3 the clerics are majorly pissed off 4–6 they smile and thank you for stopping by.
17	Major misunderstanding with local authorities. Imprisoned until fines and bribes totaling d6 x 1,000gp paid. All weapons, armor, and magic items confiscated.
18	Despite your best efforts, you fall head over heels for your latest dalliance. 75% chance your beloved is already married.
19	When in a drunken stupor you asked your god(s) to get you out of some stupid mess. Turns out they heard you! Now as repayment for saving your sorry ass, you’re under the effects of a quest spell.
20	The roof! The roof! The roof is on fire! Accidentally start a conflagration. Roll d6 twice, a) 1–2 burn down your favorite inn, 3–4 some other den of ill repute is reduced to ash 5–6 a big chunk of town goes up in smoke; b) 1–2 no one knows it was you, 3–4 your fellow carousers know you did it, 5 someone else knows, perhaps a blackmailer, 6 everybody knows.

Step 3b: Lucky blighter!

Roll d10	Good Fortune
1	Drank of the Red God's sacred spring. Gain 2 temporary hitpoints per level and incredible fertility for a week. Bonus xp = Con * 20
2	Enthralled the spying spirits of the Orange God. Gain advantage on your next 5 dex-based checks. Bonus xp = Dex * 20
3	Imbued with the righteous might of the Yellow God. Gain +1 to hit and damage in your next 1d6 combats. Bonus xp = Str * 20
4	Gazed into the eye of the Green God of Nature and Greed. Gain advantage on your next 7 charisma-based checks. Bonus xp = Int * 20
5	One of us! One of us! A drunken cultist shared secrets of the forgotten Blue God with you. Gain advantage on your next 6 wis-based checks and/or saves. Bonus xp = Wis * 20
6	The secret is out there. Hallucinated a bizarre mathematical nightmare that reveals arcane truths to you. Gain advantage on your next 5 int-based checks. And memorize one casting of Identify. Bonus xp = Int * 20
7	Sacrifices for the blood gods! You were victorious in an illegal cage fight. You are now notorious in this town. Roll 1d24 to hit with melee attacks in your next 3 combat encounters. Bonus xp = HP * 10
8	The world's second greatest lover. Gain a loyal, if secret, contact in the city. Precious memento. Bonus xp = speed+Con * 10
9	Protector of the wretched. While blindingly drunk you saved some local scallywags, gain a contact in the local underworld and a reputation as a reliable fellow who stands up for the weak and homeless. Bonus xp = AC * 20
10	Impress local person of rank. Gaining a title in this region will be easier. Bonus xp = No. of languages spoken * 100

Step 4: Go adventure for more loot.

Edit: Note to the kindly and patient reader. Editing tables directly in Blogger's HTML is an exercise that will exercise your patience most severely.

5E - Rough and Ready XP Chart [Rainbowland]

I know the DMG isn't out yet, but an enterprising and murderous DM needs some way of giving his (or her) PCs the impression that the world is somehow fair and that their exploration of places dark and foul are somehow encouraged. Hence, the XP table.

Note that I'm not at all certain about giving out XP for the killing of monsters—it's something I'll have to see in practice. For now it seems to work ok, but it might simply make more sense to reduce that and make the game more focused on exploration, looting and wonder.

I'll revisit this topic as time flies by.

	XP Gain Type	Qty.	Description	Notes
1	Complete Quest - But Your Princess Is In Another Castle	variable	Generally the XP value of a quest will be announced in advance depending on the GMs estimate of how epic and hard it will be.
2	Baseline Exploration	100 xp / game hour	PCs will gain a small xp bonus for each real-time hour spent actively exploring a dungeon, wilderness or other dangerous environment. The baseline rate is adjusted by the GM (me) depending on how tough and horrible that hour is for the PCs.
3	Burning Gold - Carousing	2 xp / gp	PCs gain 2 xp for each 1 gp of treasure spent in sword-and-sorcery style debauched spending sprees (food, drink, romantic partners, fancy personal accoutrements, etc.). Only 100gp / level can be spent this way. There is a 1 in 6 chance of a "complication" (mammoth hangovers, duels, hostile constabulary, angry spouses, etc.). Roll on the Carousing Table for details.	Available if starting game session in town.
4	Burning Gold - Research and Training	1 xp / gp	PCs gain 1 xp for each 1 gp of treasure spent on training or research. This will probably require a mentor of the same class at least 3 levels higher than they are. Use the PHB training rules do determine training time.
5	Discovery - New Creature	100 xp / CR	The first time a PC encounters a new creature, the PC gains some xp based on the CR of the monster (e.g. 1300 xp for meeting their first Beholder, 100 xp for their first Ork)	Yes, you too can be a wily explorer of wildernesses!
6	Discovery - New Dungeon	100 xp / CR	The first time a PC enters a dungeon or dangerous adventure site and spends an hour (6 turns) there, the PC gains some knowledge of the dungeon and thus some xp.	CR is approximately equal to the average challenge of the enemies in the dungeon. Yes, your GM (me) is going to be eyeballing this.
7	Discovery - New Wonder	50 xp / PC level	The first time a PC sees a natural or artificial wonder, he gains some xp, because exploration, you know. This also applies to gazing upon epic artifacts for the first time.	The higher level a PC is, the more he takes away from seeing that the world is not all horror and pain.
8	Experience - First Death	13 xp	The first time a PC dies, he gains 13 xp. This doesn't help unless he is raised from the dead.
9	Experience - First Resurrection	500 xp	The first time a PC is raised from the dead, he gains some xp. Obviously, no xp are gained while dead.
10	Killing - Putting Down Horrors	creature xp	PCs gain xp every time they kill actively hostile or malevolent monsters out to kill or maim them. Setting upon ordinary animals, peasants or neutral monsters that mean them no harm does not net xp. Fortunately most monsters in dungeons are hostile - though perhaps it's because the PCs are trespassing in their houses and trying to steal their gold.	This interpretation is a bit loose and may be redefined depending on character background and goals, but yeah - generally no xp for going around and slaughtering everybody (you still get the loot, though).
11	Killing - Murder Bloody Murder	creature xp	Evil or Chaotic PCs gain xp when they assassinate a target for payment. Lawful or Good PCs doing that will probably not stay Lawful or Good. Just saying.	See? Killing is still encouraged.
12	Protection - Saving the Innocent	creature xp	Lawful or Good PCs gain xp equal to the xp of innocent creatures they save from lethal dangers. Yes, even saving a kitty will give xp. Of course, saving them by killing their captors means more xp ...
13	Wits - Outwitting Monsters	half creature xp	Outwitting a dangerous monster and getting its loot, sneaking past town guards to pilfer the Golden Cabbage, and the like, nets XP if goal is achieved (i.e. no xp just for running away! Though if it's your first encountered Beholder, that might also be worth something ...).	The benefit being they don't manage to run you through.
14	XYZ - Bribe the GM / Whine at the GM / Bring Food	+10% xp for session	More a joke than reality, but if your PC does something cool and epic, he will probably be rewarded. If I miss that, you can "Whine at the GM"	This is a very important item :)

Edit: Whoops, nearly forgot the kudos:

Thanks to Chris Kutalik of the Hill Cantons http://hillcantons.blogspot.com/ whose player compendium to the Cantons inspired this table. Carousing inspired by Jeff Rients of Jeff's Gameblog http://jrients.blogspot.com/2008/12/party-like-its-999.html

BASS v4.1.1.

I created a thing last year. It's .pdf rendition of the "D&D" rules by which I game - occasionally. It's here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7Ih4XxlNjj8NmVMdGNhSmhhTFU/edit?usp=sharing

feel free to use it and please do comment on it.

Right now I'm about to embark on a reworking of it to fit with the Sunday game I am setting up and some things I like from DCC.

And here is something with bass to listen to while you peruse the BASS document.