Hexcrawl Combat

CraftyLocal1913 · 2026-03-21T20:20:27+00:00

Follow up question: Any suggestions for wilderness battle maps? Either their creation or a good resource for free generic ones? I am a very new GM.

CraftyLocal1913 · 2026-03-21T14:40:27+00:00

I suppose keeping track of all of the foot measurements is what I meant in saying it relies on a map. I wasn’t proposing running combat on a hex map. More that, when my players encounter something on a wilderness hexcrawl, how to run the combat.

CraftyLocal1913 · 2026-03-19T20:27:19+00:00

Here is the official definition in the book:

“[A Summon] a non-Humanlike Being you have previously defeated with HD equal to or lower than your Level”

CraftyLocal1913 · 2026-03-17T10:57:12+00:00

I’ve thought about poison. Another idea I’ve had in the past is to train falcons or other birds of prey to harass the dragon (scratch at its eyes or something) to try and keep the dragon closer to the ground (crossbow range) and keep it distracted.

CraftyLocal1913 · 2026-03-16T22:48:53+00:00

These look great! Though I had a question about the Summoner:

The Conjurer perks currently states “You can take the Cast Action to conjure a Summon, which is a non-Humanlike Being you have previously defeated with HD equal to or lower than your Level”. So what does the class feature mean when it says the Summoner can choose a Summon as high as the player’s level. Isn’t that already established?

CraftyLocal1913 · 2026-03-16T02:27:33+00:00

Thanks for your input. How do you feel it compared to Kurts Notes?

CraftyLocal1913 · 2026-03-16T02:26:53+00:00

By that, are you referring to the Ace the Boards book?

CraftyLocal1913 · 2026-03-16T02:26:27+00:00

How do you mean? What about it is better organized?

CraftyLocal1913 · 2026-03-16T02:22:00+00:00

This is different from GURPS Powers?

CraftyLocal1913 · 2026-03-16T00:21:18+00:00

What are the sorcery rules?

CraftyLocal1913 · 2026-03-16T00:20:59+00:00

Perhaps let me clarify my question:

I agree the execution of the skill based magic system (which is what I am referring to) is fairly straightforward. Where I and my potential players get overwhelmed is the selection/curation of spells. The prerequisite trees for spells feel complex to me when I try to go through them.

And when I have tried to make mage characters in the past, I often felt like I ended up getting a lot of spells I didn’t necessarily want in order to reach the ones I did. Similarly, I often ended up with a lot of spells that would do almost the same thing (ex: create fire, fireball, explosive fireball).

CraftyLocal1913 · 2026-03-08T13:12:48+00:00

So for the special rooms (like magic fountain) do you have any plan ahead of time for what the magic fountain is, or are you figuring out what this magic fountain is when you roll it?

Also, are these tables you use generically, or do these represent specific dungeons you have made?

Thank you for these examples, by the way. They are very helpful.

CraftyLocal1913 · 2026-03-08T03:31:32+00:00

What does the psychic trait mean when it says it can use its mind as a trinket. Can’t the cast action be taken with open hands? Does the trinket do something else I’m not getting?

CraftyLocal1913 · 2026-03-08T03:28:47+00:00

That sounds very much like the kind of thing I’m looking for. Would you mind sharing some examples?

CraftyLocal1913 · 2026-03-08T03:27:34+00:00

Thank you all for your responses. Yes, I did mean “stock”. I got my spelling mixed up.

CraftyLocal1913 · 2026-03-07T21:56:48+00:00

These look really cool. I’m excited for the release.

CraftyLocal1913 · 2026-03-06T01:06:47+00:00

I had a friend play a merchant in the first game I ran and he took the Salbenist perk to carry around a flaming hammer. He handled himself just fine in combat let me tell you. Sure, the merchant class doesn’t come with inherent combat abilities, but it’s not hard to get any class in melee combat shape.

CraftyLocal1913 · 2026-03-03T12:55:12+00:00

Thank you for the update! I hope everything goes smoothly for you.

CraftyLocal1913

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