BlogNomic: The First Dynasty of Desertfrog

Remove the text “This selection is purely to add colour to the description of the Enter the Crypt action, and when describing such an action he may use the name of the selected character to refer to Richardo von Nestor freely; however, regardless of which character is chosen, for the purposes of any rule, Richardo von Nestor continues to be Richardo von Nestor.” from the rule Run Initialisation.

Add a new subrule to the rule Richardo’s Journey, called Characters:

The different characters interact with the Crypt slightly differently.

The Witch Koda has an academic interest in ritual chambers and is slightly more likely to move towards them. She can also ignore some kinds of magical effects when moving through the Crypt. She is, however, unarmed and thus extremely vulnerable to Denizens.

The Mysterious Traveller Drol Eripmav hates Vampire Lords and is slightly more likely to seek out their Sepulchres. They are also unafraid, and is not deterred by Daunting rooms. They are, however, uninterested in material goods and thus always ignore chests.

A Chosen Character is a status possessed by Richardo von Nestor, and the selection of a Character does not imply for the purposes of any rule that Richardo von Nestor is not Richardo von Nestor.

If Proposal: The Crypt Never Sleeps was enacted, in the above rule change “Daunting” to “Sinister”.

In Richardo’s Journey, change the the bullet point that starts “Create a list of Lit rooms orthogonally adjacent” and the sublist below it to read as follows:

** Create a list of Lit rooms orthogonally adjacent to Richardo’s current location (or a list of all Lit Rooms, if Richardo has just used a Secret Passage Map). Amend the list as follows, in this order, except that a step is skipped if it would cause the list to become empty, and/or if a Feature forces Richardo to move to a room that would be removed:
*** Remove orthogonally adjacent rooms in the direction of an exit from Richardo’s current room that is blocked;
*** Remove rooms with a “This room is Daunting” effect, unless the chosen Character is Mysterious Traveller Drol Eripmav and the room also has a “Sinister” effect;
*** Remove Richardo’s previous location.
*** If the selected Character the Witch Koda, identify which orthogonally adjacent rooms to her current location are closest (by taxicab distance) to a Ritual Chamber and add that room (or those rooms, if there is a tie) to the list, unless they are in a direction that is blocked.
*** If the selected Character the Mysterious Traveller Drol Eripmav, identify which orthogonally adjacent rooms to their current location are closest (by taxicab distance) to a Sepulchre and add that room (or those rooms, if there is a tie) to the list, unless they are in a direction that is blocked.

If Proposal: Smells Like Vamp Spirit was enacted, add “Remove all Familiar Rooms” after “Remove Richardo’s previous location” at the same list level.

In the rule Features, to the Features “Richardo von Nestor’s next Move in this Enter the Crypt action must have his immediate previous location as its destination” and “Richardo von Nestor loses all of his equipped Items”, add “unless the selected Character is the Witch Koda”. In the same rule, to the Features “Richardo approaches a fine treasure chest” and “Richardo approaches a average treasure chest”, add “unless the selected Character is Mysterious Traveller Drol Eripmav”. Update all Effects derived from those Features to reflect the new wording.

In the rule “Denizen Encounters”, after the text “he then randomly generates a number between 1 and his current energy”, add “(unless the selected Character is the Witch Koda, in which case this number is always set to be 1)”.