1d6 Unusual Ways to Level Up
Introduction
part of the 2024 Secret Santicorn prompt swap over on the pride OSR server.
Unusual Leveling
Start with 2 Hit Dice & 10 in every stat that matters. Roll for your method of advancement:
| 1d6 | Unusual Ways to Level up |
|---|---|
| 1 | Amass a hoard of coins. Do not spend it, break it down, trade it, or lose it. Gain 1HD for every would-be thief you kill upon the pile. |
| 2 | In the jungle, there is a flower whose anthers glow. In the mountains, there is an elk whose pelt shimmers. In the desert, buried in a long-dry valley, there is a piece of shimmering amber. Eat them; gain 1HD for every biome heart consumed this way. The land bleeds away around you. |
| 3 | Take up the pen and write poems of epic deeds. Glorify the state and the violence He creates. Perform them in public. Gain 1HD for every parent who loses a child. |
| 4 | Take up the cloth. Learn to read. Invoke the powers of an idol, glimmering and golden and surrounded by robed worshippers on a ziggurat older than time. Gain 1HD for every similar idol you deface. |
| 5 | Learn to see the Weave. Observe the thread that binds all things. See the tapestry of causation. Rip a hole in it. Gain 1HD for every monster made from man. |
| 6 | Leave the comfort of home behind. Take the road as lover and landlord. Lose your name and story. Walk forever. 1HD per sight unseem before you. |
The world lies before you, power buried in its flesh like the pearl in an oyster. Claim it.