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Orcs in the Hills
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Go Back to the Last Article - Continue on to the Next Article A rules supplement for first edition Flintloque dealing with what happens
when a soldier is faced with what he truly desires on the battlefield... A soldiers life is not a happy one; harsh discipline, bone shaking marches, poor pay and the cheery prospect of a violent death. Consequently when a soldier chances upon something a little special, he may well not be able to resist himself... To simulate this, players characters take a modified D100 roll against the following criteria. A character that fails a temptation roll falls under the control of the GM who decides exactly what the effects this failure has. Alcohol Many soldiers find the chance of a bottle or two irresistible, even whilst under fire! However not all races have the same palate and whilst they may well feel tempted by one type of alcohol, they'd turn their noses up at another. To simplify game play, split alcohol into the following categories and note the races tempted by them Spirits: Elves, Dark Elves, Goblins, Dwarves, Orcs, Ogres and Rats.
Fine Wine: Elves, Dark Elves, Goblins, Dwarves and Orcs.
Cheap Wine: Dark Elves, Goblins Ogres and Orcs.
Lager: Dwarves, Rats, Ogres and Orcs.
Ale: Ogres and Orcs. There is a basic % chance for characters deciding to forget all their troubles and have the odd tipple Race / Base Chance Orc / 50%
Elf / 30%
Dwarf / 40%
Ogre / 45%
Rat / 35%
Goblin / 50% This roll is modified as follows: Circumstance / Base Chance Officer Present / -20%
NCO Present / -10%
Experienced / -10%
Raw / +10%
Being Shot At / -15%
Enemy Out Of Sight / +15% Feel free to add more as appropriate... The effects of getting drunk can range from the modifiers Private Tunge of Sharke's Rifles suffers in Flintloque to passing out for D6 moves... Women Alcohol is not the only pleasure that soldiers crave and houses of ill repute and lamp posts can often provide an amusing distraction in the middle of a game. Racial preferences play a part. Orcs aren't overly fussy, but Elves only fancy their own race or Dark Elves. The GM can decide a appropriate (and don't ignore races not included in Flintloque, the Halfling prostitutes from Mary Gentle's novel Grunts are widely fancied!). As a general guide use the % failure rolls as above and as effects of failed rolls are GM's discretion, though you could take the characters out of the game for D4 moves Raw, D6 moves Average and D8 Experienced (ooh err missus!). Obviously there's more temptations e.g. treasure, but these should start you off... Orcs in the Hills
Issue 1 - Online Edition Return to the Contents Page
Go Back to the Last Article - Continue on to the Next Article Webmaster's Note The above was originally published in both Ragnarok 24 and the first issue of Orcs in the Hills back in 1995. Alternative Armies published an updated rules supplement covering temptation for use with the second edition Flintloque, Flintloque Reloaded. It was first published on thier Notable Members Yahoo Group - Distractions and Asides - The Demone Drinke. |
