House rules of the Hyborian Age

Combat

Everyone can backstab

World of the Hyborian Age is not a place of chivalry and honor. Everybody will do everything to eliminate his opponent by any means. In  game terms this translates to the ruling that if someone can attack his opponent from behind he gains +4 bonus to hit. If the attack roll succeeds, the opponent should make a saving throw vs. death, if he fails, he dies.

Critical Hits and Fumbles

When someone rolls natural 20 or 1 on an attack roll he has scored a critical hit or fumble respectively. Critical hit allows to roll damage dice as long as the to hit roll is succesful. When fumble occurs, the player gains -2 penalty to the AC for the next round.

Opportunity Penalty

The opportunity penalty can be applied when a spell is being cast, someone rolled a fumble or moved for the whole round.

Two-weapon Fighting

Fighting simultaneously with two weapons grants the character a bonus +1 either to the Armor Class, melee attack roll or melee damage roll.

Unarmed Attacks

Brawling attacks, such as those conducted with fist, foot or dagger pommel, will normally inflict 1d2 points of damage, plus the attacker’s Strength bonus to damage.

Death, Rest, Healing and Insanity

Falling unconscious

Everytime character recieves a critical hit he must make a saving throw. If he fails or his HPs are reduced to 0 he falls unconscious. Also when a character's subdual damage points are equal to his constitution score, he must make a saving throw or falls unconscious.

Death

Character dies when his HPs are reduced to 0-his level.

Healing

A full rest of 8 hours restores one HD.

Once a day character can drink booze to restore 1d6 of HPs.

Rest

Since not everyday we wake up in a perfect condition I thought It would be aproprieate to cover this in the rules.  Every day adventurers roll their HD.  0 Hours of rest - all HD must be rolled 3 Hours of rest - 1 HD is full, the rest must be rolled 6 Hours of rest - 2 HD are full, the rest must be rolled 9 Hours of rest - All HD are full All wounds achieved must be substracted from the daily amount of HPs.

Sanity Points and Insanity
Every character has sanity points sum equal to his wisdom score. Everytime character experiences something, gruesome, terrible Referee should  call for a saving throw. If character fails the saving throw he must substract d6,d8 or d10 sanity points(at the discretion of the Referee) from the SP sum. If it's reduced to 0, the character is completly insane and is under the control of the Referee.

Movement and Encumberance

As per LotFP rules.

Magic

Spellcasting roll

Magic in the Hyborian Age is a dangerous endavour. Dealing with demons and other cosmic entities can cause insanity or even death. To reflect this, everytime sorcerer casts a spell he must make a saving throw vs. magic with penalty equal to the level of the spell that is being cast.

saving throw  effect

result

         1          spellcaster must immediately make a saving throw vs. death

      failed       sanity loss: 1-3rd level spell 1d6 sanity loss; 4-6th level spell 1d8 sanity loss

     passed      target: -1 to ST vs. spell

        20         target: no ST vs. spell