Automatic Bonus Progression
Background Skills
Wounds and Vigour (Critical hits deal critical damage to vigour normally and deal an additional amount of damage equal to the crit multiplier directly to wounds.)
Cost of Living
An adventurer's primary source of income is treasure, and his primary purchases are tools and items he needs to continue adventuring—spell components, weapons, magic items, potions, and the like. Yet what about things like food? Rent? Taxes? Bribes? Idle purchases?
You can certainly handle these minor expenditures in detail during play, but tracking every time a PC pays for a room, buys water, or pays a gate tax can swiftly become obnoxious and tiresome. If you're not really into tracking these minor costs of living, you can choose to simply ignore these small payments. A more realistic and easier-to-use method is to have PCs pay a recurring cost of living tax. At the start of every game month, a PC must pay an amount of gold equal to the lifestyle bracket he wishes to live in—if he can't afford his desired bracket, he drops down to the first one he can afford.
Destitute (0 gp/month): The PC is homeless and lives in the wilderness or on the streets. A destitute character must track every purchase, and may need to resort to Survival checks or theft to feed himself.
Poor (3 gp/month): The PC lives in common rooms of taverns, with his parents, or in some other communal situation—this is the lifestyle of most untrained laborers and commoners. He need not track purchases of meals or taxes that cost 1 sp or less.
Average (10 gp/month): The PC lives in his own apartment, small house, or similar location—this is the lifestyle of most trained or skilled experts or warriors. He can secure any nonmagical item worth 1 gp or less from his home in 1d10 minutes, and need not track purchases of common meals or taxes that cost 1 gp or less.
Wealthy (100 gp/month): The PC has a sizable home or a nice suite of rooms in a fine inn. He can secure any nonmagical item worth 5 gp or less from his belongings in his home in 1d10 minutes, and need only track purchases of meals or taxes in excess of 10 gp.
Extravagant (1,000 gp/month): The PC lives in a mansion, castle, or other extravagant home—he might even own the building in question. This is the lifestyle of most aristocrats. He can secure any nonmagical item worth 25 gp or less from his belongings in his home in 1d10 minutes. He need only track purchases of meals or taxes in excess of 100 gp.
Pets
Whenever the group moves to a new phase in the adventure, somebody has to ask "What is [pet] doing?" Failure to do this means that the pet wanders off and upon realising, a d20 must be rolled to determine what random event has happened.
1 - The worst thing possible at that moment
2 - Eat something nearby (could be just found, stolen or even poisonous)
3 - Run off ahead (if any traps are ahead then roll to avoid)
4 - Looking for affection (PC or NPC)
5 - Barks loudly (nearby creatures are alerted)
6 - Finds somewhere to urinate
7 - Bites someone (can roll random target but I only made him bite someone nearby who he didn't like)
8 - Fetch an item with no value
9 - Perform a trick (works as a performance check and can distract)
10 - Runs around the area knocking things over (has to be grabbed by someone)
11 - Buries something (can be an unsecured inventory item or an item found/stolen nearby)
12 - Fetch something of low value
13 - Run away from everyone (avoids creatures if he can)
14 - Lick a stranger (works as a persuade check to win someone over)
15 - Find the nearest source of a drink (does not need to be water)
16 - Find some treasure (could lead to a guarded treasure)
17 - Hasn't gone anywhere, he is being well behaved
18 - Growls at somebody (works as an intimidate check)
19 - Finds a plot hook (or successfully persuades/intimidates an NPC to get next hook)
20 - Best possible event at that moment
Hit Location Table for Wounds
3 = Eyes
4 = Head
5-6 = Hand
7-8 = Arm
9-12 = Torso
13-14 = Leg
15-16 = Foot
17 = Neck
18 = Vital Organ in Torso
