Hunting Rare Beasts
The Hunting Action covers the mechanical procedure for organized hunts.
Hunting (Action)
View full ActionDuration:Variable
Trigger:When a Party deliberately searches for a specific creature in an area where it's known to exist.
When a Party deliberately searches for a specific creature in a biome where it's known to exist, the GM sets a Duration based on the creature's Rarity Tier:
| Rarity | Examples | Base Search Time | Population per Biome Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Common | Boar, wolf, monkey, spider, skittering horde | 1 day | Dozens to hundreds |
| Uncommon | Bear, toad, ant colony, therianthrope | 3 days | Several to a dozen |
| Rare | Vanishing tiger, oni, forest witch, kappa | 1 week | A handful |
| Legendary | Hydra, grootslang, phoenix, dragon tiger | 1 month | ~2–6 on all of Glass |
| Unique | Three-Legged Owl, Simurgh, Great Stag | 3 months+ | Exactly 1 on all of Glass |
The Duration is modified by the local terrain's distance multiplier:
| Type | Examples | Distance Multiplier |
|---|---|---|
| Clear/road | Plains, grasslands, farmland, highways & roads | ×1 |
| Rough | Hills, desert, marsh, forest | ×2 |
| Heavy | Dunes, forested/snowy hills, swamp | ×3 |
| Mountainous | Mountain | ×4 |
| Extreme | Forested/snowy mountain | ×5 |
Save
At the Duration's end, Save. In addition to any ordinary modifiers (i.e. Facts), you receive +1 modifiers to your Save for each of the following that are true:
| Result | Effect |
|---|---|
| Crit (≥12) | You find the creature & also its lair/territory. |
| Pass (8–11) | 4-in-6 chance that you find the creature; otherwise, you find its lair (if applicable). |
| Seven (7) | You find signs/tracks — spend another search period at half duration. |
| Failure (3–6) | You found nothing, but learned something useful about why (depleted area, wrong season, someone else hunting it). |
| Fumble (≤2) | Something else found you first — GM rolls on the biome encounter table. |
- At least one participant in your Party has a Fact that is specifically relevant to hunting this kind of creature.
- Harpy aerial scout
- Local knowledge about the creature in question
- Bait or lure appropriate to the creature's wants
- You brought 10 or more people to hunt a Common creature
- You brought 20 or more people
- You brought 50 or more people
- You brought 100 or more people
You suffer a −1 penalty for each of the following being true:
- You brought 10 or more people to hunt a Rare, Legendary, or Unique creature
- You brought 20 or more people
- You brought 50 or more people
- You brought 100 or more people
- The area was pillaged, raided, or beseiged within the last month.
Finally, subtract a penalty equal to the Distance Multiplier of the searched area's terrain.
| Type | Examples | Distance Multiplier | Penalty |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clear/road | Plains, grasslands, farmland, highways & roads | ×1 | −1 |
| Rough | Hills, desert, marsh, forest | ×2 | −2 |
| Heavy | Dunes, forested/snowy hills, swamp | ×3 | −3 |
| Mountainous | Mountain | ×4 | −4 |
| Extreme | Forested/snowy mountain | ×5 | −5 |
| River | Adds +5 miles of the same terrain type it's located in | +5mi | −1 |