Wild Die Alternative

APPENDIX 2: A WILD DIE ALTERNATIVE

NTRODUCTION

The Wild Die system in Industrious Sorcery is functional, but boring. A bit of creativity can make critical successes and failures much more fun. Presented here is an alternative system for treating the Wild Die.

HE CHART

Wild Die 6			Wild Die 1
	Heart or Diamond	Spade or Club	Heart or Diamond	Spade or Club
A	Receive a Fate Point. Return this card to the deck.	Receive a Fate Point. Remove this card from the deck.	Receive a Fate Point. Remove this card from the deck.	No Effect. Remove this card from the deck.	A
K	Increase Skill +1 pip	Increase Skill +1 pip	No Effect	No Effect	K
Q	Increase Skill +1 pip	Gain a Luck Point	No Effect	No Effect	Q
J	Gain a Luck Point	Add one success	No Effect	No Effect	J
10	Gain a Luck Point	Add one success	No Effect	Lose one success	10
9	Add one success	Add one success	No Effect	Lose one success	9
8	Add one success	Roll another Wild Die	Lose one success	Lose one success	8
7	Add one success	Roll another Wild Die	Lose one success	Lose one success	7
6	Add one success	Roll another Wild Die	Lose one success	Lose two successes	6
5	Roll another Wild Die	Roll another Wild Die	Lose one success	Lose two successes	5

OW IT WORKS

Find a deck of cards and remove all the cards valued 2, 3, and 4. Shuffle the rest and keep the deck handy.

You get the same number of Wild Dice as described in the rules, but one of them is a special Wild Die. If a 1 or a 6 is rolled on that die choose a card from the deck. Look up the card on the chart above and apply the effect.

At the end of the gaming session the game master may allow the players to draw a card from the deck to try to acquire one of the permanent effects.

FFECT DESCRIPTIONS

Receive a Fate Point — Your character gets a free Fate Point. You will then either place the card back into the deck, or remove it for the rest of the gaming session.

Increase Skill +1 pip — Permanently increase the primary skill used in this roll by +1 pip. In the combination of Skill 1 + Skill 2, the primary skill is Skill 1.

Gain a Luck Point — You may use the Luck Point for this roll or save it for later.

Add One Success — Gain an automatic success to this roll.

Lose One Success — Subtract one of your successes from this roll.

Lose Two Successes — Ouch. Subtract two of your successes from this roll.

Roll Another Wild Die — Roll a standard Wild Die in hope of gaining another success to this roll.

No Effect — No effect. Carry on.