REACTION Tables

            “No man enters a Martian city without giving a detailed and satisfactory account of himself, nor did I delude myself with the belief that I could for a moment impose upon the acumen of the officers of the guard to whom I should be taken the moment I applied at any one of the gates.”               (WM, V)

 

Modified                                                          ^{Table 3.4}

  d20           NPC Reaction                                     

 

  0 - 4         Hatred/ plans for opportune attack

  5-  7          Enraged/ attacks immediately            

  8 - 9          Hostile/ attacks if reasonable odds 

 10-11         Noncommittal/ NPC may desert  

 12-14         Reluctant/ defends in place

 15-17      Agreeable/ evil may betray                        

 18-20         Enthusiastic/ desires friendship

   21+          Passionate/ lays sword at feet    

 

Modifiers

 

   ADD       PC’s  Charisma modifier 

  ADD    NPC’s  Intelligence modifier

     +2   if Joyous (J) or same RM nation

     +0   if Benign (B) or same GM tribe

      -2   if Obstinate (O) or hostile nation

      -5   if  Malice (M ) or hereditary foes

   Plus   situational modifiers (bribery, coercion, etc.)  

                        as determined by game master or referee

 

Upon Barsoom, it is best to assume another man to be your enemy unless proven otherwise as each dead foe provides more of the Red Planet’s dwindling resources to divide amongst those who remain.  


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