Mausritter Procedure House Rules

Got the Mausritter boxed set from Games Omnivorous. It was so good I ordered the adventure boxed set too.

Reading some of Chris McDowall’s Mythic/Primeval Bastionland playtest inspired a greater reliance on hexcrawling and procedural systems (something none of us can keep our mouths shut about around here it seems).

Anyway, here are some changes I made to the game (which is how you know I actually like it):

End of Session

Instead of pips –> XP. At the end of session, ask:

• Did we emerge from an adventure site with treasure?
• Did we overcome our enemies?
• Did we share a meal with new friends?
• Did we learn something new and interesting about the world?
• Did we work together as a team?

For each “yes” everyone gains 1 XP.

Level	XP	HP	Grit	Attributes	Worthy of…
1	0	1d6	0	3d6 for each.	NOTHING
2	2	1d6	1	Roll d20 for each stat. If higher, add 1 to the max.	Knighthood
3	6	2d6	1	Roll d20 for each stat. If higher, add 1 to the max.	Leading a warband
4	12	2d6	2	Roll d20 for each stat. If higher, add 1 to the max.	A holding
5	20	3d6	2	Roll d20 for each stat. If higher, add 1 to the max.	Leading an army
6	30	3d6	3	Roll d20 for each stat. If higher, add 1 to the max.	A seat of power
7	42	4d6	3	Roll d20 for each stat. If higher, add 1 to the max.	Legend

Then agree as a group what POI y’all are moving towards next. Magically, the world will develop in that direction! 😛

Wandering Monsters

2d6	What are they?	What are they doing?
2	Faerie/Electronic	Returning to lair after a fight
3	Owl/Hawk	Fighting (roll another encounter)
4	Snake/Badger	Returning to lair with treasure
5	Spider/Scorpion	Returning to lair with prisoner
6	Crow/Rabbit	Passing through
7	Mouse	Defending territory
8	Rat/Weasel	Hunting/searching
9	Frog/Salamander	Chasing (weaker encounter)
10	Centipede/Beetle	Fleeing (nastier encounter)
11	Cat/Dog	Building lair/busy
12	Ghost/Undead	Tired/drunk (surprise!)

Encounter Details

d6	Encounter?	When?	Number appearing?
1	YES	As you enter the hex	Solo
2	Hint of one	As you enter the hex	Solo
3	Hint of one	While exploring the hex	Duo/trio
4	Clear	While exploring the hex	Duo/trio
5	Clear	Right before leaving the hex	Group
6	Clear	Right before leaving the hex	Group

Use the weather table in the book. It’s good. 🙂

Intelligent NPC Reaction Table

d6	Reaction	Because of…
1	Angry/frightened	Environment
2	Deceptive/manipulative	Culture
3	Upset/sad	Object
4	Busy/working	NPC
5	Social/curious	Faction
6	Joyous/impressed	PCs

Random tip

For a game with animals, it’s fun to use the sentence prompt “This NPC is voiced by…” Examples:

• This weasel character is voiced by Steve Buscemi, slippery and slick.
• This gormond mouse cult leader is voiced by John Goodman in the style of Foghorn Leghorn.
• The badger brothers are voiced by rave club bouncers straight from the street.
• The alley cat sounds like he’s voiced by a B-list BBC cockney accented actor.

Map

🙂