The Inverted Tower/Draft 3

Changelog

Added dead-end after stairs rule
Critical 6's and 1's
Added Elite and Boss Mobs
Add Split and Epic Rolls

Rules

Character Creation

Attributes

There are 3 attributes in this game:

Attribute	Description
STR	How strong your character is
DEX	How dexterous your character is
INT	How intelligent your character is

Select one attribute and put one point in it. The other two will start as zero.

Hit Points

Max HP starts at 5. You can never heal up your Max HP.

Initial Equipment

1 dagger — add one to a combat roll
1 potion — recover to Max HP and then discarded

Rolls

These are all the rolls you going to use to play The Inverted Tower:

Name	Abbreviation	Description
Dice Roll	DR	Roll a dice and compare result with table
Dice Check	DC	Roll a dice. Check passes if die is 5 or 6
Epic Check	EC	Roll a dice. Check passes if die is 6
Split Roll	SR	Split rolls will have 3 options. 1 and 2 is option 1, 3 and 4 option 2 and 5 and 6 is option 3

Also, a six is always a success and one is always a failure.

Gameplay

"NEW TURN"
IF "Stairs Found?"
    "DC for deadend"
ELSE
    IF "DC for Events"
        "DR for Event"
        IF "Event is  trap"
            "Resolve Trap"
        ELSE
            IF  "Event do not exist in floor"
                "DR for Elite"
            ELSE
                "Resolve Event"
            END IF
        ELSE
        END IF
    ELSE
        "DR for Elite"
        "DR total mobs"
        "FIGHT"
        "Roll for treasure"
    END IF
END IF

If stairs already discovered, do a DC. If passes, this is the last room in this floor (dead-end).

New room: DC. If passes, DR for Event. Otherwise, Its an Encounter

Event
- Make note on the room if event room.
- Each floor has only one event room of each kind
- Event rooms has no monsters
If Encounter
- DC for elite
- DR l for number of monsters

Resolve event or encounter

DR for treasure

Events

Roll	Name	Mechanic
1 to 3	Trap	Must handle trap
4	Merchant	Sell items (dagger and potion) for 5gp each
5	Bonfire	Heals to Max HP
6	Stairs	Takes to the next floor

Traps

SR(STR,DEX,INR) to see the kind of trap. Do DC with the attribute as modifier. If fails, -1 HP and no treasure.

Number of Monsters

SR(1,2,3)

Treasure

Roll	Treasure
1-4	1 gp
5	Dagger
6	Potion

Combat

Dice Check with the following multipliers:

plus attribute as modifier (choose one)
minus floor level
(optional) dagger (adds +1, more than one can be used)

If passes

monster dies
player gets 1 xp

if fails

take 1 hp of damage

a six is always a win (critical hit)

an one is always a failure (critical failure)

Leveling up

Every (10 + current level) XP — levelup

Max HP + 1, 1 point to add to any attribute (STR, DEX or INT)

Elite Monsters and Bosses

An elite monster is a terrifying enemy from the levels below who is spending some of their time in this room. Their combat roll modifier it's not only the floor level, but also character's level! So if your character is level 3, on floor 2, the minimum roll to hit (MRTH) is:

5 - 3 (char level) + 2 (floor) + 3 (char level)= 7
With that in place, the only way to hit it is by rolling a six (or using a dagger to get to a six!)

A Boss is another gruesome enemy always found in the last room of the floor. Handle it as an elite monster, but do a DC to see how many minions he has. If it passes, he has 4. Otherwise, 2. A boss always drops one potion, one dagger, and one gold piece as treasure.

Wandering Monsters

When moving back to an existing room, do a DC. If it passes. handle it as a new encounter.

Dead-ends

A level has 12 a maximum of rooms.

If the player got to the 12th room and still haven't find the stairs, this room is the stairs and also is the floor boss lair.

Dungeon Log

Since we don't have rooms anymore, it's advised to keep what we call a Dungeon Log. Each line in it displays what is in the room. For example:

Floor 1

Room 1 : Trap (INT) (Failed)
Room 2: Mob 1 (killed) Mob 2 (killed)
Room 3: Stairs (Descended)
Room 4: Mob 1 (killed) ⟶ Wandering: Yes. Mob 1 (killed), Mob 2 (killed)
Room 5: Mob 1 (killed), Mob 2 (killed)