Climbing contests

[Dalin]

Originally Posted by Imbicatus

It’s beyond the scope of the DFRPG, but I’ve had a lot of fun using the Chase rules from GURPS Action 2 for a climbing encounter. . . . The chase rules allow multiple rolls, complementary skills, and the ability to have fun with it while not just devolving into five people endless rolling dice.

Originally Posted by evileeyore

Yup, the chase rules are where I turn every time I have a "two or more groups are competing in something where distance or time is a factor".

Great! I'll have to review those rules. I remember being impressed by them, but I haven't run an explicit Action game, so they faded into the background.

Originally Posted by Christopher R. Rice

In a game I was running I created an entire (small) framework of rules for climbing a sheer cliff in Underhill. I REALLY need to put it on my blog because it worked pretty much perfectly and produced a lot of tension.

I look forward to reading about this. Sounds fun!