Reaction Rolls

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My reaction-roll house rules:

Roll 1 die to determine a non-player-character’s reaction to a character or situation: A roll of ‘6’ indicates that the NPC is as friendly and helpful as is reasonable under the circumstances, a ‘5’ is friendly but not maximally so, a ‘4’ is neutral leaning toward friendly, a ‘3’ is neutral leaning toward unfriendly, a ‘2’ is unfriendly but not maximally so, and a roll of ‘1’ indicates that the NPC is as hostile and unhelpful as is reasonable under the circumstances.

Note that “reasonable under the circumstances” is situation dependent. In some situations, for example, “the NPC attempts to take the PC prisoner” may be the most hostile reasonable result, and in others it may actually be the most friendly and helpful reasonable result.

Reaction modifiers increase the number of dice rolled. If the net modifier is positive, roll a number of extra dice equal to the modifier and use the result of the highest rolling die. For example, if a character has a +1 reaction modifier, then roll one extra die (two dice total) and use the higher of the two dice rolled. If the net modifier is negative, then roll one extra die for each 1 modifier but use the lowest rolling die. For example, if the net modifier is -2 then roll two extra dice (three dice total) and use the lowest-rolling die of the three dice rolled.