Downtime Overview

Mystara of the Five Spheres D&D Downtime Event of Crime Caper

USES ONE OF THE DOWNTIME ACTIVITIES FOR THE DURATION

Downtime activity for committing crimes in the settlement. Crime requires at least one week of preparation to scout for a valid target. You can choose to rob a struggling merchant, a prosperous merchant, a noble or one of the richest figures in the settlement. This sets the DC for the check with a modifier based on the size of the settlement, further reducing the DC by 1 for each additional week spent scouting an planning up to a total modifier of -10.

Check - At the end of the time spent preparing for the job you roll three checks usually a Dexterity (Stealth) check, followed by a Thieves tools Dexterity check and lastly a choice of Intelligence (Investigation), Wisdom (Perception) or Charisma (Deception). You can choose to accept a complication to gain a success. A natural 1 cancels a success, a natural 20 counts as 2 successes.

For the check you can choose any of the skills you can convince the GM is appropiate for the check.

Target Types for DC and Loot modifiers
• Struggling Merchant - DC 10 with 1% of the towns money limit being the loot value.
• Prosperous Merchant - DC 15 with 10% of the towns money limit being the loot value.
• Noble or Wealthy Merchant - DC 20 with 50% of the towns money limit being the loot value.
• Ruler or Richest Merchant - DC 25 with 100% of the towns money limit being the loot value.

Event breakdown
• Requirements (What you need to make the check in session)
• Note - Can't be done while travelling
• Base Check DC = Target
• Note -
• Time (What you need to make the check in session)
• 1 week (additional weeks adds +1 to the roll)
• Cost per Week (What you need to make the check in session)
• 10 gp multiplied by the settlement size plus lifestyle.
• Check (What you need to make the check in session, between sessions the d20 in the check is replaced by 10)
• 3x Skill or Tool Check = d20 + skill (or tool) bonus + Settlment Modifier + Lifestyle Modifier + Renown
• Note Checks are usually Dexterity (Stealth), Wisdom (Perception), Charisma (Deception) and Intelligence (Investigation) with the tool being Theives tools.

Loot - The loot acquired is based on the settlement limits and the type of crime caper attempted.

Crime Caper Check Result
• No Success – The character is caught and must spend 1 week in jail for every 25 gp of the potential profit.
• One Success – Heist fails and the character escapes, but is wamted for the foiled crime, with posters placed around the settlement.
• Two Success – Partial success, earning half the loot value. You are wanted for the crime in the settlement.
• Three Success – Full success, earning the full loot value. You are wanted for the crime in the nation.
• Four or more Success – Gain twuice the loot value (plus 1 to the modifier for each success over four). You are wanted for the crime in the region of the world.

Complications - For each point you increase your check to a success, you owe an extra weeks worth of the weekly costs. Then you roll on the complications table.

CRIME CAPER COMPLICATIONS TABLE
d8 / Complications (* Might involve a rival)
1. Your victim asks one of your adventuring companions to solve the crime.
2. Your victim calls in a favour from a guard, doubling the efforts to solve the case.
3. Someone who knows of your crime has been arrested on an unrelated matter *.
4. You robbed someone who was under a local crime lord’s protection, and who now wants revenge.
5. Your victim is financially ruined by your crime.
6. A bounty equal to your earnings is offered for information about your crime *.
7. Your loot is a single, easily identified item that you can’t fence in this region.
8. An unknown person contacts you, threatening to reveal your crime if you don’t render a service *.

BECMI Rules

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5th Edition D&D Rules

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Level Up Advanced 5th Edition D&D Rules

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GM Notes on Rules

OLD VERSION

Scouting - Removed the extra cost of spying of 25 gp per week, and changed it to 10 gp per settlement size increase.

Loot - The loot acquired is multiplied by the percentage based on the settlement type.