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Dreamreaver23's Fishing Guide 

Wednesday, October 23, 2019  2:29 PM 

CASTING  Common: d8: You hooked a... 

When fishing, you first cast the line with a Wisdom Check, the DC you hit determines your
Encounter. See side chart on right for description of the dice used. All five dice are rolled
1  A piece of junk; (d4) 
at once.  
 
You are able to state whether you are casting a "Shallow Cast" or a "Deep Cast." Casting a 1  Old boot  Roll 2 d10 - Casting 
shallow cast limits the size of the fish you are able to catch to a Tiny or Small sized fish.
This can help a character who is new to fishing.    2  Tattered cloth 
3  Bit of drift wood  1-10  No Encounter 
+1 to initial cast for Fishing between 5am – 8am and 6pm - 9pm  
11-14  Common Encounter 
Each cast and reeling cycle is done in 15 minute increments  4  Tangle of weeds 
(if a player says they want to fish for 2 hours, you would be able to cast, or repair a total 15-17  Uncommon Encounter 
2  Carp 
of 8 times)  18-19  Rare Encounter 
3  Crappie 
STRUGGLE  20  Legendary Encounter 
4  Smallmouth Bass 
Once a fish bites, the fisherman and fish roll standard initiative.   N 20  Mythical Encounter 
5  Perch 
The fisherman will make Fishing Attack Rolls, dealing damage to the targets "Fishing HP" D4 – Portions / Size / Att die / AC / HP 
until the Fish is caught at 0HP.   6  Shad 
The fish is going to make its own "attacks" against the rod's AC, damaging its HP, and 7  Blue Gill  1  Tiny               d4          10       5 + d6 
eventually snapping the line (0 hp) or breaking a rod (Doing -max hp damage)  Sunfish 
8  2  Small             d4+1      10       8 + d6 
A fishing attack roll is a Wisdom-based attack applicable only in Fish Combat. 
Uncommon: d8: You hooked a...  3  Medium       d4+1      12     12 + d6 
FISHING COMBAT MATH 
4  Large            d6           12     18 + d6 
Each rod has HP, AC, Damage Dice, and special properties depending on what equipment
1  Largemouth Bass 
you might obtain or buy   D6 -  Hit Point Modifier 
2  Catfish 
A standard rod has 10 HP, 10 AC, and a d6 die.   Shallow Cast – only able to catch tiny and smal
A standard small fish has 10 AC, and +2 hit; on a hit dealing Att damage based on its 3  Sturgeon 
and no Mythical Encounters. 
respective size to a rod's HP.  4  Shire Pike 
(d4 1&2 = Tiny, d4 3&4 = Small) 
Hitting your Fishing Attack Roll vs the Fishing AC lets you roll your damage die with Wis as 5  Steelhead Trout 
a modifier. 
Deep Cast – Able to catch tiny, small, medium a
6  Silver Shad  large fish. And all encounters are open 
THE RESULTS 
7  Bronze Carp   
On each cast there are three possible results. 
8  Quipper (MM 335)  If the player makes the PERFECT cast 
1. A fish does not bite:  
Rare: d8: You hooked a...  10 + 10 + 4 + 6 + 8 
15 minutes of time passes and you can recast without repairing your equipment or
rebaiting.  Then they get an instant reel-in of a small treas
1. A fish bites and you lose all of your HP on your rod:  1  Armored Catfish  I would probably make up d10 roll table for tha
• The fish gets away  2  Lamprey  Something that would keep it balanced but a
• If your rod breaks you will need to either purchase a new rod or bring it to a fishing definite prize in your world. Maybe some rare i
3  Stonefish  
shop to fix the rod.  in the DMG. 
• If your line breaks, you will need to spend the next 15 minute time period relining 4  Golden Trout 
and baiting your fishing rod.   
5  Bullhead 
2. A fish bites and you reel the fish in (Take fish to 0hp):  Players Start with 0 proficiency in fishing. In ord
• If you have lost any HPs on your fishing rod, you may do one of the following:  6  Alligator Snapping Turtle  gain proficiency, refer to the fishing experience
○ Use the next 15 minutes to repair your fishing rod. roll a d20 + Wis mod, if 7  Arowana  chart. 
you roll 10 or higher you repair your fishing line and rod to full health
without using any new equipment.  8  Mooneye 
○ Use the next 15 minutes relining and baiting your fishing rod.  Exp Pts  Fishing Lvl  Prof Bonus 
Legendary: d8: You hooked a... 
○ Do not repair your Fishing rod, the HP you have left on their stays until it is 30  1  +1 
repaired or you restring your fishing pole 
1  Giant Axolotl   90  2  +2 
Example of Play 
2  Ice Eel   180  3  +3 
Start by describing the location, whether it is a lake, a small stream, a roaring river, a
shallow pond, and let them know if they can Cast Shallow, Deep, Or both. This effects 3  Arapaima  360  4  +4 
what size fish they are able to pull out of the water. (I do this with a perception check 540  5  +5 
4  Flying Fish 
when they show up to the location) 
5  Dragon Turtle  720  6  +6 
All of your players who wat to fish Cast at the same time, by rolling all 5 dice in a single
roll.  6  Firemouth Bass  Experience pts for each fish is equal to half of t
Diving Bell Spider   fishes total HP rounded up to the nearest whol
7 
number. 
player  d10  d10  d4  d6  d8  8  Mithril Sturgeon 
Player 1  3  5  2  3  7 
Mythical: d8: You hooked a... 
Player 2  7  5  4  3  1 
Player 3  7  6  2  5  6  1  Decanter of Endless Water (DMG 161) 
  2  Jewelfish > 1d4 gems from the 100 gp Gemstone Table (DMG
134) 
Player 1: no encounter, he sits while the others fish, 
3  Mariner's Armor (DMG 181) 
Player 2: common encounter, 4 = large size, +3 HP, 1 = Piece of junk* 
(use the rolled d4 to determine what junk gets pulled in instead of the size, this time it 4  Ring of Water Walking (DMG 193) 
was a 4, so the player reels in a tangle of weeds). 
5  Alchemy Jug (DMG 150) 
Player 3: common encounter, 2 = small fish, 5 = +5 hp, 6 =shad 
6  Rainbowfish > colur spectrum of scales 2d4 x 50 gp 
player and fish roll initiative,  
player is trying to reel in a Small Shad with 13hp, 10ac, and attacks with a d4+1.   7  Cap of Water Breathing (DMG 157) 

The player only uses their fishing pole for the attack,   8  Goggles of Night (DMG 172) 

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Player rolls initiative of 16, fish rolls 10   

Player rolls to attack, fish rolls to attack, until a victor is determined, then move forward
from there. 
For our example, let’s say the fish broke the line by taking the player down to 0 hp, then
the player would sit out the next casting cycle to replace his line hook and bait. And
player one and two would cast. Rinse and repeat 
 
 

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