ISKLOFT GM SCREEN

Region Climates New Conditions Equipment

Hostile Lands
Characters must be wearing Warm clothing or suffer 1 Exhaustion every 10 minutes. A
character with Warm clothing makes Grit check every hour (DC 13+proficiency. +1 for
each hour spent outside without a fire) or gains Exhaustion.
Supply levels drop at twice the normal rate
Snowblindness check 1/hour by day
Cold check 1/hour at night
Frigid Lands
Characters must be wearing Warm clothing or suffer 1 Exhaustion every two hours. A
character with Warm clothing makes a Grit check every two hours (DC 11+proficiency. +1
for each hour spent outside without a fire)
Snowblindness check 1/ 4hours by day
Cold check 1/ 4 hours at night
Temperate Lands
Characters must be wearing Warm clothing or suffer 1 Exhaustion every 4 hours. A
character with Warm clothing makes Grit check every 4 hours (DC 10+proficiency. +1 for
each hour spent outside without a fire) or gains Exhaustion.
Supply levels drop at twice the normal rate
Supply
5. Well Supplied You have ample food, dry clothing and high spirits. You have advantage
on saves made versus Exhaustion
4. Supplied You’ve got what you need, but you’re already eating hard cheese. You suffer
no ill effects.
3. Dwindling You’re starting to run low on food, your socks are wet, and there’s a grim
feeling in the air. You have disadvantage on Constitution (Grit) checks. You gain a level of
exhaustion.
2. Bereft You’re eyeing up the last morsels jealously. Your teeth are chattering. You
have disadvantage on saves against fear. Additionally, you’re unable to remove levels of
exhaustion until your supply level increases to ‘Supplied’.
1. Desperate You’re dizzy and feel nauseous. You’re looking at your companions and
imagining their stringy meat. A deranged depression has set in. You’re unable to spend
hit die when resting. You can survive in a Desperate state a number of days equal to
your Constitution (Grit) score. After that number of days, you fall unconscious, and begin
making death saving throws.
New Skills
Grit. (Constitution) Resisting pain, injury. Exhibiting stamina. Keeping it together in the
face of horror and despair.
Lore-wise. (Intelligence) Replaces History. Recalling knowledge about places, people
and events. Remembering a famous jarl’s exploits. Knowing the story of a battle. Recalling
information about the town you’re in.
Sailing. (Wisdom) Navigating on the sea. Shipcraft. Rowing. Managing supplies at sea.
Seið-Wise. (Intelligence) Replaces Arcana and Religion. Knowledge of the spiritual, the
supernatural. Recalling information about rituals and religious practices. Knowing about
magic.
World-Wise. (Wisdom) Combines Nature & Survival. Knowledge of the wilds. Survival
skills. Hunting, tracking, skinning. Knowledge about animals. Navigating by land.
Wound Wise. (Wisdom) Replaces Medicine. Knowledge of healing, the human body.
Knowing what herbs are needed to cure an ailment.
Quick Names
Bleeding There are 6 levels of Bleeding. Whenever you gain a level of Bleeding, you suffer
necrotic damage at the start of each of your turns, until you or an ally take an action to
succeed on a DC Wisdom (Wound-wise) check to apply a bandage.
Level 1: 1d4 (DC 11)
Level 2: 1d6 (DC 13)
Level 3: 1d8 (DC 15)
Level 4: 1d10 (DC 17)
Level 5: 1d12 (DC 19)
Level 6: 1d20 (DC 21)
Punch-Drunk You have disadvantage on attack rolls, saving throws, and cannot take
reactions.
Hopeless You have disadvantage on Wisdom, Intelligence and Charisma saving throws.
Dazed Enemies have advantage on attacks against you.
Winded You suffer a level of exhaustion for each level of winded you acquire. Upon
reaching 6 levels of Winded, you do not die, you fall unconscious. You can remove a level
of Winded by spending an action on your turn regaining your breath. After combat ends,
you remove all levels of winded if you spend one minute recovering. If you have levels
of Exhaustion and Winded, track them seperately, and suffer the effects of whichever
condition is more advanced.
Travel Conditions
Snowblindness Target must succeed on a Grit check. DC = Region Climate. Characters
can avoid making a check by resting after 3 hours of travel by day in snowy lands. Failing
the check imposes the Snowblind condition. This condition is removed by spending two
days in a dimly lit place.
Snowblind Characters who are Snowblind suffer the following effects:
The character has disadvantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.
The character’s sight range is reduced to 20 feet.
The character has disadvantage on ranged attack rolls.
The Bitter Cold When a region demands they make a Cold check: Target makes
Constitution (Grit) check to avoid harm; the GM determines when checks are called for
and the DC for each one. Each failed saving throw increases the risk and damage, as
described below. Effects are cumulative, and are removed by spending two days - per
stage - in a warm, dry place.
Cold Characters have disadvantage on checks that require fine manipulation, and on
checks to resist being disarmed.
Freezing Characters suffering from stage two have the following effects:
You suffer a level of exhaustion.
You have disadvantage on Saving Throws and ability checks involving Strength and
Dexterity.
Frostbitten Characters suffering from stage three have the following effects:
You suffer two levels of exhaustion.
An activity like drawing or sheathing a weapon, taking something from a bag or pouch,
or making an attack, requires a successful DC 10 Dexterity check to accomplish without
fumbling and dropping the item.
Frozen Characters suffering from stage 4 suffer the following effects:
You are incapacitated.
Each hour you remain in stage four, you must roll a Constitution (Grit) check (even while
you are incapacitated). On a failed check, roll on the Frozen Brutal Wounds table.
Equipment tables can be found on pg. 103
ABSORB When you are hit by a critical hit, you can use your reaction to have the item
break, absorbing half of the damage and allowing you to ignore the brutal wound of the
attack, but becoming irrepairably useless thereafter.
STURDY Shields that have the sturdy keyword are able to Absorb two critical hits before
splintering.
WARM Items with the warm quality give you advantage on a number of Grit checks equal
to your Constitution modifier, made against cold weather.
Breaking Equipment
A character can make an attack against equipment, attempting to sunder it as an action,
or as part of an Attack action. Strength check, DC 10 + 5 per level above Broken. On a
success, the target piece of equipment drops down one level in quality. An item with
the Absorb quality, loses one level of that quality, rather than becoming lower quality.
Exceeding the DC for breaking equipment by 5 or more will immediately bring the
weapon to Broken status. The DCs here are for a quick reference:
DC 15: Low Quality
DC 20: Standard Quality
DC 25: High Quality
DC 30: Masterwork Quality
Broken
Broken weapons cannot be used except situationally as improvised weapons. Broken
armor and shields provide no AC bonus.
Low Quality
A critical fail with a low-quality weapon or a critical hit against shield/armor will also
cause it to break. Low Quality equipment can be upgraded to standard quality with
materials, tools, and proficiency in the appropriate crafting skill.
Standard
Most equipment in Iskloft is of Standard quality. A critical fail with a standard-quality
weapon or a critical hit against standard-quality armor will also cause it to become low-
quality.
High Quality
If high quality equipment critically fails or is critically hit, roll a d10. On a 1 or 2, it becomes
Standard quality. High Quality weapons gain +1 to to-hit and damage rolls.
High Quality shields and armor grant +1 to AC. Attempts made to break equipment of
Standard or lower are made with advantage
Masterwork
If masterwork equipment critically fails or is critically hit, roll a d20. Once the equipment
has rolled a 1 from this roll 3 times, the equipment becomes High Quality.
Masterwork weapons gain +2 to all to-hit and damage rolls.
Masterwork shields and armor grant an additional +2 to AC
Attempts made to break equipment of High-Quality or lower are made with advantage
Dying
Character makes a Grit roll (DC determined by GM, usually 15) to see if they can hold their
weapon as they die to guarantee them a place in Valhalla.
System Shock
d10 Roll Effect

People: Arnhelm, Bjarni, Cnut, Dagfinn, Einar, Finn, Gunnar, Hengist, Inga, Jormun, Kjorl, 1 The creature drops to 0 hit points and suffers a Brutal Wound.
Lofnir, Magni, Nokki, Ola, Perlaug, Ragna, Svenja, Thorunn, Ulrik, Vogn, Wiglaf, Yngvar
Town Name ending: -vik, -borg, -stin, -holm, -hold, -toft, -by, -myrr, -klett, -strom, -strand Wound Roll Wound Placement 2-3 The creature drops to 0 hit points.
Ships: Sjohestur (seahorse), Ulfvindr (wolfwind), Svarthoka (black mist), Isbikkja (ice
bitch), Rauðdrakkar (red dragon), Kalasormr (cold serpent) Character Type Roll Made d12 roll Wound Location 4-5 The creature drops to 0 hit points but is stable.
Superstitions: Spitting when you see a witch, kissing your amulet when you see Lesser Enemy 1d10 1-5 Limb 6-7 The creature is stunned until the end of its next turn.
something profane, voting by placing rabbit bones, sharing meat and salt with guests to
guarantee peace, carrying a birch branch to show intent to parlay PC or Notable Enemy 1d20 6-10 Torso 8-9 The creature is Punch-Drunk until the end of its next turn.
Legendary Foe 1d10+10 11-12 Head 10 The creature can’t take reactions until the end of its next turn.

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