The Quintessential Barbarian
The Quintessential Barbarian cover
| Author | Robert Schwalb |
| Series | Quintessential Series |
| Publisher | Mongoose Publishing |
| Publish date | 2003 |
| Pages | 128 |
| ISBN | 1-903980-92-5 |
| OGL Section 15 | qbbn |
The material below is open game content
Trunk Climbing
Another tree-oriented sport is trunk climbing. The clan or tribe will strip all of the limbs from a tree at least 20 feet tall and oil its surface. Usually there will three to five trees so prepared. Each contestant has a length of rope tied around the tree to each of his wrists, essentially tying him to the tree. When the judge announces the contestants may begin, each makes series of climb checks to see who reaches the top first.
Each contestant rolls initiative. In order of who goes first, each character climbs the tree at the rate described in the system reference document, the DC for climbing the tree is 25 (25 for rough surface +5 for the rope, -5 for the oil). Contestants may attempt to accelerate their movement or may climb at the standard rate at their discretion. A failed check by 5 or more signifies the character falls just as normal.
Editing ©2008 Alex Schröder
