HeroQuest crib sheet

From Milton Keynes RPG Club

A summary of the tables used in HeroQuest.

Contents 1 Contest summary 2 Outcomes 3 Augmentation 4 AP Loan

Contest summary

For Simple and Extended contests

	Critical	Success	Failure	Fumble
Critical	Low = Marginal High = Transfer ½×	Minor Transfer 1×	Major Transfer 2×	Complete Transfer 3×
Success	Minor Transfer 1×	Low = Marginal High = Forfeit ½×	Minor Forfeit 1×	Major Forfeit 2×
Failure	Major Transfer 2×	Minor Forfeit 1×	Low = Marginal High = Forfeit ½×	Minor Winner forfeit 1×
Fumble	Complete Transfer 3×	Major Forfeit 2×	Minor Forfeit 1×	Tie (both marginal defeat) Tie (both forfeit ½×)

Outcomes

Outcome	AP Equivalent	Consequences	Combat Outcome	Augmentation	AP Loan
Complete Victory				Double Bonus	Target gains
Major Victory				Bonus	Target gains Lender loses
Minor Victory				Bonus	Target gains Lender loses
Marginal Victory				½ Bonus	Target gains Lender loses
Tie				No effect	No effect
Marginal Defeat	0 to -10	None significant	Dazed	½ Penalty	Lender loses ½
Minor Defeat	-11 to -20	-1/10 victor's ability	Hurt	½ Penalty	Lender loses
Major Defeat	-21 to -30	-50%	Injured	Penalty	Both lose
Complete Defeat	-31 or more	No actions	Dying	Penalty	Both lose

Augmentation

For variable augmentations, Resistance is Desired bonus × 5. For automatic augmentations, bonus is:

Ability	Augment
5 - 14	+1
15 - 4W	+2
5W - 14W	+3
15W - 4W2	+4
5W2 - 14W2	+5

AP Loan

Resistance is number of APs loaned

A synopsis of the HeroQuest rules can be found on the support page of the official Glorantha website.

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