Fishing Basics

Fishing is a minigame that can be used as a source of food, money, gear, magical artifacts, and combat encounters. It's easy to access as basic fishing gear is commonly available. If you're lucky you may find legendary rods or fish which offer unique abilities and encounters.

There are several tiers of gear as well as items to support your expeditions like 'fish tanks' which are basically bags of holding for fish or auto-fishers which can catch fish for you.

The fish caught is determined by the GM. There a multiple rarity categories of fish each with size categories.

Treasure can be caught on any fish roll, but note that 'treasure' is a catch-all term for non-fish items. They can be valuable or they can be trash.

In addition to tiers of gear and fish, there is an XP system with fishing that can give additional bonuses.

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This page only gives a brief summary of the whole mechanic. For more details see my Fishing Guide sheet which gives a detailed report on all aspects of the mechanic and items.

Gameplay

So you've decided to go fishing. You first try to find a fishing site, then roll to hook a fish, roll for a fish size, then roll a str/con check to reel it in.

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1. If multiple people are fishing, roll initiative to determine the order.

2. Roll a nature check to determine the quality of the site if your gm determines that one is available.

   * 1-5 - Very few fish - -1 to hook rolls
   * 6-15 - Average amount of fish - +0 to hook rolls
   * 16-20 - Lots of fish - +1 to hook rolls

3. Roll 2d20 on your turn. The first is your hook attempt and the second is determines the fish size.

   The stats given are those of a basic rod.

   Hook Roll
   * With bait - 13 or higher hooks, bait types can apply modifiers
   * Without bait - Cannot catch fish
   
   
   Size Roll
   * 1-3 - Tiny - Str/con check 5 or higher catches
   * 4-8 - Small - Str/con check 10 or higher catches
   * 9-12 - Medium - Str/con check 13 or higher catches
   * 13-14 - Treasure - Str/con check 10 or higher for treasure roll
   * 15-17 - Large - Str/con check 14 or higher catches, failed str. breaks line
   * 18-20 - Huge - Str/con check 17 or higher catches, failed str. breaks line

4. On a successful catch, the GM rolls a 1d100 to determine the fishing rarity and uses your second roll to determine the size.

   The GM rolls 1d the total number of fish found under the size category to determine which one was caught.

   * 1-70 - Common
   * 71-85 - Rare
   * 86-98 - Very Rare
   * 99+ - Legendary

Example Region List

• Rarities: Common, Medium, Rare, Very Rare, Legendary.

  Sizes: Huge, Large, Medium, Small, Tiny.

  Common - 5 Gold

  Huge...

  Large

  Planter Squid
  * A large undead rotting black and green fleshed squid that has chunks of flesh rotten out of its body, partially exposing its skeleton
  * Are typically covered in various species of vibrant moss, fungi, and flowering plants and are a very passive species making them a common sight in aquariums
  * 17-40" long
  * 1d40+20 lb
  * Necrotic Fish

  Medium...

  Small...

  Tiny...

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  Medium - 10 Gold...

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  Rare - 15 Gold...

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  Very Rare - 20 Gold...

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  Legendary - 300 Gold...