Bleak Forest

Forage and Loot Tables

Created by Johnathan L Bingham

Loot

Loot is defined as any item that is found upon a creature, in a loot cache, or a wandering trader. This indicates how many d6 should be rolled on the Loot Die table.

Loot Die

Die Roll	Description	Notes
1–4	No Loot	No loot totals: 1 die: 66.67%; 2 dice: 41.67%; 3 dice: 27.7%; 4 dice: 24.77%.
5–7	Common Loot	Check on Loot I Table. Common loot totals: 1 die: 33.4%; 2 dice: 41.67%; 3 dice: 14.35%; 4 dice: 2.62%.
8–9	No Loot	—
10–12	Uncommon Loot	Check on Loot II Table. Uncommon loot totals: 1 die: 0%; 2 dice: 16.67%; 3 dice: 27.8%; 4 dice: 14.35%.
13–16	Rare Loot	Check on Loot III Table. Rare loot totals: 1 die: 0%; 2 dice: 0%; 3 dice: 24.07%; 4 dice: 42%.
16–18	No Loot	—
19–24	Special Loot	Special loot totals: 1 die: 0%; 2 dice: 0%; 3 dice: 0%; 4 dice: 16.3%.

Loot I

This loot table reflects items of common availability that might be found on a creature, in a loot cache, or on a trader. Roll 1d20 and consult the results on the table below.

Die Roll (d20)	Description	Notes
1	Axe	—
2	Arming Doublet	—
3	Food	1d6 rations
4	Copper coins	1d20 copper coins
5	Club	—
6	Chainmail	—
7	Water skin	1d6 rations
8	Herbs or Components	Common: natural creatures (beasts, animals, vermin), roll on the Herb Compendium (Common tier); supernatural creatures (Undead, Fae, Demonic, Elemental), roll on the Common Components Table. Loot cache: roll 1d2 (1 = Herb Compendium Common, 2 = Common Components Table).
9	Dart	—
10	Lamellar Armour	—
11	Food	1d6 rations
12	Copper coins	1d20 copper coins
13	Knife	—
14	Shield	—
15	Water skin	1d6 rations
16	Herbs or Components	Common: natural creatures (beasts, animals, vermin), roll on the Herb Compendium (Common tier); supernatural creatures (Undead, Fae, Demonic, Elemental), roll on the Common Components Table. Loot cache: roll 1d2 (1 = Herb Compendium Common, 2 = Common Components Table).
17	Staff	—
18	Sword, Long	—
19	Food	1d6 rations
20	Copper coins	1d20 copper coins

Die Roll (d20)	Description	Notes
1	Bow, Short	—
2	Buckler	—
3	Food	1d6 rations
4	Copper coins	1d20 copper coins
5	Dagger	—
6	Helmet	—
7	Water skin	1d6 rations
8	Herbs or Components	Common: natural creatures, roll on the Herb Compendium (Common tier); supernatural creatures, roll on the Common Components Table. Loot cache: roll 1d2 (1 = Herb Compendium Common, 2 = Common Components Table).
9	Hammer	—
10	Leather Armour	—
11	Food	1d6 rations
12	Copper coins	1d20 copper coins
13	Sling	—
14	Spear	—
15	Water skin	1d6 rations
16	Herbs or Components	Common: natural creatures, roll on the Herb Compendium (Common tier); supernatural creatures, roll on the Common Components Table. Loot cache: roll 1d2 (1 = Herb Compendium Common, 2 = Common Components Table).
17	Sword, Short	—
18	Studded Leather	—
19	Food	1d6 rations
20	Copper coins	1d20 copper coins

Loot II

This loot table reflects items of uncommon availability that might be found on a creature, in a loot cache, or on a trader. Roll 1d20 and consult the results on the table below.

Die Roll (d20)	Description	Notes
1	Battle Axe	—
2	Banded Armour	—
3	Copper coins	2d20 copper coins
4	Bow, Long	—
5	Brigandine	—
6	Herbs or Components	Uncommon: natural creatures, roll on Herb Compendium (Uncommon tier); supernatural creatures, roll on Uncommon Components Table. Loot cache: roll 1d2 (1 = Herb Compendium Uncommon, 2 = Uncommon Components Table).
7	Crossbow, hand	—
8	Ringmail	—
9	Silver coins	1d20 silver coins
10	Crossbow, heavy	—
11	Scalemail	—
12	Herbs or Components	Uncommon: natural creatures, roll on Herb Compendium (Uncommon tier); supernatural creatures, roll on Uncommon Components Table. Loot cache: roll 1d2 (1 = Herb Compendium Uncommon, 2 = Uncommon Components Table).
13	Flail	—
14	Splintmail	—
15	Copper coins	2d20 copper coins
16	Javelin	—
17	Tower Shield	—
18	Herbs or Components	Uncommon: natural creatures, roll on Herb Compendium (Uncommon tier); supernatural creatures, roll on Uncommon Components Table. Loot cache: roll 1d2 (1 = Herb Compendium Uncommon, 2 = Uncommon Components Table).
19	Mace	—
20	Sword, two handed (Zweihander)	—

Loot III

This loot table reflects items of Rare availability that might be found on a creature, in a loot cache, or on a trader. Roll 1d20 and consult the results on the table below.

Die Roll (d20)	Description	Notes
1–2	Bronze plate	—
3–4	Herbs or Components	Rare: natural creatures, roll on Herb Compendium (Rare tier); supernatural creatures, roll on Rare Components Table. Loot cache: roll on Rare Components Table (rare herbs are almost never found in caches—they must be foraged).
5–6	Silver coins	1d20 silver coins
7–8	1st Order Spell Scroll	Roll on 1st Order Spell List
9–10	Gold coins	1d20 gold coins
11–12	1st Order Spell Scroll	Roll on 1st Order Spell List
13–14	1st Order Spell Scroll	Roll on 1st Order Spell List
15–16	Silver coins	1d20 silver coins
17–18	Plate Mail	—
19–20	Herbs or Components	Rare: natural creatures, roll on Herb Compendium (Rare tier); supernatural creatures, roll on Rare Components Table. Loot cache: roll on Rare Components Table (rare herbs are almost never found in caches—they must be foraged).

Loot (Special)

Die Roll	Description	Notes
1–2	Gold coins	1d20 gold coins
3–4	Herbs or Components	Rare: natural creatures, roll on Herb Compendium (Rare tier); supernatural creatures, roll on Rare Components Table. Loot cache: roll on Rare Components Table (rare herbs are almost never found in caches—they must be foraged).
5–6	1st Order Spell Scroll	Roll on 1st Order Spell List
7–8	1st Order Alchemical Item	Roll on 1st Order Alchemical Items List
9–10	Gold coins	1d20 gold coins
11–12	Herbs or Components	Rare: natural creatures, roll on Herb Compendium (Rare tier); supernatural creatures, roll on Rare Components Table. Loot cache: roll on Rare Components Table (rare herbs are almost never found in caches—they must be foraged).
13–14	1st Order Spell Scroll	Roll on 1st Order Spell List
15–16	2nd Order Alchemical Item	Roll on 2nd Order Alchemical Items List
17–18	2nd Oder Spell Scroll	Roll on 2nd Order Spell List
19–20	Field Plate	—

Foraging

You can attempt to find food, water, Healing Herbs, or Alchemical Components. Taking time to forage is assumed to take 1 watch (4 hours) per attempt. Check the danger die table for your terrain type every hour for encounters. Check weather every watch (4 hours). The terrain type dictates the Basic Activity Modifier (BAM!) for foraging attempts. Foraging attempts are modified by the Lore skill (Wits) and Foraging Skill focus. Before rolling, declare your intent: Herb Search (seeking Healing Herbs for the Healing Arts) or Component Search (seeking Alchemical/Spell Components). Your declared intent grants Minor Advantage on finding that type when a forage table entry offers a choice. Food and water results are unaffected by intent. The table below gives Foraging results:

Die Roll	Description	Notes
1–4	Nothing Found	Nothing found totals: 1 die: 66.67%; 2 dice: 41.67%; 3 dice: 27.7%; 4 dice: 24.77%.
5–7	Common Forage	Check on Forage I Table. Common forage totals: 1 die: 33.4%; 2 dice: 41.67%; 3 dice: 14.35%; 4 dice: 2.62%.
8–9	Nothing Found	—
10–12	Uncommon Forage	Check on Forage II Table. Uncommon forage totals: 1 die: 0%; 2 dice: 16.67%; 3 dice: 36.57%; 4 dice: 23.84%.
13–15	Rare Forage	Check on Forage III Table. Rare forage totals: 1 die: 0%; 2 dice: 0%; 3 dice: 24.07%; 4 dice: 42%.
16–18	Nothing Found	—
19–24	Exceptional Forage	Check on Forage IV Table. Exceptional forage totals: 1 die: 0%; 2 dice: 0%; 3 dice: 0%; 4 dice: 16.3%.

Forage I

Die Roll (d6)	Description	Notes
1	Brackish Water	1d3 water rations. Drinkable but bitter.
2	Forest Berries	1d6 food rations. Roll 1d6: 1–2 mildly toxic (Corpus save vs. Average or Minor Condition), 3–6 safe.
3	Edible Roots	1d6 food rations. Takes 1 hour to prepare.
4	Common Herbs or Components	Declare intent before rolling. Herb Search: roll on Herb Compendium (Common tier) 1d3 times. Component Search: roll on Common Components Table 1d3 times. No declared intent: roll 1d2 (1 = Herb, 2 = Component), then roll on the appropriate table once.
5	Fungus	1d6 food rations and 1d2 Fungal Spores (common component). Roll 1d6: 1 toxic (Corpus save or 1d3 Vitality damage).
6	Clear Spring	1d6 water rations. Recover 1 Vitality immediately upon drinking.

Forage II

Die Roll (d6)	Description	Notes
1	Healing Herbs (Common)	Roll on Herb Compendium (Common tier)—yields 1 Healing Herb usable directly in Healing Arts powers. Also usable as 1d3 food rations if brewed (takes 1 hour, no roll). Cannot substitute for Alchemical Components.
2	Trapped Game	1d6+1 food rations. Requires 1 watch to set and check traps.
3	Uncommon Herbs or Components	Declare intent. Herb Search: roll on Herb Compendium (Uncommon tier) 1d2 times—each result is a usable Healing Herb. Component Search: roll on Uncommon Components Table 1d2 times. No declared intent: roll 1d2 (1 = Herb, 2 = Component), roll on appropriate table once.
4	Honeycomb	1d6 food rations. Also counts as 1 Tallow substitute (common component).
5	Freshwater Pool	Restore food and water dice to 1d6 if currently lower. Remove 1 fatigue marker.
6	Uncommon Healing Herbs (Rare Find)	Roll on Herb Compendium (Uncommon tier). The herbs found are usable directly as Healing Arts components. If you have the Healing Focus, gain Minor Advantage on the next Healing Arts check made using one of these herbs.

Forage III

Die Roll (d6)	Description	Notes
1	Rare Herbs or Components	Declare intent. Herb Search: roll on Herb Compendium (Rare tier)—yields 1 Rare Healing Herb (Ashen Kingsfoil, Moonpetal, Silverdew, etc.). Component Search: roll on Rare Components Table once. No intent: roll 1d2 and consult appropriate table.
2	Creature Cache	A creature’s hidden store. 2d6 food rations and 1d3 common components.
3	Alchemical Bloom	A rare flowering plant. Functions as a rare component. Grants Minor Advantage on the next Spiritus save (lasts 1 watch).
4	Hidden Spring	Fully restore food and water dice. Remove all current fatigue markers.
5	Spell Trace	Residual magic. Gain 1 free 1st Order Spell use (no Vitality cost, no components) within the next watch.
6	Fae Offering	Small gifts left by fae: roll on Herb Compendium (Uncommon) once AND roll on Uncommon Components Table once, plus 1d6 silver coins. The fae leave both kinds of gift—they do not distinguish between healer and alchemist.

Forage IV

Die Roll (d6)	Description	Notes
1	Rare Herbs and Components (Double)	Roll on Herb Compendium (Rare tier) once AND roll on Rare Components Table once—both results are found regardless of declared intent. The Forest offers both.
2	Creature Trophy	Slain creature remains. 1d3 rare components and 1d6 silver coins.
3	Ancient Spring	Fully restore food and water dice, remove all fatigue, recover 1d6 Vitality.
4	Fae Nexus Cache	Declare intent. Herb Search: roll on Herb Compendium (Uncommon) three times. Component Search: roll on Uncommon Components Table three times. No intent: roll on each table once each, plus one extra roll on whichever table matches Foraging Focus (Herbalist rolls Herb; others roll Component).
5	Arcane Residue	Power a 2nd Order spell without Vitality or components (use within 1 watch).
6	Living Relic	A fragment of the Forest itself: choose any one rare component, plus a vision of the next hex’s terrain type.