More on Eruption

So what happens when a character erupts? I mean, you know, other than they die?

Awesome. Awesome Happens.

Quite a bit. That's a ton of energy being let out all at once. Typically everything in the area is exposed to some sort of energy. In SRD terms, there are 5 kinds of energy (acid, cold, fire, electricity, or sonic). Choose one appropriate for the character or roll on this table.

1. Acid
2. Cold
3. Fire
4. Force
5. Electricity
6. Sonic

Everything in a radius equal to the character's level x5 feet takes the character's level in d6 of the chosen energy type. So, if it is a level 5 character, everything in 25 feet takes 5d6 damage of some kind.

Any PC who survives has a % chance equal to the erupting characters level to instantly gain a level. The class for this level is the same as the erupting character. If the erupting character has more than one class, choose one or roll randomly.

Any NPC who survives has a % chance of gaining a mark and a level in a PC class. Like the PC, this class must be one the erupting PC had levels in. Sentient monsters nearby are treated as NPCs for this purpose. Non-sentient monsters have a chance equal to the exploding PCs level to be awakened as per the Awaken spell. Unlike the normal version of the spell, the monster need not be a tree or animal and can affect any non-sentient monster, including undead, constructs, oozes, or other normally mindless monsters.

Regardless if they gain a level, marked characters have access to any of the erupted characters class abilities (including any prepared spells) for a number of rounds equal to the erupted characters level.

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That's all in 3e/SRD terms. I'm not sure what happens in d6 terms yet. I'll post that here if I get around to it.