Adventuring
Interaction
CombatVer. 1.3.1
Cell phones are an essential communication and research tool for adventurers as well as commoners. Every character's starting equipment includes a basic smartphone.
Your phone can be used for a variety of simple tasks, from looking up information online to calling and communicating with your teammates from different locations. The cell phone has a limited battery which recharges whenever you take a rest in a location with electricity, along with other electronic devices in your inventory. Each task drains a certain amount of your battery, and the device becomes inoperable when its battery reaches 0%.
Some tasks with the cell phone require it to have cell service. Different levels and signal strengths exist depending on your current location. Advanced tasks like video calls and browsing the web require full service, while basic functions like calling and texting can be done on the limited service found in smaller towns and rural areas. Localized tasks, such as the phone light and clock, work even when there is no signal at all.
You check the current date and time.
Service: None
Discharge: 0%
You view an already-saved contact, photo, video, or message.
Service: None
Discharge: 0%
You send a text message up to 20 words long to anyone in your contacts list.
Service: Limited
Discharge: 2%
You place or answer a call with anyone in your contacts list.
Service: Limited
Discharge: 3% per minute
You take a photo of something in your environment using your phone camera. You choose whether or not to use the flash.
Service: None
Discharge: 1%
The phone camera doesn't have an optical zoom. Photos taken with it are clear enough to make out objects and faces up to 10 feet away, and writing up to 4 feet away. In dim light, these distances are halved. In darkness, you must use the flash or nothing in the photo will be recognizable.
You record a video of something in your environment. You choose whether or not to use the camera light.
Sound is captured on the video as the person recording heard it. The video can be any length as long as your battery lasts.
Service: None
Discharge: 2% per minute
The phone camera doesn't have an optical zoom. Videos are clear enough to make out objects and faces up to 10 feet away, and writing up to 4 feet away. In dim light, these distances are halved. In darkness, you must use the light or nothing in the video will be recognizable.
You send one photo or up to 30 seconds of audio or video to anyone in your contacts list.
Service: Full
Discharge: 4%
Media messages that fail to send due to poor service will send automatically the next time you have service.
You record audio from your environment. The sound will be recorded as a person would have heard it at that location. You can begin a recording and then put your phone away or leave it hidden somewhere, and return to it later. The recording can be as long as you have the battery power for.
Service: None
Discharge: 1% per minute
You spend at least 5 minutes researching a topic online via smartphone or computer to gather information. Make a Research (Technology) check. The difficulty of each piece of information is set by the GM. Any information you find may be saved to your phone so you don't have to look it up again later.
Service: Full
Discharge: 3%
| Success: | You find some useful information on what you're looking for. |
| Failure: | You can't find anything relevant. |
| Critical Failure: | You find information that is inaccurate. |
Your phone's built-in LED produces dim light up to 10 feet ahead. You move while holding it out.
Service: None
Discharge: 2% per minute
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