Spirit World: Greater Spirits

For use with the Spirit World

micro-setting in Tiny Dungeon 2e.

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Written by Gregory Israel

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 Spirit World: Greater Spirits
Overview
As introduced in the Spirit World micro-setting in
Tiny Dungeon 2e, all magic abilities in Spirit World
are powered by Spirit energy. These Spirits are also the
lifeblood of Spirit Eaters – eusocial insects which are
sustained through the consumption of Spirits.
Reminder: Asking vs. Forcing
Prestige Traits
Greater Shaman: With the power of Greater Spirits on
my side, I will defeat all those who stand in my way. You
have learned to call upon Greater Spirits to tap into
more powerful magic. To take this trait, you must have
the Shaman Trait.
Greater Shaman grants you the following abilities:
• You can Test with Focus when asking Greater
Spirits to power your standard Shaman abilities.

Adventurers attempting to create magical effects with
Spirit Magic Traits must decide if they are asking
Spirits for assistance or if they are forcing Spirits to do
their bidding. Adventures make this decision each time
they attempt Spirit Magic.
• If asking, Adventurers make a standard Test.
• You can select one of the Archmage schools of
magic. When calling upon Greater Spirits, you can
use the abilities of your chosen school just like an
Archmage.
• You can Test to heal 1d6+1 HP to anyone within
25 feet. These HP can be distributed as you see fit.

• If forcing, Adventurers Test and are successful on a
roll of 3, 4, 5, or 6 and may suffer a Backlash if a 1
is rolled on any die. A Test can be successful and
trigger a Backlash simultaneously.
Greater Shamanic Warrior: With Greater Spirits to
guide my blade and protect my body, I am the ultimate
warrior. You can Test to gain the help of Greater Spirits
in combat. If successful, you sacrifice 1 HP to the
Greater Spirits and roll 1d6 to randomly determine a

Greater Spirits
As hinted in one of the Adventure Hooks in Spirit
World, Greater Spirits do exist and can help Adventurers Greater Shamanic Warrior Boons:
unlock more powerful magic. However, forcing Greater
Spirits to do your bidding puts you at an increased risk
of suffering a more potent Backlash.
Greater Spirit Backlash
Whenever Adventures roll a 1 or 2 on any die when
forcing Greater Spirits to do their bidding, they risk
suffering a Backlash. Adventurers get a Save Test at
Disadvantage to avoid a Backlash. If the Save Test is
unsuccessful, roll 2d6 to determine the Backlash. The
first die determines the category of the Backlash and
the second die determines the specific Backlash in the
category. See chart on Page 5.
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Boon. If you sacrifice 2 HP, you can select a specific
Boon. All Boons last for 6 turns. To take this trait, you
must have the Shamanic Warrior Trait.
1. Focused Advantage: You gain Advantage and
Focus for all attacks.
2. Enhanced Armor: You are protected by Greater
Spirit Armor, which provides 8 HP of protection.
You may divide this protection amongst anyone
within 25 feet. The armor dissipates once the HP
are gone, or if 6 turns have passed.
3. Heal: Each turn, you can heal 1 HP of damage
to someone within 25 feet of you.
4. Invisibility: You become invisible until you
make a successful Attack or 6 turns have passed.
 5. Leader: Allies within 25 feet of you gain Focus A Spirit Binder can have a maximum of 6 magic items
on all of their Tests. in existence simultaneously.
6. Spirit Blast: You can unleash a cone of Spirit Magic items created by a Spirit Binder are activated with
energy which affects everyone within its area. a simple command word. The bound Spirit whispers
Each target in the blast cone takes 1 HP of this word to anyone holding the item. When the magic
damage. The cone is 25 feet in diameter at its big in these items is used, the Spirits are released and the
end and 25 feet in length. Using a Spirit Blast objects revert to their non-magical state.
requires two Actions.
Incantationist: Performing an incantation is like baking Spirit Eaters
a cake, but with Sprits instead of sugar. You can Test to
gain the help of Greater Spirits when performing an In addition to the new types of Spirit Eaters below,
Incantation. If successful, you reduce the incantation’s GMs are encouraged to use the new Prestige Traits
magic number set by the GM by 1d6 points. The GM above to make Administrators, Soldiers, and Queens
should set the magic number before you make your more challenging as they see fit.
Incantationist Test. To take this trait, you must have the Berserker
Shaman Trait.
HP: 9 (Heroic)
Spirit Binder: It’s always best to be prepared… with a Attack: Melee (mandibles)
Spirit-powered sword of fire! You can Test to create
Movement: 25
magic items by binding Spirits to mundane objects. To
take this trait, you must have the Shaman Trait. Description: When a Worker consumes a Greater Spirit,
which requires a Test at Disadvantage, the Worker
Spirit Binder grants you the following abilities: divides into two complete Berserkers. The oversized
• With a successful Test at Advantage, you can razor-sharp mandibles of Berserkers slice through foes
create a single-use magic item by binding a Spirit like a hot knife through dragon butter (mmm, dragon
to the item. The magic effect must be equivalent to butter). In times of war, a Spirit Eater Queen may tell
what can be done with the Healer Trait or Spell- her Workers to consume Greater Spirits to build up
touched Trait. her ranks of these ferocious fighters. Even Soldiers are
unnerved by the ferocity of these hulking ugly creatures.
• With a successful standard Test, you can imbue Traits:
additional magical effects to a magic item which
you created using the ability above by binding • Berserker
additional Spirits to the item. An item can have a • Brawler
total of 6 effects/charges. • Cleave
• With a successful Test at Disadvantage, you can • Drunken Master (Drunk on Spirit Energy!)
create a semi-permanent magic item by binding • Sharp Mandibles: Your extra sharp mandibles
a Greater Spirit to the item. The magic can be cause 2 HP of damage.
used repeatedly until the bound Greater Spirit is
• Strong
released (see below). When the Greater Spirit is
released, the Spirit Binder who created the magic Firestarter
item suffers a Greater Backlash and the object
HP: 5 (Medium)
reverts to its non-magical state.
Attack: Ranged (sticky, flammable slime)
• With a successful Test at Disadvantage, you can
Movement: 25
release the Spirit(s) bound to a magical item
created using the abilities above. Doing so causes Description: Armed with a pair of glands, one on
the object to revert to its non-magical state without each side of their insectoid head, Firestarters can
any magic effects. You must be in contact with the squirt streams of sticky quick-hardening slime at their
item to release the Spirit(s). enemies. This slime poses a double threat. It entangles
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 those caught in it and it is highly flammable. Firestarters
typically entangle their foes first and then use flaming
arrows to ignite the slime.
Traits:
• Entangle: You can Test to ensnare someone
or something with your slime. If your Test is
successful, your target is unable to move or attack
until it makes a successful Save Test to break free.
• Flammable Slime: Your slime causes 1 HP of
damage each round an entangled target is stuck in
your burning slime.
• Marksman
New Heritage
Spirit Eater Abomination
Sometimes Spirit Eater Workers are born different. They
are larger and more intelligent than typical Workers,
and while they still eat Spirits, they do not divide into
two Workers when doing so. They are seen as freaks and
bad omens. Most are killed immediately, but a small few
are exiled from their clans instead. Abominations never
bond with the clan’s Queen and are not part of her Hive
Mind. These outcasts must learn to fend for themselves
in a world without a home. They can never set foot in
a Spirit Eater clan and they are generally shunned by
society.
These anthropomorphic insects stand as tall as a typical
Dwarf or Salimar. They have insectoid heads, two arms,
and two legs. Part of what makes them odd to other
Spirit Eaters is the lack of another pair of limbs.
Few Abominations learn to use Spirit Magic. Spirits
will never respond when an Abomination asks for
assistance. Abominations that do use Spirit Magic must
force Spirits to do their bidding, which means there is
always the risk of Backlash.
• 5 Hit Points
• Abominations start with the Consume Spirit Trait.
• Consume Spirit: You can Test to consume a Spirit.
If successful, you gain all the sustenance required
for the day and you regain any lost Hit Points. You
may only consume one Spirit per day. Eating food,
drinking water, and sleeping provide no benefits.
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Adventure Hooks
• A mysterious Spirit Binder is traveling from town
to town and releasing the Spirits from any magic
item he finds. He is openly hostile towards anyone
he finds binding Spirits.
• A clan of Spirit Eaters is building a massive force of
Berserkers, Soldiers, and Firestarters in preparation
for an invasion. But no one seems to know which
of the neighboring cities is the target.
• A resourceful alchemist has found a way to use
Firestarter slime to create a salve which can be used
to coat swords and other weapons with fire. She is
offering a significant payment to anyone who can
help secure more of the sticky slime.
• An innovative weaponsmith is using mandibles
from Berserkers to make very effective scythe-like
weapons. He is looking for Adventurers to harvest
Berserker mandibles.
• The talk of the tavern is that an extremely powerful
Incantation has been discovered. The leader of
a neighboring Kingdom is recruiting as many
Incantationists as possible to help conduct the
ritual. People are wondering what the Incantation
does and just how difficult it must be.
• A group of Spirit Eater Abominations has
established a small hamlet between this town and
the next. While cautious of outsiders, they seem
open to trading with their neighbors.
• A local alchemist has posted a reward for
anyone who can bring him a living Spirit Eater
Abomination. Rumor has it that the alchemist
plans to use the Abomination to make a powerful
new elixer which allows one to call upon Greater
Spirits without the threat of a Backlash.
• There are whipers of a craftswoman in a nearby
town who creates objects so perfectly precise and
beautiful that Greater Spirits want to be bound
to them. These finely crafted items allow Spirit
Binders to Test with Advantage when creating
semi-permanent magic items.
 Greater Spirit Backlash
1–2
Ancestors Angered
Learn some respect! The Spirit
1 of an ancestor materializes and
attacks you for 1d6 turns.
Let me show you how it’s done!
You are possessed by the Spirit
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of an ancestor for 1d6 turns
(GM controls your character).
Look at the mess you’ve made!
Your head rotates 180 degrees
3 and you face backward for 1d6
turns so you can see what you
have done!
For 1d6 turns, your blaspheming,
disrespectful tongue elongates to
the point that it drags along
4 the ground, requiring you to
make a Test just to walk or run
without tripping over it.
Don’t touch that! An item you
are holding disappears, appears
above your head, and falls on
5 you (possibly causing damage).
You have shamed us all! The
Spirit of an ancestor guides all
6 hands against you. All attacks
against you are made with
Advantage for 1d6 turns.
3–4 5–6
Nature Angered Spirit Magic Broken
A vengeful water Spirit turns You Test with Disadvantage on
your arms into fish fins for 1d6 Spirit Magic for 1d6 turns.
turns.
A vengeful plant Spirit turns You are unable to attempt
your legs into tree trunks and Spirit Magic for 1d6 turns.
you are rooted in place for 1d6
turns.
A vengeful air Spirit throws A blast of Spirit Energy
you upward 15 feet. You may radiates out from you in all
take damage from hitting directions, causing 1 HP of
what’s above you and from damage to everyone in Close
falling back to the ground. and Near range.
A vengeful stone Spirit makes Your connection to Spirit
you a powerful magnet for 1d6 Magic misfires and your mind
turns. You attract all magnetic and Spirit attack each other.
items lighter than you (some of You take 2 HP damage.
them could be pointy!) or you
are pulled towards a heavier
magnetic object.
A vengeful animal Spirit causes You shrink to half your size for
a swarm of stinging insects to 1d6 turns. Your gear does not.
gush forth from your mouth
and throat. You take 1 HP of
damage and the insects attack
those in Close and Near range
for 1d6 turns.
A vengeful fire Spirit keeps You grow to twice your size for
lighting your clothes on fire. 1d6 turns. Your gear does not.
You lose one Action per turn
for 1d6 turns.