more than advantage once.

Either roll 2d6, 3d6 with Leveling Up Items

Knave Rats advantage, or GM decides no roll is needed. All PCs start at level 1. At the end of each session the GM All prices are in gold coins. Payment for things like ships,
Based on Ben Milton’s Knave and Maze Rats Both licensed under
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Both games
Combat awards from 1 to 3 XP to all PCs. real estate, and so on usually takes the form of trade
have been modified by the creator of this game, u/Kalahan7 Initiative  Showed up to the game: 1XP goods, favors, or oaths of fealty rather than coins.
When combat breaks out, everyone must be sorted into an  Overcame a difficult challenge: 2XP Use the list of gold prices below as a guideline. Players may
Character Creation order so they each get to act and react in turn. Every player  Overcame an impressive challenge abilities: 3XP have to haggle for actual prices.
1. Abilities: You have a value for STRength, DEXterity, rolls +WIS (We don’t use dexterity because it’s a generally Items
When a player has enough XP, they level up.
CONstitution, INTelligence, WISdom, and CHArisma. Roll overpowered ability and it takes wisdom to know when and Category Cost
LVL XP Level Features
1d6 for each ability to determine ability score value. where your foe will strike) those that succeed, take their turn Common Items: Rope, candles, torch, etc. 1-5
2 2 +2 Max HP. +1 to two abilities
Ability Modifier Roll for Each before the opponents. Those that fail have to go after. 3 6 +2 Max HP. +1 Attack. +1 to one ability. Specialized Items: Bear trap, key, etc. 5-20
1 Ability +0 2-3 Ability 4-5 Ability 6 Ability +3 4 12 +2 Max HP. +1 to two abilities. Luxury Items: Book, mirror, potion etc. 20-100
+1 +2 Ambush Animals
If a group ambushes another group or NPC, it automatically 5 20 +2 Max HP. +1 Attack. +1 to one ability.
Optionally: Switch two ability values after rolling. Animal Cost Animal Cost
gets initiative as well as advantage on all attack rolls during 6 30 +2 Max HP. +1 to two abilities.
2. Item Slots: You have 10+STR Item Slots. Mule 20 Bloodhound 100
the first round. GM can decide that leader of the opposed 7 42 +2 Max HP. +2 Attack. +1 to one ability.
3. Starting Equipment: Roll on table to determine starting A PC’s abilities may never be higher than +4. Gaining Max Horse 5 Chicken 5
weapon category (pick a weapon from within that group might do a WILL roll to avoid this. Dog 5 Trained Falcon 1000
HP does not increase current health.
category), starting armor (describe your armor), and 6 Actions After reaching level 7, PC may retire to become an NPC.
Transport
random starting items. You also start with 2 days of rations. On each round, each character might move about 30ft/10m Transport Cost Transport Cost
Weapon Category Roll Once and take one action (or in different order). Actions can be Monster and NPC Stats Cart 30 Rowboat 50
1-4 Light 5 Heavy 6 Ranged attacking a target in range, casting a spell, drinking a Envision a monster or NPC and use the following to Wagon 100 Fishing Boat 500
Armor Category and Shield Roll Once potion, moving again, etc. determine its stats. Coach 250 Caravel 5000
1None 2 Light 4-6 Shield + Light Armor Health: Weak (1d6), Typical (2d6), Tough (3d6), Hulking Warship 10000
Items Roll Six Times Calculate total armor by adding base armor of 6 with worn (4d6), Colossal (6d6) Property
Roll 2d6 for each. 1st die determines group from the armor. +1 for shields, +1 for light-, +2 for heavy armor. Armor: Unarmored (6), Light Protection (7), Moderate Property Cost Property Cost
table, 2nd die determines item within that group. Protection (8), Heavy Protection (9), Nigh Impervious (10) Small House 1000 Fortified Outpost 25000
Animal Scent Chisel Grease Attacking Tavern 2000 Estate 50000
Roll 2d6 + Attack. Attack value depends on the used Note that Armor can also be used to represent a monster’s
Bear Trap Crowbar Hacksaw resistance to mundane weapons, or other factors that would Guildhall 5000 Castle 200000
Bedroll Fishing Net Hammer weapon and level. Heavy weapons: +1 total damage Manor 10000
dealt. Unarmed: -1 total damage dealt. Attacking with make it difficult to harm.
Caltrops Glass Marbles Hand Drill Attack: Untrained (+0), Trained (+1), Dangerous (+2), Weapons
Chain (10ft/3m) Glue Horn ranged weapon is impossible while in melee combat. Category Attack Slots Hands Quality Cost
Damage dealt is the difference between attack and armor. Masterful (+3), Lethal (+4)
Chalk Grappling Hook Iron Spikes Unarmed -1 0 1 - -
Subtract total damage from defender’s health. Strength: Weak (+0), Average (+1), Strong (+2), Powerful
Iron Tongs Metal File 10 Foot Pole (3m) Light: Axes,
Lantern and Oil Rations (3) Tinderbox (+3), Monstrous (+4)
Critical Hit Dexterity: Slow (+0), Average (+1), Nimble (+2), Swift daggers, short +0 1 1 3 20
Large Sack Rope (50ft/15m) Torch When rolling double sixes, total damage is doubled (or swords, flails,…
Lockpicks (3) Steel Wire Vial of Acid (+3), Blurred (+4)
other effect determined by GM) and the defender’s armor Heavy: Spears,
Manacles Shovel Vial of Poison Constitution: Weak (+0), Average (+1), Tough (+2), halberds, long +1 2 2 3 40
uses 1 point of quality. At 0 quality, the item is destroyed. Vigorous (+3), Unbreakable (+4)
Medicine (3) Steel Mirror Waterskin swords,…
Each point of quality costs 10% of the item’s cost to repair. Intelligence: Stupid (+0), Average (+1), Bright (+2),
Write equipment in item slots. Each item and rations will use Ranged: Bows,
1 slot. Consult the Weapons and Armor tables to find out Critical Miss Intelligent (+3), Brilliant (+4) +0 2 2 3 20-40
crossbows,…
how many slots are needed to hold onto those. If you do not During an attack, when a player rolls two 1s the attacker’s Wisdom: Foolish (+0), Average (+1), Keen (+2), Wise (+3), Armor
have enough item slots to fit all your starting items, decide weapon loses 1 point of quality. At 0 quality, the item is Enlightened (+4) Category Defense Slots Quality Cost
which starting items will be removed. destroyed. Each point of quality costs 10% of the item’s cost Charisma: Dull (+0), Average (+1), Appealing (+2), Base Armor 6 0 - -
4. Armor: Write down total Armor. Add up base armor of 6 to repair. Charismatic (+3), Mesmerizing (+4) Shield +1 1 1 10
with armor value of worn items. Shatter Shield Magic: While some monsters may have spells books like a Light Armor +1 2 3 100
5. Attack: Write down the attack value of your starting If the defender has a shield, they may choose to shatter it human, most are innately magical. These monsters do not Heavy Armor +2 4 6 400
weapon when attacked ignoring all damage. follow the normal spellcasting rules, and may have abilities Heavy Armor prevents getting advantage on DEX rolls or
6. Health: Your character begins with 4+CON current that are always active or that can simply be used at will. surprise attack rolls.
Death
health, 4+CON maximum health. Hirelings
7. Level and XP: You start with 0 XP and at level 1.
If Player Character has 0 Hit Points they are unconscious. Item Slots Profession Price Per Day
Roll+CHA to face Death on their next turn. If successful, the PCs have a number of item slots equal to 10+STR.
8. Characteristics: Define character appearance, PC regains 1HP and is no longer unconscious. If fail, the PC Servant 1-5
Most items, including spell books, potions, a day’s rations, Torchbearer 5-10
background, clothing, personality, virtue and vice. is slain. Player’s should create a new level 1 character or light weapons, tools and so on take up 1 slot. Particularly Guide 10-20
9. Name: Roll or choose a name for your character. takes over a level 1 NPC hireling. heavy or bulky items like armor or medium to heavy Sellsword 20-50
Making a Roll Healing weapons may take up more slots. Magician 100-200
When a player attempts a risky and difficult action, the GM PCs recover 1+CON HP when eating a meal and getting a Groups of small, identical items may be bundled into the
may call for a Roll. Roll 2d6+Ability. If result is 10 or full night’s rest. 24 hours in safe location restores all health. same slot. 100 coins can fit into 1slot. 1 slot can hold around
higher, it’s a success. If not, the GM describes how things One medicine restores 1+CON HP, once per day. 5lbs/2,5Kg.
go wrong. If risk of action is reduced due to preparation, or Players use Item Slots as a simple system to define their
situational factors the GM might grant advantage. Roll 3d6 characters. Magic users might carry many spell books but
instead of 2d6 and use the two highest dice. You can’t get have little room for heavy armor and weapons while
fighters might have no space for plenty of items.

Spells
Casting Spells
Spells are cast out of spell books, which must be held in both
hands and read aloud. Each spell book can only be used
once per day. Each spell book takes up an item slot and can
only hold 1 spell, so if a PC wants to be able to cast a wide
variety of spells, they’ll have to fill most of their inventory
with spell books.
Gaining Spells
PCs are unable to create, copy, or transcribe spell books.
PCs can only get spells by recovering them from dungeons
or looting them from other magicians. The higher the level of
the spell book, the rarer and more valuable it is. PCs openly
carrying high-level spell books are likely to be hounded by
bandits and wizards looking to “acquire” them.
Saves
If a spell directly affects another creature, the creature can
make a save by making a roll with the appropriate
modifier.
 Dexterity for ranged attack spells
 Constitution for life-draining spells
 Intelligence for mind-altering spells
 Wisdom for Illusion
Compare the result with a caster’s roll+INT. If the target’s
roll is higher than the caster’s roll the spell’s effect is
negated or reduced. GM Decides.
Spell Effects
“L” Modifier: These 100 spells can be cast at any level. The
“L” is a number equal to the caster’s level.
Items and Objects: “Items” can be lifted with one hand.
“Objects” is anything up to human size.
Duration: Unless noted otherwise, all spells with ongoing
effects last up to L×10 minutes.
Range: Unless noted otherwise, all spells have a range of
up to 40ft/12m.
Spell List
1 Adhere: Object is covered in extremely sticky slime.
2 Animate Object: Object obeys your commands as best
it can. It can walk 15ft/5 per round.
3 Anthropomorphize: A touched animal either gains
human intelligence or human appearance for L days.
4 Arcane Eye: You can see through a magical floating
eyeball that flies around at your command.
5 Astral Prison: An object is frozen in time and space
within an invulnerable crystal shell.
6 Attract: L+1 objects are strongly magnetically attracted
to each other if they come within 10ft/3m.
7 Auditory Illusion: You create illusory sounds that seem
to come from a direction of your choice.
8 Babble: A creature must loudly and clearly repeat
everything you think. It is otherwise mute.
9 Beast Form: You and your possessions transform into a
mundane animal.
10 Befuddle: L creatures of your choice are unable to form
new short-term memories for the duration of the spell.
11 Bend Fate: Roll L+1 d20s. Whenever you must roll a
d20 after casting the spell, you must choose and then
discard one of the rolled results until they are all gone.
12 Bird Person: Your arms turn into huge bird wings.
13 Body Swap: You switch bodies with a creature you
touch. If one body dies, the other dies as well.
14 Catherine: A woman wearing a blue dress appears
until end of spell. She will obey polite, safe requests.
15 Charm: L creatures treat you like a friend.
16 Command: A creature obeys a single, three-word
command that does not harm it.
17 Comprehend: You become fluent in all languages.
18 Control Plants: Nearby plants and trees obey you and
gain the ability to move at 5ft/1.5m per round.
19 Control Weather: You may alter the type of weather at
will, but you do not otherwise control it.
20 Counterspell: Make an opposed Intelligence save
against the Intelligence of the caster of a nearby spell.
You may do this out of turn as a reaction, or against an
ongoing magical effect. On a success, you may cancel
the spell.
21 Deafen: All nearby creatures are deafened.
22 Detect Magic: You hear nearby magical auras singing.
Volume and harmony signify the aura’s power and
refinement.
23 Disassemble: Any of your body parts may be
detached and reattached at will, without causing pain
or damage. You can still control them.
24 Disguise: You may alter the appearance of L
characters at will as long as they remain humanoid.
Attempts to duplicate other characters will seem
uncanny.
25 Displace: An object appears to be up to L×10ft/3m
from its actual position.
26 Earthquake: The ground begins shaking violently.
Structures may be damaged or collapse.
27 Elasticity: Your body can stretch up to L×10ft/3m.
28 Elemental Wall: A straight wall of ice or fire
L×40ft/12m long and 10ft/3m high rises from the
ground.
29 Filch: L visible items teleport to your hands.
30 Fog Cloud: Dense fog spreads out from you.
31 Frenzy: L creatures erupt in a frenzy of violence.
32 Gate: A portal to a random plane opens.
33 Gravity Shift: You can change the direction of gravity
(for yourself only) up to once per round.
34 Greed: L creatures develop an overwhelming urge to
possess a visible item of your choice.
35 Haste: Your movement speed is tripled.
36 Hatred: L creatures develop a deep hatred of another
creature or group of creatures and wish to destroy it.
37 Hear Whispers: You can hear faint sounds clearly.
38 Hover: An object hovers, frictionless, 2ft/0.5m above
the ground. It can hold up to L humanoids.
39 Hypnotize: A creature enters a trance and will
truthfully answer L yes or no questions you ask it.
40 Icy Touch: A thick ice layer spreads across a touched
surface, up to L×10ft/3m in radius.
41 Illuminate: A floating light moves as you command.
42 Increase Gravity: The gravity in an area triples.
43 Invisible Tether: Two objects within 10ft/3m of each
other cannot be moved more than 10ft/3m apart.
44 Knock: L nearby mundane or magical locks unlock.
45 Leap: You can jump up to L×10ft/3m in the air.
46 Liquid Air: The air around you becomes swimmable.
47 Magic Dampener: All nearby magical effects have
their effectiveness halved.
48 Manse: A sturdy, furnished cottage appears for L×12
hours. You can permit and forbid entry to it at will.
49 Marble Madness: Your pockets are full of marbles, and
will refill every round.
50 Masquerade: L characters’ appearances and voices
become identical to a touched character.
51 Miniaturize: You and L other touched creatures are
reduced to the size of a mouse.
52 Mirror Image: L illusory duplicates of yourself appear
under your control.
53 Mirrorwalk: A mirror becomes a gateway to another
mirror that you looked into today.
54 Multiarm: You gain L extra arms.
55 Night Sphere: An L×40ft/12m wide sphere of darkness
displaying the night sky appears.
56 Objectify: You become any inanimate object between
the size of a grand piano and an apple.
57 Ooze Form: You become a living jelly.
58 Pacify: L creatures have an aversion to violence.
59 Phantom Coach: A ghostly coach appears until end of
spell. It moves unnaturally fast over any terrain,
including water.
60 Phobia: L creatures become terrified of an object of
your choice.
61 Pit: A pit 10ft/3m wide and L×5ft/1.5m deep opens in
the ground.
62 Primeval Surge: An object grows to the size of an
elephant. If it is an animal, it is enraged.
63 Psychometry: The referee answers L yes or no
questions about a touched object.
64 Pull: An object of any size is pulled directly towards
you with the strength of L men for one round.
65 Push: An object of any size is pushed directly away
from you with the strength of L men for one round.
66 Raise Dead: L skeletons rise from the ground to serve
you. They are incredibly stupid and can only obey
simple orders.
67 Raise Spirit: The spirit of a dead body manifests and
will answer L questions.
68 Read Mind: You can hear the surface thoughts of
nearby creatures.
69 Repel: L+1 objects are strongly magnetically repelled
from each other if they come within 10ft/3m.
70 Scry: You can see through the eyes of a creature you
touched earlier today.
71 Sculpt Elements: All inanimate material behaves like
clay in your hands.
72 Shroud: L creatures are invisible until they move.
73 Shuffle: L creatures instantly switch places. Determine
where they end up randomly.
74 Sleep: L creatures fall into a light sleep.
75 Smoke Form: Your body becomes living smoke.
76 Snail Knight: 10 minutes after casting, a knight sitting
astride a giant snail rides into view. He is able to
answer most questions related to quests and chivalry,
and may aid you if he finds you worthy.
77 Sniff: You can smell even the faintest traces of scents.
78 Sort: Inanimate items sort themselves according to
categories you set. The categories must be visually
verifiable.
79 Spectacle: A clearly unreal but impressive illusion of
your choice appears, under your control. It may be up
to the size of a palace and has full motion and sound.
80 Spellseize: Cast this as a reaction to another spell
going off to make a temporary copy of it that you can
cast at any time before this spell ends.
81 Spider Climb: You can climb surfaces like a spider.
82 Summon Cube: Once per second, (6 times per round)
you may summon or banish a 3ft/1m wide cube of
earth. New cubes must be affixed to the earth or to
other cubes.
83 Swarm: You become a swarm of crows, rats, or
piranhas. You only take damage from area effects.
84 Telekinesis: You may mentally move L items.
85 Telepathy: L+1 creatures can hear each other’s
thoughts, no matter how far apart they move.
86 Teleport: An object disappears and reappears on the
ground in a visible, clear area up to L×40ft/12m
away.
87 Thaumaturgic Anchor: Object becomes the target of
every spell cast near it.
88 Thicket: A thicket of trees and dense brush up to
L×40ft/12m wide suddenly sprouts up.
89 Time Jump: An object disappears as it jumps L×10
minutes into the future. When it returns, it appears in the
unoccupied area nearest to where it left.
90 Summon Idol: A carved stone statue the size of a four
poster bed rises from the ground.
91 Time Rush: Time in a 40ft/12m bubble starts moving
10 times faster.
92 Time Slow: Time in a 40ft/12m bubble slows to 10%.
93 True Sight: You see through all nearby illusions.
94 Upwell: A spring of seawater appears.
95 Vision: You completely control what a creature sees.
96 Visual Illusion: A silent, immobile, illusion of your
choice appears, up to the size of a bedroom.
97 Ward: A silver circle 40ft/12m across appears on the
ground. Choose one thing that cannot cross it: Living
creatures, dead creatures, projectiles or metal.
98 Web: Your wrists can shoot thick webbing.
99 Wizard Mark: Your finger can shoot a stream of ulfire-
colored paint. This paint is only visible to you, and can
be seen at any distance, even through solid objects.
100 X-Ray Vision: You gain X-Ray vision.
Random Spell With d6
Roll a d6.
1-3: Roll 1d6 again, reroll on a 6. The result gives you the
“ones” digit.
4-6: Roll 1d6 again, reroll on a 6. The result +10 gives you
the “ones” digit.
Do the same steps again to get the “tens” digit.
Put the “tens” digit next to the “ones” digit to get the spell
number.
If you roll "10" twice, you rolled 100.