HS Dungeons
A dungeon crawl game by Matt “InfinityMax” Drake
With special thanks to the guys at Heroscapers.com
This game is playable by 1-4 people. There are a total
of four characters, divided evenly between the players
(if you are playing with 3, one person should play 2
characters). Characters start out all the same, with the
following base stats:
Attack (A): 2
Defense (D): 2
Move (Mv): 4
Life (L): 4
Mind (Mnd): 2
Each character also gets 500 gp to spend on weapons
and training. Characters may purchase training from
the following list; spend the gold and add the training
to your character sheet.
Basic Melee Training (100 gp): A+1, adjacent only
Basic Ranged Training (100 gp): A+1, non-adjacent
only
Basic Dodge Training (100 gp): D+1
Basic Speed Training (100 gp): Mv+1
Basic Hardiness Training (150 gp): L+1
Basic Scholastic Training (100gp): Mnd+1
Basic Locksmith Training (75GP): Character may
unlock doors; roll an attack against the lock’s defense
(described on random event card), using Mind in place
of Attack. A successful hit unlocks the door; a failure
means you may draw another RE card to try again.
Takes 4 Mv.
Basic Medicine Training (75GP): Character may try
to heal wounded allies and self. Roll an attack using
Mind instead of Attack, and the target’s # of wounds
instead of Defense. Success indicates one Life is
restored. In any case, may not try to heal again until
target takes another wound. Takes 4 Mv.
Basic Trapfixing Training (75GP): Character may
try to disarm traps. If the trap is on a RE card when
opening a door, roll an attack using Mind vs a Defense
of 2. Success indicates the trap is bypassed; failure
indicates the trap triggers. If the trap is marked on the
map, and the attempt indicates failure, draw a card; if
the card shows a trap, it is triggered. Takes 4 Mv.
Basic Arcane Training (50GP): This character may
purchase Arcane spells that do not have a prerequisite.
Basic Holy Training (50GP): This character may
purchase Holy spells that do not have a prerequisite.
Advanced Training - These skills require the character
to have purchased the previous training; for example,
you may not acquire Advanced Melee Training
until you have purchased Basic Melee Training.
Advanced training for melee, ranged, dodge, speed,
hardiness and scholastic adds an additional +1 to the
stat. Advanced Arcane or Holy Training allows the
character to purchase spells that have prerequisites.
Spells
A character may cast each spell in his repertoir once
per adventure. If a character wishes to cast a particular
spell multiple times, he must purchase multiple copies
of it. For now, simply mark down which spells your
character has bought, and how many. Later I will make
spell cards.
Arcane Spells:
Mystic Bolt (50GP) 2Mv - Make an attack against any
foe you can see; Use your Mind as your Attack score.
Shock Fist (50GP) 2Mv - Make an attack against an
adjacent foe, using Mind+2 as Attack.
Vanishing Mist (50GP) 2Mv - No monsters may attack
or move toward the target for the duration of the spell;
lasts a # of rounds equal to Mind.
Safe Passage (50GP) 2Mv - Eliminate all traps on
door or trap space, no roll required
Protective Aura (50GP) 2Mv - Target gains +1D for
(Mind) rounds
Guided Blade (50GP) 2Mv - Target gains +1A for
(Mind) rounds
Sparrow Speed (50GP) 2Mv - Target gains +1Mv for
(Mind) rounds
Minds Eye (50GP) 2Mv - Draw the next RE card and
place the room as normal, but do not open the door. If
the card shows a trap, it is detected, but not disarmed.
Exploding Burst (100GP) 2Mv - Target a square you
can see. Any creature in that square or any of the
surrounding 8 squares is attacked, using your Mind
score as your Attack. Prerequisite: Mystic Bolt.
Lightning Bolt (100GP) 2Mv - Attack each figure in a
straight line out from you. If on a straight path, range
is 6; if on a diagonal, range is 4. Roll an attack using
Mind rather than Attack for each creature in that line.
Holy Spells
Prayer of First Aid (50GP) 2Mv: Restore 2 Life to a
wounded ally.
Prayer of Righteous Rage (50GP) 2Mv: Attack one
adjacent foe with Mind instead of Attack.
Prayer of Deliverance (50GP) 2Mv: Protect the target
with +1 D for (Mind) rounds.
Prayer of Aid (50GP) 2Mv: Place one [summoned
monster] adjacent to the caster. It acts on the caster’s
turn, at his command. It remains for (Mind) rounds.
Prayer of Confidence (50GP) 2Mv: Target gains +1 A
for (Mind) Rounds.
Prayer of Holiness (50GP) 2Mv: Make an attack
(using Mind instead of Attack) against all undead
creatures in sight. Successfully attacked creatures may
not act for as long as the caster does not take an action.
Prayer of Healing (100GP) 2Mv: Restore 4 Life to a
wounded ally. Prerequisite: Prayer of First Aid.
Weapons, Armor and Equipment:
Dagger (25GP): +1A; may be thrown as a ranged
attack
Staff (100GP): +1A; may attack diagonally
Sword (75GP): +2A
Battle Axe (100GP): +3A
Two-Handed Sword (200GP): +3A; may attack
diagonally
Bow (50GP): +2A; may not be used against adjacent
foes (diagonal is OK)
Crossbow (150GP): +3A (may be used against
adjacent foes)
Leather Armor (100GP): +1D
Chain Armor (200GP): +2D
Plate Armor (300GP): +3D
Healing Salve (25GP): Discard to restore 2 Life.
Healing Potion (75GP): Discard to restore 4 Life.
Rules
Characters take turns acting. Each character completes
his turn, then any monsters take their turn. On a
player’s turn, he spends his Mv to perform actions, as
follows:
Move 1 space (not diagonal): 1 Mv
Attack Melee: 3 Mv
Shoot: 4 Mv
Use a Skill: As per the skill
Open a Door: 2 Mv
Cast a Spell: As per the spell
A character may attack a monster with a melee attack
only if he is next to it, not on a diagonal. Some
weapons allow diagonal attacks. Monsters must also
be adjacent to attack, though some have the ability to
attack diagonally.
To perform an attack, roll a number of attack dice
equal to your modified attack score. The monster rolls
defense dice equal to its defense score. All skulls in
excess of shields are wounds; when a monster has as
many wounds as its life score, it is dead. The same
applies to a hero.
When a monster dies, remove it from the map. When a
hero dies, the other characters may pick up that hero’s
equipment. A new hero may be generated and given
the equipment, but the new hero will not have training
to begin.
Monsters attack after all heroes have had their turns.
Monsters follow strict prioritization rules, as outlined
here.
Melee monsters (monsters without ranged attacks
or spells) move to the closest hero and attack. They
will not change targets until they or their first targets
are dead. In a case where two or more heroes are
equidistant, roll a die to determine the target.
Ranged monsters (monsters with ranged attacks)
will move only as needed to avoid melee and gain
line of sight to preferred targets, giving priority
to avoiding melee heroes. They will then fire on
heroes they can see. They will fire first at heroes
with arcane spellcasting training, then at heroes with
holy spellcasting training, then at heroes with ranged
weapons, and finally at any other available target.
They will switch targets if their target dies, if their
target leaves their sight, or if a higher priority target
becomes available. In the case that more than one
viable target exists, roll a die.
Spellcasting monsters will cast their spells in the order
they are listed in the monster description. Boost spells
will be cast on the most powerful monster. Spells
that hurt stats (but not Life) will be cast on the most
powerful melee hero. Spells that cause damage will be
cast at targets as if the spellcaster is a ranged monster.
Spells that damage and require adjacency will be cast
at the closest hero. Once a spellcasting monster has
cast all its spells, it becomes a melee monster.
Exploring
To begin the game, heroes set up in front of a door.
They then roll on the random event table, ignoring the
random event to determine the size of the room they
will enter. The room is placed on the table. Characters
take turns placing the rooms.
There are two kinds of room - basic and objective.
Objective rooms should be placed at the bottom of
each stack of rooms, and basic rooms are shuffled and
placed face-down on top of them. The objective room
may not be drawn and placed until the rooms on top of
it have been placed.
Monsters are indicated by skull piles. The more skulls
in a pile, the more powerful the monster. Roll on the
appropriate monster table to determine the monster to
place in each space. A four-skull pile is an objective
monster; if the scenario does not have an objective,
use the three-skull table.
Once all monsters are defeated, heroes may search for
treasure. A hero adjacent or atop a treasure space may
roll on the appropriate treasure table. If the scenario
does not have an objective treasure, chalice spaces are
treated as gem spaces.
Each treasure space may only be searched once.
Monetary treasure must be split by all heroes after the
adventure, so one hero’s sheet can be used to record
treasure.
Each monster earns the heroes bounty. This is
additional treasure, though it is not usually much.
However, it can add up, especially in a larger dungeon.
The game is over when a RE table result indicates
a room size from a depleted stack of rooms. If
the heroes have found the objective, they get the
scenario’s payoff. Otherwise they failed to find their
objective and have failed. They also fail if they all die.
Monsters
1-skull Monsters
Goblin Bolt: A2, D1, Mv6, L1, Mnd3, Bty1
(crossbow)
Goblin Blade: A2, D1, Mv6, L1, Mnd3, Bty1
Orc Slasher: A2, D2, Mv5, L2, Mnd3, Bty1
Orc Shooter: A2, D2, Mv5, L2, Mnd3, Bty1 (bow)
2-skull monsters
Orc Enforcer: A4, D3, Mv6, L3, Mnd4, Bty2
Orc Bodyguard: A3, D4, Mv6, L3, Mnd4, Bty2
Orc Medicine Man: A2, D3, Mv7, L3, Mnd4. Bty2
(*spells)
Goblin Taskmaster: A3, D3, Mv8, L2, Mnd3. Bty2
(**whip)
3-skulls monsters
Ogre: A5, D4, Mv6, L5, Mnd3, Bty3 (**reach)
Orc Chieftain: A4, D5, M7, L4, Mnd4, Bty3 (**large
axe)
Orc Shaman: A3, D3, Mv6, L4, Mnd5, Bty3
(***spells)
A: Attack, D: Defense, Mv: Move, L: Life, Mnd:
Mind, Bty: Bounty
*Orc Medicine Man has the following spells, which he
may cast once per game:
--Dread Cloud of Defeat: -1A, -1D on one target; will
cast on biggest melee fighter
--Sickly Touch: If adjacent to a hero, this spell
automatically causes -1L
**These monsters may attack diagonally
***Orc Shaman has the following spells, each of
which he may use once per game:
--Slavering Fearlessness: +1A, +1D for all allies until
end of fight
--Dread Cloud of Defeat
--Miasma: Attack with Mind-1 instead of attack; target
a space and all spaces adjacent (but not diagonal)
--Kargoch’s Helping Hand: +2 Life to adjacent
monster
--Sickly Touch
Tables Gem (roll d8)
1: 50 gp
Monster Tables 2: 75 gp
1 Skull (roll d4): 3: 100 gp
1: Goblin Bolt 4: Scroll of Shock Fist (one use, any hero)
2: Goblin Blade 5: Magic Sword (+3A instead of +2A)
3: Orc Slasher 6: Magic Leather Armor (+2D instead of +1D)
4: Orc Shooter 7: Protection Ring (+1D)
8: Scroll of Restoration (Return a dead hero to life at
2 Skulls (roll d4) full health; cannot be used on a dead hero once the
1: Orc Enforcer adventure has ended, though the scroll may be kept for
2: Orc Bodyguard later)
3: Orc Medicine Man
4: Goblin Taskmaster Random Event Table (roll d12)
1: No event; room size 4X4
3 Skulls (roll d6) 2: Trapped door; room size 4X4
1-2: Ogre 3: Wandering monster; room size 4X4 (place 1-skull
3-4: Orc Chieftain monster at farthest door into current room)
5-6: Orc Shaman 4: No event; room size 4X4
5-6: No event; 4X6
Treasure Tables 7: Trap; 4X6
Copper Coins (roll d8) 8: Wandering monster; 4X6
1: 5 gp 9-10: No event; room size 6X8
2: 10 gp 11: Trap; 6X8
3: Dagger 12: Wandering monster; 6X8
4: Shield
5: Healing Salve (discard to restore 2 L)
6: Protect Potion (+1D until end of battle)
7: Attack Potion (+1A until end of battle)
8: Healing Potion (discard to restore 4L)

Gold Coins (roll d10)

1: 15 gp
2: 25 gp
3: 20 gp gem
4: 50 gp gem
5: Potion of Double Attack (until end of battle, when a
hero performs a melee attack, he may attack twice)
6: Potion of Healing
7: Scroll of Mystic Bolt (any hero may use once)
8: Sword
9: Chain Armor
10: 75 gp gem
 guard room

short hall
vault

t-intersection
barracks

medium hall
torture chamber

bedroom
mess hall

storage room
jail
kitchen
long hall
throne room
common room