SOTDL RULES REFERENCE PART 1: GENERAL INFORMATION

ATTACK ROLLS TAKING DAMAGE TURN ORDER

Melee: d20 + Str modifier. When you take damage, add the amount taken During each round of combat, you can
Ranged/Finesse: d20 + Agi modifier. to your Damage total until Damage = Health. choose to take a fast turn or a slow turn.
Spell: d20 + varies (often Int/Will modifier). When Damage = Health: You become disabled Rounds are resolved in the following order:
until you are healed, and taking any further 1. Player fast turns (move or act).
CHALLENGE ROLLS damage while disabled/dying will kill you. 2. Enemy fast turns (move or act).
Not directly opposed but boons/banes may Massive damage: If you take a single amount of 3. Player slow turns (move AND act).
apply. All challenge rolls automatically succeed damage that is ≥ your Health score, you die. 4. Enemy slow turns (move AND act).
on a 10+. 5. End of round effects.
DISABLED
BOONS/BANES When you are disabled, you fall prone, your TRIGGERED ACTIONS
Boons and Banes are situational advantages and Defense is 5, you cannot use actions, and you In addition to what you can do on your turn,
disadvantages that can alter a d20 roll. auto-fail challenge rolls involving attributes. You you also get one triggered action every
- Boons: Roll 1d6 for each boon and add can, however, still perceive your surroundings round. It can be used at any time for specific
the highest die to your total. and make perception challenge rolls as normal. actions with a trigger condition.
- Banes: Roll 1d6 for each bane and Fate rolls: At the end of each round, roll a d6.
subtract the highest die from your total. - On a 6: Heal 1 damage and gain the FREE ATTACKS
Boons and banes cancel each other out impaired condition for 1 minute. When a creature willingly moves out of your
one-for-one. - On a 2-5: Nothing happens. If you roll this reach, you can use a triggered action to
option 3 consecutive times, you become instantly make a melee attack against them.
SOCIAL CONFLICT unconscious for 1d3 hours and stop
Befriend/Persuade: Will Attack vs target’s Will. making fate rolls. SITUATIONAL BANES TO ATTACK ROLLS
Intimidate: Will or Str Attack vs. target’s Will. - On a 1: You start dying instead. Certain penalties might apply if the target is:
Deceive: Int Attack vs. target’s Int. Half covered: 1 bane.
Taunt: Int Attack vs. target’s Will. DYING Three-quarters covered: 2 banes.
When you are dying, you fall prone and are Totally covered: Automatic failure.
RANGE AND DISTANCE unable to act, move, or perceive your Partially obscured: 1 bane.
You: Yourself. surroundings. Your Defense is 5 and you Heavily obscured: 2 banes.
Reach: # of yards = your Size, minimum 1 yard. auto-fail challenge rolls. Totally obscured: 3 banes and you must
To touch an unwilling target, (Str or Agi) vs Agi. Fate rolls: At the end of each round, roll a d6. guess the target’s location.
Short: 5 yards. - On a 6: Go back to being disabled. A worn or carried object: 2 banes and the
Medium: 20 yards. - On a 2-5: Nothing happens. GM gets to decide if the object is immune or
Long: 100 yards. - On a 1: You die. resistant to that form of attack. For example,
Extreme: 500 yards. an arrow isn’t going to break a sword.
Sight: Whatever can be seen. HEALING
When you heal damage, reduce your Damage WEAPON PROPERTIES
FORTUNE total by the amount healed. Cumbersome: Attack with 1 bane.
The GM can give out Fortune for good Defensive +#: Add the number to your
roleplaying. You can spend a point of fortune to RESTING Defense when you wield this weapon.
do one of the following: 8 hour rest: Heal up to your healing rate. Finesse: Choose Str OR Agi to attack.
- Turn a roll you failed into a success. 24 hour rest: Heal up to twice your healing rate. Misfire: If the total of an attack roll is 0 or
- Give another player 2 boons on their roll. You can rest once every 24 hours, and the rest less, the weapon misfires. Roll d6:
- Treat any d6 roll as a 6. fails if interrupted for more than 1 minute. - If the result is even, the weapon
misfires and can only be fired after 1
INSANITY minute of repair.
Gaining Insanity: You gain Insanity by experiencing horrifying things. When you gain Insanity, you - If the result is odd, the weapon
become frightened for a number of rounds equal to your new Insanity total. If you are already explodes, causing you 2d6 damage.
frightened, you must instead make a Will challenge roll. On a failure, become stunned for 1 round. Range (Short, Medium, Long): The weapon’s
Going mad: If your Insanity total = your Will score, roll on the madness table (page 35) and reduce length of range.
your Insanity total by 1d6 + your Will modifier. Reach +#: Add the number to your reach.
Quirks: You can reduce your Insanity by 1d6 + your Will modifier once per rest by taking a quirk. A Reload: Can attack with the weapon only if
quirk is a compulsive behavior, a phobia, or another permanent condition that negatively affects it’s loaded; must Reload between shots.
your character. Size 1: You must be Size 1+ to wield it.
Uses [ammunition]: The weapon uses a
CORRUPTION piece of ammunition of the type indicated.
Gaining corruption. You gain Corruption by doing horrifying things. When you gain Corruption, roll 1 ammo per attack.
a d20. If the result is lower than your total Corruption, you gain a Mark of Darkness (page 36). Thrown: The weapon can be thrown as a
Corruption effects: If your Corruption total is 4 or higher, you experience certain effects (page 36). ranged attack.
 SOTDL RULES REFERENCE PART 2: ACTIONS IN COMBAT
MELEE ATTACK
You make a melee attack vs a target's Defense.
Alternatively, you can choose one of the
following options:
Driving Attack: Attack with 1 bane. On a
success, you and the target move a number of
yards equal to your Str modifier in the same
direction.
Guarded Attack: Attack with 1 bane. The next
creature to make an attack roll against your
Defense before the end of the round does so
with 1 bane.
Lunging Attack: Increase your reach by 1 yard
and attack with 1 bane.
Shifting Attack: Attack with 1 bane. On a
success, your movement does not trigger free
attacks from the target until the end of the
round.
Unbalancing Attack: Attack with 1 bane. On a
success, if the target is your Size or smaller, it
must make an Agi challenge roll or fall prone.
RANGED ATTACK
You make a ranged attack vs a target's Defense.
Alternatively, you can choose one of the
following options:
Called Shot: You attack a specific location on the
target’s body with 2 banes for an additional
effect as determined by the GM.
Distant Shot: Attack up to double your
weapon’s range with 1 bane.
Staggering Shot: Attack a target that is your Size
or smaller with 2 banes. On a success, they
must make an Agi challenge roll or fall prone.
ATTACK WITH 2 WEAPONS
You can attack with two weapons you’re holding
if neither is cumbersome. If you attack with a
shield, the shield loses the defensive property
until the end of the round.
Attacking 1 target with both weapons: You
attack with 2 banes using the weapon in your
main hand. On a success, you deal normal
damage from that weapon plus unmodified
damage from the weapon in your off hand.
Attacking 2 different targets: You attack one
target using the weapon in your main hand, and
then you attack a different target using the
weapon in your off hand. You make both attack
rolls with 3 banes.
CAST A SPELL
You cast a spell you know and resolve its effects.
CHARGE
Move up to your speed and make one melee
attack, Knock Down, or Shove. For the rest of
the round, all attack/challenge rolls you make
have a 1 bane penalty.
CONCENTRATE
Concentrate to prolong certain spells and
effects. If you take damage or gain Insanity,
make a Will challenge roll. On a failure, you stop
concentrating and the effect ends immediately.
DISARM
Make a Str or Agi attack roll against the higher
of the target’s Str or Agi to make them drop one
object they’re holding. If you are unarmed, you
make this roll with 2 banes.
DISTRACT
Make an Int attack roll against the Int of a target
that can see you within short range. On a
success, the target makes its next
attack/challenge roll before the end of the
round with 2 banes.
DEFEND
Until the end of the round, all attacks against
you suffer 1 bane and all challenge rolls you
make to resist attacks are made with 1 boon.
ESCAPE
Free yourself from a grab by making a Str or Agi
attack roll vs. targets Str. On a success, you are
freed and can move up to half your speed
without triggering free attacks.
END AN EFFECT
End an ongoing effect from your spells/talents.
FEINT
Make an Agi attack roll vs the Perception of a
target within short range that can see you. On a
success, choose one of the following:
- The next attack you make vs the target’s
Defense or Agi by the end of the next
round is made with 2 boons.
- Your movement does not trigger free
attacks from the target for 1 round.
FIND
Make a Perception challenge roll to search for a
hidden object, or make a Perception attack roll
against the Agi of a hidden creature to reveal it
to you and your allies.
GRAB
If you have a free hand and aren't grabbing
another creature, make a Str or Agi attack roll
vs. the target’s Agi to grab it for 1 round. If you
choose a creature you are already grabbing, you
automatically get a success.
HELP
Make an Int challenge roll to provide 1 boon to
a target within 5 yards on the next
attack/challenge roll they make this round.
HIDE
Make an Agi challenge roll to hide when
you’re not being observed and are either
heavily obscured or in at least three-quarters
cover. While hidden, you make all attack rolls
with 1 boon against the Defense or Agi of
targets from which you are hidden. A
creature can guess at your location, making
the attack roll with 3 banes only if they
guess correctly.
KNOCK DOWN
Make a Str attack roll vs. the target’s Agi
with 1 bane per size difference if it is larger,
or 1 boon if it is smaller. On a success, the
target falls prone.
PREPARE
You prepare an action to go off as a
triggered action when a specified event
occurs during this round. You make any
attack roll or challenge roll during the
triggered action with 1 boon.
PULL
Make a Str attack roll vs. the Str of a target
you are grabbing if it is smaller than you. On
a success, you move up to half your Speed,
taking the target with you.
RELOAD
Reload a weapon.
RETREAT
Move up to half your Speed without
triggering free attacks.
RUSH
Move up to twice your Speed.
SHOVE
Make a Str attack roll vs. the target’s Str with
1 bane per size difference if it is larger, or 1
boon if it is smaller. On a success, you move
the target 1 + Str modifier yards (minimum
of 1 yard).
STABILIZE
Make an Int challenge roll on an
incapacitated/disabled/dying creature. If the
creature is dying, make the roll with 1 bane.
On a success, it heals 1 damage.
USE AN ITEM
You interact with an item you can reach.
Using incantations: If you use an incantation
of an equal or higher rank than your Power,
make an Int challenge roll with 1 bane per
difference level. On a failure, the spell fails
and the incantation is lost.
 SOTDL RULES REFERENCE PART 3: AFFLICTIONS
ASLEEP
A sleeping creature is prone and unconscious. Another creature that
can reach it can use an action to wake it up. Unless otherwise noted,
taking damage removes this affliction.
BLINDED
A blinded creature cannot see. It treats its surroundings as totally
obscured. Other creatures make attack rolls with 1 boon against a
blinded creature’s Defense or Agi. Perception challenge rolls that rely
on sight automatically result in failure. Additionally, the blinded
creature’s speed becomes 2 unless their normal speed is lower.
CHARMED
A charmed creature sees the source of the affliction as a trusted friend
and ally. The charmed creature cannot choose the creature that
bestowed the affliction as the target of its attacks.
COMPELLED
A compelled creature cannot use actions or move. Instead, during each
fast turn, the creature that bestowed the affliction can force the
compelled creature to move up to its Speed or use an action. The
creature that bestowed the affliction makes all decisions on the
compelled creature's behalf.
DAZED
A dazed creature cannot use actions.
DEAFENED
A deafened creature cannot hear. Perception challenge rolls made to
listen automatically result in failure.
DEFENSELESS
A defenseless creature’s Defense is 5, it cannot use actions, and it
automatically fails any challenge rolls involving attributes. The creature
can still perceive its surroundings, however, and make Perception
challenge rolls as normal.
DISEASED
A diseased creature makes all attack/challenge rolls with 1 bane.
FATIGUED
A fatigued creature makes all attack/challenge rolls with 1 bane.
FRIGHTENED
A frightened creature makes attack rolls and challenge rolls with 1
bane, or 3 banes if it can see the source of this affliction.
GRABBED
The effects of the affliction depend on the creature’s Size.
- If the grabbed creature’s Size is equal to or smaller than that of
the creature grabbing it, the grabbed creature cannot move away
from the creature that grabbed it.
- If the grabbed creature’s Size is larger than that of the creature
grabbing it, whenever the grabbed creature moves, the creature
grabbing it can choose to move with it (by clinging onto the
grabbed creature’s body) or end the grab.
IMMOBILIZED
An immobilized creature has a Speed of 0 and cannot benefit from
bonuses to speed. Other creatures make all attack rolls against the
immobilized creature with 1 boon.
IMPAIRED
An impaired creature makes all attack/challenge rolls with 1 bane.
POISONED
A poisoned creature makes all attack/challenge rolls with 1 bane.
PRONE
A prone creature lies on the ground. Other creatures can move through
its space. While prone, the creature can move by crawling or it can use
its move to stand up. The prone creature makes Str and Agi rolls with 1
bane. Creatures that can reach the prone creature make all attack rolls
against it with 1 boon, while creatures that cannot reach it make attack
rolls against its Defense with 1 bane.
SLOWED
A slowed creature can only take a slow turn, its Speed is halved, and it
cannot gain bonuses to speed.
STUNNED
A stunned creature cannot move or use actions. The creature
automatically gets a failure on any challenge rolls it would make. Other
creatures make all attack rolls against the stunned creature with 1 boon.
SURPRISED
A surprised creature cannot use actions, cannot move, and
automatically gets a failure on any challenge rolls it would make.
UNCONSCIOUS
An unconscious creature is unable to act, move, or perceive its
surroundings. The creature’s Defense is 5 and it automatically fails any
challenge rolls it would make.