POWERS Martial: You do +2 damage with
all weapons.
Arcane: You can cast spells that
cover close blast areas, or far away
burst areas.
Berserker: +2 damage when you
are bloodied.
Controller: You deal +3 damage to
groups of targets.
Defender: +1 when you protect
someone, gain 10 max HP.
Diplomancy: +2 when making
deals or negotiating.
Divine: Pray to invoke a god’s
power against a target nearby.
Draconic: You have a breathe
weapon that covers a close burst.
Dwarven: +10 max HP, -1 speed.
Eladrin: +1 when you move in
danger or cast a spell.
Elven: +1 speed, +1 when dealing
with history or lore.
Halfling: 3x per combat you may
call for any d20 to be re-rolled.
“Hi!”: +2 whenever you introduce
yourself to someone.
Human: +1 bonus to one specific
action. Say what it is.
Large: +10 max HP, -1 speed.
Leader: +1 bonus when helping.
You may use your minor action to
give a character a move action.
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Privateer: +1 when on a ship. PLAYING THE GAME
Psionic: Cast a spell to move any One player takes on the role of the
target nearby up to 5 squares. Dungeon Master (DM) and the
Primal: Cast a spell to channel or other players play player
transform the natural world to a characters (PC’s). The DM voices
target nearby or a close burst. other characters, presents
challenges and dangers, and
Small: +2 when rolling initiative. describes and recalls the
Striker: You deal +3 damage to fantastical world you have played
single targets. in before. The PC’s play as fantasy
heroes attempting to save the
Tiefling: You are immune to fire. world, either as characters they
have played as before, or whole
ITEMS
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ears ago I played a 4th new characters.
edition D&D campaign with
my friends. It lasted 7 years. You’ll need a campaign, preferably
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Amulet Javelins In order to relive some of those a heroic fantasy campaign, to
Arcane Focus Lantern fond memories and recall the time provide the setting and dangers.
Axe Light Armour we spent together, I made this This should be a campaign most of
Backpack Longbow game. It attempts to recreate the the players participated in,
Bag of Coins Longsword feel of that version of D&D in a something you may or may not
format that is easy to pick up and remember well. This serves as the
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play for one night. It also assumes setting for your game.
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that you are returning to an old
Chest of Coins Rations campaign, a world you maybe DM, make a villain, an antagonist
Climbing Kit Robes don’t remember much about, but that has captured, broken, or
Crossbow Rope will have fun recollecting. altered the memories of the
characters. This could be the big
Daggers Scroll
To play you’ll need 2+ players, bad evil guy from a previous
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some d20’s, these rules, old campaign, an NPC, or some other
Healing Potion Shortsword malevolent force. They have done
campaign materials like notes and
Helmet Spear maps and lore, a battle map, and something to the world where the
Herbs Staff tokens or minis to represent PC’s (much like the players
Holy Symbol Thieves’ Tools characters. You’ll also want to themselves) have trouble
Horse Torch print out some character sheets. remembering details of the world.
 ROLLING DICE
Whenever a PC does something
risky where failure is interesting,
roll 1d20 and add:
+x from relevant powers
+1 for each major advantage
like positioning, items, etc. DM
has final say.
+1 per character helping you
-1 for each major disadvantage
like being bloodied, armour,
cover, etc. DM has final say.
Then announce your final result:
SUCCESS (16 or more) You
succeed, say what you do.
MIXED SUCCESS (10-15) You
succeed with consequences.
Say what you do and the DM
will say what else happens.
FAILURE (9 or less) You fail
and there are consequences.
The DM says what happens.
If the number on the d20 is a 20
that’s an automatic critical
success. You succeed with an
additional benefit. If the number
is 1 that’s an automatic critical
failure. Things get worse.
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CONSEQUENCES
Whenever a PC rolls dice and gets
15 or less there are consequences.
The DM picks up to three from the
list below. If other characters
helped the roll they can be
targeted by consequences as well.
COMPLICATION. A new danger,
disadvantage, or change in the
scene. Reinforcements, activated
traps, dungeons falling apart,
betrayal, anything that makes the
scene dangerous or compelling.
DANGER TRACK. Complications,
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dangers, and difficult situations
telegraphed using a circle divided
into segments, marking letters in
a word, removing tokens, etc.
Name the track and say what
happens when it fills.
DAMAGE. An NPC deals damage
to one or more characters. This
also could be activated traps,
environmental and magical
hazards, etc. Subtract damage
from HP totals. At 0 HP a
character is dying. All damage can
be split between multiple targets
in range.
MOVEMENT. An enemy that can
move may move squares up to
their speed.
COMBAT
Initiative: PC’s roll dice as usual.
If any player gets 16+ the PC’s get
to act first. If not there are
consequences as usual before the
PC’s can act. On each PC turn they
have 3 actions to perform:
standard, move, and minor.
STANDARD ACTION: Attacking,
picking locks, shoving, grappling,
casting spells, praying, etc.
MOVE ACTION: Move up to your
speed in squares, stand up, etc.
MINOR ACTION: Open and close
doors, ready equipment, throw
something, drink or eat, etc.
PC’s take turns in whatever order
they like. A move action can
become a minor action, and a
standard action can become a
move or a minor action.
The DM doesn’t roll dice, just calls
for rolls and deals consequences.
RANGES
Close is 1 square away. Nearby is
within 5 squares. Far away is 10
squares. Burst areas cover a 3x3
cube. Blast areas cover a 5x5 cube.
Use your best judgement.
EVERYTHING ELSE
DAMAGE: Every spell and weapon
deals 3 damage. This can be
augmented by powers.
RECOVERY: Gain 1/4 of your total
HP after combat (rounded up).
Regain all lost HP after a day or
long rest.
BLOODIED: When a character is
at half their total HP (rounded up)
they are bloodied.
MEMORIES: For each fact you
recall about the campaign setting,
you bank a +1 bonus. Memories
cannot be reused. Everything
remembered by players can be
remembered by characters.
MAKING CHARACTERS: Each
PC starts with 3 powers, 5 items,
50 HP, and a speed of 6. You do not
remember your name.
NPC’s: Are either minions,
standards, or elites. They start
with 6 speed and 1-5 items.
Minions have 1 power, 1 HP, and do
3 damage. Standards have 2
powers, 10 HP, and deal 10
damage. Elites have 3 powers, 50
HP, and deal 20 damage.