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 Writing, Cartography and Layout by Idle Cartulary
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project.
John, Ty, Brendan, Nick, Alex, Warren, Brian and everyone else in the blogosphere
whose ideas are incorporated here.
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monsters.
Advanced Fantasy Dungeons is CC BY-SA 4.0 2024
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 Table of contents
Table of contents Psionic Duels 35
Foreword Vision 37
Having an adventure 3 Journeying 38
The basic procedure 3 Dungeoneering 39
Ability scores 3 Roll to return 39
Checks 3 Rest 40
Fortune rolls 4 Hazards 40
Clocks 4 Traps 43
Timekeeping 4 Hirelings, followers & lieutenants 43
Filling out your character sheet 6 Reaction & reputation 44
Fighter 7 Languages 44
Paladin 7 Strongholds 54
Ranger 8 Domain events 54
Thief 8 Domain actions 54
Bard 9 Building a stronghold 54
Priest 11 Lieutenants 55
Wizard 15 Domain economics 56
Monk 16 War 56
Psionicist 19 Allegiance 58
Dual classes 20 Starting a campaign 60
Proficiencies 20 Running a session 60
Heritages 22 Preparing for a session 62
Ethos 25 Stocking dungeons 66
Equipment 26 Treasure 67
Station 28 Factions 67
Patrons 28 Non-player characters 70
Experience 29 Parley 70
Class followers 29 Fantasy economics 71
Surprise 32 Special damages 71
Initiative 32 Monsters 71
Attack 32 Converting and creating monsters 72
Positioning 33 Monster list 75
Defences 33 Spells, psionic powers and magical
Hit Points 34 items 110
Flight and retreat 34 Wizardly spells 111
Morale 35 Priestly spells 125
Magical duels 35 Psionic powers list 136

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 Foreword
I went into re-reading Advanced Dungeons and Dragons: 2nd Edition with a smirk.
It was a game I loved as a child, but I recognised even then it was full of needless
complexities. I found a challenging text, full of inconsistencies and implications.

There were fascinating subtexts in the examples of play, revealing gaps left
between mechanics and intended play-style. Ethos appeared to be intended to
play a significant role in replacing alignment, into which Planescape folded the
precursor to Fifth Edition’s inspiration. Proficiencies and Birthright’s politics
interacted with downtime reminiscent of modern classics like Blades in the Dark.

I saw in these glimpses of a game that I wanted to play, one fallen between cracks
caused by the weight of legacy. Advanced Fantasy Dungeons already existed, but
was never published here in this reality and no trace of it remained until its ghost
visited me. A paraclone, not a retroclone. It’s a weird, wonderful thing, and one I
discovered rather than created.

I never had the chance to playtest it, though. I’m beginning to doubt that I will.,
so I’m biting the bullet. This is Advanced Fantasy Dungeons. A sketch of a ghost
from another world. It’s for you to play, because I haven’t. For you, at cost. In
exchange, every few months, I’ll post on socials asking for feedback, and you can
join my discord where we can discuss the revisions and the original posts.
Whenever we reach critical mass with updates, I’ll update the digital and print
copies. We’ll finish Advanced Fantasy Dungeons together.

Thank you for doing this with me,

Idle Cartulary

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Having an adventure
Most players pretend to be a person
in the world, their (PC). One player,
the referee, pretends to be everything
else in the world.
The player’s job is to say what their
PCs say, want to do, think and feel,
and to answer questions about their
background and surroundings.
They depend on the referee to
understand their surroundings and
what is happening, and when, and
where, so that they can do this.
The referee’s job is to generously and
truthfully say what every thing and
every one in the world, except the
PCs, says and wants to do. The
referee’s job is also to make rulings
where the rules are not clear or are
unknown, and maintain consistency
in doing so.
Everyone’s job is to be ensure that
everyone at the table is enjoying
themselves.
The basic procedure
The basic procedure of Advanced
Fantasy Dungeons is:
1. The referee describes the
situation and what the PCs see,
hear, feel, smell and recognise.
2. The players ask clarifying
questions and the referee answers
until the situation is clear
3. If a clarifying question would
require a PC to take action, the
referee clarifies the level of risk
that action entails, and confirms
that they want to take action.
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4. If the players state an action
they want to take in response to
the situation.
5. If the PCs maintain their intent to
act, their actions are resolved,
the situation changes, and the
procedure starts again.
If the actions result in a change of
procedure (to combat, dungeon,
wilderness or downtime procedures)
transition to those procedures as
appropriate.
Ability scores
Ability scores do not represent your
characters congenital ability, but the
totality of a lifetimes work, play and
study. You are not born strong, but
you become strong working the
Fourgoth Mines. You are not born
intelligent, but become intelligent
competing at the College of Six Seers
— or perhaps become charismatic.
These are the six ability scores:
• Strength is power and
endurance.
• Dexterity is agility and reflexes.
• Constitution is health and
resilience.
• Intelligence is guile, education
and willpower.
• Wisdom is discernment and
intuition.
• Charisma is persuasiveness and
leadership.
Checks
When you attempt a task, consider
whether it requires training, or
whether anyone can do it. If it
requires training, you need
proficiency. If anyone can do it or you
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have proficiency, and it is a simple
task or the consequences of failure
are negligible, you succeed. If it is
complex or the consequences of
failure are significant, perform an
ability check.
To perform an ability check, roll 1d20.
If the result is less than or equal to
your ability score, you succeed but
face a consequence, known as a
“partial success”. If it is more than
your ability score or the result is 20,
you do not succeed and face a
consequence, known as a “failure”.
The referee chooses the consequence.
If you have proficiency, roll 2d20. If
both dice are a success, you succeed
without consequence, known as a
“full success”.
If an item, ability or mastery grants
you a numerical bonus, it is
subtracted from the result of the roll.
If your result is less than zero, it is a
critical success, and you get a get a
greater outcome than intended. If you
roll exactly 20, it is a critical failure,
and you suffer a poor outcome.
Advantage
If you have gained the upper hand in
some way, take advantage by rolling
an additional dice and favouring
success. If you are on the back foot,
take disadvantage by rolling an
additional dice and favouring failure.
Rolling two successes, is not a full
success.
Multiple advantages and
disadvantages cancel each other out.
You can trade advantage for special or
greater effect, by negotiation with the
referee. If an NPC has advantage,
consider it disadvantage to the PC.
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Group checks
If your party is asked to make a group
ability check, choose a leader.
Everyone rolls an ability check, and
for each failure, the leader spends 1d6
HP. The group succeeds if there are
any successes. Everyone rolls with
disadvantage if the leader does not
have proficiency.
Fortune rolls
To perform a fortune roll, roll 2d20
and compare against 10 or a relevant
ability score. Make one if you need to
determine the outcome of a situation
the PCs aren’t directly involved in ,
when an outcome is uncertain but no
other roll applies, or to answer a
question for what might happen next.
Clocks
To track complex things, sometimes a
clock is used. A clock is a circle
divided into segments called ticks.
The more complex the problem, the
more ticks. 2-ticks is simple; 4-ticks
is complex; 8-ticks is daunting.
Timekeeping
Combat time is in rounds. A round is
enough time for a back and forth
between foes.
Dungeoneering time is in turns. A
turn is enough time to do most things
you’d do as you explore a dungeon.
Journeying time is in watches. A
watch is enough time to travel a hex,
and there are three every day.
Downtime is in weeks. Seven days of
real time between gaming sessions
earns a week of downtime actions.
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Creating a player character
Filling out your
character sheet
Roll ability scores
Roll 2d6+3 six times and jot down the
total for each roll. Assign the scores
to your character’s six abilities.
Generate saving throws
Roll as above, or assign the value of
each of your ability scores to a saving
throw. Fighters, paladins, rangers and
barbarians have proficiency in saving
throws vs. steel, wizards vs.
transformation, rogues vs. wands, and
priests, monks and psionicists vs.
domination.
Choose a class
Choose from fighter, ranger, paladin,
thief, bard, priest, wizard, barbarian,
monk, and psionicist.
Choose advancements
Choose two advancements as per your
class package. You can take a single
advancement multiple times.
Choose proficiencies
You can choose up to five from the
list or create your own. You can use
these five proficiencies to gain
mastery in certain ones, as per the
proficiency section.
Hit points
Start with 10 hit points, or hit points
equal to your Consitutition. You have
1 healing dice (HD) of 1d4.
Create a heritage
Make up your own, or choose from
starshine or murkewood elf, hillock
dwarf, harfoot halfling, chimerian,
wolf-touched or devil-marked.
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Choose an ethos
Make up your own, or choose one.
Choose equipment
Choose as per your class package.
Choose your station
Choose from poor, work-folk, gentry
or noble.
Languages
You can know a number of languages
up to one quarter of your intelligence
score, rounding up. Common and your
heritage’s dialect do not count
towards this number.
Class-specific gaps
If you’re a wizard, your memory is 3,
and you choose 3 spells for your
spellbook. Tick the ones you have
memorised. If you’re a priest, your
piety is half your Charisma rounded
up. If you’re a Psionicist, your Psi Pool
is your Intelligence. Priests and
paladins have a patron and must
write their obligations to them.
Finish
Work with your referee and the other
players on important NPCs like your
patron. Describe your character and
choose spells, if any.
Expect gaps
You will probably have some gaps,
like spells if you’re a warrior or thief,
patrons or piety if you’re not a priest,
memory if you’re not a wizard.
Nobody will have followers or
domains at first-level, and you won’t
have much equipment or any money.
If you create a backstory, limit it to
1-2 lines. You are not the main
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Fighter
Gain proficiency in a weapon of your
choice and proficiency in an armour
of your choice at first-level. Take two
advancements from the following list
at first-level and an additional two at
each level. You have advantage on
saving throws against steel.
• Add a new proficiency slot
• Increase Strength by 1 to a
maximum of 23
• Increase a saving throw by 1
• Increase the size of your HD by 1
before ninth-level
• Increase your number of HD
before ninth-level
◦ Add a second attack per round
once from seventh-level
◦ Add 3 HP to your HP total from
ninth-level
◦ Can take elite followers from
ninth-level
◦ Add a third attack per round once
from 13th level
At first-level, gain the armour and
weapon you have proficiency in, and
two other items, randomly.
Super-strength
When a fighter raises their strength
above 20, they do not fail strength
checks on a 20. Above 20, they are as
strong as a hillock giant, a sturm
giant, or a titan respectively.
Paladin
Gain proficiency in a weapon of your
choice ,proficiency in an armour of
your choice, and proficiency in horse
riding at first-level. Take two
advancements from the following list
at first-level and an additional two at
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each level. You have advantage on
saving throws against steel or
domination (your choice).
• Add a new proficiency slot
• Gain the spiritual mission
downtime proficiency
• Increase charisma or strength by
1, to a maximum of 18
• Increase a saving throw by 1
• Turn undead (once per turn and
once per creature)
• Divine smite (spend 1d6 HP to
inflict 1d8 additional radiant
damage on a successful attack, or
other patron-appropriate damage
at the referee’s discretion)
• Detect magic at ranged rank
(devilry)
• Lay on hands (2 HP per level,
touch rank, once per day)
• Cure disease (touch rank, once
per week)
• Aura of protection (+1 saving
throws to allies in same melee
range)
• Increase the size of your HD by 1
from ninth-level
• Increase your number of HD
before ninth-level
◦ Add 3 HP to your HP total from
ninth-level
◦ Learn a priest spell from ninth-
level, as per a priest of 8 levels
lower.
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At first-level, gain the armour and
weapon you have proficiency in, and
two other items, randomly. You may
sacrifice your armour for a mount.
At first-level, you take a patron —
your order, your religion, your god or
something else — an ethos specific to
them, and an obligation to them.
Ranger
Gain proficiency in a weapon of your
choice and proficiency in either
tracking or calm wild animal at first-
level. Take two advancements from
the following list at first-level and an
additional two at each level. You have
advantage on saving throws against
steel or wands (your choice).
• Add a new proficiency slot
• Increase strength or dexterity by
1, to a maximum of 18
• Increase a saving throw by 1
• Gain a favoured terrain. You can
prepare for a a single encounter
in that terrain with a creature
native to that terrain.
• Both your terrain and the
creature are specific: Not forest,
but “the forests of the Far Reach”;
not orc, but “Icewatch Orcs”; not
dragon, but “White dragon” or
“Ice drake”). If you are in a similar
terrain to your favoured terrain,
gain half the bonus, rounded
down.
• Declare the creature you are
preparing to encounter during a
rest watch. You gain +1 on
reaction rolls against the
creature, threaten +1 damage
when attacking during that
encounter, and gain +1 when
tracking the creature.
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• Mark each time you prepare and
encounter a specific creature. For
every five marks against a
creature, your bonus to reaction
rolls, damage and tracking
increases by 1 against that
creature.
• Gain advantage on reaction rolls
with beasts
• Increase the size of your HD by 1
before ninth-level
• Increase your number of HD
before ninth-level
◦ Add 3 HP to your HP total from
ninth-level
◦ Learn a priest spell from ninth-
level, as per a priest of 8 levels
lower.
◦ Gain animal followers from
ninth-level.
At first-level, gain the armour and
weapon you have proficiency in, and
two other items, randomly.
Thief
Gain proficiency in a light weapon of
your choice and proficiency in one of
pick pockets, open locks, detect noise,
sneak, climb walls or decipher script
at first-level. Take two advancements
from the following list at first-level
and an additional two at each level.
You have advantage on saving throws
against wands.
• Add a new proficiency slot
• Gain a new proficiency in pick
pockets, open locks, detect noise,
sneak, climb walls, or decipher
script.
• Increase Dexterity by 1 to a
maximum of 18
• Increase a saving throw by 1
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• Increase the size of your HD by 1
before ninth-level
• Increase your number of HD
before ninth-level
• If you are hidden from your
opponent, you can backstab them
to threaten an additional 1d6
damage. This can be taken again
from 7th and 13th level to
increase damage threatened by an
additional 1d6 HP each time.
• You can try to use wizardly scrolls
– although the referee will roll
1d6 and on a 1, the magic will
backfire and likely be dangerously
overpowered in its effect or do
the precise opposite of what you
intended.
◦ Add 2 HP to your HP total after
ninth-level
At first-level, gain the light weapon
you have proficiency in, tools needed
to perform your proficiency, and two
other items, randomly.
Bard
Gain proficiency in a light weapon of
your choice and proficiency in one
musical instrument at first-level. Take
two advancements from the following
list at first-level and an additional two
at each level. You have advantage on
saving throws against wands.
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• Add a new proficiency slot
• Increase charisma by 1, to a
maximum of 18.
• Increase a saving throw by 1
• Gain a new proficiency in
disguise, acrobatics, juggling,
forge documents, climb walls,
ventriloquism or any game
• Increase the size of your HD by 1
before ninth-level
• Increase your number of HD
before ninth-level
• You gain advantage on reaction
rolls with non-beasts
• You learn to give a performance
for one turn that grants all allies
who hear it advantage on their
next morale check, next saving
throw or next attack roll.
• You learn to how to counter any
music-associated magic by
performing against it.
• You always know a legend or
rumour about a hero or magical
item, although the referee will
roll 1d6 and on a 1, that rumour
or legend will not be entirely true.
• You can always try to use written
magic — scrolls, books. The
referee will roll 1d6, and on a 1,
the magic will backfire, be
overpowered or do the opposite of
your intention.
• You are a polyglot
◦ Learn a random wizard spell after
third-level, as per a wizard of one
third the level, rounded down
◦ Add 2 HP to your HP total after
ninth-level
At first-level, gain the light weapon
you have proficiency in, the musical
instrument you have proficency in,
and two other items, randomly.
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Polyglot
There is always a chance you know a
few words in a language you
encounter, secret or not, although you
always need proficiency to speak a
dialect fluently.
d20 Result
1-2 You know nothing of this
language.
3-6 You can read a fourth of the
words in this language.
7-15 You can read and speak a
fourth of the words in this
language, but cannot
understand it unless the
speaker speaks to you as an
imbecile.
15-19 You can half read, speak and
a fourth understand the
language.
19-20 You can half read, speak and
understand the language.
You are more likely to be able to read
a language than be able to speak it;
more likely to be able to speak it than
understand when it is spoken to you.
Priest
Gain a granted power appropriate to
your deity (see the granted power list
for examples), and proficiency in your
religion at first-level. Start with Piety
equal to half your Charisma. Take two
advancements from the following list
at first-level and an additional two at
each level. You have advantage on
saving throws against domination.
• Learn a priest spell of a level
equal to half of your level
rounded down.
• Add a new proficiency slot
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• Gain the spiritual devotion
downtime proficiency
• Increase Wisdom by 1 to a
maximum of 18
• Increase a saving throw by 1
• Turn undead (once per turn and
once per creature)
• Increase the size of your HD by 1
before ninth-level
• Increase your number of HD
before ninth-level
◦ Add 2 HP to your HP total after
ninth-level
At first-level, gain any religious
accoutrements you require for your
religion, an improvised weapon, and
two other items, randomly.
At first-level, you take a patron —
usually your god, an ethos specific to
them, and an obligation to them.
Priestly magic
Priests need not memorise a spell to
cast it, but they must spend a watch
dedicated to their priestly devotions.
During priestly devotions, as you pray
to your god, recite your deeds of the
day. If your deeds impress your god,
gain 1 piety. If they are contrary to
their ways, or you do nothing to move
your god, your piety remains the
same.
You may expend one piety to cast the
exact spell you want, up to your level.
If you do not want to spend piety,
state the spells name, and make a
reaction check, modified by your
piety: You gain advantage on this
check if you make an appropriate
sacrifice, as detailed by the spell
description. The value of the sacrifice
is always costs 100gp x the spells level
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(although you may find other means
to obtain it than purchasing).
This spell must be the next spell you
cast, until your next priestly
devotions, unless you expand piety to
get the spell you want. There is no
limit on the amount of spell’s you can
cast in a day.
d20 Result
1-2 Unreceptive. You gain access
to an inconvenient spell at a
random level.
3-6 Suspicious. You gain access to
a random or inconvenient
spell at a similar level.
7-15 Uncertain. You gain access
bro a similar spell at a similar
level.
15-19 Deliberating. You gain access
to the spell you want.
19-20 Receptive. You gain access to
a similar spell, at a higher level
than you can usually cast.
Turning Undead
To turn undead, roll 1d20 and
subtract your level, or half your level
rounded down, if you are a paladin.
You must roll under the undead
creatures’ save vs. turning.
Turning affects all undead in reach
rank. If you roll a natural 1, any
undead equal that have HP equal to
or less than 5 x your level are
destroyed instantly.
To calculate the save vs. turning, the
referee divides their HP by 5
(rounding up), and subtracts it from
10. This calculation should already be
performed for undead in the Monster
Lists.
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If the targets saving throw against
turning is less than 1, if you succeed,
you are locked in battle with them
until a second turn undead is
completed. The powerful undead is
staggered, and only rolls against half
their the score (round down) of the
first round, in the second.
For example, Gareth, second-level
priest, turns a 4 HP skeleton, a 13
HP ghoul, and a 50 HP lich.
Gareth rolls 1d20 and subtracts 2
for his level, for a result of 8. The
skeleton (saving throw against
turning of 10–1) flees. The ghoul
and lich (saving throw against
turning of 10–3 and 10–11) are
unaffected.
Sir Chard, a third-level paladin,
faces the same three undead. Sir
Chard rolls a natural 1 on the
d20, both the skeleton is
destroyed, the ghoul flees, and
Gareth is locked in battle with the
lich. Gareth rolls 1d20 the second
attempt and subtracts 1 (half the
modifier of a priest), for a result
of of 8. The lich (saving throw
against turning of 10–5 now)
licks its lips and begins to chant
arcane vocalisations.
Granted powers
You can choose one major granted
power, or two minor granted powers
as suits your deity.
Major granted powers
• Call lightning. On a success, the
target is paralysed for a round. On
a critical, threaten 1d6 damage
per level. On a critical failure,
they attempt to turn your
lightning back against you.

• Inspire fear. Not effective
against undead, and no additional
effect on a critical.
• Suggest a reasonable action. On
a success, they undertake your
action for a time up to your level
in hours. On a critical, they
continue until the task is done.
On a critical failure, they suggest
to you.
• Inspire Rage. On a success, they
rage until the battle is done with
1 bonus to threat and attack. On a
critical, the bonus is equal to your
level.
• Soothing Words, against a
specific group you choose when
you take the advancement. On a
success, strong emotions are
soothed and reactions are now
neutral. On a critical, magically
affected emotions are soothed.
• Shapechange, once per sunrise,
taking only your clothing and one
item in each hand. Choose a
single animal incapable of
threatening damage. At eighth-
level, choose two of: change into
any animal, change three times
per sunrise, or heal d6 times your
level whenever you change.
• Waterbreathing, once per
sunrise, affecting only yourself,
for one turn. At eighth-level,
choose two: yourself and one
other person, three times per
sunrise, affect a bubble ten feet in
diameter, for one hour.
• Infravision, once per sunrise,
affecting only yourself, for one
round. At eighth-level, choose
two: simultaneous normal vision
and infravision, for one turn, or
yourself and one other person.
• Walk on water, once per sunrise,
affecting yourself only, for one
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turn. At eighth-level, choose two:
for one hour, yourself and one
other, or three times in a sunrise.
• Automatically succeed on a
specific saving throw, once per
sunrise. At eighth-level, choose
two: for that saving throw the
target is always 10, automatically
succeed three times per sunrise,
or automatically succeed for
anyone in reach range of you.
Examples include charm effects,
paralysis, energy drain, ranged
weapons.
Minor granted powers
• Identify a category of persons,
places, or things in melee range
(beast, script, monster, spell)
• Detect a category of persons,
places, or things in melee range
(graves, cheating, matching or
opposing ethos, secret, depth
underwater, treasure, passage of
time)
• Analyse a category of persons,
places, or things in melee range
for additional information
(plants, fields, quality of goods)
• Immunity to something minor
(spoiled food, intoxication,
feeling cold)
• Defy obstacle (ice isn’t slippery,
climb doesn’t slow, underbrush
can be ignored, pass through fire)
• Speak a specific unusual
language (birds, wolves,
brownies)
• Lay on hands or lay on harm
once per day as per paladin
• Cause a specific small sensory or
physical effect (booming voice, a
candle flame, glowing eyes, cold
snap, a flower blooms, birds sing)
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• Weapon mastery (bows,
hammers)
Wizard
Gain one spell at first-level and
proficiency in arcane knowledge at
first-level. Take two advancements
from the following list at first-level
and an additional two at each level.
You have advantage on saving throws
against transformation.
• Learn a wizard spell of a level
equal to half of your level
rounded down
• Increase Intelligence by 1 to a
maximum of 18
• Add a new proficiency slot
• Gain the inscribe scroll, study
spell book, charge wand, or create
spell book downtime proficiency
• Increase a saving throw by 1
• Gain proficiency in magical
research
• Increase the size of your HD by 1
before ninth-level
• Increase your number of HD
before ninth-level
◦ Add 1 HP to your HP total after
ninth-level
At first-level, gain any components or
focuses you require for your magic, an
improvised weapon, probably a staff,
a spellbook containing 4 first-level
spells including the Cantrip spell, and
two other items, randomly.
Wizardly magic
Magic works by memorising syllables,
and the brain can only accomodate a
certain number at once. When the
syllables are uttered, the spell
disappears from the mind. Because of
this limitation, wizards often enhance
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their power by storing spells in scrolls
and wands.
Spell books
Spell books contain between 1 and 5
spells, depending on the level of the
spell. Spell books are rare and must
be sought out in tombs or stolen from
towers, and each has its own name
and history. The characters and
formulae of the spell urgently
attempt to leap from the page. You
cannot make a spell book, but once
you have one, you can learn the spells
within it by researching a spell in
downtime. You can either keep spell
books in your inventory, where they
take up one inventory slot each, or
you can keep them in a library when
you go adventuring.
A spell book has a total number of
chapters equal to 5. A spell takes a
number of chapters in a spellbook
equal to its level divided by 2
(rounded up). Therefore, a spellbook
can have 1 x eighth-level spell and 1 x
second-level spell in it; or 2 x second-
level spells and 1 x sixth-level spells.
Memorising
A wizard can take a watch to
memorise spells, preparing the spells
they expect to need the following day.
In order to do so, they must have
access to a spell book containing the
spell — they cannot memorize a spell
whose spell book they cannot access.
A wizard can memorise a number of
spells equal to their level plus 2. They
can release previously memorised
spells from their mind if there is no
further need for them.
Casting
To cast a wizard spell, the wizard
simply utters the syllables. If the
wizard is interrupted, the spell is not
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cast, but the syllables are not released
from their memory. Some spells have
more syllables, and take more time to
cast. These specifics are noted in the
description of the spell.
Ravager
Gain proficiency in a melee weapons
of your choice and proficiency in
unarmed fighting at first-level. Take
two advancements from the following
list at first-level and an additional two
at each level. You have advantage on
saving throws against steel.
• Add a new proficiency slot
• Increase Strength by 2 to a
maximum of 20
• Gain 1d6 of natural armour, that
can only be used if not wearing
additional armour
• Gain 1 rage per day. If you have a
rage remaining in your day, you
may go into an involuntary rage if
you fail a domination saving
throw.
• Increase a saving throw by 1
• You cannot be surprised
• Gain magic resistance against 1
type of magic
• Animal spirit. Choose a specific
aspect of an animal, for example,
leap like an eagle; bite like a wolf;
strong as a bear, flexible as a
snake; slippery as a salmon. You
can take on this quality once per
day. Negotiate with your referee
what this means contextually.
• You only need to sleep every
other day.
• Increase the size of your HD by 1
before ninth-level
• Increase your number of HD
before ninth-level
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◦ Add a second attack per round
once from seventh-level
◦ Add 6 HP to your HP total from
ninth-level
◦ Can take followers from ninth-
level
◦ Add a third attack per round once
from 13th level
At first-level, gain the weapons you
have proficiency in, and two other
items, randomly.
Rage
You can choose to go into a rage, or
involuntarily go into a rage when
under pressure if you fail an ill-
fortune saving throw. You may
continue to rage until someone is
incapacitated or slain, but may not
cease unless you just incapacitated or
slew someone. While raging, you gain
advantage on all attacks, roll an
additional damage dice, gain 1d6 HP,
and have advantage on domination
saves. You cannot choose to change
targets. When you come out of a rage,
you take 1d6 damage.
Super-strength
When a ravager raises their strength
to 20, they do not fail on a strength
checks on a roll of 20.
Monk
Gain proficiency in unarmed fighting
at first-level. Take two advancements
from the following list at first-level
and an additional two at each level.
You have advantage on saving throws
against steel.
• Add a new proficiency slot
• Increase Strength or Dexterity by
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• Once per day, you can stun an
opponent when you successfully
hit them with an unarmed attack
• Once per day, you can deflect a
missile without making a saving
throw
• Do not take any damage from
falling a distance equal to 10 x
your level in feet
• Your unarmed attacks are
considered magical weapons
• Gain resistance to poison,
disease, or charm
• You gain advantage on
domination saving throws
• Once per day, you can instantly
heal yourself 1d6 HP of damage
• Increase the size of your HD by 1
before ninth-level
• Increase your number of HD
before ninth-level
◦ After ninth-level, when you stun
an opponent, you may choose for
them to make a Transformation
saving throw or die instantly
◦ Add a second attack per round
once from seventh-level
◦ Add 3 HP to your HP total from
ninth-level
◦ Add a third attack per round once
from 13th level
At first-level, gain two items,
randomly.
Psionicist
Gain a psionic devotion and
proficiency in meditation at first-
level. Take two advancements from
the following list at first-level and an
additional two at each level. Start
with a psi pool of equal to your
Intelligence. You have advantage on
saving throws against domination.
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Classes
• Learn a new psionic devotion, or
expend two advancements to
learn a new psionic science
• Increase your psi pool by 10
• Add a new proficiency slot
• Increase Constitution or Wisdom
by 1 to a maximum of 18
• Gain the instill psionics
downtime proficiency
• Gain the focus psionics rest
action proficiency
◦ Increase the size of your HD by 1
before ninth-level
◦ Increase your number of HD
before ninth-level
◦ Add 3 HP to your HP total from
ninth-level
At first-level, gain an improvised
weapon equivalent to a club or
dagger, and two other items,
randomly.
Powers and psi pool
Psionic powers are manifested by
sheer force of will. Make an ability
check using the power’s declared
ability. On a failure, you do not
manifest the power.
The body and mind can only sustain
so much. Unless you roll a full
success, subtract a psionic power’s
cost from your psi pool when you use
it. If your psi pool is empty, you can
instead subtract it from your HP.
Because of this limitation, psionicists
often spend as much time perfecting
their body as their mind. Your psi
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pool returns to its full amount when
you rest uninterrupted.
Focus psionics
Spend a rest action meditating on
focusing your psionic power and
gathering your energy, and make a
fortune roll. On a failure, gain 1d6 psi
pool above your usual total; on a
partial success gain 2d6 psi pool
above your usual total; on a full
success gain 3d6 psi pool above your
usual total.
Dual classes
If you find a teacher and train with
them as if you are trying to gain an
proficiency for 1 month, you can take
your next level in a new class. You do
not gain any of the starting abilities
of your new class, and you can
henceforth take advancements in
either class, as you choose. For ease
when using spells and other abilities,
record your level in each class
separately (E.g. Fighter 3 / Wizard 2).
Proficiencies
A proficiency is something that a
character has expertise in. Almost
anyone in a fantasy adventure game
can ride a horse, for example, but in
order to ride a horse in battle, leap a
ravine, or engage in a race — any
example where the character is under
pressure — you need proficiency.
At first-level, you have 5 proficiency
slots. The first proficiency slot you
spend on a skill gains you proficiency,
and for each slot spent thereafter, you
gain a mastery bonus of 1.
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For example:
Lyre; Leather Armour (1); Fluent
(frostwood elfish); Inscribe scroll
(2)
As an advancement, a PC can choose
to gain a proficiency slot. During
downtime, a PC can use that
proficiency slot to gain a proficiency
by taking the training downtime
action. By default proficiency slots are
empty, and you need to train with a
teacher to gain proficiency.
Proficiency is required to use most
equipment: Armour, shields,
weapons, lock picks, musical
instruments or games of chance. You
cannot use something to perform an
ability check without proficiency.
Proficiencies always include the use
of relevant equipment. For example a
lock picking proficiency includes use
of lock picks, and a blacksmithing
proficiency includes use of a forge.
If you spend a second or more
proficiency slots on the same
proficiency, you gain mastery. For
each level of mastery, gain 1 bonus to
your ability checks using that
proficiency.
Only fighters can have mastery in
weapons; however, aside from that
restriction, any PC can take any
proficiency and have mastery in any
proficiency.
Training
Proficiencies do not leap unbidden
and fully realised into your mind.
After first-level, you must train, study,
and practice to learn a new
proficiency or gain further mastery.
This occurs during downtime (refer to
downtime section).
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Downtime proficiencies
Some downtime actions require a
proficiency to perform. These
downtime proficiencies are only
available through unique class
advancements, and are hence
restricted to those classes. Examples
include inscribe scroll and charge
wand for a wizards. If you choose to
take a downtime proficiency, you do
not gain advantage on any rolls, but
rather gain access to a new action to
choose from during downtime.
These proficiencies include: Library
research, inscribe scroll, spiritual
devotions, rumour-mongering, study
spellbook, charge wand.
Potential proficiencies
Farm a specific crop, train a specific
animal, create a specific art, smith a
specific metal, sail a specific boat,
build a specific boat, brew a specific
alcohol, carpentry, cartography,
cheesemaking, cobbling, fancy
cooking, dancing from a specific
heritage, drinking heavily without
suffering ill-effects, etiquette of a
specific court, falconry, fishing,
fungus-foraging, mining in a specific
location, orienteering, poetry of a
specific heritage, pottery, riding a
specific type of steed, knots, singing
from a specific heritage, masonry,
swimming, tailoring or dressmaking
of a specific heritage, weaving,
winemaking, armoring, bowying,
fletching, jousting, use of herbs from
a specific location for minor ills,
history of a certain location,
astrology, book-binding, read (and
perhaps speak) a specific language,
law of a specific location,
cryptography, stage-disguise,
jewelling, a specific set of circus-
tricks, lip-reading, hunting a specific
animal, trapping a specific animal,
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lock-smithing, tracking, anatomy,
engineering, knowledge of a specific
religion.
Language proficiencies
It is assumed you are proficient in the
dialect of your people. If you have a
proficiency in another language, you
can study to improve your capability
in that language at the cost of one
proficiency slot. Your proficiency
moves from poor to basic; basic to
fluent; or fluent to erudite.
Heritages
For your heritage, pick or randomly
roll:
• Two minor heritable traits or one
major heritable trait
• One heritable foible
• One ethos
• Create a small action or daily
ritual your heritage performs
• Name your heritage
You can choose one of the below
heritages, but it is better to make your
own unique heritage, such as a
frostwood elf, a southern reach
dragonborn, or a deepcove dwarf.
Chimerian
These humans of the chimerian
foothills are hardy and proud folk of a
noble lineage. A chimerian gets no
heritable traits, but no foibles either.
A chimerian will never flee. Thunder
is the sign the gods are angry; we
must avoid repeating what we did this
day.
Starshine elf
Fragile and quick, starshine elves live
a playful existence on Starshine
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Mount, a labyrinth of magic, secrets Wolf-touched

and riddles. Choose two of:
proficiency (sense secret doors),
magic resistance (sleep) or
ultravision. Never leave a riddle
unsolved! Starshine elves only
remove their greystone cloak when
assured of safety.
Hillock dwarf
These stocky, sturdy folk dwell in the
Hillock Vale and are wealthy from
gold-mining. Choose two of
proficiency (sense slope, direction or
depth), proficiency (hammer), or
infravision. A Hillock dwarf will
always win a negotiation. Whenever I
see folk die, I must ward off the spirit
of fate lest he take me next.
Harfoot halfling
These kind-hearted folk enjoy pipe-
smoke and rich breakfasts. They live
on the hills in manicured villages.
Proficiency (hide in foliage), magic
resistance (fear), too small for
common armour and clothing. Only a
fool would ever fight fair. When one
requests a harfoot for assistance, they
must always accept in exchange for a
golden coin.
Many grandfathers ago, the wolf-
touched were infected with a foul
curse. Their descendent dwell
together in Moonshade Glade, living a
life of hard work and hard play. Daily
polymorph self at HP cost of 4d6,
vulnerable to silvered weapons. I
cannot leave shelter when the moon
is full. When the moon is new, we
celebrate with drinks for all!
Devil-marked
Communities of devil-marked are
close-knitted, largely because
outsiders often regect them; but they
are kind and protective of any they
adopt as their own. Magic resistance
(devilry), always recognisable (due to
horns and vestigial bat-wings). Never
set foot in a god’s holy space. If a bat
comes near, I must repeat the phrase
“Protect me from His eyes” thrice, to
avoid the attention of the devil
Agremach.

Murkwood elf
Rough-and-tumble, these elves keep
their feelings close to their chest. The
murkwood isn’t a place for
vulberability. Magic resistance
(charm), proficiency (hide in foliage),
ultravision. Protect the borders of the
Forest of Murk from outsiders. Each
month when the Maiden and Full
Moon are together in the sky, we must
celebrate by drinking honey wine with
our family, and take no rest.

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Minor heritable traits 3. Daily Polymorph Self or other

Minor heritable traits are typically spell cast at fourth-level, at HP
limited or low-level. cost of 4d6
4. Natural armour against non-
1. Magic resistance (sleep) silvered weapons (2d6)
2. Magic resistance (charm) 5. Natural armour against slashing
3. Magic resistance (fear) damage (2d6)
4. Proficiency (weapon) 6. Natural armour against piercing
damage (2d6)
5. Proficiency (language)
7. Natural armour against crushing
6. Proficiency (favoured enemy) damage (2d6)
7. Proficiency (speak to a specific 8. Immunity (charm)
species of animal)
9. Immunity (sleep)
8. Proficiency (hide in foliage)
10. Immunity (fear)
9. Proficiency (hold breath)
11. Advantage on saving throws
10. Proficiency (mimic sound) (poison)
11. Proficiency (track by scent) 12. Advantage on saving throws
12. Proficiency (sense slope, direction (wands)
or depth) 13. Advantage on saving throws (ill-
13. Proficiency (sense tunnel safety) fortune)
14. Proficiency (sense secret doors) 14. Magic resistance (priestly)
15. Daily Control Fires or other spell 15. Magic resistance (wizardly)
cast at 1st level at HP cost of 1d6 16. Magic resistance (devilry)
16. Natural armour against fire (2d6) 17. Natural attack (2d4 melee)
17. Natural armour against cold (2d6) 18. Natural attack (1d4 reach)
18. Powerful leap (unencumbered 19. Natural attack (1d4 charge)
only)
20. Flight (unencumbered only)
19. Prehensile appendage (tail,
tentacle, etc.) Heritable foibles
20. Natural attack (1d4 melee) Heritable foibles are small negative
effects.
Major heritable traits
Major heritable traits are more 1. Infravision, but no normal vision
specific but powerful and all spell-like 2. Ultravision, but no normal vision
abilities last until sunrise and can
only be used on self. 3. Too large for common armour
and clothing
1. Daily Invisibility or other spell 4. Too small for common armour
cast at second-level at HP cost of and clothing
2d6 5. Always recognisable as heritage
2. Daily Monster Summoning I or (horns, tentacles, eyes, etc.)
other spell cast at third-level, at 6. Vulnerable to magic (charm)
HP cost of 3d6 7. Vulnerable to magic (fear)

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 Ethos

and a response that you and your folk

do. Create your ritual or social action,
or roll 1d10 on each column for
suggestions:

d10 Call Response

1 Celestial sign Celebration
2 Animal activity Meditation
3 Specific accident Prayer
4 Weather event Utterance
5 Magical sign Gesture
6 Meeting of minds Physical touch
7 Injury Ward
8 Request for Garment
8. Cause magical items to assistance
malfunction when using them as 9 Death or loss Grooming
a consequence
10 Unexpected Mourning
9. Disadvantage when exposed to change
hot weather
10. Disadvantage when exposed to
dry weather Ethos
11. Disadvantage when exposed to All PCs have one or more ethos.
cold weather
12. Threaten damage when exposed An ethos can be a belief or a stricture.
to loud noises
13. Vulnerable to fire damage • A belief is a folkway, philosophy
or superstition, taking the form
14. Vulnerable to lightning damage of: This action is always the
15. Vulnerable to cold damage correct action.
16. Vulnerable to poison damage • A stricture is a ritual, act of
17. Vulnerable to silvered weapons service, or behaviour, taking the
18. Magic (divine) ineffective at form of: This is true; therefore, I
random must do that.
19. Magic (wizardly) ineffective at PCs gain experience for following
random their ethos, at the referee’s discretion.
20. Magic (devilry) ineffective at A guideline is if there is great cost,
random gain 2 XP, at a cost, gain 1 XP, and at
no cost, gain no XP.
Create a ritual
A ritual or social action is something If an NPC holds the same ethos it may
that happens regularly, and is provide a bonus or penalty to a
reflective of your heritage. Usually it reaction roll.
consists of a call or external prompt,

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Equipment

Potential ethos
d6 Ethos
1 Mercy must be given to all beings
2 Violence is never the answer
3 Stealing is always wrong
4 Merchants are always dishonest;
therefore, they may always be
swindled
5 Gods are evil; therefore, priests
must not be tolerated
6 We are all monsters; therefore, all
monsters should be treated with
kindness
Equipment
You have five slots for worn gear
(head, hands, feet, body) and a belt
pouch in which to hold 50gp or
similar small items. If you fill only
these six slots, you are
unencumbered.
You have additional equipment slots
equal to your strength in your pack
(or equivalent). If you fill up to six
slots of these slots, you are lightly
encumbered. If you fill over six slots
of these slots, you are heavily
encumbered. If your equipment is in
these pack slots, you can cast your
pack off, and cease to be encumbered
until you pick it up again.
If you are lightly encumbered, any
movement (for example run, jump or
swim) or combat check suffers
disadvantage. If you’re wearing a
heavy item, you are always lightly
encumbered.
If you are heavily encumbered, any
movement or combat under duress
cannot be performed.
General equipment
Most equipment simply does what it
does. Climbing gear is for climbing.
Wagons cannot be used off roads.
When in doubt, discuss your
equipment with the referee.
If equipment is not listed with
mechanics in brackets next to it, it
grants a success in a relevant
challenge, facilitates the use of a
proficiency, or is subject to a general
rule.
• Ale (1gp per round)
• Blacksmith’s tools (heavy, 50gp)
• Ball bearings (1000 for 5gp)
• Bell (light, 1gp)
• Bear trap (heavy, 5gp)
• Block and tackle (1gp)
• Book (25gp)
• Caltrops (light, 20 for 5gp)
• Candle (light, 10 for 1gp)
• Chain (heavy, 10 feet, 5gp)
• Chalk (light, 10 for 1gp)
• Climbing gear (25gp)
• Fishing tackle (heavy, 5gp)
• Grappling hook & rope (30 feet,
10gp)
• Iron spikes (10 for 10gp)
• Journal (light, blank, 10gp)

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• Lantern (5gp, 10gp for hooded)
• Lock (25gp)
• Magnifying glass (light, 100gp)
• Manacles (10gp)
• Oil flask (1 use, 1gp)
• Pen & ink (light, 5gp)
• Pole (heavy, 10 feet, 1gp)
• Rations (heavy, 2 weeks, 1gp)
• Tent (heavy, 10gp)
• Tinderbox (light, 1gp)
• Torch (10 for 1gp)
• Waterskin (1gp)
Weight
Small items are the size of a coin and
about two or three handfuls of them
fit in your belt pouch or in one slot.
Light equipment is purchased in a
set of two and two fit in an inventory
slot.
Heavy or unwieldy equipment (like
plate armour or a ten foot pole} takes
two inventory slots.
50gp or equivalent small items take
up one slot (usually your belt pouch).
Quality
Fine equipment is more effective for a
significantly higher price. For each
level of fine, gain 1 bonus, and the
price doubles.
For example:
Lock (Fine 3, 100gp)
Mounts and vehicles
All horse-sized mounts or vehicles
provide 10 inventory slots.
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Equipment
All wagon-sized mounts or vehicles
provide 20 inventory slots.
Flying mounts do not provide
inventory slots.
• Horse (100gp)
• Canoe (50gp)
• Wagon (150gp)
• Sailboat (5000gp)
Weapons
All weapons have a damage type and
a range that is usually self-evident
(broadsword is slashing; rapier is
piercing; club is crushing; a glaive or
spear is reach range and a crossbow is
ranged range). Damage type should
only be mentioned if it is unusual.
All weapons have a dice value that
should always be listed.
For example:
Long bow (heavy, 1d10) — left
unsaid is piercing, ranged
• Battle axe (1d8, 50gp)
• Long bow (heavy, 1d10, 75gp)
• Short bow (1d6, 30gp)
• Club (1d6, 10gp)
• Crossbow (heavy, 1d6, 35gp)
• Dagger (light, 1d4, 10gp)
• Mace (1d6, 20gp)
• Throwing axe (light, 1d6, 10gp)
• Glaive (heavy, 1d6)
• Quarterstaff (heavy, 1d6, 10gp)
• Spear (1d6, 20gp)
• Long sword (1d8, 50gp)
• Short sword (1d6, 40gp)
• Two-handed sword (1d10, 80gp)
• Warhammer (heavy, 1d8, 50gp)
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Armour
Armour is used to prevent certain
types of damage up to its total HP.
When it has no further HP it is
destroyed. While it still has HP, it can
be repaired by someone with
proficiency and tools. Most armour
only protects from one or two sorts of
damage; mundane armour protects
against all non-magical damage.
• Rubber shirt (10 lightning, 500gp)
• Leather (12 slashing or piercing,
100gp)
• Padded (12 crushing, 125gp)
• Studded, 12 mundane,150gp)
• Scale (heavy, 14 piercing, 200gp)
• Chain (heavy, 14 slashing, 300gp)
• Plate (heavy, 16 mundane,
1000gp)
• Full plate (heavy, 18 mundane,
4000gp)
• Steel helm (5 piercing or slashing,
100gp)
Shields
Shields can be destroyed to ignore all
or half damage from a certain
category. They have no other effect.
• Buckler shield (light, half
mundane)
• Standard Shield (all mundane,
half magical)
• Tower shield (heavy, all area of
effect, mundane, half magical)
Station
Your station provides for your basic
necessities such as housing, food and
drink, animals, servants and upkeep
on belongings and adventuring
consumables such as ammunition and
torches. A PC or NPC can be poor,
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work-folk, gentry or noble. When you
make a reaction roll it is with
disadvantage if they are not if your
station, if station is applicable.
Connections
If you are poor, you have connections
amongst the petty criminals and the
downtrodden; if you are work-folk,
you have connections among clerks,
servants and white-collar criminals; if
you are gentry, you have connections
among knights, advisors, and
merchants; if you are nobility, you
have connections at court, through
marriage, and between nations.
Changing station
You cannot simply change station.
You can only become work-folk by
keeping 500 GP hidden safely away;
can only become gentry through
owning property and can only become
nobility through royal decree. Your
station can be lost in a similar
manner. When you change station,
you previous connections are unlikely
to persist unless you have invested
significant time in them, and even
then will likely be affected negatively
by the change.
Patrons
Priests, paladins and sometimes other
classes have offered their allegiance
to a supernatural patron who
provides them with their power in
exchange for significant obligation.
An NPC patron is a developed
character with undisclosed needs and
desires. No patron offers a portion of
their power in exchange for nothing,
and no patron considers a PC,
especially at level 1, their equal.
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Obligations need to be discussed
with the referee during character
creation, but should be vague enough
for the patron to have flexibility when
calling upon the PC to fulfil them.
The referee starts a domain clock
dictating when the next obligation is
to be called in. The patron gives the
PC a mission, and the consequence of
failure is the patron’s dissatisfaction.
When you reach ninth-level or above
and do not wish to be lord of a
domain, a PC of any class may offer
allegiance to a patron – typically a PC
or NPC lord of a domain – and if they
accept, become their lieutenant. You
will be given a role, such as marshall
or spymaster, and be offered missions
just as any other lieutenant is. These
obligations are treated the same as
priestly or paladin obligations.
Experience
Formative experiences — one’s first
brush with death, horror, wealth,
sacrifice, or major challenge to one’s
ethos — change your PC. When a PC
has a formative experience, they
change their ethos or personality, or
they gain a new ethos, and they
advance 1 level for every 5 XP they
have. When a PC advances level, they
choose any two advancement their
class allows.
After ninth-level, most PCs have
achieved harmony, and may choose to
train during downtime in order to
advance instead of waiting for a
formative experience.
Class followers
After ninth-level, some classes have
the option to attract followers of a
special nature if they have a
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stronghold in which to house them.
All classes can hire followers after
ninth-level, regardless of whether or
not they attracted them.
Fighters attract a general (fifth-level
fighter), two standing battalions, and
roll 1d6 for their bodyguard.
1d6 Bodyguard
1 3-12 x 1st to second-level
fighters
2 2-5 x 1st to second-level rangers
3 2-6 x 1st to second-level archers
(fighters with longbow mastery)
4 2-6 x 1st to second-level
ravagers
5 2-6 x 1st to second-level
mounted
knights (fighters with warhorses
and lance mastery)
6 1-3 x 2nd to third-level flying
knights (fighters with hippogriffs
or giant eagles and crossbow
mastery)
Rangers attract an animal follower:
Black bear, brown bear, dog, wolf,
falcon, raven, tiger, lion, hippogriff,
pixie, treant, brownie.
Thieves attract 1-4 thieves of 1st to
third-level, to start a crew.
Wizards attract 1-3 1st to second-
level apprentices.
Priests attract 1-3 1st to second-level
acolytes, as well as the 0-level
members of their institution.
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Combat
Most actions taken while in combat
take one round. A round proceeds as
follows:
1. Combatants declare their
weapons.
2. Combatants proceed in order of
weapon speed.
3. Follow the basic procedure until
each PC resolves their action.
Repeat the cycle as long as the PCs
are engaged in combat.
Surprise
If you might be surprised, make a
dexterity check. On a failure, you are
surprised and must spend 1d6 HP. On
a success you are not surprised. On a
partial success, you suffer a minor
consequence.
If you can’t see as daylight or are
carrying light, you have disadvantage.
If you can’t see the opposing party,
you are automatically surprised.
Other modifiers can impact surprise
at the referee’s discretion, for
example noise and state of mind.
If an NPC is surprised if it makes
sense for them to be according the
the PCs actions. This is likely to be
the result of acting stealthily, or
preparing an ambush.
Initiative
Each weapon has a weapon speed
equal to the highest face of its
damage die. Combat occurs in order
of weapon speed, lowest to highest. If
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more than one person has the same
weapon speed, choose randomly.
If a PC rolls a full success, the next PC
in initiative order goes next, skipping
the next foe in initiative order.
If PC or NPC take an action that does
not involve an attack (a move,
drinking a potion), it takes place first,
in order of highest dexterity.
Attack
To make an attack, make a strength
check for melee attacks, a dexterity
check for ranged attacks, or a
proficiency check if you have
proficiency in the weapon you are
using.
On a success, threaten injury. On a
partial success, threaten injury and
suffer a minor consequence. On a
failure, suffer a major consequence.
The most common minor
consequences are:
• You are threatened with injury,
• The opposing side goes next
• Your morale is shaken.
A major consequence is two of these,
or anything else.
When you threaten injury, roll your
damage dice to find out how much HP
your target must spend to avoid
injury, or how much damage their
armour suffers.
NPC attacks
On an NPC’s turn, the referee declares
who is threatened with damage. The
PC makes a saving throw, and the

referee rolls the NPC’s damage dice.
Once the damage is known, the PC
spends HP and armour as they see fit.
Ranged attacks
If attacking with a ranged weapon, if
there are allies in melee combat with
your target, on a failure or mixed
success, randomly select an ally, and
threaten damage against them
instead.
Positioning
Each combat has one or more
battlefields based on interesting and
interactive landmarks or objectives.
There are three ranks in each
battlefield, equivalent to the three
weapon ranges: Melee, Reach, and
Ranged.
Melee weapons can only attack
people within their rank.
Reach weapons can only attack
people one rank away: from reach to
melee, or ranged to reach.
Ranged weapons can attack from
two or more ranks away, but are likely
to hit allies if firing into ranks with
their allies in them.
Movement takes a character between
adjacent ranks, or from ranged rank
into an adjacent battlefield.
Areas of effect always affect an
entire battlefield.
Defences
If you are attacked, make a saving
throw by rolling 1d20. Roll with
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proficiency if your class has
proficiency in that type of saving
throw.
On a full success, take no damage and
no effect. On a partial success, take no
damage and full effect, or half
damage and temporary or partial
effect at referee’s discretion. On a
failure, take full damage and full
effect.
The save you roll depends on the type
of attack: Domination for psychic,
enchantment, or death magic, Poison
for physical fortitude, Wands for
magical attacks, Transformation for
anything that changes the nature of
your flesh, Steel for physical attacks
and Ill-Fortune for all else.
Magic resistance
If you have magic resistance, you gain
advantage on all saving throws with
magical sources, you cannot
voluntarily fail a saving throw against
magic, and you must fail a saving
throw for any magic to have effect on
you, even friendly magic. Magic
resistance is always against a certain
type, for example divine, wizardry, or
demonic.
Armour
At any point, a PC can use armour
they are wearing to prevent damage
against certain types of damage.
When armour has no further HP it is
destroyed. While it still has HP, it can
be repaired by someone with the right
proficiency and tools.
Safe zone
NPCs don’t have saving throws, so
instead have safe zones. If a PC rolls
lower than the safe zone (but also
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lower than their ability score) on the
attack, the monster takes half damage
or limited effect. If a PC rolls higher
or equal to the safe zone (and lower
than their ability score) on the attack,
the monster takes full damage or
effect. The term “save” is used to
signify both “saving throw” for PCs
and “ability check using a safe zone”
for NPCs, depending on context.
Hit Points
You can spend an amount of HP
determined by the referee to perform
a stunt or action to avoid injury.
Being reduced to 0 HP has no
immediate effect. When you take
damage in combat and have no HP
remaining, you die. At the referee’s
discretion, you can take a permanent
injury instead of dying.
If an attack doesn’t cause damage, or
causes an effect in addition to
damage, for example a ghoul’s
paralysing claws or a wrestler’s
grapple, you can’t spend HP to avoid
the effect, but you can only spend HP
to avoid the damage, not the effect.
“The grim-faced orc tries to spill
your guts with their axe!”
“I raise my shield to block it – but
I failed my save vs steel!”
“The axe whistles past your shield
and you feel the wind against
your belly!”
“I leap back and block with my
sword!“
“That’ll cost 1d6+4 HP!”
“Yipes, I only have 6 HP left, I
can’t take that risk. I spin around,
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putting a chunk of my armour
squarely in the path of the axe.”
“Your armour takes 1d6+4
damage instead, and now it’s
your turn. What do you do?”
Flight and retreat
You may always retreat from combat
by performing a group disengagement
check against a target of twenty
minus the highest encumbrance in
the party.
You have advantage on the
disengagement check if you can
retreat at the beginning of the
initiative order. You have
disadvantage if you are fleeing
because you failed a morale check.
You can jettison the items stored in
your backpack in order to lower your
encumbrance.
On a success, you retreat and have
lost them at no cost. On a partial
success, you must spend 1d6 HP each
in order to retreat and lose them. On
a failure, you must spend 2d6 HP, and
each of you have left tracks as you
flee. Your foes will be able to find you,
if they so wish.
Movement speed
Slow” movement is half as fast as
“Moderate” movement. “Fast”
movement is twice as fast as
“Moderate” movement. Movement
speeds are only relevant in flight and
retreat, as the faster creature
according to movement speed gains
advantage on flight and retreat. They
are not relevant in travel, when even
fast creatures cannot keep up high
paces for long periods.
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Morale memorised that logically cancels that

spell out, a PC must make an
When your morale is shaken, make a Intelligence check (for wizards) or
morale check. NPCs use their morale Wisdom check (for priests), and
rating; PCs use their wisdom score. consult the table. If the NPC makes
the attack, the PC must make a saving
The referee may grant advantage or throw vs. Wands, and consult the
disadvantage to either the Pcs or table.
NPCs, depending on factors such as
training, overwhelming opposition, Repeat each combat round until one
ethos, and how their allies are faring. or the other is defeated. When a
wizard is defeated, they lose all their
On a full success, you rally and fight memorised spells and the final spell
on. On a partial success, your first cast in offence against them takes
concern is calculated retreat. On a effect as if it were a critical success.
failure, your first concern is The winning spellcaster expends only
immediate escape. the final spell. For priestly duels,
ignore references to memorisation.
When a priest is defeated, they
Magical duels expend all their piety, and the final
If two wizards engage in a magical spell cast in offence against them
duel, they both act last in initiative. If takes effect as if it were a critical
either of them act during the round success.
prior, they cannot choose a spell in
the spell duel. If the PC wizard suffers Ability check Saving
an injury during the round prior, or is throw
forced to move to avoid injury, they Critical -3 AD
take disadvantage on their rolls for success
the round. If the NPC wizard suffers Full -2 AD Nil effect
an injury during the round prior, or is success
forced to move to avoid injury, the PC Partial -1 AD -1 AD
takes advantage on their rolls for the success
round. Failure Reduce own -2 AD
AD by 1
Critical Nil effect Reduce own
A wizard has arcane defence (AD) failure AD by 1
equal to their level. Each round in the
duel they lose, their arcane defence
decreases. When they reach zero, they
are defeated. Psionic Duels
Each round, the wizard chooses an If two psionicists engage in a psychic
offensive spell that they have duel, they are both at the end of the
memorised. If their opponent has no initiative. If either of them act during
spell memorised that logically cancels the round prior to participating in the
that spell out (for example, “Fire psionic duel, they become vulnerable
resistance” against “Fire bolt”), to psionic assault.
reduce their opponent’s arcane
defence by 2. If the NPC has a spell

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Each duelist chooses from the six

stances: thrusting inquiry, whipping
voices, blasting will, mental blockade,
orcrushing intellect, or open mind.

If they a psionicist choosesppen

mind, they can predict their
opponent’s next move. On the
psionicist’s next turn, their opponent
chooses their stance, and tells the
psionicist before they choose theirs.
The psionicist who chose Open Mind
has no defence this turn.

The duelists reveal their stances

simultaneously and consult the table.
If the attack stance is strong .the
defender takes full damage. If the
attack is weak, the defender takes half
damage. Otherwise, the stance
deflects the attack, and something
nearby explodes or is thrown to the
floor.

Strong Weak
Thrusting Crushing Blasting
inquiry intellect will
Whipping Thrusting Mental
voices inquiry blockade
Blasting Whipping Crushing
will voices intellect
Mental Blasting Thrusting
blockade will inquiry
Crushing Mental Whipping
intellect blockade voices

All damage is deducted from one’s psi

pool before it is deducted from HP. A
psionicist can yield when their psi
pool is exhausted, or continue to
death. If they yield, Contact is
automatically made with them if the
psionicist has the Contact power.

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Vision
You can see as if it were daylight, as
twilight, or as darkness.
• Sight as daylight can see just
fine, thank you.
• Sight as twilight extends only a
stone’s throw away.
• Sight as darkness cannot see.
All artificial light sources allow you to
see as twilight.
If travelling in darkness, when you
retreat from a underground, or you
are interrupted by an encounter,
spend 1d4 HP per turn (while
underground) or watch (while
outdoors) you have travelled in
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darkness. There is no saving throw to
avoid this cost.
Special types of vision
If you have infravision, you see heat
instead of light. You see in darkness
as daylight and see daylight as
darkness. In darkness and twilight,
you can see additional features such
as heat-trails and warm air currents.
You are blinded by a suddenly lit
torch or a glance at the sun for a turn.
If it is cold and you wear shaded
lenses you can see as twilight during
the day
If you have ultravision, you can see
in starlight and in indirect sunlight as
daylight. You see direct sunlight and
darkness underground as darkness.
Your eyes glow, and under your gaze smell, listen, taste as well as sight) to
white items glow as well. Magic items provide them with more information
and spells are visible to you at a if they agree to follow the prompt.
stone’s throw.

If you have infravision or ultravision,

you do not have standard vision
(whether this is permanently, due to Journeying
your heritage, or temporarily, while Most actions taken while journeying
under the effects of magic). through the wilderness take one
watch. Each day has three watches. A
Perception watch proceeds as follows:
There is no perception proficiency. If
you have a proficiency relevant to 1. Players choose whether they will
your situation, tell the referee. The travel or rest for the new watch.
referee will provide any insight your 2. The referee rolls the exploration
training might grant in the situation, die.
although they may prompt you to 3. Expend a ration, or spend 1d6 HP.
clarify the extent of the insight (“Are
you just looking, or do you touch?
Smell?”). The exploration die is a 1d6, +1 per
watch with no result, interpreted as
follows:
If a PC is uses their proficiency to
grant insight into the situation, take
this as an opportunity to tell them
secrets or foreshadow what is to
come. Use clarifying prompts (touch,

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1d6 Exploration Die
1-4 Nothing happens
5-6 Wilderness encounter
7-8 The weather changes
9 Spells expire
10+ Rest
Wilderness encounters prevent PCs
from gaining the benefits of rest but
not from completing a watch of
travel.
Follow the basic procedure until each
PC resolves their action, transitioning
to other procedures as appropriate.
Repeat the cycle as long as the PCs
are journeying in the wilderness.
Difficult terrain and forced
marches
If you travel for a watch, move
forward one hex. You must spend an
additional 1d6 HP to travel for a
second or an additional 2d6 HP to
travel a third watch. To travel on
difficult terrain, succeed on a fortune
roll, suceed on a relevant proficiency
check or spend 1d6 HP.
Mounts
Using vehicles or mounts does not
allow you to travel faster or further,
but horse-sized mounts provide 10
inventory slots and wagon-sized
vehicles 20 inventory slots. Flying
mounts do not provide inventory
slots. Your mount or vehicle may not
be able to travel on some difficult
terrain (for example, wagons in
swamps, or horses on mountains).
Some vehicles or mounts will allow
you to travel on terrain that is
otherwise impassible (for example,
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boats over lakes, wyverns through the
sky).
Speed
Fast creatures do not travel faster,
unless they fly in which case they fly
twice as fast. Slow creatures travel at
half the pace.
Dungeoneering
Most actions taken in a dungeon –
movement, lockpicking, searching,
bandaging, spell casting – take a turn.
A turn procedes as follows:
1. Roll the exploration die and
follow the instructions.
2. Follow the basic procedure until
each PC resolves their action,
transitioning to other procedures
as appropriate.
3. If you do not carry a light source,
spend 1d6 HP.
Repeat the cycle as long as the PCs
remain in the dungeon.
The exploration die is a 1d6, +1 per
turn with no result, interpreted as
follows:
1d6 Exploration Die
1-4 Nothing happens
5-6 Wandering monster
7 The environment changes
8 Light sources exhaust
9 Spells expire
10+ Rest
Roll to return
If you are stranded in the wilderness
or dungeon at the end of a session,
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each PC rolls to return to the nearest
settlement. Roll fortune or an
appropriate proficiency, against a safe
zone equal to the number of days
travel to the nearest settlement. For
every point you fail by, choose either
to spend that amount in HP or ten
times that amount in GP, plus 1 for
each level deep you were in the
dungeon.
Rest
If you rest for a watch, roll your
healing dice (HD) and gain that many
HP up to your maximum. Take one
one additional rest action such as
memorise spells, prayer, or repair
weapon or armour. There is no formal
lists of rest actions, although some
are inferred by other rules, and some
proficiencies provide unique rest
actions. You can only perform one
such action per watch (in addition to
all of the other things you must do
while travelling). You cannot travel
and rest the same watch.
Hazards
Hazards have a hazard clock to fill in
order to avoid them and an
consequence if they are not avoided.
They may also have a trigger (you
must get this close to it to be
effected), or a threshold (it will only
effect you if you fill a separate clock).
If a PC approaches the hazard using
one of their proficiencies (E.g.,
swimming or climbing), they know
the remaining ticks the clock
requires. Otherwise, a PC does not
know.
To tick a section of the hazard clock,
describe what you do (your approach)
and roll a check if necessary.
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Approaches include abilities,
proficiencies, special gear, assistance,
or magical effects. Some approaches
will expend a resource if you use
them, for example, spells or
consumable equipment.
If an approach is strong against the
hazard, grant an additional tick if it
succeeds. Approaches that are weak
against a challenge have
disadvantage or have no effect. If you
repeat an approach, you take
disadvantage on the repeated
attempt. For example, if the wizard
Gallius uses Gust to clear a room of
poisonous gas, a second use of Gust
will have less effect than the first.
On a success, tick the hazard clock.
On a partial success, tick the hazard
clock but suffer a consequence.
Continue until the referee tells you
that you have filled the clock, or until
you can continue no longer. On a
failure, suffer the effect.
If there is a competitor in the hazard,
the referee may choose to grant them
a clock as well, for you to race against,
or may choose to incorporate their
success into your failure.
For example, a rickety rope bridge
crosses a ravine ahead of you. A
nasty cobold you are pursuing
sets it alight with a torch and
then flees. The party must fill a
three-tick clock before the three-
tick fire destroys the bridge. The
fire will spread at 1 tick per
round.
Garrius uses Ice Arc to extinguish
the flame, ending the fire clock.
Sera uses her proficiency in
acrobatics to travel the length of
the bridge and steady it for the
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Drey the giant uses his massive
strength to pull the bridge taut,
steadying it further. The party
cross the bridge without harm.
For example, the floor ahead of
the party is clearly identifiable as
a trick floor, but there are no
seams. This hazard requires 1 tick
each to cross. Sera the thief
throws a grappling hook into the
rafters, and swings across the
floor; the rafters crack, and they
are unlikely to take the weight of
another. Her grappling hook is
lost. Garrius the wizard uses
levitate to hover across the floor.
Choosing not to use the
compromised grappling hook,
Drey attempts to leap across, and
fails his dexterity, causing the
floor to collapse.
Traps
When the referee creates a trap, the
trap must be:
1. Easily identified or easily
anticipated
A pit covered in leaves.
The safe of a master poisoner has
a needle.
2. Foreshadowed or gives the PCs a
chance to react
A collapsed pit with two skeletons
in it.
“The poisoner is paranoid as
known to trap her most treasured
belongings”
You hear a click and the flagstone
moves under you. What do you
do?
3. Goes either for a kill or a capture.
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A pit trap either imprisons or has
a spiked floor
A poison needle instantly kills or
puts to sleep
4. Balances the trapper’s protection
and convenience
Never in the main access
hallways unless there’s secret
access; always in the chest in the
high priest’s quarters.
5. Simple actions can avoid or
disarm them
“I stand on a box and pinch the
wire so I can set the door slightly
ajar. Glorax, you’re slim enough
to to slide through the slightly
open door. Once you’re on the
other side, you can cut the wire.”
Hirelings, followers &
lieutenants
A hireling is any NPC who will do a
job for the PC in exchange for a wage
or a fee plus room and board. An
unskilled hireling is easy to find, and
a hireling with rare skill requires a
Find Someone downtime action to
find.
Hirelings are considered zero-level,
and hence have 1d6 HP, ability scores
of 10 with one exception (an 8, 12 or
14), and one, two or three
proficiencies depending on age (these
may be mastery spent on one skill).
A follower is any NPC who joins a PC
for reasons other than a wage or a fee.
They can have levels in a class, and
are usually attracted by a PCs fame
when the build a stronghold for the
follower to stay at at a meagre to
comfortable lifestyle.
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Followers have levels in a class,
therefore they have a simplified
character sheet, based on the PCs.
Experience and Encumbrance are
simplified, only exceptional ability
scores and proficiencies are noted, for
example.
A lieutenant is any NPC to whom the
PC delegates a task in the governance
of their stronghold. The NPC usually
does this in exchange for a significant
wage, a noble lifestyle and a place of
honour in the stronghold. Hirelings or
followers who become lieutenants
keep their class levels and/or rare
skills.
NPCs not in the party are
documented similarly.
For example,
Therabond (0-level sage, int 14,
North Irughai history mastery +2)
Gladhelm (2-level warrior, str 12,
axe mastery, riverboats)
Reaction & reputation
When you encounter a new NPC or
group of NPCs, the referee makes a
reaction check, modified by your
reputation. If you have bardic
influence, roll with advantage, and if
the NPCS are predisposed against you
or are not of your station, roll with
disadvantage. Their reaction is
determined by the result.
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Reputation is awarded (+1) for a
significant contribution to a location,
profession or faction, or for being of
the same station, and is effective only
in that context. It is recorded on your
character sheet.
1d20 Reaction roll
1-2 Positive (friendly, welcoming
or receptive)
3-6 Possibly positive (amiable or
considered)
7-14 Uncertain (indecisive or
neutral)
15-18 Possibly negative (suspicious
or skeptical)
19-20 Negative (hostile, fleeing or
unreceptive)
Once starting reaction has been
determined, it is not rolled again for
the same NPC, and their reaction
remains stable between meetings. In-
world choices can change an NPCs
disposition towards the party, but
rolls (for example, a charisma check)
cannot.
Languages
Languages are heritage-based — not
all elves speak the same language but
all elf languages are related to elvish
and sylvan.
Ur-language Languages
Ur-elvish Elvish, Sylvan
Ur-dwarvish Dwarvish, Giantish,
Gnomish, Goblinish
Ur-human Various human,
Halfling
Ur-primordial Devilish, Angelic,
Primordial, Sylvan
When you encounter a new language,
you may make an Intelligence check if
you have any language slots available.
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The check is with disadvantage if the research is often written in devilish,

language is ancient or ur-primordial, angelic, primordial, or an ancient
or advantage if it is related to a variant. These languages can only be
language you already know. learnt by those outside their group in
exceptional circumstances. If you
• On a full success, you gain the have a secret language, it takes up a
"Fluent" proficiency in that language slots.
language. You can read and speak
the language with a slight accent.
• On a mixed success, you gain the
"Basic" proficiency in that
language. You can speak the
language enough to convey
simple ideas (or read it well
enough to discern simple ideas if
it is an ancient or dead language).
• On a failure, you do not
understand the language. Do not
gain a proficiency.
• On a critical failure, gain the
"Poor" proficiency in that
language. You believe you
understand the language, but
your misunderstandings will lead
to offence.
• On a critical success, gain the
"Erudite" proficency in that
language. You speak, read and
write eloquently in this language
indistinguishably from an
educated native speaker.

The exception is the Common

language. Common is a pidgin of
various languages. It’s useless for
anything apart from buying and
selling; no books are written in
common. Everyone can speak
common. It does not take up a
language slot.

Secret languages
Some groups have secret languages —
druids have their own script, thieves
have their own signs and symbols —
and monsters often speak their own
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Downtime
Downtime is measured in real-time
weeks occurring between gaming
sessions. Downtime actions are of
different lengths, represented as a
clock, the length of which is dictated
by the action. When the clock is full,
you have completed the downtime
action. For each week:
1. Choose an available downtime
action that the PC took during
the previous week.
2. Follow the basic procedure until
the PC resolves their action,
transitioning to other procedures
as appropriate.
3. If the downtime action is
completed, resolve it and change
the situation accordingly.
Repeat the cycle for each PC.
Walls & branches
Downtime actions can have walls and
branches. Walls are points at which a
PC cannot advance in their clock until
they perform a task. Branches are
points at which the clock ends
prematurely, and the PC is presented
the option to continue with one of a
number of new clocks.
Downtime checks
Make an ability check using an ability
or proficiency relevant to the
downtime action. Some downtime
actions require a specific proficiency
in order to perform them; this is in
the description. This is known as a
downtime check.
On a failure, tick one section of the
downtime clock and describe a
complication. On a partial success,
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tick two sections. On a full success,
tick three sections. A complication is
usually an unexpected wall, an
unexpected branch, a relationship
consequence, or a hook for further
adventure.
Choosing a clock
A 1-step clock will result in a minor
and temporary advantage. A 6-step
clock a slight campaign goal or minor
advantage. A 10-step clock a minor
campaign goal or moderate
advantage. 20-step clock moderate
campaign goal or significant
advantage. A 40-step clock is an epic
or campaign-changing achievement.
Downtime actions
Recovery: You may visit a physicker,
apothecary or priest for healing, if
you have a relationship with one.
They roll their appropriate
proficiency. On a failure, recover 2d6
HP. On a partial success, recover 4d6
HP. On a full success, recover 6d6 HP.
Training: You may train with a sage,
master or expert, if you have a
relationship with one. To do so, you
must have a spare proficiency slot
available. The downtime clock is
equal to two ticks for each proficiency
slot that will be dedicated to the
proficiency when you complete your
training. For example, to train from
Mastery +2 to Mastery +3, you’ll
require an 8-tick clock. But, for
example, to train in horse riding for
the first time, it will require a 2-tick
clock.
Non-magical Research: If you have
the non-magical research proficiency,
you may perform non-magical
research. Specify what you want to
research, and find a trove of

information relevant to the topic at
hand, for example, a specialist library.
The referee will create a clock out of
sight, and tell you when and if your
trove is exhausted.
Spiritual Devotion: If you have the
Spiritual Devotions proficiency, you
may seek connection with a greater
power. Specify a goal and a spiritual
or mystical method through which it
will be achieved (meditation,
pilgrimage, service, flagellation,
fasting, alms, gardening, ceremony,
poetry, etc.). The referee will create a
clock out of sight, and be cryptic
regarding your progress. If a
significant milestone is reached, and
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your god is impressed, you may be
granted piety in addition.
Collect Intelligence: If you have the
rumourmongering proficiency, you
may seek intelligence. Decide what
information you seek, from whom you
are trying to gain it, and how you are
going to attempt to get them to tell
you. The referee will tell you if these
people can provide you with the
information required before you
commence the action. Spend your
downtime check x 25gp. The referee
may choose to roll secretly on the
player’s behalf. On a failure, two
pieces of ambiguous or misleading
information. On a partial success, one
piece of ambiguous or misleading
information and one true piece of
information. On a full success, solid
intelligence.
Cultivate Relationship:
Relationships are always consecutive
branching clocks, with at least four
ticks per clock. For friendships, these
clocks are Acquaintances, Associates,
Friends, and Intimates. For romantic
relationships, these clocks are
Attention, Flirtation, Flings, Lovers,
Paramours.
The referee can create clocks for
specific relationship or relationship
goals, for example “Prove My Worth
to Captain Urutangi” might be
Suspicious, Neutral, Deliberating,
Receptive, reflecting Captain
Urutangi’s disposition when first
encountered. Because Captain
Uturangi is starting as hostile to the
PC, the first clock may be eight steps
or be walled with a specific quest
before it can progress. Relationship
often have walls that cannot be
advanced past without a specific way
to deepen the bond. One might also
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take a free tick for something that
occurs outside of downtime that
deepens the bond. To advance the
clock on a relationship, the player
says how their character is
strengthening the bond between
them. The referee will judge if this
makes sense.
Invest in an Institution: To support,
invest in, or develop an institution
(for example a business, temple, or
guild), state how you invest in the
institution, and if this investment
requires expenses, spend sufficient
gold to do so at the referee’s
discretion. On a failure, progress your
clock 1-tick, you hit a wall and a
describe a complication. On a partial
success, progress your clock by 2-
ticks, and you hit a wall and a
complication occurs. On a full
success, progress your clock 3-ticks.
Generally, speaking, robust support
for the institution gives one access to
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the goods and services available
through the institution free of charge.
Typically developing an institution
takes 6-ticks and cost varies by how
significant the institution is. An
inconsequential institution costs
250gp per roll, minor 1000gp,
middling 2500gp, major 5000gp,
influential 10 000gp, and famous 25
000gp. You can spend half this much
again as often as you wish for a
cumulative +1 bonus to your
downtime check.
Find Someone: When you need to
find a someone hard to find, state
what skills you require from them and
how you will approach finding them.
The referee will create a 3-tick clock.
When you complete the clock, you
find them. If you need them with
urgency, you can take whoever you
find. On 1-tick, they may not be who
they say they are, and are double
market price and in a hard to reach

place. On 2-ticks they may not be who
they say they are, and are double
market price or are in a hard to reach
place. The referee will provide you
with details regarding the NPC.
Find Buyer: When you need to find a
buyer for something hard to sell, state
what item you want to find a buyer for
and how you will approach finding
them. The referee will create a 3-tick
clock. A buyer will buy a certain
category of items only (for example,
magic items, antique furniture, or
gemstones). When you complete the
clock you find a buyer who will buy at
a generous price, or one whom you
will be able to utilise again for a
similar category without having to
search for another buyer. If you need
them with urgency, you can take
whoever you find. On one tick, you
find a seller, but they offer an
insulting price and only buy such a
specific niche that they will never buy
from you again. On two ticks you find
a seller, but they offer an insulting
price or only buy such a specific
niche. The referee will provide you
with details regarding the NPC.
Study Spellbook: If you have the
study spell book proficiency, you may
study a spell book to understand one
of its spells. You can’t cast the spell
until you have studied it; the referee
will tell you when the spell is learnt.
Spend 300gp per downtime roll to
procure required materials. The
downtime clock is equal to the level
of the spell you are studying. The
number of spells in the spellbook will
remain a mystery until there are no
further spells to learn.
Inscribe Scroll: If you have the
inscribe scroll proficiency, you may
create a scroll for a spell you know.
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Downtime
Spend 300gp per downtime roll to
procure required materials. The
downtime clock is equal to the spell’s
level. Scrolls can be stored for free in
inventory.
Charge Wand: If you have the
charge wand proficiency, you may
imbue arcane syllables into a wand
such that it might cast a spell you
know. You must have a wand in which
to imbue to spell. Spend 500gp per
downtime roll to procure required
materials. The downtime clock is
equal to the spell’s level. Once you
have charged a wand with a spell, you
can attempt to charge it with
additional castings if the spell, at one
additional casting per tick. On a
failure, the wand cannot hold any
more castings.
Create Spellbook: A wizard can
create a spell book as their magnum
opus. It costs 1000gp per downtime
roll, and will take at least 20 ticks to
be completed, at the discretion of the
referee. You can choose which spells
to place in the spell book and give it
an appropriately pompous title.
Instill psionics: If you have the
Instill Psionic Power proficiency, you
may instill a psionic power you know
into an item of fine quality of your
choice. If you wish to splice two
psionic powers together (for example,
Contact and Empathic Projection),
you must buy a Fine (2) item. You
must first purchase the items. The
downtime clock is equal to the initial
plus maintenance cost. The psionic
powers triggers when you use the
item for its intended use, so choose
your item wisely. You may instill up to
your psi pool each week into a fine
gemstone of your choice, and use
these points by holding it aloft.
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Strongholds
Land can be stolen, granted,
conquered, claimed or purchased.
Local royalty will be able to legitimise
your ownership, if the land hasn't be
granted or claimed already. Your
reputation with the locals will impact
your reception considerably.
The land attached to your stronghold
generates enough revenue to cover
upkeep and a noble lifestyle for you
and your lieutenants, unless the
referee determines you have holdings
or lifestyle requirements that would
increase your debt.
Domain events
Your land is effected by random
events. For each week of downtime,
the referee will roll 2d6 on the
domain events table.
2d6 Domain events
2 Natural disaster
3 Major figure in your domain dies,
is imprisoned or exiled
4 Opposing domain receives a
boon unexpectedly
5 Powerful monster or person
interferes
6 Sub-faction action
7 You get a free domain tick
8 Public need arises in your
domain
9 Public discovery
10 Your alliances or experts are
threatened
11 Your tools or programs are
threatened
12 A new faction appears
Most of these are self-explanatory. A
powerful monster or person is usually
a local wizard or dragon of incredible
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power; a sub-faction is a smaller
faction that may not be yet known
making a play for the big leagues.
Domain actions
Domain actions are special downtime
actions that you can use only when
you have a stronghold and an
appropriate lieutenant assigned to
the action.
Each domain action has a clock, and
while that clock is ticking, the
lieutenant assigned to that action is
unavailable for other actions. Discuss
the implications of the action with
the referee. They will determine with
you the cost and outcome of the
action, based on what you have in
mind, and the diplomatic relations
you and your domain have with the
people involved.
For each real-time week, progress
your clock by one. Every fourth tick,
increase your debt by 1 then make a
fortune roll. On a failure, your
progress is halted by a wall or branch,
as chosen by the referee. You can
withdraw from a domain action but
gain no advantage.
Building a stronghold
Building a stronghold is a domain
action, and the first required for a PC
to take other domain actions.
To construct a stronghold you must
have claim to the land it is on or will
be on, gold for construction and
access to workers. If you have these
things, spend gold and roll fortune.
Building a stronghold requires a
number of successes on this fortune
roll, dependent on the size of the

stronghold. Each attempt costs 12 000
GP.
Type Holdings Ticks
Moat house or 3 15
tower
Keep 4 30
Small Castle 5 45
Concentric Castle 6 60
Your stronghold can fit holdings
according to its size. Holdings
available are at the referee's
discretion and grant access to special
resources.
If you wish to claim a preexisting
stronghold, you must refurbish it.
You can do so for a third of the cost
and time it would take to build a
similar stronghold.
For example,
Refubishing the Chateau du la
Dragonne, small castle taken
from a cruel baron, costs 4000 HP
per tick for 15 ticks.
When your stronghold is built or
refurbished, you must appoint a
Castellan (a type of lieutenant) to
manage the day-to-day needs of the
stronghold. You can promote
hirelings or longterm followers to this
role.
Lieutenants
You can appoint additional
lieutenants for access to special
resources or domains actions, at the
referee’s discretion. However, their
wages will be increase your debt.
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If you have a secretary, you can
provide patronage to someone of
lesser station or to an artist. You can
also issue decrees or enact laws
within your domain.
If you have a chancellor, you can
build a holding to gain access a
unique asset, can peculate to gain
riches from your holdings, or invest
your riches into your holdings. To
peculate, convert credit to gold at a
rate of 600gp + 1d6 x 100gp per credit.
To invest, convert gold into credit at 1
credit per 500gp.
If you have an ambassador, you can
send them to establish a trade route
with a neighbouring or distant
domain with which you have a
connection. Once the trade route is
complete, you can trade an existing
unique asset and gain favour with
that domain. You can also appease
your creditors by offering them
something they need, if you are in
debt.
If you have a spymaster, you can
engage in intelligence collection or
violent espionage. You can also seed
disinformation and propaganda.
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If you have a marshall, you can raise
battalions to send to war. A marshal
can also be used to take control of a
holding in or adjacent to your domain
to gain access to a unique asset that
someone else possesses – when this
clock is complete, gain credit each
week and access to a unique asset.
When raising battalions, you must
have access to any neccesary
resources, and the size of the domain
clock and debt are relative to the type
of battalion.
Battalion Debt Ticks
Rabble 1 2
Regulars 2 4
Elite 4 8
Engine 6 12
Strike force 8 16
Domain economics
Your domain earns credit each season
for each unique asset it can trade
along a trade route and for holdings
in the domain.
Debt & credit
Engaging in or succeeding at certain
domain actions increases your
domain's debt.
Track your credit and debt on your
character sheet. At the end of each
season, balance your books: subtract
debt from credit. If the difference is
negative, you're in debt; if positive,
you're in credit.
If your domain is in credit either
peculate or keep the remaining credit
for next season.
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If your domain is in debt either
appease your creditors, peculate, or
face the consequences. See
lieutenants for details on peculating
or appeasing your creditors.
Favour
Your domain has a diplomatic
standing with every other domain:
Either they owe you favour, or they do
not.
You may spend all your favour with a
domain to have them do something
for you for free. Once your favour with
a domain is spent, you must earn it
again.
Holdings & unique assets
A holding is a location or faction that
possesses a unique asset. A unique
asset is a named thing that can be
traded or used, such as an air
shipyard, a lake of acid, a portal to
another dimension, or battalion of
griffon-knights.
Unique assets can be used in war, as
bargaining tools in negotiations, for
trade to generate credits, or whatever
else makes sense for those assets.
War
War is waged primarily through
sending battalions of soldiers into
battle for you.
When you issue an order to a
battalion, tell your general. They will
report back to you when the order has
been resolved. Orders are usually
along the lines of “Send Eagle and
Falcon Battalions to take Saint
Garifods”. The battalion will follow
the order as best it can.

Battalion movement
Battalions move every real-time week.
If battalions of opposing sides end a
week in the same county, they battle.
Most battalions can’t move through
difficult terrain. 1 move for a
battalion is one county.
The referee tracks the movement of
battalions during downtime,
including non-player battalions.
Battle
To battle, compare power. If power is
equal, the attacker is forced back. If
one side’s power is greater, all
battalions on the side with less power
are destroyed.
A successful battle allows the winner
to lay claim to the county as part of
their domain once peace has been
sued for, along with access to its
holdings potential trade routes.
If a battle is resolved, a player’s
general reports the results
immediately.
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Types of battalions
There are several types of battalions:
rabble, regulars, elites, strikeforces
and engines.
A battalion of rabble has 1 move, 1
power, but 0 power before any other
battalion. These are untrained but
armed people.
A battalion of regular troops has 1
move, 1 power; these are typically
trained and outfitted troops.
An elite battalion has 1 move, 2
power; these are things like mounted
knights or trained archers.
A strike force has 2 move, 1 power,
and can move through certain
difficult terrain. They can also
perform special operations. These are
dragon-riders, bladesingers or
adventuring parties.
An engine moves every other week,
but has 3 power. These are things like
siege trains, olyphant riders or flying
fortresses.
For example,
Union of furious farmers (rabble,
1 move, 1 untrained power)
Red Street Regulars (regulars, 1
move, 1 power)
Lord Cabaleros’ Cavalry (elite, 1
move, 2 power)
Griffon-riders of Montan Peak
(strike force, 2 move, 1 power,
flight over mountain or water)
Strike force operations
A strike force operation is a specific
action a strike force takes in order to
achieve a win in battle, irregardless of
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opposing power. Make a fortune roll,

with advantage if the strike force has
a specific advantage. On a full
success, the battle is won. On a partial
success, the battle takes no losses,
regardless of outcome. On a failure,
the strike force makes no impact on
the battle, and contributes no power.

A strike force operation is a great

opportunity for a one-shot or for the
PCs to be involved in a battle, on the
field or behind the scenes, aiming for
a particular objective to turn the tide.
This “special episode” can replace the
fortune roll associated with a strike
force.

Suing for peace

To end a war, whether you are on a
losing side, you must formally sue for
peace. Appoint a lieutanant to
perform this duty, and make a fortune
roll. The ambassador will suffice,
although you may appoint a special
lieutenant — a diplomat — with
special knowledge or insight into your
foe for advantage, or offer gifts of
appeasement as you would a creditor.

This is another opportunity for the

PCs to be involved, replacing the
fortune roll associated with a suing
for peace with a “special episode”.

Allegiance
If you do not wish to be lord of a
domain, you may offer allegiance to a
lord – either a PC or NPC – and if they
accept, become their lieutenant. You
will be given a role such as marshall
or spymaster, and be offered missions
just as any other lieutenant is, which
you will have to play out during game
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Starting a campaign
A campaign is is a series of game
sessions that take place in a detailed
passionate world, developed with the
players, where desire, probability,
intrigue and virtue combine to create
unexpected situations and events.
In this world, there are many PCs
playing adventure modules in both
parallel and serial, often by the same
players.
The actions of these PCs change the
progression of world events, and the
progression of world events affect the
PCs.
To start a campaign, choose a pre-
existing campaign starter with a
town, countryside, and dungeon, such
as Against the Cult of the Reptile God,
or the Village of Hommlet, or follow
the procedure in the workbook in the
appendix to create your campaign
world together.
Some players may be reluctant to
collaborate on building the campaign,
wary of spoilers. The nature of the
game means that once control of the
campaign world has passed to the
referee, the chance of being spoiled
ends quickly, as the outcomes of the
PCs' actions become the source of
tension.
From the end of the first session,
change is inevitable, and any
familiarity will turn to excitement
about how things will be twisted by
the PCs' impact.
Building the domain map
As part of the campaign workbook,
you will create a hex map of your
starting area. This is likely to expand
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the longer your campaign continues.
As your map expands, it is necessary
to split it into counties, to facilitate
domain play and war. Turning your
hex map into a domain map is not
urgent, but it’ll become necessary by
about ninth-level.
When you’re ready to do so, break
your hex map into counties 3-5 hexes
in size, according to local politics and
resources. Attach known or new
factions to each of these counties,
and give them all strongholds and
holdings according to their
strongholds (although their holdings
may be secret to the PCs).
Your campaign calendar
A campaign calendar is a real-time
calendar, divided into 52 weeks rather
than months or days. Populate it with
holidays and events as per your living
world prep. You can simply purchase
a 52 week planner to help you with
this; you don’t need anything fancy.
Each time you complete preparation,
be sure record of what happened —
PC and NPC actions, world events
both off and on-screen — is written in
the calendar. It helps to colour code
or highlight different types of event,
so it’s easier to track across the whole
calendar.
Running a session
The referee's job is to generously and
truthfully say what every thing and
every one in the world, except the
PCs, says and wants to do. The refree
needs to prepare for the campaign to
the degree necessary to achieve this.
The referee’s job is also to make
rulings where the rules are not clear

or are unknown, and to maintain
consistency in doing so.
Clarifying risk
When clarifying the level of risk
involved in an action, the referee
considers the situation the PCs are in,
and the action they are proposing. If
there is no risk, the action happens. If
there is risk, an ability check (or other
roll) is required.
On a full success, it happens. On a
partial success, it happens and the
referee takes an action that does not
negate the success. On a failure, it
does not happen and the referee takes
an action.
The action the referee takes on a
failure or partial success depends on
the level of risk. For a low-risk action,
the referee action taken in response
should be to foreshadow danger, to
increase the level of risk, or to
escalate the stakes. For a risky action,
the referee can take any action to
threaten the PCs or their agenda. For
a high-risk action, the referee should
take an action that will cause harm to
the PCs or their agenda.
Player goals
The referee and the players share the
following goals:
• Let the PCs' goals drive the story
• Let the consequences of the PCs'
actions change the world
• Hold your plans lightly
• Describe the world truthfully
• Maintain the world’s integrity
• Maintain the integrity of the rules
and any rulings
• Bring the rules to life on-screen
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Referee actions
Referee actions are always directed at
a PC unless otherwise stated. The
referee takes an action when a session
begins, a scene loses momentum, or
when a roll results in a consequence.
When there is a consequence with
direct impact, use one of these:
1d10 Direct consequence
1 Foreshadow danger
2 Increase the level of risk
3 Escalate the stakes
4 Separate the PCs to face
temptation alone
5 Threaten damage
6 Threaten something dear to the
PCs
7 Limit the impact of the PCs
actions
8 Take away an opportunity
9 Introducte a complication
10 An NPC does something
impactful
If no immediate consequence is
apparent, use one of these:
1d6 Indirect consequence
1 Offer an opportunity at a cost
2 Give what the PCs earnt
3 Tell a secret
4 Show the impact of the PCs
actions
5 Cut to the action
6 Something happens off-screen
Five things you should never do
1. Don’t prepare plots; instead,
prepare powderkeg situations
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2. Don’t block the players; instead,
say yes, if they can first do this.
3. Don’t make the PCs look
incompetent when they roll
badly; instead, make their foes
look badass
4. Don’t overcomplicate
consequences; instead, choose
the simplest logical consequence
5. Don’t roll twice for the same
thing; instead, hold the first
result until the PCs are in a more
desperate position
Preparing for a session
There are four types of preparation
you can perform as referee for play.
Don't do all of them at once, and not
every type must be done after every
session.
• Response prep should take
about ten minutes. Do this
immediately after a session.
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• Improv prep should take about
ten minutes. Do this between
sessions.
• Living world prep should take
between ten and twenty minutes.
Do this every week or between
sessions, whatever is longer.
• Campaign prep the campaign is
infinitely expanding. Do this as
little or as much as you wish.
For all of these, it is useful to keep is a
campaign history history (i.e. A
record of what the PCs did in session,
how the world responds, and what
happens in the background).
Whenever a PC or NPC acts on a
piecce of prep, add it to your
campaign calendar, your map,
enshrining it as part of your world.
Response prep
When doing response prep for a
session that just happened, simply let
the world change in the PCs' wake.
Each PC likely changed the world in
at least one of these ways:
The PC emptied something, drove
away someone, or took something
away. How did it change the world
permanently and obviously?
The PC interacted with an NPC
who did not die. How did they
change that NPC irrevocably?
The PC gave something away, told
someone about something or left
something behind. How did it
change the world permanently and
obviously?
The PC chose inaction when
action would have helped
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someone. How did it change an NPC
irrevocably?
Implement these changes
immediately if you can, and record
them in the campaign calendar.
Change any maps or map keys.
Improv prep
Improv prep is quantum prep, in the
sense that it doesn’t exist until a PC
or NPC acts on it or reacts to it. Keep
your prompts topped up, but delete
things you haven’t used in a while as
that usually indicates they aren’t
inspiring you. These prompts need to
be generic so you can work them in
easily, but also specific and
interesting to serve as hooks in a
pinch.
Top up your improv prompts to six of
each of these, eliminating or
modifying any you have used:
1. Rumours: See stocking rumours
for more information
2. Strange or fantastic locations:
Create a visually striking or
magical location
3. Named and sketched NPCs: See
the non-player characters
section.
4. Unique treasures: See the
treasure section
5. Monster transformations: See the
stocking dungeons section
6. Events: Check your campaign
calendar for events you can
incorporate this session
7. Modules or locations: Review any
module or location you’re using
8. PCs: Review any PC goals or
backgrounds that might be
relevant to the upcoming session
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Living world prep
Living world prep consists all the
moving parts of the world that the
PCs do not interact with but which
make the world feel alive. This
happens in real time. Progress things
randomly or as it interests you,
especially as the campaign becomes
more complex:
1. Dungeons: Progress the dungeon
using the dungeon stocking
procedure.
2. NPCs and Factions: Progress
projects randomly or as per your
interest.
3. PCs: What are the next stages in
their projects?
4. Rumours: Delete investigated
rumours and progress
uninvestigated rumours using the
rumour stocking procedure.
5. Calendar: Create a new a holy
day, a celestial occurrence, or a
magical event. Remember that
different regions will celebrate
different religions and festivals,
so as your party moves, you can
introduce different events.
Campaign prep
Continue to expand your campaign
world in discrete chunks between
sessions at a leisurely pace. Pick any
of the following, whatever seems
most interesting to you at the time:
• Map out an area adjacent and
similar in size to an already
mapped area
• Map out a similarly sized area
related to a PC after asking them
for details about their backstory
and the area
• Create a villain, important NPC or
god
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• Create a faction that interacts area around them, rather than if they
with an existing faction but in are isolated with no source in the
another area (always keep a spare environment they will be
faction or two up your sleeve in encountered in.
case of domain events!)
• Create a faction that is related to Assign them to the wilderness
a PC after asking them for details encounter or wandering monster
• Add an arcane conjunction, table like this:
celestial event or festival to the
real-time calendar 1d20 Encounter rarity
• Add two or three rumours and 1 Very rare
events to an area you have 2-3 Rare
developed to draw PCs or NPCs
there from afar 4-6 Uncommon
• Create a unique magical item and 7-10 Common
its ancient and recent history 11-14 Common
• Make a special random encounter 15-17 Uncommon
table for a terrain that already 18-19 Rare
exists on your maps
• Expand an existing dungeon by 20 Very rare
one to three floors by opening up
blocked passageways You do not have to prepare this in
• Add a dungeon to an existing advance if you’re confident that you
map that doesn’t have one can improvise these, but remember
that on the Type of Encounter table,
For any of these, simply follow the you’ll be asked to know what the
procedures in the worksheet or in the monster’s traces, tracks, and lair are
section on NPCs. like:

1d8 Encounter types

Wilderness encounters
and wandering
monsters
When designing a wilderness or
dungeon area, create a table of eight
encounters for the area. They are
usually monsters, with rarer monsters
being more deadly. It’s fine to put 1 or
2 non-combat encounters in there
too! The table of encounters you
create will be rolled on when the
exploration die result is a 5-6.
Your area will be more memorable if
all of these encounters relate to the
1-4 Nothing
5 Monster Traces (Nondirectional
signs such as a shed snakeskin,
an old camp or a victim)
6 Monster Tracks (directional sign
such as tracks, sounds of
grinding gears or growling)
7 Monster (in sight, perhaps not
aware)
8 Monster Lair (where the
monster sleeps, hordes, or
thrones)
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created when the exploration die
indicates for you to do so.
Stocking dungeons
Dungeons require restocking after the
PCs cause a power shift or they spend
extended time away from the
dungeon. Restock areas in the
dungeon — be they floors, zones or
lairs — not the entire dungeon. Each
area can have its own wandering
monster and trap tables, or the entire
dungeon can have just the one: It’s up
to you.
Here, the transformation table is part
of restocking the dungeon. For each
room roll on the encounter table for
the dungeon and on the monster and
trap grid. If an entry doesn’t make
sense, leave the room empty.
Generate treasure as appropriate.
Transformation table
The entries are intentionally vague:
Always ask yourself why the
transformation has occurred and work
it into your new entries.
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1d6 Transformations
1 New Tenants. Use a random
encounter table from an adjacent
area or the wilderness.
2 Trappers. After your first
monster, roll twice on the
wandering traps table instead of
the wandering monsters table.
3 Warlords. The first two lair
monsters lord over the monsters
in their adjacent rooms. They are
at war with each other.
4 Dominator. The first lair monster
mind controls all the other
monsters in the area.
5 Burrowed. Any two rooms that
contain the first monster rolled,
will have a new secret passage
connecting them.
6 Hostile Takeover. Roll again for
any empty rooms, on a
wandering monster table from
an adjacent area.
Type of encounter or trap
For each room, roll 1d8 on this table
for the type of encounter or trap:
1d8 Encounter types
1-4 Nothing
5 Monster Traces/Broken Traps:
Nondirectional signs such as a
trap not reset, a shed snakeskin,
an old camp or a victim.
6 Monster Tracks/Trap Signs:
directional sign such as tracks,
poison darts on the floor, sounds
of grinding gears or growling.
7 Monster/Trap: The monster in
sight (perhaps not aware) or the
trap has triggered and the PC has
to act or be trapped.
8 Monster Lair/Trap Danger Zone:
Where the monster sleeps,
hordes, or thrones. Your foot on
the pressure plate.
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Stocking rumours
Make a d6 or d8 (depending on size or
population) list of rumours for each
area. Rumours are not part of the
world until a PC or NPC learns them
or acts on them.
Rumours should be a single sentence,
enticing or interesting, never trivial,
and should make sense in the
possession of most anything or
anyone.
When a PC finds or seeks information,
roll either fortune or a relevant ability
check, where a failure indicates that
the rumour is false, but leads
somewhere interesting; a partial
success that it is partly true, and leads
to further secrets; and a full success
that it is true.
Once a rumour is part of the world,
between sessions, when the PCs don’t
follow up on a rumour they’ve learnt,
roll on the reaction table. Apply the
reaction table’s adjective to modify
the secret and change how the
situation develops, recycling names
and problems within the area.
When replacing rumours, recycle
names and problems within the area
as things develop to give the area
more personality.
Treasure
For each potential origin of treasure
in your world — typically a culture,
organisation, or individual — that
might have artefacts or items in the
hoard or treasure, define what makes
their treasure unique:
• What do their coins look like?
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• What are three aesthetics and
materials they use?
• What are three magical effects
their weapons use?
• What do their scrolls and potions
look like?
• What are the themes of their
technology?
Potential treasure themes
Barricade, Ally, Animal, Light, Places,
Enemy, Self, Vegetation, Civilization,
Dark, Ruler, Body, Servant,
Wilderness, Emotion, Monster, Soul,
People, Element, Pathways, Requires
sacrifice, Invert, Secretive origin,
Specific owner, Subtle, Repurposed,
Ugly, Purify the origin, Unease,
Precious Metals, Corrupt, Tell a story,
Corrupt the origin, Natural materials,
Heavy, Recognizable, Purify, Protect,
Past, Copy, Create, Exploit, Grow,
Strengthen, Curse, Heal, Reveal,
Weaken, Harm, Mutate, Destroy,
Future, Solitude, Trick, Harvest, Hide,
Commune, Isolate, Pride,
Displacement, Fate, Betrayal,
Empowerment, Communication,
Faith, Order, Rebellion, War, Vanity,
Beauty, Chaos, Control, Change,
Youth, Love, Dreams, Glory.
Factions
Factions are groups of people who
share a similar goal and have
collective power to shape the world
around them. They might be a
council, coalition, cabal, cartel,
conspiracy or more. Give them one or
more of:
1. A goal that will impact the PCs
2. An insignificant sign that they are
impacting the world
3. A significant warning that they
are close to achieving their goal
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4. An action they can take to derail • A common belief, whom it affects,

the PCs’ plans
5. An action they can take to spur
the PCs to action
For example:
The Garrulous Guild of Thieves
They seek access to the Vault of
St. Lemay so that the saint's
undead soul may ascend to
godhood.
Thieves throughout the city bear
their mark: a jester’s hat.
When the Vault is claimed, the
undead rise every night in the city
in small but significant numbers,
causing fear and unrest in the
population.
They can send their thieves to set
traps and thwart the PCs' gains.
They can frame the PCs for
crimes they did not commit.
Faction ethos
Factions, societies and religions have
ethos or a number of ethos, just as
individuals do. Their ethos are
defined by their leaders and their
heroes or gods. Their ethos define
their laws, how those laws are
enforced, and the kind of treatment
people can expect to find in their area
of influence.
and how people will act in
response to it.
Not allmember of a faction, society or
religion will follow those ethos. They
are best used, therefore, as a way to
impress upon the PCs the overarching
attitudes and atmosphere of an area
and its people.
Factions in downtime
Factions, NPCs and natural
phenomenon do things during
downtime, just as the PCs do. If those
things are likely to impact the world
and PCs, the referee should give them
one or two goals, each with a clock.
Each week of downtime, roll a fortune
check for each relevant faction or
NPC and progress one of their clocks.
Factions and NPCs downtime actions
can reflect any goal. Pick the length
of the clock in all fairness. It is less
important to identify specific walls,
branches and achievements, as often

Choose three ethos for each faction,

society or religion. These can be the
same for each area of influence, or
similar:

• A law, what drives its enactment,

and how you will show it
enforced.
• A small, common ritual or phrase,
what it means, and when you will
show it enacted.

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PCs will not be aware of the outcome NPCs negotiate based on their
of a faction or NPC action until it has desires.
been achieved.
1d20 What the NPCs want
Non-player characters 1 Grovelling
To sketch a walk-on or one-note NPC, 2-3 The PCs to leave now
give them A-DNA: An asset the PCs 4-6 The PCs to come with them
want, a distinguishing trait, what 7-10 Information
they need from the PCs, and an
11-14 Treasure
agenda.
15-17 Help
To portrait a significant NPC, add A- 18-19 Entertainment
VOW: A preferred approach, a visage 20 Violence
they falsely present to the world, an
obsession they cannot let go and a
weakness that will always defeat If the PCs dally or there's a stalemate:
them.
1d20 Impatient or stalemated?
Parley 1-3 Attack
4-6 Switch the demands for
If the PCs have to negotiate with higher stakes
NPCs, they are entering a parley. 7-10 Agree to leave each other
Some parleys are straightforward to alone, perhaps until an
roleplay. If a parley promises to be exchange later
contentious,follow the five principles 11-14 Retreat, but will be back and
of parley, and use the three tables to fulfil their threat
assist you when you’re stuck. 15-17 Switch the demands for lower
stakes
Five principles of parley 18-20 Capitulate, and later betray
1. The consequences of a failed
parley should be obvious. NPCs who don't attack you, don't
2. The traits of the NPCs that are attack for a reason:
relevant to the parley should be
obvious and not hidden from the 1d20 Why they don’t attack
PCs.
1 They want something
3. There should be more than one
solution to the parley. 2-3 Unequipped
4. These solutions should be 4-6 Wounded or weakened
challenging, and require coming 7-10 Untrained and uncertain
back, giving up something
important, physical or related to 11-14 Unmotivated or disloyal
the PCs' beliefs. 15-17 Stupid or making an error
5. NPCs leverage their power if they 18-19 Unconfident
outnumber the PCs or have 20 Curiosity
something the PCs want.

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Fantasy economics
There are five principles of fantasy
economics. Follow these principles to
keep shopping interesting. It’s worth
acting out shopping because
shopkeepers have mouths to feed, and
they’ll routinely charge double or
triple price, or offer a tenth of the
value of an item, because their job is
to squeeze the PCs for all they’re
worth.
1. Shopkeepers are people. Give
them at least A-DNA, and A-VOW
too if they’re a local who will be
met regularly. Shopkeepers can’t
afford to buy things that they
can’t sell to the people already in
their town. If they could afford a
1000 GP diamond, it’s at a tenth
the price, and they leave town to
sell it and retire in the city.
2. Shopkeepers can’t afford to
give discounts. If they like your
chances, though they might just
take a percentage of the treasure
you bring back.
3. Shopkeepers can tell if you’re
desperate. If you walk into town
looking like adventurers, climbing
gear and torches are going to be
at a premium.
4. Shopkeepers sell rare items at
high prices. The shorter the
supply, the more expensive it is. If
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you buy the local stores’ supply of
hemp rope, that last length will
be double the price of the first,
and next time even more so.
5. Shopkeepers think in whole
numbers. Charge double or triple
to sell. Offer half or a quarter of
the price to buy.
Special damages
There are many special damages that
are worth mentioning in brief.
Falling causes 1d6 damage for every
10 feet fallen, with half on a
successful save vs. poison. Energy
drain reduces a statistic (usually
Constitution), which effects future
ability checks but does not require
any items on the character sheet to be
rerolled. Note your original score for
when you recover. Poison has a
strength, an effect, methods and
latency. The strength is the number of
d6 damage it causes. The effect is
whether it debilitates, paralyses, or
slows. The method is whether it
requires contact, ingestion, or wound
The latency is if it occurs in 1d6
minutes, hours, or days. If it is a
latent poison, you’re always
debilitated until the final effect
occurs. Always name poisons.
Monsters
Monsters can be categorised as
natural — simply animals in the
campaign world — or mythic — they
follow story-book rather than
ecological rules. A giant spider is
considered natural; a dragon could be
considered either. It is your choice
how you categorise a monster or
whether you want any of a certain
category in your game world.
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For a natural monster, always have an
immediate cause in mind, then the
distant cause which caused the
immediate one.
For the mythic monster, consider how
the environment and any associated
monsters will act in concert with it,
and what it’s malign intent is.
For example,
There is an ursastrix rampaging
through the farmland, killing the
dairy cattle that keep the locals in
coin. The bear-owl’s diet
consisted easy to catch humming-
bloods, but a local priest ordered
them hunted down and their
nests burnt to prevent further
plague. That plague was being
spread by the humming-bloods,
but only because they’d been used
by a young love-witch who is
gathering blood for love potions
for the youth of the local town.
Corpses of humming-bloods fill
the ursastrix’ den and it is pocked
with scars from their proboscis,
and there have been a run of
marriage among the young of the
town lately, against all the
expectations of the village
gossips.
Converting and
creating monsters
A monster requires the following
statistics:
Number appearing, attacks/damage,
save as, armour, hit points, movement
type, morale, treasure type, special
notes on attacks and defences.
All numbers are compatible with the
both basic and advanced versions of
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games, except for armour and morale.
It may be beneficial to include
information for the referee’s
inspiration, on frequency,
organisation, intelligence, ethos, diet,
sleep cycle, climate and habitat,
society and ecology, or tactics.
To calculate morale from basic
adventure games, use the table below.
From advanced adventure games, use
their morale rating, averaging if given
a range.
Basic morale AFD morale rating
≤5 5
6-9 10
≥10 15
To convert an NPCs armour class,
consult the following table. Here,
“limited” means only applicable to a
single damage type, where
“mundane” refers to all all three
common damage types. Applicable to
a unique damage type (“lightning” or
“magical”) counts as the next AC
higher for the purposes of conversion.
AC Type Armour
10 None 10 limited
9 10 mundane
8 Leather 12 limited
7 Studded 12 mundane
6 Scale 14 limited
5 Chain 14 mundane
4 16 limited
3 Plate 16 mundane
2 18 limited
1 Full plate 18 mundane

Hit Dice are in d8s. If you choose, you
can use the average rather than roll to
generate hit points, by adding the
number of HD times 4.5 (rounded
down).
To convert a monster’s “save as” or
saving throw to a “Safe zone”, choose
relevant areas where the monster has
special strength, and give that a safe
zone of half their hit dice. This is best
used analogously so they can be
interpreted by the referee easily
(“mind-powers”, or “breath-
weapons”, or “metabolism”). Safe
zones always include other things
that are alike to the description:
“breath-weapons” includes fireballs,
or webs, and “poison” includes
diseases and drunkeness, for example.
Note that save vs. turning is a unique
number compared to other safe zones,
calculated as HP, divided by 5,
subtracted from 10.
To assign a monster treasure, firstly,
assign a treasure type according to its
kind (equivalencies to advanced
adventure games are in parentheses):
▪ Leavings for monsters who
simply leave a pile of their
victims (Types A to F)
▪ Belongings for large groups of
humanoids, largely consisting
of their everyday livings
(Types G, I , O, P, R, or W)
▪ Hordes for dragons and other
similar creatures (Type H)
▪ Collections for creatures who
collect sparkly things (Type
Q)
▪ Incidental for stuff found on
odd bodies (Types J to N)
▪ Bosses for unique, high-level
monsters (Type U)
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▪ Add magical for creatures
that possess magical items
(Types S, T, and V)
Secondly, calculate the value of its
treasure, which is equal to 6gp per HP,
or 3540gp if their treasure is in a
horde.
Thirdly, ascertain magical items. If it
is a horde, the creature's treasure will
have 1d6 magical items in it. If an
individual has magical treasure type,
roll 2d6 and take the lowest for the
number of magical items it possesses.
The roll taken, if it's 3 or less, will
consist of consumable magical items
such as potions or scrolls. If it is 4 or
higher, any additional magical items
will be permanent
Finally, assign a third of its total value
to coins, a third to gems and a third to
art objects. Detail the treasure and
any magical items as per the Treasure
section.
Typically, number of attacks relate
to monster size. Human-sized
creatures get one attack, huge
creatures get two, and giant creatures
get three.
The nature of a monster's attacks and
the size of their attack dice can be
translated directly, but for the most
part relates to theme and weapon
type.
Include the monster’s special
powers. These can often be related as
spells to be cast per day, or watch, or
per round. If they are unique, it is best
to give their special powers a chance
on a six-sided dice (e.g. a 1-in-6
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Abberant, many-eyed
A ball of roiling tentacles and eyes,
with one great baleful eye in its
centre, hovering three feet from the
ground.
# 1
Attacks Nil
Safe zoneNil
Armour 18 mundane (body).
HP 25 (body); 12 (central eye);
2 (each eyestalk)
Morale 18
Treasure Magical
type
Special Dispelling Ray: All magic
within melee range of the
abberant is negated, unless
cast from behind the
aberrant.
Random ray: The abberant
shoots a prismatic ray from
a random eyestalk. If one is
destroyed, randomly cross
one off the list: 1. Charm;
2. Sleep; 3. Telekinesis; 4.
Flesh to stone; 5.
Disintegrate; 6. Fear; 7.
Slow; 8. Cause serious
wounds; 9. Death ; 10.
Laughter.
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Annis
Witches, twisted and strengthened by
their devotion to power. Disguised
often as harmless old ladies, they are
giant, able to crush a gobling in one
hand, are spry and cruel. They often
live in covens of three and take
minions they can easily cow. They eat
flesh, and their skin is black as if it
were melted by hellfire. Their eyes are
green like the deepest ocean.
# 1d3
Attacks 2 x 2d4 (talons) + 2d8 (iron
teeth)
Safe zone 8 (devilry)
Armour Nil
HP 80
Morale 15
chain Magical
mail
Special Change self at will.
Coven: A coven can cast
control weather, dream,
animate dead, curse, and
polymorph other once per
day. They use these to
weave wicked plots, rather
than for combat.
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Bear, cave
Huge, aggressive, grey-furred and can
see well in dim light. They’ll never
stop tracking you if you invade their
home.

# 1d2
Attacks 2 x claw (1d3), 1 x bite
(1d6)
Safe zone 3 (steel)
Armour 12 budgeoning (hide)
HP 27
Morale 9
Treasure Leavings
type
Special Bear hug: If a victim is hit
by both paws in the same
round, the bear hugs for an
extra 2d8 automatic
damage.
Last Stand: When reduced
to 0 HP, continues to attack
for 1d4 rounds.

Bearblin
Hulking, yeti-like, with red, bristling
fur. They have a bearlike snout and
long, upright ears.

# 2d4
Attacks 2d4 fists or by weapon
Safe zone Nil
Armour 14 mundane (chain mail)
HP 16
Morale 12
Treasure Belongings
type
Special Infravision

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Brain-hound
A brain, with four, scaly lacertine
limbs. They "see" psychic activity and,
if well fed, make excellent watchdogs.
When left hungry, they're known to
feed on their masters, so keep one at
your own risk.

# 1d2
Attacks 4 x 1d4 (claws)
Safe zone 3 (psychic intrusion)
Armour Nil
HP 33
Morale 17
Treasure Collection
type
Special Shrink: Can psionically
shrink self and crawl up Cerbereus
the target’s nose while
they sleep, devouring their Shaggy, blood-red fur; glowing, red
brain from within and eyes; brimstone breath. Their
replacing it. They then pawprints burn into stone, and their
animate the body from baying sets fear into any heart. They
within. hunt cleverly for prey they are
summoned to kill; they play with
Manifest powers as a their prey whether or not they have
fourth-level psionicist, been summoned.
once per watch.
# 2d4
Attacks 2d4 bite. On a critical hit,
they grasp onto their
target and breathe fire
(+3d6).
Safe zone 3 (fire, devilry)
Armour Nil
HP 25
Morale 13
Treasure Leavings
type
Special Breathe flame. Once per
day, they can breathe flame
in area of effect for 3d6
damage.
3-in-6 chance of locating
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Cobold
Cunning, child-sized beagle-folk,
smell like wet dog. Their dimunitive
size and relative fragility means they
rely on kowtowing, ambush, traps,
trained or trapped animals and
alliances to survive. Never a fair fight.

# 5d4
Attacks 1d4 (club) or 1d6 (blade)
Safe zoneNil
Armour 12 piercing & slashing
(leather and hide)
HP 2
Morale 8
Treasure Belongings
type
Special Winged boggarts are
occasionally born of cobold
mothers; they appear as
cobolds, but are winged
and scaled. These children
of dragons are holy and
upstanding members of
the cobold community.

Cyclops
Eight feet tall, with deep blue hair, a
rough voice, and a single, bloodshot
eye.

# 1d4
Attacks 1d6 + 1d6 (club) or 6d6
(hurl boulder)
Safe zone Nil
Armour Nil
HP 58
Morale 16
Treasure Leavings
type
Special Disadvantage on boulder
throws due to poor depth
perception.

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Dendrobate
Human-sized bipedal, multicoloured
frog-folk.

# 1d8 x 10
Attacks 1 x by weapon (+1d6
venom)
Safe zone Nil
Armour 14 mundane (Scale)
HP 4
Morale 10
Treasure Belongings
type
Special Leaping strike: Gain
advantage if striking after
a leap between ranges.
Poison: Slimy sweat is
poisonous if ingested (3d6
damage, 2d6 hours latency,
hallucinations).
Demon
Six-armed, snake-tailed giants of
apocalyptic renown, arrive at
battlefields at the turn of the tide, to
wreak
havok.
# 1
Attacks 6 x 1d8 (or by weapon)
Safe zone 6 (steel)
Armour +2 or better weapons to hit
HP 72
Morale 18
Treasure Magical
type
Special Magic resistant (wizardly)
Constrict: Save vs. steel or
be wrapped in a
constricting tail, causing
4d8 damage per round.
Can cast comprehend
languaged, detect
invisibility, polymorph self
and telekenesis at will.

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Devil
Humanoid, red-skinned, well-dressed.
Their suit hides giant bat wings and
their smile reveals shark-sharp teeth.
Their tail is tipped with spines and
their claws are razors. They come to
fulfil your greatest wishes.

# 1
Attacks 1d4 +1d4 (claws) +2d4
(bladed tail)
Safe zone 3 (steel)
Armour +1 or better weapons to hit
HP 36
Morale 11
Treasure Nil
type
Special Magic resistant (wizardly)

Dive: If flying, dive from a

height to inflict double
damage with both claws.

Can cast change self,

command, produce flame
once per turn.

Regenerating: Recovers 1
HP each round,.
Dimensional dingo
Dingo-like, highly intelligent canines.

# 4d4
Attacks 1d6 (bite)
Safe zone Nil
Armour Nil
HP 13
Morale 11
Treasure Nil
type
Special Blink: On a failed PC attack
roll, they disappear and do
not reappear until their
next attack.

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Doppelganger
Hairless, grey, eyes pupiless and huge.
When stressed, change their form
instinctively and emotionally.

# 3d4
Attacks As weapon
Safe zone Nil
Armour As armour
HP 18
Morale 13
Treasure Collection
type
Special Immunity (charm, sleep)
ESP at will.
Mimic: Can imitate its
target with incredible
accuracy, even to their
closest loved ones.
Dragon, crimson
Covetous and greedy, bloated and
obsessive, exceptionally vain, their
scales glossy scarlet and their eyes
intelligent. They make their lairs in
ruined dungeons atop mountains or
great hills.

# 1
Attacks 1d10 + 1d10 (claws) + 3d10
(bite)
Safe zone 7 (steel)
Armour 67 mundane (scaly hide)
HP 37
Morale 17
Treasure Horde
type
Special Fire breath: 12d10 +6 to all
in area of effect, save vs.
ill-fortune for half damage.
Immune to fire.
Has two first-level and one
2nd-level wizardly spells
memorised.

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Dragonisle
The shell of a dragonisle resembles a
small, rocky island, often complete
with tropical flora. They float in the
ocean, sleeping for long periods of
time, only waking to feed on huge sea
creatures, or more often, ships.

# 1
Attacks 2d6 + 2d6 (claws) + 4d8
(bite)
Safe zone 7 (Steel)
Armour 57 magical (shell only)
HP 57
Morale 17
Treasure Horde
type
Special Capsize ship: 3-in-6
chance to capsize ship on
an attempt.
Scalding breath: 20d6 heat
damage in area of effect, Drisheen
save vs. Ill-fortune for half. A human-sized mass of reddish black
(can use again on 2-in-6). cells, moving slowly but inexorably
towards the heat generated by
animals or plants. Cutting one splits
it into two of half the size.

# 1
Attacks 3d8 (pseudopod)
Safe zone Nil
Armour Nil
HP 45
Morale Nil
Treasure Nil
type
Special Immune to acid, cold, and
poison.
Dissolves 2 inches of wood
in 1 round, 2 inches of
light metal or chain in 2
rounds, and 2 inches of
thick metal or plate in 3
rounds.

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Elemental, flame
Fierce, vaguely-humanoid bonfire.
Resentful, direct and savage when
pulled from their flame-world. Their
eyes are white-hot.

# 1
Attacks 3d8 (flame whip)
Safe zone 6 (steel), 3 (magic)
Armour Nil
HP 70
Morale 17
Treasure Nil
type
Special Immune to fire.
Unable to cross bodies of
water. Fishlord, elder
Hypnotise: Their dance is Loathsome, ancient, precursor
alluring and their form sucker-walking fish with vile
appears as whatever the intelligence and psionic powers.
watcher most desires. Save
vs. domination or stand in # 2d4
awe for 1d4 turns, Attacks 3 x d8 (tentacles)
oblivious to the burning
carnage around you. Safe zone4 (psionic)
Armour 16 slashing & bludgeoning
(slime)
HP 27
Morale 13
Treasure Magical
type
Special Poison tentacles: Save vs.
transformation or your
skin transforms into a
slimy membrane which
must be kept damp or
suffer 1d4 damage per
turn.
Illusory lures: Can create a
realistic, multisensory
illusion at will.
Dominate: Can dominate a
creature in reach range
three times per day.

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Flail jaguar
Huge, black jaguar. They have
tentacles with tooth-like growths
extruding from the ends. They
shudder in your vision as it snarls.

# 1d4 +1
Attacks 2d4 + 2d4 (tentacles) or
bite at claws (1d4 +1d4 +
1d8)
Safe zone 3 (steel)
Armour 14 mundane (hide)
HP 13
Morale 13
Treasure Leavings
type
Special Illusory position: 3-in-6
chance the flail jaguar is
not actually there when
you strike it.
Fungoid
Shrunken humanoids with leaf-like
tendrils and thorn-like claws. The
product of a mahogany mold
infection. They communicate in a
language of drumming, having no
speech.

# 6d4
Attacks By weapon or 1d4 (thorn-
claws)
Safe zone 3 (fungus)
Armour 13 piercing (sturdy plant-
flesh)
HP 13
Morale 8
Treasure Belongings
type
Special Camouflage: In their
chosen habitats, they are
coloured to blend into
their surroundings, gaining
advantage on hiding.
Immunity to electricity
and charm.

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Gargouiille
Stone-skinned imps, collectors of
shinies, most often found squatting in
ruins or acting as guards or
messengers. They are ambush-
predators: Disguised as sculptures,
then swooping down from above or
behind.

# 2d8
Attacks 1d6 (claws) + 1d6 (bite)
Safe zone+1 magical weapon to hit
Armour 16 slashing, piercing (stone
carapace)
HP 19
Morale 11
Treasure Collection
type
Special Swoop. Double damage if
attacking from above.

Ghul
Living humans: infected with a
disease of undeath, their minds
instilled with the guile of pack
animals, and a thirst for marrow. If
you’re bitten and survive, you become
a ghoul yourself.

# 2d12
Attacks 2d3 (claws) or 1d6 (bite)
Safe zone 8 (save vs. turning)
Armour Nil
HP 9
Morale 11
Treasure Leavings
type
Special Paralysing claws: Save vs.
poison or be paralyised for
2 +1d6 rounds.
Infectious bite: Save vs.
poison if bitten; on a fail,
you will become a ghoul at
next new moon.

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Gobling
Child-sized, big-eared, gleeful, green-
skinned, squeaking things with a
nasty and clever humour. They live in
huge extended family networks,
where they make all they need from
everything they can steal.

# 4d6
Attacks 1d6 (short sword) or as
weapon)
Safe zone None
Armour 12 slashing & piercing
(leather armour)
HP 3
Morale 10
Treasure Belongings
type
Special Infravision. They prefer the
dark.
Golem
A perfect ceramic sculpture. Often
painted, although usually faded by
age. Human-sized or a bit larger, they
move carefully. Their clothes are part
of their flesh.

# 1
Attacks 3d10 fists
Safe zone5 (domination)
Armour Only affected by blunt or
magical weapons
HP 49
Morale 19
Treasure Nil
type
Special Cast haste on self, once per
day.
Immune to sleep, charm,
and anything that would
not affect clay.
Not prone to shattering by
normal means, but
vulberable to magical
shattering.

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Gorgo
Beautiful, snake-haired woman. Her
eyes are a pale grey, as if they were
made of stone...wait, what’s
happening to me? A gorgo’s home is
full of statuary and flickering lights;
they live a life of luxury, masked such
that they have the care of servants
who fear them for what their
vengeance will be.

# 1
Attacks As weapon + 1d4
(snakebites)
Safe zone Nil
Armour As armour
HP 27
Morale 13
Treasure Belongings
type
Special Gaze: The gorgo reveal’s
their eyes, and the target
must make a save vs.
poison or be turned to
stone.

Hobknoblin
Red-skinned, richly-dressed,
gluttonous and arrogant, these
mercenaries live only to fight.

# 2d10
Attacks By weapon
Safe zone Nil
Armour 14 mundane (chain mail)
HP 5
Morale 11
Treasure Belongings
type
Special Nil

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Hrimavolk giant
Ivory-skinned, blonde-haired hunters,
wear chain mail decorated with beast
horns, feathers, or pelts of past
quarries. They adore anything gilden
or bejewelled

# 1d8
Attacks 2d8 + 9 (great axes or
mighty hammers) or 2d10
(boulder hurl)
Safe zone 7 (steel)
Armour 14 mundane (chain mail)
HP 47
Morale 13 Imp
Treasure Belongings Two-feet tall, winged, humanoid with
type goat horns and scorpion tails, formed
Special Catch: 2-in-6 chance of elemental matter. They are born of
they’ll catch a boulder ice, lava, mist, smoke or steam.
thrown at them. Mischevious and wicked, but in banal
Immune to cold. ways. Often familiars, but their
powers make them good domestic
servants or spies.

# 1
Attacks 1d4 + 1d4 (claws)
Safe zone 1 (devilry)
Armour Nil
HP 13
Morale 8
Treasure Collection
type
Special Shapechage to the form of
a raven, rat, or goat.
Invisibility at will.
Immune to attacks based
on the substance from
which they were born (e.g.
cold for an ice imp).
Elemental burst: When
struck, a burst of their
matter causes 1d4 damage
to their attacker.

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Jelly scavenger
Giant amoebas of transparent jelly,
they slide down corridors absorbing
carrion and trash. They leave a slimy
trail, but cannot climb walls or cling
from ceilings. Usually visible due to
indigestibles stuck in them, which
appear as if levitating: Swords, wands,
and the like.

#
Attacks 2d4 damage per round
while inside
Safe zone Nil
Armour Nil Jinn
HP 18 Richly dressed giants, their steps and
Morale 10 gestures like heat rippling on the
horizon. They live in their world of
Treasure Leavings magical sculptures and floating
type islands. Some visit our world while
Special Paralyising touch: Save vs adventuring. When bound, will grant
poison or be paralyzed for three wishes.
5d4 rounds.
# 1
Attacks 2d8 (absurdly large
scimitar)
Safe zone 3 (steel)
Armour 21 magical
HP 31
Morale 13
Treasure Nil
type
Special Whirlwind, at will. Obeys
commands, can be ridden
as a horse for up to six
people, and attacks for 2d6
damage per round.
Create food, water, wine,
soft goods, wooden items,
metal or illusions at will.
If captured will grant three
wishes. Upon the third
wish they must be freed, or
else a batallion of jinn will
ride to free them.

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Jotun
Swollen, red-skinned, two pig-like
bickering faces. Highwaymen that
feed on their victims.

# 1
Attacks 2d8 + 3d6 (two spiked
clubs)
Safe zone Nil
Armour As armour
HP 45
Morale 14
Treasure Collection
type
Special Never surprised. Kraken
A squid whose entire body constitutes
many battlefields, that crushes 60-
foot ships with impunity, that wields
wicked intelligence and summons the
storm.

# 1
Attacks 2 x 3d6 (barbed tentacle) +
7d4 (gaping maw) + 6 x 2d6
(grasping tentacles)
Safe zone 10 (steel)
Armour 14 mundane (carapace)
HP 81 (body) 18 (each
tentacle)
Morale 18
Treasure 1d6 entire sunken ships
type
Special Crush: On a failed save
against grasping tentacles,
you are constricted for 3d6
damage per round and are
carried with the Kraken
(perhaps underwater).
Ink cloud: If 3+ tentacles
are severed, they will
retreat, releasing an ink
cloud Any in the cloud
cannot see, and recieve 2d4
damage each round they
remain in the cloud.

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Lacertite
Very tall, bipedal komodo dragons.
Isolationist. Religious. Foreigners
must be kept out, to protect the
hatchlings.

# 1d8 +7
Attacks 1d6 (bite) + as weapon
Safe zone Nil
Armour As armour
HP 11
Morale 14
Treasure Belongings
type
Special Nil

Leech, giant
Bloated, many-toothed, sucker-
mawed slime-slug. They live in fetid
and dark swamp-water and sewers.

# 4d4
Attacks 1d4 (maw)
Safe zone Nil
Armour Nil
HP 13
Morale 7
Treasure Leavings
type
Special Sucker: After successful
attack, latches on;
thereafter, it sucks 3HP per
turn of blood. There is only
1-in-6 chance of the target
noticing due to
anaethetizing saliva,
although they may notice
the huge weight of the
leech as they try to move.

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Laughing folk
Hyena-faced, spotted, and maned.
Their language sounds like your
laughter, but crueller. A society built
on betrayal will never prosper, but
they will come together for payout or
a feed, in a fearful swarm that deafens
the land with their foul cackling.

# 2d6
Attacks 2d6 (polearm, battle axe, or
mornign star)
Safe zone Nil
Armour 14 chain mail (mundane)
HP 9
Morale 11 Lich-drake
Treasure Belongings A rotting dragon-corpse, with
type galaxies for eyes. Sometimes,
Special Deafening cackle: If 5 or desperate dragons seek the same
more Laughing Folk are power evil wizards do through
near, none within area of lichdom; they become something
effect can communicate more empty, colder, and
verbally due to the crueller.
cacophony of their # 1
laughter. Attacks 2 x 1d6 (claws) + 3d6 (bite)
Safe zone 6 (steel); -1 (save vs.
turning)
Armour 16 magical (imbued scales)
HP 54
Morale 19
Treasure Horde
type
Special Immune to charm, sleep
and anything else for
which it would not make
sense to affect the dead.
Immune to all magic of
fifth-level or lower.
Fear aura: As fear spell,
affects entire battlefield.
Flesh-rotting breath: Save
vs. poison or lose half your
hit points; lose one quarter
on a success.

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Lichknight
A knight built like an ogre, its face a
blackened skull and its eyes glowing
coals. Its armour is burnt black and its
death echoes as if in a cavern. It can
always speak your language.

# 1
Attacks 2 x d10+2 (magical two-
handed sword)
Safe zone 6 (wizardly magic, steel);
-1 (save vs. turning)
Armour 18 mundane (full plate)
HP 49
Morale 17
Treasure Magical
type
Special Aura of fear: When you
come within melee range
of the Death Knight, there
is a 5-in-6 chance that you
will flee uncontrollably.
Power word, Blind, as spell,
once per day.
Fireball: 10d6, as spell, Manscorpion
once per day. Noble, rigid scorpion-centaurs, living
in great inverted cities and citadels.

# 4d4
Attacks As weapon + 1d4 (tail)
Safe zone Nil
Armour 14 mundane (carapace)
HP 18
Morale 13
Treasure Belongings. Almost always
type have a magical munane
tool on their belt (e.g. a
magical, wall-shattering
hammer).
Special Tail sting: Any hit from the
tail must save vs. poison or
die in 2d4 rounds. On a
success, they lost 2d4 HP
and convulse for 1 round.

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Minotaur
Big, bull-headed men, erudite and
bluff. In the distant past they were
imprisoned in labyrinths for sport,
but now they are known as sailors and
pirates.

# 4d4
Attacks As weapon + 2d4 (horns)
Safe zone 3 (Being lost)
Armour As armour
HP 27
Morale 13
Treasure Belongings
type
Special Nil

Mold, dungeon
Some molds pose a deadly threat, but
are more hazards than monsters.

Chestnut mold is a creeping

quivering fur. It is foreshadowed by a
sudden chill and drains heat equal to
4d8 points of damage from any who
touch it. It grows quickly from heat.
Proximity to a torch will double its
size each round.

Mahogany mold has the texture of

cold porridge, and can only be
removed with salt, acid or alcohol. It
releases a cloud of spores when
touched that cause 5d4 damage per
round in the cloud. On a failed save
vs. poison they are infected with
spore sickness (see Moldman).

Golden mold is rough and coralish.

It is vulnerable to extreme cold. If
touched it releases a cloud of
extremely flamable spores, which will
cause 5d4 damage if ignited.
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Mole-mantis
Borrowing monstrous insect, with six
hooked burrowing legs and yellow
chitinous shell. Sensitive antennae.
# 1d6
Attacks 3d6 (crushing bite) + 1d4
(acid)
Safe zone Nil
Armour 18 mundane (not on belly)
HP 16
Morale 9
Treasure None
type
Special Enzyme spray: Spray acidic
stomach enzymes as a
ranged attack, 8d4 damage.
Save vs. poison for half.
Tremor sense: Can feel
vibrations of prey half a
mile away.

Mole-orca
Blue and brown orca with clawed feet,
and a rocky dorsal fin that mimics a
stone when at rest. They rely on
vibrations to sense their prey up to a
mile away, but often sit still with their
fins above ground, waiting to ambush.
# ½ x d4
Attacks 4d8 (bite)
Safe zone 4
Armour 40 mundane (back only)
HP 10
Morale 11
Treasure Scraps
type
Special Crushing leap. Leap
between ranges to inflict
3d6 crushing damage;
pinned beneath the Mole-
orca

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Ocypete
Beautiful, lovely haired girls with
sparrow wings. They dance upon
storm winds, stealing food and
trinkets. If threatened, their faces
twist, their bodies become as vultures,
and their eyes drip with hateful tears.

# 2d6
Attacks 2d6 (claws)
Safe zone Nil
Armour Nil
HP 30
Morale 10
Treasure Collection
type
Special Song: Any who hear an
ocypete’s song becomes
calmed, and approaches
the ocypete in awe. The
charm ceases if the ocypete
attacks.

Ogre
Nine-feet tall, heavily muscled
humanoids built like brick outhouses.
They are typically characterised as
greedy brigands or mercenaries,
although there are rumours of ogre
civilisations with great beauty and
magic.
# 2d10
Attacks 1d10 (club)
Safe zone Nil
Armour As armour
HP 22
Morale 11
Treasure Belongings
type
Special Nil

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Ork
Pig-faced folk, with glinting red eyes.
A people like any other, but weighed
down with a reputation for violence
after a great war many centuries ago.

# 3d10
Attacks 1d8 (axe) or as weapon
Safe zone Nil
Armour 14 mundane (scale)
HP 5
Morale 11
Treasure Belongings
type
Special Nil

Ore-eater
A giant blind crickets with a raised
tail that resembles a television
antenna. They sense the vibrations in
metal and oxidise it for sustenance.
They are not aggressive unless
provoked, but are the bane of miners.

# 1d2
Attacks Special
Safe zone 2 (steel)
Armour 14 mundane (carapace)
HP 11
Morale 9
Treasure Nil
type
Special Oxidizer: Sprays a mist at
someone or something in
melee range, causing steel,
iron or alloys that rust to
rust.
Single-minded: 2-in-6
chance it will stop to eat
rusted metal even during
combat.

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Phanin
Giant snakes with human heads and
prismatic scales and spined crests
that rise up when angry. Long-lived,
studious and never-sleeping, they
often serve as oracles and sages.

# 1
Attacks 2d4 (bite)
Safe zone 5 (wizardly magic or
devilry)
Armour 12 piercing & slashing
(scales)
HP 42
Morale 15
Treasure Collection
type
Special Poison spit: On a failed
save vs. poison, die in 1d4
rounds.
Psimole
Small, white, star-nosed moles that
burrow through stone and dirt. They
feed on psionic energy, using their
innate psionic powers.

# ½ x d6
Attacks Nil
Safe zone Nil
Armour Nil
HP 1
Morale 5
Treasure Nil
type
Special Psychic drain: Can drain a
creature they touch of
their psi pool, at a rate of
10 psi pool per round. This
is painless, and occurs
typically during sleep. No
sign is left beside not
recovering your psi pool
during a rest, and a star-
shaped mark on your
forehead.

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Skeleton
Battered or rotting flesh hanging off
them, or polished and in suits, they
are still just cackling bones with no
speech and few wits.

# 3d10
Attacks 1d6 (as weapon)
Safe zone9 (save vs. turning)
Armour 18 bone,(piercing and
slashing)
HP 3
Morale Follow orders without
question.
Treasure Nil
type
Special Immune to sleep, charm,
hold, and cold.
Revivifying: If their skull is
not smashed to dust after Spider, giant
they are reduced to 0 HP, A red-crested spide that could wrap a
they will rise again in a full-sized human in its arms. They
bony clatter the next turn. spin webs around their paralysed prey
to let them ripe before drinking their
flesh.

# 1d8
Attacks 1d8 (bite)
Safe zone Nil
Armour Nil
HP 23
Morale 13
Treasure Leavings
type
Special Venom: Save vs. poison or
be paralysed for 2d4 turns.
In this time, the spider will
wrap you in webs that will
restrain you with a Safe
zone of 5 to break out of
(although they can easily
be cut by another). This
web is acidic; while
trapped suffer 1d4 damage
per turn.

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Spider, phase
Pale, almost transparent in places,
long-limbed spiders that spin
invisible webs and hunt in packs.

# 1d4
Attacks 1d6 (bite)
Safe zone Nil
Armour Nil
HP 22
Morale 15
Treasure Leavings
type
Special Phase: Disappears at the
end of every round, and
reappears at the beginning
of their next round
Transparent webs: Once
per turn, can spin a
transparent, sticky web big
enough to entrap a human.
If anyone steps into it is
trapped until they are cut
free.
Tesh-tesh (Griffon)
Rooster-faced, lion-bodied
carnivorous monstrosities. Hunting
prides of the skies, for horse-like prey.
Defend their hatchlings and eggs with
a spiteful rage. Eagle-faced breeds
have been trained as steeds by the
foolish.

# 2d6
Attacks 1d4+1d4 (claws)
Safe zone 3 (breath weapons)
Armour Nil
HP 31
Morale 11
Treasure Leavings
type
Special Ambush: 2d8 damage
when surprising their
opponent.

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Treant
Indistinguishable from trees at first,
until their arms, face and legs
delineate themselves from the shape
of the tree. The leaves of treants
never fall. Treants are slow to act but
fearful in anger.

# 3d6
Attacks 3d6
Safe zone 5 (plants)
Armour 14 mundane (bark)
HP 29
Morale 16
Treasure Collection
type
Special Vulnerable to fire.

Animate trees, which are

too slow to harm people
but can harm buildings or
fortifications.

Treesister
Elegant, look as if chiseled from
wood. Skin and hair the colour of the
seasons; clothes as leaf-fall and floral
hair. Spirit of their own tree, bringing
blessing to their forest.

# 1
Attacks 1 x 1d4 (knife)
Safe zone 2 (magic)
Armour Nil
HP 9
Morale 12
Treasure Collection
type
Special Enchant person, thrice per
day.
Portal through any tree
into her tree.
Speak with plants.

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Trogdolyte
Axolotyl-folk, typically living simple
lives in upper subterranea, benefitting
from the leavings of cities and towns
above them, but avoiding commerce
or friendship with the surface-
dwellers.

# 3d10
Attacks As weapon
Safe zoneNil
Armour As armour or 12 slashing,
piercing (scales)
HP 9
Morale 11
Treasure Belongings
type
Special Water-breathing
Troll
Infra-vision.
Ogre-sized humanoids with rubbery,
off-colour skin. Their hair is a mass of
thick, black tendrils that float, like
weeds in the water. They are featless,
ravenous, and often wander into new
lands causing havok as they eat until
their belly is swollen and then fall
asleep at the bottoms of lakes, in a
bridge's shade, or in a dead bear's
cave.

# 2d4
Attacks 2 x 2d4 (claws) + 2d6 (bite)
Safe zone Nil
Armour Nil
HP 63
Morale 14
Treasure Leavings
type
Special Weird life: Regenerates 3
HP per round. 1-in-6
chance severed limbs
continue to fight. Lost
body parts regrow in a
week. They are vulnerable
to fire and acid,.

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Tyrannosaurus
Fast, giant, two-legged apex predator.
It is fiercly stupid, and will defend its
territory to the death.

# 1d2
Attacks 5d8 (bite) or 3d8 (bash)
Safe zone Nil
Armour 12 mundane (hide)
HP 81
Morale 16
Treasure Leavings
type
Special Bash: Sweeps its tail or
head, knocking all in area
of effect to the ground.
Must expend their next
movement to climb back to
their feet.
Vampyr Lord
No reflection, no shadow, completely
silent. Otherwise, just people. They’re
masterminds that assume positions of
power, or socialites who manipulate
the powerful at night.

# 1d4
Attacks As weapon
Safe zone 4 (magic, steel); -2 (save vs.
turning)
Armour Cannot be hit except by
magical weapons.
HP 60
Morale 16
Treasure Horde
type
Special Gaze: save vs. domination
or become enchanted.
Can become a bat or a
cloud of gas at will.
Can climb upon walls.
Cannot die unless their
coffin is destroyed or their
heart is pierced by a stake.

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Ursastrix
Giant owl-faced bear, with an
armoured crest and horned beak.
Solitary creatures.
# 1
Attacks 2 x 1d6 (claws) or 3d4
(horned beak)
Safe zone Nil
Armour 14 mundane (crest: not
from behind
HP 33
Morale 11
Treasure Leavings
type
Special Bear hug: If both claws hit,
squeeze the target for 2d8
damage per round.

Vulture-wyrm
Massive centipedoid with writhing
snout-tentacles. Scraps of rotting
flesh hang from its carapace, emitting
a fetid odor.

# 1d6
Attacks 1d4 bite
Safe zone Nil
Armour 12 mundane (hide)
HP 23
Morale 6
Treasure Leavings
type
Special Tentacles: 1 target in reach
range. Save vs. poison or be
paralysed.

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Were-folk
Afflicted with a curse that forces
them to shapechange during the full
moon. With training, may
shapechange at will. Many groups of
were-folk have formed communities
with their own cultures and folkways.
Common were-folk include wolves,
jackals, ravens and bears.

# 1d12
Attacks 2d4 (teeth or claws)
Safe zoneNil
Armour Can be hit only by silver or
magical weaponry.
HP 21
Morale 12
Treasure Belongings
type
Special Shapechange: Either at will
or at full moon, become a
giant version of their
designated beast.

Wraith
A cloud of black anti-matter, vaguely
humanoid with glowing, red eyes. The
soul of a cursed, powerful human,
whose will to consume lives on.

# 1
Attacks 1d6 (touch)
Safe zone2 (save vs. turning)
Armour Can only be harmed by
silver or magical weapons.
HP 37
Morale 15
Treasure Leavings
type
Special A successful hit drains 1
constitution from the
victim.

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Wyvern
Two-legs, two wings, and a scorpion
stinger on its tail. Resembles a scaled
and horned falcon more than a
dragon. Growls like a bull crocodile
and hisses like a quenched blade.

# 1d6
Attacks 2d8 (bite) + 1d6 (stinger)
Safe zoneNil
Armour 12 mundane (scale, back
only)
HP 80
Morale 14
Treasure Leavings
type
Special Poison: On a successful
stinger attack, save vs.
poison or fall to the ground
limp for 1d4 rounds.
Drop: Will carry poisoned
prey away from a fight, or Xandrian
drop them from a height Octopus-faced, mauve-skinned
after flying directly psionic overlord. Guarded by
upwards for 1 turn, for 6d6 dominated servants. Not cruel, but
damage. punish any who question their place
at the centre of the world. They suck
the brains out of stunned victim’s
skulls, absorbing their ideas.

# 1d4
Attacks Nil
Safe zone 4 (psychic intrusion)
Armour Nil or as armour
HP 68
Morale 15
Treasure Magical
type
Special Mind blast: All within area
of effect save vs. wands or
are stunned and unable to
act for 3d4 rounds.
Manifest psionic powers as
an eighth-level psionicist.

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Zombie Bandit
Animated corpses, desperate to Thieves who prey on travelers and
devour brains. If they manage to isolated dwellings.
devour enough, they will develop
intelligence and regenerate their # 4d4
rotten flesh. Attacks 1d6 (sword) or 1d8 (bow)
# 3d8 Safe zoneNil
Attacks 1d8 (bite) Armour 12 slashing & piercing
(leather)
Safe zone 8 (save vs. turning) HP 4
Armour Nil or as armour Morale 9
HP 9 Treasure Leavings
Morale 14 type
Treasure Leavings Special Nil
type
Special Immune to charm, sleep,
hold, poison and cold.
Infectious: If killed by a
zombie, rise again as a
zombie.

Knight
Armoured, mounted, questing or
serving their lord.

# 1d4
Attacks
Safe zone Nil
Armour 16 mundane (plate)
HP 9
Morale 14
Treasure Belongings
type
Special Charge: Double damage if
attacking on horseback.

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Soldier
Armed and organised militia in
defence of their home.
# 10d10
Attacks 1d6 (sword)
Safe zoneNil
Armour 14 piercing & slashing
(scale)
HP 4
Morale 10
Priest Treasure Belongings
On a mission from their god, usually type
in priestly raiment fit for travelling. Special Nil
# 1d8
Attacks 1d6 (mace)
Safe zone 1 (death magic)
Armour Nil
HP 14
Morale 10
Treasure Belongings
type
Special Priestly spells at fourth-
level, once per watch.
Wizard
Enrobed and entitled, these wise folk
are often too busy to notice the
common folk.

# 1d2
Attacks Nil
Safe zone 2 (wizardly magic)
Armour Nil
HP 10
Morale 10
Treasure Magical; possesses a
type spellbook.
Special Wizardly spells at fourth-
level, memory of 6.

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Spells & powers
Spells, psionic powers
and magical items
Spells, psionic powers and magical
items may be converted from basic or
advanced adventure games.
Spells
A spell requires the following: Level,
School/sphere, Range, Duration,
Casting time. Area of effects or saving
throws should be clear in the
description.
Priestly spells have sacrifices;
substitute for components.
Schools are equivalent.
Saving Throw are equivalent,
according to this table::
Classic AFD
Paralyzation, Poison
poison or death
Rod, staff or Wands
wand
Petrification or Transformation
polymorph
Breath weapon Ill-fortune
Spells Domination
Ranges that require touch are closer
than melee (and always provoke a
consequence), ranges in feet are in
the reach rank and ranges in yards are
in the ranged rank.
Area of effect spells always affect a
single battlefield (or 1d6 targets, if
not in combat).
Duration is equivalent, remembering
roughly ten rounds to a turn, and six
turns to an hour. Spell endings for
random durations should be
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forewarned in some way when the
time comes.
Casting time is equivalent. In
combat, casting times of one round
are always last in the order of actions.
For casting times with only a number,
this represents their weapon speed.
Spell variants are separate spells that
modify the primary spell. You must
learn spell variants separately.
Psionic powers
A psionic power requires the
following: Type, Discipline, Ability,
Cost, Range, Meditation.
Type indicates whether the power is
a science or a devotion.
Power check is used unmodified to
ascertain which ability check to use.
For example, Constitution (+1)
becomes simply Constitution.
Initial and maintenance costs
remain the same and are deducted
from Psi Pool. Write these as [initial]
([maintenance]/round). For example,
7 (4/round).
Meditation is equivalent to
preparation time. If meditation is 1
round, the power can be manifested
in the second round. Otherwise, treat
as casting time.
Magical Items
Magical items are unique, and follow
many of the rules of thumb for Spells
and Psionic powers. For magical
armour and weapons, having a bonus
(+1) adds to their damage roll without
adding to their weapon speed, but
subtracts from their attack roll.
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Wizardly spells of 1st on the ice are more likely to fall off
nearby edges, and are more
level vulnerable to pushing or pulling.

Cantrip
Level 1
School All schools
Range Special
Duration 1 hour / level
Casting 1
Time
Alarm bell Caster manifests minor magical
Level 1 effect, such as creating ethereal
School Abjuration music, emboldening faded colors,
juggling balls across their knuckles,
Range Ranged puffs of wind that can flicker candles,
Duration Half a watch / level flavouring bland food, strengthening
bad smells, or sweeping dust under
Casting 1 round rugs. They can impress small children
Time and common folk, brighten dreary
The selected area up to a 20 foot cube lives, and make housekeeping
reacts to the presence of any physical simpler, no more.
creature larger than a normal rat.
When any such creature enters,
touches or contacts it without
speaking a password established by
the caster, a loud ringing is let out
heard clearly within 60 feet, for 1
round.

Black ice Control fires

Level 1 Level 1
School Conjuration School Alteration
Range Ranged Range Ranged
Duration 3 rounds + 1 round / level Duration 2 rounds / level
Casting 1 Casting 1
Time Time

A surface up to 10 square feet in area In a 10 foot radius, cause non-magical

is covered in invisible ice. Any
creature entering the area must save
vs. wand else slip or fall, depending
on the speed at which they enter the
area. At the referee’s discretion, any
fires to increase or decrease in size
and brightness from mere coals to
double in radius and as bright as
daylight. The caster can extinguish
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Create sound Enfoggle

Level 1 Level 1
School Illusion School Evocation
Range Ranged Range Ranged
Duration 3 rounds / level Duration 2d4 rounds + 1 round /
Casting 1 level
Time Casting 1
Time
Within range, caster can create a
sound of their choosing, with volume A shape 20 feet cubed in volume (+ 10
relative to their level. At first-level, feet per level) is filled with fog,
the sound of four men. At fourth- obscuring all sight within it and
level, the sound of a roaring lion. At through it. It can be blown away by a
eighth-level, the sound of a roaring strong wind.
dragon. If there is no reason to
disbelieve the noise, a hearing person Enlarge
believes it.
Level 1
School Alteration
Deflection
Range Ranged
Level 1
Duration 5 rounds / level
School Abjuration
Casting 1
Range Self Time
Duration 5 rounds / level
A single creature or objects swells to
Casting 1 greater size, equal to 10% larger per
Time level of the wizard, including any
An invisible barrier in front of the weapons or equipment. A creature
wizard negates all magical darts and may save vs. transformation to avoid
gives advantage on saving throws being affected. Variant: Instead
against attacks from the front. shrinks the target.

Earwig Flame arc

Level 1 Level 1
School Conjuration School Conjuration
Range Vision Range Melee
Duration 5 rounds / level Duration Instantaneous
Casting 1 Casting 1
Time Time

All creatures affected can hear a An arc of flame bursts from the
whispered message of 25 words, caster’s fingers, causing all in range to
regardless of distance. They may suffer 1d6+1 damage (+1 / level). A
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damage by half. Flammable materials eagle. An unpleasant might be a rat or

burn. Variant: Instead, frost arc. toad.

Familiar spirit
Level 1
School Conjuration
Range 1 mile / level
Duration Eternal
Casting 2d12 hours
Time
The wizard summons a cat, frog, False reputation
ferret, crow, hawk, snake, owl, raven, Level 1
toad, weasel, mouse, or other
similarly small creature as their School Enchantment
familiar. A familiar is cleverer and Range Self
longer-lived than a typical animal,
and the wizard can command it Duration 1 hour + 1 hour / level
telepathically up to a mile away. The Casting 1
wizard and familiar cannot sense Time
through one another. A familiar
typically has 1d4+1 HP, and if it dies, All those within a 60 foot radius of
twizard permanently loses 1 point of the caster act as if the caster has 1
Constitution. reputation per level of the caster, for
the purpose of reaction rolls. When
Roll twice on this table to determine a the spell wears off, the creatures
familiar's personality, then its type realize they have been influenced,
based on animals suitable to the area and react accordingly.
where it was summoned:
d20 Personality Type Featherbones
1-2 Contrary Magical or Level 1
unusual School Alteration
3-6 Reluctant Unpleasant or Range Ranged
scavenger
Duration 1 round / level
7-15 Lazy Common or
friendly Casting 1
Time
15-19 Obedient Beautiful or
charming Affected creatures or objects assume
19-20 Proactive Magnificent or the mass of a feather; affecting their
noble falling speed and negating fall
damage. The spell affects all in a 10-
A magical or unusual familiar might foot cube.
be a winged cat or a fae-dragon. A
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Ghoulish hands Wands or lose vision for the duration,

Level 1 suffering disadvantage on all rolls.
School Conjuration
Incanted costume
Range Melee
Level 1
Duration 3 rounds + 1 round / level
School Illusion
Casting 1
Time Range Self
Duration 2d6 rounds + 2 rounds /
An aura of ghoulish hands surround level
the wizard. Any creature coming Casting 1
within melee range of the wizard Time
must save or take 1d4 damage and
disadvantage on all checks for 1 hour. Caster alters their clothes and
equipment, appear a little shorter,
Hold door taller, bigger, or smaller, as if wearing
a costume and makeup. The caster
Level 1 cannot duplicate a specific individual,
School Alteration but may pass as one to someone who
doesn’t know them well. If there is no
Range Ranged reason to disbelieve the costume,
Duration 1 round / level anyone interacting with the caster
Casting 1 believes it. The caster feels the same,
Time so someone touching them won't
believe the illusion.
A door is held closed or open, as the
wizard chooses, for the duration. Light burst
Another wizard or magical creature
(such as a demon or elemental) of 4 Level 1
levels greater than the caster can School Illusion
shatter the spell. The door can still be
broken down or collapsed. Range Melee
Duration Instantaneous
Illuminate Casting 1
Time
Level 1
School Evocation A fan of bright rainbow light springs
forth, causing all creatures on the
Range Melee battlefield to save vs. wands or lose
Duration 1 turn / level their sight for 1d4 rounds. Creatures
Casting 1 below the level of the wizard are not
Time entitled to a save. Unseeing creatures
are not affected by the spell.
An object or creature within melee
range (such as a staff, or arrow) glows
as brightly as a torch. If cast at a
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Magical Dart capacity to communicate with the

Level 1 creature, just to understand them.
Variant: Renders the targeted writing
School Evocation or speech incomprehensible.
Range Ranged
Duration Instantaneous Ring of Protection
Casting 1 round Level 1
Time School Abjuration
The caster creates a number of darts Range 3 feet, + 3 feet / level
composed of magical energy equal to Duration Special
have the caster's level, rounded up.
Each dart can only strike one target, Casting 1
dealing 1d4+1 damage per dart. Time
Using chalk, the caster draws a
Phantasm magical ring around a creature or
Level 1 area, preventing creatures of a type
specified at time of casting (angelic,
School Illusion elemental, devil, undead) to enter the
Range Ranged ring or use mental control or
possession against anything inside it.
Duration Special
Casting 1
Time
Caster creates a visual illusion of
anything within an area of 400 square
feet (+100 square feet/level). No
sound, smell or other sensations are
created. If an observer has no reason
to doubt the illusion, they believe it.
The illusion dissipates if struck or if
the wizard's concentration is broken.
Sandman's defence
Polyglottist Level 1
Level 1 School Enchantment
School Enchantment Range Ranged
Range Touch Duration 5 rounds / level
Duration 1 watch / level Casting 1
Time
Casting 1 round
Time Cast magical sand across a battlefield,
causing 1d6 creatures fall asleep until
Understand the spoken language of awoken violently or the for the
target creature or the written duration. The total HP of all these
language of target text for spell's creatures must be less than five times
duration. This does not impart the the level of the caster.

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Static shock Wilhelmina's Wagon

Level 1 Level 1
School Evocation School Evocation
Range Touch Range Ranged
Duration Until discharged Duration 3 turns + 1 turn / level
Casting 1 Casting 1
Time Time
A powerful electrical charge is built A plane of force three feet in diameter
up in the caster’s body. It is that can hold 100 pounds per level of
discharged if the caster touches the caster appears. It will follow the
another creature or is struck, causing caster at a range of 20 yards, slowly,
1d8 damage (+1 per level). The about 3 feet above the ground. If the
electricity can travel along conductive caster flees beyond that range, it
materials, such as copper or water, if disappears, dropping anything on it
the caster touches one. to the ground.

Witching rod Wizardly armour

Level 1 Level 1
School Divination School Conjuration
Range Stick Range Touch
Duration 2 rounds / level Duration Special
Casting 1 Casting 1 round
Time Time
The wizard enchants a stick, causing Summons a magical suit of chain mail
it to point gently toward magic when made of magical energy (15 HP
held by the wizard. The stick vibrates mundane). The spell lasts until the
when magic is near or strong. The chain mail is destroyed.
wizard has a 10%/level chance to be
able to discern the type of magic
present based on the stick's Wizardly spells of 2nd
vibrations. Multiple types of magic level
may confuse the stick; it does not
detect magical creatures unless they Magical Makeover
were summoned by magic.
Level 2
School Alteration
Range Self
Duration 3d4 rounds + 2 rounds /
level
Casting 2
Time

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Take on the form of another Entwine

humanoid, up to 50% smaller or Level 2
larger. If the selected form has gills or
wings, it can breathe underwater or School Enchantment
fly. Nothing else changes aside from Range Ranged
these things.
Duration 1 round/level
Casting 2
Dowsing rod Time
Level 2
Command any non-magical ropelike
School Divination object within 50 (+5 per level) feet to
Range Stick coil, coil and knot, loop, loop and
Duration 1 rounds / level knot, tie and knot, or the reverse of
these commands. The rope can
Casting 2 enwrap any creature within one foot
Time of it. It cannot move to the target on
its own strength, but must be thrown.
For the duration, the stick is If used to entangle or bind an
enchanted and points gently toward opponent, they must save vs. wands.
an object of the caster's choice, when
held in the caster's hand. The stick
vibrates when the object is nearby.
Finding a specific item requires an
accurate mental image. The spell is
blocked by lead.

Duplicates Flame orb

Level 2 Level
School Illusion
Range Self
Duration 3 rounds / level
Casting 2
Time
Illusory duplicates of the caster
appear; it's impossible for others to
tell which is the caster. The wizard
will always be the last image struck by
an attack; when an image is struck, it
dissipates. Creates a number of
illusions equal to one less than the
caster's level, from a minimum of 1 to
a maximum of 8.
2
School Evocation
Range Ranged
Duration 1 round/level
Casting 2
Time
Create a three foot flaming globe of
fire within range of the caster. It
follows where the caster points and
can roll up to 30 feet/round as well as
over barriers shorter than four feet.
Flammable things burn. Creatures it
strikes save vs wands or suffer 2d4 fire
damage; those in melee range suffer
1d4 fire damage. It inflicts this
damage every round it continues to
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Forget Open door

Level 2 Level 2
School Enchantment School Alteration
Range Ranged Range Ranged
Duration Permanent Duration Special
Casting 2 Casting 1
Time Time
All creatures within the area of effect A door (stuck, barred, locked, wizard-
forget events from the past (caster's locked, or held), secret door, or a
level divided by 3) minutes. Creatures chest (locked or trick-opened) opens
forget a minimum of one minute. The with a resounding boom. Unless a
targets save vs. domination to avoid door is wizard-locked, it will stay
the effect. open and unlocked until intentionally
closed and locked. In the case of
wizard-locks, the door opens for one
Invisibility turn. A door larger than (caster's level
Level 2 times 10 feet squared) cannot be
School Illusion opened.
Range Touch
Duration Until dawn the next day
Casting 2
Time
The target and their worn equipment Mellar's marvelous mouth
vanish from sight, even from infra- or
ultravision. Items put down become Level 2
visible, and items picked up disappear School Alteration
if tucked away. The spell lasts until it
is cancelled, the target attacks Range Ranged
anyone, or dawn the next day. Duration Special
Casting 2
Lock Time
Level 2 The chosen object gains an enchanted
School Alteration mouth that appears and speaks a
specified message when a specified
Range Touch event occurs. This message must be
Duration Permanent 25 words or fewer, and can be in any
language known by the caster. The
Casting 2 magic mouth can only distinguish
Time people visually. The spell lasts until
A door, chest or portal is magically the command is fulfilled.
locked, and can only be opened with
the designated password, or
temporarily by a Open door spell.

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Wizardly spells of the Infravision

3rd level Level 3
School Alteration
Dispel Range Touch
Level 3 Duration 2 hours + 1 hour / level
School Abjuration Casting 3
Range Ranged Time
Duration Instantaneous Target's usual vision type is replaced
Casting 3 by infravision for the duration. There
Time is a variant of this spell that provides
ultravision instead.
Any spells and spell-like effects are
removed from creatures or objects.
Any spells being cast are interrupted. Invisible Sphere
Magical potions are destroyed. Level 3
Magical items are rendered School Illusion
ineffective for 1d4 rounds.
Range Touch
Firebomb Duration Special
Level 2 Casting 3
Time
School Evocation
Range Range All creatures within melee range of
the target become invisible as per the
Duration Instantaneous Invisibility spell. Any affected
Casting 3 creature moving more than 10 feet
Time away from the target becomes visible.
Affected creatures that attack negate
A ball of fire erupts, causing 1d6 invisibility only for themselves.
damage per caster level, up to 10d6,
to everyone in its area of effect.
Targets may save to take half damage. Lightning Bolt
Level 3
Flight School Alteration
Level 3 Range Ranged
School Alteration Duration Instantaneous
Range Touch Casting 3
Duration 1 turn / level + 1d6 turns Time
Casting 3 The caster shoots lightning from their
Time fingertips, causing 1d6 damage per
caster's level, up to 10d6. All creatures
Fly! Move vertically and horizontally in the area of effect make a save vs.
through the air at a moderate wands to take half damage.
movement speed.

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Summon monsters Wizardly spells of the

Level 3 4th level
School Conjuration
Range Reach Animalogical transformation
Duration 2 rounds + 1 round / level Level 4
Casting 3 School Alteration
Time Range Self
2d4 5-HP monsters randomly appear Duration 2 turns / level
within range and attack the enemies Casting 4
of the caster. They vanish when slain. Time
If there is no combat to be found, they
will perform other services. Transform into any corporeal creature
from wren- to hippopotamus-sized.
Equipment also transforms.
Volatile Glyph Movement and vision change as well
Level 3 but no magic abilities are gained.
School Alteration
Range Touch Dig
Duration Special Level 4
Casting 3 School Evocation
Time Range Ranged
Explosive runes are laid invisibly Duration 1 round / level
upon a book, map, or scroll. When the Casting 4
text is read, the runes detonate, Time
delivering 6d4+6 points of damage to
the reader. Any in melee range must Excavate 125 cubic feet of earth per
save vs. Wands, and sustain half round. If a tunnel or hole is deeper
damage on a failure, no damage on a than 20 feet, there is a 1-in-6 chance
success. of it collapsing. If used on rocky
creatures, cause 4d6 damage, or save
for half.
Water breathing
Level 3 Enchant weapon
School Alteration Level 4
Range Touch School Alteration
Duration 1d4 hours + 1 hour / level Range Ranged
Casting 3 Duration 5 rounds / level
Time
Casting 1 turn
Breathe water freely for the duration Time
of the spell.

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The ordinary weapon touched Flesh to beast

becomes a +1 magical weapon, for the Level 4
duration.
School Alteration
Fear Range Ranged
Level 4 Duration Permanent
School Illusion Casting 4
Time
Range Reach
Duration Special Transform target into any corporeal
creature from wren- to
Casting 4 hippopotamus-sized. Of slain, they
Time revert to their original form (still
dead). Their equipment also
All in area of effect save vs. transforms. The target can save vs.
domination or flee from the caster in transformation to shrug off the effect.
panic. There is a 4-in-6 chance they'll There is a 6-in-6 chance that the
drop whatever they hold. target’s mind will change to that of
the new form; this is reduced by 1 for
every 5 HP difference between the
two creatures.

Illusory grove
Level 4
School Alteration
Range Ranged
Duration Indefinity
Casting 4
Firewall Time
Level 4
Up to 10 willing creatures in a 10 foot
School Evocation cube are transformed into trees.
Range Ranged When struck, the trees will bleed.
Duration Special Transformed targets are aware of
their immediate surrounds and still
Casting 4 require food, water, and rest as
Time normal.
A wall of fire 20 feet square per level
of the caster springs up vertically.
One side of the wall causes 2d4
damage to creatures within 10 feet
and 1d4 damage to creatures within
20 feet of it. It inflicts 2d6 damage + 1
per caster level on any passive
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Rock-skin Wizardly spells of the

Level 4 5th level
School Abjuration
Range Self Cloudkill
Duration 1d4 attacks + 1 / 2 levels Level 5
Casting 1 School Necromancy
Time Range Ranged
The caster's skin turns to stone. The Duration Permanent
next number of attacks equal to the Casting 5 rounds
duration have no effect. Time
A cloud of poisonous gas covers the
Spell-resistant Sphere battlefield, killing all creatures with
Level 4 less than 20 HP, and causing all those
School Abjuration with less than 23 HP to save vs.
poison or die. Those with more hit
Range Caster points suffer 1d10 damage each round
Duration 1 round / level they remain in the cloud. The cloud
rolls away from the spellcaster at 10
Casting 4 feet per round, although wind will
Time dissipate it.
A magical sphere appears around the
caster, preventing any spells up to Cone of cold
half the caster’s level from
penetrating, including innate abilities Level 5
and effects from devices. Spells can be School Evocation
cast out of the sphere. Range Ranged
Duration Instantaneous
Zip
Casting 5
Level 4 Time
School Conjuration
A cone of cold causes all in the area of
Range Self effect to lose 1d4+1 damage per caster
Duration Instantaneous level.
Casting 1
Time Conjure elemental
Appear up to 30 yards (per level) away Level 5
from current location. Choose School Conjuration
location by visualising it, or stating a Range Ranged
direction. If destination would place
caster inside a solid object, the caster Duration 1 turn / level
is trapped in the astral plane instead. Casting 1 turn
Time

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When in presence of a body of air, An unimpenetrable and unmoveable

earth, fire or water, the caster can
summon an elemental with 36 HP.
The caster must maintain
concentration to make the elemental
obey; otherwise, it turns on the
caster.
wall of force appears, up to 10 square
feet per level in size. Only
annihilating spells, such as
disintegrate, can affect the wall.
Alternatively it can be a sphere with a
radius of 1.5 feet per caster level.

Creation Sending
Level 5 Level 5
School Conjuration School Necromancy
Range Ranged Range Unlimted
Duration Permanent Duration 25 words
Casting 1 turn Casting 1 turn
Time Time
Create an object no more than 1 cubic Send a 25 word message to anyone
foot in size per level of the caster. The whose name and appearance you
fancier material, the longer it takes, know. If they are on a different plane,,
doubling in time from 1 round in this there is 1-in-6 chance it will arrive
order: wood, stone, crystal, metal, scrambled.
gems, elf-steel, adamant.
Teleport
Door Level 5
Level 5 School Conjuration
School Alteration Range Touch
Range Ranged Duration Instantaneous
Duration 1 hour + 1 turn / level Casting 2
Casting 5 Time
Time
Instantly teleport yourself and
Open a passage through wooden, anything you touch (up to 250 lbs +
plaster, or stone walls. The passage is 150 lbs per lever above 10th), to a
5 feet wide, 8 hight, and 10 deep. well-known location. If the caster is
not intimately familiar with the
destination, there is a 4-in-6 chance
Forcewall of them and their passengers
Level 5 appearing somewhere unintended
School Evocation and dangerous. If the caster has never
seen the destination, it is a 5-in-6
Range Ranged chance.
Duration 1 turn + 1 turn / level
Casting 5
Time

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1st level Priestly spells beast. The caster can befriend 9 HP of

animals per experience level.
Aurora
Level 1 Battle annointing
Sphere Weather Level 1
Range Ranged Sphere All
Duration 4 rounds / level Range Melee
Casting 4 Duration 1d6 rounds + 1 round /
Time level
Sacrifice Small piece of foxfire Casting 1 round
Time
Sacrifice Holy water
Colourful light outlines 1d6 creatures
or objects in area of effect, making
them visible in the dark, and giving All creatures of the casters choice
those attacking them advantage. within the area of effect are blessed
and gain advantage on all attack rolls
and saving throws for the duration.
Weapons can instead be blessed:
blessed weapons become magical for
the purposes of being used against
the specific being they are blessed for
(for example, blessed against tiger-
demons). Variant: The reverse effect.

Command
Level 1
Beastfriend Sphere Charm
Level 1 Range Ranged
Sphere Animal Duration 1 round + 1 round / level
Range Ranged Casting 1
Time
Duration Permanent Sacrifice None
Casting 1 hour
Time Command another creature in a
Sacrifice Food the animal likes single word understood by the
creature. They will obey to the best of
The animal follows the caster about. their ability, so long as it does not
The caster can teach the befriended cause them or those in their care
animal three tricks or tasks, which immediate harm. If a creature has HP
each take a week of training. Animals equal to 20 x caster level, they make a
always sense ulterior motives, and the saving throw vs. domination to shake
spell fails if the caster does not off the effect.
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Confound food per level can be made safe. A

Level 1 variant of this spell exists that
putrefies food and water.
Sphere Protection
Range Touch Entangle
Duration 2 rounds + 1 round / level Level 1
Casting 4 Sphere Plant
Time
Sacrifice Small silver mirror Range Ranged
Duration 1 turn
The targeted creature is ignored by Casting 4
their pursuers or attackers for the Time
duration. The targeted creature Sacrifice A dried coil of vine
cannot take offensive action without
breaking the spell.
Cause plants in the area of effect to
entangle all creatures in the area,
Cure minor ills holding them fast for the duration of
Level 1 the spell. They may make a save vs.
wands to escape the area, moving
Sphere Necromancy slowly until they are out of the 40
Range Touch foot cube it effects.
Duration Instantaneous
Casting Speed factor 5 Pass beast
Time Level 1
Sacrifice Mouse or small animal Sphere Animal
Range Touch
Caster lays their hands upon a living,
mortal creature and heals them of Duration 1 turn + 1 turn / level
1d8 points of damage. Casting 4
Time
Sacrifice Sprig of holly
Deputrify
Level 1
The caster touches a target who
Sphere All becomes totally undetectable by
Range Ranged normal and giant non-magical
Duration Permanent animals. Variant: Affects all
unintelligent undead.
Casting 1 round
Time
Sacrifice Holy water

Spoiled, rotten, poisonous or

contaminated food and water
becomes safe. Up to 1 cubic foot of

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Slingshot Communicate with beasts

Level 1 Level 2
Sphere Combat Sphere Animal
Range 0 Range Ranged
Duration Special Duration 2 rounds / level
Casting 4 Casting 5
Time Time
Sacrifice Three small pebbles Sacrifice None

The caster enchants three small The caster may communicate in

pebbles, which become +1 magical simple terms with an animal, normal
weapons and inflict 1d4 damage each, or giant, in range. Once the animal is
or 2d4 against undead. All three can spoken to, make a reaction roll to see
be thrown in one round, up to ranged its response.
range. Their magic lasts until they are
thrown or a watch passes. Divine weapon
Level 2
Common spells
Sphere Combat
Priests can also cast the Wizardly
spells Light and Detect Magic. Range Ranged
Duration 3 rounds + 1 / level
2nd level Priestly spells Casting 5
Time
Sacrifice A normal weapon sacred to
Casting bones your god that is then lost.
Level 2
A hammer of holy light appears and
Sphere Divination strikes any opponent in range. It hits
Range Self with the same damage and damage
type as the caster's weapon, but at
Duration Special range, as a magical weapon, and with
Casting 2 a +1 for each six levels of the caster.
Time
Sacrifice 1000gp-worth of gem-
inlaid sticks, dragon bones,
or the like.
Ask a question and your god will
answer: “Weal”, “Woe” or else a
cryptic riddle. Chances of a
meaningful reply are 4-in-6, 1 less for
every hour further in the future (ie.
The first hour is 4-in-6, the second 3-
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Dust devil Flame blade

Level 2 Level 2
Sphere Air Sphere Fire
Range Ranged Range Self
Duration 2 rounds / level Duration 4 rounds + 1 round / level
Casting 2 rounds Casting 4
Time Time
Sacrifice A fistful of dust Sacrifice A leaf of sumac

A five-foot tall whirlwind appears. It A flaming blade springs forth in the

has 9 HP, fast movement, save zone caster's hand. It is a weapon with
vs. steel of 1, and attacks for 1d4 1d4+4 damage, 2d4+4 against undead
damage each round. IIt can hold at or those vulnerable to fire. It can
bay or push gases or gaseous ignite combustible materials. It
creatures. It can disperse gasses in a doesn’t function underwater.
cloud centered on itself. It obscures
normal vision. Goodberry
Level 2
Enchant animal
Sphere Plant
Level 2
Range Touch
Sphere Enchantment
Duration 1 day + 1 day / level
Range Ranged
Casting 1 round
Duration Special Time
Casting 5 Sacrifice Freshly picked berries and
Time holy water
Sacrifice Something of sentimental
value. 2d4 freshly picked berries become
magically endowed with nourishment
The target animal must save vs. and healing. They act as rations for 1
domination or regard the caster as an day’s travel, and heal 1 HP.
ally to be heeded and protected. Any
word or action of the caster is viewed Heat metal
in a favourable way. The save must be
repeated once every month. If the Level 2
caster harms or attempts to harm the Sphere Fire
enchanted creature, the enchantment
is broken. When the enchantment is Range Ranged
broken, the creature will not realize it Duration 7 rounds
was enchanted.
Casting 5
Time
Sacrifice A hot coal

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An amount of ferrous metal less than will continue to attempt to do so until

would take to create a full suit of the duration expires.
plate armour becomes too hot to
touch. Weapons can always be
affected. In the first round, the metal
becomes uncomfortable to touch; in
thesecond, its heat causes blisters and
1d4 damage; from the third on, the
metal sears skin and inflicts 2d4
damage per round until the spell
ends. Combustible materials that
touch the searing metal burn.
Immersion in water or use of
applicable magic (such as a cold spell Ophidian charm
or protection from fire) negate the
effect. Level 2
Sphere Animal
Hold Range Ranged
Level 2 Duration 3 turns + 1 / level
Sphere Charm Casting 5
Range Ranged Time
Sacrifice None
Duration 2 rounds / level
Casting 5
Time All snakes rise semi-erect and
Sacrifice A small, straight piece of swaying calmly. A number of snakes
iron. equal to the caster's level can be
charmed. A snake-like creature such
1d4 human-sized people in the area as a naga can be charmed if it has HP
of effect must save or be held rigidly less than 5 x the caster’s level.
immobile.
Resist elements
Messenger Level 2
Level 2 Sphere Protection
Sphere Charm Range Touch
Range Ranged Duration 1 round / level
Duration 1 day / level Casting 5
Casting 1 round Time
Time Sacrifice A drop of mercury
Sacrifice None
The target’s body can withstand heat
A tiny animal within range must save or cold (reaching into an ordinary fire
vs. Domination or travel to a person or standing naked in the snow), and
or destination of the caster's choosing resists extreme heat or cold (dragon
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Silence 3rd level Priestly spells

Level 2
Sphere Guardian Break curse
Range Ranged Level 3
Duration 2 rounds / level Sphere Protection
Casting 5 Range Touch
Time Duration Permanent
Sacrifice A silver bell
Casting 6
Time
Centered on a person or an object, Sacrifice None
complete silence prevails within area
of effect. If it is centered on a person, Break any curse, be it a connection
it moves with the person, and they with a cursed item, or a condition
must save vs. spell to avoid the effect. such as vampirism or lycanthropy.

Treeskin Create food and water

Level 2 Level 3
Sphere Plant Sphere Creation
Range Touch Range Ranged
Duration 4 rounds + 1 round / level Duration Special
Casting 5 Casting 1 turn
Time Time
Sacrifice A handful of bark Sacrifice None

The target's skin becomes as rough Create simple food and water that
and hardy as a tree, giving them 12 lasts until the next dawn: bread, wine,
mundane armour. This increases by 2 fish, beans, etc. You can feed four
every four levels of the caster. people for 1 day, per caster level.
Additionally, saving throws vs. steel
are at advantage. Cure disease
Level 3
Sphere Death
Range Touch
Duration Permanent
Casting 1 round
Time
Sacrifice The life of an innocent

Target is immediately cured of any

disease, infection, or affliction such as
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Death question purpose. Shaping moving parts have a

Level 3 2-in-6 chance to not work.
Sphere Divination
Flamewalker
Range Touch
Level 3
Duration Special
Sphere Fire
Casting 1 turn
Time Range Touch
Sacrifice 100gp of incense Duration 1 round + 1/level
Casting 5
Touch a corpse or a grave to make the Time
targeted dead rise again long enough Sacrifice 500gp of rubies
to answer a number of questions
equal to half the caster's level. The
dead will give brief, literal answers, Caster can allow 1 (+1 for each caster
level over 6) creature to walk on
anything as hot as molten lava
without ill effects.

Hold animal
Level 3
Sphere Animal
Range Ranged
Duration 2 rounds / level
Casting 6
Time
Sacrifice A small, straight piece of
iron.
then die eternally, unable to be
resurrected again. 1d4 human-sized creatures in the
area of effect must save or are held
rigidly immobile.
Divine sculptor
Level 3 Lightning Strike
Sphere Earth Level 3
Range Touch Sphere Weather
Duration Permanent Range Ranged
Casting 1 round Duration 1 turn / level
Time
Sacrifice A clay vessel Casting 1 turn
Time
Sacrifice Lightning-struck wood
Caster reforms up to 3 (+1 per level)
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When there is a storm in the area, the Tongues

caster can command lightning to Level 3
strike. The caster may call one bolt
per round, each bolt causing 2d8 Sphere Creation
(+1d8 per caster level) lightning Range Self
damage. On a successful save, targets
of the bolt take half damage. Duration 1 round / level
Casting 3
Living corpse Time
Level 3 Sacrifice A small clay ziggurat
Sphere Death
Range Ranged The caster can speak and understand
the language of one target within
Duration Permanent range, if they speak one. They can
Casting 1 round speak an additional language for
Time every third-level they possess.
Sacrifice A piece of flesh
Water walk
Cause the corpses of dead human- Level 3
sized creatures to rise, and obey your
commands. They follow you and Sphere Water
defend you. You can animate 5 HP of Range Touch
skeletons or zombies per caster level. Duration 1 turn + 1 turn / level
Living corpses have the HP of their
living forms, so only a 12th level Casting 6
priest could raise a zombie fire giant. Time
Sacrifice Cork from a freshly opened
bottle of wine
Protection from fire
Level 3 The target can walk on water as if it
were firm ground. For every level
Sphere Fire above sixth-level, an additional target
Range Touch can be affected.
Duration Special
Casting 6 4th level Priestly spells
Time
Sacrifice None Abjure
Level 4
The target is invulnerable to normal Sphere Summoning
fires, and resistant to magical fires. A
variant of this spell exists for cold. Range Ranged
Duration Permanent (ish)
Casting 1 round
Time
Sacrifice Material inimical to the
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Send an extraplanar creature back Target creature becomes invulnerable

from whence it came, if you know its to lightning or similar damage
name. If the creature has resistance to sources, such as a dragon's electric
magic, it can save vs. ill fortune to breath or an electrical charge.
resist being banished. Variant: Acid or poison rather than
lightning.
Cure major ills
Level 4 Scrying pool
Sphere Healing Level 4
Range Touch Sphere Divination
Duration Permanent Range Ranged
Casting 7 Duration 1 round / level
Time Casting 2 hours
Sacrifice None Time
Sacrifice Scented oil
Heal a creature for 2d8+1 HP.
Through the pool, you can view any
Part or lower water place you wish. You cannot hear, and
it is too vague to read.
Level 4
Sphere Water
Range Ranged
Duration 1 turn / level
Casting 1 turn
Time
Sacrifice Dust

Water in an area sinks to a minimum

depth of 1 inch, and is held away on
either side.
5th level Priestly spells
Protection from lightning
Grow animal
Level 4
Level 5
Sphere Protection
Sphere Animal
Range Touch
Range Ranged
Duration 1 turn / level
Duration 2 rounds / level
Casting 7
Time Casting 8
Sacrifice None Time
Sacrifice None

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Up to 8 animals in range double in Pillar of flame

size. Level 5
Sphere Fire
Commune with god
Range Ranged
Level 5
Duration Instantaneous
Sphere Divination
Casting 8
Range Caster Time
Duration Special Sacrifice Sulphur
Casting 1 turn
Time You summon a pillar of flame down
Sacrifice None on a creature and everything above it.
Save to take half damage; otherwise,
take 6d8 damage.
Caster asks one question (per caster
level) of their deity, who must answer
in five words or less. Raise the dead
Level 5
Sphere Death
Range Ranged
Duration Permanent
Casting 1 round
Time
Sacrifice A finger

Restore life to any humanoid, that has

been dead for no more than 1 day per
Control winds caster level. The body is not
Level 5 regenerated, and diseases are not
healed unless they have run their
Sphere Weather course. They return with 1 HP, and
Range 0 need to rest after they return. Their
Constitution is reduced by 1.
Duration 1 turn / level
Casting 8
Time Rock to mud
Sacrifice None Level 5
Sphere Earth
Alter the speed of wind in the area, Range Ranged
once per three caster levels, along
this chain: light breeze, moderate, Duration Until it dries
strong, gale, storm, hurricane. An eye Casting 8
of calm exists around the caster, 40 Time
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Turn rock of an sort into an equal also retrace their steps to the
volume of mud, up to a 20 foot cube location.
per caster level. The depth of the mud
cannot exceed 20 feet. Folk trapped in Adrenaline
the mud, sink at ¼ of their height per
round. Type Devotion
Discipline Psychometabolism
Psionic devotions Ability Constitution
Cost 8 (4)
Absorb ill Range Self
Type Devotion Meditation 0
Discipline Psychometabolism
Ability Constitution Psionicist controls the adrenaline in
Cost 12 their system, gaining 1d6 points they
can distribute to their Strength,
Range Touch Dexterity, or Constitution scores for
Meditation 0 the duration. On a critical success,
they add 1d6 to all three ability scores
for the duration.
Psionicist removes disease from
target creature, taking it into
themselves. On a critical success, the Animate object
disease is destroyed by the Type Devotion
psionicist’s immune system;
otherwise, it infects the psionicist. Discipline Psychokinetics
Ability Intelligence
Absolute navigation Cost 8 (3)
Type Devotion Range Ranged
Discipline Clairsentience Meditation 0
Ability Intelligence
Cost 4 (7/hour) An inanimate object up to one
hundred pounds in weight comes to
Range 0 live, moving clumsily, like a puppet.
Meditation 0 The object can attack as if with a club,
as if the psionicist was attacking.
Psionicist always knows their position
relative to the location at which this
power was first manifested (e.g., 100
yards north). This power cannot help
the psionicist retrace their steps. This
largely serves as an adjunct to other
powers such as teleportation, astral
travel, and telepathic contact. On a
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Animate shadow silver cord connects it to their

Type Devotion physical body. They can travel
between planes or places on the same
Discipline Psychokinetics plane at the speed of thought. When
Ability Wisdom the astral body reaches its
destination, the psionicist can
Cost 7 (3) manifest a temporary physical body
Range Ranged to explore that location. If the astral
Meditation 0 or temporary body is killed, the
psionicist loses all their psi pool and
returns to their physical body.
Imbue any shadow with a life of its
own. It remains two-dimensional. Attraction
Shadows cannot interact with any
physical object. Type Devotion
Discipline Telepathy
Armament Ability Wisdom
Type Devotion Cost 8 / round
Discipline Psychometabolism Range Ranged
Ability Constitution Meditation 0
Cost 9 (4)
Range Self Target is overcome by an attraction to
Meditation 0 a person or thing and will do
everything reasonable within their
power to get close to it. They will risk
The psionicist's arm becomes a melee serious injury to get close to the
or reach weapon of their choice. They object if they are a contacted target,
cannot drop this weapon, nor do they or on a critical success. A variant of
gain proficiency in it. On a critical this devotion exists called “Aversion”
success, the weapon is considered that does the opposite.
magical for purposes of hitting
magical creatures. Awe
Type Devotion
Astral projection
Discipline Telepathy
Type Devotion
Ability Charisma
Discipline Psychoportation
Cost 4 / round
Ability Intelligence
Range Self
Cost 6 (2)
Meditation 0
Range Self
Meditation 0
All contacted targets must save vs.
domination or be cowed by the
The psionicist creates an astral body psionicist’s awesome might. They will
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instead avoid them, avoid upsetting Catfall

them, and avoid attacking them Type Devotion
unless forced.
Discipline Psychometabolism
Body control Ability Dexterity
Type Devotion Cost 4
Discipline Psychometabolism Range Self
Ability Constitution Meditation 0
Cost 7 (5)
Range Self Psionicist takes no damage from falls
of 30 feet and halved damage from
Meditation 0 higher falls, and may leap up to 30
feet. On a critical success, they may
jump up to 50 feet.
Psionicist's body adapts to a specific
hostile environment (water, acid,
extreme cold, extreme heat, etc.). Cell rejuvenation
They can move or breathe normally in Type Devotion
it, and take no damage from it. This
does not affect vulnerability to types Discipline Psychometabolism
of damage. On a critical success, the Ability Constitution
psionicist changes the environment
they are adapted to while they Cost 5 (Special)
maintain the power. Range Touch
Meditation 0
Cannibalise
Type Devotion On a partial success, heal 1 HP per 10
Discipline Psychometabolism psi pool spent and 1 disease per 20 psi
pool spent. On a full success, spend 5
Ability Constitution psi pool less from the total. On a
Cost 0 critical success, spend 10 psi pool less
Range Self from the total.
Meditation 0
Chameleon
Type Devotion
Take any number of Constitution
points and convert them to psi pool at Discipline Psychometabolism
a ration of 8 psi pool to 1 constiution Ability Constitution
points. Consitution recovers at a rate
of 1 per week of rest. On a critical Cost 6 (3)
success, the psionicist gains 8 psi pool Range Self
without expending any constitution. Meditation 0

Colour of psionicist's skin, clothing,

and equipment change to blend into a

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chosen background. This change Contact

takes several seconds. On a full Type Devotion
success, psionicist cannot be seen
while still. On a partial success, Discipline Telepathy
psionicist saves vs. ill fortune to avoid Ability Wisdom
detection. On a critical success, they
can maintain the camouflage while Cost Special (1)
moving. Range Special
Meditation 0

Establish telepathic contact with a

target to gain advantages when using
other psionic powers. Psionicist can
maintain contact with multiple
targets by paying cost for each. Initial
Clairpsionicism cost is equal to either half the target's
level or twice their HP, rounded up. To
Type Devotion avoid being contacted, a target must
Discipline Clairsentience save vs. domination. Unwilling
psionicists or psionic creatures must
Ability Wisdom be defeated in a psychic duel to
Cost 4 (1) establish contact.
Range 1 mile
Meditation 0

Sense all psionic activity within

range. After concentrating for a
second round, psionicist can identify
direction and distance to it. On a
critical success, they can identify the
psionic activity.

Compass Danger sense

Type Devotion Type Devotion
Discipline Clairsentience Discipline Clairsentience
Ability Intelligence Ability Wisdom
Cost 1 Cost 4 (3)
Range 0 Range Special
Meditation 0 Meditation 0

Know which way is north. On a Psionicist can maintain contact with

critical success, this sense lasts until multiple targets by paying cost for
dawn the next day. each. Initial cost is equal to either

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half the target's level or twice their though. On a critical success, the
HP, rounded up. To avoid being effect lasts up to a day.
contacted, a target must save vs.
domination. Unwilling psionicists or
psionic creatures must be defeated in
a psychic duel to establish contact.

Dreamwalking
Type Devotion
Discipline Psychoportation
Ability Wisdom
Cost 1 / 3 watches of travel
Range 500 miles Empathy
Meditation 0 Type Devotion
Discipline Telepathy
The psionicist sleeps and dreams they Ability Wisdom
travel from their present location to
another location within range. They Cost - (1)
may take a number of passengers Range Unlimited
equal to their level, but the ability Meditation 0
check is made with disadvantage. On
a full success, the psionicist and their
passengers arrive a their destination Sense basic needs, drives and
when they wake. On partial success, emotions in any mind within range.
they fall short. Dreamwalks take This includes thirst, hunger, fear,
about eight hours to complete, fatigue, pain, rage, hatred,
regardless of success. uncertainty, curiosity, hostility,
friendliness and love. The psionicist
can identify the subject of the
Ectoplasmic Form emotion (i.e. Who is loved, or who is
Type Devotion hated) in a contacted target, or in all
Discipline Psychometabolism within range on a critical success.
Ability Constitution
Empathic projection
Cost 9 (9)
Type Devotion
Range Self
Discipline Telepathy
Meditation 1
Ability Wisdom
Become ghostlike. The psionicist is Cost - (4)
visible as a wispy outline and moves Range Unlimited
normally, but can pass through solid Meditation 1
material easily. The psionicist's
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Send an emotion to all contacted ESP

targets. On a success, it can only Type Devotion
change the recipients' emotional
states by a degree. On a critical Discipline Telepathy
success, emotions can be drastically Ability Wisdom
altered while the power is
maintained. Cost - (6)
Range Unlimited
Enhancement Meditation 0
Type Devotion
Discipline Psychometabolism Perceive surface or active thoughts in
all contacted targets. You may have to
Ability Wisdom prompt them to cause them to think
Cost Special about certain subjects. The psionicist
Range Self cannot understand languages they do
not already speak, including magical
Meditation 0 syllables a wizard may think in.
Psionicist cannot delve into
memories or the subconscious with
Increase your strength. Initial cost is this power.
equal to twice the numbre of strength
points you add; maintenance cost is
half that. On a critical success, the psi Ghost sense
cost halves. Type Devotion
Discipline Clairsentience
Equilibrium
Ability Wisdom
Type Devotion
Cost 10
Discipline Psychometabolism
Range Ranged
Ability Constitution
Meditation 0
Cost 2 (2)
Range Self
Psionicists can sense all incorporeal
Meditation 0 undead within range and know if a
spirit haunts a location within range.
Psionicist increases their Strength by
half the number of psi points paid.
Maintenance cost is half that. On a
critical success, initial cost becomes
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Ona critical success, psionicist knows Psionicist creates an illusion seen

the location of any spirits they detect. only by contacted targets. The
illusion can involve other senses as
well. The illusion cannot be used to
Gift health make something invisible. Otherwise,
Type Devotion if there is no reason to disbelieve the
Discipline Psychometabolism hallucination, target believes it.
Ability Constitution
Heighten senses
Cost 4
Type Devotion
Range Touch
Discipline Psychometabolism
Meditation 0
Ability Constitution
Psionicist transfers any number of HP Cost 5 (1)
from their own pool to a contacted Range Self
target's pool. On a critical success, Meditation 0
transfer at 1:2.

Psionicist can more easily notice

Gust those hiding or sneaking and, on a
Type Devotion successful Intelligence check, can
Discipline Psychokinetics track like a bloodhound. Psionicist
can see and hear at thrice their
Ability Constitution normal range and identify the
Cost 16 (10) presence of poisons or impurities too
small to cause harm. They can
Range Vision identify objects easily by touch alone.
Meditation 2 rounds

Control wind speed and direction, Hurl

increasing from still to blustery, Type Devotion
blustery to gale, or gale to tornado, Discipline Psychokinetics
and changing up to 180 degrees in
direction. Ability Constitution
Cost 5
Hallucination Range Ranged
Type Devotion Meditation 0
Discipline Telepathy
Ability Intelligence Throw a 1 pound item at a target,
Cost - (4) inflicting 1d6 damage. On a critical
hit, inflict 2d6 damage.
Range Unlimited
Meditation 0

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Inattention partial success, they know the answer

Type Devotion to a general question, such as "Where
am I?" On a full success, the Psionicist
Discipline Telepathy knows the answer to two follow up
Ability Wisdom questions as well.
Cost 3 / round
Range Unlimited Levitate
Meditation 0 Type Devotion
Discipline Psychokinetics
All contacted targets struggle to Ability Wisdom
concentrate and their minds wander. Cost 12 (2)
It is easier for any to pick their Range Self
pockets or slip past them unobserved.
They won’t notice items missing even Meditation 0
in their field of view.
Psionicist lifts themselves at a speed
Inertial barrier of 60 feet per second and descend at a
Type Devotion speed they wish. They cannot move
horizontally, unless pushed or caught
Discipline Psychokinetics in a draft. Can be combined with
Ability Constitution control wind or project force to fly.
The psionicist must drop their
Cost 7 (5) backpack to levitate, and the initial
Range Self cost increases by 1 per filled
Meditation 0 inventory slot. On a critical success,
the rate of levitation is doubled.

Manifest a barrier of air that slows Marionette

everything that enters. Physical
missiles, flames, acid, gas, and fall Type Devotion
damage are rendered useless. It has Discipline Psychokinetics
no effect on magic, heat, cold, light.
Ability Constitution
Local knowledge Cost 8 (8)
Type Devotion Range Ranged
Discipline Clairsentience Meditation 0
Ability Intelligence
Contacted target must save vs.
Cost 10 domination or be controlled like a
Range 0 marionette while in psionicist's range.
Meditation 5 Control is rudimentary, unless on a
critical success, where control is
indistinguishable from normal
Psionicist absorbs local knowledge movement.
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Molecular manipulation Mind meld

Type Devotion Type Devotion
Discipline Psychokinetics Discipline Telepathy
Ability Intelligence Ability Wisdom
Cost 6 (5) Cost 8
Range Ranged Range Ranged
Meditation 1 Meditation 1

Weaken an object, making it easy to Any number of psionicists may link

break. When the object is next minds to combine their psi pool and
stressed, struck, or used to strike, it perform great works of power. They
will snap. The psionicist can choose each must expend the cost in order to
where it breaks. It can instead be make the link. On a critical success,
softened, making it pliable like clay or none of the psionicists participating
easy to break through, depending on must spend the initial cost.
the material (“soft rock” is different
from “soft wood”). Larger items take
multiple rounds to be weakened (at 1
round per 2 square inches weakened).
On a critical success, weakening
occurs at twice the rate.

Manipulate flesh
Type Devotion
Discipline Psychometabolism
Ability Constitution
Cost 6 (1)
Range Self
Meditation 0

Psionicist may expand or contract

themselves at a rate of half their
original size per round. They may
grow to a max of four times their
original size, or shrink to a fourth of
it. This does not affect their clothing
or equipment. On a critical success,
the psionicist may grow or shrink by
up to 100% their original size per
round, up to 10 times larger or a tenth
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Portal Psychic messenger

Type Devotion Type Devotion
Discipline Psychoportation Discipline Telepathy
Ability Constitution Ability Constitution
Cost 4 (2) Cost - (3)
Range Vision Range 200 miles
Meditation 0 Meditation 2

A vaguely outlined portal appears, Psionicist sends an insubstantial

leading to a place of the psionicist's
choosing within their current sight.
Any who step through the portal are
disoriented and cannot attack that
round. On a critical success, it doesn't
cause disorientation.
Post-hypnotic suggestion
Type Devotion
Discipline Telepathy
Ability Intelligence
Cost 1 per level/5 HP
Range Unlimited
Meditation 0
A reasonable course of action is
implanted in the minds of all
contacted targets with an Intelligence
between 7 and 17. A situation that will
trigger this action is also implanted.
This suggestion lasts a number of
days equal to the psionicist’s level. On
a critical success, it lasts until the
trigger occurs.
image of themselves to appear
anywhere within range to deliver a
message. The communication is one-
way. On a critical success, the
messenger can appear as anyone.
Psychic vampirism
Type Devotion
Discipline Telepathy
Ability Wisdom
Cost 10/person
Range Ranged
Meditation 0
Up to six contacted targets can be
drained if asleep. On a full success,
the psionicist can drain as many
points of Wisdom, Intelligence and
Constitution as they choose, to gain 8
psi pool per point. This psi pool
cannot be “banked”, but rather have
to be expended immediately. If any
ability score is reduced to past 5, the
target goes into psychic shock,
causing temporary amnesia, coma, or
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Privation Selective invisibility

Type Devotion Type Devotion
Discipline Psychometabolism Discipline Telepathy
Ability Wisdom Ability Intelligence
Cost 10 / day Cost - (2 / target)
Range Self Range Unlimited
Meditation 0 Meditation 0

The psionicist's needs for food, water, The psionicist or individual they
and sleep are suppressed in exchange choose becomes invisible to all
for an hour of meditation each day. contacted targets, but remains visible
They can survive a number of days to everyone else.. On a critical
equal to their level or 5 days, success, the invisible person is cannot
whichever is higher. Afterwards, they be heard, touched, or smelt.
must rest for one day for every two
they were deprived. Sight link
Type Devotion
Retrospection
Discipline Telepathy
Type Devotion
Ability Constitution
Discipline Clairsentience
Cost - (5 / turn)
Ability Wisdom
Range Unlimited
Cost 120
Meditation 1
Range Ranged
Meditation 10
The psionicist can see through a
contacted target’s eyes for the
The psionicist delves into universal, duration. There is a variation of this
pervasive memory to find the answer devotion that allows hearing rather
to one question. On a full success, than sight to be linked. On a critical
they receive a complete but vague success, both sight and hearing are
answer. On a partial success, the linked.
answer is vague or incomplete. On a
critical success, the answer is specific Steelskin
and complete. Any memories the
psionicist draws from bear marks of Type Devotion
the personalities that created them. Discipline Psychometabolism
Memories can have personalities of
their own, and may be angered by an Ability Constitution
intrusion after centuries of peace, or Cost 4
delighted at the chance for the truth
to be known. Range Self
Meditation 0

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In response to an attack, the can move items in their environment

psionicist’s skin becomes hard as when they arrive in the future.
steel and deflects the blow. On a
critical success, it is maintained for an Thought shield
additional round.
Type Devotion
Suspended animation Discipline Telepathy
Type Devotion Ability Wisdom
Discipline Psychometabolism Cost 5 (3)
Ability Constitution Range Self
Cost 12 Meditation 0
Range Self
Meditation 0 Protects the psionicist against ESP,
probes, mind links, life detection, and
any other powers or spells which read
The psionicist appears dead to all or detect thoughts.
examination. On a partial success,
this lasts for one month, two months Vulnerability
on a full. On a critical success, this
lasts for three months, and the Type Devotion
psionicists remains aware of their Discipline Telepathy
surroundings and may awaken any
time they choose. Ability Wisdom
Cost - (5)
Timeshift Range Unlimited
Type Science Meditation 0
Discipline Psychoportation
Ability Intelligence All contacted targets believes that
any injury will kill them. If injured,
Cost 16 they fall to the ground in terrible pain
Range Self for 10 rounds. Even if they are not
Meditation 0 struck, their behaviour changes as if
they were trying to avoid injury.
Variant: “Invulnerability”, where the
The psionicist teleports up to three target believes that every blow they
rounds into the future and observe strike is fatal.
until time catches up. If they travel
one round into the future, they have
two rounds to prepare for an attack. If
they travel three rounds, they appear
immediately. Their preparations
typically afford the psionicist
advantage on all rolls when they re-
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Wrench damage. On a success, they take half

Type Devotion
Discipline Psychoportation
Ability Wisdom
Cost 15 (8)
Range Ranged
Meditation 0
Any target that simultaneous exists
on this and another plane of exisence
can be forced entirely into one of
those planes at the psionicists’
choice, for as long as the maintenance
cost is paid. This includes undead,
demons and devils, angels, and divine
avatars. If a target is wrenched away
from the material plane, it is trapped
there. If the target is wrenched to the
material plane, its armour is halved, it
cannot drain life, hits against it do
not require magical weapons, and it is
killed permanently if reduced to 0 HP.
damage and are not paralysed.
Crushing intellect
Type Stance
Discipline Telepathy
Ability Wisdom
Cost 4
Range Ranged
Meditation 0
A barrage of unassailable logic stands
between you and your target. This
stance can be used in a psionic duel,
or can be used against a contacted
mind to crush them with logical
calculations. They must save vs.
domination or be lose the ability to
process or make decisions. They
attack randomly or not at all, and
cannot cast spells for 1 round.

Mental blockade
Psionic stances Type Stance
Blasting will Discipline Telepathy
Type Stance Ability Wisdom
Discipline Telepathy Cost 4
Ability Wisdom Range Ranged
Cost 7 Meditation 0
Range Ranged
Meditation 0 An unassailable haven of superego
stands between you and your target,
protecting you and all allies you
A barrage of sensory input stands touch. This stance can be used in a
between you and your target. This psionic duel, or can be used against a
stance can be used in a psionic duel, contacted mind to strike directly at
or can be used against a contacted their beliefs. They must save vs.
mind by blasting them with domination or believe they have lost
sensation. They must save vs. all but 3 HP, and will pass out if hit
domination or be paralysed for 1d4 again.
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Thrusting inquiry Psionic sciences

Type Stance
Discipline Telepathy Autometabolism
Ability Wisdom Type Science
Cost 8 Discipline Psychometabolism
Range Ranged Ability Constitution
Meditation 0 Cost 20
Range Self
A cavalcade of incisive moral Meditation 24 hours
questions stand between you and
your target. This stance can be used The psionicist enters a trance for 24
in psionic duel, or can be used against hours, healing themselves of all
a contacted mind to short their wounds and diseases. This trance can
synapses and render them unable to only be broken with 5HP or more of
act for 1d4 rounds. On a critical damage. On a critical success, the
success, they turn against their allies healing occurs in just one hour of
for this period of time. trance.

Bodyswap
Type Science
Discipline Telepathy
Whipping voices Ability Constitution
Type Stance Cost 30
Discipline Telepathy Range Touch
Ability Wisdom Meditation 0
Cost 4
Range Ranged Switch bodies with a contacted target.
No knowledge is transferred. A
Meditation 0 swapped body deteriorates, losing 1
Constitution point per day. If its
Constitution drops to zero, the body
A chorus declaring the worthless of dies. Lost Constitution is only
all their acts according to their restored when the bodies are swapped
deepest anxieties stand between you back, which becomes harder with
and your target. This stance can be lowered Constitution. On a critical
used in psionic duel, or can be used success, Constitution only
against a contacted mind to daze deteriorates at a rate of 1 point per
them for 1d4 rounds. A dazed target week.
has disadvantage on all rolls and
cannot cast spells above first-level

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Clairvoyance Dominate
Type Science Type Science
Discipline Clairsentience Discipline Telepathy
Ability Wisdom Ability Wisdom
Cost 7 (4/round) Cost - (5 / target)
Range See description Range Ranged
Meditation None Meditation 2

The psionicist sees images from a A contacted target is forced to do

distant area as if they were standing
there. They can scan the area as if
turning their head. The psionicist can
easily send their clairvoyance a
number of miles equal to their level;
anything beyond this gives
disadvantage on their check. On a
critical success, they may hear as well
as see. Variant: "Clairaudience"
grants hearing rather than sight.
anything the psionicist wishes; they
know what is happening but cannot
resist. Commands are telepathic. The
target must save vs. domination to
avoid being affected, and must make
another save whenever forced to do
anything contrary to their nature.
Dominate up to five contacted
targets. On a critical success,
maintenance cost is halved.

Clone Energy Sponge

Type Science Type Science
Discipline Psychometabolism Discipline Psychometabolism
Ability Constitution Ability Constitution
Cost 50 (5) Cost 10
Range Ranged Range Self
Meditation 10 rounds Meditation 5

A wispy and intangible, but otherwise
identical, copy of the psionicist steps
out of their body. The psionicist sees
and hears only what the clone sees
and hears, but can still smell, taste,
and touch from their own body. While
the clone is manifested, the psionicist
cannot move or act, but must do so
through the clone. The clone is
impervious to all forms of attack. On
a critical success, the clone can travel
through walls and other solid objects.
Any energy attack such as electricity,
fire, cold, and sound is absorbed into
the psionicist's body. They glow
brightly for a number of rounds equal
to the damage absorbed. On a critical
success, they may redirect this energy
at a target within ranged rank for 2d6
damage.

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Enpocket Psychosurgery
Type Science Type Science
Discipline Psychoportation Discipline Telepathy
Ability Intelligence Ability Intelligence
Cost 30 (10) Cost - (10)
Range Ranged Range Touch
Meditation 0 Meditation 10 rounds

The target is trapped in a featureless, The psionicist may repair psychic

benign pocket dimension for the
duration, after which they reappear
where they were previously. The
target can try to return by other
means, however. On a critical success,
the target cannot return of its own
accord, but must wait until it is
allowed to return.
ailments and excise possessing spirits
in a mindlinked target, unleash wild
psionic talents of a random nature, or
make the effect of any telepathic
power permanent with no
maintenance cost (so long as it does
not have a range of zero and the
psionicist knows the power).

Explode
Type Science
Discipline Psychokinetics
Ability Constitution
Cost 18
Range Ranged
Meditation 0

Harness latent energy inside a non-

creature object and release it
explosively. This can affect inanimate
objects, corporeal undead, living
plants, or constructs. nyone in melee
range of the explosion must save vs.
poison or suffer 1d10 damage, or half
that on a success. Up to 8 cubic feet of
the exploded object are completely
destroyed. On a critical success, the
explosion causes 2d10 damage and
effects everyone in reach range.

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Total Sensory Invisibility Metamorphosis

Type Science Type Science
Discipline Telepathy Discipline Psychometabolism
Ability Intelligence Ability Constitution
Cost - (5/round/creature) Cost 21 (1)
Range Self Range Self
Meditation 0 Meditation 5

All contacted creatures cannot see, The psionicist transforms into

hear or smell the psionicist. If the
psionicist touches a target or makes
an attack, contact is broken and
contacted targets see the psionicist.
On a critical success, the psionicist
cannot be detected even by touch or
anything with a similar mass as their
own body, such as a wolf, sculpture, or
small tree. They retain their HP by
gain the new form's resistances and
attacks. On a critical success, the new
form can have three times the mass of
the psionicist's own body. On a
critical failure, the psionicist passes
out for 1d6 turns and does not
transform.

Metabolic Tap
attack. Type Science
Discipline Psychometabolism
Memory Probe Ability Constitution
Type Science Cost 11 (5)
Discipline Telepathy Range Touch
Ability Wisdom Meditation 0
Cost - (9)
Range Ranged The psionicist drains 1d6 HP per
Meditation 0 round from a contacted target to
replenish their own. The psionicist
may drain more HP than their
Perceive surface, active thoughts in a maximum, but this bonus HP only
contacted target. Find memories and lasts for one watch. On a critical hit,
knowledge in a mindlinked target. the psionicist can drain 2d6 HP per
The psionicist may learn the answer round.
to one simple question per round.
Complex questions take longer. The
psionicist cannot understand
thoughts in a language they do not
already speak.

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Mindwipe Molecular Redistribution

Type Science Type Science
Discipline Telepathy Discipline Psychokinetics
Ability Intelligence Ability Intelligence
Cost - (8) Cost 16 (3)
Range Touch Range Ranged
Meditation 1 Meditation 0

Wipe knowledge from a target’s mind. Change an existing object or create

The target saves vs. domination to
resist the effect. On the first round,
the target's Intelligence is reduced by
1 point. On the second round, they
lose 1 point of Wisdom. On the third,
they lose 1 level. Finally, on the
fourth they lose the targeted
knowledge. On a critical success, the
target does not get to save. Psychic
surgery can restore the lost
knowledge, Intelligence, Wisdom, and
level.
Mindlink
Type Science
Discipline Telepathy
Ability Wisdom
Cost - (8)
Range Unlimited
Meditation 0
Communicate wordlessly with any
contacted target. Language is not a
barrier. Some powers require a
mindlinked target, similar to how
many require a contacted target.
one from nothing. An object created
or changed this way can have any
shape, colour, or texture the
psionicist desires. However, if cannot
exceed 4 cubic feet in size or 10 lbs.
The object's size cannot be radically
altered, and the created object or
changes last as long as the power is
maintained. On a critical success, the
object or change is permanent.
Neurologic Explosion
Type Science
Discipline Telepathy
Ability Wisdom
Cost 75
Range Ranged
Meditation 3
A psychic scream of overwhelming
power penetrates all minds within
range. They must save vs. domination
or pass out for 2d6 turns.If a psionic
fails this by more than 5, they lose all
psionic power. This can only be
undone via psychosurgery. On a
critical failure, the psionicist must
save. vs. domination or die; on a
success, they lose their psionic
powers for 2d6 days.

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Sensitivity
Type Science
Discipline Clairsentience
Ability Wisdom
Objectology
Cost 12 (2)
Type Science
Range 0
Discipline Clairsentience
Meditation 0
Ability Wisdom
Cost 16 The psionicist perceives the residue
Range Touch of powerful emotions in their current
Meditation 0 location, offering a picture of the
location's past. Only events that leave
a strong psychic residue are
Detect impressions left on an object detectable. Understanding is vague,
by a previous owner. Choose from shadowy, and dreamlike, but the
these options: Heritage, gender, age, dominant emotions involved are
ethos, how last owner lost the item, clear. On a full success, they note two
how last owner gained the item. On a events. On a partial, they note one
partial success, pick two. On a full event. On a critical, they gain an
success, pick four. On a critical unusually clear understanding of
success, learn all the above about two three events.
owners.
Shadow-form
Punch Type Science
Type Science Discipline Psychometabolism
Discipline Psychokinetics Ability Constitution
Ability Constitution Cost 12 (3)
Cost 10 Range Self
Range Ranged Meditation 0
Meditation 0
The psionicist transforms into a living
Manifest a psychokinetic punch shadow, along with their clothing,
against an opponent in range. On a armour, and backpack (if they're
partial success, iit causes 1d6 damage unencumbered). They can blend into
and can trigger traps, throw levels, other shadows and zip through areas
open doors, and break windows. On a of darkness or shadow. Areas of open
full success, it causes 2d6 damage or light are impassable. They are
can knock a man-sized or smaller undetectable except by psychic
target over. On a critical success, it means.
causes 3d6 damage or can knock a
huge target over.

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Telekinesis
Type Science
Discipline Psychokinetics
Ability Wisdom
Cost Special
Range Ranged
Meditation 0
Move object through space without
touching them, up to 60 feet per
round. Initial cost is equal to weight
in pounds. Maintenance cost is half
that, rounded down. On a full success,
you can move it with agility and
speed, giving advantage on attacks
with the object. On a partial success,
the object can only be moved. On a
critical success, lift a second item of
equal or lesser weight for the same
cost.
Teleport
Type Science
Discipline Psychoportation
Ability Intelligence
Cost 10 / 10 yards; 20 / 100
yards, 30 / 1000 yards, 40
/ 5.6 miles, 50 / 56 miles.
Range Self
Meditation 0
The psionicist teleports to a location
they know well and can clearly
picture in their mind. Clothing and
equipment are brought along, but not
one's backpack or any restraints. You
can teleport any distance, with an
initial cost that increases by 10 per
multiple of 10, starting at 10 psi pool
for 10 yards, and increasing to 50 psi
for 10,000 yards (56 miles), 110 psi for
10,000,000,000 yards (or roughly
travel to a neighboring planet. (ie.
Count the zeroes in the distance
you’re travelling, in yards). On a

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