-E a (eo ( THS ROW CO CW RAS,BEFORE SETTING GUT FOR FAME AND FORTUNEBEFORE SUMPING QUT FOR FAME AND FORTUNE ***+te+eeeseveeusseaencconenes TO BUGIN: The Referee is responsible for the preparation of the campaign. He gust draw out a yinimua af halis dozen levels of the “Undervoria", or the physical characteristics of the Upper World country he is go- ing to use, Then, people them with horrid monsters, distribute pri- zes, and note the location on a key corresponding to the appropriate level (see oY WORLD) or the appropriate section of countryside (see THE U ie THE PLAYERS: Before rolling for personal characteristics (see below), the players must decide what and who they choose to be, and which profession or class of adventurer they wish to be and progress through (Table 2), The different classes and the properties of each are- Fighting Men: Rely upon weapons and fighting skill to stay alive. Until they reach the higher levels, most Fighting Men exist by hir- ing themselves out to wealthy or high level characters, and wear some kind of identification of their employer. The prime object of Fighting Mea is to become Barons and land-owners, and/or investors. While having no problem handling magical weapons, a Fighting Man has only an 85% chance of success with other magical items, decreasing 5% each point below average in intelligence (see below). Magie-Users: Rely upon their magic and intelligence to stay alive. They are Likely not to wear any kind of metal armor (see Spells), and they dress in boots, tunics, and cloaks, usually in a special color of the individual (such as Brysbane the Blue) or the Guild or Fellowship they belong to (such as Fellowship of the White Hand). Their taste in weaponry run to either magical items, or bows. The prime object of Magic-Users, depending on individual preference, is to either form or head their own Guild or Fellowship, or to go off somewhere to brood and study in a tower, Glerics: Rely uoon their clerical spells and cunning to stay alive. They may not use edged weapons. Clerics are usually dressed in long flowing robes with the symbol of their monestary or Order somewhere in prominence, Clerics are skilled in medical practices and spirit- ual matters, They also have a high resistance to magic, as a spirit- wal plane is stronger than a Magic-User's phantasmal plane. The ob- ject of a Cleric's life is to be accepted in and work through a mon estary or an Order, and therefore gold pieces are only as important as a tribute or tithe. Bishops and Lamas will head monestaries, and an Order will be headed by a Patriarch or Evil High Priest. Their adventures are more on the order of quests. After deciding which class to belong to, players then choose what kcind of creature they are, Taey may be men, or one of the follow ing fantasy creatures: Hobbite:May only be Eleuting Yep. However, the usual restrictions about using magical items does not apply. As a fighter they pro- gress normally at 10% below normal, because of their size. This is modified by the dice total for "strength" plus "intelligence" and "cunning" as given in Table 3. Hobbits may not progress beyond the level of "Hero". Hobbits have a high resistance to magic and spells, so they will throw saving throws 4 levels above their actual level. Although fantasy creatures, Hobbits cannot see in the dark, but they etravel silently and co are generally not heard by opponents they moet, Hobbits uce short stabbing swords and daggars, but are more at howe using a short bow or a sling. Hobbits using 'a sling have a 90% accuracy of hitting exactly what they aim at, and a 97% accur- acy just to hit. Because of their size, Hobbits can only wear small dwarvish mail and helms, or have armor custom made for them. Hobbits do not have a personal language of their own, but they can clain to speak elvish and/or dwarvish as their extra languages (although not extensively). Elves: May not be Clerics. In the Magic-Usor class they may progress no further he ees + In the Fighting Man class, they way ‘not progress beyond "SwashbuckLer"(although a Swashbuckler Hf may not be hired by anyone or anything). Secause elves are magical creatures, they will handle magic items (wands and the like) well even if they are Fighting Men. After progressing to the top of his aaximua level in one class, Zives may begin to accumulate Exeerience Points in the other class if they have a score of 13 or better in the prime re site of the class they wish to change to (see below). Only Elves may freely change class. Slves who operate in both the Magic-User class and the Fighting Man class get the benefits of both classes; 0.g. they are able to utilize magic weaponry and spells at the same tine. Elves alnost exclusively wear a long sword with a thin blade (which may or may not be magic), sometimes a shield, and usually no helm. ‘They can wear norsal armor, but usually use custom-made or elvish mail, Elves are 90% minimum accurate with a non-magie bow of any kind. In addition, they can see in the dark and cannot get lost in normal woods. They are also fine natural horsemen and sailors. Elves have an additional language, elvish (see Languages). Dwarves: Nay only be Eisuting Men. As a fighter they progress nornal- Ty at 10% above normal, and the dice cast for "strength" plus "cun- ning" and "intelligence" will modify this accordingly. They may not, however, progress above the level of "Myrniden". Dvarves also have a high fesistance to magic and spells, so they Will throw saving throws 3 levels above their actual level. Dwarves usually wear heln, chain mail, and carry a small round shield. Their taste in weaponry runs to battle axes, morning stars, maces, and daggars, and rarely if ever use swords or bows. They also prefer pikes, In addition, they can see in the dark, are quite at home underground, and have an un- shakable sense of direction in caverns. Dwarves will speak the usual languages plus, with no penalty, Dwarvish, Goblin, Kobold, Gnomish, and Ore. NOTE: All customs will be modified accordingly based upon the per- sonality traits (see below) of the individual involved, The next major decision is the choosing of the division: Law, Chaos, or, Neutral. Law characters are generally bound by rules of conduct, though not necessarily honorable, and usually honor their word or a contract. However, thoy are quite ruthless in dealing with Chaos characters. Chaos characters have a loose "honor amoung thieves" code which is sometimes in effect. They will use any weans avaliable to destroy a law character. Neutrals are tolerated by both sides, to varying decrees. NOTE: A Law creature or onster will not attack’a Law character. This is not true of a Chaos creature or monster versus a Chaos creature. Neutral creatures or monsters will attack anyone without prejudice or preference to division. After deciding on all of the above, each player now rolls for his individual character traits.SETTING THE CHARACTER: The player rolls a series of three dice for his personality traits. The totals cqual his starting "Intelligence","Cunning","Strength", “Hoalth","Aappearance","bgo", and Gold Pieces. One die is rolled for nunber of "Hits", to be modified accordingly as set in Table 4. Zach player should keep a record of his own "vital statistics", with Experience Points and the Gold Pieces (GP) in a seperate column, for their total will fluctuate continually. A sample heading for your card follows: Name: Mythrandir - Magic User Level: 1 Intelligence: 14 Gunning: 10 Strength: 5 Health: 14 Apperance: 8 Ego: 13 Hits: 3 Gold Pieces: Languages: Experience Pointe: 160 (3 dice x 10) common, law, orc, ° dragon, eagle, goblin Intelligence: The prine requisite for Magic-Users. Intelligence a- bove average can be ysed on a2for 1 basis by Fighting Men and Cle- pics in their orime requisite areas. Gunning: The prime requisite of Clerics, Cunning above average can be used on a 2 for 1 basis by Magic-Users and Fighting Men in their prime requisite areas. Strength: The prige requisite for Fighting Mep. Strength above aver- age can be uscd on a for 1 basis by Clerics only in their primo requisite areas. Health: The measure of how well a porson stands up under the strain of events (such as being turned to stone or changed into a toad), as well as the ability to take physical punishment. Appearance: Seldom used, and it can be ignored, but it makes for some interesting situations when a male player is captured by a Witch, for example~will she turn hin into a swine or keep him for a lover? The reverse is also true. Ego (or Loyalty): Optional and can be ignored, but it can cause for Players soe interesting and perhaps awkward situations. For example, how well a player can give or take orders and the reaction to a real or supposed insult, or the likelyhood that a player will risk his life for you in a dangerous situation. Hits: The number of "chops" a player can endure in combat, or other ‘sundry damage allowed before death can occure. It is also an indi-~ cation of an individual's fighting ability (see Combat). Hits are modified in Tables 3 and 4. Gold Pieces (GP): The monatary standard of most worlds, these will be used to purchase necessary items of equipment, pay expenses (and taxes), build castles and keeps, and possibly be used to invest in areas of the various player's control (see BARONIES). They may also be used to gain Experience Points (see below). Languages: The comgon tongue is spoken throughout most of the know world and is known by most humans and all hobbits. All other crea- tures and monsters which can speak (excepting hobbits) have their own language and sone (50%) also know common tongue. Law, Neutral, and Ghaos also have their own individual language spoken by gach renspectively. Qne can attempt to commmicate through the camman ton- Gus, B leneuase particular to a creature class (ore), ar one of the livisional Languages (lav, ete.). While not. understanding the lans- wage, creatures who speak a divi tongue will recognize a hos- one and attack ic above). Participants with an intelligence bone Gad mot including 10 say Lear additional Len > ane jan- guage For every point above 10 intelligence factors. susipie thgee Eeptictpants with an intelligence below and not including 9 ar possibility of not knowing the common tongue, with a 10% chance of ignorance with an intelligence of 8, and increasing 15% each addi- tional factor lower than 8, Thus, a man With an intelligence level of 14 could speak 6 languages, i.e. common tongue, his divisional Language, and 5 creature languages, A man with an intelligence of 6 would have only a 60% chance of speaking common, but could speak his divisional language. Magic-Users also have a chance to know how to speak Magi, the magical tongue. While they all can speak it to some extent to perform spells, their ability to read it varies with their intelligence. A Magic-User with an intelligence of 3 has only a 15% chance of reading Magi, and this percentage will go up at a rate of 5% per intelligence point above 3. NOTE: Elvish and Dwarvish are restricted languages used and spoken only by them and Hobbits. Only under strictly controlled conditions end circumstances should any other creature (including men) be al= lowed to speak them. Experience Points: As players best monsters in mortal combat or use ony magic or clerical spells in time of troubles, and cap- ture various forms of prizes (magical weapons and items), they gain "experience". This adds to their Experience Point total, and in this manner players will eventually progress to higher levels and gain higher abilities. Each player's class determines the area where experience points will be found. For Magic-Users and Clerics, points will be aquired by casting spells, counting 100 points for Level 1 spell, 200 points for Level 2 spell, etc., and dividing by the level of the player. There can be up to’a 50% bonus for cast ing in times of peril. They can also score, at the referee's op- tion, for using their prime requisite in tense situations. All three classes will score points for killing various monsters, with 100 points per level of monster. If killed by a Nagic-User, it must be killed ty magical means for points to be scored, and full points are given, If killed by a Fighting Man, the points of the monster arecdivided by the level of the player killing it. If killed by a cleric, full points are awarded only if the monster was hostile to his division, or if extraordinary cunning was used by the player to bring about ite destruction. Otherwise, the level of monster is to be divided by the level of Cleric (the latter for Clerics can only be used up to gaining Clerical Level 3). Fighting Men can also gain points by attaining coins, gems, jewels, and other loot with value in Gold Pieces. However, these points are used only on a 10 for 1 basis, and are used for training purposes. Prine Requisite numbers will affect the amount of points needed to advance levels (see Ta- bles 2 and 3), Spells: The number above each column (Table 4) indicates the spell level. The number in each column indicates the number of spells of that level that can be "cast" in a 24 hour period (see Table 5 for spell lists), NOTH: Magic-Users are warned about the dangers of try- ing to cast 4 spell while wearing metal armor and/or helms. Because of effects of "cold iron" on magic, a Magic-User dressed in plate mail will be unable to have a spell of any kind or level be success- 5ful, although it will cost him a spell for that 24 period. A Magic- User dressed in chain mail will have only a 25% chance for complete success, although something will always occur. For example, a Thau- maturgist is wearing chain mail, and tries to throw a Lightning Bolt. ALightning Bolt is thrown, but it misses its target by some 400 ft. Fighting Capabilities: The numbers (Table 4) indicate the player's ability to handle nore than one opponent in combat on an equal ba- sis. For example, a Veteran could take on any ordinary non-veteran man and have a +1 advantage. EQUIPABIT AND PROVISIONS: All players, of course, must provision themselves for the journey which lies ahead. Initially, this is paid for out of the amount of GP with which the player starts off with. He must plan for the en- counters he might have and, taking into consideration who and what he is, equip accordingly, also keeping in mind the total weight of his material and his own strength and endurance (see Tables 6, 7, 8, and 10). An example follows: An adventuring human Fighting Man equips himself with Plate Armor (500 weight), Shield (150), Helmet (50), a 2 Handed Sword (150), a Daggar (10), and Miscellaneous Equipment (40). He is encumbered to the total weight of 900 GP. He moves at the speed of Armored Foot= men. If he picks up treasure equal to another 150 GP he moves at the speed of a Heavy Footman. If he picks up additional weight up to 800 GP he would move at one-half that speed (if he could move at all!) Of course, he could discard equipment in order to carry treasure, so that an unarmed and unarmored man could carry weight equal to 1500 GP and still move at a normal full rate of speed. ‘THE MOVE/TURN: (Movement is in segaents of approximately 10 minutes in the Under- world} and by daily segments in the Upper World. Time must be ta- ken to rest, 90 ono move overy hour is spent at rest below ground and two dayS every week are spent likewise above ground. If the players are spending time searching for anything, hiding, loading treasure, listening, BSP'ing, or whatever, time will go past, with occasional rolls by the Referee for "wandering monsters". NON-REAL PLAYERS: (in all probability the Referee will find it beneficial to allow participants to "hire") mercenaries for occasional service or per- manent duty below or dbove. They can also capture various monsters (at the reforects option) to take into service. In most Upper World adventures, it is advisable to have at least one compatible part- ner hired to go with each non-Fighting Man, Monster-types, with the exception of ores, cannot serve in the underworld, but they will man castles and keeps or lurk in dungeons built under player's ow strongholds (sec Castles). Eventually players who are Fighting Nen will be forced to leave the service of the owner of a primary keep and go build their om. When they so devart there will come a part- ing from sone of their hirelings. Thus, there is a 90% probability of tho departing Fighting Man taking one hireling with hin, 50% for taking a second, and 10% for taking a third. Offers to hire non-real players should teke not less than one gane- Gay to respond to, and a die might be thrown to determine when the first response takes place. Only Fighting Men will reply to offers. As a general rule; offers of under 100 GP/level have only a 10% pro- 6bability of success. Dwarves will require 50% more gold, and elves Will be attracted by offers of magical items. Continued posting of offers, with increasing anounts, will increase the probability of success, and eventually a transaction will take place, However, hiring above the Swordsman class (level 3) showld be difficult, and above the Swashbuckler class all but impossible. (oratives) Gre Referee may allow participants to designate one Trelative’ to play if for any reason the participant disappears (mhether or not death is established) >The arrival of the "relative! should not be innediate, allowing from a week to a month or more at the Referee's option. Inheiritance, if any, is imsediate upon the arrival of the "heir", and the settling of the resains. If for any reason the original character of the player returns it is possible to allow the relative to reaain in the game as a non-real player at the Referees option. Inheiritance upon death or belief of death is immediate and unques- tioned from father to con. In the case of relatives, or with non- relations, it is necessary to leave a "will" designating distribu- tion of the deceased's riches, Otherwise, all monies, items, and/or holdings revert to the state, if any, orto squatter's claims, Plus, there is also a strong chance that valubles may be stolen unless well guarded. (coyantal: Gon will serve as retainers (as will elves and dwarves) with Telative loyalty as long as they receive their pay regularly, are treated fairly, and are given occasional bonuses (elves magic items, dwarves extra gold)> For loyalty, eliminate the roll of ego and sub- stitute loyalty. 7 this, plusses will be given for bonuses, consid- eration, luck in adventures, and life-saving acts on the part of the real players in behalf of their retainers, The average loyalty is 9- 11, and retainer reactions can be judged accordingly, at the Referee!s option and discretion. For example, with a loyalty score of 5, re= tainers will desert at the first opportunity; and with a score of 18 they will be fanatically loyal and willing to give their "lives for their master. Continued service over game-years will automatically increase loyalty which has stayed average or above during the per- io thus, a Warlock in the service of a player would go from 11, let'us say, to 12 atter one game-year of service. If he had had sev- eral succecsful adventures, received monetary bonuses, and/or been given sone magical itens during this same period, his loyalty rating would probably increase another 3 points to 15 or more. Support and Upkeev: Non-real players above the sixth level will be given a flat percentaze of treasure in liew of support and urkeep costs.(for Fighting Men, see Table 9). Magic-Users must be paid a minimum of 5% per level of all treasure. Clerics will receive a sum as a tithe of a flat 10% for their monastery or order as a minimum for service. SUPPORT AND UPKEEP: Players must pay living expenses and wages for theaselves and hire- lings. Costs in the tnderworid are assesed on a weekly basis, but in the Upper Land the same cost applies on a monthly basis. Some hazerdous duty" pay should also be given when retainers from above serve for any length of time below ground. Creature naturally in- habiting the Underworld will live there at a lower rate but ser- ving in an active capacity will accrue the higher rate automatic— ally. WAL players must also pay 1% of thelr mininun EP for taxes, oxcept- dng Clerics who pay what money they have to their monastery fund or 7up paying 10 GP a month d, for a total of 60 GP a ceive whatever they bar- al “layer.a a 2 5 RR wm Ss a 8DHE UNDERWORLD tH Rens sen nenennnesneneenaneneeenetaneen ena reneneeennnne SOME WORDS OF EXPLAINATION: Underworld rules are very flexible, and can be applied almost any- where. Officially, the Underworld is made up of the various levels below ground level that are found in various circumstances, such as in Manors or Castles, or in caves. But realistically they can apoly to any adventure or Segment of adventure that does not occur out in the open, such as the upper levels of a tower or manor. These are areas that can be expected to contain beasties described in the Underworld Encounter Table (Table 12). LEVELS: There is no limit to the number of levels down a labyrinth can have. The Referee is responsible for having a number of levels planned and drawn out, planning for specific encounters and prize locations. It is sometimes an advantage to have a specific purpose in mind when planning these, A sample "dungeon" in levels and floor plan is given on the following pages, with explanations below. Sample Map of Underworld Levels’ 1-Note stairs down lead through blind passages and returns to cir- cular room with wedge-shaped divisions. Unless secret door is lo~ cated this area will lead nowhere. 2-This is simply a room-labyrinth, generally Leading nowhere, but “aM would be a room containing a monster and treasure, i.e. an Ogre with 400 GP and 1 magic potion. 3-This area illustrates the use of slanting passages to help pre- vent players fron accurately mapping a level. No matter which way west players move they will end up turning into the lair of the monster in "B", a basiliak. There is a false door in the second passage north. The tunnel to the east contains a trap, a slide to a lower level which is disguised as a set of stairs. 5-Passage south "DY is a slanting corridor which will take players at least one level deeper, and if the slope is gentle even dwar- ves won't recognize it. Room "E" is a transporter, two ways, to anywaere the Referee likes, including the center of the earth or the bottom of the sea. The passage south "F" is a one-way trans- porter, and the player will never realize it unless a very large party (over 50! in length) is entering it. "a" is a shifting section of wall, with a secret dic roll to de- termine which way it will go, if at all. Such a section will poss- bly close one of the four corridors, possivly blocking access to/ from the trapdoor located in the room to the northwest. "E" is a two-way secret door. 7-Note the pit (x) at the four-way intersection containing a sec~ ret door on the south surface. A small tunnel will lead discov- erers to the room containing monster "I". The western portion contains the room of some evil men, complete with two secret doors for handy escape. There is also a flight of stairs. ‘This diagram is ment to be an aid, not a guide. The Referee is com pletely responsible for his own Underworld. NOTE: In the interests of fair play, it is recommended that players be allowed to draw a map of their seeable surroundings. 8, and Secret Passages: Secret passages will be located by a roll of 1 or 2 by a dwarf, and 10 Doors, reSAMPLE CROSS SecTION oF LEVELS: €re. Key “y STARS NS SLANTING PASSAGE || cuureGED) BIT LEG Apps Vie os Underground passage sc Freee ue prast THE Downs —F Bee WOME sour root. |s seceer Doom % Trae Desta roll of 1 by a man or elf (Referee's option: for a higher level they may be found more easily, and lower they may take more searching). To Giscover the door, the die must be rolled for each wall that player is searching (including the floor and ceiling), and can be rolled only once for each wall. Standard doors automatically open. Special doors that do not,require a roll of 1 or 2 by men, and 1 for smaller players, Doors close auto- matically unless extrené measures are taken to hold then open (the im aginative Referee will keep players on their toes in this matter). Traps are usually sprung open by a rool of 1 or 2, and pits generally open to receive the unwary in the same way. NOTH: Hobbits cannot find secret doors if cunning is below 13. Other- wise, they find doors as well as dwarves do. Listening At the Door: When players come to a door they may "Lister to hear anything on the other side, "Undead" monsters will never make any sound and so may never be heard. Probabilities otherwise are typ- ically 1 for men and 1 Or 2 for fantasy creatures. Light: In the Underworld, generally passages have no light source, In this case, especially for hobbits and men, players must have some kind of light Source. A lit torch will permit a player to "see" maximum of 15 feet, after which only din shadows are slightly visible. A lantern has a maximun range of 30', with similar viewing after this distance. Of course this will make then seeable to creatures in the darkness. All monsters automatically see in total darkness. Other Tricks and Tras: The rick of death is one of the most stimula- ting parts of the game. Therefore it behooves the Referee to include as many mystifying and dangerous tricks and traps as is consistant with reasonable chance for survival. Here are a few simple items: False stairs going up and down, *Steps down which lead to a slant passage up, so actually the player goes not to another level ,but stays on the same one. *Trap steps leading up a short ways, then down at least two levels, with the passage back blocked by iron spikes or bars. *Sinking rooms, including rooms which seen to sink while the doors renain fast for period, ‘Illusion or mind control rooms. ‘Whole sections which dead-end So as to trap players being pursued by some monster. “Doors which open normally from one side, but resist (requiring a roll of three consecutive 1's, for example) from the other. *R0oms which revolve on a pivot either up or down, changing both Level and direction. / INDERWORLD MONSTER ENCOUNTERS: Monsters will be found as located on map keys or "wandering". Wand= ering monsters will appear whenever @ Bix is rolled on a die, A die Should be rolled every hour in Underworld situations, Sooing Monsters: Players will "see" a monoter at the maximum range of his Jight source if unable to see in the dark, or at 9O feet if they can.[There is a chance, however, for "surprise" to occur for both par- ties (die 1 or 2))\Certain magical devices will give prior warning, for which see MAGICAL ITEMS in the GLOSSARY. Encountering Monsters: The Referee now must determine what kind of monster it is, and how many there are of it. First use Table 11 to determine the level of monster encountered. Then, further dice must be rolled in order to 13find which exact monster will appear (Table 12). To find the number of zonsters appearing, take the highest level to be found in the group of players concerned and from this subtract the level of monster encountered, This difference is then multiplied by the number rolled on a six sided die. An exception to this could be Level 1 monsters. There should always be more Level 1 monsters ap- pearing than adventurers in the group, and totals should be modified to reflect this. Avoiding Monsters: Monsters will "see" adventurers run automativally and will attack if they see adventurers. If monsters are intelligent they will not attack obviously superior forces(If players choose to run the monsters will continue to follow in a straight line until o. Yer 90 feet behind their prey) at which time thoy will return to their lair or vanish. Change in dirdction of pursued players will cause a roll of a die (roll 1 or 2) to see if pursuit continues. Speed of mon- sters are listed in Table 13. Men travel according to their encumberance as previously explained. However, as they flee from a monster or monsters they may choose to drop items in order to increase their speed. Dropped prizes will re~ main where they were dropped with the appropriate monster(s) guard ing thom. There will also be a 10% chance that fleeing players will inadvertantly drop some item in order to escape some monster. A roll is made for each player involved, and only items held in hand can be inadvertantly dropped. If there are two possibilities, roll die to see which item is dropped, MAINTAINING FRESHNESS OF YOUR UNDERGROUND: As monsters inhabiting the rooms and corridors of a level are kill- ed off now ones can easily be keyed in by the Referee, although not necessarily in the same rooms. New "construction" should always take place, and whole sections of a level can be closed off for a time by blocking passages and extending them in different directions. If the worst happens, new levels can always avpear extending downward. All- in-all, with all of the devices and tricks available, there is no reason why participants in your game should not continue to find mys- tification, enjoyment, excitement, and amusenent when adventuring through the maze of passages of the Underworld... simply keep it spiced with plenty of imagination!peeeeeeeeeee tier treet eer te cett rere ec er eter ereereess ‘THE UPP! SETTING THE STAGE: As it was in the Underworld, so here too the Referee is responsible for the design, planning, and population of his Upper World~ the land around his Underworld. But the scope here is quite different. ftere you are creating a land or country. What is ite social structuro? Wnore aro ite citioo? What is its mythology, and how real is it? In other words, this is the chance that all fantasy fanatics dream about-the chance to create their own Lankhmar or Gor. Supposedly, this ic the land of your players. Before and after each Underworld adventure, this is the home they return to, and it ic up to the Referee to make it. The number of possibilities are unlimited to the imaginative and well-read Referee. First, the kind of world must be decided. Is this Narnia? or Barsoom? or a world of the Referee's creation? Scale maps must be drawn out for reckoning of movement. The major cities, if any, must be desig- nated, and any sot encounters should be noted. After all this paperwork is completed, the story outline of your World should be set. For example, on the sample map on the following page, each major city has its own history. Cylorn, for instance, is comprised of high ego population, and often goes to war against ‘Lal- kel. A dwarf colony exists in the mountains north of Lalkel, and 0 the city warriors all have high quality armor. Nadirh, on the other hand, is nestled into the great forest of elves, and so its people have connections with clvish colonies. And on it goes. The map following is only a guide and sample, as is the character discussions at the beginning of this game. The final decision and responsibility is up to the Referee. (GarontEs?) after Fighting Men build their own strongholds and control a terri- tory and population (construction costs Table 23), they will have an opportunity to attack each other, improve their lands, and/or expand. It is suggested that the initial territory be about 20 miles by 50 miles. Areas of players' control should have a rendom population of 2-12 villages of from 100 to 600 inhabitants each. Players may then begin to invest capital in their holdings in order to improve them and bring in additional revenue. There are, of course, investment areas which are not related to the populace or the territory of the players. Up to 10% of the population will take service as soldiery. In times of trouble an additional 25% of tho population becomes militia, Magic-Users: Do not create Baronies as such. While living in cities Magic-Users belong to a Guild, and therefore live in the Guildhome, or are independents (very risky) and live in a house. In neither case does the Magic-User own land or build strongholds. If the Magic-User does not live in a city, tut lives in the country, forests, or hills and mountains, tower construction or mansions are popular. In this case, it is common for the Nagic-User to "control" the surrounding countryside, depending upon tie terrain and the level of Magic-User involved, In this case, a "tribute" is given to the Magic-User from the villagers (if any) inhabiting the area he controls. In neither case is a Barony, a5 cuch, established. Magic-Users, however, can and often do hire thenselves out to a Baron or Lord as the "castle magician". It is also possible for MagictUsers to overthrow a Lord 16or Baron, and take control of his lands. However, in this case, the rules for "Angry Villagers" (see below) can apply. Gleries: Cannot establish Baronies at all. The prime goal of a cle~ Fic is to belong to # monastery or an Order. They do not live alone, nor do they establish territories on there own. However, the mona- steries and orders can establish a kind of religious territory. In this case, the head of the clerical group, whether Bishop, Lama, or Patriarch, becones a kind of constitutional monarch over his area. While having, as always, complete control over his group, the only control exercised over villages is spiritual, letting them run there own affairs. Also, insted of a tax, villages and villagers pay a 10% tithe to the monastery or Order in control. Clerical groups can in- vest in outside interests, however, but only as a group. In any case, all monies are put into the general group pot, controlled by the ru- ling cleric and any ascistants he may designate, angry Villagers: Anyone who has seen a typical horror movie knows how dangerous angry villagers can be. Whenever the Referee feels that players have committed some unforgivable outrage, he can in- voke the "angry villagers" rule.) These enraged citizens will move faster and fight better than any player, and will attack en masse as a mob despite loyalty factors. The Referee will decide, perhaps ona die roll, how many villages and villagers storn the castle. The attack will continue until 80% casualties have been reached, in which case a rout retreat will take place. In this case, however, resent- ment will renain, and insurrection Will flame up again at the first opportunity. If the slightest gain is perceived by the mob, no a~ mount of slaughter less than 95% will stop them, This situation will continue a6 long as the player refuses to con- form to the desired situation. In the case of a Nagic-User overthrowing a Baron and siezing his terr- itory, die rolls are needed to see if the villagers revolt. If the de~ posed Baron had a loyalty of 13 or better from his villagers, there is an 80% chance of revolt. If the loyalty was lesa than 13, subtract 5% per each point under from the chance of revolt. Investaents: Investaent costs are left to the descretion of the Referee, with consideration of construction costs (Table 23). The areas of in- vestment are: 7 Roads Grtans Y «snip Building ¢*Canals ‘+Animal Brooding ~*Sea Trade *Slave Dealing *Housing ( *armories *Fortification YeLand Trade Y *Parning ¥ePishing Edueation ¥*Reli gion *Tourisa v*axploration ‘Magical Research MOVEMENT IN THE UPPER WORLD: Basic maximum speeds are listed on Table 21, and these are to be mod- ified by the Referee for terrains other than clear. These movezent values are for one day's travel, with one hex equaling 10 miles. Zhus, a Light Horse can go a maximum of 100 miles in one day over clear ter vain. Slowed Movement: Parties over 100 (including pack animals) mov at a T hex penalty. Parties over 1000 move at a @ hex penalty. Parties 5000 or more move at a 3 hex penalty. Res All creatures must rest after six (6) days of continuous tra srgvel. In addition, dragons, after so traveling for three weeks in such a manner (considering rest days) must then rest for an addit- ional three weeks, UPPER LAND ENCOUNTERS: Villages: Unlocs specifically identified, the size of a village en- countered will be settled on a die roll, with Izhamlet, 2-5- progres= sively bigger villages, 6-walled town. Possibilities for purchasing various needs or wants (other than food) increase proportionatly with the size of habitation. Smallest villages have nothing; middle siz— ed places will have fair possibilities of having standard mounts, ma- gic swords and arrows, and warriors for hire. Walled towns will have all standard items for sale, some natural ones, and perhaps a dragon market in which to sell your catch. Castles: Castles can be specified on the map, or may appear much like wandering monsters, i.e, when a 12 is rolled on two dice thrown once a "day", The inhabitants of these strongholds are either hostile (die 1-3) or neutral (die 4-6). Naturally the vlayers will not know this until they fail the castle or are otherwise in contact with its ine habitants:(Ghances for the occupants of a castle to come owt (and cone after the players) personally are: in same hex as castle, die 1-3; adjacent to the castle hex, die 1-2; one hex from castle, die 1. Pursuit will occur on die 1-3 {f the occupants are hostile, and on a die of 1 if they are neutral) Inhabitants of a castle are de~ termined by Table 22, Fighting Nen from a castle will demand a jousting match with passers— vy of like class if the occupants are not hostile. Otherwise, they will demand a toll (100-600 GP). If a joust takes place,the occupant of the castle will demand the loserts arnor if he wins. If the pas- serby wins, he will gain lodging and a week's vrovisions from the castle or nay opt to merely pass by)(see Jousting under MELEES & COM~ BAT and Table 28). (Wagic-Users from a castle will send passerby on a quest after trea- sure if they are not hostile, Unwilling passersby will either have to pay a toll (100-600" GP), or yield some magical item to the Magic- hee ae fight). Clerics, including Evil High Priests, will ack 10% of passersby's wealth as a tithe to their monastery or Order. If there is no pay- nent possible, the cleric will send the adventurers on a holy quest. Tho Evil High Fricst has an 80% chance of attompting to murder the adventurer after payment of the 10%, and taking all of the wealth. If there is no payment possible, he will simply attempt to slay the menbers of the party. Wandering Monsters: Unless specifically placed on the map as a lair site, all monster encounters will be of the "wandering" variety, us- ing Tables 18 and 19. Much attention should be placed on the type of terrain and social climate of the area to make encounters believ- able. Zvading tonsters depends upon the size of the party of adven- turers and the size of the party of monsters (Table 20), with the following “odi fiers: *If onsters are encountered roll a die to sce if they have cur- prised the odventurers. Die 1 or 2 equals surprise. If surprised, reduce the chance for evasion by one-half. *If the adventurers are not surprised, roll a second die to see if the monsters are survrised. If a roll of 1 or 2, then the monsters have been surprised, and the chances for evasion are increased 10%. *If the encounter is with men and the adventurers are surprised, then 19they are surro *In woods add 1¢ ded vy then, and there is no chance for evasion. to evasion chances. Ig flying, roll for a 5 or 6 at the ond of each "day" for encoun- teres. If an en is rolled, use only the matrix for flyers 5). If on water (ship, boat, raft, etc.), do the same for 0 (swimmers ~ Table 19) sncounte: tion dealing with the various 48) for explain: f£ the fightir nonsters", will alma, » Necr: i, they say also be carrying va!MELEES aND COW. TP OARS eS eA aa tDH ED EEE EH Ne ERNE NESE D NOTE eR EERE EARN ENOENEEE ‘THE SITUATION: Melees and coubat can be the nost trying experience of a Referee, what with all your players swinging wildly and monsters dashing here and there, The trick to keeping order ie not letting yourself get rushed. Prior to the actual nclee, the Referee must establish a definite order of combat and hold to it during the figat. When dealing with more than one attacker or monster, it is heloful to draw a diagran of the battle ficld. Also, the arca of "control" is six fect on all sides of a fighter. Yatch to see if a player hits his companions by mistake by getting too close with a morning star. ATTACKING AND SCORING HITS: Helees With Zand Years: Mhen two creatures are within conbat range and decide to use hand weanons, such as swords, aces, etc., one or several blows will bo struck, Fighting will continue until either one of the characters surrender or run, or one is killed. The order of normal combat is as follows: 1~ ‘the attacker announces what weapon he is using, and takes his "Chops" at the opronent. The vlayer will always get the first chop unless he is surprized or opnonent has the higher ground. 2-The Referee checks the percentage needed to hit (Table 14). Find the opponent's araor class and follow the row until it meets the column under the level of fighter doing the attacking. 3-The Referee then determines the rercentage achieved by the at- tacker by either 100% dice, a Table of Randon Numbers, or a deck of playing cards ninus the face cards. If the percontage obtain- ed is creater than the percentage needed, a "hit" has occured. 4=The player then rolls two dico for an "Instant Ki11", If no kill oceurs, the Referee rolls for damage. One regular dio is rolled for one hit, If the percentage (above) obtained was twice that needed, tvo hits occured and two dice are rolled. 5- After the dice have been rolled, the total is compared to the "Dice for Accunulative Hits" total of the opronent, and subtract- ed from the total. 6-Tf the hits recieved exceed the total of the victim by one (1) or more, the victim 1s killed. 7=If the hits received is less than the total of the opponent, he now declares his weapon and takes his chons, and the procedure begins ag If the ovponeat of the player ls a monster, determine the monster's araor class by using Table 13, and use the second attack table, Ta- ble 15, for the monster's chops on the vlayer, with the number of hit diée the monster receives as the detorminate of the column, and the ergament of the player for the row. Also, large and ferocious creatures such ao Giants, Efrects, etc., will always roll two hit dice against a player. (For Instant Kills, use Table 31.) Alteration: Sonetimes, a player will get two or three chons to en opzonent!s one. Have each slayer declare his weapon ahead of the winging, ond check the number of that weapon on fable 31. If the 23weapon of ono character is four classes lower (1 vs. 5, 2 vs. 6) or more, that character will have two chops during every melee round. If a character has a weapon eight classes or more lower, he will have three chons during every melee round, Characters attacked from behind do not return the chop on the first round of the melee and chop second on the second round and each round thereafter. Melee with Bows: Some players (especially Elves and Hobbits) may wish to uso bows of come kind rather than hand weapons, The pla- yer must declare the kind of bow being used, and cannot partici- pate in the first round of a group melee. Starting on the second round, he must fire in turn with the other vlayers, with two shots per turn with a short and long bow, and one shot per turn for the Light ond heavy crossbows and compésite bow. The Referee uses Ta~ ble 30 for missle fire, and regular hit procedure is followed. NOTE: A player cannot tse a tow when the ovnonent is within the player's area of control. If a player must drop his bow for a hand weapon, the opponent will get a free chop, and the player will hit second in the nelee round. Melee Betweex Horseman and Footman: The horseman must declare at the start whether he will charge at the footnan or circle on horse~ back and continually fight. If the former, the melee is conducted normally with the horseman chopping first in the round, Following contact, one nove/turn will go by before the horse can charge again. If fighting a continual battle, add one to the hits rolled against the footman, and subtract one from the hits rolled against the horse- nan, Starting on the second round of melec, the horse as well as the rider attacks. The horse counts as the following weapons for instant kills (Table 30), and as the following levels for hits (Table 14): Light ~ - Level 1 Mediun - - Level 2 Heavy = = Level 3 It is also rossible for a horse to aquire experience points as any Fignting-Man, and go up levels normal; An example of hand weapon melee follow: Nargarth, a fierce Level 3 dwarf out with some friends, runs into a small band of those common vermine, Kobolds. Shouting with glee he whips out Wis battle axe and rushes to the attack. According to Tablo 13, Kobolds have arnor class rating of 6. Since our dwarf is Level 3, he necds a percentage of 60 to hit. The Referee cuts the cards and draws a seven and a two, for a percentage of 72. There= fore, Nargarth has connected, In advance, the Referee has rolled Total Hits for the Kobold, and cane uy with 3. He now rolls for Nargarth, and gcts 2 5. Nargarth has \illed hie Kobold, and is eagarly looking around for more. Meanwhile, his friends all take their chops in turn with their weanons. After they are through the Kobolds (if any are left and they haven't fled in terzor) get their chops, using Table 15. when they are throush, Nargarth can swing again. MAGICAL ENCOUNTER: For Magic-Users and Clerics, almost their only chance to gain ex- perience is to cast spells. Often these castings occur during con at. There is also denger from such things as poison and unfriend- ly dragon breath. Whenever on of these thing occur, tho victim has 24an opportunity for a Saving Throw (Table 16). The Referee checks the Class and Level of the victim, and the type of evil that be- fell hin, to determine the nusber needed on a throw of three 6- sided dice by the victim to "beat" the protlem he has. If the num ber shown exceeds or equals the nusber needed, the evil has failed. In the caso of a svell failing, the Magic-User or Cleric does not get the svell back. RECOVERY: At the end of combat, all loss of hits must be made up for the vic~ tin to be completely "recovered", Hits aro usually recovered at a rate of 1 to 2 per day for lower level creatures, and uore for those with more hits’to loso, The amount is up to the Referce, but it should not be easy to recover from near-death blows. JOUSTING: A "friendly" combat betwoen Knights, armed with lance and shield, and mounted upon mighty steeds. Hach player can overate one or sév= eral knights to stage a tourney (for possible situations, ceo the section on Castles in THE UPPER WORLD). Method of Play: Each player selects an aiming point (his attack) and a position in the saddle (his defence), Note that the aiming point will vreclude cortain defensive rositions in most, but not all, cases. The aiming point of each player is matched against the position of their opvonent and the result found, Results can vary from both onvonents missing to both being unhorsed (see Table 28). When the results have been determined, one "ride" has been completed, If neither opponent has been unhorsed the vrocedure is repeated un- til one (or both simultaneously) onvonent is knocked from his sad- dle, or three "rides" havo been coucleted, The joust is over as soon as either or both o»sonents are unhorsed or three Mrides! have been completed without either party being unhorsed, (for definition of shicld aiming positions, see below.) Tourneys: To sixulate a modioval jousting tourney it 1s necessary %o have teas consisting of several knichts cach. Score each ride on the following table: Res: Attacker © Defender SEDERWE: (POU ‘s-manene®, Breaks lance -1 ° Bela Imocked 43 ° Injured ° 10 Unhorsed +2 ° Although a simple won/lost record will suffice, use of the above table will assure that there will be few tie: ney. @ NELETS AND COMBAT: NAL WORDS ARO ab its heig With good nacing and well thought- out battles, your combate can make your geno the topic of conver sation by your players, and make thom eager to cone hack for more. 25THE ROVARDS OF SUCCESSRDS OF SUCCESS xt+stererenencecenenenseeenenenenerenerneseseee GENS AND JEWELS: For Fighting Hen, one of the wain reasons for adventuring is to be able to return hone wealthy. The Referee will notice that sharp= witted players will imaediately search the bodies of creatures that are killed for gold veces, Most creatures found in lair will have a horde of troacure, and some creatures will carry sual] sums of gold on their person. For the anount of treasure per creature, see Table 13 and fable 25. It is alco interesting to hide amounts of treasure in Underworld rooms, a5 well as in castle ruins or musty caves in the Upper Land. A possibility of "cursed" gold or a gom with 9 curce attached is al- so possible, and can cause some lessening of creed anoung your play- ers. Tt must be renenbered by the Referee, particularly when dealing in gold yieces (or conper or silver for that matter) to check for on- cunberance (Table 7), making sure the player in his greed does not take more than he can handle. Converting Seus and Jowels to Gold: Often upon reaching "hone" a Player may Wich to convert his stones into gold pieces, for the our- pose of buying towers, slaves, hiring mercenaries, etc. To convert into gold, use the following procedur Gens: For base value of gems roll one die. 1= base 1000gp, 2= base 500GP, and 3-6= base 100GP. Roll next for each stone, with all 1'c uoving the stone to the next higher category’ (100's hecone 500's, ote.), Finally, re-roll all 1's to see if any further incroasos upward takes place (further die rolls of 1). Do this until there are no nore 1's. Gens increase in le- vols of 100, 50°, 1000, 5000, 10000, 20000, and 50000. Jewelery: Jewelry is ether base 100 (die 1-3) or base 1000. For For base 100 roll three dice and multiply by 100. For base 1000 roll one die and multily by 1000. Taxe inevitable result of a profitable trip. Besides the usual standard taxes (seo SUP: 3 G OUT FOR FAME AND FORWNE), an inmaginative Referee should be able to cone up with a nunbor of ways to vart a player from his money. Taxes can also sharpen ur a Dlayor's mental reflexes, in making hin cone up with methods to aveid paying the tax. Guards: All itens of Magic (see below), reacure, and combinations of same will be well guarded by monsters. It is suggested that the Referee deterzine the guards by rolling on the encounter matrix for outdoor adventures (Tables 18, 19), using his descresionary powers as to the results. MAGICAL ITM(S: Every player can use magical itens of one xind or another, whether to use or to sell. Near wars have been caused by jealous players arguing over who gets what. The Referee should be careful in distrituting aagic in his dungeons or his countryside. The items should ve spaced out over a reason- able tine sven. Yor snecific itons the Referee has a definite pur- pose for, there should be a definite vosslbility of then being over- looked by isvatient clayers, or picked up without knowledge of what they possess. ‘The Referco should not fall into the habit of identifying every item 27of magic as soon as it is found, Most items of magic are unidenti- fyable as to their owers without experimentation. It is often best to keep the vlayer guessing, as in the discovery of a ring of Three Wishes where a player could waste one or more wishes by mistake. In most cases a player should be forced to either experiment with his find or pay 6 large cum of money to a high-level character to have it identified. This does not mean, however, that inscribed swords or famous enchanted rings cannot be found. Auctions: This is a nethod by which a vlayer can either aquire cere tain magic which he feels he needs, or sell magic he doesn't want for monetary gain. An auction located in some faravay city can al- so be a cause for an adventure, and can result in one of the eas- iest "stories" the Referee can supervise and an exciting adventure for the players The Referee should be careful not to offer too ruch too cheaply. In their very nature magical items are rare and expensively acquired. It is sonetines interesting not to let the bidder know what the iten does until the bidding is over. Thus, a greedy Fighting-Man may bid 15,000 GP for a simple Sword +1. Prior to the actual auction the Referee should decide, by one method or another, what items are available, and decide on a format to in« crease players! bids. Sometimes a player may possess a magic item he does not want to keep, and wishes to sell. In this case, the Referee could offer him var- lous bids to try to get the player to accent a low sum, or could just disclose what the highest bid available is, on a take-it-or-leave-it basis. The Prize Matrix, Table 25, indicates when Monsters have magic itens and how much they have. To determine what kind of magic, use Tables 26 and 27. TOWERS AND POWERS: Now that the Nagic-Usor has returned from his fun and games, serious thought must be given to his future. The place for the Nagi¢-User is in a Fellowship or Guild, if he lives in a city, or a pleasant (for him) tower in the countryside or forest. If he joins a Fellowshiy or Guild, he must then wear the sign of the organization on his next adventures. He must also pay dues (as set forth in SUPPORT AND UPKEEP) and city taxes. In return, the organi- zation will share the costs of any research (see velow), and find steady enrloyment for the member. If he goes off by himself, ne can establish a tower and his own bunch of disciples, es well an gain automatic income from the surrounding population (20 wile radius) at the rate of 1 GP/10 peowle for selling niscellaneous itons (charas, love votions, etc.), The latter will re- quire no outlay in time or money. (See also BARONTES) Going Into the Magic Buisness: An Inchanter or above may manufacture and sell potions, scrolls, and other magical items. Costs are con- mensurate with the value of the item, ac would the amount of time nec~ essary to manufacture such items, He can sell them for a flat profit of 25% to “other parties" or ke can offer them to actual players at whatever price he wishes. Examples of costs are: 28100 GP/spell/level/week 250 GP & 1 week 100 GP & 1 month Scroll of spells Potion of Healing Enchanting 20 Arrows Enchanting Armor to +1 1000 GP + 2 months land of Lightning Bolts 10,000 GP + 3 months Magical Research; Research into new areas is a question of investment and time. The level of the magic involved dictates the initial invest- ment, i.e. Ist or 2nd level base 100 GP, 3rd level base 500 GP, uth level base 100 GP, and 5th level base 2000 GP. For every base level spent there will be a 10% probability of success per weck. However, an additional investment must be made every week. Each week also adds a 5% probability of success. Thus, research on a 5th level magic pro- duct, with a uininum investment of 2000 GP would have a 10% chance of success the first week, and with another 2000 GP spent the second woek, a 15% chanee. Probability will also increase with more money in- vested, at a rate of 5% ver each additional base investment added in a week. Thus, research on a 3rd level magic product, with a mininum investment of 500 GP, would have a 10% chance of success the first week, and with another 500 GP plus an additional 500 GP making the total outlay that veel 1000 GP the chances of sueeeac the second week is 20%, The level of the nage (sell or iten) must be consistant with the level of the Magic-Ucer insofar as upward progression is concerned. Thus, 2 2nd level Magic-liser could not work on other than ist levol svelis, All ites of nagic aust be produced by Magic-Users of above 8th level. However, with a foruula, lower level Magic-Users, as well as Alchemists, can produce potions. Spells: Obviously, tho highest level for a Magic-User is Wizard (11th Tovel). Continued accumilation of Bxperience Points will eventually double the totals required to gain the above rank, and this will then inerease the level one step (12th), and this progression can continue indefinately. Players will add one spell, progressing fron lowest to highest, for each level above Wizard. A i2th level Wizard will add one fourth level and one fifth level spell. As they gain yet another level one spell of cach level vould be added, making 5 spells avail able in each level. thus, a 15th level player could cast in one 2h hour period, ? spells of each level. THE BARON AND THE LOR For the Fighting Man, the time has come to decide whether to join a household of some wighty Lord as a guard or strike out on his own, either as a Jaron in his own right or as a simple city-dweller with a modest house and household. If the playor decides to join a Lora, there is a chance that the Lord will receive sone of the itezs brougit back fron the journey. This will come in the form of a request, and the player might or might not be coupencated. The Fighting Man will live in the Manor of his Lord and thus will have few expenses, and can afford (perhaps) to attend weapons auctions and vurchase better equimment from his friendly neighborhood armcrer. The player's next silventures will probably be on the nature of tission for his Lord. If not, leave must be grant- ed, probably vith strings attached. If the player feels he has enough standing and wealth to strike out on his own, he may establish his own manor and territory of control. This is usually restricted to Fighting Men above the level of Chan- pion, at the Referee!s option. Players high enough to build their own castles are considered "Barons", and as such they may invest in 29PLAYING TABLES *M*0tsuseeneeenaneraneantanneeenenenenneneanneosmmneeee TABLE 1: THE OPPOSING FORCES Law Neutral, Chaos Men Men Men Dwarves/Gnones Dwarves/Gnomes Dwarves/Gnomes Elves Elves Trolls Hobbits Wixies Balrog Patriarch Pixies Evil High Priest Ents Dryads Kobolds/Goblins Unicorns Animals Hobgoblins/gnolls Pogasi. ores ores Hippogrifts Giants Giante Lycanthhropes Lycanthropes Lycanthropes Centaurs Centaurs Wights Rocs Roce Ghouls Ogres Ogres Dragons Dragons Wyverns Wraiths Hydra Vampires Chimera Medusae Sea Monsters Mummies Purple Worm Gorgons Manticora : Gargoyals Minotaurs TABLE 2: TYPES OF ADVENTURERS Magic-Users Fighting Men Gherics 0 Medium 0 Veteran 0 Acelyte 1000 Conjurer 1000 Warrior 500 Adept 5000 Seer 2500 Swordsman 1500 Villiage Priest 9000 Theugist 5000 Kero 3500 Vicar 14000 Thaumaturgist 10000 Swashbuckler 7000 Curate 24000 Magician 25000 Myrmiden 12000 Bishop 40000 Enchanter 50000 Champion 24000 Lama 60000 Warlock 90000 Superhero 50000 Patriarch 85000 Sorcerer 150000 Lord 125000 Necromancer 200000 Wizard TABLE 3: BONUSES AND PENALTIES TO ADVANCEMENT Prime Requisite Change in Health Change in BLP. Hit Dice -3 or more 425% -3 or more = =2* =i or -2 +10% -1 or -2 -1* +1 or 42 = 5% +1 or +2 +i 43 or more 10% +3 or more = +2"** sminimum of 1 total score for hit dice «minimum of 3 total score for hit dice «**minimum of 4 total score for hit dice NOTE: Average score 9-12TABLE 4: STATISTICS REGARDING TYPES/CLASSES Dice for Fighting Spells & Levels ie Sp Magic-Users/Classes Accumlative Hits Capabilities 1 2 3 4 3 Medium 1 Man Ton & 4 Conjurer 141) Man(+1) Zeeuas Seer 2 2 Men a oe Theurgist 241) 2 Men(+1) hess a ‘Thaumaturgist 2(+2) 3 Men eT s = Magician 3 3 Hon(+1) 422 - - Enchanter 341) 4 Men(~1) 52 T - Warlock 341) 4 Men 4331 = Sorcerer 341) 4 Men 43321 Necromancer 341) 4 Men 43522 Wizard 341) 4 Men haa Ss 3 Fighting Men/Classes Veteran 141) Man(+1) ees Warrior 2 2 Men(+2) eee Swordsman 3 3 Men ee eS Kero 4 4 Men eee Swashbuckler 5(41) 4 Men(+1) Sess - Myrmiden 6 5 Men(=1) Se Champion +1) 5 Men(+1) s&ee = Superhero (+2) 6 Men(-1) See 8S ane 943) 6 Men(+1) eee ee Clerics/Classes Acelyte 1 Man a ees Se Friar 141) Man Hoos e Village Priest 142) Man(+1) Sse ea Vicar 2 2 Men g4-— - Curate ac+t) 2 Men(+1) 22-- - Bishop 3 3 Men 22 = - Lona 3 3 Men 2a2f = Patriarch 3 3 Men 2A 2 2 @ TABLE 5: SPELL LIST Cleric Spells Level: iq 2 3 4 a Cure Light Find Traps Cure Disease Neutralize Dispel — Protection Continual Poison Bel Purify Food from Evil Light Cure Ser- Raise or Water gibes ad ious Wounds Dead* Detect Magic Objects Protection Commune : Tranquilize ? Pope. ait: Ligh Hold Person CUFS® 10" radius Detect Evil Dispel Remove Curses Magic *Can raise up to 7 days after death occurs plus 2 weeks additional for every level o- ver 8th.Magic-Users Spells Level: 1 2 3 4 5 Detect Magic Detect Fly Polymorph ‘Teleport Fold Portar Zevisible you person Seif Hold Monster Polymorph Read Magic Dispel. Conjure cere nae es bevitate Haste Others eae Protection Phantasmal chair. Redirect Yove Earth from Bvil pee voyance ee ae jeapons —«Transmute Light C clair Rock to Mud Object = AA, Wal of Charm Person Fire Wall of Stone Invisi- Five Ball bility Wall of | Wall of Iron Wizard Lock Lisntming Ice Animate Dead Charm Detect protection Monster ——-Masi¢ Jar ‘from Evil: Contact Higher ESP 10! radius Confusion Plane Continual Invisibility Glittering Light 10" radius Bye TABLE 6: BASIC EQUIPMENT costs Weapons op Armor & Other Equipment GP Dagger 3 Leather Armor 15 Hand Axe 4 Chain Mail 25 Mace 6 Plate Mail 50 Sword 10 Helmet 5 Battle Axe 2 Shield 5 Morning Star 6 Horse Armor (Barding) 150 Flail 8 50 ft. Rope + Spear 2 {2 Iron Spikes 3 Pole Arm 6 Leather Sack i Halbard 2 Leather Back Pack 2 ‘Two-Handed Sword 15 Water or Wine Skin 1 Lance i Torches, 6 1 Pike (ob throat lance) 5 Lantern 10 Short Bow 25 aoe i Mounts & Trappings op Composite Bow 50 Light Horse 25 Light Crossbow 15 Medium Horse 100 Heavy Crossbow 20 Heavy Horse 200 Quiver with 20 Arrows 5 Small Throat 400 Case with 30 Bolts 5 Large Throat 1000 20 Arrows 2 Pegasus 2000 30 Bolgs 2 Hippogrift 3000 Griffon 3000 Transportation __GP. Roe 5000 Draft Horse 30 Horse Saddle 10 Ritidar 200 Throat Saddle 25 Small Cart 80 Hippogrift/Pegasus Wagon 160 saddle 15 Raft 40 Roo/Griffon Saddle 50 Merchant Ship, Small 5000 Merchant Ship, Large 12000 QNITZ Galley 20000 Horse-sized Saddle & Bags 5 Throat-sized Saddle & Bags 15TABLE 7: ENCUMBERANCE Zach player can carry up to 1500 pts. worth of equipment, normally. The wetghts of the various items are outlined below: Load equal to Light Foot Movement (in Gold Pieces) 700 Load equal to Heavy Foot Movement (in Gold Pieces) 800 Load equal to Armored Foot Movement (in Gold Pieces) 1000 Leather Armor 150 Chain Mail 300 Plate Mail 500 Felmet 50 Shipla 150 Pole Arms, 2 Handed Sword, Halbard 150 Other Weapons (inc. Bow & Quiver) 50 Dagger fo Mise. Equipment (Rove, Spikes, etc.) 40 Maximum Load- Person (1 movement rate’ 1500 TABLE 8: WEIGHTS AND EQUIVALENTS 1 Gold Piece, 1 Silver Piece, or 1 Copper Piece si (100 Copver = 10 silver=1 Gold) 1 Sack or Back Pack holds 250 1 Scroll or 1 piece Jewelry 20 1 Potion or Vial 30 1 Flagon 50 1 Wand or Cane a5 1 Start 40 1 Gen 1 TABLE 9: SUPPORT AND UPKEEP OF NON-REAL PLAYERS Level/Type: Man GP Hobbit oP BLE GP Dwarf GP Man 1 Hobbit 3 Elf 2 Dwarf a Heavy Infantry/ Heavy Infantry/ Armored Foot 2 = - zs -_ Armored Foot 5 Light Cavalry 4 9 - - Light Cavalry 15 - = Medium Cavalry 6 = eto xs i Heavy Cavalry 8 - - - 5 = Crossbowmen = k= atte =* = a Archer 3 Archer 6 archer igi - Longbowan/ Comp. Bowman 6 — = - - - - Veteran 10 Veteran 5 Veteran 20 Veteran 25 Warrior 25 Warrior 25 Warrior 45 Warrior 50 Swordsman 50 Swordsman 65 Swordsman 75 Swordsman 100 Hero 100 Hero 125 Hero 150 Hero 200 Swashbuckler 200 = = Swashbuckler - Swashbuckler 300 Myrmiden 350 = - + - Myrmiden 600 Champion as - - See 2 Superhero ee - + - - Lord see S — re = + 5% of treasure, mininum “#25% of treasure, minimum "50% of treasure, minimumTABLE 10: ANIMAL LOADS ‘2ype Weight of Man + Weight of aP Light Horse Light Man + 500 GP Modium Horse Modius Man + 500 GP Heavy Horse Heavy Man + 1000 GP Light Throat Heavy Man + 1000 @P Heavy Throat Reavy Man +. 3000 GP Pegasus Light Man + 500 GP Hippogriff Medium Man + 500 GP Griffon Heavy Nan + 3000 GP Roc Heavy Nan + 1000 GP 2itidar, Mastadons, Large Elephants, etc. Heavy Man + 20000 GP TABLE 11; MONSTER DEVERMINATION & LEVEL MATRIX - UNDERWORLD Level Beneath Level of Monster: the Surface ease ees eee eee 1 Die roll 1-2 3-4 5 6 - - 2 Die roll 1 i 6 = 3 Die roll - 1 2 Bah 5 6 45 Die roll = = - 1 23 SO 6-6 Die roll = = - “ 1 2-3 6 ge Die roll ==, - - - 1 2-6 126 Die roll + = = os i 1-6 TABLE 12: SPECIFIC MONSTER - UNDERWORLD Level 2 Level 1 Dis Die 1-3 2nd Die Die Goblins 1 Hobgoblins “1 Guo! Kobolds 2 Skeletons 2 Zombies Bandits 3 Ghouls 3 ‘ Theurgists ores 4 Lizards 4 Spiders Giant Rats 5 Anti-Swordsmen 5 Giant Ants Centipedes é Roll Again 6 Gnomes Level. Die Die 1-3 2nd Die Die 4n6 Thaumaturgists 1 Anti-Heros 1 Anti~Swashbucklers Antisifarriors 2 Giant Snakes 2 Salamanders Wights 3 Wraiths 3 Ogres Giant Hogs 4 Lycanthropes 4 Gargoyles Giant Toads 5 Giant Weasels 5 White Apes Giant Crabs 6 Giant Ferrbtts 6 Magician Level 5 2nd Ist Die Die Die 1 3a Die 5-6 1 Trolls Spectre Anti-Myrmidens 2 Giant Beetles Ochre Jelly — Giant. Scorpion D Cockatrice Gorgon Mumay 4 Enchanter Warlock Medusa 5 hydra of 5 Hydra of 6 Hydra of 7 G Evil Priests Wyvern Anti-ChampionLevel_ 6 end Die Die 1-2 Die Soh Die 5-6 1 Black Pudding | Anti-Superhero Anti-Lord 2 Wizard Necromancer Sorcerer 3 Basilisks Chimera Wyvern 4 Evil High Priest Vampire Invisible Stalker 5 Minotaur Giants Purple Worms 6 Manticora Hydra of B Hydra of 9 TABLE 13: MONSTERS - HOSTILE AND BENIGN See MEN & MONSTERS in GLOSSARY OF TERMS regarding each monster for special characteristics Type Possible Armor Movee Hit In ‘Type/Amount Monster Numberst Class ment Dice Lair of Treasure Men 30-300 Vartable-----~-. 15% Type A Goblins/ Kobolds 30-300 6 6 (1-3 hits) 40% 1-6 GP each Hobgoblin/ Gnolis 10-100 5 9 it 40% 2-20 GP each orcs 30-300 6 9 1 50% 1-10 GP each; ‘Type A in lair Ghouls 2n2h 6 9 2 20% type B Wights 2a24 5 5 6 60% Type B Ogres 2-20 5 9 yet 30% 16000 GP5 Type B in lair Trolls 2-16 4 120 643 60% ype D Giants 1-8 4 12 B to 10 40% 1-6000 GP each Skeletons/ Zombies 3-30 6 6 132 20% NIL Wraiths 2016 3 12/2h 20% Type D Mummies: 4-12 3 6 3 30% Type D Spectres 1-5 2 15/30 6 25% Type E Vampires 1-6 2 12/13 7 to 9 10% Type E Small Aninals/ Insects: 3-30 = NIL Large Animals/ Tnsects 2-16 a NIL Roes 1-20 10% ‘type G Griffons 2-16 10% Type E Cockatrice 1-8 35% Type D Basilisks 1-6 10% Type F Meduse 14 90% Type F Gorgons os 50% Type B Manticora = 1=4 30% Type D Invisible Stalker 1-2 ene NIL Gargoyles 2-20 25% Type C Hydras 5-9 20% ‘Type B Balrogs 1-6 40% Type F Chimerae Ve4 50% Type F wyverns 1-6 60% Type B Dragons* Tah 60% Type D Lycanthropes*** 2-20 15% Type B Minotaurs 1-8 5% ‘Type C Centaurs 2-20 5% Type A 7Purple Worm 1-4 6 6 6 25% ‘Type D Sea Monsters _Variable-------(see GLOSSARY Sea Monsters)------ Unicorn 1-4 6 Bie dp NIL NIL Ents 2-20 2 6 6 NIL NIL Nixies 1-100 6 12 1 100% ‘Type B Pixies 1-100 6 9/18 1 25% Type C Dryads 1-8 5 ia 10% type D Hippogriffs 2-16 5 18/36 3 NIL NIL Pegasus 1-12 é 2u/4B 2 NIL NIL *Referee's option: Increase or decrease numbers according to the number of adventurers in the party concerned. *scharge bonus applicable to type. Number after slash is fly- ing speed. xenSee Lycanthrope in GLOSSARY for various types possible. TABLE 14: MONS" AQTACK - "CHOPS" BY PLAYER Armor 100% Score to Hit (Level Fighter) Glass Description fe, te Cee 8, 2 Plate Mail & Shield 90 85 80.75 70 65 60 55 50 3 Plate Mail 85 80 75 70 65 60 55 50 45 4 Chain Mail & Shield 80 75 70 65 60 55 50 45 40 5 Chain Mail 75 70 65 60 55 50 45 WO 35 & Leather Armor & Shield 70 65 60 55 50 45 40 35 30 . Leather Armor 65 60 55 50 45 40 35 50 25 8 Shield 60 55 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 9 Wo armor & Shield 55 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 TABLE 15: MONSTER ATTACK = "CHOPS" BY MONSTER suse 3 dice Armor 100% Score to Hit (No. of Hit Dice) Glass Deseription up to 12 2-3 34 4 6 7 8 oF 2 Plate Mail & Shield 95 90 85 80 75 70 65 60 55 50 2 Flate Mail 90 85 80 75 70 65 60 55 50 45 4 Ghain Mail & Shield 85 60 75 70 65 60 55 50 45 40 5 Chain Mail 80 75 70 65 60 55 50 45 40 35 6 Leather Armor & Shield 75 70 65 60 55 50 45 40 35 50 2 Leather Armor 70 65 60 55 50 45 40 35 50 25 8 Shield 65 60 55 50 45 yO 35 30 25 20 9 No Armor & Shield 60 55 50 45 HO 35 30 25 20 15 TABLE 16: SAVING THROWS* poaty Banslin Deacon Level § Ray Poison zation Stone Breath Spells 1-3 12 12 15 16 15 16 Magic-Users 1-6 15 1h 1h 13 15 18 Clerics 1603 v 15, 1a 14 16 12 Fighting Men =? 10 10 12 14 13 1h Magic-Users = 7-9 13. 12 12 W 13 12 Clerics hab 9 9 10 12 1h 8 Fighting Men E=-11+ 7 a 8 ta 9 12 Magic-Users 10-12 = 11 6 9 8 To 9 Clerics 7-9 6 6 7 8 u =TABLE 17: CLERICS VS. THE UNDEAD Monster Type Acelyte Adept Priest Vicar Curate Bishop Lama Patriarch Skeleton Zombie Ghoul Wight Wraith Munny Spectre Vampire tex Resa VAllage z m D D D 2 = D D 9 2 ? x D 1 9 7 a e N v1 9 a r Xr N 1 9 2 N N N n 9 ¥ N N N 1 wvEBEUOD BeBoUUOD Wimbers are the score to match or exceed in order to turn away (Use 2 six-sided dice) T-Turned away D- Dispelled or dissolved N-No effect TABLE 18: CHANCE FOR AND TYPE OF ENCBUNTER ~ UPPER WORLD Type of Terrain: Chance of Being Lost Chance of Adventure Adventure(Die Roll): (2nd Die) 1-3 426 Va5 bb oO UFR Clear Woods River Swamp Mountain Desert City 1 1-2 1 1-3 192 6 56 Se UP ar rads uP arcays oPurrads currens ypuarradtk 8 3 =e 56 6 u M iF v 6 u 4 4 Aone D Chance of Being Lost: Roll at beginning of each day*s turn Chance of Adventure: Roll twice a day, morning and evening M-=Men U-Undead L=Lycenthrope S~Swimner F-Flyers G- Giant A- Animal D- Dragon TABLE 19: SPECIFIC EYCOUNTER = UPPER WORLD Die Lycanthropes Dragons Undead = Giants Swimmers 2 Werewolves Black © Skeletons Goblins/ Giant Crabs Dwarves 3 Werebears White | Zombies © Kobolds/ = Nixies Dwarves 4 Weretigers Green © Ghouls © Orcs/Ents Oct api 5 Werebears Blue Wights Hobgoblins Squid é Werewolves Red Wraiths Gnolls Sea Monster 2 Golden Mummies Ogres/Ents Giant Anacondas 8 Cockatrice Spectres Trolle/iats Crocadiles 9 Basilisk Vampire Giants/Futs Giant Leeches 10 Wyvern u Chimera 12 Hydra* *For number o heads, roll one six-sided dies 1-225 heads heads 326 heads heads 6 =9 headsSpiders* Centipedes* Lizards* Weasels* Apes Beotles* Scorpions* 10 Lions W Boars 12 Snakes* “Giant 2 3 4 5 Ants* 6 Z 8 9 Bie: Flyers 2 Pegasi 3 Rocs 4 Chimera x Hippogrift é Griffon 2 Manticora 8 Rocs 9 Wyverns 10 Dragon u Pegasi 12 Balrogs Centaurs Unicorns Minotaurs Gorgons Manticora Dryads Pixies Medusa Vaterbtourne Desert Buccanoers Pirates Buccaneers PLrates Buccaneers Mermen Optional— Optional- Swamps Arid Plains ‘Tyr. Rex Apts Pteradactyl Banths Triceratops Galots Brontosaurus Thoats Stegasaurus White Apes Crocadiles Orlucks Snakes Sith Tharks Darseen Banths Mon Mountain’ Nomads Bamdits Dervishes Brigands Nowads Wizard Superhero Bandits Lord Lord (Red D.) Necromancer (Tharks) Evil High Priest (Black D.) Bandits (Yellow D.)Cavemen (Tharks) Cavemen (White D.) Bandits TABLE 20: EVADING MONSTERS - UPPERWORLD Size of Party (fata. or on Foot): Te Froese trod www hag 10-24 10= 24 10= 2h ao 25+ 25 Tepe Men on Foot Wagon or Cart Draft Horse Heavy Horse Medium Horse Light Horse Number of Monsters Encountered: 25% or base of possible 25% = 50% Over 60% 25% or less 25% - 50% Over 50% 25% or less 25% = 50% Over 50% 25% or less 25% ~ 50% Over 50% TABLE 21: MOVEM@IT- UPPER WORLD No. of Hexes Type Smauru Balrog Dragon Griffon Hippogritt Roc Pegasus Optional- Mountains Cave Bears Dire Wolves Sabre Tooth ‘Tigers Mastadons Spotted Lions Wooly Rhinos Manmoths Other Bandits Brigands Wizard Necromancer Bandits Bandits Lord Superhero Brigands: Evil High Priest Patriarch Chance of Evading: 50% 20% 90% 30% 50% 70% 10% 50% 0% 05% 15% 256 Nos of Hexes 15 2h 30 40 48 48 10Heavy Thoat 9 Flying Carpet 40 Light Thoat u Djinn, Efreet, Air Elemental 30 Merchant Ship normal 20, swamp 5 Galley normal 30, swamp 8 Boat normal 10, swamp 8 Raft normal 8, swamp 2 TABLE 22: CASTLE INHABITANTS: Die: Occupant Diez 1-2 3 bes 6 1 Lord 8-Champions 6-Griffons 12-Myrmidens —6-Giants 2 Superhero 8-Hyrmidens 6-Roce 12-Swashbucklers 12-Ogres 3 Wizard 4aDragons Balrog yelyvers 8-Basil. 4 Necromancer 4-Balrog 4Manticora 20-Lycanthropes 8~Garg. 5 Patriarch 20-Heros —«6-Superheros 12-mts 8-Hippo. 6 Evil High Priest 12-Trolls 8-Vanpires 20-Apes 12-Ogres NOTE: Evil High Priests are always hostile, TABLE 23: CONSTRUCTION COSTS— UPPER WORLD(SPECIAL AGENTS, EQUIPMENT) (See diagram of castle design: UPPER WORLD) Ditch/Moat (130'long, 20'wide, 10'deep) 2000 GP Earth Works (as above) 5000 GP Pallisade, wood (180" long) 1500 GP Wooden Building (120' outer walls) 500 GP Light Catapult 250 GP Heavy Catapult 400 GP Cauldron and oil (for boiling) 50 GP Spy 400 GP/miseion Assassin 1300 GP/mission Engineer 200 GP/nonth Alchemist 500 GP/month Araorer 50 GP/month Saith 25 GP/month Adninistrator 100 GP/month + 10% of profits Slave Trainer 200 GP/month Animal Trainer (1 specialty) 100 GP/month Sage 500 GP/month Sea Captain 200 GF/month Seaman 5 GP/month Hunter 25 GP/month Flying Animal Rider 50 GP/month Female Slave 100-600 GP Initial Cost Male Slave 200-400 GP Initial Cost Gate House and Gate 3000 GP. Porticullus and Draw Bridge 2000 GP Great Gatehouse 4500 GP Barbetts (10') 1000 GP Small Tower (15') 4500 GP Curtain Wall (10'x 90") 3500 GP Square Tower (30') 4000 GP Round Tower (20") 5000 GP. Barbican 14000 GP Bastion (0BB' x60") 3000 GP Round Tower (40'x40') with Curtain Wall (5') 11000 GP a1Wooden Door. Reinforced Door Iron Door Stairs, 10' wood Stairs, 10' stone Slit or Window Great Keep: Lower Section with Gate Upper Section Total Cost, with Curtain Wall and Windows 10-15 GP 20-30 GP 0-75 GP 20-35 GP 60-95 GP 10-15 @P 42000 GP 50000 GP 80000 GP Building (120! of wall, 2 stories of 10' each, 2 doors/floor, stairs from cellar to nd floor, 170 sq.' cellar) Towers: to shorten 10! - 10% to add each 101 - 20% 2500 GP TABLE 2h: CASTLE INHABITANTS ~ FURTHER RETAINERS & CHANCE FOR MAGIC Magic-Users Magic Wand 50% Potion 158 Ring 65% Magic starr 25% Other 40% *WA11 Also Have~ 1 Magician 2 Heroes *Unless coming from castle TABLE 25: PRIZE MATRIX Type A: This is the most variable type, for the men involved differ considerably. Use 100% reckoning Fighting Men Magic Weapon 75% Magic Armor 25% Magic Shield 25% +4411 Also Have- 1 Myrmiden 4, Heroes Prisoners Silver Gola Water: 2-10 men® 10-60 each 75%:1-600 Land:** 2-10 men Desert: 1-20 men 25821-6000 “*## “Pirates will have only very important prisoners, killing all others (all prizes, except silver, are aboard ship-in lair) **Brigands will take prisoners only as pirates (above). Both Bandits and Brigands will carry gold with them, from 10-60 GP each (roll die x 10 for each man). **#Nomads will carry gold only as do Bandits. All other treasure save this and prisoners will be at their permanent encaspuent. Clerics (Anti-Clerical) Magic Weapon = 25% Magic Armor 50% Magic Shield 0% Potion 15% Other 30% “Will Also Have 1 Bishop (Evil Priest) 2 Heroes Gems/ Maps/ Jewels Ma ? 50%: 1-6000 50%:2-1200 50: 25% 75% Magic 3 0-60 50%:Map 6-36 S0%:any 3 Type Magic Copper Silver Gold Gens/Jewelry B 10% Weapon 50% 25% 10% 1=6/NIL 51-6000 1260 © 10% for any 5% 25% 10% 1-4. 2 items | 0000 1=800ea. for each D «25% for any 5% 60% 25% 1-6 3 items 31-8000 1-600 for each EB 50% for any NIL 25% 10% 1-8 i itens 1=12000 11-8000 for eachFP 50% for any NIL we 50% 25% 1=12/ 5, but no 1~12000 10% 1-8 weapons @ 50% for any NIL NIL NIL 25% 1-12/ 3 ites 15% 1-8 H 25% for any 25% 50% 758 50% 10-60/ 6 itens 2224000 1=100000 10-60000 50% + 6=36 TABLE 26: SPECIAL ITEM DETERMINATION Die 1-5: Magic Items Die 6: Maps 100% Reckoning Item 100% Reckoning Item Weapons ot = 60 Treasure Map Armor 61 = 85 Magic Misc. Weapons 86 - 00 Magic & Treasure Potions Scrolls Rings Wonas Misc. Magic ten Sword +1 Sword +2 vs. Lycanthropes Sword +2 vs. Magic-Users or Enchanted Monsters Sword +3 vs. Trolls Floming Sword, +1 vs. All, +2 vs, Trolls, +3 vs. Un- dead Sword +1, with Three Wishes Sword +2 Sword +1 vs. All, +3 vs. Dragons Flaming Sword +3 Shield +1 Armor +1 Armor & Shield +1 Armor +2 Shield +2 Shield +3 +1 Daggar vs. Man-Sized Opponents, +2 vs. Goblins +2 Dagger vs. Man-Sized Opponents, +3 vs. Ores 10 Magic Arrows 11-20 Magic Arrows Magic Bow Magic Mace «1 Magic War Hamner +1 Magic War Hamner +2 Magic War Hammer +3, 90' throwing range for return* ol = 15 16 = 30 31 = 40 it~ 60 61 = 80 81 - 90 91 - 95 96 ~ 00 TABLE 27: SPECIFIC ITEM 100% Reckoning Weapons Ot = 60 61 = 65 66 = 70 M1 = 25 76 - 80 81 = 85 86 - 90 91 - 95 96 - 00 Armor ol - 50 51 = 25 76 = 80 a1 = 85 86 - 95 96 - 00 Miscellaneous Weavons 01 = 25 26 = 40 41 = 50 51 55 56 - 60 61-75 76 = 85 86 - 90 ol - 92 93 - 00 Cursed Sword, -2 vs. All, -3 vs. Undead *Euployable for Dwarves only.Potions 01 - 04 Growth 05 = 08 Diminuation 09-12 Giant Strength 13-16 Invisibility 17- 20 Gaseous Form 21 = 2h Polymorph 25-28 Speed 29-32 Levitation 33-36 Flying 37-40 ESP 41 = 4h Healing 45 = 48 Longevity 49 = 52 Clairvoyance *Roll to determine type of dragon **Referee can name any potion, but give it a singular feature Scrolls 01 = 20 Scroll of 1 Spelt 21 = 35 Scroll of 2 Spells 36-45 Scroll of 3 Spelis 46 - 50 Scroll of ? Spelis 51-60 Scroll of 1 Curses *The Referee must into examination 61- 26 a1 ot 55 60 64 68 72 26 80 84 88 92 96 00 75 80 90 00 Clairaudience animal Control Undead Control Plant Control Human Control Giant Control Dragon Control* Poison** Invulnerability Fire Resistance Treasure Finding Heroism Protection thropes Protection Protection Protection trom Lycan~ from Undead from Magic from Elementals take extreme measures to trick players of such a scroll, perhaps having useful ones disappear if taken from the spot found unless they are read imaediately. Secretly determine the type of curse the scroll contains. Use table below: Dike Roll lor 2 Monster of 6th level, referee's choice 3 Disease, fatal in two weeks unless healed au Teleportation 1000 miles, random direction, effective upon reading 5 Televortation to another dimension é Refereo's favorite curse If a covy of a cursed scroll is made it will have double effect, but as coon as one is read the other will vaporize. Rings 01-10 Invisibility 71 ~ 80 Fire Resistance 11 = 20 Aninal Control 81 = 84 Protection, 5' radius 21 = 30 Human Control 85 - 88 Water Walking 31-40 Weakness* 89 - 92 Sleeps** 41-45 Protection, Wearer 93-95 X-Ray Vision 46 = 50 Truth** 96 - 97 Spell Turning 51 - 60 Tllusion, Wearer 98 - 99 TeLekenisis 61 - G4 Three Wishes 00 Endless Wishes 65 = 70 Gient Strongth ‘Makes wearer weak at the rate of 10%/day until a maximum of 50% is attained. The ring cannot be renoved without a spell to Remove Curses. **yJearer knows when being lied to. *e*causes wearer to fall asleop. He will stay asleep until ring is removed by a Dispell Magic spell. 14Wands (& Stafts)>* 01-15 16 = 25 26 = 35 36 = ho 45 rs) 46 = 50 55 60 51 61 - 65 wo cy vend Metal Detection 66 - 70 Lightning Bolt Tllusion 21-25 Polymorph Others Eneay Detection 76 = 80 Healing Magic Detection 81-85 Light Detection of Secret 86-90 Snake Starf* Doors and Traps 91-95 Commanding Animals Fear 96-97 Staff of Striking* Cold 98 - 99 Staff of Power* Paralization 00 Staff of Wizardry* Fire Balls «stage only ‘*Whenever a wand or staff is discovered, roll a second time to see if tho itom is booby-trapped to fire back= wards: 10% chance it is. Miscellaneous Magical Items 01 - 05 06 - 07 08 09 = 14 15 - 19 20 - 29 30 bz Mage OMS MNES, (8) (9) Crystal Ball Crystal Ball with Clalraudience Crystal Ball with ESP Medallion of ESP, 50* range Medallion of ESP, 90" range fmulet of Protection from Bvil High Priests Medallion Controlling Water Elenentals Bracelet Controlling Air Elementals Stone Controlling Barth Elementals Gem Controlling Fire Elenentals Djinn Bottle Elven Cloak of Concealment Boots of Speed Boots of Levitation Boots of Flying Boots of Traveling Holm of Reading Magic and Languages Helm of Telepathy Helm of Teleportation Hela of Evil (Good) Eorn of Panic, 300' range Horn of Blasting, 100' range Gauntlets of Giant Power Girdle of Giant Strength Siiver: 2 dice X 1000 Gold: 1 die X 1000 Hl + #2 above Hl above + Gems: 2 dice #2 above + Gems: 2 dice 43 above + Goms: 2 dice #3 above + Gems: 4 dice Gems: 8 dice + Jewelry: 2 dice #3 + #8 above ‘Referee should roll to see if map is unintelligible without a Read Magic or Languages spell. 20% chance at is.Magic Map 1 Item, any Magic 2 Ttens, any Magic 3 Items, No Swords 4, Items, No Swords, 1 Potion 5 Itens, 1 Potion, 1 Scroll #1 Treasure + #1 Magic #2 Treasure + # Magic #3 Treasure + #2 Magic Map to #? Treasure + #5 Magic #5 Treasure + dh Magle Mav to #4 Treasure + #4 Magic > to #5 Magic fly Treasure + gor 38-60 (2) 61-80 (3) 81-95 (h) 94-00 (5) Magic and Treasure Map 01 - 40 Al = 59 60 = 69 20 ~ 73 2h = BI 82 = 86 87 - 90 91 - 00 TABLE 28: JOUSTING #; Treasure + Map to #1 Magic Aiming Lower Lean Steady Shield © Shield PDP Point Hela Loft Seat. High Low aPe Helm % M ™ E u M 46 De U B u B B u 3-6 cP B/U/T v 6 3 B/D U/l Any 8c g a 3B G @ To ay e6 DF 3 Bt M B M B hab FP B/D q B B/U B/U/T B any se 6 u 3/0 & Gc 6 4-6 Base B G v 3 B/U/L Bo 1, bab *Possible Defensive B-Breake Lancet* © I~ Injured Fositions Concerning G- Glances off M-Mies Aiming Point H=Heln Knocked Off** U -Unhorsed D- Dexter **any Knight who breaks his (Right) lance or has his Helm knocked Pe Pale off must assume vosition iy (Genter) curing the next ride. S-Sinistor (Lett) TABLE 29: DRAGONS Bie Bragon Type Eesettt Ht Bice 1 cola 5-72 2 seid 6-8 5 Chlorine Gas 7-9 i, Lightning bai 5 Fire 9-11 6 Golden Fire and cas 10-12 Average Range of Breath: 60" to 100t 16TABLE 30: MISSLE FIRE arpor Chas Range jleavon ee wet le 150* Short Bow — 2-ha5 2-4-5 S-l-5 46-7 5-7-8 7-9-0 9~1-/ 1-2-/ nP-8 6n7-8 6-7-8 7-8-9 8-9-0 9-0-1 1-2-/ 2-/~/ 180 Light Cross- 2-3-3 2-3-h 245 Soh-5 4-6-8 5-8-9 8-0-1 0-2-/ bow 5-6-7 5-7-8 5-7-3 6-7-9 8-9-0 On1-/ 1-2-/ 2-/-/ 210 Longbow Bn2-3 An2aly 2m Zae 2a FR 2S F-5—7 bP 6-9-1 5-6-7 5-6-7 5-6-7 5-6-8 6-7-9 8-9-0 9-1-7 1-2-/ 240 Composite 22a} 2aFaly 2aFny 2TH Fin eG=7 SeBod Ba1-2 Bow 5-6-7 5-6-7 5-6-7 5-7-8 6-8-0 8-0-1 9-2-/ 1-/-/ 240 Heavy Cross= 2-2-2 2-2-2 Bn2-3 2-3 Folie Feline YD? 5-7-8 bow ie Se6 lie S@6 Un S-? 5-7-8 6-8-9 7-9-0 8-0-1 0-1-2 yards ‘There is a hit scored by a total of two dice equal to or exceeding the numbers above. First numbers are for close range, second number for medium range, third num Der maximin range. Top set of numbers roll hit dice; bottom set is a kill, If the number in classes 5-9 is 2, this is the low 2; and give a 5% chance of missing. otnerwise, 0-10, 1-11, 2=12. (Ranges arc divided into thirds, so Composite Bow's short range is 10-60 yds., medium range 90-160 yds., maximum 170-240 yds.) TABLE 31: "INSTANT KILLS" 5 I la is i b k k Id Weapon 1 = Daggar 2=Hand axe 3-Mace 4, Swora 5= Battle axe 6-Morning Star ?~Flail 8- Spear 9-Pole Arms 9-Halbard 10-2 Handed Sword 11 =Mounted Lance 12=Pike 8 *If man disnounted and prone, score of 7 or better kills Roll two dice, score equal to or better than the number shown kills. OIYUADHSYIVW. OSS 8 ge PAUAVS DAVOOSO WOAVO Dawe WI DINO ~INI COO co ovamnarancrc~a fo ounmncinccas~ ff eu astetaiseosceore fs SormdHyreds Fong 17GLOSSARY OF TERMSGLOSSARY OF TERMS *t+ttneseevesnersecesssssescenesasenscewenoneeseneness SPELLS: Detect Magic: A spell to determine the presence of magic on a person or thing, or on/in a place. Hold Portal: A temporary holding spell on a door, gate, etc. Roll 2 dice for length and add 1 per level of Magic-User over Ist level. Of course, a magical creature or a higher level Magic-User will either negate the spell (shatter the door as could a Balrog), or weaken it (deduct 1 from the total time it will last per level). This will re- quire a Dispel Magic spell (see below). Read Magic or Languages: For this spell to work, the person casting ‘the spell must have known that the language existed. If so, he will. be able to read items written in otherwise unintelligible but legi- ble language. If, however, this language is completely new to the Magic-User, he will be unable to read it, therefore wasting a spell. He will alo be able to read most items of magic (Magi), and maps, Protection from Evil: This spell serves to hedge the user around with @ magic circle to keep out attacks from conjural creatures (not, how- ever, Phantasmal Forces). In addition, it serves as an armor from var- ious evil attacks, adding +1 to saving throws and taking -1 from hit dice of evil opponents, Spell lasts 6 turns. Light: The dispellation of darkness in an area extending 24 inches in all directions radiating from the user. It lasts for a number of turns equal to 6 plus level of person who uttered it. Gharm Person: This spell applies to all mammalian figures equal to or Tess than man-size, excluding all monsters in the "Undead" class wut including Sprites, Godlins, Ores, ete. If the spell is successful, it Will make the charmed person completely under the influence of the Ma~ gic-User for a length of time equal to 6 plus the level of the Magic- User, Detect Invisible Objects: Causes the user to be able to "see" all ob- dects either magically or naturally invisible (including Invisible Stalkers). Range 20 feet x level of the Magic-User employing it. Spell lasts 12 turns. Levitate: Spell allowing the user to "lift" magically an item horizon- tally only, to a linited height. Maximum possible speed 60 feet per turn. Both height and speed are left to the discretion of the Referee. Spell length 12 turns. Phantssual Forces: Tho ability to create the illusion of anything or anybody on the lists of men and monsters. The Referee will roll dice for hits (shock) upon the touching of the Force on any seeing, living creature. One die is rolled, and add one additional point for every two levels of Magic-User above the level of three. This spell lasts up to 6 turns. Locate Objects: The exact nature, dimensions, etc. of the object to be located must be known, and the desired object must be within the radius of the spell. Spell radius is 60 feet plus 20 feet for each level of user above level 3 (Seer). Invisibility: The ability to turn the user and whatever he is wear- ing invisible, with exceptions. As soon as an object loses contact with the user, it becomes visible, as does swords leaving scabbards, 19and daggers leaving sheaths. Spell lasts 12 turns, plus 1 additional turn for each level above level 5 (Thaumaturgist) of the user. Wizard Lock: A portal hold which lasts indefinately, but can be pas- Sed through by any Magic—User above the level of the one who cast the spell on the portal (or chest or whatever), and can be passed through by any equal or lessor level of Magic-User on a die roll of 10 plus the difference in levels, if any, or better. Unless there is specific intent to dispell the Wizard Lock it will be continued, despite the opening of the portal, after the portal has been closed. NOTE: Use three 6-sided dice for passing through lock. Detect Evil: This will detect evil thought or intent in any person or evilly enchanted object. Spell radius is 20 feet plus an additional 5 feet for every level above 5 (Thaumaturgist). Spell length 2 turns, NOTE: Poison is neither good nor evil. ESP: This allows the Magic-User to detect what lies behind doors, walls, etc., up to 60 feet away. Solid rock over 20 feet thick or lead plating will usually negate this ability, however. Spell lasts 6 turns, Continual Light: Same as light. In addition, this light can be trans~ fered to an object, such as a stick, that is in contact with the user. Once uttered, this spell will last up to 24 hours unless specifically discontinued by the user. If spell is not transfered, it will burn a- ound the user like a giant halo, despite the user doing other things. NOTE: This does not take a Dispell Magic spell to discontinue, How- ever, the player must state he is discontinucing the spell. Fly: This allows the Magie-User to fly both horizontally and verti- cally at the player's discretion. Speed of 150 feet yer turn. Spell lasts the number of turns equal to the level of the Magic-User plus the number rolled with one die secretly. Hold Person: Affects came types as Charm Person spell (above), but it paralizes the person for the number of turns equal to the total of two dice plus the level of the Magic-User minus the level of the per- son held. Dispell Magic (Magic-Users): A spell to remove any one spell or ene chantment. Base of success is 50%, modified by the following the dit- ference of the level of Magic-User casting the spell minus the level of the Magic-User whose magic is being dispelled is added or subtrac- ted accordingly, with 10% per point. It either works or it doesn't. Glairvoyance: Same as ESP oxcept visualization. Clairaudience: Same as ESP except hearing. Fireball: Has radius of 20 feet, and in a confined space it will o longate accordingly, A Fireball is thrown by the MagiceUser, and the accuracy will vary with the distance of the intended target. Targets within 50 feet can be hit with 99% accuracy, at 55 feet 95% accuracy, and the accuracy decreases at 5% per every 10 feet. Lightning Bolt: $s thrown as a Fireball. NOTE: Both Fireball and Lightning Bolts are fatal if they connect. They are subject to Saving Throws, however, are subject to Dispoll Magic spells, and are fought under Protection from ivil as an evil attack. They are also stopped (kind of) by walls. Protection from Evil, 10" Radius: See Protection from Bvil spell, above. 20Invisibility, 10' Radius: See Invisibility spell above. Polymorph A spell allowing the user to take the shape of any- thing he desires, but will not theroby aquire the combat ability of the thing he resembles. However, he may turn himself into a Dragon, for instance, and fly away. Spell lasts 6 turns plus level of the Magic-User employing it. Polymorph Others; A lasting svell which turns others into any living creatures desired, tut without any control being exerted by the Ma- gic-User casting it. The affected creature takes on all of the attri- butes of the creature he has been changed into, except in conscious- ness. Player intelligence after change will reduce at the rate of 1 point per every day of enchantment. When intelligence becomes zero, the affected person will have the intelligence of the beast he is, and will act accordingly. The spell must be removed (Dispell Magic) in order to negate its effects, and intelligence will return at once. Re-Direct Edged Weapons: A spell which hedges the Magic-User with a field that turns away all edged weapons, i.e. any weapon a cleric can- not use. Spell lasts 6 turns plus level above 7 of the Magic-User em ploying it. Wall of Fire: A spell lasting as long as the Magic-User concentrates and can gaintain it, The wall of fire limits vision through it entire- ly. It will prevent creatures which have four or fewer "Hits" from passing through. Other creatures who pass through will take damage e~ qual to a die roll. Wall of Ice: As with the wall of fire, except it will be solid and ne~ gate the effects of creatures which employ fire and/or fire spells. Other creatures may break through it as with a wall of fire. Confusion: This spell takes effect as follows Roll two dice and from This total shown subtract the level of the Magic-User employing the spell. The remainder ie the number of turns after being uttered that it will take effect (negative numbers and zero equal immediate effect). Roll two dice on the turn when it goes into effect, that being the num ber of creatures affected by it. These will behave in a confused man- ner, wandering aimlessly about and attacking their own fellows. Crea- tures above the 6th level or who have hit dice totalling 7 or more will throw each turn to see if they can resist its effects. A score of ? or better on 2 dice will mean that they resist that turn and are not affected. Gharm Monsters: Same as Gharm Person spell, but applicable ‘to all crea- tures. If animals involved, or creatures below level 3 or with fewer than 3 hit dice, throw 3 dice to see how many it affects. Teleport: Instantaneous transportation from place to place, regard- less of the distance involved. Without ever having seen a place, tele- portation to it is 75% uncertain, so a score over 25% on 100% results in death. If a person teleporting has seen the destination, but not specifically, there is an uncertainty factor of 10% low (death) and 20% high (fall). If the result is high, roll a die to see how many feet above ground level teleport takes place (100-150). If consider- able study of a spot is made then the teleporter can transport with 95% accuracy with 1% low (deat) and 4% high (fall). If a high result Toll one die for height above in 5's of feet. Hold Monster: Same as Hold Person but applicable to other creatures as well. Gonjure Elemental: The ability to conjure up an Elemental, but no more authan one of each type can be brought into existance (this does not apply to Djinn and Efreet). If the Magic-User who conjured the Ele- mental is disturbed (attacked) while the Hlomental is still in exis- tance, he loses control of it, and it will attack the conjurer. An Elemental created by a Magic-User who is subsequently killed will attack the nearest figure. Such Elementals must be dispelled (Dis- pell Magic) or killed in combat. Move Earth: When above ground the Magic-User can move prominences ‘such as hills. Tho spell takes one turn to go into effect andcwill affect only one prominence. The earth will move at a rate of 60 feet per turn plus/minus the level of the Magic-User above/below the 11th level (Wizard) x 10 feet, Transmute Rock to Mud: This spell takes one turn to go into effect. It applies as well to normal earth, or sand for that matter, It af— fects an area of ground up to 100 square feet in any shape desired. Any creature moving into the mud will be reduced to 10% of its nor- mal movement unless it can fly or levitate out. Getting out in such a manner requires 50% of movement to accomplish. Wall of Stone: The creation of a wall of stone 2 fect thick and up to 100 square feet in length and height. The wall will last for up to 6 tums plus 1 turn for every level the Magic-User who created it is above the 10th (Necromancer) level. Once created the Magic- User may do other things. Wall of Iron: Same as wall of stone above, butvthe spell lasts for a base of 4 turns, Animate Dead: The creation of animated skeletons or zombies, This Spell lasts as long as they are not destroyed or dispelled. However, the skeletons and zombies will have purpose only aS long as the Ma~ gic-User can concentrate on them. For the number animated simply roll one die for every level above the 9th (Sorcerer) the Magic-User is. Magic Jar: By means of this device the Magic-User houses his life force in some inanimate object (even a rock), and possesses the body of any creature of his choice as long as it is within 100 fect of his magic Jar. If the creature possessed is destroyed the the life force of the Magic-User returns to the Jar, and from thence it may return to the Magic-User's body. However, if his body has been destroyed in the meantime, it must remain in the Magic Jar until another creature can be possessed or the Magic Jar is destroyed. In the latter evertt the Magic-User is anhilated, In order to possess persons above the 7th level they (the possessed) must fail to make their saving throw ve. magic. Gontact Higher Plane: This spell allows the Magic-User to seck ad~ Vise from a higher plane (the Referee). Of course, the higher the plane the greater and more accurate the advise. There is a 10% chance per plane above the 3rd that the Magic-User will go insane from the strain of the attempt and so will be totally incapacitated for a num- ver of weeks, equal to the level of the plane he was attempting to contact. Attempting to contact higher planes more often than once per week (Referee's option) will automatically cause a nervous breakdown lasting from 1 to 6 days. The Glittering Hye: This allows the Magic-User to transfer from hin~ ‘self any number of spells equal to his level, to an-otherwise inani- mate object, such as a ring or a gem. For example, a level 12 Magic~ User could transfer 12 points of spells to a ring, i.e. one level 5, one level 4, and one level 3. Once transferred, these spells can on- ly be reclaimed by the Magic-User who lost them, by means of a Dis-pell Magic spell. When transferred, the Magic-User loses the number of spells he can cast in that level in 24 hours equal to the number of spells taken from that level. For example, if a level 11 Magic- User transfered threo spells: Polymorph Others (Lv. 4), Confusion (Lv. 4), and Fire Ball (iv. 3), he can still throw those spelis, but he can only cast 3 level 3 spells and 1 level 4 spell in 24 hours. What this spell does is cause the spells transferred to it to be cast automatically by the presence of any hostile creature or character within up to 60 feet of the object. The particular spell cast will be decided by the Referee, according to which spell will be most effant- ive at that moment. In this case, there will be no restriction on how many spells can be cast in a 2h hour period. NOTE: Unlike the Magic Jar, the Eye must be a specific and unique i- tem, not for example a leaf on a tree. Gure Light Wounds: During one full term the spell will remove hits from a wounded man (including Elves, Dwarves, and Hobbits), Roll a die and subtract the number plus 1/rolled from the hits he has taken. Purify Food or Water: By this spell a Cleric can purify any amount of food or water in his possession, as well as create Holy Water. NOTE: This does not noutralize poigon. Remove Curses: A spell to remove any one curse or evil sending, but will not neutralize a cursed scroll before it is read. There is also @ chance that the spell will not remove the Holy Disease (see below). If the level of the Cleric who tries to remove the Disease is equal to the level of the Cleric who cast it, thore is a 50% chance of re= moval. If the levels are different, add/subtract 10% per level dif— ference, Hind Traps: By means of this spell the Cleric will locate any moch- anical or manual traps within a radius of 30 feet. The spell lasts one turn, Bless: During any turn when men are not being attacked, the Cleric can Bless them. This raises their morale and adds +1 to their attack dice. Spell lasts 6 turns. Tranguilize: This allows the Cleric to calm any player or character who, for reasons of health, is in hysterics or becoming insane. This will not work for those who go insane trying to contact a higher plane or commune, Spell lasts 3 turns. Gurse: This gives the Cleric the power to call down the dreaded Holy Disease ~ a noninfectious, eventually fatal disease. If not treated in one wock game-tixe, the player or character will die, Until then, every day he gets weaker and his hits and health decrease (the amount is Referee's option). The Disease can only be removed by a Renove Curse spell as stated above. NOTE: Noticable symptoms other than those listed above are Reforee's option. Cure Disease: This spell applies to diseases other than those brought on by a curse ot the Holy Disease. There is always a 20% chance the spell will fail. Neutralize Poison: The only way to dispose of a fatal poison once ta~ kon or neutralize poison untaken, There is a 15% chance:of failure, the result of which will be known only by the Referee until the poi. son is tried, Gure Serious Wound: This is the same as a Light Wound spell except 23that two dice are rolled, and the total shown are added two addition- al spots. Dispell Magic (Clerical): Because spiritual power is greater than the Phantasmal power, a cleric can dispell any magic or enchantment of any Magic-User below their own level, without failure. For example, a Pa- triarch can dispell without chance of failure any spell cast by an En- chanterer. If the levels are equal, the Cleric has a 75% chance of dispelling. In ali other cases, no matter what the level of Magic~ User above the Cleric, the Cleric has a 50% chance of dispelling. NOTE: In the case of the Glittering Eye, if dispelled as above, it is completely deactivated, and that particular object cannot be used again for the same purpose. ell Evil: Similar to Dispell Magic, this allows the Cleric to dis- pel any evil sending or thing within a radius of 30 feet, and no die roll is required for it to function. Raise the Dead: The Cleric simply points his finger and the dead per- ‘son is brought back to life. However, such a person will then need two weeks to rest and recover before he will be normal. Commune: Similar to Contacting a Higher Plane, the Cleric may do this But once per week. Four times a year there is a special communing wherein he may expect to be able to ask more than one question and recieve answers. SPECIAL NOTE: There are Anti-Clerics, such as the Evil Priest and the Evil High Priest who correspond to the Lama and Patriarch respectively. Where applicable, they have spells which function the opposite of the Clerical spells. There is one important exception which is explained pelow = ‘he Finger of Death: Any Patriarch can, in a matter of life or death, use his finger to send forth a "death ray", It will kill any creasure and is not subject to a saving throw. If this weapon is not used as above, the patriarch becomes evil, i.e. an Evil High Priest, and may exercise this woapon at any time he so desires up to three times a day, but the victim gets his saving throw. SPELLS ABOVE TEE USUAL: Flesh to Stone: A spell available to any Magic-User who is above the Tith 1sel- This opell works on any creature other than Blenentals, the Undead, and Balrogs. Only saving throws can stop this spell from taking effect. Stone to Flesh: A permanemt spell which is available to any Magic User above 1ith level. This spell cannot be dispelled, and can only be reversed by the Flesh to Stone spell above, Invisible Stalkers: A spell to conjure an extra-dimensional monster whien can be controlled with merely a word and which will continue in his assignuent regacdless of time or distance, or the death of the-Magic-Ucor who sent him. This spell must be recorded, and the only way to dispell the monster is for the creature to be destroyed in combat or have the record of the spell destroyed. Only 13th level Magic-Users or above can employ such a spell. MEN AND MONSTERS: : Alchemists: Looked down upon by both Clerics and Magic-Users, Alchem— asts deal in potions and scrolls, do not fight under any circumstances, ‘and can cause disease if affronted. While usually independent, they 24can be a retainer of a Lord, Kowover, Alchemists and Magic-Users can- not both work for the same Lord in the same place, They are also ne- ver invited to the same party. Bandits: Although Bandits are normal mon, they will have leaders who are high-level Fighting Men. For every 10 Bandits there is a 10% poe- sibility that there will be a hero-type. For every 30 Bandits, there will absolutely be cne hero-type who can be as high as a 6th Level (die 1-5= uth level, 4~5= 5th level, 6=6th level). For every 100 Ban- dite there will absolutely be one Superhero (die 5-6=Lord). If there are over 200 Bandits there will be ax25% chance of a Magic-User or an Evil High Priest (1=Necromancer, 2-5= Wizard, 6=Evil High Priest), over 300 there will absolutely be an Evil High Priest. The above al~ 80 applies to Berserkers, Brigands, Buccanneers, Nomads, and Pirates. Berserkerg: Berserkers are men mad with battle lust. They never re= treat unless three consecutive 6's are rolled, and add +2 to hit dice. Brigands: Evil Bandits who add +1 to hit dice, Dervishes: Fanatically religious Nomads who have +2 on hit dice and alco never retreat unless three 6's are rolled. They will be led as per Bandits with the following exception: Any band of Dervishes will have a 50% chance of having a Magic-User leading them, as well as a Troll (die 5-6) amoung them, They will defend their lair until out- numbered 4-1 without thought of surrender. If in the open, there will be a 65% chance that they are escorting a wagon train of from 2-12 Wagons with 1000 - 6000 GP in each wagon. Wagon Trains will be guarded by an additional 10 orcs per wagon. Wagon Trains will always be lead by either a Fighting Man (die 1-4 Superhero, 5-6 Lord) or a Magic-User (1-2 Sorcerer, 3-4 Necromancer, 5-6 Wizard) with a 50% chance for either, Assasins: This class of men, once paid and assigned, will not be put off from their mission until either it ie successful or they are kil- led. These men are also incorruptable. However, if after completion of their mission they are not paid, the Caste of Assasins will not rest until either they are paid their fee plus 50% more, or they have killed the offender. Hobgoblins and Gnolls: Hobgoblins are large and fearless Goblins. Gnolls are a crossbreed of Gnomes and Trolls. Both types will have high morale, and vill add +1 and +2 respectively to their hits if encountered in lair. If encountered outside their lair they will have nothing outside of their normal loot with them. In their lair they will have Type A treasure. For every 25 of them, of either type: 25% chance of an Ogre (Hg) or Troll (Gn). Qgres: Ogres will always carry their gold with them, but other trea- sure will be found in lair. frolls: Trolis not found in lair will carry no treasure, Trolls can Fegenerate during combat, Regeneration begins on the 3rd turn of me- lee, and it proceeds at 3 points ver turn thereafter. If not burned or immersed in acid, the troll will regonerate even if cut to pieces, and when back to 6 points they will resume combat. Giants: Due to their size, Giants will do damage equal to twice nor- mal, so when they hit roll two dice. Giants carry their troasure with them (1000-6000 GP each). If they are encountered in their lair thoy may have the following additional loot: Type E treasure, 50% chance. Giants always live in caves or caverns if they are stupid, and in cast- ies only if they are very intelligent (20% chance), If in a castle, 3Bthere will be from 3 to 16 Giants present, plus women and Children (and 2 each for every male), Giants in a castle will have double treasure and possibly some other monsters to help guard the place (75% chance). If there are other guards, roll one die: 1-3 hydra (7, 8, or 9 heads), 4-5 dragon, and 6=3 to 36 Bears (little watch dogs). Skeletons and Zombies: Act only under instructions of their notiva- tor (Magic-User or vil Cleric- see animate Dead spell above). They are usually found in graveyards, forsaken places, and in dungeons. There is a possibility that somewhere near where they are found is some item of value or entrance to some forbidden place (chances 20% and 40% respectively). Ghouls: Melee normally, are subject to missle fire (Fireballs, etc.), and turn others into Ghouls when they kill then. (Barrow) Wights: Nasty monsters who drain life energy everytime they hit. When they score a hit they drain one level away, so that the hit figure loses both the hit dice and corresponding energy to fight. Wights cannot be hit be normal miosle fire, but Magic Arrows will have double effect upon them (E1f Arrows triple), plus hits by magic wea- pons will score damage equal to the die roll plus the level of the weapon. Wraiths: Nothing more than tough wights who are more mobile. Hits u- pon thes must be made vy fantasy figures only, and magic weaponry will Score added points damage according to the level of the weapon as with wights except that Magic Arrows only score normal hits, and ELf Ar- rows will score double, Mummies: Act like Wights or Wraiths when hitting, except when drain- ing life energy they cause a rotting disease to set in, This wither- ing of the flesh takes ten times as long to cure as normal wounds to heal except when a Cleric can cure it (see Cure Disease above), Per- sons killed by nummies do not become mummies, Spectres (and Nazgul): High-powered wraiths who, when touching an en- ewy, paralyze him (not including fantasy characters) until either tranquilized or having a Dispell Magic spell cast within 30 feet of eos ‘Cleric (see above). With fantasy creatures, spectres drain two life energy levels when hitting. What's more, they are impervious to all but attack with Magic Weapons vs. the Undead, or elven swords. Vampires: Not 2 member of the Lycanthrope class. They must not be ex- posed to direct sunlight, and during the daylight hours (above ground) they remain in their coffins with some soil from their native grave to rest in. Vaupires drain energy at the rate of two life levels per hit for all creatures. They can be permanently killed by a wooden stake ariven through their heart, by being drowned in running water, or be~ ing burned, They regenerate during combat as do Trolls, but they be~ gin to do so immediately. They can take on a gaseous "forn", becone in comand of wolves, tats, and rats. Vampires can also turn into a huge bat and fly, or a wolf. Vampires charn any figure by looking in- to its eyes. Persons killed by a Vampire become Vampires and under the control of the killer (fantasy creatures so killed do not become Vam~ pires, merely dead). Gookatrice: A less vowerful variety of the Basilisk (see below) which T turn to stone any figure it touches. Fantasy creatures only will get a saving throw to avoid being turned to stone. The Cockatrice can fly. Basilisk: A terrible, flightless creature, it turns figures to stone with a touch or a glance. The usual saving throws are applicable. 26Medusa; A human-type uonster with a snake's lower body and hair of asps which turns victims to stone at a glance. Gorgons: An iron-olad bullish monster with poison breath (range 30"). Manticora: A huge, lion-bodied monster with a man's face, horns, Dra~ gon Wings, and a tail full of iron spikes which it can throw with the range and accuracy of a short bow. dra: Unlike some mythical concepts, Hydras have a dinosaur-like body with multiple heads, They are about the size of a rhino, and the heads are on long necks. Ghimera: Has a lion's body, three heads (lion, goat, and dragon), the Fear quarters of a goat, dragon wings, and it’ breaths fire ($ normal Dragon range). Wyvern: A small, two-legged Dragon without the usual fearsome breath, out equipoed with a poisoneous sting on its tail. Dragons: See special section at end of MEN AND MONSTERS. Balrog: A truly terrible opponent. Balrogs cannot be killed by normal missle fire or in normal combat. It inflicts casualties in normal com- bat as if it were two Heavy Horse. In addition, a Balrog can imadate any normal figure it touches in move or molee. They operate equally well in darkness or in light. They can fly 15 feet per turn, and re- main airbourne for'three turns. Balrogs are also of a highly intel- ligent and magical nature, Therefore, there is a high probability that spells will not work against them (75% against at 11th level +/=- 5% upwards or downwards below/above this level). They can also cast a Dis- pell Magic spell, effective as a Magic-User. Lycanthropes: There are three kinds of Lycanthropes with varying Armor Class, movement, and hit dice (Bear 2, 9, 6; Tiger 3, 12, 5; Wolf 5, 15, 4). There are "families" of Lycanthropes. A pack of under 5 will. never be a family group, 5-7 will always be a family group, over 7 Lycanthroves are more likely to be a pack (60%) than several family groups (40%), If a family group, 2/3 of the numbere will be young of varying age : 1 grown to 9/10 grown. If young are attacked, adult fe- males will figh at quadruple-value for four turns, then fight at half- value thereafter, If females are attacked and killed adult males will attack at double value thereafter until killed. If both parents are killed, young will be subdued if they are under 3/4 grown; otherwise they will fight until dead. People killed by lycanthropes will become the same type of Were as the killer. Purple Worm: A giant, horrible man-eater which has a gaping maw to engulf its prey and a poison sting in its tail. any hit by it which. scores 20% over the mininum required for a hit (or 100% in any case) means the worm has swallowed its opponent. In six turns the swallowed ereature will be dead. In twelve turns they will be totally digested and irrecoverable. Worms will always attack. Sea Monster: Generally, these monsters are simply dressing to the show ‘and guard no treseure- However, that ie up to tha Referee. Hit dice can range anywhere, but from 10-20 is recommended, Minotaurs: Man~eating beasts with the upper half of a man and the lo= wer half of a bull ala Centaurs, They automatically attack and pursue as long as their prey is in sight. Gentourc: Fairly intelligent and are often (60%) armed with spears (count a5 lances when moving to attack) or clubs, and attack twice (hooves and weapon), They live in glens where treasure will always be found. In their home glen there will be a double number of males, 27four times that number of females, and young equal to half the number of females. Unicorns: These horse-like creatures are extremely fierce if cornered or approached by other than a maiden (in the strictest sense of the term). They also will not attack a law creature, but also will not come close to one, When they do attack they fight double for the first turn (horn and hooves). Usually (75% of the time) they will seek to avoid all contact. They can be ridden only by maidens. Ents: iiot only are mts fighters, but they are able to call upon trees to aid them in combat. If an Ent is within 6 feet of a tree, he can cause it to move 3 fect ver turn (1 Ent movement) and fight as if it Were an Ent. Ents can move two trees each. Ents meleo as six Armored Foot in normal combat, and they are impervious to normal missle fire and melee hits. Ents and their accompanying trees are most subject to flame, any enomy figure of non-fantastic type that is in melee range of the Ent (or tree) may attempt to set it afire, and certain fantas- tie types can also do so, Goblins, Ores, and men need a two dice roll of 10 or better, Hero-types need 9 or better, Superheros need 7 or better, and Balrogs need 5 or better. Once aroused, Ents need not wor- ry about morale. Nixies: These water sprites are naturally neutral, and they will al- ways Seck to lure humans beneath their waters to taprison then there for one year. To accomplish this they will use a charming spell every turn that there is anyone within 30 feet of their lair. Once charmed, the player is lured underwater and aust remain there for the appointed time. They will be guarded by a giant pike, but a fleming sword or a similar weapon will drive then off. Pixies: These are small creatures with the power to become invisible and remain co in battle. When Pixies attack, they suffer no casual- ties during the first round of the melee. Thereafter, the surprise wears off and the defenders are able to note the minor shadows and air distortions caused by the Pixies. They can also fly four turns (maximum) before Landing. Dryads: These tree sprites arc part of their trees and will general- ly seek to evade any party. They are shy and non-violent, although they have the ability to use a very powerful charm spell against man- like figures, Naturally, they have an oxact knowledge of the woods a~ round them. In times of extreme energency, they will break their neu- trality and ally with Ints. Pegasi: The winged horse is wild and difficult to capture. It is in Sther ways much the came ao a normal hore, Pegasi can be raised and trained for battle. Hippogriff; The half-horse, half-griffon is a naturally fierce crea~ ture which will attack intruders in its territory. The Hippogriff can be tamed, however, to serve as a steed, Rocs: Against normal troops, Rocs attack as four Light Horse and de- fend as four Heavy Horse. Thoy require cummulative hits equal to a number sufficient to kill Heavy Horse to be killed themselves. Rocs cause the enemy to check on a 20% chance of retreat (rout) after be- ing spotted. Rocs can detect hidden enemies within 48 fect, but they cannot detect invisible creatures, Rocs are able to transport a man- sized figure up to 36 fect during any turn. Roce never need worry a- bout morals. In areas inhabited by elephants, Rocs grow to a size where they become its natural prey. These giants are about triple hits 28when attacking. They nest im the highest crags of mountains, and if you do find their nest, there is a 50% chance that it will contain from 1 to 6 eggs or fledglings. Adults are hostile if their nest is threatened, but otherwise they are generally neutral (60%), with some hostile (20%) and some friendly (20%), although not too friend= ly. The chicks and flightless fledgling are valued at from 25 to 100 GP, depending on their size. Adults are valued at 10 GP x their Hit Point notential. Griffon: The most prized steed of aerial warfare, for they aro nat- urally warlike and tough. The chief drawback to their use is that they are the natural enemy of the horse, co they will not peacefully travel beside horses. In the wild state, Griffons will attack any- one nearby with little provocation, varticularly if their nest is nearby. Griffons nests are similar to those of Rocs, but there will be but 1-3 young therein, and value is thrice that of Rocs. Gargoyle: a reptillian biped with horns, talons, and wings. They are generally hostile (80%), and will attack without provocation. Invisible Stalker: A sending from a Wizard of the 13th level or more, or an appropriate scroll. They follow continually and will act as the spell orders, They will not cease until dispelled or destroyed. It requires a Wizard of the 13th level or above to dispell an Invisible Stalker. Small Animals: The various small animals (relatively small, that is) ‘and insects are a function of the Referee's judgement. The optional classes should be agreod upon prior to the commencement of play. Large Animals: As with the Small Animals above, Hit dice should re- flect both sixe and ferocity. Thoats: The Thoat is antagonistic to horses and so will neither tra~ Vel with nor be stabled beside them. The two classes of Thoats are: Light: Move as Light Horse, fight az Heavy Horse Heavy: Yove as Medium Horse, fight as two Heavy Horse. DRAGONS: Encounters: The various types of Dragons, and their breath weapons, are found on Table 29, with the weapons which will be more or less effective against various Dragon types on Table 30. If a Dragon is encountered in its lair there is a chance it wili be asleep. Use a 100% reckoning, base 80% for White and decreasing in probability to 55% for Golden. If the Dragon(s) is (are) asleep, they can be sur- prised, and a free chop is gained. If two Dragons are encountered they will be male and female of the 4th, 5th, or 6th age category. If three or more Dragons are encoun= tered they will constitute a family, with the 3rd and 4th, if ap- plicable, being very young. If the young are attacked both parents will automatically attack with their breath weapons. If the female is attacked the male will attack at double value unless he is also attacked at the same time, and vice versa. Other then the above, Dragons will use their breath weapons on a two dice roll of 7 or better. Subduing Dragons: Determine the age of the monsters as follows: if @ lone Dragon first roll for sex, 50% male, 50% female; then roll for age (1 very young, 6 very 01d). There are three possible num- bers of hit dice for each Dragon type. Females will get either the ist or 2nd, males the 2nd or 5rd. There will be a number of spots on the hit dice equal to the age, i.e. a very young female dragon will get either 5 or 6 hit dice if she is of the White variety, and shewill count only 1 spot on each of those dice. A very old Golden male dragon will have 11 or 12 hit dice, thus boing able to take from 66 to 72 hits, With the above in mind, attackers must announce beforehand that they plan to subdue the dragon(s). Hits scored upon the monster(s) are then counted towards subduing rather than killing . Zach turn the number of hits is ratiood over the possible number of hits the Dra gon(s) can take, and percentages are checked. If the score is less than the ratio, the Dragon is subdued. However, until subdued thoy will fight and immolate normally. EXAMPLE- A very old Red male is attacked while asleep. The attackers score two hits for a total of 9 points and then check to see if the Dragon is subdued. As it can take 66 hits, 9 is ratioed over 66 (3/22) or roughly 14%. Assuming that the score percentage is above 1%, the Dragon will then fight (roll for a 7? or better to breathe its breath- weapon). If it immolates, the attackers must roll for their Saving ‘Throws. After a second round,hits and poesible hits are ratioed again and so on. NOTE: Eventually, while trying to subdue it, it is possible for the attackers to kill the Dragon insted. The Referee should keep an eye on the number of hits score to the number of hits the Dragon ean en- dure, without telling the players until it is too late. Value: A Dragon will sell on the “open market" for 1000 GP x the num= ‘ver of possible hits it can take. Of course, the owner(s) may seek to sell it to other players for whatever they can get. Maturation: A very young Dragon will take 15 years to grow to a young Dragon (two spots per hit dice), After 15 years more it will become a sub-adult (three spots per hit die). After 30 more years it will at~ tain young adulthood (four spots per hit die). Old Dragons are between 100 and 200 years of age. Very old Dragons are more than 200 years. MAGICAL ITEMS: Swords, Armor, ‘and Miscellaneous Weapons: The usages of these items are self-ovident. However, it should be noted that Clerics cannot en~ ploy edged weapons,nagic or otherwise. The plus given by magic is a 9% incriment in offensive or defensive capabilities. Cursed weaponry and armor will merely have a reverse effect. Magic Bows: Simply fire arrows as if they were magical, and if a ya- gical arrow is employed then the increase for a chance to hit is +2. +3 Hammer: This weapon is only effective when used by either a dwarf or aman above the Hero level as a Fighting Man. Uses 2 dice for Dam~ age, and will return to the hand after throwing. It will also come to the owner if calicd and in view. Shields: There is generally a 50% chance of interrosing the magic Shield to ward off a blow, thus adding its defensive capabilities to the armor being worn, Shields will be ineffective against side- burst weapons and the like (Fireballs, Lightning Bolts, Dragon's Breath). Potions: all potions last a minimum of 6 turns plus the nunber rol- Ted on 1 die. Most potions are self-explanitory, but some are detail- ed belo: *Growth- Up to twice Giant-size from drinking full potion. *Diminuation- Size can be reduced to that of a mouse if full potion ie drunk. *Healing- Same as Light Wound spell, can be used only by Clerics and 30Fighting Men. ‘Longevity Reduces up to 10 game-years trom the game-age of the play- er using it. However, if this potion is used by a Cleric, it does the reverse. “Invulnerability- Adds +2 to the defender's capabilities and saving throws. However, more than one dose of this potion per weck will have the reverse effect. “Fire Resistance - Allows the person to walk through most fire unharg- ed. It gives +2 to saving throws from magic and dragon fire. *Treasire Finding - Allows location of treasure within one mile, with a variation of from 1 to 12 feet. *Heroiam~ This potion increases fighting ability to that of a Hero if not a Fighting Man, and increases ability 2 levels for Fighting Men. Scrolls: To determine which spells are on a scroll simply roll one die, with the number rolled corresponding to the level of the spell, credit. ing a 6 as a 5. Only Magie-User spolls will be found on scrolls, and only a Magic-Usor may employ them, However, a 1st level Magic-User can use a 5th level spell with full effect, Normal level for a scroll spell is: Level of Spel1 Level of Effect 1 Fi 2 4 3 6 4 9 3 vi A scroll of curses is an 11th level spell, and anyone attempting to read it activates it. Rings: Most ring usages are self-evident. Only four will be discusse *Three Wishos~ The wishes possible to fulfill should be reasonably lime ited, This requires great discretion on the Referee's part, Typically, greedy players will request either three more wishes when the first two are used, or a ring of endless wishes, The punishment is left at the Referee's discretion, but we suggest something quite uncomfort~ able like giving him a curse no one wants to cure. "X-Ray Vision = Distance about 20 feet. Lead will prevent its operation. *Spell Turning = This applies to both magical and Clerical spells inclu- ding the Death Ray of the Clerics. When in operation check 100%, The number produced is the percentage of the spell which is reflected back on the spell caster. NOTE: the ring will not function against magical wands and the like, vut only against spoken spells. *Telekenisis-The wearer can move material objects at 30 feet per turn if he can see the object to be moved. Weight limitations: 100 GP x intelligence, Wands: All Wands will eventually run out of charges if they are the kind which fire some sort of ray or charge. Some are explained below: ‘Metal Detection his wand points toward the largest collection of me- tal within about a 20 foot radius, *Staff of Healing A Clerical staff which contain a Light Wound spell. It cannot be used by a Magic-User, and in the hands of a Cleric it can be applied to numerous different persons in the same day, but not the same person twice, *Staff of Striking-This staff is a Clerical weapon which gives thom double hit dice due to the energy Within the staff. It does not, how- ever, add to the possibility of hitting. “Staff of Power-This is a multiple purpose staff. It hits like a Staff aof Striking, it adde +1 to bit probability, it can create light as a Continual Light spell, it can levitate or move objects up to 800 GP in weight, and it can throw both fire balls and lightning bolts. “Snake Staff— 4 Clerical weapon which adds +1 te hit possibilities and +1 when a hit is scored, Finel Notes on Wands: Wands are generally 6th level, staffs are gener- ally 8th level. Wands have a maximum potential of 200 charges (where ap- plicable; for instance, a Metal Detection wand will never cease to func- tion). Staffs have a maximum of 300 charges (again, wnere applicable). The matter of recharging is best handled by the Referee as to the cost and the time required to do so, and what level Magic-User or Cleric must do the job. Grystal Balls: Generally the operation of these devices will be more dif Fiewlt to accomplish with success over long distances, when the subject is not completely known, when spells are put to use to prevent its uso, whon lead interposes itself between the viewer and the subject, etc. Only about three attempts per day can be made under such conditicns. It is usable only by Magic-Users, Medallion of ESP: Usable vy all classes, but allow a malfunction on a die roll if not in use by a Magic-User. Amilet of Protection from an Evil High Priest: This charm will negate the effects of the Finger of Death. Items: Usable by a Magic-User only, they will allow ire the appropriate elemental without a spell. Djinn Bottle: Only the omer of the bottle is the master of the Djinn inside. The capabilities of the Djinn are discussed above in MEN AND MONSTERS. Elven Cloak and Boots: Wearing these items, a person will move both in visable and Silently. However, they cannot fight while invisible. Boots: The various boots are described below- ‘*Speed- Allows the wearer to travel at the speed of Light Horse for a full day. He must then rest for one day. *Levitation~ As a levitation spell, but no time limit. *Flying- As a flying spell, but no time limit. ‘Travelling - Increases the speed of outdoor travel by 50% and makes the wearer tireless. Helm of Magic and Languages: Wearing this helm allows any class to read and understand Magi and languages. Helm of Transvortation: Any class with a teleportation spell can use this helm to teleport without actually using the spell, but without a reverse spell he cannot teleport. NOTE: the person using the heln can- not teleport others or objects other than those about his person. Hels of Telepathy: This allows the wearer to read the thoughts of any person or thing within 90 feet. Helm of Evil (Good): The wearer of this helm reverses roles. If neu- tral, he will become chaotic. It is not removable without a spell to Dispell Magic. Horn of Panic: The sounding of this device will throw mon and fantasy creatures into panic if their saving throws vs. magic fails. Animals automatically flee. Range of Horn's affect is<300 feet. Horn of Blasting: A horn which affects the walls of a castle at a rate of 6 defence points per blast. Normal men in its path will be struck 32dead. Fantasy figures will be deafened for one turn. untlet: gives double hits if the wearer strikes success= Giant Strength Gauntlet: allows the wearer to strike with the same pro- babllity as a giant and double damage; and also to have the strength of a giant in other areas (lifting, ete.).