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:TABLE OF CONTENTS:

10 THE F RACTURED D OMINION

12 GETTING STARTED

14 THE PLAYER CHARACTERS

15 Archetypes
17 Advanced Archetypes
20 Skills
23 Magic and Spells
25 Equipment

28 PLAYING THE GAME

28 Exploring the Fractured Dominion
32 Indoor Locations
41 Combat

44 BESTIARY
44 Vermin
50 Fiends and Foes
56 Elite Enemies
61 Tyrants

62 RESCUE PARTY

71 PLAYER CHARACTERS SHEET

72 OVERWORLD HEX MAP

74 INDOOR EXPLORATION SHEET

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ALRED woke up with a sharp pain in the back of his head. He opened his eyes
and all he saw was the shadows cast by a lantern against the moldy walls of
what appeared to be some kind of pit. His helmet laid on a pile of filth beside
him, and his shield seemed to have split in half aer having fallen on top of it.
Shaking his head, he slowly rose to his feet inside the narrow pit. Aer a mo-
ment of confusion, he started to remember; following weeks of searching aer
clues and rumors, he had finally found the tomb of Kal-aras e Bleak. An
old man he had helped in a backwater town in the Yarani region had pointed
him in the right direction, telling him some stories about his youth as a tomb
raider. Along the way he got slightly lost, which is the reason why he had
brought some help, a young lad from the last settlement he had visited (what
was it, Ishran? Eshrin?) that insisted knew the area. Surprisingly, he had only
needed a couple of days to guide him to this place, which was impressive
enough to convince him of taking the boy with him to explore the inside of
the tomb.
at had been his first mistake.
Still dazed by the fall, Alred picked up the lantern from the floor, and
examined his situation. If he was being honest, he was surprised by the fact
that he was still alive; this kind of places were not famous for being forgiving.
He had heard of horrific traps that would fill the room with poisonous fumes,
killing you before you even realized what had happened... He had seen very
primitive but effective traps, such as giant boulders falling on top of comrades,
or blades rushing out from hidden holes in the wall... So the fact that he ap-
peared to be in what seemed like a simple hole in the ground was almost dis-
appointing. If only the lad had been that lucky...
ey had been inside the cursed tomb for what felt like days, when
Alred decided it was time for a break. ey found a chamber filled with what
must have been embalming tools of some kind, and aer clearing it from all
the rubble they sat and shared some cold rations in the shadow of their lamps.
Ten minutes later, Alred felt it was time to move on. “Gather our stuff
and get ready to leave in five minutes, I need to take a piss”, he told the lad
while he exited the room. He was starting to like the kid; he was hard working
and didn't ask unnecessary questions.
Alred found a corner, relieved himself and tied his belt, heading back
to the room. “I think I know where we took the wrong turn, -I”; as he entered
the room, he immediately forgot what he was going to say. He saw the lad in a
corner, his back against the wall while he held in his hand his hunting knife.
Across him, the kind of abomination you only hear about when travelers gather
around a fireplace and exchange stories and rumors. ere it stood, a monster 7
of vaguely anthropoid outline, but with an octopus-like head whose face was
a mass of feelers, a scaly, rubbery-looking body, prodigious claws on hind and
fore feet, and long, narrow tails protruding from the back. e thing was the
size of two men, but the low ceiling forced it to stand on all fours. at didn't
seem to slow it at all, though; with prodigious speed, it rushed towards the lad,
enveloping him with its face-tentacles. e kid stabbed it on the neck several
times, but the thing didn't seem
to even notice.
Alred took his sword
and charged forward before he
even realized what he was
doing, stabbing the creature in
the back. With a hiss, the
abomination snapped its tails at
him, sending him flying across
the room. Free of distractions,
it focused its attention back on
the kid, who was struggling
against the thing's tentacles, to
no avail. Alred shook his head
and looked around for his
sword, which had slipped away
from him. He rolled towards it,
picked it up, and prepared to
charge the creature again.
Before he could do it
though, he stopped on his
tracks, horror invading him as
he saw how the creature had
pinned the lad against the wall
and was apparently sucking his
innards with the tails, which
had now opened and were stab-
bing him all over his body. e
 poor kid simply looked at him in disbelief, his face becoming paler as his life-
force le him.
He wasn't sure what had happened next; he vaguely remembers run-
ning without any sense of direction, simply trying
to get away from that thing. He ran for what felt
like hours, until he fell on his knees, unable to take
another step. He then realized that somehow he
8 could see; he looked down at his hand and saw
that he was holding his lantern. He must have
grabbed it before running away, a small, rational
part of his mind still in control, or maybe it was
his survival instinct kicking in. Who cares; the
fact was, he had ran away, leaving the poor kid
alone. He told himself it was too late to help him
anyway, that staying would have only meant he
would have died with him. It didn't help.
But what was that thing? He had seen
plenty of horrors in his day; from those disgusting
snake-people and their unnatural tools, to the un-
nerving clackering of a swarm of bloodfeathers,
he thought he knew what kind of terrors Uzrun
could throw at him. He had of course heard the
rumors and tales of ancient beings, creatures be-
yond time and space that pacted with the tyrants,
to serve them in honor of the Primordial Ones.
But his imagination had fallen short in compari-
son to this bleak reality.
He crawled back on his feet, looking at his
surroundings. He seemed to have ran in an un-
known direction; this wasn't the way they had
come in. e walls seemed older, made from a dif-
ferent kind of stone than the rest of the tunnels.
ere was no point trying to retrace his steps, and
he wasn't sure he wanted to, anyway. He picked a
tunnel that seemed to have a slight upwards incli-
nation, and started walking.
It was then when he had fallen, swallowed
by a suddenly non-existent floor.
Too late to lament his past actions now, he
thought. He better look for a way out that hole, so he could find an exit and
escape the horrors of the tomb. He needed to find that relic, but he was going
to require extra help to do so.
 While he was untying the rope he always had wrapped around his
waist for this type of situations, he thought he heard some distant noise. Stop-
ping to listen, he held his breath. ere it was, a distant, faint rumble. What
was that? Was it the creature, chasing aer him? He really needed to get out of
there.
With a loud, rushing noise, he felt something pouring over him, like
a never ending cascade. It was so sudden and violent that it knocked the lamp
off his hand. Was it... sand? It was! Sand was pouring from somewhere above 9
him, quickly filling in the hole. So this was the actual trap; for some reason it
had been delayed, giving him a few minutes. Minutes he had just spent think-
ing of how he got into that situation, instead of thinking of how to get out of
it.
ings didn't look good; in a matter of seconds the sand had reached
his knees. He tried pulling his leg out, but couldn't. Fighting against the panic,
he remembered some tale about having to roll over your body in case you were
trapped in quicksand. He lowered himself, trying to liberate at least one of his
legs. What the tales didn't take into consideration was tons of sand pouring
over your head while you were trying to free your legs...
Feeling a dread even greater than before, he realized he was now stuck
waist-down. So this was how it ended, aer a series of bad decisions...
Aer a muffled scream for help, silence returned to the tomb once again.
 THE F RACTURED
D OMINION
e Twilight. e Never Realm. Uzrun's
husk. e Fractured Dominion is a place
10 of many names, as many and varied as
the different peoples that inhabit it. is
is not a friendly place; food is scarce,
death comes swily and unexpectedly,
and the relentless winds carved away
most of the land's distinctive geographi-
cal features millennia ago, leaving behind
a desolate plane and dunes the color of
old bones. Nomad tribes of different na-
tions roam the place, with settlements
being rare and separated by vast dis-
tances.
is is a place of eternal dusk;
the sun never truly sets nor rises. A land
of perpetual shadows, the Fractured Do-
minion is the only truly inhabitable area
in Uzrun, the demon-world. To the
North lies the land of eternal sunshine
and maddening heat; those who wander
too deep into the Scorched Wastes rarely
come back. On the other side, to the
South lies the Land of the Conquered
Sun, a place of never ending darkness,
with cold and unspeakable horrors lurk-
ing in its frozen landscape.
Dominating the desolate land-
scape of the Twilight, the solitary
fortresses of the Tyrants stand strong and
menacing. ese colossal buildings, con-
structed by thousands of slaves that are
always sacrificed aer they are no longer
needed, are the only constant in the hori-
zon; as soon as one is le behind the
threatening silhouette of another one can
be seen in the distance. People live in a
semi-permanent state of terror, fearing
being taken away into one of these hor-
rific structures to never be seen again.
e rulers of these fortresses, generally
known as Tyrants, are beings of vast
power, corrupted creatures that have
struck a deal with the terrible Primordial
Ones. For as long as anyone can remem-
ber, they have ruled the land with fear,
some of them (a very few) with a sem-
blance of control, which has allowed a
sliver of civilization to appear in small
pockets, but most of them are just
chaotic beasts whose actions are so re-
moved from the normal human behavior
that they might as well be forces of na-
ture. ey offer no more indication of
when their wrath will strike next than a
sandstorm.
Some say that it was not always
like this. Obscure legends talk of a time
when Uzrun was a land of blessings and
growth, a place with seasons, day and
night, hope and life. ere, society flour-
ished to levels not even dreamed of
today, with trade and civilization existing
all across the globe, and precious metal
being found under the soil without much
effort. Now, this is a place where almost
everybody lives a nomadic way of life,
roaming the Twilight and looking for
their next opportunity. Metal tools and
weapons are almost never seen, with
most of them being made of bones and
stones; sometimes a lucky adventurer
finds a relic of the past and manages to
carve his name in red with it, swinging
away towards glory. is is a place where hidden hideouts and caves full of bandit
horrors abound and stalk you in every loot, and even the mighty fortresses of
corner, even inside your mind. To those the Tyrants are a target to those few des- 11
fearless (or stupid) enough, this is an op- perate enough to dare face the horrors
portunity, a path to power. ey fight inside.
their way through forgotten ruins and Most certainly, death awaits.
hidden caves, finding tomes of power But isn't the alternative worse? A short
filled with secrets that slowly rot their life full of uncertainty is the only guar-
minds. Eventually the majority simply antee in the Fractured Dominion.
become wild, mindless beasts, but to
those able to resist the corruption, the re- Well, what are you waiting for?
wards are limitless.
is is a place of death, fear and
suffering. But to those brave, strong and
smart enough, this is a world full of op-
portunities: ancient ruins filled with for-
gotten treasures ready to be ransacked,

“UZRUN, THE WORLD DEMON, THE

FATHER OF BEASTS. WE CRAWL OVER
HIS SKIN AS VERMINS, AND PRAY HE
DOESN'T GROW TIRED OF US AND
SHAKES US OFF INTO THE VOID...”
 GETTING
Disciples of Bone and Shadow is a role-
playing game designed to be played solo,
although it could also be played with
other players and even a Game Master, if
12 so desired. e game takes place in a
dark and dangerous place called the
Fractured Dominion, a place were the
only constants are conflict, suffering and
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the eternal twilight. e player(s) will
make a group of characters and explore
a dark world full of peril and adventure,
slowly progressing in power and taking
on bigger and bigger threats and chal-
lenges. ere is very little you need to
play Disciples of Bone and Shadow: a
pencil, some dice and a graph paper (or
a printer to print out the ones present in
this book). rough the use of the mate-
rials introduced in this book, you will be
able to generate a whole world to ex-
plore, full of enemies, dungeons,
fortresses and treasure. Most likely your
characters will die (a lot), but you can
create new ones and have them ready to
face new dangers in a matter of seconds.
Disciples of Bone and Shadow
is not a simulation game. e rules pre-
sented in the following pages are meant
to give you the possibility of creating an
exciting and changing world in a matter
of minutes, without any sort of prepara-
tion prior to the gaming session. Simply
grab your copy of Disciples of Bone and
Shadow, a few dice, a piece of paper and
a pencil and you are ready to jump
straight into the game.
e dice
e game uses ten-sided dice, annotated
as D10. roughout the book we will use
the following dice codes:
D10: roll a die.
D10+X: roll a die and add X (the specific
number will be determined by the rules)
to the result.
2d10: roll two dice and add them.
2d10 +1: roll two dice, add them to-
gether, and add X (the specific number
 “D'AIOGDA THE UNYEILDING RULED
OVER THE QUIET WASTES FOR OVER 500
YEARS, UNTIL HE WAS BETRAYED BY HIS
COUNSELOR KUTAMAH. KUTAMAH
ADOPTED THE NAME OF VIDHRI, WHO
WOULD LATER BE CALLED THE STRAN-
GLER, AND RULED UNTIL THE WILDERS
UPRISING OF 1476."
– KEAN IC CHRON ICLES, BOOK III.
will be determined by the rules) to the
total.
D10 x d10: roll two dice and multiply the
result of one die by the other.
D10-X: roll one die and subtract X (the
specific number will be determined by
the rules) from the result.
D10 + L : roll a die and add the charac-
ter’s level.
D5: Roll a D10 and divide the result by
two, rounding up.
D100: roll two dice of different color,
reading the first as “tens” and the second
as “units”, generating a number from 1 to
100.
Critical fails and successes
A roll of 1 is always a failure. On the
other side, a roll of 10 is always a success.
With a roll of 10 the character becomes
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Inspired, which allows him to roll again
and add the result. is is in place to rep-
resent how even the mightiest of war-
riors can trip and fail at a combat routine
he has practiced his whole life, or how an
old peasant can get lucky and strike
down a terrible armored beast.
e paper grids
Later in this book you will find the rules
that explain how your party of characters
moves through the world of the Frac-
tured Dominion, finding challenges and
opportunities along the way. For this you
will use the Hex graph while your party
moves through the worldmap, and the
Adventure grid for when your group of
characters delve into caves, hideouts or
the mighty fortresses of the Tyrants.
 THE PLAYER
CHARACTERS
Your journey exploring the Fractured
Dominion starts by making your charac-
14 ters. As a solo player, you will control two
characters; if there are more players you
can each control two characters, or sim-
ply one each. As a solo player though, if
you feel the game is too challenging you
are free to make a party of up to four
characters, the choice is yours.
First, you will need a piece of
paper to write down the character’s sta-
tistics on. You may use a pre-printed
character sheet if one is available, or you
may simply use a piece of notebook
paper. You should use a pencil to write
down all information, as any statistic
may change during play.
A character may belong to any
gender, but for brevity’s sake we will be
using masculine pronouns from here on.
Player character statistics (stats)
Player characters’ capabilities and en-
durance are defined by their stats. e
Primary stats are:
- Health: Health determines
how many wounds a character can take
before being mortally wounded. e
more Health points a character has, the
more punishment he can take in combat.
When characters’ health reaches 0, they
die.
- Attack: e higher your at-
tack bonus, the more chances you have
of hitting your opponent. e Attack stat
is always treated as a modifier to Attack
rolls. You can only benefit from the At-
tack bonus when equipped with a
weapon, unless you have the Unarmed
combat skill.
- Defense: Any point in De-
fense is a bonus to your Defense rolls. On
occasions, some situations will not allow
you to use your Defense stat (for exam-
ple, being attacked by surprise).
- Resistances (Magic, Poison,
Strength, Dexterity, Will): is repre-
sents the character’s capability of resist-
ing determined types of damage or
influence. e higher a character’s Re-
sistance to a specific source of damage,
the higher the chances of not being af-
fected by it.
You may spend Enhancement
Points (EP) to raise your Primary stats
(more on this below).
e Secondary stats are:
- Max Corruption: Max Cor-
ruption determines how many Corrup-
tion Points (CP) you can have before
your character is lost to the Primordial
Ones. is stat cannot be raised through
normal means, though. A character is
lost if it reaches its max corruption
points. We will talk in detail about cor-
ruption in the section of this book dedi-
cated to magic and spells.
- Carrying Capacity (CC):
Characters have a max carrying capacity
(CC) of 40, and all items have a fixed
amount of units of weight (UW). You
can see the UW of each item on the sec-
tion of this book dedicated to equipment
and gear. If a character is overburden he
fights with a -2 to Attack and Defense
rolls.
Secondary stats may not be
raised with Enhancement Points.
No classes
ere are no classes in Disciples of Bone
and Shadow; you are free to create your
characters as you see fit. Any character
has access to all the available starting
gear, too (as long as they can afford it).
Every player character starts at level 1
with a base health of 8 and a Max Cor-
ruption of 10, plus 5 Enhancement
Points (EP) that they may use to pur-
chase stat points and/or skills and spells.
Raising any of the base stats (Health, At-
tack, Defense and Resistances) costs 1
EP, while most skills and spells cost 1 EP
too, although there are several that cost
more. Notice that each Resistance point
must be purchased separately; if you
spend one EP on Magic Resistance, that
point raises only Magic Resistance, not
all resistances at once.
Example: Mike starts creating his new
party for a new session of Disciples of
Bone and Shadow, aer his previous one
met an untimely demise at the hands of an
abomination. For his first character, he de-
cides he is going to go for a sturdier type,
hoping he will survive longer; he spends
his first three Enhancement Points into
giving him a Health of 11 (base of 8, +3
EP = 11), and he chooses to spend the last
two Enhancement Points giving him +1
Defense and +1 to Poison Resistance. For
his second character he wants a more
combat-focused type, so he goes for a 15
Health of 4 (base of 2, +2 EP = 4), +1 to
Attack, and spends his last two points pur-
chasing the Dual wielding skill (see the
complete skill list on page 20).
All free-form characters start
with 10 + 4d10 shells (the currency of the
Fractured Dominion) to spend in gear
and provisions.
ARCHETYPES
Archetypes are player character tem-
plates with a predetermined set of stats
and skills that you can choose to play
with. ese archetypes represent the
most common roles and play styles, and
they can serve as a guide for when you
are unsure of what to do with your char-
acters. ere is also added benefits to
using archetypes: they all have some
form of exclusive bonus, whether it’s a
stat bonus, an exclusive skill or spell, or
even access to unusual equipment. Ide-
ally, you will spend your EP as you level
up so that you meet the conditions de-
scribed on each of the archetypes, thus
“collecting” any archetype you are inter-
ested in and gaining new and exclusive
skills.
Starting Archetypes
Although you are free to create a charac-
ter from scratch and distribute the EP
however you want, choosing one of the
 starting archetypes is a great idea for
when you want a quick start, or you don’t
want to bother thinking about balancing
your stats. Starting archetypes are also
slightly more powerful than what a be-
ginning free-form character can be, since
their starting skills are very cost-efficient,
EP-wise. Starting archetypes also begin
the game with some gear suitable to their
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skills and enough provisions to last a
week.

Acolyte
Health: 10 / Max Corruption: 11
Spell: Shadow flames (1 daily use)
Starting gear: Staff, 1 bandage, 3d10
shells.
An acolyte is someone who has seen the
power of the Tyrants, and wants it for
himself. He has stumbled upon some secret
knowledge and started his path towards
ascension... or madness.

Brawler
Health: 10 / +1 Defense / +1 Strength Re-
sistance
Skill: Combat training
Starting gear: Any one-handed weapon
and a shield, or a two-handed weapon
instead, 3d10 shells.
A brawler is a character used to the rough
life of the Never Realm; he knows how to
give a beating, and how to take one as
well. He also knows his life will probably
be short, bloody and miserable, but he
plans on going out swinging.
Burglar
Health: 10
Skill: Well coordinated
Skill: Feint
Skill: Lockpicking
Skill: Disarm traps
Starting gear: Lockpicks, any one-
handed weapon, 3d10 shells.
Wherever any semblance of civilization
rises, the arrival of thieves and burglars is
guaranteed. A burglar is used to avoid
harm and get into places they shouldn’t be,
which makes them perfect adventurers.
Hunter
Health: 10 / +2 Attack
Skill: Foraging
Skill: Marksman
Starting gear: Short bow, quiver, any one-
handed weapon, 1 bandage, 2d10 shells.
Hunters are one of the backbones of the
many peoples of the Fractured Dominion.
Playing the role of providers and defend-
ers, they are well-liked and respected any-
where they go.
Vitalist
Health: 10
Spell: Cauterize (2 daily uses)
Spell: Cleanse poison (1 daily use)
Starting gear: Any one-handed weapon
and a shield, 3d10 shells.
A vitalist has chosen to restore what the
agents of the Primordial Ones have taken
away, healing ailments and taking the role
of witch doctor or medicine-man among
the desert tribes, while risking his mind
with every wound healed.
ADVANCED ARCHETYPES
e following list shows what type of
characters the player can strive toward
playing with. Each archetype describes
which stats, skills and spells are neces-
sary to have in order to be able to be-
come said archetype. Once your
characters become a specific archetype
the benefits that come with it become
permanent, even when they change to a
different archetype aerwards.
Example: Mike has his eye on making one
of his characters become a Watchman.
With that goal in mind, each time he levels
up he spends his EP on a way that will
eventually fulfill the requirements de-
scribed on the Watchman section. Starting
as a Brawler at level 1, he has 10 Health
and +1 Defense. To become a Watchman
he needs to have 14 Health, +2 Defense,
+1 Will Resistance, and the Defensive
stance skill. At level 2 and 3 he spends his
2 EP on raising his character’s health to a
total of 14 (2 EP spent per level). At level
4, he spends 1 EP on Will resistance, and
1 on Defense. Finally, at level 5 he spends
his 2 EP on the Defensive stance skill, offi-
cially making his character a Watchman.
Apothecary
Required stats: Health: 19 / +1 Defense /
+4 Poison Resistance / +4 Magic Defense
Each time an apothecary kills an elite
enemy, he may collect its essence. He
may use them aerwards to cra unique
concoctions:
- 3 Elite essences: Healing salve. Once
per day/adventure you may apply this
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salve to heal 2d10 Health Points.
- 3 Elite essences. Poison salve. Apply
this to become immune to poisons for a
whole adventure.
- 4 Elite essences: Agility salve. You may
use this to add +1 to a character’s De-
fense during an adventure.
An apothecary has learned how to trans-
form the remains of beasts twisted by dark
energies into useful remedies and potions.
eir work is very appreciated among
those who dare oppose the Tyrants and
their forces, oen providing a much
needed edge against them.
Bloodsage
Required stats: Health: 25
Requires knowing any two spells, one of
which must be a blood spell.
A bloodsage may drain another charac-
ter’s wounds and inflict them upon him-
self. Once per day/adventure, a
bloodsage may heal any number of
wounds from another character, and the
bloodsage will receive equal amount of
damage. He will then regenerate 1
wound per room or corridor explored,
until he is fully healed, or simply fully
heal a day aer.
ere is power in blood, and the bloodsage
has learned how to use it for the greater
good. By sacrificing his flesh (and soul,
more oen than not) he desperately hopes
he is making the Fractured Dominion a
better place.
 Executioner
Required stats: Health: 13 / +3 Attack /
+1 Strength Resistance
Required skill: Weapon specialization –
two-handed axe.
Once per town visit, an executioner may
ask the town elders for work. Roll a D10;
on a roll of 1-8 he has an execution to
take care of, earning D10 shells.
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Feared in almost any civilized place, exe-
cutioners transform their skills in wielding
heavy weapons into a profitable way of
life.
Mender
Required stats: Health 19 / +3 Defense /
+1 Will Resistance / +2 Poison Resist-
ance
Once per adventure or day, a mender
may heal D10 + level wounds from a
character.
A mender is a traditional healer, respected
by his community for his insistence on
using traditional healing methods, instead
of recurring to the use of dark arts.
Penitent
Required stats: Health 20 / +2 Will Re-
sistance
Required skill: Weapon specialization –
club
No EP may have been spent on Defense
before becoming a penitent (a character’s
Defense stat must be 0).
As a penitent, aer loosing three Health
Points your next attack has a +4 to it.
is bonus does not persist between
fights, and must be used immediately.
A penitent is one that feels he has sins to
atone to, purposely putting himself in dan-
gerous situations. ey then channel the
pain and shame they feel into pure rage,
cleansing themselves from past mistakes.
Pugilist
Required stats: Health: 20 / +4 Attack /
+3 Defense
Required skill: Unarmed combat
Once per adventure, a pugilist may per-
form a focused uppercut; roll the Attack
die three times, and
choose the best result. If the uppercut at-
tack hits an Elite monster, it inflicts 2 HP
of damage.
When things start heating up, a pugilist
decides to leave all weapons aside and
trust his own fists over anything else. Years
of training in the tough streets of the Frac-
tured Dominion have given him an edge,
an edge he now applies against any oppo-
nent, be it from this world or another one.
Purifier
Required Stats: Health: 18 / +3 Attack /
+3 Defense / +4 Magic Resistance
Required skill: Resist magic.
Becoming a Purifier allows the character
to always add half his level to any attack
against magic-casting creatures.
Once a character becomes a purifier, he
is not allowed to learn or cast spells of
any kind.
Having witnessed for too long the corrup-
tive effects of magic, a purifier is a char-
acter that decides to take matters into his
own hands, hunting down any spellcaster
and swearing to cleanse the blight of magic
from this land.
Scholar
Required stats: Health: 12 / +2 Magic Re-
sistance
Requires knowing any four spells.
Becoming a scholar grants an extra daily
use to any known spell.
Scholars are always found in abandoned
ruins and forbidden places, looking for the
secret knowledge le behind by the mad
and the powerful, half-knowingly de-
scending toward the same dark place in
their minds that destroyed their predeces-
sors.
Slave Master
Required Stats: Health: 20 / +2 Attack /
+3 Defense / +4 Will Resistance
Becoming a slave master grants the
Leadership skill.
A slave master is someone who is used to
making others listen to his commands, a
surprisingly useful trait in the middle of a
bloody melee.
Stalker
Required stats: Health 13 / +3 Attack / +2
Poison resistance
Required spell: Invisibility
Becoming a stalker grants the Night vi-
sion skill.
Stalkers learn their trade in the Land of
the Conquered Sun, and it is the shadows
where they find themselves most comfort-
able. eir pact with the night grants them
predator-like abilities, and they are feared
across the whole Fractured Dominion.
Watchman
Required stats: Health: 14 / +2 Defense /
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+1 Will Resistance
Required skill: Defensive stance
Becoming a Watchman grants the Shield
bash skill.
As soon as a settlement starts to grow, the
necessity of hiring watchmen becomes
clear. ese specialized warriors rely on
their shield to keep them safe from the fre-
quent assaults of pillagers and the occa-
sional drunken bar fight.
 SKILLS
Skills are special abilities a player character has learned during his travels and expe-
riences. ey can range from the aggressive and active, to the defensive and passive,
or situational. As we have mentioned before, most skills are acquired by spending
Enhancement Points on them upon leveling up, but a few may only be obtained by
becoming a certain archetype. e following list describes the skills the player char-
acter’s may obtain. e list shows the skill’s name, followed by how many EP costs to
purchase said skill, followed by a description of the skill’s effect.
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SKILL LIST
Abomination slayer (1 EP)
A character with this skill has a +1 Attack when fighting against abominations.

Beast slayer (1 EP)

A character with this skill has a +1 Attack when fighting against beasts.

Brawny (1 EP)
Increase your Carrying Capacity by 10.

Bridle the darkness (Archetype exclusive)

Increase your Max Corruption by 1.

Combat training (2 EP)

Add your Level to your melee Attack rolls.

Defensive stance (2 EP)

Add your Level to your Defense rolls.

Disarm traps (1 EP)

e character rolls a D10, and adds his level. If he beats the trap’s level (or rolls a
10), he notices the trap and disarms it, or warns the rest of the party just in time.
If he fails, (or rolls a 1), the trap goes off as normal.

Dual wielding (2 EP)

Extra attack with the off-hand, no bonuses are allowed. is means he may only
roll a D10 with that second attack, and the roll will be the final result.

Feint (1 EP)
Roll 2 Defense dice, choose the highest.
Finesse (1 EP)
Roll 2 Attack dice, choose the highest.

Field medic (1 EP)

Bandages heal 2 wounds, instead of 1.

Foraging (Archetype exclusive)

is character consumes half the amount of supplies per day, thanks to his ability
to find food and water sources.
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Haggler (1 EP)
You can sell your obtained loot for full price, instead of the regular half.

Hold back the darkness (1 EP)

+1 when rolling against a spell's Corruption Level.

Incorruptible (4 EP)
Add your level when rolling against a spell's Corruption Level.

Leadership (Archetype exclusive)

When rolling for initiative, your group rolls a D10 instead of D5.

Lockpicking (1 EP)
Allows the character to attempt picking a lock. Add the character's level to the
roll when attempting to pick a lock.

Marksman (1 EP)
Add your Level to your ranged Attack rolls.

Mighty (1 EP)
Add your level to any Strength Resistance save roll.

Night vision (Archetype exclusive)

e character doesn't need a source of light and receives no penalties when fight-
ing in the dark.

Resist magic (1 EP)

Add your Level to any Magic Resistance save roll.

Shield wall (1 EP)

+2 to Defense rolls when using a shield, instead of +1.
 Shield bash (Archetype exclusive)
Once per encounter, and only while equipped with a shield, you can perform an
extra attack. e attack value is determined purely by the die roll; no skill bonuses
are applied.

Snake blood (1 EP)

Add your level to any Poison Resistance save roll.

Strong will (1 EP)

22 Add your level to any Will Resistance save roll.

Unarmed combat (1 EP)

e character may benefit from his Attack skill even when unarmed.

Undead slayer (1 EP)

A character with this skill has a +1 Attack when fighting against undead enemies.

Weapon specialization – one-handed club (1 EP)

+1 Attack when wielding any one-handed club or mace.

Weapon specialization – two-handed club (1 EP)

+1 Attack when wielding any two-handed club or mace.

Weapon specialization – two-handed sword (1 EP)

+1 Attack when wielding a two-handed sword.

Weapon specialization – two-handed axe (1 EP)

+1 Attack when wielding a two-handed axe.

Weapon specialization – staff (1 EP)

+1 Attack when wielding a staff.

Weapon specialization – spear (1 EP)

+1 Attack when wielding a spear.

Weapon specialization – one-handed sword (1 EP)

+1 Attack when wielding a one-handed sword.

Weapon specialization – one-handed axe (1 EP)

+1 Attack when wielding a one-handed axe.

Weapon specialization – dagger (1 EP)

+1 Attack when wielding a dagger.
Weapon specialization – bow (1 EP)
+1 Attack when wielding a bow.
Well coordinated (1 EP)
Add your Level to any Dexterity Resistance save roll.
MAGIC AND SPELLS
Magic is a very dangerous and fairly rare
thing in the Fractured Dominion. It is
usually associated with the Tyrants and
their masters, the Primordial Ones,
which means that in many places a per-
son will be immediately killed if seen
casting a spell. Most oen than not, any-
one dealing with the forbidden arts will
end his days as one of the countless
abominations that roam the Savage
Sands... Despite this, many are those who
search forgotten ruins hoping to find
tomes of power containing the secret to
become a Tyrant themselves, or at least
to live an easier, longer life.
e only way player characters
have of obtaining a spell (aside from the
starting archetypes’ spells) is by finding
a scroll or tome of spells. Once a charac-
ter finds a spell he wants to learn, he
must spend the EP cost to obtain it. is
will grant him a single use of that spell
per day or adventure. Further uses may
be purchased at a cost of 1 EP, regardless
of the initial EP cost. If a character
doesn’t have enough EP to learn a spell
right away, he may simply keep the scroll
or tome in his inventory, until he is ready
to learn it. Only one character may learn
a spell at a time from one source, and the
scroll or tome is destroyed in the process.
An even darker form of magic
is Blood magic. is twisted art requires
the caster to spill his own blood in order
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to cast the spell. is is done by sacrific-
ing Health Points, as is described in each
Blood magic spell.
Corruption
Each spell has a Corruption Level (CL).
e player character casting the spell
must roll against that level. For example,
the CL of Shadow flames is 6, which
means that the character must roll a 6 or
more. If the character fails the roll, the
spell still works (unless he rolls a 1, in
which case it doesn’t) but they gain 1
Corruption Point (CP).
ere are a few ways of keeping
the corruption at bay, but the most com-
mon ones are defeating a tyrant or com-
pleting a task. Player characters that
defeat a tyrant or successfully complete
a task may remove 2 CP.
Once a character reaches his
max Corruption allowed, he is irremedi-
ably lost, and is to be considered dead.
He may not be resurrected in any way.
Learning a spell
Once a character obtains a spell he wants
and has the EP necessary in order to
learn it, he must roll against the spell’s CL
using his Magic Resistance. If he passes,
he learns the spell. If he fails, his mind is
flooded by visions that were not meant
for a human mind to see, and gains 1
Corruption Point. He may re-try learn-
ing the spell 24 hours later. If this is the
 SPELL TABLE (D10)
1 – Bind Death
2 – Breath of C’athrhi
3 – Cauterize
4 – Cleanse poison
5 – Find traps
6 – Invisibility
7 – Orb of light
24 8 – Pain transfer
9 – Regeneration
10 – Shadow flames

end of your gaming session for the day,
simply roll until the character passes the
skill test, but adding a CP per failure.
Note that no EP are spent until
the spell is actually learned.
Spell list
- Bind death (1 EP): CL7. Blood magic.
Tentacles of blood shoot from the caster’s
arms. For each Health point the caster
sacrifices, he deals D5 direct damage to
an undead enemy.
- Breath of C’athrhi (2 EP): CL8. Blood
magic. e caster must sacrifice 1 HP. A
red mist forms and wraps around the en-
emies, poisoning them. Deal D10 damage
to each enemy.
- Cauterize (1 EP): CL4. A searing, hellish
heat closes the character’s wounds. Heal
1d10 + L from one character.
- Cleanse poison (1 EP): CL4. e caster
summons a black needle that digs into the
character’s flesh, cleansing it from poison.
Remove the negative effects of a poison
from one character.
- Find traps (1 EP): CL4. A nauseating
sensation invades the caster while on the
proximity of a trap. During the remain-
der of the adventure (if in an interior set-
ting) or a full day (when outside), the
character can detect any traps before
they are activated. Notice that this does
not mean the trap is neutralized; the
party will still need to find a way of dis-
arming it, or may simply avoid the area
where the trap is located.
- Invisibility (1 EP): CL6. e caster’s
shadow envelopes him, making him dis-
appear to the naked eye. At the beginning
of your turn, you may cast this spell to
become invisible and sneak behind the
enemy. You perform your next attack
with a +3, and enemies can’t target you
that turn.
- Orb of light (1 EP): CL6. Summons an
orb of bleak light that allows you and your
party to see inside an interior setting or
during the night without the need of
torches or lamps. Its effects last for a
whole adventure.
- Pain transfer (2 EP): CL7. Blood magic.
e caster slowly crosses his arms with a
sharp blade, letting the blood drip on the
floor, where it bursts into flames. For each
Health point the caster sacrifices, he
deals 1 direct damage to an enemy.
- Regeneration (2 EP): CL5. A crust of liv-
ing shadows form around the caster’s
wounds, pulsating, but soothing the pain.
e caster heals D10+L Health points to
himself, at a rate of one per turn.
- Shadow Flames (2 EP): CL6. Flames
made of shadows jump from the darkest
corners of the room, engulfing the target.
Shadow Flames deals a number of HP
damage equal to the caster’s roll minus the
enemy’s Defense, with a minimum of 1.
EQUIPMENT
Since metals are quite rare in the Frac-
tured Dominion, the main currency
among settlements and nomad tribes are
seashells. Somewhat rare, these can be
found in certain areas of the wastes,
telling a tale of a much more pleasant
past, where the oceans found in the
south were yet to be frozen. Some of the
shells are simply regular, polished
seashells, while others have a settlement’s
sigil carved on them, or even a Tyrant’s
name or personal seal. Sometimes pre-
cious and semi-precious stones are used
instead of shells, since they are smaller
and more practical. It is assumed that
when a character has a wealth measured
in the thousands of shells, he is carrying
most of them in the form of precious
stones, such as diamonds and rubies. For
gameplay reasons though we will simply
express all values in shells.
Due to the scarcity of metals,
most weapons and tools are made of a
combination of bone, stone, leather and
wood. e items listed below are the
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ones made of these standard materials.
Only rich merchants, nobility and some
elite troops are seen carrying metal
weapons or armor, although there is al-
ways the lucky scavenger that manages
to find a relic from the past buried in the
ruins.
Every item in Disciples of Bone
and Shadow has a weight, expressed in
UW. By default, a player character may
carry up to 40 UW, although there are
some skills and items that allow you to
increase that number. It is assumed that
the player characters carry with them
bags and satchels in order to carry all the
gear they need.
Characters may purchase all
the items in the list below at any of the
settlements found in the Fractured Do-
minion. ey may sell their own equip-
ment and loot found in their travels at
half the standard market price.
(Optional rule) Provisions
For those players wanting a bit more of
realism and danger in their games, they
can introduce the concept of provisions.
Characters need to carry provisions with
them to survive (this includes water). A
player character will need to consume 1
ration per day to be in optimal condition.
If they do not do so, they will suffer a -1
to all rolls aer three days without pro-
visions, until they eat again.
 EQUIPMENT LIST
Antidote – 20 shells – 0.5 UW
Bandage - 5 shells – 0.5 UW
Cestus – 5 shells – 2 UW
Healing tincture - 150 shells – 1 UW
Heavy armor - 30 shells – 15 UW
Horse – 250 shells
Lantern - 3 shells – 1 UW
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Lock picks – 10 shells – 0.5 UW
Long bow – 30 shells – 8 UW
Mule – 150 shells
One-handed weapon (dagger, sword, axe, mace) - 6 shells – 8 UW
Rations - 1 shells – 0.5 UW
Rope - 4 shells – 1 UW
Shield - 5 shells – 6 UW
Short bow - 15 shells – 6 UW
Spear – 12 shells – 8 UW
Two-handed weapon (staff, club, hammer, sword, axe) - 15 shells – 12 UW

Antidote: A player character may drink
this to get rid of the effects of poison.
Bandage: Once per day or adventure, you
may use a bandage to heal 1 wound.
Cestus: A leather battle glove that can be
used in unarmed combat. +1 Attack
when unarmed.
Healing tincture: As its name indicates,
this is a remedy that characters may use
to heal their wounds. A character may
use it on himself to heal to full health. It
may be used in combat, instead of attack-
ing or casting a spell. Only one may be
used per day/adventure.
Heavy armor: An assortment of pieces of
leather and bone sewn together in differ-
ent layers, offering much more protec-
tion than the standard leather light
armor, but allowing less freedom of
movement. +2 to Defense, -1 to Dexter-
ity Resistance save rolls.
Horse: is sturdy animal will allow the
character to carry another 40 UW with
him. It also allows the character to trans-
verse terrain at double the normal speed,
effectively reducing the amount of ra-
tions needed by half. Instead of consum-
ing 1 ration per day of travel, you
consume 1 each two days of travel.
Lantern: A basic source of light, more re-
liable than a simple torch. Needed in
order to explore caves and other dark
places, the character in charge of carry-
ing it will only have one free hand, mean-
ing that he will not be able to equip
two-handed weapons, bows or shields.
Not carrying a light source while fighting
in the dark will result in a -3 to all Attack
and Defense rolls.
Light armor: Composed mainly of
leather and other light materials, such as
strong plant fibers and hollow bones, this
type of armor offers protection while al-
lowing the character freedom of move-
ment. +1 to Defense.
Shield: A sturdy frame of bones and
some leather is oen all that separates a
warrior from certain death. +1 to De-
fense, requires a free hand.
Short bow: e most common version of
a bow, used by hunters to kill small prey
all over the Fractured Dominion. Only
usable during outdoor encounters, free
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attack at the beginning of a fight.

Lock picks: A basic tool for anyone try-
ing to get into places someone else
doesn’t want them getting into. It allows
the character to attempt opening a
locked door or container.
Long bow: It allows a character to attack
from a distance, ideal for outdoor en-
counters but not very useful while fight-
ing in caves or inside a building. +1 to
Attack, you get a free attack at the begin-
ning of a fight. Only usable in outdoors
encounters.
Spear: One of the most universal
weapons, it can range from a simple
sharp stick to beautifully carved
bonetips. A spear allows a character
wielding it to attack from the back row
in corridor encounters (if the part has
more than two characters).
Two-handed weapon: e biggest and
oen deadliest weapons fall into this cat-
egory. It must be wielded with two
hands, but it grants a +1 to Attack rolls.

Mule: A common sight among the

nomad tribes, the mule allows a charac-
ter to carry an extra 30 UW with him.

One-handed weapon: Any tool or

weapon used primarily with one hand. It
can range from a dagger, to a pickaxe.

Rations: All characters need a minimum

of 1 ration per day. is includes some
dried fruits and meats, and most impor-
tantly, water.

Rope: One of the most versatile items a

character may carry with him, this will
allow him to climb out of holes and over
walls, or even tie someone, if it were nec-
essary.
 PLAYING
Now that we have a couple of adventur-
ers ready to explore the twilight lands of
the Fractured Dominion, you will need
to know how to do so, what you will find
during your travels, and how to deal with
what you find.
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ExPLORING THE FRACTURED
DOMINION
To begin your adventure, you will start
with your party on the hex #1 of the
Overworld Hex Map. is first hex is
considered empty, so you will need to
chose a direction and roll once per hex.
Each hex is considered to take a full day
to explore. Each feature you uncover on
the map is permanent; you will be able to
return there later on, if needed. is is
important to know for when your group
finds a point of interest, such as a town,
THE GAME
and they need a place to return to be-
tween fights. Use the Map log to write
down what you find on each hex. Once
you have filled up a hex map, simply
print out another one and start again on
the hex #1. e Fractured Dominion is a
big place!
It is important to remember
that when traveling through already ex-
plored terrain, you must roll a D10 in
each hex you pass through (except for
settlements and oases). If the result is a 1
or 2, the party is attacked by a random
enemy (check the Random Encounter
table).
RANDOM ENCOUNTER TABLE (D10)
1-4 Vermin
5-8 Fiends and foes
9-10 Elite enemy

HEx ExPLORATION TABLE (2d10)

2 – Rugged terrain. e party spends twice the normal amount of time on
this hex (2 days by foot, 1 day mounted).
3-4 – Settlement. e party may rest here, recovering from their wounds,
buying and selling equipment, and maybe picking up new tasks to com-
plete. Roll D10 on the Tasks and Missions Table if you want to give your
characters a reason to explore the world beyond simply finding riches and
power.
5 – Old corrupted temple. e characters find the ruins of an old place of
worship originally intended to some forgotten god. It has now become the
home of a beast. Roll on the Elite enemy table. If they manage to defeat the
creature, the characters have cleansed the place, allowing them to remove
one CP.
6 – Night assault! While your party is sleeping, a group of enemies attack
their camp, attracted by the smell of food. Roll on the Fiends and Foes table,
enemies attack first.
7 – Vermin. A group of small, hungry creatures attacks the party. Roll on
the Vermin table.
8 – Minion. e party comes across a group of wandering enemies. Roll
on the Fiends and Foes table.
9 – Wild apple grove. A leover from a gentler past, this apple grove has
somehow survived despite the harsh conditions. Each character receives
D10 free rations, and has the chance to sell or buy equipment from the local
friendly nomads.
10 - Witch of the hills. You follow the smoke coming from a small camp,
where you find a dark figure dressed in rags bent over a stone cauldron. It
is a woman of undetermined age that beckons you to follow her inside the
tent behind her. Hesitantly, you finally go inside aer her, where she awaits
with a selection of concoctions and potions. Healing salve – 50 shells. Once 29
per day/adventure you may apply this salve to heal D10 Health Points. Poi-
son salve – 50 shells. Apply this to become immune to poisons for a whole
adventure. Agility salve – 100 shells. You may use this to add +1 to a char-
acter’s Defense during an adventure. She also offers the possibility of res-
urrecting a fallen comrade, if the body is brought to her and no more than
a week has passed since death. Resurrection ritual – 1,000 shells: roll D10.
If you roll less than the character’s level, the character comes back to life.
He suffers a permanent -1 to his Max Corruption, due to the lingering
shadow influence.
11 – Ravine. A narrow, steep-sided valley cuts the party’s advance. Impass-
able terrain.
12 – Elite enemy. e party is unfortunate enough to find a roaming mon-
strosity. Roll on the Elite Enemy table.
13-14 – Cave. A half-visible trail leads the party to what appears to be some
sort of cave or underground building. If the party decides to explore it, use
the Indoor Location generation rules described below.
15-16 – Ruins. e party comes across a vestige of the past, half buried by
the sands. If they decide to explore it, use the Indoor Location generation
rules described below.
17 – Caravan. A group of friendly nomads offer to trade some goods. e
party may trade as if they were at a settlement, but once they leave this hex
the caravan would have moved along if they return. Re-roll this hex if the
party comes back to it.
18 – Abandoned stock. Half buried on the side of a forgotten road, the
party finds the remnants of a caravan. ey find 2d10 shells worth of trade
goods.
19-20 – Tyrant fortress. e most threatening sight in the Fractured Do-
minion, most people try to avoid them. Some Fortresses are ruled by some-
what benign tyrants (the few that posses a strong enough will to resist the
pull of the forces of chaos), which has allowed settlements to grow around
them, creating a semblance of civilization. Of course, this isn’t all that differ-
ent from living next to an active volcano, since tragedy can strike when you
least suspect it. Use the Indoor Location rules to explore it, if you dare.
 Tasks and Missions
Sometimes the adventurers will come
across an individual who asks them to
complete a specific task, generally in ex-
change for a reward. is gives the char-
acters a reason to go out there and
explore, with a goal in mind. You do not
need to complete the task given immedi-
ately; time moves slow in the Twilight
30 and whatever you need to do will still be
there when you decide to tackle it.
You may only roll once per set-
tlement. If you don’t like the task offered,
you may come a week later and re-roll.
Characters must return to the location of
the task giver to collect the reward.
Completing a task grants
enough experience points to level up one
level, but divided among the whole party.
For example, if the party is level 3 they will
receive a total of 80 XP (enough for 1
character to reach level 4), with the player
deciding how to distribute them among
the characters, as usually.
e characters may also re-
move 2 Corruption Points each upon
completion.

TASKS AND MISSIONS TABLE (D10)

1 – e tyrant must fall! e settlements surrounding one of the towering
fortresses has had enough, and they can't allow their children to be taken
and their crops to be cursed any longer. ey task your party with bringing
them the head of the tyrant. Reward: 1 scroll containing a random spell,
1,000 shells.
2 – Taken! A crying mother asks you to recover her missing son, who was
taken by a group of minions. Each time you encounter a group of minions,
roll a D10. On a 10, you found the missing child. Add +1 to your next check
for each completed encounter with minions that resulted in not finding the
child. Reward: e characters may remove one CP.
3 – Artifact hunting. While sitting on a camp, sharing some water with
some nomads, you overhear a conversation. Somewhere in these area there
are the ruins of two twin settlements. Each one of them had the half of a
very powerful artifact; put together, they will grant enormous power to the
wielder. e next two ruins you explore each have a half of the artifact in
the last room; they also have an Elite enemy guarding it. Reward: Roll on
the Artifacts table.
4 – Finding help. A rich merchant has hired you to take his sick wife to
the nearest settlement, where they have the best healers in the region. e
only problem is that she is very sick, and it must be done quickly. e party
has 7 days to find a settlement (one that wasn't previously discovered), or
the merchant's wife will die. Reward: If they succeed, they will receive 500
shells.
5 – Lost. e party is asked to find a group of migrants that were expected
to arrive days ago. e characters must explore the region, rolling a D10 in
each hex they explore. On a roll of 1-2, they find a clue. Once they find 5
clues, they will reach the entrance of a cave, where the migrants have been
taken. e migrants will be found in the last room, guarded by an Elite
enemy. Reward: 2 rolls on the Loot table.
6 – Looters and pillagers. e town's leadership asks the player characters
to get rid of several roaming bands of creatures that are harassing them.
e party must find and slay 10 groups of minions in the outdoors (minions
found in caves or buildings don't count). Reward: 200 shells to each char-
acter player, and the party may sell their loot at the retail price in this town,
instead of half.
7 – Find the witch! A tribal leader has recently lost his only son and heir
to the crimson plague. He begs the party to take the body with them and 31
find a hill witch to bring him back to life. He doesn't have any money, but
he offers the party an ancient relic as payment. e characters will have to
pay for the ritual themselves, though. Reward: Roll on the Artifact table.
8 – e mapmaker. e characters are hired by a mapmaker, who needs
help mapping the area. e characters must explore every hex in the re-
gion's map, and return to the mapmaker with what they have learned. is
quest may only appear once per region, re-roll in this table if you have al-
ready completed it. Reward: 1,000 shells. e mapper used to work for a
tyrant and knows his weakness; next time the party fights against a tyrant
in the region, they fight with a +2 to Attack.
9 – e thing in the ruins. e town's council has hired the characters to
eliminate an abomination that has been terrorizing the area for the past
months. ey must find the nearest ruins, clear them, and in the last room
they will find a Spawn of Vhol'est (check the Elite Enemy Encounters). Re-
ward: e town is too poor to offer anything of value, but the characters
receive twice the normal amount of experience points from completing a
task.
10 – Assault! e party is hired to defend the settlement from an incoming
raid. ey must roll 5 times in the Minions table, resolving one encounter
aer another without a rest, and if they survive, roll once in the Elite ene-
mies table to face the raid's leader. Reward: as many supplies as they can
carry, 100 shells.
 INDOOR LOCATIONS
More oen than not, the player charac-
ters will find themselves delving into
caves, exploring ancient ruins, or even
assaulting a mighty tyrant fortress. Fol-
lowing the rules explained in this sec-
tion, you will be able to create the
location’s layout, its contents, and its in-
habitants, all on the fly.
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As it was the case with the out-
doors map, when the party returns to a
room or corridor they have already ex-
plored, they must roll a D10. On a roll of
1 or 2, they encounter a wandering
enemy; roll on the Random Encounter
table to determine what it is. is is im-
portant because once you complete your
task inside an interior location, or you
simply decide that you want to leave, the
party still needs to retrace their steps
back to the entrance and exit it safely.
Doors
While exploring the different rooms
found in ancient ruins or fortresses, it is
not rare to find locked doors. If the party
is exploring ruins, not all rooms have a
door, and some have a locked door. Roll
a D10: 1-3 no door, 4-7 open, 8-10
locked. If the party is exploring a fortress,
roll a D10: 1-6 open door, 7-10 closed
door. Caves have no doors.
If a door is locked the charac-
ters need to roll against Strength to bash
it (roll a 5 or more to pass) or Dexterity
to pick the lock (also difficulty 5). Each
failed attempt increases the difficulty by
1. You can alternate methods (bashing or
picking the lock) to avoid the save roll to
increase in difficulty too fast. Example:
Mike’s characters find a locked door while
exploring some forbidden ruins. He first
decides to bash the door open with his
strongest character (who has a Strength
Resistance of +2), but he rolls a 1, which
is an instant failure. If he were to try again
using Strength, the difficulty would be 6,
instead of 5. He therefore decides to pick
the lock, rolling a 5 and thus opening the
door.
Caves
It is not hard to find subterranean pas-
sages that have been and still are popu-
lated by beasts, bandits and unspeakable
horrors. Many of these caves used to be
the remnants of mining operations,
beasts’ layers or simply natural forma-
tions, but no matter their origin they are
all equally dangerous. A party needs a
source of light in order to explore a cave
properly, otherwise they will suffer a -3
to both their Attack and Defense skills.
While drawing a cave’s map,
you should draw the walls irregularly,
with no sharp angles, to reflect the fact
that this is not a man-made place (or at
least, not a building’s interior).
Ruins
All over the Fractured Dominion, ruins
are scattered as a reminder of what the
world used to be like. From expansive
palaces to forgotten temples, they offer
plenty of opportunities to find treasure
and ancient artifacts. More oen than
not though, these places attract all kinds
of creatures and greedy explorers, due to
the secrets that can be found buried
among the rubble.
Fortresses
If a party decides to explore a Tyrant’s
fortress, it usually means they are there
to kill the Tyrant itself. ey will need to
do so in order to get out of the fortress
alive, so the last room in the fortress will
always have the tyrant as an enemy. Ex-
perience-wise, a tyrant counts as an Elite
monster of the same level. Defeating a
tyrant grants 2 rolls on the Loot table,
and 1 roll on the Special Loot table.
Mapping interior locations
Once the party enters an interior loca-
tion, you will need to start figuring out
INTERIOR ExPLORATION SEQUENCE
the place’s layout, as well as what they
find in it. In order to do that we will be
using the tables and rules found in the
following pages. All you need is a pencil,
2d10, and a grid paper, or better yet, a
printed copy of the location adventure
map found in this book.
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 Entrance rooms
is is the first room your party encoun-
ters when they enter a cave, ruin or
fortress. Roll a D10 and draw the result-
ing entrance at the bottom center of the
location grid. is room contains noth-
ing, so you do not need to roll on the
Room Contents table. Simply start ex-
ploring, by rolling on the Interior Explo-
34
ration table (if you go through a door or
entrance), or the Corridor table (if you
go through a corridor).
INTERIOR ExPLORATION TABLE (D10)
1-7 Room
8-10 Corridor
Corridors
If you decide to go down a corridor, you
will learn how it looks like by using the
Corridor table. Corridors have no con-
tent, but you need to roll a D10 to see if
there are any enemies. On a roll of 1 or
2, you find a wandering enemy, so roll on
the Random Enemy table.
Corridors are always a width of 1.

CORRIDOR TABLE (D10)

1 A parallel corridor that goes D5+1 long to the le, and D5+1 long to
the right
2 Straight ahead, D5+1 long
3 Corridor to the right for D5+1
4 Corridor to the le for D5+1
5 Straight ahead D5+1, then veers to the right for D5+1
6 Straight ahead D5+1, then veers to the le for D5+1
7 Corridor to the right for D5+1, then veers to the right again for D5+1
8 Corridor to the le for D5+1, then veers to the le again for D5+1
9 Corridor to the right for D5+1, then veers to the le for D5+1
10 Corridor to the le for D5+1, then veers to the right for D5+1
 Rooms
Most things of interest to the characters
will be found in rooms. Once you have
defined the shape of the room with the
help of the Room Layout table, and how
many exits it has by using the Exits table,
you will need to figure out its contents,
by using the Room Content table below.
36 Doors and openings
When it’s time to find out what doors or
openings the corridor or room you are
exploring has, roll on the Exits table.
Place the exits as centered as possible in
any wall you want, trying to make a log-
ical layout, and adapting it to the needs
of the map. For example, if your corridor
is running right to the le of the map’s
border, placing a door there would make
no sense because you can’t draw more
map on that direction, so ideally we
would place it on the right side.
ExITS TABLE (2d10)
2-10 None
11-14 One
15-17 Two
18-19 ree
20 Four

ROOM LAYOUT TABLE (D10)

1-5 Square (D5+1 high, D5+1 wide)
6 Circle (D5+1 across)
7 Hexagon (D5+1 across)
8 Oval (D5+1 high, D5+1 wide)
9 Triangle (D5+1 per side)
10 Trapezoid (D5+1 high, D5+1 base wide, D5+1 base top)

ROOM CONTENT TABLE (D10)

1 Trap: roll on the Traps table
2 Loot: roll on the Loot table
3 Loot protected by a trap: roll on the Traps table, and once resolved, roll
on the Loot table
4-5 Roll on the Special Features table
6 e room is empty
7 Stash of semi-precious stones: you gain 2d10 shells
8 You are attacked by vermin. Roll on the Vermin table
9 Your advance is interrupted by some enemies. Roll on the Fiends and
Foes table
10 You walked into a beast’s lair. Roll on the Elite enemy table
 SPECIAL FEATURES TABLE (D10)
1 - A crack in the ceiling above the middle of the north wall allows a trickle of water to
flow down to the floor. e water pools near the base of the wall, and a rivulet runs
along the wall and out into the hall. e water smells fresh. e party obtains D5 ra-
tions.
2 – e character party stumbles upon what appears to be some kind of weapons stash.
ey can take any weapon available in the equipment list.
3 – is room is filled with bottles, pipettes and other tools that an alchemist would
need. Everything here is covered in a thick layer of dust, but in a corner, under some
ragged piece of cloth, the characters find D5 bottles with a green, viscous liquid. If a 37
character dares to test its effects, roll a D10; 1-5: the concoction is so old it is now
poisonous; use your Poison Resistance against a level 6 poison, or lose D5 HP. 6-10:
the bottles contain some kind of healing potion. Heal D5 HP, usable in combat.
4 – As soon as you step into this room, a feeling of calmness invades you. is place
seems to be completely removed from the Primordial One’s influence. Each character
can get rid of 1 CP.
5 - A sensation of dread invades you the moment you step into this room. Flashes of
horrific visions fill your mind, bringing you to your knees. ey know you are here. Roll
against Magic level 6 using your Magic Resistance. If you fail, gain 1 CP.
6 – A series of small statues line a wall. Behind them there is a mural, telling what ap-
pears to be the story of a people’s exodus. You discover small levers behind each statue,
which apparently makes them rotate. If you try to solve this puzzle, roll against its
difficulty of 7, using your Will Resistance. If you succeed, roll on the Loot table. You
may only try once per character.
7 – is room appears to be or have been a library of sorts. Piles of half-rotten tomes
are gathering dust in every corner, with shelves upon shelves of others collapsing on the
walls. e party may spend a whole day here to si through the books to see if there
is anything of interest. Roll against Magic level 7, if you pass it, then roll a D10. On
a 1, you find a scroll containing a random spell.
8 - A horrendous, overwhelming stench was from the room before you. Small cages
containing small animals and large insects line the walls. Some of the creatures look
sickly and alive but most are clearly dead. eir rotting corpses and the unclean cages
no doubt result in the place’s foul odor. A cat mews weakly from its cage, but the other
creatures just silently shrink back into their filthy prisons. e players may choose to
release the animals; if they do, they can remove 1 CP, but they will have to fight
against several of them, which are too scared or far gone, Roll twice on the Vermin
table and fight against both groups at the same time.
9 – A foul stench seems to be seeping from the floor cracks; the smell is nigh unbearable.
e fumes seem to originate from the depths, carrying a smell similar to rotten eggs.
Better to move along. For each turn the characters stay here, they must roll against
poison 5, or lose 1 HP.
10 – ere is a nefarious influence in this room. A shadow suddenly invades the char-
acter’s minds, and holds fast to their thoughts. Characters fight the rest of the adventure
with a -1 to Defense, unless they give into the darkness and gain 1 CP in the process.
 Traps
Traps are, unfortunately, very common
in the kind of places the characters will
frequent. Recent or ancient, their goal is
to harm, maim or kill any intruder.
rough the use of skills and spells the
characters can avoid their effects,
though.
To determine the level of a trap,
roll a D5 and add the party’s level (the
party’s level is equal to the highest level
among the player characters).

TRAPS TABLE (D10)

38 1 – Poison darts. Characters must roll against Poison or lose D5 HP. An
affected character will need to roll against Poison every turn or lose an extra
HP per turn, until the poison is removed from his system.
2 – Trapdoor. Characters must roll against Dexterity or lose 3 HP. If the
whole party fell inside, they need a rope in order to escape the pit, or they
will die of starvation inside of it.
3 – Sand trap. A wall closes down behind the characters as soon as they
enter this room, with sand falling in from the ceiling. ey have 10 attempts
at deactivating this trap, or they all die.
4 – Collapsing ceiling. e ceiling above the party collapses on top of them.
Characters must roll against Dexterity or lose D5 HP.
5 – Noxious gas. A wall closes behind the party, and immediately toxic gas
is released in the room. Characters immediately lose 1 HP, and they lose
another HP per failed attempt at disabling the trap.
6 – Spears. Sharp spears slide from the walls, stabbing the characters if they
fail a Dexterity test. If they do fail, they receive D5 attacks that deal 2 dam-
age each. Reduce the total damage received by the Defense skill of a char-
acter.
7 – Vermin pit. A pit opens underneath the characters, teeming with ver-
min. e characters need to roll against Dexterity or lose 3 HP, and aer-
wards they need to face the vermin inside. Roll on the Vermin table.
8 – Bear trap. A random character steps on a hidden bear trap. Roll against
Dexterity to avoid getting caught in it. If you do get trapped, you will need
to roll against Strength (7) to get rid of it, or else you will not be able to
move from there. A trapped character will not be able to play for the re-
mainder of the adventure.
9 – Net trap. A net falls from the ceiling, pulling the characters up unless
they pass a Dexterity test. If they do get trapped, they must roll against Dex-
terity 7 to be able to cut the net. Roll a D10 per attempt at releasing them-
selves; on a 1 or 2 a wandering enemy comes and attacks them; the
characters receive an immediate wound the first round. Roll on the Fiends
and Foes table.
10 – Fire trap. Huge flames roar from the sides the second the characters
step into this room. Roll against Dexterity to avoid the flames, or lose D5
HP. You fight at -2 Attack until the wounds caused by the fire are healed.
 LOOT TABLE (D10)
1 or less – No treasure found
2 – D10 shells
3 – D10+5 shells
4 – 2d10 shells
5 – D5 healing tinctures
6 – D10 rations
7 – A piece of jewelry worth 5d10 shells
8 – A one-handed iron weapon. Roll D5: 1 sword, 2 hammer or mace, 3
axe, 4 dagger, 5 pickaxe. +1 to Attack while wielding it. 10 UW
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9 – A piece of mail armor. Treat it as light armor, +2 to Defense. 12 UW
10 or more – Roll on the Special Loot table

SPECIAL LOOT TABLE (D10)

1-2 – A scroll containing a random spell. 1 UW
3 – An exceptionally well forged one-handed steel weapon. Roll D5: 1
sword, 2 hammer or mace, 3 axe, 4 dagger, 5 pickaxe. +2 to Attack while
wielding it. 10 UW
4 - An exceptionally well forged two-handed steel weapon. Roll D5: 1
sword, 2 hammer or mace, 3 axe, 4 staff, 5 polearm. +3 to Attack while
wielding it. 15 UW
5 – Reinforced steel mail. A true relic of the past, perfectly craed and
preserved. Light armor, +2 to Defense rolls without hindrance. 12 UW
6 – Steel breastplate. e crasmanship on this piece speaks of the glory
of the past. Heavy armor, +3 to Defense, -2 to Dexterity save rolls. 20
UW
7 – Steel shield. +2 to Defense. 10 UW
8 – Small darkness well. A plain-looking stone that allows the person car-
rying it to store 2 CP in it. Once the well is full, it glows slightly. Cannot
be re-used, but it can be sold as a curiosity for 3d10 shells.
9 – A pair of rare metal fist weapons with some sort of short blades at-
tached to them. +2 to unarmed combat if the character possess the skill.
5 UW
10 – Roll on the Artifact table.
 ARTIFACT TABLE (D10)
1 – Horse Figurine. A small statue of a horse made of some unidentifiable
black material that when wet with blood grows to the size of an actual horse.
Sacrifice 1 HP to be able to travel at double speed in outdoor zones. 0.5 UW
2 – Amulet of Vythrhos. A dark green stone is framed by what looks to be
some sort of fossilized hair. Once worn it pulsates slightly, matching the
wearer’s heartbeat. Once per adventure, if the character carrying this re-
ceives enough damage to kill him, he will instead remain at 1 HP but will be
40 unable to participate in the rest of the fight.
3 – Maw of Vhozha. is slick leather blue bag seems to tremble when no-
body is looking at it, as if something were trying to come out. is bag allows
the character to carry an extra 30 UW.
4 – e Sineater. This legendary artifact was one wielded by Athros, Bane of
the Ancients. With it she managed to challenge the reign of many tyrants, until
under mysterious circumstances she lost the Sineater, aer of which she be-
came corrupted and reigned over the Rhatrej region for 800 years. is sharp
black crystal absorbs the next 5 CP the character would receive, aer of
which it becomes dormant for the next three adventures. 1 UW.
5 - Rod of Shrath. is device belonging to a Sharani High Priest is an asym-
metric mass of ethereal crystal which can be used to recover from grave
wounds. Individuals who possess the device for a long time develop fine scales
over parts of their body. e user may cast Regeneration once a day/adven-
ture without gaining corruption. 2 UW.
6 – e Everlasting Shadows. is ancient tome bound in what appears to be
human skin has an aura of taint surrounding it. A foul sense of dread invades
the reader when first opening it. Contains 3 random spells. 2 UW.
7 – Feather of Kul’Pheg. A shimmering feather, reflecting the light in a million
colors, even during the darkest of nights. e sha seems to be made of some
kind of metal. is item gives the party a +2 to combat initiative. 1 UW.
8 – Taintnut. is small, wooden seed has symbols carved all over it, but it
looks to be bulging around them as if a force were pushing from the inside and
being contained only by the symbols. If a character swallows this seed his
Max Corruption will be increased by 1.
9 – Crystallized ice of Alnavis. This appears to be a stalactite made of pure
ice, but somehow it does not seem to be affected by any heat. A little bit of it
melts with each use though, until it disappears. Deal D5 damage to all enemies
in front of the caster. It takes up a character’s turn to use it. 20 charges. 1 UW.
10 – Staff of scars. is wooden staff looks as if it was just finished by a skilled
artisan, but the more its powers are used, the more twisted and full of
scratches it becomes. e person wielding this staff can transfer to it a max of
20 lost HP, thus healing himself or an ally. Once it has reached its maximum
capacity, it becomes dormant and it’s simply a +2 Attack staff. 12 UW.
 COMBAT
More oen than not, while exploring the
world of the Fractured Dominion, the
player characters will encounter beasts,
monsters, aberrations and abominations
that will try to stop them. Combat in
Disciples of Bone and Shadow is fast and
brutal; you will be able to solve your en-
counters usually in a matter of seconds.
As we have discussed previ-
ously, the player characters have an At-
tack and Defense stat, as well as a
number of Health Points (HP). Enemies
also have Attack, Defense and HP. In
order to defeat an enemy, the player will
have to roll a number higher than the
enemy’s Defense value. is roll is mod-
ified by his Attack stat, as well as any
weapons or effects that he may currently
have. On the other side, when it is the
enemies attacking, the character will
have to roll a number higher than the
enemy’s Attack value, modified by his
Defense and other bonuses he may have
at the moment. is way, it is only the
player who rolls dice for his characters,
the monsters roll no dice. While defend-
ing from enemy attacks, you need to as-
sign the enemies each turn so that they
are evenly distributed among all the
player characters. So if, for example, you
have 2 player characters that are being at-
tacked by 5 enemies, you would assign 2
to each character, and the last remaining
one would be assigned randomly. is is
not the case if you are fighting in a corri-
dor and you have more than two charac-
ters, in which case only the first two
characters on the front will be assigned
enemies.
Per each point above the
enemy’s Defense, the characters deals
one damage point, and per each point
below the enemy’s Attack, the character
loses 1 HP. Vermin are a special case; per
each damage point a character deals to
them, one dies, as they only have 1 HP
each. Minions and Elite enemies tend to
have several HP each; sometimes they
come alone, but they may appear in
groups, in which case you will have to
deal enough damage to each one of them
before killing it and moving on to the
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next one. Keep in mind though that you
may distribute the damage you deal
among different enemies; if for example
an enemy has 3 HP and you deal 4 dam-
age, you may assign 3 points to kill one
and 1 to the next one. No damage is ever
lost.
Example: Tyumm e Stranger
has Attack +3 and swings his weapon
against a group of level 2 Sharani (Attack
8 / Defense 6 / HP: 1). He must roll over 6
in order to damage them. Tyumm rolls a
5, which is a total of 8 (5, + 3 from his At-
tack stat) meaning he manages to kill 2 of
the Sharani (the Defense of the Sharani is
6, so a result of 8 is 2 points over that, and
they only have 1 HP each, meaning two of
them die). e remaining three attack
him; seeing as he is alone in this fight, he
will have to defend himself from all three
of them. Tyumm has a +2 Defense and
has to defend against the Sharani’s Attack
of 8. His first roll is a 5, which becomes a
7 once added his Defense, meaning he
loses 1 HP (8 Attack – 7 Defense = 1).
Tyumm’s second and third rolls are a 6
and 7, which are enough to fend off the
feeble Sharani.
Remember that rolling a 1 is al-
ways a failure, no matter what modifiers
you have for that roll, and that on a 10
your character is inspired and may roll
again to add to the final result. When
rolling a 1 while defending, the only
bonuses that count toward defense are
 those the characters have thanks to
equipment or special conditions, such as
spells or potions. Both the roll and the
character’s Defense stat are ignored. If
you roll a 1 but your final Defense is still
equal or greater than the enemy’s Attack,
you still lose 1 HP.
Initiative and turns
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At the beginning of a fight, roll D10 plus
the lowest character level in the party,
plus any bonuses the party may have
(such as skills, items, etc.), minus 5. If the
result is higher than the enemies’ level,
the player characters attack first. at
will be the order maintained for the du-
ration of the whole fight.
Example: Tyumm the Stranger,
a level 4 character, is facing a group of
level 3 harpies. He rolls a 2 in a D10 to de-
termine the initiative and adds his own
level to the roll since there are no other
characters in his party with lower level (4
+ 2 = 6). He doesn’t have any extra
bonuses, so he subtracts 5 from his initia-
tive roll, which results in a 1. Since the
harpies were level 3, Tyumm fails the
check and the harpies attacks first.
Each action you take spends a
combat turn (unless specified): attacking,
using a potion, casting a spell, they all
spend your turn.
Enemy morale
When enemies loose more than half
their total health (when facing a single
enemy), or half their total number (in
the case of groups), they must perform a
morale test. Roll D10: 1-5 they flee, 6-10
they stay, and the characters win the
fight. Some enemies fight to the end, in
which case it will say so in their descrip-
tion. is test is performed only once.
Retreating
Sometimes things will get too ugly for
your characters and you may decide it is
best to simply run away from a con-
frontation. If your characters are engaged
in combat and decide to retreat, they will
immediately suffer an attack each, with
only their equipment’s Defense bonuses
(if any) counting towards determining
how much damage they receive. ere is
no defense roll, and the character’s De-
fense stat does not apply in this case.
Damage and death
Death comes swily in the Fractured
Dominion; if a player character loses all
his HP, he is dead. e rest of his party
may try to find a way of bringing him
back to life, but this is never easy (check
the Which of the hills encounter in the
Hex Exploration table). Aside from
using potions, bandages, spells, and
other means of healing, a character will
recover 1 HP per day of uninterrupted
rest. Four weeks of rest will restore all of
a character’s HP—regardless of how
many the character lost.
Leveling up and experience
With a bit of luck and skill, the player
characters will slowly increase in power
and prowess. is is reflected via Expe-
rience Points (XP). Characters start at
level one, and earn 2 Enhancement
Points each time they reach a new level
that can be spent on stats, skills and
spells, as described in the previous chap-
ter. In order to level up, characters will
need to accrue enough XP. is is done
mainly via combat, although some other
activities may reward the characters with
XP. Each time your party defeats a crea-
ture from the Fiends and Foes or Elite
Enemy tables, they will earn a deter-
mined amount of XP, as per the follow- Please note that once earned
ing table. e player(s) is then free to dis- and spent on leveling up, the Experience
tribute them as he sees fit among the Points are lost. You will need to start ac-
characters that participated in the fight. cruing them from 0 each time a charac-
Characters can reach a maxi- ter levels up. is means that a level 2
mum of level 10. e amount of XP character will need 20 XP to level up to
needed to level up per character is as fol- level 3, not 10.
lows: Vermin give no XP, and tyrants
give the same amount as a same level
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Amount of Experience Points Elite enemy would. Some enemies may
necessary per level have modifiers to the amount of XP the
Level 2: 10 XP characters earn when they kill it (if writ-
Level 3: 20 XP ten in their description), but this is the
Level 4: 40 XP standard XP table to be used:
Level 5: 80 XP
Level 6: 160 XP
Level 7: 400 XP
Level 8: 800 XP
Level 9: 1600 XP
Level 10: 3200 XP

xP GAINED FROM SLAYING MINIONS AND ELITE ENEMIES

Level 1: 1 XP per Fiends and Foes encounter / 10 XP per Elite enemy encounter
Level 2: 2 XP per Fiends and Foes encounter / 20 XP per Elite enemy encounter
Level 3: 4 XP per Fiends and Foes encounter / 40 XP per Elite enemy encounter
Level 4: 8 XP per Fiends and Foes encounter / 80 XP per Elite enemy encounter
Level 5: 16 XP per Fiends and Foes encounter / 160 XP per Elite enemy encounter
Level 6: 32 XP per Fiends and Foes encounter / 320 XP per Elite enemy encounter
Level 7: 64 XP per Fiends and Foes encounter / 640 XP per Elite enemy encounter
Level 8: 128 XP per Fiends and Foes encounter / 1280 XP per Elite enemy encounter
Level 9: 256 XP per Fiends and Foes encounter / 2560 XP per Elite enemy encounter
Level 10: 512 XP per Fiends and Foes encounter / 5120 XP per Elite enemy encounter
 BESTIARY
e Fractured Dominion is home to
many dangers and threats. Many of them
are natural and endemic to the region,
others are product of dark magic, and
some even come from different realities
44 altogether. Aer thousands of years
adapted to this harsh world, most living
(and nonliving) creatures don’t mess
around; they will attack unprovoked, and
the player characters will have to learn
how to deal with the innumerable threats
that will cross their path.
Creature levels
e threats that the characters will have
to confront will become more dangerous
as they increase in level; for that reason,
enemies will come in a variety of levels,
from 1 to 10. is is determined by the
following table, using the party’s level. A
party’s level is equal to the highest level
among the player characters. So if, for
example, a party has a level 3 character,
a level 2 character and another level 2
character, the party’s level will be 3.
e table below will be used
any time the party encounters a group of
enemies, to determine the enemy’s level.
VERMIN
Vermin are small creatures that come in
groups. Oen simple animals without
any malicious intent, they are nonethe-
less extremely dangerous if underesti-
mated. Most of them offer no loot, but
are easy to kill as individuals. Vermin al-
ways have 1 HP per individual, but they
come in large groups.

ENEMY LEVEL TABLE (D10)

Encounter level
Party level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 1-4 5-8 9-10
2 1-2 3-7 8-10
3 1-2 3-7 8-10
4 1-2 3-7 8-10
5 1-2 3-7 8-10
6 1-2 3-7 8-9 10
7 1-2 3-7 8-9 10
8 1-2 3-8 9-10
9 1-2 3-8 9-10
10 1 2-5 6-10
 VERMIN TABLE (D10)
1 – Giant ants
2 – Madari rats
3 – Fire bats
4 – Night beetles
5 – Sabershadows
6 – Centipedes
7 – Spawnlings of Vhol’est
8 – Dustsaurs 45
9 – Greyling
10 – Bloodfeathers

Giant ants
ese relentless creatures roam the wastes looking for any organic matter to drag back
to their colonies, dead or alive. It is quite common for small settlements to disappear
overnight, aer a swarm of giant ants finding it and taking everyone with them.
Type: Insect. Moral +1. No loot.
Level 1 – Number: 2d10 / Attack 4 / Defense 4
Level 2 – Number: 2d10+2 / Attack 4 / Defense 4
Level 3 – Number: 2d10+2 / Attack 5 / Defense 5
Level 4 – Number: 2d10+4 / Attack 5 / Defense 5
Level 5 – Number: 2d10+4 / Attack 6 / Defense 6
Level 6 – Number: 2d10+6 / Attack 6 / Defense 6
Level 7 – Number: 2d10+6 / Attack 7 / Defense 7
Level 8 – Number: 2d10+8 / Attack 7 / Defense 7
Level 9 – Number: 2d10+8 / Attack 8 / Defense 8
Level 10 – Number 2d10+10 / Attack 8 / Defense 8

Madari rats
ese giant rats were originally bred at the Madari Arena, hundreds of years ago. ey
were used to feed the giant lizards and other beasts that were used in forced combats
during the reign of Ghatr the Unpleasant, but aer the fall of Madari they escaped and
thrived all over the region.
Type: Beast. Morale -1. No loot.
Level 1 – Number: 2d10 / Attack 4 / Defense 4
Level 2 – Number: 2d10+2 / Attack 4 / Defense 4
Level 3 – Number: 2d10+2 / Attack 6 / Defense 4
Level 4 – Number: 2d10+4 / Attack 6 / Defense 4
Level 5 – Number: 2d10+4 / Attack 7 / Defense 5
Level 6 – Number: 2d10+6 / Attack 7 / Defense 5
Level 7 – Number: 2d10+6 / Attack 8 / Defense 6
 Level 8 – Number: 2d10+8 / Attack 8 / Defense 6
Level 9 – Number: 2d10+8 / Attack 9 / Defense 7
Level 10 – Number 2d10+8 / Attack 11 / Defense 8

Fire bats
A common and unfortunate sight in most caves and ruins, these flying nightmares have
a very painful bite that can easily get infected, if not attended immediately.
Type: Beast. Morale -1. No loot. If the wounds caused by fire bats are not treated im-
mediately (as in fully healed), the player character will lose that same amount of max
46 health, permanently.
Level 1 – Number: D10 / Attack 4 / Defense 4
Level 2 – Number: D10+2 / Attack 4 / Defense 4
Level 3 – Number: D10+2 / Attack 5 / Defense 5
Level 4 – Number: D10+4 / Attack 5 / Defense 5
Level 5 – Number: D10+4 / Attack 6 / Defense 6
Level 6 – Number: D10+6 / Attack 6 / Defense 6
Level 7 – Number: D10+6 / Attack 7 / Defense 7
Level 8 – Number: D10+8 / Attack 7 / Defense 7
Level 9 – Number: D10+8 / Attack 8 / Defense 8
Level 10 – Number 2d10+2 / Attack 8 / Defense 9

Night beetles
ese giant carnivorous insects tend to appear in swarms of several individuals and go
aer pray much larger than themselves, usually taking them down with ease thanks to
their powerful mandibles.
Type: Insect. No loot.
Level 1 – Number: D10 / Attack 5 / Defense 4
Level 2 – Number: D10 / Attack 7 / Defense 4
Level 3 – Number D10+2 / Attack 7 / Defense 4
Level 4 – Number: D10+2 / Attack 8 / Defense 5
Level 5 – Number: D10+4 / Attack 8 / Defense 6
Level 6 – Number: D10+4 / Attack 9 / Defense 7
Level 7 – Number: D10+6 / Attack 9 / Defense 7
Level 8 – Number D10+6 / Attack 10 / Defense 8
Level 9 – Number D10+6 / Attack 11 / Defense 9
Level 10 – Number D10+6 / Attack 12 / Defense 11

Sabershadows
ese feline beasts are small enough to sneak past any camp guards, and intelligent
enough to know to attack in their sleep. ey hunt in small packs, but their razor-sharp
claws and intelligence make up for their small numbers.
Type: Beast. No loot.
Level 1 – Number: D5 (minimum 2) / Attack 5 / Defense 5
Level 2 – Number: D5+2 / Attack 5 / Defense 5
Level 3 – Number: D5+2 / Attack 6 / Defense 6
Level 4 – Number: D5+2 / Attack 7 / Defense 7
Level 5 – Number: D5+3 / Attack 8 / Defense 7
Level 6 – Number: D5+3 / Attack 9 / Defense 8
Level 7 – Number: D5+3 / Attack 10 / Defense 9
Level 8 – Number: D5+3 / Attack 11 / Defense 10
Level 9 – Number: D5+3 / Attack 12 / Defense 11
Level 10 – Number: D5+4 / Attack 14 / Defense 11

Centipedes
ese fearless and silent killers are rarely seen in large numbers, but they hardly need 47
any help to overpower a distracted looter or to take down some lost cattle.
Type: Insect. No moral test. No loot.
Level 1 – Number: 2 / Attack 7 / Defense 5
Level 2 – Number: 2 / Attack 8 / Defense 6
Level 3 – Number: 2 / Attack 9 / Defense 7
Level 4 – Number: 2 / Attack 10 / Defense 8
Level 5 – Number: 3 / Attack 10 / Defense 9
Level 6 – Number: 3 / Attack 11 / Defense 10
Level 7 – Number: 3 / Attack 12 / Defense 11
Level 8 – Number: 3 / Attack 13 / Defense 12
Level 9 – Number: 3 / Attack 13 / Defense 13
Level 10 – Number: 3 / Attack 15 / Defense 13

Spawnlings of Vhol’est
Twisted and ever-changing, the origin of these creatures is unknown, but it is clear they
are not native to any region known to man. Somewhat weaker, they tend to hunt in
swarms of several individuals, until they are old enough to turn on each other and de-
vour one another. e survivor will then become a terrifying (and lethal) sight for any-
one unfortunate enough to cross its path.
Type: Abomination. No moral test. Loot -2.
Level 1 – Number: 2d10 / Attack 4 / Defense 4
Level 2 – Number: 2d10+2 / Attack 5 / Defense 5
Level 3 – Number: 2d10+2 / Attack 6 / Defense 6
Level 4 – Number: 2d10+4 / Attack 6 / Defense 6
Level 5 – Number: 2d10+4 / Attack 7 / Defense 7
Level 6 – Number: 2d10+6 / Attack 7 / Defense 7
Level 7 – Number: 2d10+6 / Attack 8 / Defense 8
Level 8 – Number: 2d10+8 / Attack 8 / Defense 8
Level 9 – Number: 2d10+8 / Attack 9 / Defense 9
Level 10 – Number 2d10+10 / Attack 9 / Defense 9

Dustsaurs
Sleek, fast and deadly, dustsaurs are sometimes hunted for their flesh, even though their
ferocity and resilience makes them the toughest of preys. ey are small and bipedal,
with a large single claw in their le arm that they use to defend themselves when needed.
 eir protective carapaces become harder and harder with age, making older individuals
veritable walking armors.
Type: Beast. Morale -2. No loot.
Level 1 – Number: 5 / Attack 4 / Defense 4
Level 2 – Number: 5 / Attack 4 / Defense 6
Level 3 – Number: 5 / Attack 4 / Defense 8
Level 4 – Number: 5 / Attack 5 / Defense 9
Level 5 – Number: 5 / Attack 6 / Defense 10
Level 6 – Number: 5 / Attack 7 / Defense 11
48 Level 7 – Number: 5 / Attack 8 / Defense 12
Level 8 – Number: 5 / Attack 9 / Defense 13
Level 9 – Number: 5 / Attack 11 / Defense 14
Level 10 – Number: 5 / Attack 12 / Defense 15

Greylings
ere is a lot of discussion among the few scholars studying the different beasts and
creatures found in the Fractured Dominion regarding the Greylings. Many point towards
their fascination for shiny things as an indication of intelligence, while others dismiss
them as simple beasts. Whatever the case, these sneaky humanoid creatures are at-
tracted to human camps, where they try to silently kill everybody before getting away
with any random baubles the unfortunate travelers may have had in their possession.
Type: Humanoid. Morale -1. Loot -1.
Level 1 – Number: D10 / Attack 4 / Defense 6
Level 2 – Number: D10 / Attack 4 / Defense 7
Level 3 – Number D10+2 / Attack 4 / Defense 7
Level 4 – Number: D10+2 / Attack 5 / Defense 8
Level 5 – Number: D10+4 / Attack 7 / Defense 8
Level 6 – Number: D10+4 / Attack 9 / Defense 7
Level 7 – Number: D10+6 / Attack 9 / Defense 7
Level 8 – Number D10+6 / Attack 10 / Defense 8
Level 9 – Number D10+6 / Attack 11 / Defense 9
Level 10 – Number D10+5 / Attack 12 / Defense 12

Bloodfeathers
e sight of a bloodfeather swarm is enough to make the most experienced nomad hide
in the closest ruins. ese tiny, bloodthirsty animals appear in huge numbers, swarm
around any living creature, and bleed them to death.
Type: Beast. -1 to hit, due to their confusing numbers and small size. No loot.
Level 1 – Number: D10+10 / Attack 4 / Defense 4
Level 2 – Number: D10+4 / Attack 4 / Defense 4
Level 3 – Number: 2d10+4 / Attack 4 / Defense 4
Level 4 – Number: 2d10+8 / Attack 4 / Defense 4
Level 5 – Number: 3d10+4 / Attack 4 / Defense 4
Level 6 – Number: 3d10+8 / Attack 4 / Defense 4
Level 7 – Number: 4d10+4 / Attack 4 / Defense 4
 Level 8 – Number 4d10+4 / Attack 6 / Defense 6
Level 9 – Number: 4d10+8 / Attack 8 / Defense 8
Level 10 – Number: 4d10+8 / Attack 9 / Defense 9

49

“THE SHIMMERING TEMPLE IS THE OLDEST KNOWN FORTRESS IN

ALL OF THE F RACTURED D OMINION. IT HAS STOOD THE TEST OF
BATTLES, UPRISINGS AND CHANGES IN THE REGION FOR MILLEN-
NIA. LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THE TYRANT THAT RULES OVER
IT, AS HE OR SHE HASN'T BEEN SEEN IN CENTURIES. SOME SAY
THE TEMPLE IS EMPTY, OTHERS THAT THE TYRANT HAS AS-
CENDED TO GODHOOD. WHATEVER THE TRUTH IS, NOBODY HAS
DARED TO GO AND FIND OUT FOR THEMSELVES”
 FIENDS AND FOES
e following list contains the most
common serious threat the inhabitants
of the Fractured Dominion encounter
during their travels. Many humanoid
horrors, beasts and magical abomina-
tions abound in these lands, and none of
them will hesitate to attack a group of
wandering adventurers.
Fiends and foes come in
smaller numbers than vermin, but are
much tougher to kill, due to their intelli-
gence, equipment, or power.

50 FIENDS AND FOES TABLE (D10)

1 – Sharani
2 – Burrow dwellers
3 – Bandits
4 - Burrowers
5 - Dustborn
6 – e lost
7 – Crawlers
8 – Barean
9 - Harpies
10 – Shadow hounds

Sharani
Nobody knows the origin of this ancient race of snake people, but they are a relatively
common sight in the Fractured Dominion. Most of them live in small tribal groups that
roam the planes looking for their next meal.
Type: Humanoid. Normal loot.
Level 1 - Number: D5-2 (minimum of 1) / Attack 8 / Defense 6 / HP: 1
Level 2 - Number: 5 / Attack 8 / Defense 6 / HP: 1
Level 3 - Number: 5 / Attack 8 / Defense 8 / HP: 1
Level 4 - Number: 7 / Attack 8 / Defense 8 / HP: 1
Level 5 - Number: 7 / Attack 10 / Defense 8 / HP: 1
Level 6 - Number: D10+1 / Attack 10 / Defense 9 / HP: 3
Level 7 - Number: D10+1 / Attack 10 / Defense 10 / HP: 3
Level 8 - Number: D10+2 / Attack 10 / Defense 10 / HP: 3
Level 9 - Number D10+3 / Attack 10 / Defense 10 / HP: 3
Level 10 - Number: D10+3 / Attack 12 / Defense 10 / HP: 3

Burrow dwellers
ese twisted human remains, reanimated by foul magic long time ago, are relentless
in their advance, oen standing back up aer suffering devastating wounds. e dead
never rest in the Fractured Dominion, and their number seems to only grow with the
passing of time.
Type: undead. Normal loot. Each time a Burrow dweller is defeated, roll a D10. On
 51

a 1-3, it comes back to life, fully healed.

Level 1 - Number: 2 / Attack 5 / Defense 5 / HP: 3
Level 2 – Number: 3 / Attack 7 / Defense 5 / HP: 3
Level 3 – Number: 3 / Attack 8 / Defense 6 / HP: 3
Level 4 – Number: 4 / Attack 8 / Defense 7 / HP: 3
Level 5 – Number: 4 / Attack 8 / Defense 7 / HP: 5
Level 6 – Number: 4 / Attack 9 / Defense 8 / HP: 5
Level 7 – Number: 5 / Attack 10 / Defense 8 / HP: 5
Level 8 – Number: 5 / Attack 10 / Defense 9 / HP: 6
Level 9 – Number: 6 / Attack 12 / Defense 9 / HP: 6
Level 10 – Number: 6 / Attack 13 / Defense 10 / HP: 6

Bandits
Travelers seldom go on their journeys alone, mostly due to the abundance of bandits.
ese wild tribes thrive in the hills, setting ambushes and traps and striking from the
shadows, rarely taking any survivors.
Type: Humanoid. Normal loot.
Level 1 – Number: 3 / Attack 4 / Defense 5 / HP: 3
 Level 2 – Number: 3 / Attack 5 / Defense 6 / HP: 3
Level 3 – Number: 4 / Attack 5 / Defense 6 / HP: 3
Level 4 – Number: 4 / Attack 7 / Defense 6 / HP: 3
Level 5 – Number:4 / Attack 7 / Defense 7 / HP: 4
Level 6 – Number: 4 / Attack 8 / Defense 8 / HP: 4
Level 7 – Number: 5 / Attack 8 / Defense 8 / HP: 4
Level 8 – Number: 5 / Attack 10 / Defense 8 / HP: 4
Level 9 – Number: 6 / Attack 10 / Defense 8 / HP: 4
Level 10 – Number: 7 / Attack 10 / Defense 8 / HP: 4
52
Burrowers
Accounts of tentacles springing out of the sands and grabbing a traveler’s ankles, only
to drag him below, never to be seen again, are quite common. Nobody has really seen
more than a borrower’s tentacles, and many suspect it may even be a single creature in-
stead of several ones.
Type: Abomination. No loot.
Level 1 – Number: 2 / Attack 7 / Defense 4 / HP: 3
Level 2 – Number: 2 / Attack 8 / Defense 5 / HP: 3
Level 3 – Number: 3 / Attack 8 / Defense 5 / HP: 3
Level 4 – Number: 3 / Attack 8 / Defense 6 / HP: 4
Level 5 – Number: 4 / Attack 8 / Defense 6 / HP: 4
Level 6 – Number: 5 / Attack 8 / Defense 6 / HP: 4
Level 7 – Number: 6 / Attack 8 / Defense 6 / HP: 4
Level 8 – Number: 6 / Attack 9 / Defense 7 / HP: 4
Level 9 – Number: 6 / Attack 9 / Defense 8 / HP: 5
Level 10 – Number: 6 / Attack 10 / Defense 9 / HP: 5
Dustborn
With their scaly tails, clawed hands and prominent beaks, these creatures appear to be
similar to the smaller dustsaurs. Nobody knows for sure if they are the same beast, or
simply another creature adapted to life on the wastelands in a similar fashion. One
thing is for sure, their screeching voices will send chills down the spine of the most vet-
eran ruin raider.
Type: Beast. No loot.
Level 1 – Number: 1 / Attack 7 / Defense 4 / HP: 6
Level 2 – Number: 2 / Attack 7 / Defense 4 / HP: 6
Level 3 – Number: 2 / Attack 7 / Defense 6 / HP: 6 53
Level 4 – Number: 3 / Attack 7 / Defense 6 / HP: 6
Level 5 – Number: 3 / Attack 8 / Defense 6 / HP: 7
Level 6 – Number: 3 / Attack 9 / Defense 7 / HP: 7
Level 7 – Number: 3 / Attack 10 / Defense 7 / HP: 8
Level 8 – Number: 3 / Attack 10 / Defense 8 / HP: 9
Level 9 – Number: 3 / Attack 11 / Defense 9 / HP: 9
Level 10 – Number: 3 / Attack 12 / Defense 10 / HP: 9

e lost
Many are the adventurers who delve too deep into the horrors of the underground, study
too hard the maddening tomes of forbidden arts, or simply are unlucky enough to en-
counter some terrible abomination. ose individuals become little more than drooling,
dangerous beasts that roam the planes, searching for a way to spread their anger and
misery to the world.
Type: Humanoid. Normal loot. +1 to the player character’s initiative roll.
Level 1 – Number: 2 / Attack 8 / Defense 3 / HP: 3
Level 2 – Number: 2 / Attack 8 / Defense 5 / HP: 3
Level 3 – Number: 3 / Attack 8 / Defense 5 / HP: 3
Level 4 – Number: 3 / Attack 9 / Defense 5 / HP: 4
Level 5 – Number: 4 / Attack 9 / Defense 5 / HP: 4
Level 6 – Number: 4 / Attack 9 / Defense 6 / HP: 5
Level 7 – Number: 4 / Attack 10 / Defense 7 / HP: 5
Level 8 – Number: 4 / Attack 11 / Defense 8 / HP: 5
Level 9 – Number: 4 / Attack 12 / Defense 9 / HP: 5
Level 10 – Number: 4 / Attack 12 / Defense 9 / HP: 7

Crawlers
ese armored beasts like to hide in dark, closed places like ruins and caves, where they
find mosses and other vegetable matter to eat. Extremely territorial, they will immedi-
ately charge anyone or anything that comes near them. eir giant pincers can tear
apart a grown man in minutes, so travelers tend to simply run away instead of con-
fronting them.
Type: Beast. No loot.
Level 1 – Number: 2 / Attack 5 / Defense 6 / HP: 3
Level 2 – Number: 2 / Attack 6 / Defense 7 / HP: 3
 Level 3 – Number: 2 / Attack 6 / Defense 9 / HP: 3
Level 4 – Number: 2 / Attack 7 / Defense 10 / HP: 3
Level 5 – Number: 2 / Attack 8 / Defense 11 / HP: 3
Level 6 – Number: 2 / Attack 9 / Defense 12 / HP: 3
Level 7 – Number: 2 / Attack 10 / Defense 13 / HP: 3
Level 8 – Number: 2 / Attack 11 / Defense 14 / HP: 3
Level 9 – Number: 2 / Attack 11 / Defense 14 / HP: 5
Level 10 – Number: 2 / Attack 12 / Defense 14 / HP: 6

54 Barean
Some say the Barean brought down the Age of Bone upon us by summoning their god
Hraki’i and unleashing it upon the world, so that they may thrive and their influence
grow. Indeed, the dog-like Barean seem extremely well adapted to life in the Twilight,
and if it were not for their barbaric practices they would have conquered the whole re-
gion long ago.
Type: Humanoid. Normal loot.
Level 1 – Number: 2 / Attack 5 / Defense 5 / HP: 4
Level 2 – Number: 3 / Attack 5 / Defense 5 / HP: 4
Level 3 – Number: 3 / Attack 6 / Defense 6 / HP: 4
Level 4 – Number: 4 / Attack 6 / Defense 6 / HP: 4
Level 5 – Number: 4 / Attack 7 / Defense 6 / HP: 5
Level 6 – Number: 4 / Attack 8 / Defense 6 / HP: 5
Level 7 – Number: 4 / Attack 9 / Defense 7 / HP: 5
Level 8 – Number: 4 / Attack 10 / Defense 7 / HP: 5
Level 9 – Number: 5 / Attack 10 / Defense 7 / HP: 5
Level 10 – Number: 5 / Attack 10 / Defense 9 / HP: 5

Harpies
Nesting around rock formations and ruins, harpies are a common sight in the waste-
lands of the Fractured Dominion. ey tend to hunt in groups for any solitary prey,
usually avoiding larger caravans or tribes, and favoring ambushes over open attacks.
Type: Beast. Normal loot.
Level 1 – Number: 3 / Attack 5 / Defense 4 / HP: 3
Level 2 – Number: 3 / Attack 6 / Defense 5 / HP: 3
Level 3 – Number: 4 / Attack 6 / Defense 5 / HP: 3
Level 4 – Number: 4 / Attack 6 / Defense 6 / HP: 4
Level 5 – Number: 5 / Attack 6 / Defense 6 / HP: 4
Level 6 – Number: 5 / Attack 7 / Defense 7 / HP: 4
Level 7 - Number: 5 / Attack 8 / Defense 8 / HP: 4
Level 8 – Number: 6 / Attack 8 / Defense 8 / HP: 4
Level 9 – Number: 6 / Attack 9 / Defense 9 / HP: 4
Level 10 – Number: 6 / Attack 10 / Defense 10 / HP: 4
 Shadow hounds
Shadow hounds are the terrible servants of tyrants, un-
leashed upon the world to do their bidding. Sometimes
they are seen dragging their victims back to a fortress,
other times they simply tear to pieces anything that crosses
their path. With their bluish hue and smooth, eyeless face,
these beasts are most certainly foreign to this world.
Type: Abomination. No loot. -1 to the player character’s
initiative roll.
Level 1 – Number: 2 / Attack 6 / Defense 5 / HP: 3 55
Level 2 – Number: 2 / Attack 7 / Defense 6 / HP: 3
Level 3 – Number: 2 / Attack 8 / Defense 6 / HP: 4
Level 4 – Number: 3 / Attack 8 / Defense 6 / HP: 4
Level 5 – Number: 3 / Attack 9 / Defense 7 / HP: 4
Level 6 – Number: 3 / Attack 10 / Defense 8 / HP: 4
Level 7 – Number: 3 / Attack 11 / Defense 8 / HP: 5
Level 8 – Number: 4 / Attack 11 / Defense 8 / HP: 5
Level 9 – Number: 4 / Attack 11 / Defense 10 / HP: 5
Level 10 – Number: 4 / Attack 12 / Defense 11 / HP: 5

“NO OTHER GODS EXIST APART FROM THE PRI-

MORDIAL ONES. THESE ENTITIES ARE BEYOND
HUMAN COMPREHENSION, AND THEIR ACTS ARE
IMPOSSIBLE TO TRULY UNDERSTAND; MOST OF THE
WORSHIP THEY RECEIVE IS FROM DESPERATE CULTS
HOPING TO BE IGNORED, RATHER THAN ASKING
FOR ANY KIND OF DIVINE INTERVENTION.”
 ELITE ENEMIES
Elite enemies are those that can single-
handedly defeat a whole group of player
characters. ey pose a huge threat and
must be dealt with very cautiously. e
rewards for doing so are usually worthy
enough of the trouble though, but many
are the beast-hunters that have met their
end at the hands (and claws) of these
most dangerous creatures. Elite enemies
always appear alone, but many of them
may perform several attacks per turn. If
that is the case, assign each attack to a
different character, as you would for nor-
mal confrontations with several enemies.

56
ELITE ENEMY TABLE (D10)
1 – Dusk bear
2 - Spawn of Vhol’est
3 – Sharani Priest
4 – Giant spider
5 – Bonefiend
6 – Blessed One
7 – Monstrous scorpion
8 – Archelon
9 – Veteran Water reaper
10 – Stone golem

Dusk bear
ese enormous beasts roam the land searching for their next meal, and occasionally
terrorizing towns and caravans. eir giant claws and jaws make them one of the top
predators in the Fractured Dominion.
Type: Beast. No loot.
Level 1 – Attack 6 / Defense 5 / HP: 8
Level 2 – Attack 7 / Defense 6 / HP: 9
Level 3 – Attack 8 / Defense 8 / HP: 10
Level 4 – Attack 9 / Defense 9 / HP: 11
Level 5 – Attack 11 / Defense 11 / HP: 12
Level 6 – Attack 11 / Defense 11 / HP: 15
Level 7 – Attack 13 / Defense 13 / HP:15
Level 8 – Attack 13 / Defense 13 / HP: 19
Level 9 – Attack 14 / Defense 14 / HP: 21
Level 10 – Attack 15 / Defense 15 / HP: 21

Spawn of Vhol’est
Aer devouring and assimilating its brethren, a Spawn of Vhol’est will grow to the size
of two men, with maws opening across all its body and tentacles shooting from unex-
pected places. eir purpose and goals unknown, they roam the wastes killing anything
that crosses their path.
Type: Abomination. Loot +1.
Level 1 – Attack 5 / Defense 6 / HP: 5
Level 2 – Attack 7 / Defense 8 / HP: 5
Level 3 – Attack 8 / Defense 10 / HP: 7
Level 4 – Attack 9 / Defense 11 / HP: 9
Level 5 – Attack 9 / Defense 12 / HP: 10 / Number of attacks: 2
Level 6 – Attack 11 / Defense 15 / HP: 10 / Number of attacks: 2
Level 7 – Attack 12 / Defense 16 / HP: 10 / Number of attacks: 3
Level 8 – Attack 12 / Defense 16 / HP: 14 / Number of attacks: 3
Level 9 – Attack 14 / Defense 16 / HP: 16 / Number of attacks: 3 57
Level 10 – Attack 14 / Defense 16 / HP: 16 / Number of attacks: 7

Sharani priest
Following traditions older than the birth of mankind, a Sharani priest must travel the
world in solitary for a period of time, until he earns the power/right to rule over his
tribe.
Type: Humanoid. Loot +2. Roll a D10 each turn; on a 1-3 the Sharani priest’s wounds
start to close. It self-heals 1 HP.
Level 1 – Attack 6 / Defense 6 / HP: 6
Level 2 – Attack 7 / Defense 7 / HP: 7 / Number of attacks: 2
Level 3 – Attack 8 / Defense 8 / HP: 9 / Number of attacks: 3
Level 4 - Attack 9 / Defense 9 / HP: 10 / Number of attacks: 3
Level 5 – Attack 10 / Defense 10 / HP: 12 / Number of attacks: 3
Level 6 – Attack 12 / Defense 11 / HP: 12 / Number of attacks: 3
Level 7 – Attack 13 / Defense 12 / HP: 13 / Number of attacks: 5
Leel 8 – Attack 14 / Defense 13 / HP: 14 / Number of attacks: 5
Level 9 – Attack 15 / Defense 14 / HP: 15 / Number of attacks: 5
Level 10 – Attack 16 / Defense 14 / HP: 16 / Number of attacks: 5

Giant spider
ese terrible beasts lurk in the deepest of caves and ruins, hidden in corners while wait-
ing for their next meal to appear. Once a victim is trapped in their web, there is little
hope for it...
Type: Beast. No loot. -2 to the player character’s initiative roll. Roll D10 every turn,
on a roll of 1-2, the giant spider spits sticky webs to a random character instead of
performing an attack. e character performs a Dexterity Resistance save roll against
a difficulty of 6. If he fails, he is trapped and cannot attack; the giant spider will focus
on the other characters. Each turn, the trapped character may roll against Dexterity
7 to release himself. If all characters become webbed, the giant spider will attack them
until they are all dead. Characters may not use Defense bonuses, only armor bonuses
are applied while trapped.
Level 1 – Attack 6 / Defense 6 / HP: 5 / Number of attacks: 3
Level 2 – Attack 8 / Defense 8 / HP: 5 / Number of attacks: 3
Level 3 – Attack 9 / Defense 9 / HP: 5 / Number of attacks: 3
Level 4 - Attack 11 / Defense 10 / HP: 6 / Number of attacks: 4
 Level 5 – Attack 11 / Defense 11 / HP: 7 / Number of attacks: 5
Level 6 – Attack 12 / Defense 11 / HP: 7 / Number of attacks: 5
Level 7 – Attack 13 / Defense 11 / HP: 9 / Number of attacks: 5
Level 8 – Attack 14 / Defense 12 / HP: 10 / Number of attacks: 6
Level 9 – Attack 15 / Defense 13 / HP: 11 / Number of attacks: 7
Level 10 – Attack 16 / Defense 14 / HP: 12 / Number of attacks: 7

Bonefiend
Some sorcerers transcend their own death with the help of the power of the Calamitous
58 Ones. Most of the times though the result is a mindless creature with the only goal of
draining the life force of any creature they cross paths with.
Type: Undead. Loot +1. If a player character is killed, e bonefiend will spend a
turn raising him as one of e lost, immediately attacking his former comrades.
Level 1 – Attack 5 / Defense 7 / HP: 5 / Number of attacks: 3
Level 2 – Attack 6 / Defense 8 / HP: 6 / Number of attacks: 4
Level 3 – Attack 7 / Defense 9 / HP: 7 / Number of attacks: 5
Level 4 – Attack 8 / Defense 10 / HP: 8 / Number of attacks: 6
Level 5 – Attack 10 / Defense 12 / HP: 8 / Number of attacks: 6
Level 6 – Attack 12 / Defense 14 / HP: 8 / Number of attacks: 6
Level 7 – Attack 13 / Defense 15 / HP: 9 / Number of attacks: 7
Level 8 – Attack 14 / Defense 16 / HP: 9 / Number of attacks: 7
Level 9: Attack 14 / Defense 16 / HP: 10 / Number of attacks 8
Level 10: Attack 15 / Defense 17 / HP: 10 / Number of attacks 8

Blessed One
A Blessed One is a true disciple of the Primordial Ones, an acolyte of the dark powers,
slave to his own ambition. His mind is fragmented but the pieces are still threaded to-
gether, leaving a sliver of humanity. ese are some of the most dangerous spellcasters 59
a player character will find during his travels.
Type: Humanoid. Loot +2. On the Blessed One’s turn, roll a die. On a 1-4, he casts
Shadow flames instead of attacking.
Level 1 – Attack 6 / Defense 6 / HP: 7
Level 2 – Attack 8 / Defense 8 / HP: 7
Level 3 – Attack 9 / Defense 9 / HP: 8 / Number of attacks: 2
Level 4 – Attack 11 / Defense 11 / HP: 8 / Number of attacks: 2
Level 5 – Attack 13 / Defense 13 / HP: 8 / Number of attacks: 2
Level 6 – Attack 15 / Defense 15 / HP: 8 / Number of attacks: 2
Level 7 – Attack 16 / Defense 16 / HP: 8 / Number of attacks: 3
Level 8 – Attack 17 / Defense 17 / HP: 9 / Number of attacks: 4
Level 9 – Attack 18 / Defense 18 / HP: 9 / Number of attacks: 5
Level 10 – Attack 19 / Defense 19 / HP: 10 / Number of attacks 6

Monstrous scorpion
ese giant scorpions are not a common sight, but the unfortunate few who have crossed
paths with one of these ancient beasts speak of enormous claws, black chitin hard as
the strongest metal, and a stinger capable of impaling a horse. Even fewer come back
alive from such encounters.
Type: Beast. No loot. On the Monstrous scorpion turn, roll a D10. On a 1-3, he attacks
with his stinger instead. If he wounds a character, that character will become poi-
soned. He will need to roll against Poison (6) every turn, or lose 1 HP.
Level 1 – Attack 6 / Defense 6 / HP: 5 / Number of attacks: 3
Level 2 – Attack 8 / Defense 8 / HP: 5 / Number of attacks: 3
Level 3 – Attack 11 / Defense 9 / HP: 5 / Number of attacks: 3
Level 4 - Attack 12 / Defense 10 / HP: 6 / Number of attacks: 4
Level 5 – Attack 13 / Defense 11 / HP: 7 / Number of attacks: 5
Level 6 – Attack 15 / Defense 13 / HP: 7 / Number of attacks: 5
Level 7 – Attack 16 / Defense 14 / HP: 9 / Number of attacks: 5
Level 8 – Attack 17 / Defense 15 / HP: 10 / Number of attacks: 6
Level 9 – Attack 18 / Defense 16 / HP: 11 / Number of attacks: 7
Level 10 – Attack 18 / Defense 19 / HP: 11 / Number of attacks: 7
 Archelon
A true relic of the past, these giants have somehow survived and adapted to life on land.
Similar in shape to the smaller turtles that can be found near bodies of water, an arch-
elon towers over even a mounted man. eir formidable shells makes them nigh unkil-
lable, while their beaked mouth can easily tear through any armor.
Type: Beast. No loot. +1 to the player character’s initiative roll.
Level 1 – Attack 7 / Defense 7 / HP: 4
Level 2 – Attack 8 / Defense 8 / HP: 6
Level 3 – Attack 10 / Defense 10 / HP: 6
60 Level 4 – Attack 11 / Defense 11 / HP: 8
Level 5 – Attack 11 / Defense 15 / HP: 8
Level 6 – Attack 11 / Defense 17 / HP: 8 / Number of attacks: 3
Level 7 – Attack 13 / Defense 18 / HP: 9 / Number of attacks: 3
Level 8 - Attack 14 / Defense 20 / HP: 10 / Number of attacks: 3
Level 9 – Attack 16 / Defense 20 / HP: 12 / Number of attacks: 3
Level 10 – Attack 18 / Defense 20 / HP: 14 / Number of attacks: 4

Veteran Water Reaper

e Water Reapers are the most feared assassins in the Fractured Dominion. As part of
their payment, they are guaranteed the right to harvest the fluids of their victims for
unknown purposes, leaving shriveled, dried-up corpses behind. Although usually hired
by the rich and powerful tyrants to wage their secret wars against each other, it is not
uncommon for merchants and other wealthy individuals to make use of their skills,
even at the risk of being associated with this vile order.
Type: Humanoid. Loot +2. A Veteran Water Reaper will not spread his attacks among
player characters, focusing on the same one instead. -2 to the player character’s ini-
tiative roll.
Level 1 – Attack 6 / Defense 6 / HP: 6 / Number of attacks: 2
Level 2 – Attack 8 / Defense 8 / HP: 6 / Number of attacks: 2
Level 3 – Attack 9 / Defense 9 / HP: 7 / Number of attacks: 3
Level 4 – Attack 11 / Defense 11 / HP: 7 / Number of attacks: 3
Level 5 – Attack 13 / Defense 12 / HP: 8 / Number of attacks: 3
Level 6 - Attack 15 / Defense 14 / HP: 8 / Number of attacks: 3
Level 7 – Attack 16 / Defense 15 / HP: 10 / Number of attacks: 3
Level 8 – Attack 17 / Defense 16 / HP: 11 / Number of attacks: 4
Level 9 – Attack 19 / Defense 18 / HP: 11 / Number of attacks: 4
Level 10 – Attack 20 / Defense 19 / HP: 13 / Number of attacks: 4

Stone golem
rough the use of spells and incantations, sorcerers may infuse a statue with their own
life-force, granting them the ability to follow simple orders. ese creatures oen stand
as guardians in ruins and forgotten catacombs, still awaiting for their master to return.
Type: Magic fiend. Normal loot. +1 to the player character’s initiative roll.
Level 1 – Attack 5 / Defense 7 / HP: 10
Level 2 – Attack 6 / Defense 8 / HP: 11 / Number of attacks: 2
Level 3 - Attack 6 / Defense 9 / HP: 12 / Number of attacks: 4
Level 4 – Attack 8 / Defense 11 / HP: 12 / Number of attacks: 4
Level 5 – Attack 10 / Defense 13 / HP: 12 / Number of attacks: 4
Level 6 – Attack 11 / Defense 14 / HP: 13 / Number of attacks: 5
Level 7 – Attack 12 / Defense 15 / HP: 14 / Number of attacks: 6
Level 8 – Attack 13 / Defense 16 / HP: 15 / Number of attacks: 7
Level 9 – Attack 15 / Defense 18 / HP: 15 / Number of attacks: 7
Level 10 – Attack 16 / Defense 19 / HP: 17 / Number of attacks: 7

TYRANTS
Tyrants are the most feared creatures in
the whole Fractured Dominion. Accord-
ing to legend, it was them who brought
the world to its knees and nearly de-
stroyed it. eir power is almost unri-
valed, and although revolutions against
them and their agents are frequent, very
few manage to succeed. And those which
do, it is usually thanks to the machina-
tions of rival tyrants, who simply place a
puppet in place of their defeated rival.
Although semi-benign tyrants do exist,
the majority act without any apparent
reason or concern for anybody or any-
thing.
When the player characters en-
counter a tyrant, you must roll on the
Elite Enemy table. e tyrant will have
the exact stats and abilities as the result-
ing creature. On each of the tyrant’s turn,
roll a D10. On a 1-3 it will cast one of the
following spells instead of performing a
normal attack:
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TYRANT SPELLS TABLE (D5)
1 - Regeneration: e tyrant heals D10
plus the tyrant’s level HP to himself, at a
rate of one per turn.
2 - Hellfire: Roll a D10 plus the tyrant’s
level, minus the player character’s De-
fense stat. e spells deals that amount
of damage to the characters, split evenly.
3 – Enthrall: A random character must
roll against Will (6) or become enthralled
by the tyrant. An enthralled character
will fight against his comrades until the
tyrant dies, or the character dies.
4 – Enfeeblement: A random character
suffers a -1 Attack and -1 Defense for the
rest of the combat.
5 – Poisonous mist: Characters must roll
against Poison (D5 + Tyrant’s level) or
become poisoned. A poisoned character
will lose 1 HP per turn.
 RESCUE
Rescue party” is an introductory adven-
ture designed to ease the player into the
game’s rules, without having to worry
about generating a location to explore.
Simply follow the steps and descriptions
62 below. It’s a short and engaging adven-
ture that will lead the characters to the
dangerous ruins of the Tomb of Kal-a-
ras. e first time the player characters
encounter a settlement (as per the rules
of Hex exploration), this settlement will
be the town of Eshran.
“Just another dust-covered town”
Aer days of roaming the empty land-
scape, partially following an old road,
you see the familiar shape of houses in
the distance. It appears to be some sort
of settlement, the first you encounter in
a while. A great opportunity to hunt for
rumors and get some warm food. A few
hours later you cross the decaying gates,
where an old, bored guard stares at you
with suspicion, but not enough to ques-
tion you. He lets you pass unchallenged.
e “town” is no more than a few ruined
houses, with very little people coming
and going. You overhear the name of the
town: Eshran. It seems that the only rea-
son this place exists is because it’s close
enough to a trade route to make it ap-
pealing to weary travelers. It doesn’t take
you long to find an inn, where you can
rest and grab something to eat.
While you are finishing a stew
of questionable quality, you start to feel
relaxed enough to check your surround-
ings. Nobody would mistake this place
for a bustling urban tavern, but you do
see some other travelers sitting on other
tables, as well as a bunch of locals hur-
PARTY
dled around a table. eir voices raise
now an then, as if they were discussing
something very heatedly while trying not
to attract any attention. Which immedi-
ately makes you pay more attention.
“...and I told her, I told her not
to let the lad go with him! I KNEW this
would happen, you cannot trust a for-
eigner to take care of your kid. at kid
is a clever boy, but we all know what hor-
rors roam these lands, especially around
the ruins...”. You hear murmurs of ap-
proval, and see the other men nodding.
e man speaking seems to be in his late
fiies, and he has the appearance of
someone who has been working this
harsh land his whole life: strong, muscled
arms, dirt under his fingernails, and a
permanent scowl on his face. He sud-
denly turns his head toward you, his eyes
narrowing when he realizes you’ve been
listening to their conversation. “Didn’t
your mother tell you you don’t listen to
other people’s conversations?”, he says,
infuriated. He turns toward you, the
other men following behind. Before he
can say another word though, a woman
coming from the kitchen interferes.
“Leave the customers alone, you old
geezer! ings are already bad enough
around here without you starting a
fight!”. e woman, in her thirties, has
the tired and swollen eyes of someone
who has been crying a lot recently. She
also has the fierce determination of a
woman who has known suffering, ex-
pects to experience it again, and knows
that it would be stupid to expect other-
wise. She approaches your table, stand-
ing between you and the men. “I
apologize, sir”, she says, “the past days
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have been rough and we are all on edge”.
Your curiosity now genuinely piqued,
you gently ask what happened. Barely
holding back the tears, the woman
speaks; “Not even a week ago a man
came here. He was a traveler, an explorer,
looking for directions. My boy Rhal was
serving tables that day, and he somehow
convinced the man that he could guide
him to the ruins. We all know about the
ruins, they have been there before
Eshran even existed, but we don’t talk
about them, or acknowledge their exis-
tence. It’s bad luck, that place is cursed!”.
Her voice breaks while she starts to sob,
but then she seems to regain control,
continuing; “But Rhal is a stubborn boy,
a brave boy... He was so full of enthusi-
asm when he asked me for permission,
planning all these things he was going to
do with the payment the man was going
to give him, that I couldn’t say no. I know
he would have sneaked out either way...
You know he would have, right, Staud?”,
she looks over her shoulder at the man
she berated before, looking for support.
“Of course he would have, he is an inde-
pendent one, that one”, the man says,
while resting his hand on the woman’s
shoulder. “ere is no controlling that
boy when he’s decided he wants to do
something...”.
e woman looks back to you,
a spark of hope in her eyes. “But you!
You are also a traveler, and judging by
your weapons you are used to facing
danger. My boy has been gone for almost
a week, so he must be in trouble! I beg
you, please, please go to that place and
bring him back home. I’ll do whatever
you want, give you everything I own. But
please! You must help me!”. By the time
she finishes talking she is on her knees,
begging you with tears in her eyes. e
room is quiet, and everybody is staring
at you.
is did not go as you had
hoped it would. She leaves you with no
option but to agree; things are already
heated enough here without you refusing
to help a poor mother find her lost boy...
Besides, who knows what treasures you
will find? You smile and accept.
Wiping the tears off her eyes,
the woman thanks you with a smile, of-
fering you to stay the night for free and
to eat and drink as much as you want.
You quickly make arrangements for the
next morning to meet one of the men,
who will take you to the aforementioned
ruins.
What have you gotten yourself
into?
Traveling to the tomb
Once you leave the town, go to the clos-
est unexplored hex. Roll a D10; on a roll
of 1-8 you find the ruins (your guide has
a pretty good idea where they are, but he
has never actually been there). If not, go
to the next unexplored hex. Once you
find them, you are alone, as your guide
will head back home as fast as he can.
Important things to remember
- While playing inside the tomb, simply
follow the map. e party will start in
position number 1, but from there you
are free to explore the place as you see fit.
Read each room’s description as you
enter them, but try not to read ahead and
spoil the adventure!
- One of the player characters will need
to be carrying a light source, otherwise
the party will suffer the normal penalties
for fighting in the dark.
- e normal wandering enemies rule
applies to the tomb; each time your party
goes through a corridor (or a room they
have already explored), on a roll of 1-2 a
wandering enemy appears. 65
- Most of the rooms have no door, but a
few of them do; follow the standard rules
for locked doors (page 32).
- Each time the party enters a room (in-
cluding the entrance), roll 2d10. On a
roll of 20, the Spawn of Vhol’est that
roams the tomb will be in that room and
attack the party. For each room the party
explores that doesn’t have the Spawn in
it, add a +1 to the next room check. Once
you encounter the Spawn, roll as usually
to determine the creature’s level and
stats. If defeated, aside from the normal
loot, buried in the creature’s chest there
is a trapezoidal stone made of some type
of quartz. Assign the stone to one of your
characters.
- Once you are done exploring the place
(or simply want to leave), remember that
you will need to retrace your steps and
find the exit safely!
THE TOMB
1. e half-buried entrance of the tomb
leads into an empty chamber; you see the
remains of long-dead animals scattered
around, but you ignore them as you also
notice a trail of footprints. ey are rela-
tively recent, not older than a couple of
days. You are in the right place.
 2. Roll on the Room Content table. If you
get a Special feature result, ignore it and
roll again.
3. A crack in the ceiling above the mid-
dle of the north wall allows a trickle of
water to flow down to the floor. e
water pools near the base of the wall, and
a rivulet runs along the wall and out into
66 the hall. e water smells fresh. e
party obtains D5 rations.
4. Roll on the Room Content table. If you
get a Special feature result, ignore it and
roll again.
5. is chamber of well-laid stones holds
a wide bas-relief of a pastoral scene. In it
you see a what appears to be a thriving
city. Aer a few minutes of examination,
you recognize the location thanks to the
background mountains. is area has no
cities nowadays, though, just some small
farms here and there. is depiction
must be many thousands of years old,
from before the Cataclysm.
6. is room appears to be or have been
a library of sorts. Piles of half-rotten
tomes are gathering dust in every corner,
with shelves upon shelves of others col-
lapsing on the walls. e party may
spend a whole day here to si through
the books to see if there is anything of in-
terest. Roll against Magic level 7, if you
pass it, then roll a D10. On a 1, you find
a scroll containing a random spell.
7. Roll on the Room Content table. If you
get a Special feature result, ignore it and
roll again.
8. Rounded green stones set in the floor
form a snake’s head that points in the
direction of the doorway you stand in.
e body of the snake flows back and
toward the wall to go round about the
room in ever smaller circles, creating a
spiral pattern on the floor. Similar green-
stone snakes wend along the walls,
seemingly at random heights, and their
long bodies make wave shapes. Aer sev-
eral minutes studying the place, you find
no purpose to it and decide to leave.
9. When looking into this chamber,
you’re confronted by a thousand reflec-
tions of yourself looking back. Mirrored
walls set at different angles fill the room.
A path seems to wind through the mir-
rors, taking you across it and into the
next room. Mirrors are extremely rare;
this is the first time you see one, as a mat-
ter of fact. Aer a few minutes trying to
dismantle one so that you may take it
with you, you give up and decide to con-
tinue.
10. Roll on the Room Content table. If
you get a Special feature result, ignore it
and roll again.
11. A foul stench seems to be seeping
from the floor cracks; the smell is nigh
unbearable. e fumes seem to originate
from the depths, carrying a smell similar
to rotten eggs. Better to move along. For
each turn the characters stay here, they
must roll against poison 5, or lose 1 HP.
12. is room is a tomb. Stone sar-
cophagi stand in five rows of three, each
carved with the visage of a warrior lying
in state. In their center, one sarcophagus
stands taller than the rest. Held up by six
squat pillars, its stone bears the carving
of a beautiful woman who seems more
asleep than dead. e carving of the war-
riors is skillful but seems perfunctory
compared to the love a sculptor must

have lavished upon the lifelike carving of
the woman. All of them lie open though;
their bones scattered across the room,
their riches ransacked long ago.
13. Roll on the Room Content table. If
you get a Special feature result, ignore it
and roll again.
14. As soon you enter this room, the
smell of blood overwhelms your senses.
Something gruesome took place in this
room, there’s blood sprayed over the
floor and walls. And by the looks of it, it
wasn’t that long ago. Overpowering your
urge to leave the room, you take a closer
look around. Someone camped here not
too long ago; there’s still some food in-
side a pot over a cold campfire. You also
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find a knife and a lamp, and some cook-
ing utensils scattered across the room.
No corpses though, so whatever hap-
pened here, someone (or something)
came out alive from it.
15. Roll on the Room Content table. If
you get a Special feature result, ignore it
and roll again.
16. e second you enter this room, you
sense a dark, oppressive energy, as if the
air itself were trying to escape your lungs
and the room. You immediately pinpoint
the source of such nauseating energy: a
black, matte sarcophagus in the center of
the room. As you approach it, the sense
of dread increases; roll against Magic
level 6 using your Magic Resistance. If
 you fail the test, gain 1 CP. Once you ap-
proach the sarcophagus, you can see that
is a completely featureless black rectan-
gle, almost three meters long and made
of some unidentified stone. Despite how
plain it looks, it’s obvious that this was
the work of a master stonemason. At the
top center of the thing there is something
that catches your eye; some kind of
68 socket, as if a piece had been taken from
it.
- If you defeated the spawn that
roams the tomb, you should have access
to the stone it was carrying. It fits per-
fectly on the socket, and the sarcophagus
slides open without a noise.
- If you don’t have the spawn’s
stone, you will need to find another way
to open it. If Alred is with the party, he
will find one; otherwise roll against Dex-
terity Resistance (6) to find it. “Here,
there’s a crack separating the lid from the
sarcophagus”, says Alred while he kneels
close to it. He seems unaffected by the
place. You look where he is pointing at
and you see that there does seem to be a
way of opening this thing. e question
is, should you? If you attempt to open it,
roll against Strength Resistance (10).
Only one attempt per player character is
allowed.
Once the sarcophagus opens (one way or
another), you see a tall, skeletal figure in-
side of it. In the skeleton’s chest, you see
a black pulsating heart. Before you can
decide what to do with it though, the
skeletal figure starts to shake and trem-
ble. To your horror, you see the old bones
coming back to life in front of you; it
stands inside the sarcophagus while you
retreat away from it. It seems to stare at
you, and then attacks. Treat this en-
counter as a Bonefiend (Elite enemy);
roll for its level as usual.
If you manage to defeat the
skeletal guardian (who you suspect was
none other than Kal-aras), the bones
will dissolve into a pile of dust, leaving
behind the Heart. Alred approaches it
and cautiously picks it up. He then wraps
it in a piece of cloth and deposits it inside
his bag.
“I think it’s about time we exit this place.
Let’s go”.
17. Roll on the Room Content table. If
you get a Special feature result, ignore it
and roll again.
18. At first glance, this room is just an-
other empty chamber full of cobwebs
and dust. You cautiously move across the
chamber, the light of your torch casting
shadows on the walls. You soon realize
there’s something unusual here: a small
mound of sand, seemingly out of place.
You approach it with caution, and the
shine of metal reflected on your lamp
catches your eye; there seems to be
something half buried there. Still unsure,
you get on your knees and start remov-
ing the sand. It seems to be... some kind
of helmet! But it’s pretty stuck, so you dig
a bit more. It is then when you realize
that the helmet is still attached to a head!
Your first reaction is to jump away,
thinking you just uncovered some old re-
mains (or something worse), but once
you take a minute to look better, you see
that this is no old corpse; as a matter of
fact, you could swear he’s still alive!Could
this be the boy you’re looking for?
Ten minutes later, you realize
that it is not. is seems to be a middle-
aged man, dressed in leather armor and
an eclectic mish mash of clothes taken
from tribes all around the Dominion.
Aer a few minutes of basic first-aid and
reanimation techniques, the man starts

coughing; he opens his eyes, removing
sand from his face and spitting a mouth-
ful of it. He looks up at you, fear crossing
his eyes before regaining control and sit-
ting up. “Who are you?”, he groans;
“What are you doing here?”. You intro-
duce yourselves and explain him the rea-
son why you’re there. When you
mention the boy, a shadow crosses his
eyes and he looks down.
Shaking the remainder of the
sand he has on his hair and clothes, the
man stands up. “I’m Alred, by the way.
ank you for getting me out of the hole,
I owe you one for that. As for the lad...”.
He shakes his head. “I’m afraid he didn’t
make it. And I’m not sure if we’ll make
it, either. ere’s this... thing here, it killed
the lad and almost got me too. I... I tried
to help, Uzrun knows I did. But there was
nothing I could have done.” He looks at
you, as if he were measuring your worth
with a single look. “But now that you’re
here... I have a chance. We have a
chance.” Confused, you ask him what he’s
talking about. e boy is dead, there’s
nothing to do but to go back home.
Maybe find the body, but that’s it. “Yes,
yes, I guess we could find the body... if
there’s one. But no, I wasn’t talking about
that.” he approaches a nearby stone altar
and sits on it, while taking a sip of a small
flask he had in a pocket. He then looks
again at you, and starts talking; “you see,
this is no ordinary tomb; this is the tomb
of Kal-aras, a tyrant that ruled over
this region 3,600 years ago. As tyrants go
he wasn’t anything special, he reached
power, lost his mind, terrorized the re-
gion for a few hundred years until some-
one else killed him and took his place.
You know, typical tyrant story.” He stops
to take another sip of the flask, then con-
tinues. “But one thing he had of interest,
one thing that separated him from others
was that his successor, Almubaran the 69
Yellow, trapped Kal-tharas’ power in a
stone, a relic the old tomes call the Heart
of Kal-tharas. For some reason us mor-
tals will never understand, he placed that
relic in this tomb, and sealed it. Were we
to retrieve this Heart, well.. I don’t need
to tell you. ey say the power in this
relic is enough to challenge a tyrant!”.
Alred smiles at you, an honest big smile
that makes you want to smile back. “We
could free this region from the grip of
Fh’al the Breeder, let the people
choose their own destiny, rule their own
land! Can you imagine?”.
No, you can’t imagine, you say
to yourselves. is kind of thing has been
tried before. It always ends the same way:
people die. But a powerful relic... Well,
you will not be the ones saying no to that
kind of thing. You nod and tell him that
you’re interested in helping him. “Fantas-
tic!”, says Alred. “Now we only need to
find it; it should be here, somewhere...
But I’m sure the three of us will find it.”
Alred walks toward the pile of
sand, and aer a few minutes he digs out
a backpack. “I’m afraid I’ll not be of
much use if we need to fight, my sword
is still buried down there, somewhere...
I’ll stay out of the way, and can heal some
of your wounds if needed. Let’s go!”.
You follow him into the next
room.
-Alred can cast Cauterize twice during
 the adventure, if any of the player char-
acters were to need it.
19. Dozens of dead, winged beings lie
scattered about the floor, each about the
size of a cat. eir broken bodies are bat-
like and buglike at the same time. eir
forms are little more than dried husks
now, and there’s no sign of what killed
70 them. You step around them, trying not
to step on them, just in case.
Conclusion
Once you exit the tomb, Alred offers you
two options: you may keep the heart and
try to figure out how to use it, or he may
keep it and take it back to the organiza-
tion he works with, the Children of re-
bellion. Everybody has heard this or that
rumor about the Children; some people
think they are the only chance the Do-
minion has of freeing itself from the grip
of the Tyrants, others think they are just
a bunch of organized bandits taking ad-
vantage of gullible peasants, while some
even say they are a tool of the tyrants to
keep tabs on what the populace is doing,
and reining in any feelings of rebellion.
Whatever their goals, you never really
paid any attention to their activities,
thinking that, if they did exist, they were
a bunch of idealists that would only get
a lot of people killed.
- If you give the Heart to Alred, the Chil-
dren of Rebellion will owe you one,
which can come in handy in the future.
You never know when a network of op-
eratives may be useful.
- If you keep the Heart, you will need to
figure out how to use it. Each time you
encounter ruins during your travels, roll
a D10. If you clear the ruins (fully ex-
plore the location), on a roll of 1-2 you
find a ritual that explains how to use it.
is is a dangerous operation that will
require you to find a skilled sorcerer will-
ing to perform the operation. e proce-
dure itself implies substituting the heart
of one of the player characters for the
Heart of Kal-aras. See below to learn
the consequences of doing this.
Finding and hiring a sorcerer
willing to perform the ritual will cost 800
shells.
- Once you return to Eshran with news
of the boy’s death, each player character
may get rid of 1 CP. e grieving mother
will stoically thank you for bringing her
the news, and life will go on in this harsh
corner of the Dominion. Alred will stay
a while, to try to make reparations for his
role in the boy’s death by helping around.
He thanks you once again for saving him
and promises you will meet again in the
future.
e Heart of Kal-tharas
is ancient relic will bestow the owner
with the power of cheating death. Next
time the player character that has the
heart implanted dies, he will automati-
cally come back to life, fully healed. He
will lose 1 Max corruption in the process
though, and this effect may only happen
once. Next time the character dies, he
will die for good. Another character may
harvest the heart to transplant it onto
himself or a different character.
Carrying the heart attracts
powerful foes, though; each time you roll
to determine the level of an encounter, if
you roll a result that determines the
enemy will have a lower level than the
player party level, the enemy will have
the same level as the party. In sort, you
cannot encounter enemies with a lower
level than yours.
 SKILL LIST
Abomination slayer (1 EP)
A character with this skill has a +1 Attack when fighting against abominations.

Beast slayer (1 EP)

A character with this skill has a +1 Attack when fighting against beasts.

Brawny (1 EP)
Increase your Carrying Capacity by 10.

Bridle the darkness (Archetype exclusive)

Increase your Max Corruption by 1.

Combat training (2 EP)

Add your Level to your melee Attack rolls.

Defensive stance (2 EP)

Add your Level to your Defense rolls.

Disarm traps (1 EP)

e character rolls a D10, and adds his level. If he beats the trap’s level (or rolls a
10), he notices the trap and disarms it, or warns the rest of the party just in time.
If he fails, (or rolls a 1), the trap goes off as normal.

Dual wielding (2 EP)

Extra attack with the off-hand, no bonuses are allowed. is means he may only
roll a D10 with that second attack, and the roll will be the final result.

Feint (1 EP)
Roll 2 Defense dice, choose the highest.

Finesse (1 EP)
Roll 2 Attack dice, choose the highest.

Field medic (1 EP)

Bandages heal 2 wounds, instead of 1.

Foraging (Archetype exclusive)

is character consumes half the amount of supplies per day, thanks to his ability
to find food and water sources.
Haggler (1 EP)
You can sell your obtained loot for full price, instead of the regular half.

Hold back the darkness (1 EP)

+1 when rolling against a spell's Corruption Level.

Incorruptible (4 EP)
Add your level when rolling against a spell's Corruption Level.

Leadership (Archetype exclusive)

When rolling for initiative, your group rolls a D10 instead of D5.

Lockpicking (1 EP)
Allows the character to attempt picking a lock. Add the character's level to the
roll when attempting to pick a lock.

Marksman (1 EP)
Add your Level to your ranged Attack rolls.

Mighty (1 EP)
Add your level to any Strength Resistance save roll.

Night vision (Archetype exclusive)

e character doesn't need a source of light and receives no penalties when fight-
ing in the dark.

Resist magic (1 EP)

Add your Level to any Magic Resistance save roll.

Shield wall (1 EP)

+2 to Defense rolls when using a shield, instead of +1.

Shield bash (Archetype exclusive)

Once per encounter, and only while equipped with a shield, you can perform an
extra attack. e attack value is determined purely by the die roll; no skill bonuses
are applied.

Snake blood (1 EP)

Add your level to any Poison Resistance save roll.
Strong will (1 EP)
Add your level to any Will Resistance save roll.

Unarmed combat (1 EP)

e character may benefit from his Attack skill even when unarmed.

Undead slayer (1 EP)

A character with this skill has a +1 Attack when fighting against undead enemies.

Weapon specialization – one-handed club (1 EP)

+1 Attack when wielding any one-handed club or mace.

Weapon specialization – two-handed club (1 EP)

+1 Attack when wielding any two-handed club or mace.

Weapon specialization – two-handed sword (1 EP)

+1 Attack when wielding a two-handed sword.

Weapon specialization – two-handed axe (1 EP)

+1 Attack when wielding a two-handed axe.

Weapon specialization – staff (1 EP)

+1 Attack when wielding a staff.

Weapon specialization – spear (1 EP)

+1 Attack when wielding a spear.

Weapon specialization – one-handed sword (1 EP)

+1 Attack when wielding a one-handed sword.

Weapon specialization – one-handed axe (1 EP)

+1 Attack when wielding a one-handed axe.

Weapon specialization – dagger (1 EP)

+1 Attack when wielding a dagger.
Weapon specialization – bow (1 EP)
+1 Attack when wielding a bow.

Well coordinated (1 EP)

Add your Level to any Dexterity Resistance save roll.
 HEx ExPLORATION TABLE (2d10)
2 – Rugged terrain. e party spends twice the normal amount of time on
this hex (2 days by foot, 1 day mounted).
3-4 – Settlement. e party may rest here, recovering from their wounds,
buying and selling equipment, and maybe picking up new tasks to com-
plete. Roll D10 on the Tasks and Missions Table if you want to give your
characters a reason to explore the world beyond simply finding riches and
power.
5 – Old corrupted temple. e characters find the ruins of an old place of
worship originally intended to some forgotten god. It has now become the
home of a beast. Roll on the Elite enemy table. If they manage to defeat the
creature, the characters have cleansed the place, allowing them to remove
one CP.
6 – Night assault! While your party is sleeping, a group of enemies attack
their camp, attracted by the smell of food. Roll on the Fiends and Foes table,
enemies attack first.
7 – Vermin. A group of small, hungry creatures attacks the party. Roll on
the Vermin table.
8 – Minion. e party comes across a group of wandering enemies. Roll
on the Fiends and Foes table.
9 – Wild apple grove. A leover from a gentler past, this apple grove has
somehow survived despite the harsh conditions. Each character receives
D10 free rations, and has the chance to sell or buy equipment from the local
friendly nomads.
10 - Witch of the hills. You follow the smoke coming from a small camp,
where you find a dark figure dressed in rags bent over a stone cauldron. It
is a woman of undetermined age that beckons you to follow her inside the
tent behind her. Hesitantly, you finally go inside aer her, where she awaits
with a selection of concoctions and potions. Healing salve – 50 shells. Once
per day/adventure you may apply this salve to heal D10 Health Points. Poi-
son salve – 50 shells. Apply this to become immune to poisons for a whole
adventure. Agility salve – 100 shells. You may use this to add +1 to a char-
acter’s Defense during an adventure. She also offers the possibility of res-
urrecting a fallen comrade, if the body is brought to her and no more than
a week has passed since death. Resurrection ritual – 1,000 shells: roll D10.
If you roll less than the character’s level, the character comes back to life.
He suffers a permanent -1 to his Max Corruption, due to the lingering
shadow influence.
11 – Ravine. A narrow, steep-sided valley cuts the party’s advance. Impass-
able terrain.
12 – Elite enemy. e party is unfortunate enough to find a roaming mon-
strosity. Roll on the Elite Enemy table.
13-14 – Cave. A half-visible trail leads the party to what appears to be some
sort of cave or underground building. If the party decides to explore it, use
the Indoor Location generation rules described below.
15-16 – Ruins. e party comes across a vestige of the past, half buried by
the sands. If they decide to explore it, use the Indoor Location generation
rules described below.
17 – Caravan. A group of friendly nomads offer to trade some goods. e
party may trade as if they were at a settlement, but once they leave this hex
the caravan would have moved along if they return. Re-roll this hex if the
party comes back to it.
18 – Abandoned stock. Half buried on the side of a forgotten road, the
party finds the remnants of a caravan. ey find 2d10 shells worth of trade
goods.
19-20 – Tyrant fortress. e most threatening sight in the Fractured Do-
minion, most people try to avoid them. Some Fortresses are ruled by some-
what benign tyrants (the few that posses a strong enough will to resist the
pull of the forces of chaos), which has allowed settlements to grow around
them, creating a semblance of civilization. Of course, this isn’t all that differ-
ent from living next to an active volcano, since tragedy can strike when you
least suspect it. Use the Indoor Location rules to explore it, if you dare.

SPELL TABLE (D10)

1 – Bind Death
2 – Breath of C’athrhi
3 – Cauterize
4 – Cleanse poison
5 – Find traps
6 – Invisibility
7 – Orb of light
8 – Pain transfer
9 – Regeneration
10 – Shadow flames
 EQUIPMENT LIST
Antidote – 20 shells – 0.5 UW
Bandage - 5 shells – 0.5 UW
Cestus – 5 shells – 2 UW
Healing tincture - 150 shells – 1 UW
Heavy armor - 30 shells – 15 UW
Horse – 250 shells
Lantern - 3 shells – 1 UW
Light armor - 10 shells – 10 UW
Lock picks – 10 shells – 0.5 UW
Long bow – 30 shells – 8 UW
Mule – 150 shells
One-handed weapon (dagger, sword, axe, mace) - 6 shells – 8 UW
Rations - 1 shells – 0.5 UW
Rope - 4 shells – 1 UW
Shield - 5 shells – 6 UW
Short bow - 15 shells – 6 UW
Spear – 12 shells – 8 UW
Two-handed weapon (staff, club, hammer, sword, axe) - 15 shells – 12 UW

TASKS AND MISSIONS TABLE (D10)

1 – e tyrant must fall! e settlements surrounding one of the towering
fortresses has had enough, and they can't allow their children to be taken
and their crops to be cursed any longer. ey task your party with bringing
them the head of the tyrant. Reward: 1 scroll containing a random spell,
1,000 shells.
2 – Taken! A crying mother asks you to recover her missing son, who was
taken by a group of minions. Each time you encounter a group of minions,
roll a D10. On a 10, you found the missing child. Add +1 to your next check
for each completed encounter with minions that resulted in not finding the
child. Reward: e characters may remove one CP.
3 – Artifact hunting. While sitting on a camp, sharing some water with
some nomads, you overhear a conversation. Somewhere in these area there
are the ruins of two twin settlements. Each one of them had the half of a
very powerful artifact; put together, they will grant enormous power to the
wielder. e next two ruins you explore each have a half of the artifact in
the last room; they also have an Elite enemy guarding it. Reward: Roll on
the Artifacts table.
4 – Finding help. A rich merchant has hired you to take his sick wife to
the nearest settlement, where they have the best healers in the region. e
only problem is that she is very sick, and it must be done quickly. e party
has 7 days to find a settlement (one that wasn't previously discovered), or
the merchant's wife will die. Reward: If they succeed, they will receive 500
shells.
5 – Lost. e party is asked to find a group of migrants that were expected
to arrive days ago. e characters must explore the region, rolling a D10 in
each hex they explore. On a roll of 1-2, they find a clue. Once they find 5
clues, they will reach the entrance of a cave, where the migrants have been
taken. e migrants will be found in the last room, guarded by an Elite
enemy. Reward: 2 rolls on the Loot table.
6 – Looters and pillagers. e town's leadership asks the player characters
to get rid of several roaming bands of creatures that are harassing them.
e party must find and slay 10 groups of minions in the outdoors (minions
found in caves or buildings don't count). Reward: 200 shells to each char-
acter player, and the party may sell their loot at the retail price in this town,
instead of half.
7 – Find the witch! A tribal leader has recently lost his only son and heir
to the crimson plague. He begs the party to take the body with them and
find a hill witch to bring him back to life. He doesn't have any money, but
he offers the party an ancient relic as payment. e characters will have to
pay for the ritual themselves, though. Reward: Roll on the Artifact table.
8 – e mapmaker. e characters are hired by a mapmaker, who needs
help mapping the area. e characters must explore every hex in the re-
gion's map, and return to the mapmaker with what they have learned. is
quest may only appear once per region, re-roll in this table if you have al-
ready completed it. Reward: 1,000 shells. e mapper used to work for a
tyrant and knows his weakness; next time the party fights against a tyrant
in the region, they fight with a +2 to Attack.
9 – e thing in the ruins. e town's council has hired the characters to
eliminate an abomination that has been terrorizing the area for the past
months. ey must find the nearest ruins, clear them, and in the last room
they will find a Spawn of Vhol'est (check the Elite Enemy Encounters). Re-
ward: e town is too poor to offer anything of value, but the characters
receive twice the normal amount of experience points from completing a
task.
10 – Assault! e party is hired to defend the settlement from an incoming
raid. ey must roll 5 times in the Minions table, resolving one encounter
aer another without a rest, and if they survive, roll once in the Elite ene-
mies table to face the raid's leader. Reward: as many supplies as they can
carry, 100 shells.
INTERIOR ExPLORATION SEQUENCE

INTERIOR ExPLORATION TABLE (D10)

1-7 Room
8-10 Corridor
 CORRIDOR TABLE (D10)
1 A parallel corridor that goes D5+1 long to the le, and D5+1 long to
the right
2 Straight ahead, D5+1 long
3 Corridor to the right for D5+1
4 Corridor to the le for D5+1
5 Straight ahead D5+1, then veers to the right for D5+1
6 Straight ahead D5+1, then veers to the le for D5+1
7 Corridor to the right for D5+1, then veers to the right again for D5+1
8 Corridor to the le for D5+1, then veers to the le again for D5+1
9 Corridor to the right for D5+1, then veers to the le for D5+1
10 Corridor to the le for D5+1, then veers to the right for D5+1

ROOM LAYOUT TABLE (D10)

1-5 Square (D5+1 high, D5+1 wide)
6 Circle (D5+1 across)
7 Hexagon (D5+1 across)
8 Oval (D5+1 high, D5+1 wide)
9 Triangle (D5+1 per side)
10 Trapezoid (D5+1 high, D5+1 base wide, D5+1 base top)

ROOM CONTENT TABLE (D10)

1 Trap: roll on the Traps table
2 Loot: roll on the Loot table
3 Loot protected by a trap: roll on the Traps table, and once resolved, roll
on the Loot table
4-5 Roll on the Special Features table
6 e room is empty
7 Stash of semi-precious stones: you gain 2d10 shells
8 You are attacked by vermin. Roll on the Vermin table
9 Your advance is interrupted by some enemies. Roll on the Fiends and
Foes table
10 You walked into a beast’s lair. Roll on the Elite enemy table
 SPECIAL FEATURES TABLE (D10)
1 - A crack in the ceiling above the middle of the north wall allows a trickle of water to
flow down to the floor. e water pools near the base of the wall, and a rivulet runs
along the wall and out into the hall. e water smells fresh. e party obtains D5 ra-
tions.
2 – e character party stumbles upon what appears to be some kind of weapons stash.
ey can take any weapon available in the equipment list.
3 – is room is filled with bottles, pipettes and other tools that an alchemist would
need. Everything here is covered in a thick layer of dust, but in a corner, under some
ragged piece of cloth, the characters find D5 bottles with a green, viscous liquid. If a
character dares to test its effects, roll a D10; 1-5: the concoction is so old it is now
poisonous; use your Poison Resistance against a level 6 poison, or lose D5 HP. 6-10:
the bottles contain some kind of healing potion. Heal D5 HP, usable in combat.
4 – As soon as you step into this room, a feeling of calmness invades you. is place
seems to be completely removed from the Primordial One’s influence. Each character
can get rid of 1 CP.
5 - A sensation of dread invades you the moment you step into this room. Flashes of
horrific visions fill your mind, bringing you to your knees. ey know you are here. Roll
against Magic level 6 using your Magic Resistance. If you fail, gain 1 CP.
6 – A series of small statues line a wall. Behind them there is a mural, telling what ap-
pears to be the story of a people’s exodus. You discover small levers behind each statue,
which apparently makes them rotate. If you try to solve this puzzle, roll against its
difficulty of 7, using your Will Resistance. If you succeed, roll on the Loot table. You
may only try once per character.
7 – is room appears to be or have been a library of sorts. Piles of half-rotten tomes
are gathering dust in every corner, with shelves upon shelves of others collapsing on the
walls. e party may spend a whole day here to si through the books to see if there
is anything of interest. Roll against Magic level 7, if you pass it, then roll a D10. On
a 1, you find a scroll containing a random spell.
8 - A horrendous, overwhelming stench was from the room before you. Small cages
containing small animals and large insects line the walls. Some of the creatures look
sickly and alive but most are clearly dead. eir rotting corpses and the unclean cages
no doubt result in the place’s foul odor. A cat mews weakly from its cage, but the other
creatures just silently shrink back into their filthy prisons. e players may choose to
release the animals; if they do, they can remove 1 CP, but they will have to fight
against several of them, which are too scared or far gone, Roll twice on the Vermin
table and fight against both groups at the same time.
9 – A foul stench seems to be seeping from the floor cracks; the smell is nigh unbearable.
e fumes seem to originate from the depths, carrying a smell similar to rotten eggs.
Better to move along. For each turn the characters stay here, they must roll against
poison 5, or lose 1 HP.
10 – ere is a nefarious influence in this room. A shadow suddenly invades the char-
acter’s minds, and holds fast to their thoughts. Characters fight the rest of the adventure
with a -1 to Defense, unless they give into the darkness and gain 1 CP in the process.
 ExITS TABLE (2d10)
2-10 None
11-14 One
15-17 Two
18-19 ree
20 Four

TRAPS TABLE (D10)

1 – Poison darts. Characters must roll against Poison or lose D5 HP. An
affected character will need to roll against Poison every turn or lose an extra
HP per turn, until the poison is removed from his system.
2 – Trapdoor. Characters must roll against Dexterity or lose 3 HP. If the
whole party fell inside, they need a rope in order to escape the pit, or they
will die of starvation inside of it.
3 – Sand trap. A wall closes down behind the characters as soon as they
enter this room, with sand falling in from the ceiling. ey have 10 attempts
at deactivating this trap, or they all die.
4 – Collapsing ceiling. e ceiling above the party collapses on top of them.
Characters must roll against Dexterity or lose D5 HP.
5 – Noxious gas. A wall closes behind the party, and immediately toxic gas
is released in the room. Characters immediately lose 1 HP, and they lose
another HP per failed attempt at disabling the trap.
6 – Spears. Sharp spears slide from the walls, stabbing the characters if they
fail a Dexterity test. If they do fail, they receive D5 attacks that deal 2 dam-
age each. Reduce the total damage received by the Defense skill of a char-
acter.
7 – Vermin pit. A pit opens underneath the characters, teeming with ver-
min. e characters need to roll against Dexterity or lose 3 HP, and aer-
wards they need to face the vermin inside. Roll on the Vermin table.
8 – Bear trap. A random character steps on a hidden bear trap. Roll against
Dexterity to avoid getting caught in it. If you do get trapped, you will need
to roll against Strength (7) to get rid of it, or else you will not be able to
move from there. A trapped character will not be able to play for the re-
mainder of the adventure.
9 – Net trap. A net falls from the ceiling, pulling the characters up unless
they pass a Dexterity test. If they do get trapped, they must roll against Dex-
terity 7 to be able to cut the net. Roll a D10 per attempt at releasing them-
selves; on a 1 or 2 a wandering enemy comes and attacks them; the
characters receive an immediate wound the first round. Roll on the Fiends
and Foes table.
10 – Fire trap. Huge flames roar from the sides the second the characters
step into this room. Roll against Dexterity to avoid the flames, or lose D5
HP. You fight at -2 Attack until the wounds caused by the fire are healed.
 LOOT TABLE (D10)
1 or less – No treasure found
2 – D10 shells
3 – D10+5 shells
4 – 2d10 shells
5 – D5 healing tinctures
6 – D10 rations
7 – A piece of jewelry worth 5d10 shells
8 – A one-handed iron weapon. Roll D5: 1 sword, 2 hammer or mace, 3
axe, 4 dagger, 5 pickaxe. +1 to Attack while wielding it. 10 UW
9 – A piece of mail armor. Treat it as light armor, +2 to Defense. 12 UW
10 or more – Roll on the Special Loot table

SPECIAL LOOT TABLE (D10)

1-2 – A scroll containing a random spell. 1 UW
3 – An exceptionally well forged one-handed steel weapon. Roll D5: 1
sword, 2 hammer or mace, 3 axe, 4 dagger, 5 pickaxe. +2 to Attack while
wielding it. 10 UW
4 - An exceptionally well forged two-handed steel weapon. Roll D5: 1
sword, 2 hammer or mace, 3 axe, 4 staff, 5 polearm. +3 to Attack while
wielding it. 15 UW
5 – Reinforced steel mail. A true relic of the past, perfectly craed and
preserved. Light armor, +2 to Defense rolls without hindrance. 12 UW
6 – Steel breastplate. e crasmanship on this piece speaks of the glory
of the past. Heavy armor, +3 to Defense, -2 to Dexterity save rolls. 20
UW
7 – Steel shield. +2 to Defense. 10 UW
8 – Small darkness well. A plain-looking stone that allows the person car-
rying it to store 2 CP in it. Once the well is full, it glows slightly. Cannot
be re-used, but it can be sold as a curiosity for 3d10 shells.
9 – A pair of rare metal fist weapons with some sort of short blades at-
tached to them. +2 to unarmed combat if the character possess the skill.
5 UW
10 – Roll on the Artifact table.
 ARTIFACT TABLE (D10)
1 – Horse Figurine. A small statue of a horse made of some unidentifiable
black material that when wet with blood grows to the size of an actual horse.
Sacrifice 1 HP to be able to travel at double speed in outdoor zones. 0.5 UW
2 – Amulet of Vythrhos. A dark green stone is framed by what looks to be
some sort of fossilized hair. Once worn it pulsates slightly, matching the
wearer’s heartbeat. Once per adventure, if the character carrying this re-
ceives enough damage to kill him, he will instead remain at 1 HP but will be
unable to participate in the rest of the fight.
3 – Maw of Vhozha. is slick leather blue bag seems to tremble when no-
body is looking at it, as if something were trying to come out. is bag allows
the character to carry an extra 30 UW.
4 – e Sineater. This legendary artifact was one wielded by Athros, Bane of
the Ancients. With it she managed to challenge the reign of many tyrants, until
under mysterious circumstances she lost the Sineater, aer of which she be-
came corrupted and reigned over the Rhatrej region for 800 years. is sharp
black crystal absorbs the next 5 CP the character would receive, aer of
which it becomes dormant for the next three adventures. 1 UW.
5 - Rod of Shrath. is device belonging to a Sharani High Priest is an asym-
metric mass of ethereal crystal which can be used to recover from grave
wounds. Individuals who possess the device for a long time develop fine scales
over parts of their body. e user may cast Regeneration once a day/adven-
ture without gaining corruption. 2 UW.
6 – e Everlasting Shadows. is ancient tome bound in what appears to be
human skin has an aura of taint surrounding it. A foul sense of dread invades
the reader when first opening it. Contains 3 random spells. 2 UW.
7 – Feather of Kul’Pheg. A shimmering feather, reflecting the light in a million
colors, even during the darkest of nights. e sha seems to be made of some
kind of metal. is item gives the party a +2 to combat initiative. 1 UW.
8 – Taintnut. is small, wooden seed has symbols carved all over it, but it
looks to be bulging around them as if a force were pushing from the inside and
being contained only by the symbols. If a character swallows this seed his
Max Corruption will be increased by 1.
9 – Crystallized ice of Alnavis. This appears to be a stalactite made of pure
ice, but somehow it does not seem to be affected by any heat. A little bit of it
melts with each use though, until it disappears. Deal D5 damage to all enemies
in front of the caster. It takes up a character’s turn to use it. 20 charges. 1 UW.
10 – Staff of scars. is wooden staff looks as if it was just finished by a skilled
artisan, but the more its powers are used, the more twisted and full of
scratches it becomes. e person wielding this staff can transfer to it a max of
20 lost HP, thus healing himself or an ally. Once it has reached its maximum
capacity, it becomes dormant and it’s simply a +2 Attack staff. 12 UW.
 Amount of Experience Points
necessary per level
Level 2: 10 XP
Level 3: 20 XP
Level 4: 40 XP
Level 5: 80 XP
Level 6: 160 XP
Level 7: 400 XP
Level 8: 800 XP
Level 9: 1600 XP
Level 10: 3200 XP

xP GAINED FROM SLAYING MINIONS AND ELITE ENEMIES

Level 1: 1 XP per Fiends and Foes encounter / 10 XP per Elite enemy encounter
Level 2: 2 XP per Fiends and Foes encounter / 20 XP per Elite enemy encounter
Level 3: 4 XP per Fiends and Foes encounter / 40 XP per Elite enemy encounter
Level 4: 8 XP per Fiends and Foes encounter / 80 XP per Elite enemy encounter
Level 5: 16 XP per Fiends and Foes encounter / 160 XP per Elite enemy encounter
Level 6: 32 XP per Fiends and Foes encounter / 320 XP per Elite enemy encounter
Level 7: 64 XP per Fiends and Foes encounter / 640 XP per Elite enemy encounter
Level 8: 128 XP per Fiends and Foes encounter / 1280 XP per Elite enemy encounter
Level 9: 256 XP per Fiends and Foes encounter / 2560 XP per Elite enemy encounter
Level 10: 512 XP per Fiends and Foes encounter / 5120 XP per Elite enemy encounter

ENEMY LEVEL TABLE

Encounter level
Party level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 1-4 5-8 9-10
2 1-2 3-7 8-10
3 1-2 3-7 8-10
4 1-2 3-7 8-10
5 1-2 3-7 8-10
6 1-2 3-7 8-9 10
7 1-2 3-7 8-9 10
8 1-2 3-8 9-10
9 1-2 3-8 9-10
10 1 2-5 6-10
 VERMIN TABLE (D10) FIENDS AND FOES TABLE (D10)
1 – Giant ants 1 – Sharani
2 – Madari rats 2 – Burrow dwellers
3 – Fire bats 3 – Bandits
4 – Night beetles 4 - Burrowers
5 – Sabershadows 5 - Dustborn
6 – Centipedes 6 – e lost
7 – Spawnlings of Vhol’est 7 – Crawlers
8 – Dustsaurs 8 – Barean
9 – Greyling 9 - Harpies
10 – Bloodfeathers 10 – Shadow hounds

ELITE ENEMY TABLE (D10)

1 – Dusk bear
2 - Spawn of Vhol’est
3 – Sharani Priest
4 – Giant spider
5 – Bonefiend
6 – Blessed One
7 – Monstrous scorpion
8 – Archelon
9 – Veteran Water reaper
10 – Stone golem