• Introduction •
Fable on Your Table is a solitaire tabletop
paper miniatures game with a rogue-like
structure. The game comes with several
sheets of printable miniatures which you can
print, color, and assemble to build the maps
of different areas as you explore the dungeon.
The game uses a simple "two versus two"
resolution system that allows for fun and
creative uses of die rolls while still remaining
simple and fast to play.
A companion web app generates the
adventure, room layouts, and enemies, and
everything else is managed by simple AI rules
that drive the enemy behavior. Combat is
played out on gridded combat maps at 1"
scale, so you can use your own tabletop
miniatures if you wish. (There are optional
rules for grid-less miniatures play, too.)
When you begin the game, you start at the
lowest character level, measured as the
smallest die size – a d4. You may equip
yourself in town, and then jump into an
adventure provided by the companion web
application. If you defeat the dungeon, you
level up to the next die size, to a d6. Each
dungeon you defeat, you level up again, to a
d8, a d10, and finally a d12. If you defeat a
dungeon at the d12 level of difficulty, you
ascend – your hero has retired happily, having
cleansed the lands of evil.
• What you'll need •
Here's what you will need to play:
• Paper and Pencil.
• A character sheet, downloadable from the
web site (optional).
• A way to visualize the dungeon (graph
paper and pencil, the printable paper minis
and tiles downloaded and assembled, or
your own miniatures and terrain).
• Polyhedral dice. You can get away with one
set, but ideally, you will have four sets of
different colors, two with light colors and
two with dark colors. These are the
standard Dungeons and Dragons style die
and are sold in just about every hobby shop
where D&D products are sold.
• These rules for reference.
• About a 2'x2' section of table to play on, and
an hour or more to play for a mission.
• A device to use the companion web app at:
fableonyourtable.com
In addition, there are helpful resources on the
web site for getting started, like rules
introduction videos, instructions on
assembling the miniatures, etc.
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• Preparing the Minis •
Fable on your Table includes some downloadable
miniatures and scenery that you can print and
assemble. The default intended way for you to play
is to play with these miniatures; they're what the
companion web app expects you to have.
You do not need the miniatures to play; you can
play with pencil and paper on grid paper if you
don't want to go to the hassle of assembling all the
miniatures. Or you can substitute your own
miniatures from your own collection. But these
rules and the web app will assume you're using
one ore more of the downloadable printable sets.
On the companion web site, there are domain files
that you can download. A domain file is simply a
PDF you can print to give you the miniatures you
need for that domain. When you have the
companion web app generate an adventure, it will
prompt you for which domains you have, so you
don't need to download and assemble all the
domains to play. Just pick one and start playing!
Assembling the Miniatures
Once you download a domain, you will want
to print it out. While the miniatures do work
when printed on normal printer paper, they
will be a little on the flimsy side. We
recommend you print them on card stock,
available in most places you can buy printer
paper. It's a little more rigid while still being
easy to work with.
The miniatures are provided in ink-saving
black and white line art, and should be very
easy on your printer, especially if it only prints
grayscale. The down side, of course, is no
pretty color!
If you wish, you can just play in black and
white, but you may want to color your
miniatures with colored pencils or markers
before assembling them. (Coloring after they
are assembled is much more difficult.) You
will want to decide on a color scheme for
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your domain and stick to it if you want your
miniatures to form a cohesive scene.
Many minis have detailed outlines that are
very difficult to cut out. We recommend not
even trying; just cut a smooth, white border
around the mini's. If you do this consistently
for your minis, it will look intentional as part
of the style. You can see photos of what this
looks like on the site gallery.
If you feel like you do want to cut everything
out, we recommend a craft knife and a self-
healing mat to cut against.
Once cut, follow the instructions in the
domain for folding the miniatures. The vast
majority of the miniatures all follow the same
format, though. The main mini has the
following parts underneath it when it's cut
out: the "floor" in front of it, the face-down
base, the "floor" behind it, and a support tab.
To assemble such a mini, you will fold
forward at the base of the mini, fold
backward at the top of the face-down base,
fold backwards again at the bottom of the
face-down base, and then forward again at
the tab. Glue the back of the two floors to the
back of the face-down base, and glue the back
of the tab to the back of the mini, and you're
done.
Some minis also have side supports that you
can fold up from the base, with a long tab
that can run alongside the back of the mini.
See diagrams on the web site for folding
these.
We recommend using rubber cement to glue
the minis together. Just a dab will work!
For the floor tiles, we recommend backing
them against cardboard, foam core, or craft
foam sheets to give them weight and ensure
they lay flat on the table.
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• The Core Mechanic •
Most of the game revolves around "checks".
Whenever a character "makes a check", you
will (typically) roll four dice - two for the
character, and two for whatever is opposing
that character's effort, such as an enemy or an
environmental effect or the difficulty of the
task at hand. The two dice used by the
character attempting something are called the
Active Dice, and the other two dice are called
the Opposing Dice.
Your character has skills, equipment, and
other aspects that are traits ranked with
different dice. For instance, your Swords skill
might be a d8 trait, and your sword itself
might be a d6+1 trait. Similarly, the enemy
will have traits that have dice; a zombie
might have Ragged Claws at d8-1 and the
Relentless trait at d6. The environment you
are in may have traits as well.
When you make a check, you just choose two
different traits that are relevant to the
situation for each side.
• Your hero's character level is always
relevant as a trait. It represents your
baseline level of competency. (But your
level trait never has a boon – see below.)
• If you are attacking, your attacking weapon
and its associated skill are both relevant.
• If you are defending, any armor items you
are wearing are relevant.
• If you are doing something else, one or
more of your skills might be relevant.
• If nothing else is relevant, you can always
choose a d4 as one of your dice.
Some checks will specify one or more of the
traits you must choose. For instance, a
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"Stealth" check would require you to choose
your Stealth skill as one of your two traits. A
"Stealth+Level" check would require you to
choose your Level trait as your other die.
Similarly, the opposing traits may be
specified. A "Stealth+Level vs. 2d6" check
would require you to be opposed by two d6
dice as your opposing dice.
If you are rolling against an enemy, the
default will be to roll against their general
traits, but they often have "attack" and
"defend" traits in addition to separate them
from the general traits.
Once you've chosen relevant traits for both
sides, you roll each trait's die, keeping the
rolls associated with their traits, and compare
their values. Whichever die result is highest
determines the outcome.
If one of your traits had the highest roll, the
check succeeds. The success level of the check
is the difference between your highest action
die minus the highest opposing die.
If one of the opposition dice had the highest
roll, the check fails. If the severity of the
failure matters, it is the difference between
the highest opposing die and your highest
active die.
Example: Torsin is attacking a zombie with his
sword. He selects his sword (1d6+1) and his Swords
skill (d8) as his traits, and he rolls a 4+1=5 for his
sword and a 4 for his skill.The zombie has some
general traits, but two are marked as "defend", so he
chooses them: Impervious to Pain (d6) and Undead
Resilience (d8).The zombie rolls a 2 and a 3 for them
respectively. Since one of Torsin's rolls is the highest,
the check succeeds.Torsin's highest roll is a 5, for his
sword, and the zombie's highest roll is a 3, so Torsin
hits the zombie for 2 damage (the difference
between the highest die on each side, 5-3).
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Boons
Some traits have positive effects called boons
which apply when they are the highest die
rolled at the end of the check after all re-
rolling is complete. If that trait's die turns out
to have the highest result at the end, you
apply its boon as a bonus effect.
Example: Torsin's sword has a boon of "+1
damage". In the example above, since his sword was
the highest roll, he may now activate that boon and
deal an extra point of damage, raising the two
damage to three.
If both of your dice are tied for highest, then
both of their boons apply!
To help keep track of which die roll is which,
it helps to specify and roll each trait one at a
time and line them up in a row. In addition,
it helps to have four different sets of dice -
two different dark-colored sets of dice for
opposing dice traits and two different light-
colored sets of light dice for active dice traits.
Banes
Banes are similar to boons except they are
negative effects that apply when they are the
lowest die rolled at the end of a check or they
are eliminated due to a tie (see ties below). If
that trait's die turns out to have the lowest
result or is eliminated, you apply its bane as
an additional effect.
Example: Torsin’s bow has a bane of “-1
Ammunition”. If he attacks with his bow, and the bow
die ends up being the lowest die, or removed due to a
critical failure, he crosses off one mark of
ammunition.
Watch out – if both of your dice tie for
lowest, then both dice apply their banes!
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Ties
You will often find that there is a tie for the
highest value, making the outcome
ambiguous. Whenever you roll ties for the
highest die:
1. Remove all dice that did not roll that
highest value on both sides.
2. If there are now only dice on one side,
that side scores a critical success (and the
other side suffers a critical failure).
Because the opposing dice were
eliminated, the success level is that high
roll value because there’s nothing to
subtract. The winning side applies both of
its boons, if any, and the losing side
applies both of its banes.
3. If there are still dice on both sides, re-roll
them all and apply them normally,
repeating this process in case of another
tie.
Example: The zombie strikes back at Torsin. It
selects "Ragged claws" (d4+1) and "Relentless" (d8)
as its traits, and rolls doubles - a 5 and a 5.Torsin
selects his shield (d6) and his chainmail (d8) to
defend, and rolls a 1 and a 4.The highest die result is
five, a tie between the zombie's two dice, and Torsin
failed to roll a five to match them.The zombie scores
a critical success! Torsin's two dice would be removed,
leaving only the zombie's dice.This means the zombie
scores the full five damage;Torsin's rolls do not
mitigate the attack in the slightest! Worse, if the
zombie has boons on both of those traits, it will be
able activate both of them. Oh no!
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Abilities
Your character will have abilities that can
sometimes affect these rolls. Each ability may
be activated as needed, but it costs one
Stamina for each activation, and you may
only activate a given ability once per turn.
Abilities may be activated at any time in the
process of rolling and re-rolling as needed, so
that re-roll abilities can be used strategically
to recover from particularly bad rolls.
Example: Facing the critical hit from the zombie in
the example above,Torsin decides to use one of his
abilities – one that lets him re-roll a 1 or 2 on his
shield die. He spends a point of Stamina to re-roll his
d6 shield trait, and this time, he rolls a 5, matching
the zombie! The chainmail die is discarded, because it
does not match the 5, and the three remaining dice
are rerolled.This time,Torsin rolls much better; the
zombie musters a 2 and a 2, but Torsin rolls a 4.
Because the highest die is now Torsin's, the deadly
attack is blocked. It's a good thing Torsin trained at
the guilds in town to use his shield effectively!
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Advantage and Disadvantage
Sometimes, you can roll with advantage.
When you roll with advantage, you re-roll
your lowest die result. If multiple effects give
you advantage, you still only get one re-roll.
You are not required to re-roll a die if you
don't wish to.
If you have disadvantage, it simply means the
other side has advantage; they re-roll their
lowest die.
If you have both advantage and disadvantage,
both sides re-roll their lowest die. You always
re-roll before your enemy does. If an enemy
has advantage, they will always opt to re-roll
their lowest die unless they are already
winning the check with a critical success.
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• Character Creation • Skills

The skill list is as follows:
For your first play-through, we recommend
just using one of the pre-made characters that Skill Relevant when:
comes with a realm and going straight into Arcana Casting arcane spells or testing
the dungeon. Once you are familiar with the your knowledge of arcane
game, you can create your own characters. subjects.
Archery Firing bows or crossbows at
First, assign some skill traits to your character. enemies.
All your skill traits begin at the base level – a Artisan Making repairs to armor using
d4. You then get 8 points to spend to increase repair kits or when appraising found
them, according to the following table of treasures.
costs: Athletics Performing raw feats of strength or
agility (usually in response to a
Cost Trait trap).
1 d6 Axes Fighting with axes.
2 d8 Hammers Fighting with hammers and mauls.
4 d10 Intuition Detecting danger, such as lurking
monsters or traps.
For instance, you could start with an Axes skill Piety Casting radiant spells, defending
against the undead or the infernal,
of d10 (costs 4), a Search skill of d8 (costs 2),
and testing your knowledge of
and Stealth and Athletics at d6 (costs 1 each). religions.
Polearms Fighting with a polearm.
See the Skills section below for the full list of
Pugilism Fighting without a weapon.
skill traits you can assign higher dice to.
Search Seeking things hidden.
Second, note your other statistics. You start Staves Fighting with staves.
at 30 hp, and 15 stamina. Your level is d4. Stealth Trying to sneak and act unseen.
You start with 8 treasure. Swim You are submerged or wading in
water, such as waterlogged rooms.
Finally, go to town to buy your equipment, Swords Fighting with swords.
abilities, and skills. You will go to town before Thievery Disarming traps, picking locks, or
your first adventure and between every using a knife or dagger.
adventure. See the Going To Town section for
more details. Note: Not all of the skills above are useful in
the base game with any regularity. In
Once you have gone to town to prepare particular, the magic-related skills (and
yourself with weapons and other equipment, magic-related abilities and equipment in the
you can set off into the dungeon! See the coming sections) will become more useful
Entering the Dungeon section to get started. with future expansions.

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• Going to Town •
Before entering the dungeon, you can Go To
Town to prepare. When you generate an
adventure with the companion app, you get
an introduction that sets the stage for where
you will be adventuring. This may give you
clues as to the sort of equipment you'll need.
You start with some treasure, and you will
earn more during play. When you Go To Town,
you may spend treasure on goods and
services to help you prepare.
Your backpack
You are limited to what you can carry into the
dungeon. Items are measured in units of
Bulk; if none is given, any item is considered
to have a Bulk of one. You cannot carry more
than 30 Bulk worth of items total. Items you
are wearing (armor, helmet, etc.) have their
Bulk halved (to a minimum of 1/4).
In addition, there are other restrictions:
• You can only wear one set of armor, robes,
or clothes at a time.
• You can only wear one helmet, pair of
boots, necklace, or ring at a time.
• You can only have one item in each hand
(or one two-handed item in both) at a time.
• You can have two "handy" items on your
back: cloaks, weapon sheathes, or quivers.
• You can have two "handy" items on your
belt: weapon sheathes, quivers, or belt
pouches.
• You can have one "handy" item on your
chest: throwing knife sheathes.
Everything else goes in your backpack.
Getting an item out or putting an item in your
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backpack takes an action, so it's generally
better to store items you need quickly in the
various"handy" items; items kept in a "handy"
item do not require an action to bring into
hand.
Remember that the treasure you find has to
be carried, too, so leave room in that
backpack! You are assumed to have a room at
the inn, so you can leave any equipment you
don't think you'll need behind.
Adventuring Equipment
You are assumed to have enough money to
outfit yourself according to your chosen
profession. That means that mundane
weapons, shields, armor, and other
adventuring equipment are "free"; the limiting
factor is how much you can carry.
"Special" items cost one or more Treasure.
Treasure is a measure of wealth that comes
out of adventuring in the dungeon, which can
be spent on purchasing training for skills and
abilities or special items in town.
Weapons
Among the items you will be purchasing are
your weapons. You may bring as many
weapons as you can carry, but it's generally a
good idea to keep it to one or two.
All the weapons listed in the tables below are
mundane, and therefore free to purchase.
Special weapons may sometimes be found in
the dungeon.
Some weapons have special properties; they
are listed below.
Overbearing - This weapon is heavy and
requires a mighty swing to use. When used to
attack, they become "unbalanced" - they are
considered two die sizes smaller until you
spend an action rebalancing the weapon or
find yourself facing no enemies. Enemies have
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advantage against you if you are wielding an
unbalanced overbearing weapon.
Knockback - When a weapon inflicts
knockback, it moves the target one square
(1") directly away from you. If this would put
them into a wall, enemy, or other solid
obstacle, they take +2 damage instead and
drop prone, requiring them to spend the next
action standing up, and all attacks against
them are at advantage. If they were knocked
into an enemy, that other enemy takes 1
crushing damage.
Precision - You may use an action
immediately before attacking to "aim" with
this weapon. If you do, you attack with
advantage.
Pressured by melee – When using this
weapon against a character adjacent, they get
advantage.
Uses Ammunition - This weapon uses
ammunition. This weapon has a bane that you
must cross off a point of ammunition. You
cannot attack with this weapon if you have no
matching ammunition.
Armor
Buying armor gives you traits that are
relevant when defending against taking
damage.
Unless otherwise noted, all mundane armor is
only relevant against physical damage
(slashing, crushing, or piercing). Protection
against other types of damage can be found in
the dungeons.
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General Equipment
Cost Bulk Item
– 1/4 Ammunition – Ammunition for a
bow or a crossbow.
– 1 Torch – Spend an action to light.
Dispels Darkness effects while held in
one hand.
– 1/2 Ration – When using a rest action,
you may eat this to gain +3 stamina
and +1 health.
– 1 Quiver – Handy item. When
purchasing, choose whether it goes on
your back or your belt. Holds 10
ammunition.
– 1 Sheath or Scabbard – Handy item.
When purchasing, choose whether it
goes on your back or your belt, and
what type of weapon it holds.
– 1 Dagger Sheathe – Handy item. Worn
across your chest. Holds up to four
throwing daggers.
– 1 Belt Pouch – Handy item. Holds one
bulk of items.
– 2 Hammer and spikes - Spend this
item and two actions to spike a door
closed. Roll your level die. Enemies
cannot enter through that door for a
number of turns equal to your roll +
3. Does not affect non-corporeal
enemies like ghosts, and boss
monsters smash through them
effortlessly.
1 1/4 Holy Water – Drink to gain a blessing,
or spend an action to anoint a
weapon to give it a +1 damage boon
vs. undead while in this room.
Selling Items At Market
Once per visit to town, you can sell off items
you don't want any more. Collect a "lot" of
items you wish to sell; this can include items
you carry or items you have left at your room
at the inn. Every special item will fetch one
treasure, and every 10 bulk of mundane items
(rounded down) fetches one more. Then,
attempt an Artisan check against 2d6. If you
fail, you earn one less. If you get a critical
success, you earn one extra.
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Mundane Weapons and Armor

Below is a list of all the mundane weapons and armor available in the town.

Bulk Tier Weapon

– d4 Unarmed Strike – Deals crushing damage. Damage dealt is halved, rounded up. Boon:
Knockback.
1/2 d4+1 Dagger/Knife - Deals slashing damage. If you were not in line of sight to the target or the
target was unaware of you at the start of your turn, you attack with advantage.
3 d8 Polearm – Deals slashing or piercing damage. Relevant for defense when being charge
attacked. Automatically deals 2 damage when you break a charge. Boon: If used in defense
during a charge (including one you broke), you deal damage to the enemy as if the roll
were an attack against your attacker.
1/2 d4+1 Throwing Dagger – Deals piercing damage. When thrown, it lands in the same space as
the target. Boon: The enemy loses one action on their next turn.
2 d6 Quarterstaff – Two-handed. Deals crushing damage. Relevant to defense and melee
attacks. Boon: You may spend a stamina to add a knockback effect.
2 d6 Wizard's Staff – Two-handed. Deals crushing damage. Relevant to defense and melee
attacks. You may spend a stamina point when casting a spell to do so with advantage, and
when gathering mana, you gather an extra mana per action.
2 d6+1 Sword – Deals slashing damage. Precision. Boon: +1 damage.
4 d10 GreatSword – Two handed. Deals slashing damage. Overbearing. Boon: +1 damage and
no need to rebalance.
2 d6 Axe – Deals slashing damage. Boon: +3 damage.
4 d8 BattleAxe – Two handed. Deals slashing damage. Overbearing. Boon: +1 damage and
knockback.
2 d6 Hammer – Deals crushing damage. Boon: Knockback.
4 d8+1 Maul – Two handed. Deals crushing damage. Overbearing. Boon: +3 damage.
2 d8 Bow - Two handed. Deals piercing damage. Ranged. Pressured by melee. Precision. Uses
ammunition. Boon: +1 damage.
4 d10 Crossbow – Two handed. Deals piercing damage. Ranged. Pressured by melee. Precision.
Uses ammunition. After firing, must use two actions to reload. Boon: +2 damage.

Bulk Tier Armor

2 d6 Buckler – Relevant when defending against melee attacks only. Can be worn strapped to
your arm, while holding a weapon or other item, freeing up a hand slot. In this case, it is
only d4+1.
2 d6 Shield – May be used as an attack for a shield bash; if used in this way, it deals no damage.
Boon: When used as an attack, knockback.
1 d4+1 Helmet – If an enemy attacks you with advantage and hits, reduce the damage by 1.
5 d8 Leather Armor
10 d10 Chainmail – Against slashing damage, this is d8+1. When you fail an attack check, you
lose a point of Stamina. You cannot swim in chainmail.
15 d12 Platemail – Against piercing or slashing damage, this is d10+1. When you fail an attack
or defense check, you lose a point of Stamina. You cannot swim in platemail.
2 d6 Heavy Cloak – Relevant against cold damage at d8. Steath rolls get a +1 bonus. You
cannot wear a sheathe or other handy items on your back.
1 d4+1 Wizard Robes – Relevant to all defense. If the attack is not physical damage, it is d8 tier.

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Visiting the Apothecary Visiting the Temple

There is an apothecary in town who sells There is a temple to the great god Bandi in
potions. She is always available on your first town, where the benevolent priestesses care
sojourn into town, but thereafter, you must for the sick, the hungry, the diseased, and the
roll a d6 to see if she is in town or off dying. They have the power to heal afflictions
gathering herbs. On a 1 or 2, she is not that you may accrue during your travels – for
available to sell you potions. a donation to their efforts of course – and
they have the ability to bless your sojourns.
Potions – The potions available in the
apothecary shop begin at tier 1d4. You can
Afflictions
purchase more powerful versions of the
potions for more treasure: If you receive an affliction in the dungeon, it
is a persistent penalty that stays in place until
Potion Tier Cost you can cure it. Each affliction is different,
1d6 2 treasure but you can only have each affliction once at
1d8 3 treasure any given time (i.e., if you get cursed when
1d10 4 treasure you are already cursed, nothing happens, and
1d12 5 treasure you only need to cure it once).

To drink a potion, you must spend an action The Mothers of Bandi will cure an affliction
while it is in your hand. Each potion consists for a donation of 1 treasure.
of only one dose.
Blessings
Cost Bulk Tier Item
The Mothers of Bandi will also bless your
1 1/4 1d4 Healing Potion – Roll the tier efforts for a donation of 1 treasure. Roll 1d4
die and recover that much
and gain that many blessings.
health (minimum two).
1 1/4 1d4 Stamina Potion – Roll the tier
A blessing secures you a moment of divine
die twice and regain that much
stamina (minimum two). benevolence. You may use a blessing when
1 1/4 1d4 Luck Potion – Roll the tier die making a skill check to add +2 to the value of
and gain advantage on that a die rolled. You may only use one blessing
many of your next number of per turn, however.
rolls (minimum two).
1 1/4 1d4 Heroism Potion – Roll the tier Some adventure effects will also yield
die and gain advantage on that blessings. You may spend these blessings in
many of your next attack rolls the same way as the blessings from the
(minimum two). Mothers of Bandi.
1 1/4 1d4 Haste Potion – Roll the tier die
and gain +1 action for that
many turns (minimum two).
1 1/4 1d4 Antidote – Roll the tier die. If
you are poisoned, it reduces
the poison potency by that
amount (minimum two).

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Visiting the Arcanist
There is an Arcanist in town who trades in
rare and wondrous items, but the nature of
these unique items implies that none of them
are available for long.
When you visit the arcanist, you may choose
an item below to purchase, but you must roll
a d6 to see if it is available. On a roll of 1, 2,
or 3, it is not available.
Cost Bulk Tier Item
1 1 1d8 Warding Talisman – Necklace.
When purchasing, choose a
damage type. This necklace is
relevant when defending
against that damage type.
1 1/4 1d4 Magic Whetstone – You may
spend two actions to use this
item to sharpen any piercing or
slashing weapon. This destroys
the whetstone. Roll the tier die
for the whetstone; you gain a
+1 bonus on rolls for that
weapon for the next number of
attacks equal to the roll
(minimum two). The tier may
be increased the same way
potions are.
1 1 1d6 Necklace of Light – Necklace.
This necklace counts as a light
source. It also is relevant for
defense against infernal
damage and any attack that
would blind you.
1 1 – Sigil of Protection – When
you purchase this, select a
damage type. Attach this sigil
to your armor or shield (one
maximum for each). That
equipment gains a +1 on rolls
to defend against that damage
type.
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Training at Guilds
The town is home to people of a wide array of
skills and capabilities. If you can find
someone to train you, allowing you to
improve your skill traits. Unfortunately, it can
sometimes be difficult to find people.
You may select any skill to improve, and seek
a trainer. Roll a d6. On a 1 or 2, you cannot
find a trainer in that discipline. Otherwise,
you may spend treasure based on the amount
shown in the table below to increase your
skill one step. When you increase a given
skill, you cannot increase it again until you
gain a level.
New Skill Level Cost
1d6 3 treasure
1d8 5 treasure
1d10 9 treasure
1d12 17 treasure
Gaining Abilities
You can also gain abilities while in town from
trainers. See the ability list for available
abilities. Each ability costs 2 treasure to
purchase initially, and 2 more to upgrade.
Once you purchase an ability, you cannot
upgrade it until you have gained a level. You
must roll to see if a trainer is available, as
above.
Each ability can be used only once per turn,
and when you use an ability, you spend one
Stamina point (whether it is upgraded or
not). If you are out of Stamina points, you
cannot use an ability.
You can only buy each ability once, but
abilities where you choose different weapon
skills or equipment traits are considered
different abilities (i.e., you can be proficient
in both swords and axes).
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Ability Listing
Armor Proficiency – When you buy this
ability, choose an armor equipment trait. You
may use this ability when you roll a 1 on that
trait during a check to re-roll that trait.
• Upgrade – You may use Armor Proficiency,
on rolls of 2 for that trait, as well.
Arrow Breaker – When you are attacked by a
ranged physical weapon and there are no
enemies adjacent to you, you may use this
ability to gain a temporary Arrow Breaker trait
at d10 as a relevant defense trait.
• Upgrade – The Arrow Breaker trait rises to
d12.
Battle hardened – When multiple hostile
enemies are adjacent to you, and one is
attacking you, you may use this ability to
make their attack at a disadvantage.
• Upgrade – When you use Battle Hardened,
another enemy adjacent to you gains
disadvantage on attacks against you until
the start of your turn.
Berserker – When you buy this ability,
choose a weapon equipment trait. You may
use this ability before attacking with that
trait. If you do, a successful attack deals +2
damage, but an unsuccessful attack deals one
damage to you.
• Upgrade – The damage bonus on a
successful attack with Berserker rises to +3.
Blind Fighting – When attempting a check in
a dark location without access to a light
source, you may use this ability to reduce the
penalty from darkness by one.
• Upgrade – When you use Blind Fighting,
reduce the penalty by two instead.
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Bull Rush – You may use this ability before
taking a Charge action to move an extra
square (1") during the charge (not
diagonally).
• Upgrade – When you use Bull Rush, you
additionally deal +1 damage if the charge
attack is successful.
Cleave – When you hit an enemy with a
melee slashing weapon, and you are adjacent
to another enemy, you may use this ability to
attack that other enemy.
• Upgrade – When you use Cleave, you may
use the same dice rolls you rolled for your
Action dice on the original attack.
Dodge – When you take physical damage,
you can use this ability to reduce the damage
you are taking by one.
• Upgrade – Increase the damage reduction
of Dodge from one to two.
Fleet of Foot – You may use this ability before
a Move action to move an extra square (1")
during the action (not diagonally). This
ability cannot be used for a Charge attack,
and may only be used once per room.
• Upgrade – You may use your Fleet of Foot
ability twice per room instead of only once.
Magical Aptitude – When you buy this
ability, choose a school of magic to become
proficient in. You gain the ability to collect
mana, buy access to spells, and cast spells for
that school of magic. You can use this ability
to cast a spell of that school of magic that you
have learned. (Magic is coming in a future
expansion.)
• Upgrade – You start each adventure with
+2 mana of that school of magic's mana
type.
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Melt into Shadows – When you make a
Stealth check while adjacent to a wall or other
obstacle on two non-diagonal adjacent sides,
you may use this ability to gain advantage on
the check.
• Upgrade – You may use your Melt into
Shadows ability when there are walls or
obstacles on only one side.
Nimble Fighter – When a melee attack misses
you, you may use this ability to immediately
take a Move action.
• Upgrade – When you upgrade this ability,
you may also take the Move action on a
successful enemy attack as long as you
didn't take more than 2 damage.
Stalwart – When you are wielding a shield
and are attacked with a charge, you may use
this ability to break the charge.
• Upgrade – When you use Stalwart, if you
are successful in defending against the
attack, you automatically deal 2
bludgeoning damage to the attacker.
Weapon Expertise – When you buy this
ability, choose a weapon-related skill. When
that skill trait is the lowest die during a check,
you may use this ability to re-roll it.
• Upgrade –When you use Weapon Expertise,
you may re-roll the skill trait as one die size
higher (d12 max).
Weapon Mastery – When you buy this ability,
choose a weapon equipment trait. When that
trait successfully deals or blocks damage, you
may use this ability to increase the amount of
damage it deals or blocks by one.
• Upgrade – When you use Weapon Mastery,
increase the amount of damage it deals or
blocks to two.
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Weapon Proficiency – When you buy this
ability, choose a weapon equipment trait. You
may use this ability when you roll a 1 on that
trait during a check to re-roll that trait.
• Upgrade – You may use Weapon Proficiency,
on rolls of 2 for that trait, as well.
Whisper Step – When you are about to make
a wandering monster roll for the first time in
an adventure, you may use this ability to
avoid doing so.
• Upgrade – You may also use Whisper Step
on the second wandering monster roll.
Carousing
You may also opt to Carouse once per visit to
town. Doing so costs one treasure. Roll a d6:
Roll Result
1 You gamble away your treasure, and sleep
in the gutter. During your next adventure,
you have -2 maximum stamina from your
weariness.
2 You get in a bar fight and raise the ire of
the town guard, spending the night in jail.
By the time you are released, a few days
have passed. You may go to town again,
but you have-2 maximum stamina during
your next adventure.
3 You buy a drink for a fellow tavern-goer,
and it turns out she knows how to get
what you seek. You may purchase an item
or training in town without having to roll
for availability. It costs 1 treasure less.
4 You gamble in the gambling halls and win!
Gain back the treasure you spent to
carouse plus one more.
5 You carouse with some mercenaries, and
they give you tips for effective fighting.
Increase your maximum stamina by one.
6 You are heartened by companionship,
camaraderie, and goodwill. Increase your
maximum health by two.
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• Entering the Dungeon •
So you've generated an adventure on the
companion web app, you've gone to town to
prepare, and you're ready to enter the
dungeon. Click the "enter" button on the web
app's adventure to go into your first room.
It will show you the room layout for the first
room. Prepare the room for play (on graph
paper, using paper minis, using real mini's,
etc.), and place your hero on the starting
location.
Each room displayed by the web app will
indicate the room layout and indicate the
points of interest in the room. Each point of
interest has a description of what's there,
some optional special rules, and a button to
activate the point of interest. There are several
types of points of interest:
• Exits – The exits from the room are marked
as points of interest. When you successfully
use that exit, click the button to travel to
the next room. You need to be adjacent to
the exit in order to do this.
• Enemy – Many rooms will contain enemies.
The Enemy points of interest show where
each enemy spawns and any special rules
they have. Select a miniature representing
the enemy and place it in the noted spot.
The domain notes will contain the traits of
the monsters that appear. When you defeat
the enemy, click the button so that it stops
appearing when you revisit the room, and
so it can grant you any spoils.
• Feature – Any other point of interest will be
described with the special rules here. Unless
otherwise noted, you will need to move to
the tile with the feature and click the button
when you arrive. Often, you will want to
select a feature mini (such as a chest or a
barrel) and place it on the map there.
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The Main Gameplay Loop
Once the room is set up, you simply start
taking turns:
• You and your companions, in any order you
choose, each take a turn consisting of three
actions.
• Each enemy, in any order you choose, takes
a turn consisting of three actions.
• Repeat until you leave the room or die.
Some game effects may increase or reduce the
number of actions someone can take on their
turn. For instance, zombies only take two
actions because they are slow and lumbering.
(There are optional rules for "rolling for
initiative" in the optional rules section.)
Actions
Here are the available actions that can be
taken. Actions marked with a † are actions
that are generally available to enemies, too.
Move †
A character may spend an action to move one
square. Movement may be done horizontally
or vertically into any tile that shares at least
part of an edge with the current tile. Once per
turn when you move, you may instead move
diagonally across a corner, provided you'd
normally be able to walk there by moving
horizontally and vertically.
You cannot move into squares occupied by
enemy figures. You can move into a square
occupied by an ally; if you do, you switch
places with them as part of the move.
Attack †
A character may attack another character by
spending an action to roll an attack check
against them. If the attack check succeeds, the
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success result is the amount of damage
inflicted on the defender. If the attack fails,
nothing happens unless the enemy has boons
on the traits they used to defend with.
To make a melee attack, the characters must
be adjacent. To make a missile attack, the
characters must have line of sight of each
other with no intervening blocking tiles.
Two characters are in line of sight if you can
draw a line from the center of the attacking
mini's tile to any part of the target mini's tile
without passing through blocking terrain.
Staggering Blows – If an attack deals half the
target’s remaining health (rounded up) or
higher, the target is staggered. They are
moved backwards one space (1”) away from
the attacker if possible, and the target is
considered staggered (you can turn the mini
to face away from you to remember this). A
staggered target must spend an action to
remove the staggered status before it can take
other actions.
Charge †
A character may Move one tile (1") and Attack
as the same action, using the usual rules for
both. If they do so, they gain advantage on
their attack roll. Enemies will always charge
when initiating a melee attack if possible.
Rebalance †
Some heavy two-handed weapons require you
to rebalance them to regain their efficacy. This
action rebalances the weapon. An enemy with
an unbalanced weapon will always rebalance
before attacking.
Sneak
All enemies, by default, begin the room
unaware of you. One of the ways they can
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become aware of you is that you enter their
line of sight.
If you take the Sneak action, any subsequent
Move actions that turn that bring you within
line of sight of one or more enemies, you may
make a Stealth check against those enemies to
have them remain unaware. Each enemy will
roll their standard dice to notice you.
Sneaking does not negate the other ways of
enemies becoming aware of you, such as
bringing a light into a darkened area.
Set against charge
When you set against charge, the next charge
attack on you breaks the charge, meaning the
advantage from charging is negated.
Use Item
You may spend an action to use an item in
your hand or belt pouch or indicated by a
feature nearby. For instance, lighting a torch,
drinking a potion, or using a key you are
holding takes an action.
Swap Equipment
You may spend two actions to swap an item
into and/or out of your backpack. For
example, you can swap a shield for a torch.
If you have an item in a "handy" container,
you do not have to spend an action to swap it
out. It doesn't require an action to sheathe or
unsheathe a sword, nor does it require an
action to pull a potion from a belt pouch.
Use an Exit
If you are adjacent to an exit and there are no
aware enemies in the room, you may use the
exit and move to the next room. Use the
companion web app to reveal the next room.
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Any allies that are adjacent to you (or
adjacent to allies that are adjacent to you if
there's not room for everyone), may move
into the next room with you. Any allies left
behind are considered lost.
Every time you enter a room you've entered
before, roll for wandering monsters.
(There is an optional rule for leaving a room
with enemies in it; see the optional rules
section at the end of this document.)
Long Actions
Long Actions are actions which take up a
longer amount of time. You cannot take long
actions when there are enemies in the room.
Before you can take a long action, you must
roll for wandering monsters. If any appear,
your long action is cancelled, and you must
deal with the new arrival instead.
Rest
Roll your character level die and regain that
number of stamina, up to your maximum.
If you have a food item, such as the mundane
rations, you can eat that food as part of your
rest action to gain its effects. Unless otherwise
noted by special food items, you may only eat
three times during an adventure; after that,
you're not hungry any more.
Investigate
Some points of interest on the map let you
Investigate them. To investigate a point of
interest, you must be adjacent to its space,
spend the long action, and then click the
Investigate button for the item.
Don / Remove Armor
Donning or removing a suit of armor takes a
long action (so changing the armor you are
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wearing to a different set takes two long
actions). Don't get caught naked!
Enemy Activity
Unlike in a computer-based rogue-like, the
computer does not determine the behavior of
your enemies. Instead, they follow some
predefined rules on their turn.
What follows are descriptions of these
predefined rules for enemies.
In cases where you or an ally are equally valid
as targets, enemies will select allies first
unless you spend a stamina point, in which
case you may threaten or coerce them into
selecting you instead.
Unaware Enemies
When a room is entered for the first time, all
enemies there are considered to be unaware,
although several enemies will instantly
become aware of you when you enter the
room if you are in their line of sight when you
enter (and you are not sneaking).
Unaware enemies will Move in a random
direction; for each action they have, roll a
d10, and starting with a 1 at the north and
going clockwise around, move the enemy one
square in the given direction. If you roll a 9 or
10, they stay where they are.
Enemies can become aware of you if any of
the following occurs:
• You or the enemy ends a move within line
of sight (unless you are Sneaking and
successfully roll to stay hidden).
• You bring a light source within line of sight
of them.
• You attack them or cause damage to them.
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• You come within one square (one inch) of
them.
• Another enemy within line of sight of the
becomes aware of you.
Once an enemy becomes aware of you, they
act using the rules below.
Strategies
Enemies often have a list of strategies.
Enemies will, on their turn, spend actions to
Move into an appropriate position to apply the
next strategy on their list, and when they're
there, they put it into play.
• If it's a melee strategy, they will try to move
adjacent you or an ally and then perform it.
If they can, they will Charge to perform
their strategy, giving them advantage on an
attack roll.
• If it's a ranged strategy, they will try to move
into line of sight of you or an ally, and then
perform it. If they start their turn adjacent
to you or an enemy, they will try to move at
least one tile away before performing a
ranged strategy if possible.
• If it's a personal strategy, they will just use
it; they don't need to be in any particular
place.
Each time a strategy is used, the enemy
moves on to the next strategy, looping around
to the top of their strategy list when they
reach the bottom.
Some strategies may be marked as Single;
once used, these strategies are not used again
by that enemy until the strategy list gets reset.
If an enemy has no strategies, or has used all
their Single strategies and have no others,
they are assumed to have a default strategy of
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moving to Attack with whatever weapon they
have.
When an enemy becomes unaware of you,
their strategy list gets reset; they gain back
their entire list of strategies, including their
Single ones.
When an enemy cannot use a strategy
because they are too far away or do not have
line of sight, then they will move towards you
or an ally, whichever is nearest, hoping to get
in range. If neither are within line of sight,
they move to the last known position. If they
reach the last known position and still do not
gain line of sight, they become unaware again
(and reset their strategy list).
Skirmishers
By default, an enemy without strategies is a
Skirmisher. Skirmishers are enemies with a
predefined strategy list containing one
strategy: to perform a melee attack.
They will move towards you or an ally,
whichever is closest, charge when they get
close enough, and then perform melee attacks
against you until they are killed.
Snipers
Some enemies are marked as Snipers without
a strategy list. Snipers are enemies with a
predefined strategy list containing one
strategy: to perform a ranged attack.
They will move towards you or an ally,
whichever is closest, until they have line of
sight, move away when you get too close, and
perform ranged attacks against you until they
are killed.
Some snipers have ammunition tracks; every
time they attack and miss, they lose one
ammunition. If they run out, they become
Skirmishers. Snipers without ammunition
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tracks are assumed to have plenty of
ammunition.
Example: Torsin is fighting a dire bat which has a
strategy list of "Swoop: Single ranged attack from 2
away." and "Bite: Melee attack with fangs." The first
turn, it was four tiles away from Torsin, so it moved
twice to become two away, and for its final action,
performed the Swoop attack.The next turn,Torsin
was still two away, so it moved one closer, then
charged to perform its bite attack. Since the Swoop
was a "single" attack, when the bat loops around to
the top of its strategy list, it will skip swooping;
therefore, it will just try to bite every turn from now
on. It is now effectively a skirmisher. However, if Torsin
somehow manages to evade it for a while, such as by
moving into a different room, it will reset its entire list,
and the next time it encounters Torsin, it will Swoop
on him again.
Rolling for Wandering
Monsters
You generally Roll for Wandering Monsters
when you take a long action or you enter a
room that has no enemies in it; just click the
button in the web app. How often wandering
monsters appear depends on your current
level:
Your Level Wandering Monsters Appear
d4 1 in d12
d6 1 in d10
d8 1 in d8
d10 1 in d6
d12 1 in d4
Each realm has its own wandering monster
chart; the app will roll on that chart to see
what appears.
Unless otherwise noted, wandering monsters
appear through a randomly-selected room
exit.
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Darkness
Some rooms are marked as dark or being in
darkess. These rooms have no light source; no
guttering torches, no silvered moonlight, etc.
Whenever you make a check in a darkened
room without providing a light source of your
own, your highest die roll suffers a -2 penalty
(minimum 1) except for Stealth checks, which
enjoy a +2 bonus instead.
Also, remember that bringing a light source
into a darkened area automatically alerts all
enemies in the room, whether you're sneaking
or not. Light in the darkness is very
noticeable!
In general, torches are the manner in which
you bring light into a dungeon. You can carry
one around with you, but it requires a hand
slot free.
You can carry a two-handed weapon in both
hands if you are carrying a torch, but you
can't attack with it while doing so.
You can spend an action to put your torch
down and use both hands normally while
having it still provide light. Note the position
of the torch; it can only provide light for you
within three tiles away from it. Beyond that,
you're back in darkness.
At the end of your turn, roll 1d6 for each
torch on the floor. If you roll a one, it sputters
out and stops providing light. If you put a
torch in a puddle or other wet or watery area,
it goes out automatically when set down.
You can also drop a torch without spending
an action, but then you roll for it going out
immediately when you drop it.
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Flooded areas
Some areas are flooded, meaning you have to
swim or wade in them. When you are in a
flooded area, you must choose your Swim trait
as one of your two trait dice whenever you
make a check.
If you ever enter a flooded area wearing plate
mail or chain mail or when you are carrying
more than half your allotted bulk, you cannot
swim; you don't even get your Swim die, and
may only roll one die for each check. In
addition, you are drowning – each action you
spend in water removes 6 Stamina. Every
Stamina you cannot pay for removes 2 Health.
You may don or remove your armor by
spending an entire turn doing so. You can’t
don armor if monsters are present. You can
"ford" your equipment across a flooded area
in this manner. Don't forget to roll for
wandering monsters!
Poison
Some monsters will poison you. If you get
poisoned, the poison will have a potency
measured in a number of long actions
(probably the result of the attack that
poisoned you).
Each time you take a long action, reduce the
potency by one and take 1d4 poison damage.
Large Creatures
Some realms have “large” creatures. These
are creatures which take up more space than
most monsters. Generally, they take up a 2x2
space (2”x2”), but they may spend an action
to “squeeze” down to fit through 1” spaces in
order to reach their target. Once they have
room for a 2x2 space, they resize up for free.
You have advantage when attacking large
creatures that are “squeezing”. Large
creatures are immune to knockback.
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• Leaving the Dungeon •
Eventually, you will either complete your
adventure's objective, or you will flee the
dungeon without completing it. Your
adventure ends there.
Before you leave the dungeon, make sure
you've collected all the loot you want to carry
back with you; anything you leave in the
dungeon that you can't carry is lost forever.
Leveling Up (and Winning)
If you completed your objective (i.e., you did
not flee and forfeit the objective), then you
level up.
Advance your level die to the next die size: d4
to d6, d6 to d8, etc. You may also want to
note your new Wandering Monster chance.
If you level up when you are already level
d12, then you win the game!
After leveling up, you may go to town to
spend your hard-earned loot on improved
skills, new equipment, new abilities, etc. Then
return to the companion app and generate a
new adventure at your new, more difficult
level!
Forfeiting
If an adventure has gotten the best of you,
you can forfeit by exiting the adventure where
you entered. You do not get to level up when
you forfeit; instead, the shame and
humiliation takes its toll. Choose one:
• Drown your sorrows in ale for a few weeks,
spending 2 treasures.
• Lose a level (minimum d4).
You may still go to town to replenish your
supplies. Then, generate a new adventure at
your current level.
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• Grid-less Play •
If you wish to provide your own miniatures
and scenery, and wish to play gridless, here
are some rules to support that.
Movement will depend on whether your
mini's have a square or round base.
Square bases – To Move, put your finger or a
pencil down to mark one corner of your
miniature's base, and then move the
miniature so that a different corner is placed
at that location. You may only move to the
opposite corner once per turn; otherwise you
must always choose an adjacent corner.
Round bases – To Move, put your finger or
pencil down to mark a point on the edge of a
miniature's base, and then move the
miniature so that its base is still touching that
• Optional Rules •
Rolling for Initiative
Whenever you newly enter a situation where
there are enemies present, before you start
taking turns, you roll for initiative.
Choose the closest enemy in play, and roll an
Intuition check against that enemy. If you
succeed, you and your allies begin taking
turns first. If you fail, move immediately to
the enemy taking their turns first.
If you get a critical success on a roll for
initiative check, your first attack that turn
gains advantage. (Similarly, if your enemies
get a critical success, they gain advantage on
their first attack.)
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point. There are no restrictions on diagonal or
orthogonal movement.
Regardless of the style of bases you use, if you
are within one base width of a terrain feature
or enemy, or if you'd overlap it, you may
"snap" to that terrain feature or enemy to
become adjacent to it.
Line of sight is determined by checking if a
line from the center of the source miniature
can be extended to any part of the base of the
target miniature without passing through
blocking obstacles or other miniatures. If so,
line of sight is established.
When using your own terrain, you do not
need to recreate the rooms exactly;
approximate the rooms according to what
terrain elements you have available and don't
worry too much about placement.
Fleeing the Enemy
This optional rule allows you to leave a room
when there are still aware enemies present in
the current room.
If there are aware enemies still in the room
when you leave it, make a note of them, and
roll 1d4. They will emerge through the door
you passed through as their first action in that
number of turns. (Spiking the door shut can
delay this.) If you pass through another door,
they will emerge from that door instead.
Thus, enemies follow you from room to room
if you don't take care of them. (Note that they
also gain the benefit of their strategies
resetting.) Remember to go back into the
relevant room to click the Defeat button for
the enemies you draw into other rooms, or
you may miss important quest details!
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INDEX
• Introduction • 1 Swap Equipment 15
Use an Exit 15
• What you'll need • 1 Long Actions 16
Rest 16
• Preparing the Minis • 2 Investigate 16
Assembling the Miniatures 2 Don / Remove Armor 16
Enemy Activity 16
• The Core Mechanic • 3 Unaware Enemies 16
Boons 4 Strategies 17
Banes 4 Skirmishers 17
Ties 4 Snipers 17
Abilities 5 Rolling for Wandering Monsters 18
Advantage and Disadvantage 5 Darkness 18
Flooded areas 19
• Character Creation • 6 Poison 19
Skills 6 Large Creatures 19
• Going to Town • 7 • Leaving the Dungeon • 19
Your backpack 7 Leveling Up (and Winning) 19
Adventuring Equipment 7 Forfeiting 19
Weapons 7
Armor 8 • Grid-less Play • 20
General Equipment 8 • Optional Rules • 20
Selling Items At Market 8 Rolling for Initiative 20
Mundane Weapons and Armor 9 Fleeing the Enemy 20
Visiting the Apothecary 10
Visiting the Temple 10
Afflictions 10
Blessings 10
Visiting the Arcanist 11
Training at Guilds 11
Gaining Abilities 11
Ability Listing 12
Carousing 13
• Entering the Dungeon • 14
The Main Gameplay Loop 14
Actions 14
Move † 14
Rules version 1.3
Attack † 14
Charge † 15 Fable on your Table was written by CC Chamberlin
Rebalance † 15 for the 2020 Seven-Day Roguelike Challenge.
Sneak 15 More information on the game may be found at
Set against charge 15 the web site at:
Use Item 15
fableonyourtable.com

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