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Acknowledgments
Arcane Ugly Version Public Beta 1.3
Arcane Ugly is a hack of Knave 1.0 by Ben Milton

aka The Questing Beast under Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 International License
Art by
Trent Holbrook
Rachel Clayfield
Luke of NerdCraftHQ
Bill of BerserkerWorks
Raquel of RaqrexArt
Terran Conjured Craft
Jeremy of BlackMagicCraft
Franky of Franky.D.Crafter
Tanner of Simpsominiatures
Danny of 3d Printed Tabletop
Rules & Writings by

Trent Holbrook
Bill of BerserkerWorks
Luke of NerdCraftHQ
Terran Conjured Craft
Tanner of Simpsominiatures
Danny of 3d Printed Tabletop
Matt Batten
Manu Rimoni
Nic Schultz
Playtested by
Matt Batten
Nic Schultz
Mitch Sigley
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Welcome To Arcane Ugly
The world of Arcane Ugly is a place of strange, wild and whimsical magic.
Someone set for an adventure can always find one, typically in a dungeon deep
underground. Dungeons in Arcane Ugly aren’t all drab stone walls and endless
mazes, in fact some dungeons are technicolour landscapes or giant underground
oceans or abstract shifting planes. The deeper you explore, the stranger the
world becomes. Be warned — those who spend too long underground never
return home the same.
How The Game Works

Arcane Ugly is a role-playing game that explores weird and wonderful places in
the pursuit for arcane artifacts and powerful spells. A typical game of Arcane
Ugly consists of 2-6 Adventurers and a Gamesmaster. A Gamesmaster describes
fantastical worlds, challenges, creatures and conflicts for Adventurers to interact
with and the Adventurers in turn describe how they interact with them. The aim
isn’t to win or lose in Arcane Ugly, instead the aim is to share a narrative between
players and have a fun time.
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What You’ll Need
To play Arcane Ugly you’re going to need some friends, standard RPG dice,
Adventurer Sheet & Backpack handouts and pencils.
The Dice
Arcane Ugly uses a standard set of polyhedral dice to determine random
outcomes in the game. These are referred to as d4, d6, d8, d10, d12 and d20. The
letter d stands for dice and the number proceeding it is the number of sides the
dice has.
Example: A d20 means a twenty-sided-dice.
Sometimes you’ll see a number before the d as well, which means you need to
roll multiple of the same dice and add the results together.
Example: 2d6 means, roll two six-sided-dice and add the results together.
In addition to the six dice there’s also the monstrous d100. This totally exists as
a dice you can buy but most people just roll a pair of d10’s treating one as the
tens value and the other as the units value.
Example: A roll of 3 on the first d10 and a roll of 6 on the second d10 is 36.
By the way, a pair of 0’s is 100, not 0.
Sometimes rules might ask you to modify a dice roll after it’s rolled.
Example: 4d8 + 4 which means you roll four, eight-sided dice and add 4 to the
result.
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Creating An Adventurer
This is where an Adventurer’s journey starts. If you’re playing as an Adventurer,
follow these steps one by one. You will need an Adventurer’s Sheet and
Backpack to mark down your progress.
�. Rolling for Abilities

As an Adventurer you have four Abilities: Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, and
Weird.
For each Ability, roll 3d6 and write down the lowest of the three dice on your
Adventurer’s Sheet next to that Ability.
Example: You roll a 2, 2, and 6 for Strength. The lowest die is a 2, so your
Strength is 2.
You may optionally swap the rolls of

two Abilities.
Any Ability of 1 is particularly ordinary, 3 is extraordinary, and anything over 5 is

otherworldly.
Abilities of 4 or more must have a wondrous reason for such talent. Were
you blessed with a strange mutation, maybe cursed by a witch or drank an
experimental potion you weren’t meant to? Experienced Adventurers should
make a creative bane to this ability.
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�. Hit Points
Your Hit Points (HP) represent how much physical and mental trauma you can
withstand before you die. To determine your Hit Points roll a d8 + 2.
You may also wish to think of a reason for the number of Hit Points you have,
perhaps it relates to your size, grit, age or previous injuries.
�. Speed
Your Speed represents how far you can move in six seconds. All Adventurers start
with a Speed of 40ft. The distance you can jump is a quarter of your Speed (10ft).
Climbing and swimming is half of your Speed (20ft).
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�. Backpack
Every Adventurer receives a Backpack
which is how you’ll manage your
items while you adventure.
Within your Backpack are Slots,

which represent how many items you
can carry at once.
Your Backpack has 10 + Strength

worth of Slots.
Most items you’ll find take up 1 Slot,

unless more are specified.
The lined pages in your Backpack

(see below) can be used to record
your items and the Slots they require.
You start your adventure with a knife

and two days rations. Add them to
your Backpack now.
Your Backpack—make sure to label it
and decorate it however you like!
Your Backpack, unfolded.
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�. Starting Weapon
Now for your first piece of Treasure, a weapon! Every Adventurer starts with a
scavenged weapon perhaps reclaimed from a war, a family heirloom, a rusty tool
or a wall decoration.
On the following pages are a set of Starting Weapon Treasure cards. You may
choose or randomly select one, whichever is more fun.
On the back of each card is a Unique Properties table which can be rolled to give
your weapon a unique narrative.
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Sword
UNIQUE PROPERTIES
Roll a d10 in each column
1 Rusty 1 & moss covered
2 Simple 2 & poorly maintained
3 Ugly 3 & blood stained
4 Twisted 4 with a colorful handle
5 Splintery 5 with someone else’s initials
Sword
6 Bent 6 with many repairs
STARTING WEAPON
d8 Damage
1 7 Dusty 7 & trinket covered
HAND
8 Chipped 8 & rattles annoyingly
Once per session, if you fail to hit using 9 Slimey 9 & a strange shape
this weapon you may push the target 5ft. 2 10 Shiny 10 and with a animal carving
SLOTS
11 Sticky 11 with a battle cry carving
12 Soggy 12 & uncomfortable
AU#1
Axe
UNIQUE PROPERTIES
Axe
STARTING WEAPON
d8 Damage
HAND
this weapon you may move 10ft. 2 10 Shiny 10 and with a animal carving
SLOTS
AU#2
10
Flail
UNIQUE PROPERTIES
Flail
STARTING WEAPON
d8 Damage
HAND
this weapon you may distract a nearby
target causing them to skip a Combat
2 10 Shiny 10 and with a animal carving
Action. SLOTS
AU#3
Spear
UNIQUE PROPERTIES
Spear
STARTING WEAPON
d6 Damage
HAND
Once per session, if you fail to hit 9 Slimey 9 & a strange shape
using this weapon you may boost all
adventurers damage rolls by +1 for 12
seconds. SLOTS
AU#4
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Dagger
UNIQUE PROPERTIES
Daggerd6 Damage
Once per session, if you fail to hit using this
STARTING WEAPON
d6 Damage
1 7 Dusty
weapon you may switch positions with 7 & trinket covered
your target.
HAND
this weapon you may switch positions
with your target.
SLOT
AU#5
Crossbow
UNIQUE PROPERTIES
d6 Damage
Crossbow
STARTING WEAPON
d6+1 Damage
weapon you may switch positions with your target.
HANDS
this weapon something of importance
catches your eye.
SLOTS
AU#6
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Bow
UNIQUE PROPERTIES
d6 Damage
Bow
STARTING WEAPON
d6 Damage
2 7 Dusty
weapon you may switch positions with 7 & trinket covered
your target.
HANDS
this weapon you may elect to hit a nearby
target instead.
SLOTS
AU#7
Long Sword
UNIQUE PROPERTIES
d6 Damage
Long Sword
STARTING WEAPON
d8 Damage
weapon you may switch positions with your target.
HANDS
this weapon you may boost your Armor
Value by +2 for 6 seconds.
SLOTS
AU#8
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�. Dungeoneering Gear
It’s a dangerous and unforgiving world out there, who knows what you might
need. In preparation for your adventure you’ve managed to acquire a couple
of other odds and ends you might
find useful.
Roll once on the following tables and add the results to your Backpack.
The Local Tavern (d12) General Store (d20)

1 Flask or Interesting Book 1 Rope (50ft)
2 Bottle of Ale or Wine 2 Chalk or Shovel
3 One Day of Rations 3 Soap or Bear Trap
4 Candle 4 Torch
5 Dice Set or Deck of Cards 5 Lantern + Oil
6 Mirror or Something Fake 6 Bucket
7 Grappling Hook or Caltrops 7 Flint & Steel
8 Sling & Ten Ball Bearings 8 Wine or Bedroll
9 Marbles or Cigarettes (12) 9 Parchment, Quill & Ink
10 Unusual Item of Clothing 10 Crowbar or Spikes (5)
11 A Musical Instrument 11 Facepaint or String
12 Lockpicks or Spyglass 12 Hammer or Matches (12)
13 Whistle or Pick
Third-Hand Armor (d10) 14 Blanket
1-7 Nothing 15 Fishing Rod
8 Unflattering Helmet 16 One Day of Rations
9 Shield with Animal Painting 17 Cooking Pots
10 Itchy Leather Armor 18 Net or Something Gross
19 Glue or Grease
20 Tent or Mule (+5 Slots)
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�. Koppa
Items and services not traded for are bought with tiny pearlescent coins, called
Koppa.
You start with Koppa equal to your Intelligence x 6. Record your Koppa in your
Backpack.
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�. Previous Occupation
Before becoming an Adventurer what was your previous occupation? This
occupation can be anything, be creative! Add an item to your Backpack you
would regularly use on the job.
For ideas, roll on the Occupations table below.
Occup a t ions
(d20 & d4)
1 2 3 4
1 Alchemist Brewer Arsonist Tour Guide
2 Beggar Paymaster Scout Cave Explorer
3 Butcher Wilderness Guide Hireling Bee Keeper
4 Bandit Engineer Toy Maker Puppeteer
5 Charlatan Painter Bird Keeper Animal Handler
6 Cleric Priest Ghost Hunter Linguist
7 Cook Town Planner Shepherd Pirate
8 Cultist Farmer Diplomat Leathersmith
9 Gambler Wood Carver Navigator Cheesemaker
10 Herbalist Caretaker Warden Courier
11 Magician Urchin Debt Collector Bookie
12 Zoologist Soldier Captain Damsel
13 Calligrapher Poet Fisherman Arcane Assistant
14 Merchant Bookseller Possessed Archaeologist
15 Outlaw Bodyguard Counterfeiter Gardener
16 Singer Bartender Nomad Coffin Maker
17 Pickpocket Trader Quest Giver Fire Breather
18 Smuggler Collector Professor Dreamer
19 Student Tavern Brawler Kidnapper Squire
20 Tracker Dancer Story Teller Dragon Breeder
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�. Appearance
What do you look like? Choosing one or two defining features that are easy to
remember is a great way to get other Adventures familiar with you.
For ideas, roll on the Appearance table below.
Appe aran ce
(d20 & d4)
1 2 3 4
1 Athletic Bloated Burned Fungusy
2 Brawny Bony War Paint Slimy
3 Corpulent Chiseled Bald Bright
4 Delicate Delicate Curly Hairy
5 Gaunt Elongated Filthy Cute
6 Hulking Hawkish Ponytail Ridiculous
7 Lanky Broken Mohawk Pale
8 Ripped Impish Eccentric Wrinkly
9 Rugged Ratlike Elegant Missing Teeth
10 Scrawny Round Fashionable Clean
11 Short Sunken Frayed Unblinking
12 Sinewy Soft Rancid Long Nose
13 Slender Square Torn Rotting
14 Flabby Scars Spiny Glowing
15 Statuesque Birthmark Lumpy Forgettable
16 Sweaty Makeup Swishy Silky
17 Tiny Pierced Floppy Hat Translucent
18 Towering Tattoos Droopy Decorative
19 Willowy Rosy Beautiful Sigils
20 Wiry Weathered Twisted Beady Eyes
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��. Armor Value
Armor Value (AV) represents your ability to defend yourself from an attack.
Your Armor Value is described by the armor you are wearing. If you are not
wearing armor your Armor Value is 11.
Common Armor Types AV

Leather Armor 12
(1 Slot)
Studded Leather Armor 13
(2 Slots)
Chain Armor 14
(3 Slots, -1 Dexterity)
Half Plate Armor 15
Full Plate Armor 16
Accessories AV
Shield +1
(1 Slot)
Helmet +1
(1 Slot)
Enchanted +1
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��. Ward Value
Ward Value (WV) represents your ability to
Common Charm Types AV
defend yourself from a magical attack.
Market Vendor Charm 12
Your Ward Value is described by the (1 Slot)
charms you are wearing. If you are not Hedge Witch Charms 13
wearing any charms your Ward Value is 11. (1 Slot)
Blessed Charm 14
(1 Slot)
��. A Helping Hand

Roll a d4 for every Ability of 1 you have. Helping Hand
If you roll any multiples of the same Multiples Title
number, you find a Treasure with a title 1, 1 Master of the Elements
described by the Helping Hand table. 2, 2 So, You Want To Be a Wizard?

Otherwise add the dice results together
3, 3 Ocular Olfactory Omens
and gain that value in Koppa.
4, 4 Meta Magic for Beginners
1, 1, 1 Mysteries of Mirrors
2, 2, 2 The Magic of Art Vol II
3, 3, 3 Forbidden Knowledge
4, 4, 4 Mutant Maker
1, 1, 1, 1 Gods and Deities
2, 2, 2, 2 Time & Untime
3, 3, 3, 3 Magical Maintenance
4, 4, 4, 4 Lost Magic
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Playing The Game
The rules in this chapter are the foundation of Arcane Ugly and everything a
Gamesmaster should read before playing. First time Gamesmasters may find
learning these rules daunting, but remember the most important thing is to have
fun and keep the game moving—if you are unsure on a rule, improvise and look it
up later.
Abilities
Each of an Adventurer’s four Abilities are used in different circumstances.
Strength: Used for melee attacks and tests requiring physical power such as
lifting gates and bending bars. Strength is also used to resist poison, sickness
and cold.
Dexterity: Used for ranged attacks and tests requiring poise, speed, and
reflexes like dodging, climbing, sneaking, picking pockets and balancing.
Intelligence: Used for tests requiring concentration, perception and precision,

such as recalling information, navigating, searching, crafting and tinkering.
Weird: Used for tests requiring an understanding of magic and the arcane, such
as casting spells and using alien technology.
Ability Tests
If an Adventurer attempts something
Examples of Difficulty Ratings
other than an attack where the outcome is
uncertain and failure has consequences, DR 10 Easy Tasks
they may be asked by the Gamesmaster DR 12 Challenging Tasks
to make an Ability Test. To make an Ability DR 15 Hard Tasks
Test roll a d20 and add the score of the
Ability being tested. If the total is equal DR 18 Very Hard Tasks
to or greater than the Difficulty Rating
(DR) determined by the Gamesmaster, the
Adventurer succeeds in their task. If not,
they fail.
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Example: An Adventurer describes attempting to scale down a steep cliff in the
rain. The Gamesmaster asks the Adventurer for a Dexterity Test. The Gamesmaster
has decided this task has a Difficulty Rating of 14 but the Adventurer rolls a 15 (A
natural roll of 13 + 2 for their Dexterity) and overcomes the challenge.
Another Adventurer attempts to do the same but rolls a 12 (11 + 1 for their Dexterity)
and fails. The Gamesmaster then describes the failure—“You climb down the cliff
with ease until half-way down your hand grabs a loose rock and you slip! You fall
about ten feet into a puddle of mud and sharp rocks. You receive d4 damage.”
Assistance
Adventurers may wish to combine their efforts to complete a single task that
requires an Ability Test. In which case add +1 to the results of an Ability Test
for each Adventurer that significantly contributes to a task. Adventurers must
describe how they are uniquely assisting the task.
Reattempting a Failed Task

It is natural for desperate Adventures to attempt a failed task over and over in
hopes for a different outcome. It is important to remember Gamesmasters are
responsible for declaring an Ability Test, not Adventurers. Gamesmasters should
only ask for an Ability Test if an outcome is unclear.
In the event an Adventurer reattempts a previously failed task, a Gamesmaster

should ask themselves “Have they gained any significant knowledge that may
help since their last attempt?” or “Are they trying something new this time?”
If the answer is yes to either consider asking for an Ability Test, if no, simply
describe what happens based on the previous outcome.
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Challenges
When two Adventurers oppose each other in a battle of strength, speed, skill
or wit and the result is unclear it is called a Challenge. Both parties roll a d4 +
Ability and the highest result wins the conflict.
Social Challenges
Sometimes the result of a social interaction may be unclear such as one
Adventurer trying to intimidate another. In which case a Challenge takes place.
Both parties use the most applicable Ability based on their performance or an
attempt to resist/counter a performance.
Example: One Adventurer might try to intimidate with their Strength, while
another might attempt to counter using their Intelligence. An entrancing dance
might use Dexterity, an intimidating stance might use Strength, cunning
deception or charm might use Intelligence or revealing an unsettling mutation
might use Weird.
Recalled Experience
Once per session an Adventurer can recall a moment or teaching from their
Previous Occupation that might help them overcome a challenge that calls
for an Ability Test. If the Gamesmaster finds their recollection reasonable and
applicable the Adventurer gains +1 to that dice roll.
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Injury, Healing & Death
Injury
Any number of things can cause an Adventurer to lose Hit Points—attacks
from monsters, triggered traps, falling from a height or backfired spells.
Adventurers have a tendency to get themselves into all sorts of mischief, so
as a Gamesmaster it’s not always clear how many hit points to subtract from
a player when they get hurt. As a general rule start with a d4 and add more d4
dice with each increasing level of severity.
Healing
After a meal and a full night’s rest, Adventurers regain lost Hit Points equal to a
d8 plus their Strength bonus. Resting at a safe haven restores all lost Hit Points.
Death
If an Adventurer’s Hit Points reach 0, they must immediately roll a d6. On a
5+ the Adventurer heroically lives to face another day and gains 1 Hit Point,
otherwise they are dead.
If an Adventurer reaches 0 Hit Points but lives to tell the tale they are also gifted
a Permanent Injury chosen by the Gamesmaster or rolled on the table below.
Permanent Injury (d20)

1-5 Leg Wound -1 Dexterity
6-10 Arm Wound -1 Strength
11-19 Organ Trauma -1 Max HP
20 Head Trauma +1 Weird or -1
Intelligence
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Combat
After enough time in a dungeon Adventurers will inevitably have to defend
themselves from potential threats.
Who Attacks First?

The instigator of the combat rolls a d6. If the target of the combat was startled
add +2 to the result. On a result of 4+ the instigator and their allies have the first
turn of combat.
How Does Combat Work?

On their turn Adventurers may move their Speed and take up to one combat
action. This action may be making an attack, casting a spell, making a second
move, attempting a Stunt, or any other action deemed reasonable by the
Gamesmaster.
Rolling to Attack
Adventurers can use melee weapons to strike adjacent targets or use ranged
weapons to attack from a distance. While engaged in melee combat a ranged
weapon cannot be used.
To make an attack, roll a d20 and add the attacker’s Strength or Dexterity score,
depending on whether they are using a melee or ranged weapon, respectively.
If the attack total is equal to or greater than the defender’s Armor Value, the
attack hits. If not, the attack misses.
Rolling For Damage

If a successful attack is made, the attacker then rolls their weapon’s damage
die to determine how many Hit Points the defender loses.
Critical Hits
During an attack roll, if the attacker rolls a natural 20 (a roll of 20 before any
modifiers are applied), add an additional damage die of the weapon’s type.
Stunts
Stunts are combat maneuvers such as stunning, shoving, disarming, tripping,
sundering armor, and so on. They are resolved with an appropriate Ability Test
or Challenge determined by the Gamesmaster. They may not cause damage
directly, but may do so indirectly (for example, pushing an enemy off of a ledge).
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Advantage
An attacker that has Advantage against their target may perform a Stunt action
and an attack action in the same round of combat.
Adventurers can gain Advantage in combat by attacking a target that is

unaware, on lower ground, off balance, disarmed, distracted, or tactically
disadvantaged in any significant way. The Gamesmaster, as usual, has the final
say.
Called Shots
If an Adventurer is attacking a giant-sized target there may be some tactical
advantage in targeting specific parts of the body with an attack (e.g. a tentacle
or feathery wings or a giant unblinking eye.
An Adventurer can announce they are attempting to target a specific part of

the body before an attack roll is made. Then resolve an attack roll as normal
dealing any damage specifically to that part of the body.
The part being targeted must be human size or larger otherwise the attack
is resolved as normal. Resolving called shots is up to the Gamesmaster’s
discretion but using an eighth of the total target’s HP is an easy way to track the
health of the targeted limb.
Cover
Defenders of an attack that are partially behind cover add +2 to their Armor
Value. Defenders with the majority of their body behind cover add +4 to their
Armor Value. Defenders entirely behind cover cannot be directly targeted by
most attacks.
Potions & Poisons

Potions and poisons must be absorbed by the body in its entirety in order to take
effect. Potions may be applied to weapons and will affect the target of an attack
if at least 1 damage has been dealt by that weapon.
Common poisons and venoms deal 1 damage per hour or 1 damage per two hours
if the affected remains unmoving.
Most poisons can be cured with an antidote kit and a DR10 Intelligence Test
unless specified otherwise.
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Non-Adventurers
Any being, creature, ally, friend or foe controlled by the Gamesmaster is
referred to as a Non-Adventurer. Non-Adventurer could describe anything from
a talking mouse, sentient rock or colossal-sized man-eating giant.
Non-Adventurers Rules
All Non-Adventurers share the same rules as Adventurers unless specified
otherwise. Non-Adventurers perform Ability Tests, Challenges and experience
combat in the same way as an Adventurer but are controlled by the
Gamesmaster.
Why Non-Adventurers?
Many tabletop role-playing games opt to use those terms like monster, enemy
or NPC, or make distinctions between friend or foe, so why not Arcane Ugly?
Arcane Ugly wants to remind players the inhabitants of its world don’t exist to
be slain nor befriended and the distinctions and degrees between friend or foe
are determined by those playing.
Non-Adventurers For Your Game

An ever-growing collection of Non-Adventurers can be found in the chapter The
Bestiary. To make your own Non-Adventurers try modifying an entry from The
Bestiary the best suits your design or use the chapter Creating an Adventurer as
a guide.
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Treasure
Why else would one become an Adventurer but for the Treasure? Treasure is the
lifeblood of Arcane Ugly. Treasure is power.
What is Treasure?
Treasure are the artifacts of the world that Koppa simply cannot buy. Treasure is
earned though adventure or traded for other Treasure.
When Adventurers are awarded Treasure

from a Gamesmaster, they’ll receive a card
that looks like something like this →
Keywords
Some Treasure cards have keywords
beneath the title that correspond to rules
or further information text not present on
the card. These rules are referred to as
Advanced Rules as there non-essential to
start playing Arcane Ugly and can be read
once relevant to your game. The chapter
Advanced Rules, contains rules for each
keyword found on a Treasure card.
Distributing Treasure
Gamesmasters should build a curated
deck of Treasure cards most fitting for
the adventure taking place, or based on the desires of the Adventurers.
When a reward is needed, the deck should be shuffled and drawn from by an
Adventurer.
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Items & Shops
No doubt Adventurers will seek more items and reasources beyond their starting
equiptiment. This chapter is a collection of items and shops for Gamesmasters to
populate their world with.
Hunter’s Tools & Dungoeneering Supplies

Item Koppa Information
Basic Hand Tool 10 Hammer, file, drill, crowbar, saw,
bucket ect.
Basic Building 1 Plank, tar, spike, grease, nails, glue
Material ect.
Hunting Tool 15 Net, tishing rod, beartrap ect.
Lifting and 10 Rope (50ft), chain (10 ft), twine (300
Linking ft), block and tackle ect
Cookpots 10
Waterskin 5
Oilskin Trousers 5
Oilskin Bag 5
Tent (3 man) 100
Bedroll 10
Candle 1 Burns for 4 hours
Lantern 30
Lamp Oil 5 Burns for 4 hours
Torch 1 Burns for 1 hour
Tinderbox 10
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Deja’s Armory
Dagger, Cudgel, Sickle, Staff, 5 d6 damage, 1 slot, 1 hand
etc.
Spear, Sword, Mace, Axe, Flail, 10 d8 damage, 2 slots, 1 hand
etc.
Halberd, War Hammer, Long 20 d10 damage, 3 slots, 2 hands
Sword, Battle Axe, etc.
Sling 5 d4 damage, 1 slot, 1 hand
Bow 15 d6 damage, 2 slots, 2 hands
Crossbow 60 d8 damage, 3 slots, 2 hands
Arrows (20), Bolts (20) 5
Leather Armor 60 AV 12, 1 slot
Studded Leather Armor 500 AV 13, 2 slots
Chain Armor 1200 AV 14, 3 slots, -1 Dexterity
Half Plate Armor 4000 AV 15, 4 slots, -2 Dexterity
Full Plate Armor 8000 AV 16, 5 slots, -3 Dexterity
Shield 60 AV +1
Helmet 60 AV +1
Night Markets
Market Vendor Charm 60 WV 12, 1 slot
Hedge Witch Charms 500 WV 13, 1 slot
Blessed Charm 4000 WV 14, 1 slot
Cat 100 WV +1, 1 slot
Eye Makeup 50 WV +1, 0 slot
Life Potion 60 Restores d4+2 Hit Points, only
effective once per session.
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Sunday Market Thieves & Fools
Item Koppa Item Koppa
Travel rations (1 day) 5 Grappling Hook 10
Animal Feed (1 day) 2 Caltrops (bag) 10
Bacon, side of 10 Cards 5
Bread, 1 loaf 1 Fake Jewels 50
Cheese, 1 lb 2 Glass Marbles 5
Cider, 4 gallons 1 Lens 30
Cod, whole 20 Lockpicks 300
Eggs, 24 1 Mirror (small, silver) 5
Flour, 5 lbs 1 Musical Instrument 10
Fruit, 1 lb 1 Padlock and Key 10
Garlic, bunch 1 Spyglass 1000
Grain, 1 bushel (8 gal.) 4 Set of Loaded Dice 5
Herbs, 1 bunch 1 Spiked boots 5
Lard, 5 lbs 1 Manacles 600
Onions, 1 bushel 8
Gammy’s Garments
Salt, 1 bushel 3
Item Koppa
Spices, 1 lb 100
Common Clothing 10
Sugar, 1 lb 12
Fine Clothing 50
Wine/ale, bottle 1
Noble Clothing 3000
Chicken 1
Fur Clothing 5000
Cow 100
Winter Clothing 100
Dog 50
Donkey (5 Slots) 300
Goat 10
Hawk 1000
Horse (10 Slots) 1000
Ox (5 Slots) 300
Pig (2 Slots) 30
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Ab’s Academia and
Apothecary
Item Koppa
Bottle/Vial 1
Chalk (10 pieces) 1
Holy Water 25
Incense (packet) 20
Quill and Ink 50
Book (Blank) 300
Cauldron 40
Poison 100
Antidote Kit 100
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Items & Shops
Marvelous Magic
Wand of 2000 Should you fail to cast a spell while
Protection holding a Wand of Protection you may
choose to not trigger a Miscast! Event
if your casting roll is within 2 of the
spells DR.
Staff of Protection 4000 Should you fail to cast a spell while
holding a Staff of Protection you may
choose to not trigger a Miscast! Event
if your casting roll is within 5 of the
spells DR.
Wand of Sparks 4000 Spellcasting through this wand
mutates all spells and MISCAST!
Events to have a hint of lightning to
their function, appearance and sound.
Wand of Bang! 4000 Spellcasting through this wand
Events to have a hint of explosion to
Wand of Flames 4000 Spellcasting through this wand
Events to have a hint of fire to their
function, appearance and sound.
Wand of Seas 4000 Spellcasting through this wand
Events to have a hint of water to their
Wand of 5000 Spellcasting through this wand
Toadstools mutates all spells and MISCAST!
Events to have a hint of fungus to their
Wand of The Wild 6000 Spellcasting through this wand
Events to have a hint of madness to
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Items & Shops
Marvelous Magic
Wand of Focus 5000 The DR of spells cast through this
wand are -1
Staff of Wisdom 6000 The DR of spells cast through this
wand are -2
Orb of Undoing 3000 Once per session you may ignore
the result of a Miscast! Event but not
before making a note of the would-be
outcome.
Any time you or a nearby Adventurer

would use an Orb of Undoing in this
way again, roll a d4. On a result of
4, all would-be Miscast! Events by
nearby Adventurers are executed.
If an Orb of Undoing is destroyed, all

would-be Miscast! Events from nearby
Adventures are executed.
Staff of Time 4000 You may postpone the result of a
Miscast! Event by d6 minutes.
Wand of Power 6000 The DR of spells cast through
this wand are +3. All successful
spellcasting attempts are cast at
double power.
Hat of Knowledge 1000 While wearing a Hat of Knowledge
you may use Intelligence in place of
Weird while casting a spell. Should
you fail to cast a spell while using the
Hat of Knowledge, the hat becomes
mundane.
Orb of Strength 1000 While holding an Orb of Strength you
may use Strength in place of Weird
while casting a spell. Should you fail
to cast a spell while using the Orb of
Strength, it breaks.
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Advanced Rules
The rules in this chapter are Advanced Rules and are non-essential to start
playing Arcane Ugly. These rules can be read as you play when directed by a
Treasure card to do so.
Consumable (*)
Some Treasure is consumed upon use, perhaps eaten, destroyed in the process
or stolen by a floating hand from an interdimensional hellscape abyss.
A Treasure with the Consumable (*) keyword has a limited number of uses
denoted within the parentheses. Treasure with Consumable (1) can be used
once, Treasure with Consumable (3) can be used three times and so forth.
Lightning
While rolling to hit a target using a weapon with the Lightning keyword, roll
a d6. On a 6, a zap of lightning shoots from the weapon, and the target is
momentary stunned reducing their Speed by half for the following turn. If the
target is halfling-sized or smaller their Speed is instead reduced to 0.
Tattoo
Treasures with the Tattoo keyword must be permanently applied to an
Adventurers skin via a magical tattooist. A tattooist is never far away from the
location of which a tattoo Treasure is found.
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Brewing
At first glance, the art of potion-making can seem like nonsensical madness,
and for the most part, is it. Few potion-makers understand the process in its
entirety and those that do typically have names that end in “the Mad”, “the
Unsound” or “The Delirious.”
Brewing Potions
To brew a potion you must have an understanding of how it is made by studying
a sample or by following a recipe. Combine all the necessary ingredients in a
boiling vessel of water and brew for four hours in the presence of the night’s sky.
The potion recipes in this section list ingredients in either quotations or in

italics. Ingredients described in quotations like “snake” mean an item with that
word in its title. Ingredients described in italics such as something furry could
be any item that fits that description.
Example: A potion asks for “spider”, “tooth” and something sharp. So an

Adventurer adds a giant spider leg, a lizard tooth and a knife to their potion.
Potion Recipes
Potion Ingredients
Grow Potion “chicken egg”, “spider”, “fur”, “giant”, “wing”, “human
skull”, yellow flower, shiny blue object.
Essence of Great “giant”, “slug”, “chicken skin”, “tooth”, “bat spleen”,
Slug Skin “dried moss”, “blood”, root of a tree.
Odd Milk “milk”, “stomach”, “clock”, a rare insect, something you
love.
Pin Toad Venom “dreamcatcher”, “wing”, “lamp oil”, something toad
shaped that is not a toad, gills of a large water creature.
Potion of The “hand”, “dung”, “star”, “twine”, a secret from a stranger,
Twisted Hand heart from something with exactly six limbs.
Potion of “lock”, “key”, “tentacle”, “acid”, “dead”, a rare tool,
Undoing something stolen.
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Spellbook
Spells
A Treasure with the Spellbook keyword allows an Adventurer to cast a spell. The
Treasure will list four locked spells, unable to be cast until unlocked. Upon first
touch one spell is randomly unlocked determined by a d4. All spells and their
effects can be found in The Arcane Library chapter.
Casting Spells
To cast an unlocked spell, an Adventurer must succeed its described Ability Test
or a Miscast! Event is triggered. Every spell has its own Miscast! Event, which is
described below the spell.
Unwilling Targets
If the spell is cast upon an unwilling target, the Ability Test result must be equal
to or greater than the target’s Ward Value. If not, the spell is still cast but spell
misses the target.
Dueling
As a reaction to having a spell flung at them the target of a spell may increase
their Ward Value by in-return casting a spell to defend themselves. The spell
must be successfully cast at a higher Ability Test result than the opposing
caster’s Ability Test result. The Adventurer must be able to describe why their
spell can counter the opposing spell e.g. “My water spell will turn the fire spell
into steam”. Spells cast in this way can still trigger a MISCAST!.
FAQ
Q. Can you elect to fail casting a spell instead of rolling in order to trigger a
Miscast!?
A. Are you mad!? Yes.
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Treasury
Mr. Hungry Potion of Undoing

d6 Damage.
1 CONSUMABLE (1), POTION
The gray sludge inside this jar appears 2
Heal 1 Hit Point every time this weapon HAND to be alive. HANDS
successfuly damages a target.
This concoction will unlock all non-
1 magical locks. Simple mechanisms can
take d4-minutes to unlock while complex
2
SLOT mechanisms can take 4d6-minutes. SLOTS
AU#83 AU#26
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Wand of Fire Key to the Other Basement
Spellcasting through this wand mutates By finding this key, you will soon
all spells and MISCAST! Events to have a 1 discover a secret room in your favourite 1
hint of fire to their function, appearance HAND
tavern known only to you. The finder of HAND
and sound. this key is also granted unquestionable
ownership of that room.
1 1
SLOT SLOT
AU#89 AU#1
Map of Nowhere In Particular Forbidden Knowledge
2 1
CONSUMABLE (1) SPELLBOOK
Upon spoken request this tattered map Forbidden Knowledge of Body & Mind
reveals a secret passage in a nearby HANDS Written by Gaius Rego, a book never HAND
location. If no secret passage exists, one meant to be found.
is created.
1 Contains spells: Exquisite Corpse,
Harden Skin, Split Self and Limb
1
SLOT (Re)attachment. SLOT
AU#3 AU#63
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Arcane Library
Eat To Transform Bear Lobber

DR20 | Range: Self | Duration: Instant DR14 | Range: 20ft | Duration: Instant
You must eat a feature of a creature in its You summon giant catapult from which a
entirety. Within 1 hour that feature will grow single black bear is thrown.
on your body.
Black Bear
Strength 2, Dexterity 2, Intelligence 2, Weird 0
Hit Points: 10, Speed: 40ft, Armor Value: 14,
Ward Value: 12, Slots: 4.
Combat Actions:
Rip & Tear: Melee damage, 2d4 damage.
Miscast! Miscast!
Follow the Miscast Event: Follow the Miscast Event:
What Have I Become!? Magical Scraps
SPELLS #27 SPELLS #37
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Exquisite Corpse Harden Skin
DR14 | Range: Self | Duration: 10min DR14 | Range: Self | Duration: 30min
You summon a lifeless body into existence. Your skin toughens and your pain threshold
You have no control over the size, species rises. The weight of your own body seems to
or (likely obseen) appearance of the body. double. Your Armor Value and Ward Value
increases by 2 and your Dexterity score
This spell can be cast at DR 19 to animate decreases by 1.
the summoned body to follow a 3 word
command.
Miscast! Miscast!
Dead. Who Am I?
Split Self Limb (Re)attachment

DR14 | Range: Self | Duration: Instant DR14 | Range: Self | Duration: Instant
You feel your negative emotions tear You may reattach a limb to yourself or any
themselves away from your soul. These being and it will function.
negative emotions manifest themselves as
an physical, functioning and near-identical This spell can be cast at DR 19 to attach any
copy of you. limb to any being and have it function as
intended.
Miscast! Miscast!
Forbidden Texts For a Reason Dead.
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Miscast! Events
Miscast Event!
The Elements Have Gone Mad!
You loose control of the magic you attempt to harness, your body turns hot,
then cold, then weightless and then you feel nothing at all—before:
d20 + Weird
1-5 The spell you’ve attempted to cast has grown wild and is entirely
out of your control. With the assistance of the Games Master roll
on the Narrative Table below. Create a narrative that severely
hinders, both you and your party using each of the keywords
rolled.
6-18 The spell you’ve attempted to cast has grown wild and feels nearly
impossible to control. With the assistance of the Games Master
roll on the Narrative Table below. Create a narrative that hinders,
both you and your party using each of the keywords rolled.
19+ The spell you’ve attempted to cast has grown wild and
unpredictable but you attempt to harness it. With the assistance
of the Games Master roll on the Narrative Table below. Create a
narrative that assists you in accomplishing a goal using each of
the keywords rolled.
Narrative Table: The Elements Have Gone Mad! d6, d6, d6

1 Fire 1 Colorful 1 Explosion
2 Water 2 Odd-shaped 2 Steal
3 Wind 3 Dusty 3 Swap
4 Darkness 4 Sticky 4 Chase
5 Earth 5 Twisted 5 Destroy
6 Heal 6 Fragile 6 Mutation
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Miscast Event!
Put It Out!
d20 + Weird
1 You feel yourself burning from the inside. Pain travels up through
your arms, to your chest and eventually, the pain is so much you
can't feel anything at all. You receive 4d10 damage.
2-10 You create a stream of water.
11 You create a herd of flaming cats.
12-13 You create a:
Flaming Bull
Hit Points: 10, Speed: 50ft, Armor Value: 13, Ward Value: 13, Slots: 4
Combat Actions:
Charge: Melee attack, 2d4 damage.
14 You create a d4 bonfires.
15 You cause fire to rain from the sky. d8 individual balls of fire may
be directed anywhere within 100ft. Fireballs may be dodged by
succeeding a DR11 Dexterity Test otherwise they deal d6 damage.
16 You create a giant magical explosion 10ft wide in a location of your
choosing within 50ft. Those inside the giant explosion are dealt
d4 damage.
17-19 For 1 hour upon command a 10ft stream flames shoot from your
finger tips. This can be used an attack action using Dexterity
dealing d4 damage.
20+ You summon a:
Baby Dragon
Hit Points: 20, Speed: 50ft, Armor Value: 15, Ward Value: 15, Slots: 4
Combat Actions:
Rip & Tear: Melee attack, 2d4 damage.
Firebeath: Range attack, 25ft, d6 damage.
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Miscast Event!
Magical Scraps
d20 + Weird
1-2 You are the sworn enemy of all birds for 7 days.
3-4 Mundane creatures that aren’t birds are now birds.
5-6 You summon d100 big toes, bowls of soup, sword handles or
coffins. (d4)
7-8 You are unable to blink unless a conscious effort is made.
9-10 You’re now dying of hunger or thirst.
11-12 The day in the middle of the week is now universally named
something else.
13-16 Something important that happened today, didn’t happen.
17+ You unknowingly create a wild tornado that will encounter in d100
minutes. Any creature within 15ft must pass a Dexterity or Strength
DR12 test or be sucked into the tornado. Creatures within 5ft
must pass a Dexterity or Strength DR15 test or be sucked into the
tornado. Creatures within the tornado are dealt d4 damage every
round of combat (or every 6 seconds).
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Miscast Event!
What Have I become!?
d20 + Weird
1 Your hands swap sides or all fingers move to one hand. -1
Dexterity
2 A limb turns to stone. -1 Dexterity or -1 Strength
3 Your arm falls off an scuttles away. -1 Dexterity or -1 Strength
4 You are now cube shaped.
5 You glow blue, always.
6 Your face becomes that of an animal you dislike.
7 You loose a finger, toe, ear or tooth. (d4)
8 Your hair falls out, turns white, grows furiously or turns curly. (d4)
9 Your mouth doubles in size.
10 Your hands are always covered in ink.
11 You shrink by 10%, shrink by 25%, grow by 10% or grow by 25%.
(d4)
12 You are now the tallest being within 100ft.
13 Your skin sheds and gains random splotches of irregular colors.
14 Your pupils become lizard-like and you can only see in black and
white.
15 You face swaps with someone else's far away.
16 During this session everywhere you step is now wet and your
constantly cold.
17 During this session everything you touch feels sticky and your
hands seep ooze.
18 Your face becomes that of an animal you like.
19 Edible (but vile) mushrooms now forever grow on your skin.
20+ Your skin grows scales increasing your Armor Value by +1.
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Bestiary
Sad Jacks
Strength 3 Hit Points: 10 These guys live underground and don’t
Dexterity 1 Speed: 40ft enjoy it. Said to be the spirits of lost
Armor Value: 12 Adventurers who travelled too deep and
Intelligence 1
Ward Value: 13 could not get home. Their low blubbering
Weird 3 Slots: 1 can be heard through the tunnels, only
Combat Actions: stopping as they attack with cries of
▸ Bludgeon: Melee attack, d8 “take me home.”
damage.
Small and slow, they will usually attack
in groups of three. They will use their
massive mouths to hold Adventurers
down while they bludgeon them.
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Erik
Strength 0 Hit Points: 40 In the depths of the forest hides a
Dexterity 0 Speed: 1ft sizable lump of fluff. It huffs. When
Armor Value: 14 Erik signed up for life as a monster he
Intelligence 2
Ward Value: 14 pictured infamy and striking fear in
Weird 1 Slots: 1 villager’s eyes as he tore them to shreds.
Combat Actions: Instead, he has found himself at the
▸ Squish: Melee attack, d4 bottom of the monster pecking order,
damage. Erik is now on his side the boxing bag for the other, stronger
unable to stand back up until a beasts.
DR19 Dexterity test is passed.
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Bestiary
Sainted Yeti
Strength 4 Hit Points: 60 Through the falling snow and frozen fog
Dexterity 1 Speed: 40ft you begin to see a silhouette. Surely
Armor Value: 14 nothing could survive on the sides of
Intelligence 4
Ward Value: 14 these mountains at this elevation. A
Weird 5 Slots: 25 large hairy creature dressed in a clean
Combat Actions: robe takes shape, its appearance
▸ Silent Walk: Make a Move action causes fear, but its demeanor is calm
that is absolutely silent. and inviting. The Yeti will offer you food
▸ Devour: Melee attack , d6+2 and survival equipment, which they
damage. retrieve from inside their robe, and give
Slots: it at no cost. Exactly 66mins later the
▸ d10+5 survival themed items yeti will attack anyone who accepted
▸ 1 survival themed Treasure a gift, and retrieve their items to place
under its robe.
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Spud
Strength 1 Hit Points: 4 “Look like yummy shroomy b-on’t taste
Dexterity 3 Speed: 60ft too great, too bony.” - Bork The Orc
Armor Value: 11
Intelligence 1
Ward Value: 11
Weird 3 Slots: 2
Combat Actions:
▸ Sneeze: A spray of spores
paralyses all targets within 10ft if
they fail a DR10 Dexterity Test.
▸ Fast: Can perform 2 Combat
Actions as 1.
▸ Punch: Melee attack, 2 damage
▸ Kick: Melee attack, 2 damage
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World Building
Magic
For centuries the art of magic was lost to man, in a blink of an eye; it vanished.
But something like magic could never be lost forever, it’s just not how these
things work. One day, suddenly, like little seeds planted all over the world, the
arcane texts, the study books, the rune inscribed artifacts, the sigil covered
tomes—they all began to grow. Not grow in a literal sense, but instead, the
words on the pages transformed; the runes, the sigils, the diagrams and charts
themselves—all became magic. Through these artifacts spells once lost, could
again be cast—but this is young magic, wild magic, insatiable, unpredictable
magic—it comes with a risk as much as a reward.
Gods
The greatest of the Gods, Her, created a perfect world, well not at first, but over
time it just sort of worked itself out. When Her grew bored of this world in all
its perfection, they destroyed it but not before collecting 100 or so of the most
interesting inhabitants.
Her created a second world on the ruins of the first and made the 100 or so
recused inhabitants into Gods to make the world as they wish.
Her, watched.
The Three Witches

Three Giant Witches stir a bubbling brew in the center of the earth. This brew is
the embodiment of magic. This magic is pure, this magic is wild and this magic
corrupts.
It is said that the further below the world’s surface you explore the weirder and
wilder it becomes.
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Node
Nodes are giant magical contraptions and a gift of Her to the Gods that walk the
world of Arcane Ugly.
Nodes allow Gods to express themselves and shape parts of the world and its
rules to their own design.
A rule might be “The creation of black power is impossible.” Or “The sun never
sets” or “Floating islands exist here”.
The rules of a Node are enforced by ancient and otherworldly magic and are
impossible to break unless the Node is destroyed or it’s rules are changed.
By design, changing the rules of a Node is difficult and requires powerful,

magical energy, typically reserved for Gods.
Nodes are typically hidden or well guarded. Some Nodes have been abandoned,
some Nodes have been lost. Some Nodes have been taken over.
Nodes in Your Game

Before a game of Arcane Ugly starts, a Gamesmaster and Adventurers should
discuss the Node of the region they’re about to adventure in. The rules of
the Node should be a group decision, led by the Gamesmaster. All players
must agree and feel comfortable with the rules of the Node before the game
continues.
Ruins
Remnants of an old civilizational can be found scattered throughout the world
you adventure. These remnants might be arcane treasures, strange places or
even very, very occasionally and against all odds, ancient beings. These ruins
are often an Adventures motivation to... well, adventure.
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Arcane Ugly is a hack of Knave 1.0 by Ben Milton

Rules & Writings by

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The creators of Arcane Ugly take no responsibility

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How The Game Works

Example: A d20 means a twenty-sided-dice.

�. Rolling for Abilities

You may optionally swap the rolls of

Any Ability of 1 is particularly ordinary, 3 is extraordinary, and anything over 5 is

Within your Backpack are Slots,

Your Backpack has 10 + Strength

Most items you’ll find take up 1 Slot,

The lined pages in your Backpack

You start your adventure with a knife

Your Backpack, unfolded.

The Local Tavern (d12) General Store (d20)

For ideas, roll on the Occupations table below.

For ideas, roll on the Appearance table below.

Common Armor Types AV

��. A Helping Hand

described by the Helping Hand table. 2, 2 So, You Want To Be a Wizard?

2, 2, 2 The Magic of Art Vol II

1, 1, 1, 1 Gods and Deities

2, 2, 2, 2 Time & Untime

Intelligence: Used for tests requiring concentration, perception and precision,

Reattempting a Failed Task

In the event an Adventurer reattempts a previously failed task, a Gamesmaster

Permanent Injury (d20)

Who Attacks First?

How Does Combat Work?

Rolling For Damage

Adventurers can gain Advantage in combat by attacking a target that is

An Adventurer can announce they are attempting to target a specific part of

Potions & Poisons

Non-Adventurers For Your Game

When Adventurers are awarded Treasure

Hunter’s Tools & Dungoeneering Supplies

Any time you or a nearby Adventurer

If an Orb of Undoing is destroyed, all

The potion recipes in this section list ingredients in either quotations or in

Example: A potion asks for “spider”, “tooth” and something sharp. So an

Mr. Hungry Potion of Undoing

Map of Nowhere In Particular Forbidden Knowledge

Eat To Transform Bear Lobber

Split Self Limb (Re)attachment

Narrative Table: The Elements Have Gone Mad! d6, d6, d6

The Three Witches

By design, changing the rules of a Node is difficult and requires powerful,

Nodes in Your Game

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