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a Svvord-and-Sorcery
Fantasy Role-Playing Came

written by
K E N ST. A N D R E

edited by
L IZ DANFORTH

illustrations by
ROB CARV E R
L IZ DAN FORTH
V ICTO R IA POYSER

F I FTH E D I T IO N

PUBLISHED BY
R I C K LOOM I S
F LY I N G B U F F A LO I N C.

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 D E D ICAT ION
T h is Fifth E d ition of T u nnels & T ro l l s is d ed icated to L iz Danforth, who d id the work;
and to Bear Pete rs, w ithout whom the gam e wou ld be very d ifferent.
-Ken St. Andre
August, 7979

Text Co py rig ht © 1 9 75 , 1 97 7 , 1 9 79 Ken St. And re

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First Printing August 1979

Second Printing January 1980
Third Printing October 1980

Certa in minor erro rs h ave been corrected since the first printing of t h is ed ition.

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 CO ITII ITS
(AND �ALCO�TE�TS)
1. I NTRODUCTIO N & BASIC R U L ES
1.1 T roll Talk
1.2 The Basic Game
1.3 Creating Characters
1.4 Equ i p p i ng Characters
1.5 Provisions and Equ ipment
1.51 General S u p p l ies
1.52 Weapons Charts
1.53 Armor & S h ields
1.6 C reat i ng Monsters
1.7 Com bat
1.8 Sav ing Rol ls
1.9 Adventu re Points

2. NAT U RA L D EV ELOPM E NTS : the game as it is played

2.1 Characters
2.11 Character Ty pes
2.12 Character K i n d reds
2.13 Height & We ight Charts
2.14 Character Levels
2.2 Magic
2.21 The Logic of M agic
2.22 The S pell Book
2.3 Sequence of Events:
2.31 Com bat Turn Sequence
2.32 Magic in Combat
2.33 M issile Weapons
2.34 Unarmed Combat
2.35 Too- Heavy Weapons
2.36 S peed & M ovement
2.37 Unusual Combat S ituat ions
2.4 More Abou t Monsters
2.41 Personaliz ing Monsters
2.42 Wandering M onsters
2.5 H ow to Be a GM
2.6 "Do T h is W hen You Get O u t"
2.7 Trollstone Caverns: a GM d ungeon

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 (Contents, continued)

3. E LABORATIONS
3.1 M ore about C ity , World & D u ngeon Build ing
3.2 T reasu re Generator
3.3 M in iatu res in T&T
3.4 L anguages
3.5 C harisma Effects
3.6 A l ternate Humanoid Characters
3.7 A ux il iary C haracters
3.8 Berserker F ighting
3.9 Time & Ag.eing
3.10 G u nnes
3.11 Marksmansh ip and Accu racy
3.12 Other Materials for Weapons & A rmor
3.13 Weapons G lossary

4. INDEX

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 INTRODUCTION
&

BASIC UL\£\S

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 TALK
I n Apr i l 1975 when I sat d own to write a set
of ru les for. fa ntasy-gam ing i n reaction to (what
seemed to me) the excessively complex and
exp ensive best-k nown fantasy game, I had no idea
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it wou l d catch on the way it has - I j u st wanted
someth i ng I cou ld play with my friends at a
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reasonab le price, w ith rea sonab le eq u ipment. I t
seems others d id too. Now, years later, Tu nnels &
Trolls is in a completely rew ritten Fifth Ed ition. I t
has spawned a spinoff game, Monsters! Monsters!
It has generated, and continues to d o so, a series of
so l i ta ire d u ngeons - 11 now and more on the way,
excel lent entertainment for those u nab le to m uster
large groups of players, or who only want a short
session of play. TLhere are fou r T & T d u ngeons with
map and key for u se b y GMs. T & T is p u b l ish ed in
England - first b y Games & Puzzles, and now by
Ch ris Harvey in an ed it ion to match th is one. There
is Sorcerer's A pprentice, a professional magaz ine to
keep you i nfo rmed of the latest i n T & T t heory and
play, lavish w ith articles, professionally writte n
fiction, and fine art . Not bad for N u mber Two!
Fantasy role-play gam i ng satisfies a great need
in most of us - to escape temporarily ( if only in
the imagination) i n to a simpler cosmos. I n this
game we engage in a form o f story-te l l i ng, w ith
elements of joint part icipat ion that are norm a l l y
m issing from other forms o f entertainment.
Tu nnels & T rolls w i l l req u i re that you actively �se
your imagination, not slav ish ly fol low a set of ru les
around a world not of your own making. A lthough
there are many "ru les" in the book that follows,
please remember th is: they are largely i n�ended as
guideli nes to spare you the effort of re-creating
everyth i ng you rself from scratc h . I f you find
someth ing you wou ld l ike to change to make the
game more to you r l i k i ng, then go ahead and
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change it. There is no "right" or ''wrong'' way to
play, only suggest ions. This F ifth Ed it ion is an
atte mpt to clarify and exempl ify the mean ing of
the playing "rules," and to expand w ith such new
material which w i l l h e lp the wh ole system . I n some
cases the new ru les and tab les contrad ict those
printed in the previous fou r ed itions. I feel that the
new ru les improve the game, lend ing it m ore
p layab i l ity and "rea lism," b u t the card inal ru le
rema ins : adj ust the system as you see fit to suit
you r own style of play.
Many people have contri b u ted to what T & T
has become today. F irst, I want to thank the entire
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membersh ip of the Phoenix Cosm ic C i rcle for the
energy, time and support that encouraged me to
print the first ed ition. H u ndred s of hou rs (nay,
thousands by now ) of playing time went i nto the
creation of these rules, and the resu lts of that
experience shows up in the ru Ie changes between
that first ed ition and this one. Especially he lpfu l
have been Steve McA l l ister, J ames ("Bear") Peters,
L iz Danforth, Mark Anthony, Rob and Dan ("Ugly
Joh n " ) Carver, and G reg B rown. Perhaps the
person m ost responsible for the success of T & T has
been Rick Loomis, the ind efat igable masterm ind
beh ind Fly ing B uffa lo I nc. W ithout his presence as
pri nter, d istributor, and critic, T&T wou l d have
been total l y forgotten long since. Thanks, Rick.
The people who created the game t hat T & T
reacts against d id the whole gam i ng world a
tremendous favor in their pioneering of certai n
original concepts that ro le-playing is based on. I
have chosen to use t hose co ncepts in d ifferent
ways than they have, so T &T can not be considered
strictly an im itation or variant of the other game
any more than Chevrolet can be consid ered a
derivative of Ford . (Those people prefer t hat we d o
not mention their names i n T & T ) . T hey have made
their game i n to a lmost a b ig b usiness, w h i le T &T
remains a sideline w ith F ly ing B u ffa lo. B ut despite
a l l o u r d ifferences of opi n io n (and they are many!)
they perfo rmed a tremendous service, and I wou l d
l ike t o offer my sincere gratitude and appreciation
for their ach ievements.
At any rate, th is ga me is what you make it.
To a very real ex tent you are al l co-creators with
me and my associates at Fly ing B uffa lo in the
continu ing evolution of T u n nels & T ro l ls. Happy
h u nting and d eep d elv ing; may the monsters be
friend Iy and the magic ben ign !
-Ken S t . And re
-July 7979
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1�2 THE BASIC GAME

I t is i m p orta n t to explain the basic concept of
the game as briefly as possible. Here it is. I n an
alternate world where fantasy is alive and magic
works (a world somewhat b u t not exactly sim i lar
to Tolk ien's M id d le Earth) there ex ist numerous
enchanted tunnel complexes (call them D u ngeons
or Underworlds if you wish) that are l i bera l ly
loaded w ith many types of treasu re, and
ab u ndantly guard ed by every imaginab le form of
monster, magic, and trap. Genera l l y speaking,
the greater treasures and m ost powerfu l monsters
are fou nd fu rther below the su rface . B rave men
and women arm themselves and ventu re within the
tu n ne ls at risk of bod y and sou l to seek treasure
and experience. T hose who su rvive and retu rn
from su ch ex ped itio ns w i l l increase in ex perience
and wealth to h itherto u n d reamed-of heights of
power and glory over a long period of time . Every
time your character escapes from a tu n nel al ive,
you may consider you rself a winner. The h igher
the level and the more wealth your character
attains, the better you are d oing in comparison to
all the other p layers.
In order to play the game, it is necessary to
do the following things first:
1 ) Someone m u st create (d ig) and stock a
du ngeon with monsters, magic , and treasu re . The
person who does that has god l i ke powers over h is
or her own d u ngeons, b u t is expected to be fair to
the other players. T he Game Master, or GM (also
referred to from time to time as the D u ngeon
M aster, or D M ) may not play as a character inside
h is or her own d u ngeon .
2 ) Create and name the fan tasy characters who
w i l l exp lore the du ngeon.
3 ) A rm and prov ision these characters so that
they w i l l have some kind of chance of getti ng
d own i n to the du ngeon and back out alive.
I nstructions for the above operations, and for
combati ng monsters and com p i l i ng experience
( in points) fol low.
in m i nd . D raw your own maps if you m ust, or feel
free to ask the GM to d raw you a rough map of
what the im med iate environment looks l i ke.
C haracters and p layers shou ld speak for
themselves. B u t, with everyone try ing to ta lk at
once a game can rap id ly degenerate into a shouting
match (that can be fu n sometimes, too), so it is
recom mended that the GM keep the n u m ber of
players in his party sm all - two or th ree players
with u p to fou r characters ap iece is idea l . When it
is necessary for a GM to try and cope with more
than three players, it m ay be necessary to l im it the
nu mber of characters they can use at one time,
and/or to invoke some form of parliamenta ry
proced u re to determ ine who gets to talk when.
H int to the Game Maste r : do not allow one
playe r to dom i nate p lay, even if that p layer has all
the best characters - that w i l l m ake the game less
interesting for the other players. The game will be
more enjoyab Ie for a l l if everyone in it participates.
When there is d oubt about h ow the delving party is
arrayed or what they wou ld do, the GM shou ld
q uery each p layer separately for each character. If
a situatio n arises where the GM wants the
spontaneous reactions of each p layer or character,
he may ask them to write out their next set of
orders and give it to h i m without consu lting any
other player. The occasional use of su ch devices
keeps the players on their menta l "toes" and ad ds
a b it of suspe nse and su rprise to the game.

Tunnels & T ro l ls is a game of l i m ited

information. I nd ivid ual players cannot see the
w ho le board (or du ngeon map). O n l y the GM
k nows what is on h is map, and te lls the players
what they can see and observe around them . T hey,
in tu rn, te ll the GM what actions they take, what
special search p roced u res they use, and anyth i ng
e lse that may be relevant to the situation . U n less
you have a GM who is k in d enough to set every­
t h ing u p for you in m i n iatu res, it is vita l l y
im portant t o keep a good idea o f your su rrou nd ings

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 1.3 CREATIN6
CflARACTERS
I n order to be a p layer i n T&T you w i l l need
one or more ( probably more) p layer characters.
Yo u create these characters yourse lf in a sem i­
ra ndo m fashion - that is, their begi n n i n g attributes
are randomly arrived at, but you determ i ne such
th i ngs as character ty pe , k indred, sex, name, choice
of weapons, and all those sma l l deta i ls that w i l l
individualize y o u r character.
There is a genera l form to character-creation
which, once mastered, will enab le you to create
dozens of tu n nel-travell ing characters very q u ickly.
You will need: 3 ordinary six-sided d ice, a pen or
pen c i l , and some paper to write on (3x5 cards
work q u ite we l l for th is) . Make a character card
that l ooks l i k e th is:
TUNNELS & TROLLS
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
NAME fW'r TIIf::Vdt.CTAI5Le:
... TYPE
ST IQ LK ____
CON __ D E X __ C H R __ ADDS
GO LD: ______ ADVENTURE POINTS:
WEAPONS:
ARMOR:
LANGUAGES:
MAGIC:
OTHER:
Strength, Intelligence, Luck, Constitution,
Dexterity, a nd Charisma are k nown as the
character 's Prime A ttributes. They determ i n e its
i n n ate ab i l ities: what weapons it can use
effectively , h ow many languages it can spea k , how
much p u n ishment it can take i n combat, etc . Each
attribute w i l l be explained fu lly below.
Fi rst you need to k now h ow to determ i ne
these prime attributes. T hat ' s what the th ree dice
are for. For each of the prime attrib utes roll 3 dice
and w rite down the total obta ined. You wou l d be
well advised to write them down in penci l , as the
n u mbers are variab le and may change as the
character h as adventu res.
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After you have rol led u p the prime attrib utes
of the characte r, you need to give it a name and
sex - Fang is named Fang, and male, so I w il l refer
to "h i m " for the remai nder of this exp lanation.
After this you wou ld usually determ ine what kind
or TYP E of character you have rol led. I n a u n iverse
where magic is a viab le force there w i l l naturally be
wizards. However, to keep th i ngs simple, we are
reserving the magicians for a separate section (2.1 1 ,
Character Ty pes) . T he vast majority of c lassical
heroes may have had magical aids, but they were
basically warriors of the type who bash fi rst and
ask q u estions later. These warriors are mode l led on
Robert E . Howard's Conan and under most
circumstances they are com pletely u nab le to
H E LP F U L
Sam p le Character Card
ABBR E VIAT IONS
___ KIN LE VEL --
ST or STR: Strength
IQ: I nte l l igence
Height: __ Weight: ___
L K : Luck
__ Weight Possible: _____ CON: Constitutio n
Weight Carried: _____ D E � : Dexterity
CH or C H R: Charisma
______ __
AP: Adventu re Poi n ts
or
EP : Ex perience P'oi n ts
G P : Gold Pieces
MA[ E: 0
F EMA L E: 9
work m agic. They may use enchanted devices to
their advantage, however, if they can acqu'i re such .
However, warriors can never learn t o use m agic -
ever. It is like being color-bl i nd - T & T magic is
considered to be a psi-talent, and warriors are psi­
deficient. Al though a character can not change h is
type once created, if you are creating your first
character or help i ng a friend begin the game, a
warrior is a good first choice. Warriors get twice
(2x) the l isted protection for any arm or or shield
they may h ave.
K I N or Kindred does not refer directly to the
character's u n cles, sisters, or grandpare nts. It refers
to what breed of being he is. Fang is human , as are
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the vast b u l k of bei ngs in the world of T & T.
However, the world is a b ig p lac� and there are
also e lves, dwarves, hobb its, fair ies, and
leprechauns who l ive there . (See the Pete rs­
M cA l l ister chart for creating man-l ike characters,
in sectio n 2 . 1 2 , Character Kind reds.)
LEVE L refers to Fang's ex perien ce and
expert ise . Everyon e starts as a 1 st level character.
This will be d iscussed in more deta i l in section
2.1 4, Character Leve ls.
Your character card should
someth ing l i k e this:
. . . .. . . - . . ..... ....... ..... .. ... . .
. . . . . . . .
�l!�.����.� ��� ��� ...... ..... ... . ���p�� �� ��a.c. t:� ����
. .
NAME ,.. TIIk Df/ACrA/aLe TYPE WU. KINHlM!Ml61EVEL {�
ST 13 IQ
CON � DEX -'-- CHR.
GO LD: ______
WEAPONS:
ARMOR:
LANGUAGES:
MAGIC:
OTHER:
Now, to go d own the list and point out what
the n u m bers attached to those Prime Attrib utes
refer to .
STR E NG TH is p rimarily the ab i l ity to exert
force - l ift i ng, shovi ng, p ushing down , etc . I t
shows how m u c h j u n k (measu red i n we ight u n its,
see be low) the c haracter can move aro u n d .
Provided h e i s dexte rous e nough, Fang c a n use a n y
weapon tirelessly a s long a s t h e strength
req u irement of the weapon is 1 3 or less (ST and
DEX req u i rements are l isted with the Weapons
Tab les, q .v . ) . If h is str�ngth is ever d ep leted u ntil it
goes to 0, h e is dead .
I NT E L L IG E NC E i s the measu re of a
character's ab ility to reason clearly, solve
problems, rememb er we l l , etc. I t is also a factor i n
language ab il ity. A l l h u mans start out k n owing the
Common Tongue. For every i ntel l igence point over
1 2 , a character may learn another language ( Fang
cou ld learn 4 more). You can ch oose these for
yourse lf, or ro ll 4 times on the Language'Ta Ie
( 3 .4) in the E laborat ions sectio n .
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LUCK i s the ab ility to b e i n the r ight p lace at .
the righ t time, or to put somet h i ng else i n the right
pJace at the right time. It is usefu l in avoid i ng
traps, strik ing lucky blows with weapons, and
gam b l ing of all sorts. Luck is typically used i n
making saving ro l ls (fu l l y exp lained i n its own
sectio' n , 1 .8 , Saving Ro l ls).
CONSTITUTION is the general measu re of a
character's health. It is also the measure of
end urance and how m uch p u n ish ment the bod y
can absorb before it dies. H its taken in combat are
n ow look subtracted from Constitution. If CON ever goes to
0, the character dies .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . .
.
Ib LK /0 Height: __ Weight: ___
1"2.. ADDS __ Weight Possible: _____
Weight Carried: _____
ADVENT URE POINTS: ________
D EXTE R ITY refers to man ual dexterity and
general agil ity. Fang is terribly inept, no d oubt
about it. I n fact, he's a real k l utz, very c l u m sy, so
m uch so that he actually h i nders h i mse lf in
combat. Dexterity is also used to calcu late
marksmansh i p for the use of m issile weapons. (See
the marksmansh i p tab le in section 2 . 3 3 , M issi le
Weapons, and section 3 . 1 1 , Marksmansh i p a nd
Accuracy. )
CH A R I SM A is the measu re of one's personal
attractiveness and leadersh ip ab il ity. I t is not
necessarily sy nonymous with personal beauty,
although there is often a h igh correlation . Charisma
is the o n ly attribute which can fa l l to 0, or even go
negat ive, w ithout resu l t i ng i n death. Genera l l y
speaki ng, characters with charism as less than 7 are
u napp reciated i n h u m an society, and anyth ing less
than 3 is positively un we lcome. Mo nstrous
characters, when rated with attributes, have
negat ive charismas.
COM BAT A D D S, also called Personal Adds,
shou ld be mentioned briefl y at this po int. When
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fighting, a character receives a bon�s for
exceptional ST, L K, and/or DEX. 'Exceptional '
i s a n y attribute over 1 2 ; the bonus is o ne point for
each attrib u te point over 1 2 (Le., Fang's Stre ngth
of 1 3 gets h i m +1 for h is perso na l adds). However,
if ST, L K, or DEX is exceptionall y low (any
attribute less than 9) a c haracte r has what is
known as Negative A dds, or 'subtracts' ( Fang's
poor dexterity of 6 gives h i m a -3 in personal
adds). Note that a character can h ave both negative
and positive add s that cance l 'out to a single
nu mber wh ich ind icates h is overa l l u nusual ab i l ity.
In the case of Fang, h is tota l Personal Adds are - 2
( h is average L u c k of 1 0 doesn 't alter th i ngs e ither
d i rect io n ) . How these add s affect h is combat w i l l
b e expla ined i n section 1 .7, Com ba, t.
To continue the explanation of the head i ngs
on the card s, we m ove to:
GOLD, or G.P. (short for "gold p ieces").
This is the measu re of a character's personal wealth
at any time. When starting a fresh character you
have some money w ith w h ich to b u y weapons,
armor, and other p rovisio ns. Roll the 3 d ice aga in
and m u ltiply b y 1 0 for the n u mber of gold p ieces
your character possesses at the moment he first
comes to your attention. The character w i l l
probab ly spend most of th is cap ital eq u ip p ing
himse lf for h is first d u ngeon trip, b ut if h e's l u cky,
he'll come back home with more . Th e n u m ber
u nder G O LD coul d easily b e negative if the
chara cter owes money. A character need not carry
all h is wealth on h i m at a ll ti m es. He can leave it
with a friend, b u ry it in a secret location, p ut it
in a bank or whatever h e chooses. A l l things
considered , it is better to be rich than poor i n this
game .
A DV E NT U R E PO I NTS (a lso cal led Experience
Points) is of course blank at the start; these points
are awarded by the Game Master d u ri n g the cou rse
of the character's adventu res. T he experience
points acc u m u late from game to game, a nd are the
real i n d i cator of you r success i n T&T.
W E APONS: L ist here a ll the weapons your
character owns. It also helps to keep track of how
many d ice the weapon gets, its range if It I S a
missi le weapon, and if there is anything special
about it, l i ke an e nchantment.
A R M O R: L ist by type or p iece the armor
and/or shields a c haracter is using, and how many
h its it w i l l take. S h ields count as armor although
they req u i re a m i n i m u m Stre ngth and Dexterity
to wield.
LANGUAGES: L ist a ll the languages your
character can speak. I n earl ier ed itions of T &T, if a
character got an IQ boost of 1 0 points, h e
.
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sudde nly developed th e ab i l ity to be flu ent i n 1 0
more languages. The La nguage Chart (3.4) i n the
Elabo rat ions is a som ewhat more logical means of
find i ng time and means to learn languages. Fang
rol led 4 times on the Language Chart and rol led
Common twice. However, sometime in his past he's
also managed to p ick up E lvish and Orcish.
M AG IC: Characters sho uld have l i sted here
any magical implements they manage to pick u p,
and w hat they do. At the start, Fang has none.
OTH E R: Here you write anyth i ng else the
character buys (steals, finds, or is given) to eq u ip
h imself before go ing i nto a d u ngeon. You may
choose to write these th ings on the back of the
card i nstead, but be sure it is written in before the
active part of the game begins - you m ay k now
that you 're wearing alligatorsk in th igh-h igh boots,
but if you don't have it written down, the Game
Master has every right to treat you as if you were
barefoot i n h is cactus room . . . A lso, a character's
belongings may alter d u ri ng the cou rse of p lay, so
be su re to keep an accu rate accou nting of whatever
he p icks u p or loses.
You may also w ish to add a few other items
to your character card that w i l l help define h i m i n
you r m ind, l i ke he ight and weight.
For H E I G HT and W E IG H T rol l 3 d ice agai n,
and consu lt the S ize and We ight Chart (2. 1 3 ) . I
rol l ed an 1 1 for Fang's height and a 9 for h is
we igh t. Co nsu lting the chart for h u m ans, I learn
that Fang is 5'8 " and 1 60 Ibs.
I n eed to k now how m uch weight Fang can
carry - I d o n 't wa nt to eq u i p h im w ith plate armor
and find he can not move. Therefore it is a good
idea to note W E I G H T POSS I B L E and WEI G H T
CA R R IED.
W E IG HT POSS I BL E is a simple fu nction of
Strength - a character can l ift and carry 1 0 t i mes
as many pounds as h e has Stre ngth poi nts (or
1 00 we ight u n its per Stre ngth point, as 1 0 weight
u n its equal 1 l b . ) . Fang's capacity is 1 30 I bs.
( 1 300 weight u n its) . At fu l l load he coul d carry
that m uch weight for as many game turns as he h as
Constitution points; then he w i l l col lapse from
exhaustion. Half that m uch ( 65 I bs.) he cou l d
carry twice as long. Characters seldom need to
carry that m uc h we ight for a long time period
without a rest. U nwou nded characters can lift u p
to tw ice their max i m u m weight possib le for one to
six m i n utes (the time m ight be determ i ned by the
rol l of 1 six-sided d ie).
WE IG HT CA R R I E D is the total i n weight
u n its or Ibs. (choose w h ichever you prefe r to work
 Creating Characters 1.3.4
in, b ut be consistent) w h ich the character is silver, or copper - we ighs exactly one we ight u n it,
actua lly carrying arou nd w ith h im . Fang hasn 't Fang is carry i ng 80 weight u n its.
pu rchased any weapons or armor yet, so the only
weight he has w ith him is the 80 gold p ieces he Your characte r card should now look
came into be ing w ith . S i nce every coin - gold, someth i ng l ike this:

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NAME !*• .,.. J)f1HD.4Lt: TYPE WILlI.. KIN IIIJMA/!I61 EVEL I�
I I
ST 13 IQ 110 LK
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Height: 5 8
"
Weight: I b 0 tt-
CON � DEX � CHR � ADDS - 'l. Weight Possible: (3cro
Weight Carried: 80
GOLD: __ "-
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- .r>--· __ ADVENTURE POINTS: ______ _

WEAPONS:

ARMOR:

LANGUAGES: CohtJt\o� £LVr5#, O�<:"/5H-.

MAGIC: ( tiltrn E: )
OTHER:

Now, it's time to fi l l i n th ose b lanks after Weapons and Armor, so Fang w i l l take h i s 80 gol d p ieces and
set out to equ ip h im self.

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 1�4 EQUIPPING
CltARACTERS
Once the att rib utes of a character have been
determined , he w i l l need such su ppl ies as wil l h e l p
him safe ly th rough h is adventu ring. Although (as i n
real l i fe) there i s p robab l y m ore to b u y than there
is money to b u y it with, Fang w i l l need some basic
food and provisions, a pack to carry th ings around
in, possibly some spare clothing, and certa i n l y
som eth ing w i t h which t o bash in hosp itab le
monsters. If he were rich enough, he'd probab ly
l i ke to get something to protect h i s bod y with, a
sh ield or armor, especially becau se h i s warrior
train ing gives h im excel lent use of it (twice the
l isted value). At th is point it is suggested that you
look over the tab les of Provisions and E q u ipment
( 1 .5 ) to get an idea of what i s genera l l y availab le in
the marketp laces. Fang is no t exactly wealthy
when he first comes to our attentio n, whi ch is
perhaps why he 's decid ed to go i nto the dangerous
career of de lving. He will have to spend h is m oney
we l l to make it m ost effective.
Th ere are severa l item s that alm ost any
beginn ing ch aracter will need to p u rchase. He can
get cloth i n g and a pack fo r 5 GP. He probab ly
hasn 't been wal k i ng the streets of h is hometown
com p lete ly naked a ll h i s l ife, but those clothes
aren 't qu ite su itab le for c l i m bing d own narrow
cave-l ike passages, nor are they the slightest pro­
tection from the d am p c h i l l of d eep tunnels. I n any
case, Fang w i l l need that pack to carry away the
mounds of treasu re h e envisions as merel y awa iting
h is prese nce in the tunnels and caverns below.
Fang wou ld also be wise to p u rchase a d ay 's
p rovisions to susta in h i m self for the time he
expects to spend u nd erground . Knowing that most
tu nnels te nd to be rather dark and dan k , h e w i l l
also b u y 1 0 torches ( h e can 't afford a lantern right
now) . These p u rch ases will cost him 1 0 G P for the
provisions and 1 G P fo r the 1 0 torches. He's now
spen t 26 of h i s 80 G P, and feels he'd better c heck
into the p rices of weapons and armor before he
comm its h i m se lf to the l u x u ries of b oots or rope.
Note that of the 1 30 Ibs. Fang can carry, the above
items amount to only 1 2 Ibs.
Each character you rol l w i l l p resent d iffere nt
com b i nat ions of strength and dexterity, and you
w i l l have to p ick and ch oose h is opt i m u m
weapon(s) accord ingly. Fang h as a ST o f 1 3, b u t a
D E X of only 6 . He wants the b est, m ost effective
weapon he can p roperly use. To u se a weapon
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p roperly, it m ust be of such we ight that he has the
strength to use it without tiring, and it m ust be
balanced correctly for a person of h is height and -
l et's face it - c l u msin ess! I t won't do if h i s weapon
s l i ps and does more damage to h i m than it d oes to
h i s op ponents.
Th ink ing he'd look flashy with a spear in
hand, Fang goes to the spear merchant.
U n fortu nately, the only th ing he can carry wit hout
tripping over it every time he tries to use it is the
oxtongue, wh ich the merchant te l ls h i m is best
used from h orseback. Unfortu nate ly, it costs 80
GP, rather m ore than he can spe nd . Everyone can
handle a sword , he thin ks, and fi n d i ng a merchant
he is again d isappoi nted at h is l i m ited poss i b i l ities.
A stra ight sh ort sword or a short sab re req u i re l i ttl e
d exterity, and he can afford the m . But first he
checks out a shop where he can get some heavy
bash ing weapons. On the whole, it is easier to use a
weapon that doesn 't req u ire you to use the edge -
you just pou nd away. A b lu dgeon or a crowb ar
wou l d s u it his need s n ice ly, b u t they don't go far
in damaging trolls and d ragons. The merc hant
suggests some of the ax es and p ie rcing weapons -
an ad ze, or a taper axe.
These are Fang's best possib le choices, a l l to l d :
Short sword . . . gets 3 dice . . cost 35 . . weighs 30 weight units.
Short sabre. . . . gets 3+ 1 . . . cost 40 .
.
. weighs 30 weight units.
.
Taper axe . . . . gets 3 dice . . cost 50 . . . weighs 70 weight units.
Adze . . . . . . . gets 3 dice . . cost 50 . . . weighs 100 weight units.
Mitre . . . . . . . gets 3 dice . . cost 50 . . . weighs 90 weight units.
Bludgeon . . . . . gets 3 dice . . cost 15 . . . weighs 50 weight units.
The b ludgeon is b y far the cheapest, and has
about as m uch dam age pote ntial as any other
(measu red in d ice ). But Fang's pride can't stand
it - a c l u b is no weapon for a true warrior!
T h i n k ing he'd rather weigh h i m self down with loot
to take out than with heavy weapons to take in, he
ignores the adze and m itre, and fina l l y decides on
the short sabre, wh ich inc identa l l y gets s l ightly
more possible dam age than any other weapon he
can ch oose from . He she l l s out the 40 GP and takes
the sword.
He now considers whether to buy a back-up
weapon ( i n case anyth ing shou l d happen to his
s hiny new sword ) or provide h i m se lf with a l itt le
armor or a sh ield. He recalls two shie lds (the mad u
a n d t h e Vi king S p i ke S h ie l d ) w h i c h m ight g ive h i m
 Equipping Characters
some offense and defense , so he stops in to check
out prices. Alas, the mad u is more complex than
his dexterity perm its h im to h and le, an d the V i k i ng
spi ke shield is too cost ly . Stil l , he sees a b u ck ler
that appeals to h i m , and only costs 1 0 GP, so he
buys that and goes out. With only 4 G P left in h is
pocket, he retu rns to the ge neral merchand ise r,
with intent to b u y a n ice pair of b oots. Even for
calf-h igh b oots, he is too poor, so he sett les for 40'
of hemp ro pe - h eavy stu ff, but it may serve h i m
we l l .
Dead b roke, b u t armed a n d arm ored , Fang is
as read y as he ever w i l l be to begi n h is fi rst
d u ngeon tri p . Let's see what Fang's card wou l d
look l i ke n ow, w it h eve ryth ing possible fi l led i n .
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NAME ,.. zw- 'iWfCf:Allf= TYPEWU.. JUN�c!1EVEL
ST 13 IQ Ib LK
CON -1...JL DEX � CHR � ADDS -"2-
I
GOLD:
-- 0 - ADVENTURE POINTS:
WEAPONS: sl...ot.t SoiofU!: (�t 1.)
ARMOR: C.� "3> �+s X 2. � �R..)
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LANGUAGES: ee,�/'I\ow" ZLV/5#.1 ()�<!/5H-.
MAGIC: (Nlrnf:)
OTHER: 40' �p, 10�) 1.� {>I-O-As{OI>\.«; I"f-'G'-c.k £, do-tt..!"'5
Fang is no great h ero material , perh aps, b u t h i s l ife
or death wou l d depend on what dangers h e faces,
and how wel l the player (who rolled h im u p in the
first place) ran h im .
You as the player w i l l have to han d le the
eq u i p ping of your characters as you see fit - Fang
is doomed to l ife as an ex am p le, and li ttle else.
Your fi rst character may h ave m ore dexterity, or at
least m ore gold . When eq uip ping a character there
are several th ings to keep in m i n d .
- I s you r charac ter actu al l y able t o u se a weapon
you want to get h i m ?
-Wi l l he get maximum u se of h is weapon ( i .e.,
does it get a good num ber of d ice, perhaps with
add s) ? Or perhaps you w i l l w ish to ch oose a lesser
weapon to fit your early concept of what k i nd of
person you want the ch aracter to be - Fang wou ld
have been as wel l-eq u i p ped w ith a clu b as with h is
sword , b u t for m y idea of Fang, a b lu dgeon j ust
wou l d n ' t d o.
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1.4. 2
- I s the weapon one the character can be
expected to be ab le to use in a narrow tu nnel, if
that's where he's actual ly head i ng ?
- I f he' l l b e going in alone, or without a back-up
weapon, w i l l he be able to figh t at close quarters?
(A n oxtongue lance is a good weapon , but it's 6'
long and not very good if Fang need s to pu nctu re a
gob l i n that pops up from a trapdoor h idden at
h i s feet) .
- I f the ch aracter's D E X is so low that he can't
h it th e b road side of a barn, i t isn't logical to give
h i m a projectile weapon u n ti' l such time as h i s
Dexterity i m p roves a l i ttle.
-By the sam e token, try to i magine how a
c haracter cou l d carry a n u m ber of weapons at the
sam e time - eve n if Fang had had the money,
I'?"
I " �
10 Height: 5 S Weight:...!.Jz.E..:
Weight Possible: {3ero
Weight Carried: 151
_____
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strength and d exterity to buy and carry a b ig
double-bitted axe, a th row ing franc isca, a war
scythe, a two-h anded broad sword , a p i ke and two
jave l i n s (with atl-atl ) , a crossbow , and th ree spare
daggers - where wou l d he put them ? By the time
he has figu red out which weapon to grab for, the
monster he was supposed to be fighting w i l l have
ri pped h i m to sh reds. Kee p you r arm ing tactics
reasonab le, and there shou l d be no such p rob lems.
 1�5 PROVISIONS
AND EQUIPMENT
I n many large tow n s, and in every large c ity, 1�51
GENERAL
there can be fou nd m erchants w h o sell su pplies and
equ ipment to d ungeon d e lv ers; sometimes a k i nd
of general store. is opened near the e ntrance to a
popu lar d u ngeon. I n these shops and stores the
arrant ad venture r can buy alm ost anyth i ng he has
the cash to p u rchase. W ith the exception of m agic
staffs for w izards, these shops carry virtually no
SUPPL,IES
magic equ ip me nt - they are stocked with
weapons, armor, and sim p l e provisions. O n
occasion specia l items can b e- fou nd, so alm ost ITEM We ight Cost
anyth ing w ithin reason may be b ought here . I f you (in G P )
w ish to buy someth ing w h ic h isn 't listed here, ask Warm d ry c loth i ng & pack 10 5
you r friend ly GM and he w i l l tell you w h ether it is
avai lab le, a nd if so for w h at p rice. Provisions for 1 day
(food, drink, matches) 20 10
A note t o shopkeepers - almost anyth i ng that
Delver's Package
would have b een available b efore the invention of (small b ronze mirror, a few
gun powder shou ld b e allowed, for a price. H erbs sticks of wax,_ some chalk,
like wolfsbane and garl ic (for u se against salt, short length of twine,
werewolves and some u ndead, for example) shou ld and more matches) 20 20
be available. Chem icals that m ight b e p roduced b y
Ord inary torch
alchemy, such a s su lfu r o r chloroform, should (lasts 70 turns) 10 1 SP
be obtainab le in small quantities at reasonab ly
high prices. Rope, s i l k 1 p e r ft. 1 GP/ft.

The basic u n it of exchange is the gold p iece. Rope, h e m p 5 p e r ft. 1 S P/ft

The gold pie ce (abb rev iated G P ) is also the basic Lantern & oil
we ight u n it, as all coins are m i n ted to weigh (twice the light of a
exact ly the same : 1 w eight u n it, w h ich is 1110th torch, lasts 50 turns) 25 20
of a p ou n d . Th e other coins i n common u se are the
silver piece (SP) a nd the copper p iece (<;:P ) . Ten S P S pare skin of oil 15 10
are worth 1 G P; ten C P are worth 1 S P, o r 1/1 OOth
Magnetic compass 1 5
of a G P. Th e final equatio n is th is:
Boots, k nee h igh 40 10
1 GP = 10 SP = 100 CP
Boots, calf h igh 20 5
However, they all we igh 1 GP. Most jewels we igh
Sandals 2 2
not more than 1 GP, although a jade statue or
a crystal skull w i l l we igh m ore, accord ing to size. 10 P itons
J ewels are accepted for barter w ith i n the market­ (fo r climbing walls) 25 10
places, but it m ay not be possib le to get fu ll value
for them u nless they are first converted to cash at a P iton hammer 25 4
gem d ealer's shop.
Ord inaire magic staff 30 100

Deluxe magic staff 30 5 000

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 liEAPON'S. CHARTS
Below are the vast range of weapon s available to the delver. Many of the names will probably be strange,
so we have included a Glo ssa ry (section 3.13) fo r you in the back of this edition. Remember that your
cha racter mu st have the required D EX to u se a weapon, and should have the required strength. It is possib le
. � to u se a weapon that is too heavy, but the- character will tire very quickly. (For a complete discussion of this.

see 2.(35, Too -Heavy Weapons). A ll weapons listed are made of the finest material which is generally
available (usually steel, unless specified otherwise).

SWORDS
Swords were one of the commonest weapons in the pre-gu n powder era, and sl ight variations in
construction led to h undreds of d ifferent names for essentially the same swords. We have separated the swords
listed'be low into c lasses by shape and lengt h .
If you wa nt a particu lar t yp e of sword , say a hojiu (Japanese tem p le sword ) and you know i ts form
.

(fairly long, straight, one-handed h ilt, two sharp edges) g ive it the same requ i rements and n u m ber of d ice as its
Rearest equ ivalent l isted below ( B roadsword ) .
Swords mark ed w ith a t req u ire 2 hands to wield, regard less of ST o r DEX req uirements or ratings.

Class I: Straight Swords Dice + A dds ST req. DEX re q. Cost Weight

tG reat Sword (6') l \ 6 21 18 120 170
tTwo-handed b�oadsword (5 ')- 5 + 2 17 14 110 160
H and-and-a-h-alf sword (4') 5 16 12 90 150
Broadsword ( 3 ' -' , 4') 3 + 4 15 10 70 '. 120
G l ad ius (2W - 3') 3 + 2 10 7 50 70
S hort sword (2' '2W) - 3 7 3 35 30
Class I I: Curved Swords
tG rand Sh am sh eer (No-diJfc h i ) (6') 6 + 2 22 18 135 150
tG reat S hamsheer {4W - 5 ') 5 15 - 15 100 130
Falch ion (4') -- 4 + 4 12' 13 75 110
Scim itar ( 3 ' ) 4 10 11- 60 100
Sabre ( 3 ' ) 3 + 4 9 10 55 60
S hort sabre (2' - 2W) 3"-- +-- 1 7 5 40 30
Class I I I: y,nusual Swords
t F lam berge ( 6') 6 + 21 18 125 165
Pata ( Iol)g katar) ( 3 ' - 4') 4 14 - 14 100 90
(because of extensive arm and hand guard, will take 1 h it)
S hote l ( 3 ' - 4') 3 t 3 10 17 50 75
M anople 1 (2' -3') 2 + 2 10 10 85 80
Class IV: Gentleman's or Towne Swords
Rapier ( 3 ' - 5 ') 3 + 4 10 14 80 20
Epee (3' 5 ')
- 3 + 2 9 15 75 25
Foil ( 3 ' - 4') 2 + 1 7 14 50 15
Sword Cane (2' - 3 ' ) 3 10 12 50 10
Class V: Bizarre Swords
Terb u tje 3 + 5 6 10 65 35
Estok (thrus ti�eapon only - no edges) 3 12 10 80 75

1 Manople: I f u ser's DEX and ST are 16 or b etter, may be used to d isarm a beweaponed foe u nder these
cond itions: u ser is on p u re d efense ( Le ., even if he "w ins" com bat rou nd, he infl icts no h i ts) and user's
DEX is greater than that of h is opponent. I n this case, there is a 5 0% chance the opponent's weapon w i l l
break. I f t h e u ser " loses" the combat rou nd , there i s n o o pportu n ity to b reak the opponent's weapon.

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HAFT E D W EAPO N S
Those who u sed h afted weapons were often forced to use both hands to insure max i m u m im pact. I n the
interest of "rea lism ," no c haracter shou ld be allowed to u�e two of the follow ing weapons of m ore than
2 d ice, and all weapons m arked w ith a t abso l u tely req u i re two h ands to use, forfe iting a second weapon or
sh ield . T h is is regardless of extreme ST or D EX ratings or requ i rements. Cost l isted is in GP.
Class I : Sl icing Heads Dice + A dds ST req. DEX req. Cost Weight
tDoub le-b lad ed b road axe 6 + 3 21 10 1 40 220
tG reat axe (single blade) 5 + 3 20 10 1 1 (j 1 90
tB u l lova 4 + 3 16 9 1 00 200
B roadaxe (single blade) 4 17 8 1 00 1 50
Sickle (3') 4 + 1 11 7 110 1 30
B huj 3 + 4 15 7 1 00 1 60
Francisca 3 + 2 9 5 70 60
(can be thrown - if srJ, DEX req. = 72, range 25 yards)
=

Taper axe 3 8 4 50 70
Class I I: Stabb i ng H eads
tBec de Corb in 6 18 10 1 25 1 75
Zaghnal 3 + 4 10 8 85 1 70
Adze 3 9 5 50 1 00
Pick axe2 3 15 10 15 1 60
Class I I I: M ash ing Heads
tHeavy Mace 5 + 2 17 3 1 20 200
War Hammer 5 + 1 16 3 85 300
M o rn i ngstar 5 17 11 1 40 110
Heavy Flail 4 + 4 20 15 55 1 60
Light F lail 3 + 4 19 13 70 1 40
M itre 3 8 3 50 90
B l u dgeon (club) 3 5 2 15 50
B aton (weighted stick) 2 2 1 10 20
P iton Ham mer 1 5 1 4 25
Crowbar 2 10 1 5 35

POLE W EAPONS
A l l the weapons l i sted below h· ave long shafts. As such, they all req u ire two hands to operate, regard less
of ST or D E X ratings or req u i reme nts. F u rther, they are worth only h alf their rol l in restricted spaces ( l i ke
you r average 1 0' or even 20' tu nne l). They are d ifficu l t to carry in 1 0' w ide tu n nels, and im possible to carry
or use in twisting c rawlways. They a re-most effective when fighters have a lot of room in which to maneuver.
TYP E Approx. Length Dice + A dds ST req. DEX req. Cost Weight
Po leaxe 1 0' 7 14 13 2W 300
Chauves sou ris 1 2' 6 + 5 15 12 250 1 90
Ranseur (run ka) 1 2' 6 + 4 15 10 1 70 1 80
Halba rd 1 0' 6 16 12 200 250
Pike 1 2' 6 15 12 1 60 1 00
Demi-Iune (h alfmoon) 1 2' 5 + 4 12 20 1 00 1 50
Vou lge 1 0' 5 + 1 15 9 1 60 200
Fauchard 1 2' 5 13 10 1 60 1 80
Partizan 8' 4 + 5 15 9 1 40 200
G u isa rme 9' 4 + 4 14 10 1 35 . 200
-
Scythe (long) 6' 4 + 2 11 7 80 1 50
B il l hook 11' 4 14 8 1 20 1 90
K u made ( rake) 5' 3 + 3 10 12 75 90
B randestock 6' 3 + 1 17 10 200 1 50
-Extended B randestock 9' 4 19 12 280 200

2 M ay be u sed to cut th rough stone at 5 '/turn ( i n/the h ands of a dwarf, 1 O '/tu r n) .

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 Weapons Charts 7.52.3
SPEA R S
Spears and lances are thru sting weapons; some are also capab le of b e i ng th rown . A t means t h e weapon
requ i res 2 hands to u se , regard less of ST or D E X req u irements or ratings. Cost l i sted is in G P.

TYPE Length Dice + A dds ST req. DEX req. Cost Weight Range
Pilum (5 ' - 8 ') 5 12 8 75 1 00 20 yard s
Trident 6' 4 + 3 10 10 60 75 1 0 yard s
Hoko 6' 4 + 10 12 55 90 0
Oxtongu e ( hasta) 6' 4 10 5 80 70 0
(best used from horseback - if so, add 2 dice to its roll)
tS pontoon 8' 3 + 3 9 9 30 1 00 0
Com mon S pear 6' 3 + 1 8 8 22 50 40 yards
Assegai 6' 2 + 3 7 12 .20 50 30 yard s
Javel i n 6' 2 5 7 10 30 40 yard s

Atl-atl (spearthrower) 8 10 5 10
(Can be used only with j ave l i n s. Doubles effect of dice, and increases range 1 0 yards. )

DAGGERS
All daggers are one-h anded weapons. Some may be t h rown , others m ay not . Therefore , in the DEX req.
col u m n th ere are two l isti ngs: the fi rst is the D E X req u irement to handle the dagger, the second n u m be r i s the
DEX req u i red to throw it. W hen a d agger can not be th row n , NA ( N ot Appl icab le) is used .

TYPE Dice + A dds S T req. DEX req. Cost Weight Range

Sax 2 +5 7 1 0/ N A 30 25
Kukri 2 +5 6 6/3 0 30 20 15 yard s
Katar 2 +4 2 8/N A 18 22
Halad ie 2 +4 2 4/N A 25 15
Ban k 2 +3 1 l /NA 18 20
B ich 'wa 2 +3 1 4/23 20 33 10 yard s
Kris3 2 +3 8 5/20 1 20 50 10 yard s
J am b iya 2 +2 2 8/25 21 12 10 yard s
D irk 2 +1 1 4/ 1 0 18 16 10 yard s
M isericord e 2 +1 1 2/ 1 5 14 14 10 yard s
Main gauche4 2 10 1 2/ N A 25 25
Pon iard 2 1 3/1 4 10 10 1 0 yard s
Sword b rea ker5 2 10 1 2/NA 15 15
Stiletto 2 -2 1 1 /8 5 10 5 yard s

3 Kris: Made of m eteoric iro n , thesek.n ives w i l l d ispell 1 st th rough 3 rd level magic cast on or arou nd the
user. Th is i n c ludes "friend Iy " magic (for exam p l e , a Hidey Hole ) .
4 Main gauche: Most effective when u sed w ith one of the sh orter swo rd s i n the other hand. Vvi l l take 1 h it
i n combat, w h e n u sed as a parry ing weapon .
5
Swordbreaker: Has a serrated edge wh ich can be used to catch small sword s and daggers held b y an
opponent. I f D E X and ST are both greater than your opponent's, there is a 50% chance of catc h i ng the
weapon and snapping the b lade .

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 7 . 52. 4 Weapons Charts
P ROJ ECT I LE WEAPONS
Most projectile weapons req u i re two hands to load and/or use ; these are marked w ith t. All arba lests
and sim ilar crossbows req u i re 1 combat turn to reload , w ith the exception of the Dokyu or repeat ing
crossbow . The Dokyu w i l l only fire 1 round per combat turn , but d oes not need a tu rn to re load u ntil all 5
rou nds are fired .
Please refer to section 2 . 3 3 , Missi le Weapons, for marksmansh ip charts.
ST R req u i reme nts given are to cock or p u l l the bow.
Class I : Arbalests & Crossbows Dice + A dds ST req. DEX req. Cost Weight Range
",

tCraneq u in (rack & pinion on arbalest) 8 15 10 600 250 1 00 yard s

tA rba lest (stirrup; lever drawn) 6 + 3 17 10 400 220 1 00 yard s
tCrossbow (hand-drawn) 5 15 10 250 1 80 1 00 yard s
tLight crossbow (hand-drawn ) 4 12 10 1 70 1 20 "90 yards
tDokyu (5 shot, lever-action loading) 4 15 16 300 200 75 yard s
tProdd (pellet firing) 3 16 10 200 1 00 30 yard s
(A ll of the above except the p rodd fire quarrels; the prodd fires small stones. )
Quarrels ( 1 0) 5 10
Pouch of 1 00 stones 3 50
(see Class III: Slings)
Class I I : Bows (self)
tExtra-heavy (over 7 00 Ibs. ) 6 2� 17 200 70 1 00 yard s
tHeavy (76 - 7 00 Ibs. ) 5 20 16 1 35 60 90 yards
tM ed i u m (5 7 751bs. )
- 4 15 15 80 50 80 yard s
tLight (3 7 - 50Ibs. ) 3 12 15 60 40 70 yards
tVery l ight (7 5 - 30 Ibs. ) 2 9 15 50 30 60 yards
Class I IA: Bows ( longbows)
tExtra-heavy (o ver 7 00 Ibs. ) 6 + 3 25 17 250 80 1 60 yard s
tHeavy (76 - 7 00 Ibs. ) 5 + 3 20 16 1 75 70 1 50 yard s
tM ed ium (50 - 751bs. ) 4 + 3 15 15 1 00 60 1 40 yard s
Longbows do not come in the lighter weights.
Sheaf of arrows (24) 40 10

Self-bows (Class I I but not I I A ) may be augmented by su itab le use of materia ls. The above l isting is for
simple se lf bows. I f a se lf bow is "bu ilt" ( i .e. lam i nated wood s to increase resi l iency), the add itional cost
is 50% more of the bow ' s listed cost . T h is gives the bow +1 in adds, and an add itional 1 0 yards in range.
If a bow is "backed" or "com posite" ( i .e . various glues or elasticisers su ch as sinew, bone, gut , etc. are
appl ied ) the add itional cost is again 5 0% of the bow 's l isted cost. T h is gives the bow +2 in add s, and an
add itional 20 yard s in range. A bow may be both "bu ilt" and "back ed " - this w i l l u ltimately cost twice
the bow 's l isted cost , b u t the bow w i l l gai n +3 in add s and 30 yard s in range.

Class I I I : Other Projectile Weapo ns Dice + A dds S T req. DEX req. Cost Weight Range
tStaff S l ing 3 5 11 5. 1 00 1 50 yards
Com mon S l ing 2 3 :5 1 10 1 00 yards
Pou ch of 1 00 stones 3 50
African T h rowing K n ife6 4 8 15 1 80 1 25 30 yard s
Chakram (5 ) 2 4 14 40 20 30 yards
S h u rik in ( 3 ) 1 2 10 30 10 10 yards
B lowpipe + 1 1 1 10 30 35 yard s
Darts ( 30) . 5 5
H u nt ing bola 7 .5 8 35 50 30 yard s
War bola7 2 7 8 1 00 80 30 yard s

6 A frican Throwing Knife: m u ltib laded on a single h aft.

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Hunting bola and War bola: both bolas may be used to entangle oncom ing foes (ones with l i m bs small
enough for the strings to wrap around) for 1 combat tu rn . I f D EX is 8 - 1 5 , ro l l an odd number on 1 d ie
to entangle. I f D EX is 1 6 or better, entanglement is automatic. GMs m ust determ ine that there is enough
room to sw ing and t h row the bola. The War Bola d oes no damage if it does not entangle.

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 Weapons Charts 7 . 52. 5
W E I RD W EAPONS and ACCESSO R I ES
TYPE Dice + Mds ST req. DEX req. Cost Weight
An kus8 2 + 1 2 11 27 50
B agh Nakh (tiger claws) (each) 1 2 10 30 15
tQuarterstaff 2 2 8 10 - 50
Caltrops, large (cuts mo vement in half) (J O) 2 30 200
Caltrops, small (cu ts movement in half) (50) 1 50 300

POISONS
No poison reta ins effectiveness after the 3 rd consecu tive com bat turn (whether it has reached its
destinat ion or not ) . I n order for poison to b e effective, you m u st first del iver it to the enemy. I n com bat,
determ i ne h it point totals first without adj u stments for poison. If you didn't get any hits on the enemy,
, having poisoned weapons isn ' t going to help. If you d id , then any h its - even mere scratches - w i l l help q u ite
a b it. A ugment the h its del ivered by the adj u stment for poison ( i .e. if you h it an ogre for 3 poi nts and have
cu rare on the b lade of your weapon , you shou ld get 6 points taken from h is constitu tion . I f you had d ragon ' s
venom on the b lade , the ogre shou ld subtract 1 2 points) .
I M PO RTANT : I n certain situations, poison w i l l always take effect. For example, m issile weapons which
h it their target w i l l get fu l l bonus. I f you are fighting at very c lose q uarters, or w ith a monster that can not
really parry you r b lows effectively (a giant slug, say) , then poison bonuses may be incl uded in t.he hi t poi nt
total before comparison. The G M must decide these th i ngs on an ind ividual basis; he or she may w ish to let
the poison have a delayed effect or red u ce the monster ' s constitution by the n u m ber of ind iv idual poison
h its scored .
Some monsters are i m m u ne to poiso n , either from very slow metabol isms (zomb ies) or because they l ive
w ith it on a daily basis (d ragons) . Again , th is is at the G M 's d iscretion .
The n u m ber of applications l isted below is to be appl ied to normal-sized weapons. One sheaf of arrows or
one set of b lowgu n d arts m ay be poisoned from a single v ia l of poison .

TYP E Cost Weight Effect

Curare 1 00 1 Doub led effectiveness of any edged weapon before
(J oz., 3 applications) personal add s are com puted .

S p ider venom 1 50 Temporari ly paralyzes victims. After 1 com bat turn

(J oz., 3 applications) (2 m i n . ) a poisoned creature shou ld be at half effectiveness.
After 2 combat turns, victims are u nab le to m ove. After 5
combat tu rns the poison wears off. S p ider venom is
generally not powerfu l enough to affect monsters m uch
larger than h u mans (such as trolls and dragons) . I f there is
doubt in some case, the GM shou ld rule on it.

D ragon's venom 1 000 1 Quadrup les effectiveness of edged weapons before personal
(J oz., 3 applications) add s.
I ',

Hel lfire j u ice 200 Adds half again to the weapon's effectiveness. Can be used
(J oz., 3 applications) on edged/b lad ed weapons or b l u n t weapons eq ual ly.

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A nkus: one fam i l iar w ith th is weapon m ay contro l elephants (and sim i lar pachyderms) w ith it.

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 AR MO R <1 ·SH IELDS
TYPE Hits taken S T needed 1 Cost Weight

Comp l ete :
Plate 14 11 500 1 000
Mail 11 12 300 1 200
Lamellar 10 5 400 900
Sca le 8 7 80 750
R ing-joined p late 7 4 1 00 300
Leather 6 2 50 200
Q u ilted silk/cotton 3 1 40 1 00

Parts2 :
Chest
Back and B reast 5 3 250 200
A rming Doub let 3 1 40 75
Leather jerkin 1 1 15 \ 15

Limbs
Gauntlets (pair) 2 (7 eo. ) 1 10 25
G reaves (pair) 2 , {7 eo. ) 1 25 40

Head
F u l l helm 3. 1 20 ./ 50
G reek (open face) 2 1 15 35
Steel cap 1 1 10 25
Face mask 1 1 10 25

Shields
Tower sh ie ld 6 6 1 00 550
K n ight ' s sh ield 5 5 65 450
Target sh ield 4 5' 35 ) 300
B u ck ler 3 10 75

Odd pieces
V i k ing S p ike S h ield 4 5 90 450
(DEX req. 5, gets 2 offensive dice for spike)
Mad u (shield) 1 1 15 20
(DEX req. 75, gets 7 die + 3 adds for horns)

1 ST needed is add itive for acqu iring armor only'. For example, to wear
p late armpr and carry a tower sh ield , ST req u i red is 1 7 .

2 Parts: the sum of the parts is equal only to one of the above sets of
fu l l armor. N one of these can be added to a comp lete su it of armor, as
app ropriate versions are included i n the tota l .

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 t�6 CI\EATIN6
MONSTERS
Having good guys without bad guys wou ld be
pretty d u l l stuff. W hat l u rk s and slithers in you r
imagination I don ' t k now , but in m ine there are
fire-b reath i ng d ragons, crocod i les, u n icorns , snarks,
sharks and booju m s , b lack hobb its, giant spiders,
cave l ions, pythons, centau rs, toothy non -flam ing
d ragons, wyverns, wu rms, griffins, h ip pogriffs,
werewolves and vam p ires, balrogs, basil isks , ghosts,
) ubjub b i rds, slithy toves, cave bears , sp h inx,
enchanted warriors, zombies, �epti le men , flame
fiends, harpies, orcs, ogres, g re m l ins, gob lins, trolls,
giants, two-headed giants, t h ree-h eaded giants,
mushroom monsters, cockatrices, giant slugs,
banshees, m u m m ies, barrow-wights, liv ing statues,
shoggot hs, wra iths, demons, leopards, octopi
{giant economy size) , gnoles, m i notaurs,
slime-m u tants, drool ing man iacs, half-orcs, hydrae,
l iving skeletons, bandersnatc h i , jabberwocks,
p ithecanth rop i , ghou ls, mad d ogs, poisonous
vipers, b lood bats, n ight gau nts , lam iae, cannibals-,
w itches, warlocks, rab id rats (u Isios) , ch imerae ,
hags, giant slimy worms, yet i , tige rs, gorgons,
bigfoots, invisib le stalk ers, were-c reatures of all
varieties, m isanthropes a nd m isogyn ists, manticores
and lots more. If you want more , l ook through
books of mytho logies of ancient cu ltu res, or b ooks
of science fiction and heroic fantasy . I n no time' at
all , you ' l l be inventing you r own , too.
Although there are several ways to give
greate r personal ization to your monsters, your
average du ngeon mo nster is desc ribed most easily
by a M onster Rating (M R ) . T h is nu mber
determ ines the nastiness of the monster in combat
and also how m uch damage it can take before it
d ies. The chart be low shows how many d ice a
monster gets to ro ll i n comb at .
Number o f Dice Monster Rating
o 0
1 1 -9
2 1 0- 1 9
3 20-29
4 30-39
5 40-49
6 50-59
7 60-69
8 70-79
9 80-89
10 90-99
11 1 00-1 09 etc.
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An easy way to remember the nu mber of d ice is to
d ivide the monster rating exactly by 1 0 and add 1 .
I n add ition to the d ice the m onster rol ls in
combat , it w i l l also have com bat adds. There are
two ways to determine this. After some years of
p lay, most GMs use half the monster's (current)
MR each turn in which combat occurs, (The
original method was to give the monster half its
M R in add s for only the fi rst rou nd of fighting, and
).4 thereafter. Use either method which su its you ,
although t h e new method i s preferred . )
For exam ple : Balrog Max i m u s M eany has a
M R of 250. He gets 26 d ice and 1 25 add s when he
fights. A single six-sided d ie will ro l l , on the
average , 3 .5 - t h is bal rog on the average w i l l
ro l l around 91 fo r h is d ice, then add 1 25 for a
total attack of 2 1 6 .
What th is all really means w i l l b e exp lained in
t he section on Com bat ( 1 .7) . By the new method
of getting a monster's adds, however, the balrog
w i l l add 1 75 each time he fights (un less his M R
goes down ) . By the original method , on the next
immed iate fight he gets only 88 adds (I round u p
for almost everyth ing) . If h e has time to rest
between fights, he'll start out w ith 1 75 adds again.
If this balrog is wounded, the h its will come
off h is M R . If in one rou nd of fighting he takes 5 0
hits, h e starts the next rou nd w ith a M R of 200,
with 21 d ice and 1 00 adds (by the new m ethod ) .
Steve M cA l l ister and J i m "Bear" Peters have
developed a form ula and chart to create more
personal ized monsters, especia lly anthropomorp h ic
ones. T h is is included in section 2.41 , Personalizing
Mo nsters, along with other com ments on
personal ized monsters.
,
A com mon quandary for beginning G M s is
assigning su itab le M Rs to their m onsters. I include
the, short list on the fol l ow ing page to give you
some idea of w hat I have done w ith a few of the
'
more trad itional monsters that roam my own
G ristlegrim d u ngeon. U ltimate ly the task , of
entertaining and d ism ay ing players depends on the
G M , but th is may give you a start.
 1 .6.2 Creating Monsters

MONSTE R TYP E Ratings

Level: 7 2 3 4 5 6 I Appearing
•
Balrog 1 00 200 300 400 500 600 1
B lack Hobb its 12 24 36 NU NU NU 3 - 20
Centa u r 29 49 1 06 NU NU NU 1 -3

D ragon (with flame) 1 10 220 330 NU NU NU 1

D ragon (without flame) 60 1 20 240 NU NU NU 1
F lame Demon 45 90 1 35 1 80 235 270 1 -5

Ghoul 28 42 56 ' 64 74 87 1 - 10
Gob lin 30 45 60 75 90 1 06 1 - 10
G iant S pider 16 32 64 NU NU NU 1 - 10

Half O rcs 74 112 1 50 1 65 204 234 1 - 10

J u bj u b B i rd 36 72 98 NU NU NU 1 -6
Leopard 34 68 1 02 1 36 1 70 204 1 -6

Ogre 26 52 1 04 208 41 6 832 1 -6

O rc 40 60 80 1 00 1 20 1 40 1 - 10
Rats 8 16 32 NU NU NU 1 - 14

Tiger 44 88 1 76 NU NU NU 1
T roll 50 1 00 200 400 650 1 000 1 - 3
U n icorn 40 80 1 20 NU NU NU 1

Vam p ire 30 60 90 1 20 1 50 1 80 1 -6
Werewolf 30 60 1 20 240 480 960 1 -6

N U means I don ' t use that m onster

on those levels. There's no reason
why you shou ldn ' t. I n add ition,
severa l of these monsters have
specia l powers that don ' t show u p
in the regu lar M R, notab ly Vampires
(aversion to holy objects) , Were­
wolves (suscepti b i l ity to silver
weapons) and D ragons (flight in
' open areas, fire or acid b reat h ) .
Also, note that monsters need n ' t be
a lo ne. One orc isn' t ve ry form idable,
but 1 0 of them w i l l give anybod y a
good fight.

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 1�7 COMBAT
Sooner or later a situation w i l l arise where
you r player characters m u st fight. Combat is the
action seq uence of m ost fantasy gam e systems, and
th is section w i l l explain the p rocess to you .
First, some definitions:
WEAPONS' DAMAG E : The number of hits
scored by any given weapon when it is used during
a combat turn, expressed in dice . and adds.
For example, a sax (a sword-l i k e d agger) gets 2 d ice
+ 5 add s, wh ich gives it a range of 7 to 1 7 h its per
combat tu rn.
, . (or monster ratings) of the side that garnered the
COMBAT or P E RSONAL ADDS: The extra
hits in combat a character gets for having superior
attributes in Stren gth, L uck, an!i Dexterity.
Personal add s m ay b e negative if the ·character h as
u nu sually low Strength , L u ck , or Dexte rity. (See
the d iscussio n in section 1 .3 , Creating C h·a racters,
and compare monster add s u n-der section 1 .6,
Creat ing Monsters.)
The harde r you can h it somebod y, the mo re
you can h u rt the m : that's why you get add s for
Strength . I f you ' re lucky enough to land a b low i n
a vita l spot, you can d o m ore d am age ; that's why
you get add s for Luck. A nd if you're sk illfu l
enough to d e li b erate ly p lace a b low where it h u rts
most , you can do sti l l m ore damage ; that's why
there are adds for Dexte rity. The n umber 1 2
is the h igh side of average fo r th ree d ice (wh at you
originally rolled to get these Prime Attrib utes)
wh ich is why n u m bers h igher than 1 2 are
considered exceptional. Th e low side of average is
9, and attributes less than 9 are u nu sually poor.
H ITS or H IT POINT TOTA L ( HPT) : The
total of Weapons ' Damage + Combat A dds of a
character (or monster, or team of characters, or
team of monsters) for 1 combat turn. I f several
characters are fighting shoulder to shou lder against
several oppo nents, the entire 'team ' w i l l total a l l
their d amage possible together i n to a single
n u m ber, the H it Point Total .
COMBA T TU RN : One complete round of
combat in which all combatants have had their fair
opportunity to try to score hits. A lthough it is
considered "offic ial ly" to be 2 m inu tes long,
in actual p lay the fighters are p robab ly o nly
clash ing for 1 5 or 20 seconds at a time. The rest of
the time may be considered sq uaring off and
testing for openings.
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TH E PROCESS OF COMBAT: The seq uence
of actions is th is :
1 ) A l l com batants m ake the ir d ice ro lls (for
weapons if hu manoids, or Monster Rating if
they're monsters) and add their Combat Adds
to that.
2) If the re are several combatants on a side , the
i n d ividual characters' totals are added together for
a com p lete h i t point tota l .
3 ) The n u m bers for t h e opposi ng sides are
com pared , and the lower nu mber subtracted from
the greater.
4) A l locate H its of Damage to the constitutions
lesser H it Point Total.
H ITS OF DAMAG E : wounds to be assessed.
T h is n umber is the remainder left after the lesser
Hit Point Total is subtracted from the greater H it
Point Total. T h is n u mber comes d i rectly off a
character's constitu tion (or a monste r's M R ) ,
al lowing for possible p rotection granted by sh ields
and/or armor, if any.
For exam ple : Warrior X and Warrior Y are
figh ting. At the end of one combat rou nd, Warrior
X has a H i t Point Total of 9 (7 for h is weapon and
2 for h is personal adds) , and Warrior Y h as a total
of 6 (he rol led 7 for h is weapo n , b u t had a -1 for
personal add s) . 9 m i nus 6 is 3 ; Warrior X scored 3
h its against Warrior Y. However, Warrior Y had 2
hits worth of arm or, and so subtracts only 1 from
h is actual constitution. Warrior X takes no damage.
Because we are ex plaining a variab le p rocess,
it is d ifficu lt to ex press it in abstract terms. Some
examp le s shou ld clarify exactly how typ ical
comb at situat ions are hand led .
A lthough sim ple m u rd e r m ight be the
sim p lest form of k i l l i ng, Monster vs. M onster is
probab ly the easiest form of combat . W h i l e it is
p robably a rare situation, the basic p rinciples of
hand-to-hand com bat are sti l l p resent.
Situation : Rum mar Boartooth and G reyface
the G rim are two O rcs long employed in the
Hell hole D u ngeon . One evening after a long gam e
of poker (wh i l i ng away the hours w h e n no de lvers
a re about) , R u m mar accuses G reyface of cheati ng.
I n defense of h is questionab le honor, G reyface
lau nches into an attack. Both O rcs have a M R of
1 8, w h ich gives them 2 d ice in attack and 9 add s.
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F i rst Combat Turn:
Greyface rol l s 2 d ice, gets double 6's ( total
1 2) . He also add s 9 com bat add s for a H PT of 2 1 .
Rummar a lso rol ls two d ice, gets a 5 and 6
(total 1 1 ) . He add s h i s 9 combat add s for a H it
Point Total of 20.
Result: R u m mar, with the lowe r H PT, takes
1 point of d amage. T h is is sub tracted from h is
Mo nster Rating w h ich d rops to 1 7 . H e stil l gets 2
d ice. Because I rou n d odd n u m bers u p in a l most
every case , he also sti l l gets 9 adds : the wou n d is
su perficial.
Second Com bat Tu rn :
Greyface rol l s 2 d ice, for a total of 8 . P l u s 9
com bat ad ds, h is H PT is 1 7 .
Rummar also rolls 2 d ice, th is time for a total
of 1 0 . P lu s h is 9 combat add s, h is HPT is 1 9 .
Result: T h is time it is G reyface who is
wou nded , for 2 poin ts worth. H is M R d rops to 1 6.
He sti l l gets 2 d ice, b u t th is affects h is combat
add s - he now has on ly 8 .
Th ird Combat Turn:
Greyface with two d ice ro lls dou b le 6's again ,
for a total of 1 2 . P l u s 8 com bat adds, h is t-Pr i s 20.
Rummar rolls two d ice, total 4. Plus 9 = 1 3
for H PT.
Result: G reyface bad ly h u rts R u mmar, for 7
h its worth . R u m mar's M R goes to 1 2 . He sti l l gets
two d ice, but only 6 add s.
Fou rth Combat Tu r n :
Greyface (2 d ice) rol ls 5 . P l u s 8 = 1 3.
Rummar ( 2 d ice) rolls 1 1 . P l u s 6 = 1 7 .
Result: G reyface again takes h its 4 of the m ,
- Result: I t is evidently Thorn's inexperience
in fact, bringing h is M R down to m atch R u mmar's
1 2 . Th ey're back on even groun d .
F ifth Combat T u rn :
Greyface ( 2 d ice) gets 1 0 . P l u s 6 = 1 6.
Rummar (2 d ice) gets 6 . P l u s 6 = ·1 2 .
Result: Ru m mar takes another 4 h its. T h is is
sign ificant, b ecause h is M R h as d ropped to 8. He
now gets on Iy 1 d ie in combat and 4 ad ds. H is
chances of b esting G reyface have p l u m meted .
Sixth Combat Tur n :
Greyface (2 dice) ro lls 1 0. Plus 6 = 1 6 H PT.
Rummar (1 d ie) ro lls 3. P l u s 4 = 7 .
Result: Ru mmar h as to take 9 h its, w h ich i s 1 .
more th an he has Mon ster Rating left. I n a gurgle
of b lood , the accuse r d ies.
T h is battle shows a n u m ber of i m portant
t h i ngs. First, a close ly-match ed com bat can go on
for q u ite some time. Second , some combats can
waver back and forth for a wh i le - both R u m mar
and G reyface took h its d u ring combat, b u t the fal l
o f t h e d ice fi nally decided i n favor o f G reyface.
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Combat
I t is far more com mon that monsters fight
men and their h u manoid k i nd red . L i ke monste rs,
the player characters get d ice and adds, but both
are- d eterm ined d iffere ntly. The n u mber of dice
rolled is dependent u pon what weapons are being
w ie lded. Com bat add s are based on the bonus (or
lack of i t) for Stre ngth, Luck and Dexterity.
S I NG L E COM B AT
Situation: Some days later, a party of d e lvers
have ente red the H e l lhole D u ngeon . You ng Thorn
Ripsnort has gotte n separated from the rest of the
party when he ru n s across our old friend G reyface
(who has been stay ing out of poker games in the
interi m ) . G reyface has been able to rest and
recuperate, so h is M R is back u p to 1 8. (Monsters
regain their lost points at 5 per regu lar tu rn if they
are left alone to h eal u p , thus, had th is encou nter
happe ned later the same even i ng that G reyface
k i l led Rum mar, G reyface wou l d begin the fight at
fu l l strengt h . )
Thorn i s a beginn ing warrior wearing a
com p lete suit of leather arm or, and carry i ng a good
b road sword . H is attributes are : ST : 1 4, I Q : 1 2,
L K : 1 4, CON : l 0, D EX : l 0, CH R : 1 3. He gets +4
personal add s (+2 each fo r ST and L K ; h is D EX is
normal) . The b roadsword gets 3 d ice + 4 adds; h is
leather armor takes 1 2 ( 6 x 2) h its for h im .
F i rst Combat Turn:
Greyface w ith 2 d ice ( M R 1 8) rol ls 1 0. Plus 9
for combat add s gives h i m a HPT of 1 9 .
Thorn ro lls 3 d ice for h i s sword , gets 1 0. Plus
4 for the add on the sword , and p l u s another 4 for
h is personal add s, h is H PT is 1 8 .
that al lows G reyface to slash beyond h i s d efense.
However, thanks to his leather armor, Thorn has
the re lief of watc hing G reyface's talons slide
harm lessly off, and Thorn takes no h its to h i s CON .
Second Combat Turn :
Greyface (2 d ice for h is M R of 1 8) ro l ls 9 .
P l u s 9 = 1 8 for H PT.
Thorn ro lls 3 d ice for sword (gets 1 1 ) + 4 = 1 5 ,
p l u s another 4 for personal add s for a H PT of 1 9 . .
Result: This time it is Thorn w ho lands a h it
on the arc. G reyface has no protection besides h is
scaly h ide, and h i s M R therefore d rops to 1 7 . As
before, he w i l l sti l l get 2 d ice and 9 add s, however.
Th ird Com bat Turn:
Greyface (2 d ice) rol ls 5. P l u s 9 = 14 for H PT.
Thorn 's b road sword rolls 1 3, + 4, + 4 (for
add s) = 2 1 for H PT .
Result: G reyface takes 7 h i ts. H is M R d rops
to 1 0; he sti l l gets 2 d ice but only 5 add s now.
He howls with rage ( not u n m ixed w ith fear) as
Thorn gives a yel l of glee, sensing h is first k i l l
moments away.
 Combat
M E L E E COM BAT
Situation: A l l th is howl ing and yel l i ng has
attracted the atte n tion of others, h owever. Rowan
R ipsnort, T horn's siste r (a lso lost from the original
party) hears and recogn izes her brother's j u b ilant
voice . She ru ns to rejoin h im j u st as G reyface's
newest fighting companion - S y lvus Beggarsbane -
com es rou nd ing the corner to help him. G reyface
and Thorn pause a moment, then both sides rush
together: a general m e lee is d eclared . No longer a
quest ion of single com bat, anyone on one side w i l l
try to attack anyone o n th e oth er, whoever is
w ithin reach of fang, claw, or sword . ( N atu rally,
w ith two aga inst two, th is could be hand led as two
separate examples of single combat. It wou l d ,
however, take longer, and fu rtherm ore the
princ iples shown by the me lee exam p le w i l l
continue to hold tru e if two orcs are fighting six
hu mans or if fifty orcs beset th irty h u mans. )
Rowan R ipsn ort has these attributes: ST : 1 2 ,
I Q : 1 4, L K : 1 7 , CON : 1 5 , D E X : 1 4 and CH R : 1 2.
Personal add s are therefore + 7 . Having started out
som ewhat poorer than her b rother, sh e wears no
armor and carri es an estok (gets 3 d ice + 0 adds) .
Sylvus Beggarsbane is sl ightly tougher than h is
com pan ion started out at - S y lvus h as a M R of 22,
and so gets 3 d ice and 1 1 add s. Recall that
G reyface is wou nded , with a M R of only 1 0 at
this mome nt.
First Com bat Turn :
Orcs: G reyface ro lls dou b le 6's, insp ired by
the p rese nce of h is com patriot. P l u s h is 5 adds, h is
total is 1 7 . S y lvus rol ls 3 d ice for a tota l of 1 2,. p lus
h is 1 1 adds, for a total of 23. The orcish comb ined
HPT is 40 .
Humans: Thorn ro lls 9 , + 4 (for h is sword ) =
1 3 . He also gets + 4 for h is persona l ad d s for a
total of 1 7 . Rowan ro lls 8 , gets no add s for her
estok , but 7 add s personal l y . Her total is 1 5 .
Between the two of them , the h u mans garnered
32 points in h its.
Result: The h u mans m u st take 8 h its between
t he m . D iv ided equally, they m u st each take 4 h its.
Those h its slide h arm lessly off Thorn's armor, but
Rowan takes 4 h its d irectly off her Constitu tio n,
w h ich d rops to 1 1 . T h is d oes not h arm her fighting
abil ity - in the T&T system , a l l h its are considered
relatively superficia l until the last one, when the
character d ies. Rowan is sti l l far fro m death ,
merely b leed ing.
Second Com bat Turn :
Orcs: G reyface ro l ls 4, + 5 , h is tota l is only 9
this time. Sylvus rol l s 1 4, + 1 1 for a total of 2 5 .
O rcs' H PT is 3 4.
Humans: Th orn ro lls 8, + 4 (sword ) , + 4
( pe rsona l adds) = 1 6 . Rowan ro lls 1 1 , + 7 1 8.
= she can locate a heal ing potion inside t he d u ngeon ,
H u man total is 34.
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Result: A l l b lows were parried, and al l attack s
blocked . N othing was accom p l i shed o n e ither side.
Th ird Com bat Turn:
Orcs: G reyface ro l ls 5, + 5 = 1 0. Sylvus rol l s
8, + 1 1 1 9. O rcish total i s 29.
=
Humans: Thorn rol ls 1 2 , + 4 (sword ) , + 4
( personal) = 20. Rowan rol ls 1 3 , + 7 (persona l ) =
20. H u man tota l 40.
=
Result; Orcs have to take 1 1 h its between
them . Assu m ing G reyface is slowed by his wou nds,
he has to take the extra hit (6) bringing h is M R
down to 4 ( 1 d ie and 2 add s in com bat) . Sylvus
takes 5 h i ts, b r i nging h is MR to 1 7 - he loses 1 d ie
in com bat and has only 9 add s.
Fourth Com bat Turn :
Orcs: G reyface rol ls a 4, + 2 6. Sylvus ro l ls
=
a 9 , p l u s 9 for com bat ad ds for a total of 1 8 ; total
for the O rcs 24.
=
Humans: Thorn rol ls 1 2 , + 4, + 4 = 20.
Rowa n ro l l s 5, + 7 1 2. H u mans' total is 3 2 .
=
Results: O rcs have to take another 8 h i ts, o r
4 eac h . Th is is exactly enough to k i l l o l d G reyface,
who collapses in the m idst of battle. Sy lvus,
regretting h is hasty actions, is left alone facing
two armed warriors; h is M R is now only 1 3 (2 d ice
+ 7 adds).
F ifth Com bat Turn:
Ore : Sylvus stands alone, desperate ly, and
rol l s double 6's (this is absolutely the best h e can
do now ) . W ith add s h is total is 1 9 .
Humans: Thorn attacks from one side, rol ls
8, p l u s 4, p l u s 4 for a tota l of 1 6. Rowan's attack is
fro m th e other side; she rol ls 1 0, + 7 1 7 . H u man
=
total is 3 3 .
Result: Sylvus i s now hope lessly outclassed.
He has to take another 14 hits, d ropp ing h i s M R to
3 . I f there was anywhere to ru n away to, he'd h ave
tried to do so on the last com bat tu rn ; he can see
in their eyes that begging for mercy wou l d be
use less.
Sixth Com bat Turn:
Ore: Sylvus has one d ie ( ro lls 3 ) , p lus 2 add s.
HPT = 5 .
Humans: Thorn ro lls 7 , + 4, + 4 1 5 . Rowan
=
rol ls 1 0 , + 7 1 7 . Hu man total is 32.
=
Result: Sy lvus can 't possi bly absorb another
27 h i ts and sti l l l ive. W ith a gurgle he expires on
the d u ngeon floor. (T he add itional 24 h its are
usually referred to as "Overk i l l " . ) Rowan w raps
some spare cloth around her wou nded ribs and the
b rother-and-sister team continue, look ing for an
ex it from the d u ngeon, or a means of re locati ng
the rest of their party. Rowan 's Constitution w i l l
remain below normal ( 1 1 , from h e r usual 1 5 ) u nt i l
a w izard w h o can heal her, o r u nt i l she can get to
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the outsid e world again where she can rest and
recuperate for at least a week or two u nt i l the
wou n d heals on its own . H umans and h umanoids
do not regain Constitution i n the way that resting
monsters regain their monster-ratings.
You shou l d note several th ings from the
previous exa m p les of single and melee comb at.
Aga i n , in a closely matched fight, combat can go
on for some time. If Rowan and T horn together
had encou n tered on ly one of the orcs, thi ngs
wou ld have gone m u ch m ore swiftly. None of the
given ro lls were doctored to give a clean , q u ic k
sol u tion .
Second , good guys don 't always win. Here
they did , but had the h u mans conti n u ed to rol l
poorly, a n d the orcs w e l l , Rowan m ight h ave taken
a few more h its and ended h er d ays as monster
fodder.
T h i rd , note the p rotective val u e of armor.
Thorn was wearing on ly leath er armor, but he was
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never scratched . Rowa n had to take the same
n um ber of h its as her b rother, but lack i ng h i s
armor, s h e took it o n t h e c h in - or the ribs, a s the
cctse m ight be. Fu rther, armor rated at 6 does not
simply take 6 h its and b u rn out. I n the course of
both fights, Thorn's armor fended off a total of
only 5 h its, but it cou l d have con tinued to take
h its b y the 2's, 4's and 6's alm ost indefin ite ly ,
leaving the man u nderneath u n scathed. H ad the
comb at continued 1 5 or 20 com bat turns, the
Game M aster m ight have decreed that if T horn was
tak ing a few h i ts each time, h i s armor was slow l y
suffe ring attrition to t he point that it wou ld no
longer take t he fu l l 6 h its any more . As it was, the
armor p robably has n o more than a few deep
scori ngs across it.
All ord i nary com bat situations can be handled
in the m anner described above ; all add i tions
mentioned later ( m issi le weapons and m agic, for
instance) are outgrowths from these basics.
 IJ� S/iVIN6 ItOLLS
F rom time to time, characters m ay be p laced
(
in such danger by a trap, b y combat, by magic, or
)
by their own clumsiness that on ly p u re l u ck can
save the m . T h is is where the Saving Roll S R ( )
comes in . A l l important characters in this game
have a Luck rati ng - the h igher the rating, the
l u c k ie r the character. The saving rol l needed is
based on a character's L u c k .

These rolls are set u p i n levels o f d ifficu lty.

If the peril to be avoided is someth ing fairly
ord inary , l i ke dod ging a m issile or not fal l i ng i n to
a n open cesspool, o n ly a first-level saving rol l w i l l
be requ ired . B u t i f t h e peril i s someth ing
tremendous, like escaping from the center of a
b urn ing, collapsing h ou se w ith archers stationed on
all sides to p ick you off as you come out, a fou rth
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or fifth level saving roll at least ! wou ld ( ) 19.

reasonab Iy be requ ired .

When making a saving rol l , you a lways u se
two d ice. However, doubles add and roll over
i.e., if you rol l two 4's, you may ro ll again , and add
the 8 you already h ave to the new rol l , wh atever it
is. Thus, it is possib le to k eep rol l ing and add ing
indefin ite ly, if you can keep roll ing doub les. So
don 't despair if you find you need a saving rol l
greater than 1 2. T h e fo llowing chart gives the first
6 levels of saving rolls: the p rogression shou ld be
clear enough . Note that you must a lways roll
at least a 5, no matter h ow l u c ky you a re -
acc idents can always happen .
Level Formula
1 20 m i n u s Luck
2 25 minus Luck
3 30 minus Luck
4 35 minus L uck
5 40 m i nu s Luck
6 45 m i nus Luck
1" r.
:
I n other word s sflbtract your luck from the
appropriate number to get you r saving rol l ,
which m u st never b e less than the m i n i m u m of 5
( although if you rol l dou ble 1 's or double 2's you
)
d o get to rol l again . A handy form u la to
remember is this:
( Level x 5) + 15 = :f! to shoot for
As a character attains h igher leve ls, he or she
w i l l h ave opportu n ities to improve h is or her Luck,
- making the h igher level sav ing rol ls easier. Also,
GM s often let you r un across m agical treasu re
( )
wh ich i m p rove or worsen you r luck, so rati ngs of
30 or even h igher are not u n h eard of.
When a character m isses his sav ing rol l by a
narrow margin, the GM may re lent and infl ict a
m il de r version of the original hazard. However, for
h is own honor, the GM w i l l usually want to k i l l a l l
the intru d i ng de lve rs h e can !
Saving rolls are usual ly used to avoid
mechan ical traps, dodge m issiles, escape d eath after
ex posu re to poison or d isease , etc. They are usually
not used as defense against m agic, although the GM
may decree otherwise . A character in h i d i ng may
need to rol l to avoid d iscovery. I n genera l , if there
is a q uestion of whether a p l ayer is lucky enough
to accomp l ish someth ing the saving rol l concept
can be e mployed , whether or not actual "escape"
is involved . Fu rthermore , GMs m ay req u i re saving
rol ls on other attributes - on 10 to th row off the
effects of a hypnotic gem , on D EX to ru n across
shaky rope bridges and so on .
I f a non-player character req u i res a sav ing rol l ,
(
the GM w i l l rol l u p h is luck or other attribute )
( )
and try to make the rol l .

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 Though your object in th is game is to e njoy
p laying it, you r ch aracter's success can be
measu red by the n u m ber of Adventu re Points
(also cal led Experience Po ints, or EPs) accumu lated
i n h is or her delv ings. E xperience points also
determ ine w hat levels the character has ach ieved.
( For a lengthier d iscu ssion of E P and levels, see
section 2 . 1 4, Character Leve ls.)
As more ex perience is gained , a character
becom es more powerfu l and has possible more
i nteresting adventu res. As long as a character
remains al ive - regard less of h ow many adventu res
he or sh e partic ipates in - you are " w i n ning." I f i l l
fate befalls the characte r, o r i f you overex te n d
you rself i n p laying your character's capab il ities,
the characte r d ies, and it is you r loss. Of cou rse,
these games allow you to p lay any number of
characte rs (often referred to as a "stab le of
characte rs") and some wi ll su rv ive and advance,
and everyone w ins in the end.
How does a character gain Ex perie nce/
Adventu re Points? He or she must participate in
som ething that can reasonab ly be called an
adventu re , mon itored by a G M . Several classes
of action come u nder th is category, and they
are listed below w ith some guidelines for award ing
experie nce points.
DA R I N G
Game Masters shou ld evalu ate the d ifficu lty
and dange r of their tu nnel complexes, wilderness
areas, c ities, etc. and award E Ps accord i ngly to
those player-characters who su rvive a session. A
general gu ide line to this is to award 1 00 points for
each level of dungeon or difficulty. For exam p l e , a
characte r who penetrates to the 3 rd leve l of
Bleem 's Blemish (a d u ngeon) and gets back out
al ive wou ld be award ed 300 E Ps even if he or she
never fought a single mon ster. There a re, however,
two schools of thought in th is regard .
An alte rnate scheme is to award pro gressively
more poin ts per level for the tougher levels o f a
dungeon. I personally give 1 00 times the level
nu mber of the du ngeon for each leve l penetrated.
A trip to the th ird leve l of G ristlegrim is worth 600
points to any character who su rvives it. (T hat is,
1 00 for 1 st + 200 for 2 n d + 300 for 3 rd , although
go ing back up to 1 st level doesn 't win any more
points) . A l th ou gh m ost games are l i k e ly to take
p lace undergrou nd where such assessment of level
is easy , the same principle applies to su rface
challe nges. H owever, only the Game M aster can
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determ ine how much daring it req u i res 1'0
penetrate h is h au nted forest, withered heath, or
the City of Terrors.
U n der th is category there are experience
poi nts for d oing someth i ng u nusual, even
foolhard y. I f a character walks into a d ragon's lair
to suggest a ridd l i ng contest for safe passage
through the roo m , he shou l d be given som e small
reward for try ing it. He's taken his l ife in his hands,
not k nowing if the d ragon w i l l flame first and ask
q uestions later. (O n the other hand, if the d ragon is
a l read y k nown to have a penchant for ridd les, the
character hasn 't really risked anyth i ng, and shou ld
get no reward in EPs. ) Actions com ing into this
category tend to be those wh ich, if they fai l , are
very l ik e ly to k i l l the character outright - there
should always be the e lement of a w ild gam b le if
the characte r involved is to rece ive points for
the action.
COM BAT
Any character who participates in a com bat
wh ich resu l ts in a foe being e ither slain or su bd ued
gets experience points for it. Participation may be
relatively m inor, but if a character took part and
i n any way helped the group, then he or she shou l d
b e awarded the EPs. Again, there are several
schools: of thought as to how these points shou ld
be awarded - look over the possi b i l ities, and
choose one wh ich seems most su itable to you and
those you play the gam e w it h; if none of these
systems seem appropriate, work out som eth i ng
e lse that does.
One system is to award points equal to the
Monster Rating of whatever was slain equally to all
those who participated. Thus, if Fang the
Delectab le and Cand uck the Magician both took
part in offing a 300 rated G iant, both characters
wou ld receive 300 EPs for it.
Another system is to divide the total Monster
Rating by the number of characters who fought
and surVived, and award the result as EPs to each
participating character. I n this instance , Fang and
Canduck wou ld each get 1 5 0 poi nts for the above
encou nter.
If characters are fighting a n u m ber of
monsters at once - ten Orcs rated at 20 each,
perhaps - some Game Masters wou l d v iew that as a
 A dventure Points
total Monster Rating of 200, to be awarded
accord ing to one of the two arrangements l isted
on the p reced ing page ( Le . , e ither give all
partic ipants 200 poi nts, or d iv id e the 200 b y the
number of characters fighting). The altern ative
thought to this - d uring a single battle, fighting
one of several creat u res is much like fighting a
number of them at once - leads to the conclu sion
that rather than considering the 1 0 Orcs as a
col lective of 200, they're really just a lot of 20's.
Thus, vh aravters w h o fight th ose te n O rG5 wou ld be
awarded 20 E Ps, period . T h is system is rare ly used
in conju nction with the d iv ided M R system .
A lthough you may wish to p lay around with
these various system s to get a feel for each one,
o nce you have done so you shou ld p ic k one system
and stick to it. I t is hard Iy fair to swi tch back and
forth with in a single game session so as to g ive the
de l vers the m ax i m y m ( o r m i n i m y m ) E PS t
I f the foes are clearly conquered after on ly
one or two combat rou nds, and manage to escape
by ru nn ing away, the delvers shou ld get o n ly half
the u sual adventu re points wh ich they wou ld have
won had they k i l led their enem ies. I n the event
that it is the characters who tu rn and f l ee, they
should get no points at all . Captu ring a d efeated
foe , b ut not k i l l ing h im , is worth the same n u mber
of p oints as if it had been sla in .
The G M should be very carefu l in award ing
Adventu re Points for com bat, and these p o i f) ts
shou ld be awarded i m m ed iate ly after any
particu lar com bat" is fin ish ed . I n the event that
combat . takes p lace between two or more
characters who have Prime A ttributes instead of
a Monster Rating, the winner should be awarded
points equal to the total of the loser's Strength,
10, and Constitution.
SAV ING ROLLS
Co nsidering the fact that saving ro lls are often
the only thing between a character and horrib le
death , they shou ld be worth someth ing in points
immediate ly. ( I f you have to make a saving rol l ,
you 're in a n adventu re, whether you l i ke i t o r not.)
Whether the sav i ng rol l is successfu l or not,
mu ltiply th e -C(ctual numb er thrown by th e level
number of the savin g roll demanded; th is n u mber
is the appropriate l1u mber of experience points to
be awarded . For e x am p l e , if a p it opem beneath
Fang's feet and he m u st make a Second Level
Saving Roll on Luck ( L 2S R on L K ) to avoid fa lling
i n , he wou ld have to ro l l a 1 5 ( h is L uck is 1 0,
3u btmcted from 25 fo r il 2 n d leve l ro l l - 1 5 ) . l n
fact, he ro lls an 1 1 . T hough he falls into the p it,
he wou ld sti l l get 22 points for the ex perience . . .
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it wou ld have taugh t him someth ing about pits.
Had he managed to rol l dou b les and in fact rol led
up a 1 5 , he wou ld have m ade the saving rol l ,
a'Vo ided the p it, and col lected 3 0 EPs.
Those acq uai nted with the older editions
rea l ize th is is som ewhat d ifferent from the
award ing of EPs for sav ing rol ls. As an alternative
some may w ish to continue using, we w i l l include
the old system here , though the newer method is
often p referred . Before, if a 3aving rol l Wil3 missed,
a character took points equal to two times what
the rol l was m issed by. ( Exam ple: Fang, m issi ng
the 1 5 and ro l l i ng 1 1 , wou ld take ( 1 5 - 1 1 ) x 2 , or
8 E Ps.) I f he made it, he wou ld take the n u mber he
rol led as EPs ( Exam p le : need ing a 1 5 , h is doub les
add ed up to a total of 21 - he wou ld take 21 E Ps. )
CASTING MAG IC
I s also good for getting ex perience points.
Warriors can not cast magic, but those other
character types who do get 7 EP for every strength
point actually expended in casting a spell.
OTH E R
The l, ;! me M ;! ster m <l y <l w ;! rrl r l <l y ers h o n l l S
Adventu re Points for any n u m be r of d ifferent
reasons, when he or she sees cause for it. The G M
Ill ay d ec id e to reward you for figu ring o u l ilow to
play the magic harmon ica you just fou n d , or give
you extra points for stay ing especially we l l in
character, or for com i ng up w ith the plan that
saves the party from a passl ng tri b e of Tro l l s. The
GM may award points for su rviving wou nds,
solving puzz les, or whatever. Any points awarded
i n t h is catego ry shou ld be given to those p laye rs
who are doing an exceptio nal ly good job only, thus
mak ing the gam e more of a challenge to a l l .
TREASU R E a n d MAG ICA L ITEM S
Once u pon a time experience points were
give n for treasure and magical items found and
carried off, but no longer! Properly speaking, cash
is its own reward , and there is no reason why a
c h aracter who stu m b l es across a d iamon d worth
1 0,000 GP, picks it up and walks off, should get
1 0,000 ex perience poi nts. He has not especially
earned the points, nor learned very m u eh from it,
a nd shou l d n 't get the level bonuses (d iscussed in
section 2 . 1 4, Character Leve ls) that usually go
along w ith them . By the sam e logic, a magical iron
ring that b estows on its wearer an add itional 1 0
L u ck points is also its own reward , and shou ld not
give ' adventure' points as we l l .
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Some final notes - adventu re points may
only be accu m u lated d uring the course of a game
of T&T. P layers may not award themse lves points
for everyd ay acti ons or past h i stori es i m ag i ned for
the character ( b u t not actu ally p layed through in
t h e cou rse of a real gam e ) . Ad ventures i nto
sol itaire d u ngeons d o coun t as real games, to be
sure - the risk is sti l l th ere . Time spent betwee n
adventures - real games - sim p ly d oes not count.
Adventure Poin ts
Although acc u m u lat ion of ex perience points
is a d riving force in T & T, players may find that,
over the cou rse of time, they w i l l want to give
ou t - a n d even receive - sm aller increments of
points. Stinginess in this regard is not necessarily
a b ad t h i ng. Re ce i v i ng rp s b y t h e d ou b le h an d sfu l
takes som e of the ' honour' out of the whole th ing,
an d d efin itely d etracts from the fee li ng of having
earned those points.

Continued in Part II . . .

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 ATUIf\AL
DEVELOPMENTS
THE SA ME
IT -IS PLA)(ED
This section of the rulebook is not the 'advanced'
5t:ction. fart I was separated from fart /I to make ll7iflY5
SitHplu for you, the reader, especially if this is your first
MttJUI1MJ' with dny fantasy role-playing game. Part J
should have given you a 'feel' for the nature of T& T and
what kind of game it is; it has the fundamentals needed
to introduce a friend to the game. However, to play the
game fully, Part II is as necessary as Part I. Here are the
discussions of magic and magicians, creation of elves,
dwarves, and other humanoids, what those e xperience
points are really good for, and more about combat, especi­
ally as it functions with the added dimensions of magic,
missile weapons, and unarmed combat. So keep reading. . .

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 CilARACTERS
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CflARAC T£R
T)'P£S
As mentioned earl ier, i n a world w here magic
prevails th ere w i l l be th ose perso ns capab le of
hand l i ng th e arcane forces involved . Besides
warriors, who are b l ind to the form and natu re of
magic , there w i l l be those to whom it is v irtually
l ife and b reath , and w h o h ave been tra ined in its
ways from a very young age. A lso there w i l l be
those who have the capab i l ities of m astering the
magical a rts, but through social or economic
misfortu ne, or perhaps sim p le circu mstances,
never had the opportun ity for the ex haustive
tra i n i ng requ ired to become a true master of the
dark arts. And finally there are those rare, almost
u n ique in div id uals to whom some magic and
weapons train ing we re both availab le , and w h o h ad
the wit to absorb some of both th roughout their
u pb ri nging. These categories p rovide the fo u r
character types typ ified w ith i n the T & T u n iverse.
Each has its ab i l ities and shortcom ings.
WA R R IORS
Warriors have been d iscussed earl ier. These a re
people who are in herently psi-deficient, and who
can never learn the use of m agic. I f their growing
years were not all spent shovel l i ng horse r:na n u re
in the local stab les, perhaps they managed to get in
a few hours a da y in th e use of al l man ner of
weapons and arm or, taught by a veteran of the
K hazan-Ranger wars. W hen they are old e nough to
begin a career of d u ngeon d elving ( whether they
are 1 5 or 25 when they start) , any weapon in
their hands is dead Iy.
They can also get the max i m u m m i leage out
of armor and shields. T h is is their greatest
advantage - warriors, and warriors a lone, get two
times the normal protection from armor andjor
shields, because only a warrior h as the tra i n i ng to
use the arm or instead of letting it j ust h ang about
him l i ke a thin metal wal l . L i k e the spells of a
magic ian , this s k i l l ta kes time, tra i n ing and p ractice
to develop. No other characte r type h as it b ecause
no other characte r type had the opportu n ity for
intensive training in j ust th is area.
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Warriors are b ased on Robert E . Howard 's
archety pal character, Co nan - they understand
force best, su blety last. They recogn ize the value of
magic and magical artifacts and w h i l e there may be
an u ndercu rrent of m istrust of m agicians, warriors
w i l l cheerfu l l y util ize any magical artifact that
comes to hand.
W IZA RDS
Wizard s (variously cal led m agicians, mages,
magic-u sers and sorcerers) have the tra i n i ng and
ab i l ity to control the forces of the m ind that
power the arcane world of magic. L i ke warriors,
they started tra i n i ng you ng ( perhaps in the we l l­
k nown S l u mgu i l io n's School of M agic, of K hosht).
In any case , the 'N izard s G u ild found them young
a nd started training early. When the fu ndamentals
of magic were learned , the gu i l d schools tu rned
them out to fend for themselves, to use their
t rain ing to the ir best advantage or perish trying.
A l l the first-leve l spells in the S pe l l Book
( 2 .22) are the basic heritage of magicians, and they
rep resent the groundwork in the p rinciples of
magic w h ich is needed for the future growth of the
mage. There is no fee to acqu ire these first-level
spe lls, alth ough it may be that a ch i ld's parents
paid h andsomely for the instruction of their
offspring.
Being a psi-power, magic is control led by the
m ind of the spe l l -caster - hence, IQ as a Prime
Attrib u te takes on an add ed d imension. T he first­
level spel ls req u ire a m in im u m I Q of 1 0 to learn
and u se - the magic schoo ls wou l d never ac�ept
for train ing any ch ild w ith less.
Dexterity in reference to magic also takes on
another facet - conj u ring req u i res a certain manual
d exte rousness and l i mber fi ngers, and hence
first-leve l spe l l s req u i re a dexterity not less than 8
(who dares ru b shoul ders with a clumsy
magician ! ?) . H igher leve l spe l ls req u i re increasingly
h igh IQ and D E X .
T h e attribute o f S T p rovides the power or
energy wh ich fires the spe lls. A l l spe l ls have a
Strength req u i rement to cast the m . When th is
strength is use d, it temporarily disappears,
weake ning th e magic-user. ( I f a m agician uses 6 ST
points to cast a Take That, You Fiend spe l l , h is
Strength which was 1 5 before he cast the spe l l w i l l
d rop to 9. ) However, t i m e w i l l allow th is S trength
to retu rn - at the rate of 1 ST point per fu l l tu rn
( not com bat tu r n) .
Because t he you ng w izard spends h i s time
stu dy ing the ins and outs of magic, he never has
 Character Types
the time or opportu n ity to learn the correct u se of
weapons. Hence, magicians can never u se the fu l l
com plement of warriors' weapons, a n d are l i m ited
to daggers and other smal l weaponry (any weapon
which gets 2 or fewer dice can be used by a
magician ). Th e only exception to th is rule is the
use of a quarterstaff. Because magic staffs
(discussed fu l l y in section 2 . 2 1 , The L ogic of
Magic) provide an aid to concen tration for the
mage , some magicians elect to spend a short
portion of their early train ing in the correct and
efficient u se of quarterstaves i n fighting. T h is is the
only " large" weapon w h ich wizard s can u se
(although it also gets o n ly 2 d ice) . /"
Because magic is a d eve loped psi-power
instead of a god- or goddess-give n ab il ity, w izard s
m a y wear "cold iron" i f they so ch oose - any
arm or or shield they can carry and affo rd . If a
wizard has to fal l back on weapons - quarterstaves
or daggers - he or she does get appl icab le Personal
Adds for being strong, lucky, or dexte rous. (T here
are , of cou rse , no personal adds appl icab le for
magical attacks, except for Blasting Power and
Freeze Pleeze. )
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2. 1 7. 2
W izards are m od e l led o n To l k ie n 's Gandalf, or
Merl i n of A rthu r's E ngland . Magic is their best
weapon and protection , and only a w izard has an
·
u nderstanding of magic sufficient to create new
spe l ls. At that, it takes a w izard at least of 5 th leve l
to invent new spe l ls - and this shou l d only be
done w ith the agreement of fe l l ow players as to the
spe l l 's appropriateness, logic and su itable leve l and
strength cost assigned .
ROG U ES
Rogues are characters who have the psi-ab i l ity
to use magic, but for one reason or another never
received the training for it. Their 1 0 may have
begu n too l ow for acceptance by the W izards'
Gu i l d ; they may have been street u rchins without
suffic ient capital to pay the entrance fees; they
may have been brough t up in a backwater v i l l age
too smal l to bother w ith such th ings; they may
have been a h igh lord 's you nger c hild too l azy to
stick to the i n tense stu d ies of either weapons
or magic.
Rogues have the ab il ity to use any weapon
of their choice (wh ich they have the attributes
sufficient to b e able to handle) as we l l as the
ab il ity to learn magic from anyone they can find
who will teach them how. However, rogues w i l l
never fi nd weapons and armor to serve them qu ite
as we l l as they do warriors ( rogues do not get the
"doub le" effect of arm or) and rogues m ust l earn
all their spe lls from a w izard .
The Wizard 's G u i l d w i l l never teach the m , for
any fee. Rogues shou ld only be taught spe l l s by the
wizard s of another player w ho, by rights, shou l d
charge all the market will bear, as he has fees to
pay out to the Wizards' G u i l d to learn h i s h igher
level spells h im se lf. (Of cou rse, if a rogue comes
u pon a means of learn ing spells w h i le in a d u ngeon,
this is comp letely fair.)
I n learn ing spe l ls, the rogue learn-s" the
i n d ividual skills necessary, but w i l l never have
magic b ecome second nature - thus no rogue can
invent new spe lls. F u rtherm ore, the use of magic
staffs by rogues is impossi ble, as their util ization
req u i res more u n derstand ing of the natu re of magic
than any rogue w i l l ever obta i n .
A lso, rogues must cast spe l l s at t h e full listed
strength cost, even if the rogue advances in levels.
If a rogue casts a given spe l l at a h igher leve l , he
must pay the fu l l max i m u m ST cost. In addition,
any m agic above 7th leve l becomes too
com pl icated for a wizard to teach any rogue, even
w i th magic to pound it into the rogue's head .
Above 7 th leve l , magic becomes as confu sing
to a rogue as to any warrior, although the rogue
can continue to use magic whether he h i m self is
5 th leve l or 5 0th. Magic isn 't �asy , nor is it an art
for the d i lettante, and these are the penal ties
rogues pay for lack of train ing.
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Rogues are model led on F ritz Le iber's G ray
Mouser or J ack Vance's C ugel the C lever. Both
magic and weapons serve them , but they l ive b�st
by their w it and l u c k . Due to some of the changes
ou t l ined above, rogues can now advance to any
level they can attain ; they no l onger m u st choose
between the vocation of warrior or mage after
they've reached 7th level. For them there is no
advancement to the class of warrio r-wizard ; once
a rogue, a lways a rogue. I t's a m atter of train ing ­
or lack of i t.
WA RRIOR-WIZARDS
Warrior-w izards are a rare b reed i n deed . T hese
are characte rs to whom a moderate amount of
magic train ing and weapons train ing were both
ava ilable in their growi ng years. It takes an
uncom mon characte r to be ab le to absorb both ,
and good circumstance to be in the right p lace at
the right time to rece ive the train ing.
A young warrior-w izard m u st have, above all
e lse, better than average attributes: all Prime
A ttributes (ST, IQ, L K, CON, DEX, and CHR)
must be at least 72 when they are initially rolled
up. (Th is is before a lterations are . mad e in
attributes fo r the h u m anoid k ind red - on the
average , there are no more elv ish warrior-w izards
than h u man ones) .
A character can not choose to be a warrior­
w izard . He or she m u st be "born" that way. You
can choose to be a warrior, a w izard , o r a rogu e,
but never a ' warrior-w izard - c ircu mstances of
b irth and t rain ing requ ired to create one are rare ,
and shou ld be so in your games. (For the curious,
the odds are that only 1 i n 3 60 characters w i l l be a
warrior-w izard .)
The warrior-w izard has enough u nderstand ing
of magic to use a staff (deluxe or ordinaire) as a
too l to a id concentrat ion, b u t does not learn as
much from repetition as does a w izard . A warrior­
w izard may subtract 7 from required Strength for
every two levels he is above the level of spell he is
trying to cast. ( E xample: Aric Fairhair is a 5 th
level warrior-w izard . I f he is casting a 4th level
spe l l , he has to pay normal S trength c ost for it,
although if he has a staff it w i l l take of S trength
cost as a 5 th level staff (5 ST points) . If he casts a
3 rd level spe l l , he may su btract 1 more ST poi n t
for p roficiency; i f he casts a 1 st level spel l , he may
su btract 2 . )
However , the invention of new spells w i l l
remain o u t of reach even for these extraord inary
people. A newly-c reated warrior-w izard comes
equ ipped w ith all 1 st level spe l ls , b u t thereafter he
o r she must buy them as a rogue does - the
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W izards' Gu ild w i l l not teach warrior-w izard s,
either.
On the subject of weapons and armor train i n,g,
the warrior-w izard has partial know ledge of what
warriors are fu l l y trained in - efficient use of
armor. Thus, warrior-wizards may add + 7 to the '
effectiveness of any full set of armor' and/or any
shield they use.
Warrior-w izards are what rogues tended to
evolve into, u nder the old ru les of T&T, in spite of
the admon ition to become wholly a warrior or' ,
wholly a w izard . The com mon question was "why
shou ld a rogue forget how to use weapons if he
becom es a wizard , or forfe it all the m agic learned if
the decision was to become a warrior?"
T h is indeed seemed a fai r q uestion. For this
reason we have placed some add i tional l i m its on
rogues (wh ile al l owing them to continue to c l i m b
in levels) , and ' added the class o f warrior-wizard s
(but m ade them hard to acq u ire) . Were they
com mon , the warrior-w izards cou ld outclass
everyone around them - so the d ice w i l l have
to be k i nd to you before you can add one to
you r stable !
Any of the h u m anoid K indred - e lves,
dwarves, etc. - can take to any one of these
characte r types. T he fu l l discussion of the k i ndred
and h ow to get them- is d iscu ssed in the next
section (2. 1 2) .
Warrior-w izards are a matter of the fal l o f the'
d ice - no one can "decide" to be a warrior-wizard .
B u t if Fate d oes not so sm ile on your new ly
rol led-u p character, then ch oose any of the other
three c/1aracter types to make it: warrior, wizard,
o r rogue. Remember that a wizard m u st have a
m in i m u m 1 0 of 1 0 and a D E X of 8 to hand le
the first-level spel ls.
You can otherw ise be whatever you l i ke, b u t
keep in m ind th ese suggestions:
1 ) if 10 is greater than LK or ST, make the
character a w izard
2) if ST is greater than 10 or L K , make the
character a warrior, and
3) if LK is greater than either ST or 1 0 , make
the character a rogue.
Changing character types, once c reated , is
no l onger possib le (except perhaps by G M 's fiat ! ) .
 2J 2 CflARACT£R KI ND�EDS
The k nown world of Tu nne ls & T rolls is
-largely popu lated b y h umans, but the world is a
� pretty big p lace, after a l l . At some time in your
tu n nel trave l l i ng adventu res you may find it to
you r l i k ing to create a character of some other
mythic type than H u man.
The presence of E lves, Dwarves, and the l i ke
can add a certain spice not fou nd when playing
only H u m ans. To aid the Tu nne l Trekker, the
fol l owing is a l ist of recom mended method s for
for m u lating the h u manoid k ind red of m e n.
T H E P ET E RS-McA L L I ST E R CHART
FOR C R EATING M A N L I K E CHARACT E RS
(x) represents the multiplication symbol. A t all
times the number of dice rolled to obtain attr:ibutes
remains 3, just as in human character creation.
HUMAN No rm a l .
A l l P r i m e Attributes x 1 .
DWA RV ES ST and CON x 2.
CH R x 2/3 .
A l l others x 1 .
E LV ES I Q and D E X x 3/2.
C H R x 2.
CON x 2/3.
All others x l .
FA I R I E S S T and CON x 1 /4.
L K and D E X x 3/2.
CH R x 2 .
I Q normal.
HOBBI TS ST x 1 /2 .
CON x 2 .
D E X x 3/2.
All others x l .
LEPRECHAUNS ST x 1 /2.
D E X , 10 and LK x 3/2.
All others x 1 .
The hu manoid k indred s give evidence of the
unusual ab i l it ies mostly by their u nusual Prime
. Attributes. However (and it m ay only be rumor) ,
Dwarves do seem to have an u ncann�' ab i l ity to
determine the valu e of jewe ls and gems by simply
looking at them ; some say D warves can even sn iff
out large concentrations of gold if they can get
near enough in the first p lace .
The pointy-eared E lves m ight be ab le to hear
just a l ittle better than a H u man, b u t ru mors that
they can see to the farthest h orizon, or see i n the
dark are entirely unfou nded . A lthough E lves and
Dwarves once were b itter enem ies and som e
ind ividuals still keep old hatreds b u rn ing, by and
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large the two races get along moderately well
these days.
Fairies, as cou ld be ex pected, can fly -
there's noth ing m ore useless than a wal k i ng fairy.
T hat is un less you want h im or her to carry as
much as possible - any fai ry l oaded to one
we ight-u nit more than half its carry ing capaci ty is
too overb u rdened to fly. (Note that this is an
alteration from ear l ier editions where any fairy
w ith a ST greater than 2 cou l d n 't fly. Log ically, no
creatu re b u i l t l i ke a fairy cou ld fly - i t must be
magic, so fai ries can now fl y, regard less of strength .
J ust don't give them too m uch to carry arou nd .)
Hobb its are ge nerally good at stealth and
h ie ing themselves effective ly, when the need arises.
As fo r Leprechauns . . .
We l l , once Leprechau ns were the most
m isunderstood character race in T & T, and this
desp ite the ir engaging presence in Western m ythos.
We hope more playe rs w i l l find the new
Leprech auns of sufficient interest to insure their
presence in d u ngeons everywhere. Leprechauns are
essentially a peacefu l people, but gold holds the
same al l u re for them as for the other races: hence
their desire to descend into d u ngeons.
A ll Leprechau ns -should be c lassified as
wizard s - no rogues and no warriors. T hi s is not
fro m lack of weapons training in their you th , but
because no Leprechaun wou ld have anyth i ng to d o
w i t h a weapon larger than a cobbler's awl o r a
d inner kn ife. (T herefore Leprechau ns fu nction
under the same ru les for weapons-use as tra ined
w izard s - noth ing larger than two-die weapons i n
com bat.) Leprechau ns are i nherently magical ,
however, and it is part of their ge netic heritage to
be ab le to perform a spell akin to the Wink- Wing
(See section 2.22, The S pell Boo k , Leve l 4) for a
strength cost of only 5 . However there are no
wizard s' schools in the land of the Leprechauns
(and they encou rage none) , so Leprechau ns m ust
purchase all other spells they w ish to learn , just as
a rogue is compel led to (the W izard s' Gu i l d won't
teach Leprechau ns becau se the Le prechau n lords
won 't al low the Gu ild to open branch offices in
their area . . . ) .
W E R ES
Be nevolent were-types were also a pOSSi bi l ity
as du ngeon delving characters. Their attrib u tes
wou ld be changeab le - one set for their were-form
and one for the ir h u m an form (elv ish weres, or any
other race but h u m an , is virtual ly unth i n kab le) .
I n were-form , ST and CO N u ndergo a
noticeab le change, and Dexterity d rops to 3 i n all
cases ( paws aren't much good for hold i ng
weapons) . Other attributes remain the same, w ith
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Charisma largely dependent o n the were-fo rm and
the part y 's accepta nce thereof. If the party is
particularly fond of wolves, x 1 is probab ly fine,
but a were-crocod ile is best rated at 7 . Note that
were-types figh t as if i n U narmed Com bat (section
2.34) .
As a rule of t h u m b , werewolves m ay m u ltiply
ST and CON x 3 , weretigers and werebears x 7/2 .
Why anyone would want to create a werech icken is
Character Kindreds
q u ite beyond u s, so the m u l tip lier for that and
more b izarre types wou ld have to be determ ined.
w ith the aid of a fair-m inded G M .
Note that were-types m u st b e ab le to shuck
all their clothing, packs, and weapon ry to effect
their form-ch ange. Change a H u man in plate armor
into h is wolfish form w ithout first removing the
armor, and what you w i l l get is a term inal ly
cram ped wolf . . .

2 �lS·
tf[EI6HT & �EI6HT CHARTS
T h is chart was developed to d eterm ine the he igh t and weight of H u man characters. I f your character is
one of the h u manoid k indred , adj u st the numbers derived by the multipl iers given on the K i nd red Tab le
below. To get height and weight, roll 3 six-sided dice (just l i ke you d id to obtain the Prime Attrib u tes) ,
once for height and once for weight. I f you get a ridicu lous com b ination , you are free to simply rol l again.
HE IGHT W E I G HT ( Ibs)
3 4' 75
4 4' 3 " 90
5 4' 5 " 1 05
6 4' 8 " 1 20
7 4' 1 0" 1 35
8 5' 1 " 1 50
9 5 ' 3" 1 60
10 5 ' 6" 1 70
11 5 ' 8" 1 80
12 5' 11" 1 90
13 6' 1 " 200
14 6' 4" 225
15 6' 6" 250
16 6' 9 " 280
17 6' 1 1 " 310
1� 7 ' 2" 350
The above chart is for h u man m ales,
primari ly. If you want to be chauvi n istic about it,
you can su btract 2" and 1 0 Ibs. to arrive at typ ical
we igh ts for fem inine characters, but we have
always played our Amazon warriors j ust as b ig and
heavy as the d ice make them .

KI N D R ED C H A RT
To obta in ap prop riate sizes and weights for
the h u manoid k indred s of H u m ans, m u l tiply the
resu lts obtained in the chart above by the fractions
given below.
TYP E SIZE W E IG H T
Dwarves 2/3 7/8
"Tl-l €. \-IlW.A.Joro \(ItJt>R€1>
E lves 1 1 /10 1
ANt> -nt€\,R RE.LA1WE:o �ru.� (A�) . Hobbits 1 /2 1 /2
'c)ar)��. Fairies 1 /1 0 1 /200
Leprechau ns 1 /3 1 /4

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 CflARACTER LEVE LS
Watc h i ng you r characters grow and p rosper is
one of the m ajor p leasu res of th is game. Earlier, we
noted how one accu m u lates experience/adventure
points (section 1 .9 ) . This section w i l l tel l you
what those points w i l l do for you. T & T is a game
of ' growth as we l l as destruction (although
occasionally growth by destruction) and i t is hoped
that as your paper alter-egos grow in power and
w isd om, so, too, w i l l you .

Below are l isted the experience points

. req u i red to attain each leve l . Obviously a character
should have to go th rough qu ite a number of
adventu res before he or she w i l l reach 5 th , 9 th or
h igher levels - if th is isn 't so, then the G M is \
being too generous w ith E Ps, w h ich can u ltimate ly
spoil the game for a l l . Be fa ir, but not overly
generous.

LEVEL Experience Points

1 0
2 1 ,000
3 3 ,000
4 7 ,000

5 1 5 ,000
6 25 ,000
7 45 ,000
8 70,000

9 1 00,000 Every time a character advances to a h igher

10 140,000 leve l, he or she may exercise any one of the
11 200 ,000 options listed below to i m p rove Prime Attrib utes.
12 280,0 00
A. Add the new leve l n u m ber to ST.
13 400 ,000 B. Add }1 the new level n u m ber to I Q.
14 5 5 0 ,000 e. Add tw ice the new level number to LK.
15 750,000 D . Add the new leve l n u m ber to CO N.
16 1 ,000,000 E . Add }1 the new level n u m ber to D E X .
F. Add }1 the new level n u m ber to C H R.
17 2 ,000 ,000 G. Add }1 the new level n u m ber to S T an d }1
18 4,000,000 to CON .
19 8 ,000,000
20 1 6,000,000 W i th the GM 's agreement, characte rs may
raise IQ, L K , D EX or CH R w h i le inside a du ngeon
As can be seen, after the 1 6th level, the adventu re (options B, C, E, or F) if they cross the level then.
points req u i red double every time. T h is is a lso the Options involving ST or CO N (A, D, and G)
way to com p u te level poi n ts requ i red above the should only be used when the character retu rns
20th level : 2 1 st leve l takes 3 2 m i l l ion, 22nd level safe ly to the su rface.
takes 64 m i l l ion, etc . Od d n u m bers rou nd down.

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2�2t
THE LOG I C
OF ��6I C
There are those who wou ld say that magic
sim ply is not logical. T hen again , there is the
concept that magic is sim p ly a 'd ifferent' sort of
sc ience, and any tech nology created a ro u nd it and
far advanced fro m it would look l i ke magic.
T & T magic is assu med to be some k ind of psi­
factor - perhaps matrices arranged within the
m ind of the magic-u ser, or an alte red state of
consc iousness, all powe red by i n ner strength .
Some spells are of the "flash-b ang" ty pe, and
are over alm ost as soo n as they are begu n ( Take
That You Fiend, Oh Go A way and Hellbomb Burst
are exam p les).
Others effect a change wh ich fades away after
a given length of time has passed (Protective
Pentagram, Mind Po x, and Rock-o-Bye, for
exam ple ) .
There are sti l l others wh i c h effect some
change that remains long after a wizard has gone
un less' action is taken to reverse the occu rrence
( Wall of Iron, Dum-Dum and Curse You, for
instance). Some say these type of spells only last
for 1 00 years, a year and a day - but considering
the time span of m ost T & T games, th is may be
considered alm ost forever.
Depending on in nate psi ab il ity, there are
those who can m an ipu late magic , and those who
cannot, among the T & T popu lace. Warriors cannot;
rogues, wizards and the rare warrior-w izard can.
T h is holds true regard less of the species of the
character involved , be it H u man , E lf, Dwa rf,
O rc or Tro l l .
A true wizard has been trained from a ve ry
young age by som e man ifestation of the W izards'
Gu ild (a nearly u n iversal , qu ietly powerfu l and
h ighly conservative organization t h roughout the
T & T world). There are certa in mental states-of­
m i nd and fo rmu lae necessary in the casting of
even the si m plest enchantments , and it genera l l y
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req u i res years o f study plus a certain amount of
menta l matu rity to master the art. So don't c reate
any six-year-o ld w izard s . . .
Magic costs Strength to cast. Th is cost is listed
in The S pell Book (section 2.22, which fo l lows) .
Staffs w i l l lessen this cost, as w i l l increased
p rofic iency , for w izards and warrior-w izard s at
least (rogues do not get this be nefit) . No means
of reduction w i l l get a spell for you for free - al l
spells cost a m in i m u m of 1 strength point.
After a magic-user, rogue, or warrior-wizard
has cast a spe l l , on the following full turn he w i l l
begin to regain h is lost strength at one point per
fu l l tu rn . S trength w i l l not be regai ned if the spe ll­
caster is doing anyth ing more stren uous than fast
walking. Strength can not be regained du ring
com bat , or if the character is m oving at a dead ru n
( in fl ight or in pu rsu it) . Logic shou ld d ictate t h is
for the G M . However, a mage does not have to be
at com p lete rest (sitting or lying down ) to be
recu perating strength; by the same token, l y i ng
do w n or sleeping w i l l not speed the recovery of
Strength.
Characters of a given level m ay find they have
the requ ired IQ, D EX and ST to cast spel ls l i sted
at levels h igher than their own . The Wizard 's G u i ld
w i l l not teach or se ll spe l ls to characters that have
not attained what they feel is the req u i red
matu rity ( they w ill not se ll a 5th leve l w izard the
6th leve l spells). .
H owever, if a w izard , rogue or warrior-w izard
can learn spe lls h igher than h is or her own level by
any means, he or she can in fact cast the spe l l , w ith
th is add itional note: for each level of spell above
the caster's level, add 7 to the strength cost.
(E xam ple: if a 5 th leve l w izard were trying to cast
a 6th level spell w ith a l isted strength cost of 20, he
wou l d h ave to use 2 1 strength poi nts to cast it. )
M agicians and warrior-wizards of h igher than
1 st leve l w i l l sti l l wish to cast spe lls of lower levels
than the ir ow n . As their profic iency and practice
increase, the cost of cast ing spe lls is red uced. For
W izards, the red uction in cost is equal to 1 strength
point for each leve l that the spel l is below the
caster's leve l ; for warr ior-w izards it is 1 ST point
for each two levels. I n other words, if a 5 th level
magician were to cast a 2nd level spe l l that had a
l isted strength requirement of 1 0 , the mage wou l d
need o n l y 7 strength po ints t o cast the spe l l . Again,
no red uction will bring the cost be low 1 - there
must always be some power to get the spell started.
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Any spell that wizard s, rogues, or warrior­
w iz ards can cast on themse lves can also be cast on
another person unless by d o ing so the mage is
actually using another spe ll (such as the various
teleport spe l ls or the M u tatu m spe lls). Only a
carefu l reading through the spel l b ook w i l l sh ow a
player this.
Spe l ls can o n ly be cast once p�r combat tu rn ,
or 5 times in the space of a regular turn. O n ly
wizards have the knowledge necessary to invent
spells, and these shou l d be of l i m ited effect
and subject to the approval of one or more fe llow
players. I n magic, where v irtually anything goes,
it is sim ply too easy for a w izard to have magic
do everyth ing for h i m . For the playab i l ity of the
game , it is to the players' advantage to l i m it h ome­
brewed spells. Should a spel l be created on the spot
d u r i ng the cou rse of an ongoing gaM � , fhe effo rt
w i l l req u ire the expend iture of 90% of the m agic­
user's strength and can only be atte m p ted by
wizard s w ith at least 10 ST points ava ilab le. No
magic can be invented by w izard s less than 5th level .
I f the G M gives consent, two magic-u sers
(and no more) may work together and pool their
strength to cast a spell beyond the ir indiv idual
powers. However, b oth m u st alread y know the spe l l .
If two exhausted appre ntices with strengths o f only
6 ap iece need to cast a Hidey-Hole to escape
detection by an approaching Troll , they h old h ands
and each contributes 5 Sf poi n ts. The pair becomes
invisible (and a lso too weak to do anyth ing b u t
collapse in a corner and h ope for the best) .
A sudden d rop i n S T t o 2 o r be low i s apt to
cause disorientation , u n consc iousness, or at least a
severe weakness, u n ti l some strength is rega ined .
( Because a character can be created w ith a ST of 3 ,
although h e may h ave muscles wh ich rese m b le
water he is obv iously a v iab le character. ) Stil l ,
shou ld a mage w ith a 67 S T suddenly cast a spell
req u iring 60 of those strength points, t h e G M is
within rights to i nsist the character is badly
weakened and may not be ab le to remain stand ing
w it hout some help for a moment or two. A Saving
Roll on ST or CON m igh t be req u i red to maintain
consciousness, especially if the c haracter has been
wounded . If a character m iscalcu lates and atte mpts
to cast a spell req u iring more strength points than
there are availab le , h e suffers an i m med iate stroke
and d ies, and no spel l w i l l be fort hcoming. If,
however, spe ll cost is calcu lated exactly , and the
magic-u ser realises that casting the spell w i l l drop
h is ST to exactly 0, the character w i l l d ie but the
spe ll w i l l take effect.
MAGIC STAFFS
I t h a s been fou nd that hav ing a n aid to
concentration helps greatly in the casting of
enchantments and spel ls. T h is aid m ost often
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takes the form of a staff, alth ough there are also
such things as crystal or meta l l ic globes, caste
marks, and enchanted jewe ls am ong the Phoenix
players. The latter were all encou ntered w it h i n a
GM 's fantasy, and all have vary ing capab i l i ties
wh ich cannot be reasonab ly d iscussed here.
M agic staffs (or staves, for the gram matical)
all reduce the cost of casting a spell by the same
number as the level o f the magic-user. ( For
instance, a 1 st leve l mage with her ord i nary staff in
hand may su btract 1 from the cost of the spell ; a
5 th level mage m ay su btract 5 . ) S taffs w i l l not
red uce the cost be low 1 , though.
S taffs may look very d ifferent - wands,
wal k i ng sticks, stu rd y quarterstaves, or even
ri ngs - but aside from their outward form there
are 3 basic kinds of staffs: makeshift, ordinaire,
and deluxe.
A ma k esh i ft staff IS any p iece o f wood p i c k e d
u p and used to cast m agic. It requires 7 ST point to
enchant it into being. Not all wood is su itable, so
the first time such a staff is used to cast m agic , the
mage shou ld make a first level saving roll to see if
the makeshift staff explodes. (T h is is in add i tion to
the l -ST point enchantment spe l l , which reveals
nothing, but wh ich m ust be done.) If the makesh ift
staff d oes not exp lode, then the mage can cast u p
t o twice h is 1 0 i n ST poi nts used through the staff
before i t burns out and is no l onger of any use.
The staff ord inaire is wood already tested
and enchanted ; it is of permanent use , b u t has
no other spec ial ab i l i ties or attributes other than
to red uce the cost of spel l-cast ing by
d irectional izing one's concentration. These cost
1 00 GP each.
A deluxe staff costs 5000 GP. It has a name,
is sem i-sentient, and is alm ost indestructible. It also
remembers every spell ever cast through it. (T he
theory here is that some supernatural creatu re h as
been bou nd forever i nto the substance of t he
staff - or is the substance of the staff - and it is
this being that is named and which remembers the
spells.) These staffs are created by a sm al l secret
clan of w izard s who rigorously and jealously guard
the secret of their construction ; some say these
wizard s are only 1 7th leve l , but it is l i kely they are
more powerfu l than that.)
If the first owner of a deluxe staff is slain or
the staff is stolen and comes into the possession of
a lesser mage, it may take com mand of the magic­
user. I n effect, the staff m ay use i ts new owner as a
battery to provide power for the cast ing of spel ls.
A t the GM 's option, such spel l-casting m ight not
always be appropriate or desired by the mage who
holds the staff, and in some instances coold be fatal
shou l d the staff drain off all the character's ST i n a
m isgu ided effort to cast a h igher-level version of a
desired spe l l . I n circu mstances l ike these, the G M is
fu l l y within rights to ' p lay' the staff as a separate
character u nder h is own contro l .

The spe lls on the fol l ow i ng pages are those
registered with the W izard s' G u i l d , and availab le
for sa le by the G u i l d to w izard s (and w izard s only)
of th e requ ired proficiency. Once m ages reach
5 th leve l , they shou ld be of suffic ient wisd om and
experience to start inventing new spells in add ition
to those l isted here , but only spells on levels lower
than their own. A l l new spe lls shou l d be justifiab le
b y its inventor to h is frie nds and fel low G M s , and
shou ld meet w ith their agree ment before use in any
gam e .
W ith d u ngeon delvers coming back from their
adventures with a rm l oads of gold - thereby
altering the l ocal economy somewhat - the
W izards' G u ild has of late increased its prices. Once
a g iven sum would buy a fu l l leve l 's worth of spells;
that same su m will now buy one spel l at a tim e .
T h is shou ld also encourage p layers' w izards to
charge sign ificant su m s for teaching rogues and
warrior-w izard s any new magic - they'l l need the
money themse lves. F u rther, the W izard s' G u ild h as
sl ightly altered the com position of the spell charts.
Some old spells, present in earl ier ed itions, have
been de leted ; some new spells have been added .
Many o f the spells wh ich remain h ave been more
c learly defined or slightly l i m ited . Powerfu l as
magic obviously is, there do seem to be laws w h ich
contro l it - spells wh ich are singu larly beneficial
usually cost qu ite a b i t i n Strength ex pended and
are of h igher levels; b eneficial spells of lowe r levels
tend to have d rawbacks and/or l i m itat ions.
The G u ild w i l l not teach spells to characters
of insuffic ient level (as noted earlier) , but if a
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character can find a way to learn a spel l of h igher
level than h is own (and has the ST, 10, and D E X to
handle i t) he may cast the spel l , w ith the prov'iso
that it w i l l cost 7 more ST point for each level th e
spell is above the character 's level. No rogue may
learn spells greater than 7th leve l , and m u st always
cast a spel l at the m ax i m u m ST cost.
On these tab les , Range has been ad ded as an
optional note . By and large , m agic is a l i ne-of-sight
phenomenon (you can 't cast a Take That, You
Fiend at a tro l l you know to be stand ing be h i n d
t h e door) . I f a GM w ishes t o enforce the ranges
perm i tted, he may do so - the d istances given are
those we feel to be reasonab le. "- -" i t:! the Range
col u m n means that the spe ll m ust be cast w i th in
touch ing d istance of people or situations i nvolved .
I n the charts that fol l ow, there are two
notations next to spe l l names wh ich w i l l perm i t a
spe l l to be cast at a h igher level than that which it
is l i sted at.
• m eans the spel l m ay be e mpl oyed as a h i gher
l evel spell for greater effect.
The original spe l l 's ST cost is added for each
level the spe l l is raised , but the effect is genera l l y
doubled each t i m e . (Exam p l e : Wink- Wing, a Levei
4 spe l l , costs 1 4 ST po ints and teleports you 5 0 '.
If raised to a 5 th leve l spe l l , it w i l l cost 28 ST
points and te leport 1 00'. If a 6th level spel l , it w i l l
cost 4 2 ST points and te leport 200 ' . )
T h e exception to t h is i s the Take That, You
Fiend spel l in wh ich the ST cost is added, but the
effectiveness is m u lti pl ied by the level n u m ber.
( Exam ple: A TTYF, or Take That, You Fiend,
is a 1 st level spe l l costing 6 ST poi nts. A raise to
2nd level costs 6 more ST points and the mage gets
twice h is 10 for attack . A raise to 5th level costs 3 0
ST points and gets 5 ti mes the m age 's 1 0 in attack.)
• m eans that e m p l oy ing the spel l at h igher l evels
d ou bles the du rat ion of the spe l l for eac h l evel
h igher.
( Exam p l e : a Vorpal Blade, Level l , costs 5 ST
points and doub les the b l aded weapon's attack for
1 com bat round. I f cast at Leve l 2, the spell w i l l
last for 2 com bat rounds, b u t w il l not quad ruple
the weapon 's attack.)
T hose spe lls wh ich can be raised i n time or
effect cannot be raised in both time and effect
simu ltaneously. The spe ll-caste r m ust specify
wh ich h e desi res u pon casting the spe l l .
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L EV E L 1 S PE L LS
Name Descripti o n Cost/Strength Range

Detect Magic I n herent power of m agic-users, detects good /bad o for wizard s 30'
m agical v ibes. o for War-wiz
1 for rogues

Lock Tight Locks and holds any door sh u t for 3 tu rns u n less 1 0'
h igher level m agic is used to open it.

Will-a-wisp L ights up finger or staff in l ieu of torch , 1 cand lepower

wort h . Can not be projected onto anyth ing, but can
t h row u p to 2 5 ' away. M u st be renewed each tu rn for
continu ing effect.

Knock Knock Opens locked d oors ( usually) 2

Oh There It 15 U sually detects invisible or concealed doors or th ings 4 1 0'

by su rrou n d i ng tl l�m wi th a p u rple glow wh ich fades
slowly .

. • Take That, You Fiend
U ses 1 0 as a weapon against foes, infl icting h its equal to 6 25 0'
the 1 0 of i.:�e caster. On h igher leve ls, m U ltiply the 1 0 rating
by the leve l of the spell to get total h its infl i cted. It is a
singu lar spell and m ust be d irected against a single foe.
I t h as no effect u pon inan im ate objects .

• Vorpal Blade Doubles basic attack d ie roll for sword s and daggers 5
for one com bat tu rn .

Oh-Go-A way Co mb ines totals of 1 0, Luck and Charisma ratings of user 5 50'
t o drive away m on sters/foes wi th a l ower Monste r R at ing.
M u st be decided u pon before M R is an nou nced . If it fails,
the mo n ste r chases the magic-user to the exc lusion of h i s
o r her com rades.

Teacher U sed to teach rogues (only) 1 spel l of teacher's choice 3

Hocus Pocus E n chan ts an ord i nary p iece of wood i nto a m ake-sh ift
magic staff. Does n ot test wood 's su itab il ity ( m ust m ake 1 st
leve l Sav ing Roll on Luck when fi rst used ) . No m akesh ift staff
. lasts beyond bu rn-out; it cannot be re-enchanted .

First level spel l s req u i re a m i n i m u m 1 0 o f 1 0 and a m i n im u m D E X of 8 to cast. They are t h e basic

heritage of all first-level wizard s and warrior-wizards. A l l h igher level spe lls cost the wizard s ever- increasing
amou nts of m oney as the ch aracter ascends i n level. After a magic-using character casts a spell (be it w izard ,
rogue, or warrior-w izard ) he regains h is ST ex pended at the rate of 1 point per regu lar tu rn.

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L EV E L 2 S PE L LS
Name Description Cost/Strength Range

Omnipotent Eye Determi nes nature of spe l l and/or level of spe l l on 5

perso ns/objects (at d iscretion of Game Maste r ).

Yassa-Massa Can be cast o n ly o n p reviously-su bd ued monste rs/foes. 8

W i l l permanently enslave if v icti m 's total ST, 10 and CH R
are less than that of wizard , or if M R is less (and rem ains so ).

A Hidey Hole Makes u ser and h is part-y invisible for 3 tu rns. One magician 10
cannot h ide m o re than 1 0 beings i nclud ing h imse lf. Mage
may can ce l h is own spe ll at any time, but cannot negate
someone e lse 's w ithout the use of d ispe l l i ng magic. Persons
leaving the area of a H H retu rn to visib il ity. People covered
by the same H H are visib le to each other, but not visible
to those i n a second H H .

j. Cateyes A l lows one t o see i n the dark for 3 tu rns. 6

• Glue- You I m pedes m ovement/travel of victi m 's speed by }j for 1 tu rn. 8 30'
I n combat , this means you get 2 combat rou nds to their one.

A Littie Feets Rapid travel. Doubles speed for 1 tu rn. I n com bat you get 8
two rou nds to opponen t's one.

Mirage Projects visual, non-aud itory, u n moving image as a 8 1 00'

halluc inatio n . Destroyed by physical contact . Cannot make
someth ing ' invisib le' by a m irage of ' not being there . '

Poor Baby Magical heal i ng of wou nds or inju ries. Can not raise 2 ST p o i n t s
level above original. for 1 h ea l i n g
CO N po i n t .

Whammy Trip les d ice roll for any weapon for 1 com bat turn. 10

Magic Fangs Change a belt or staff (q uarterstaff, ord inaire or per combat
make-sh ift staff, n o t d e l u xf) i n to a small poisonous ro u n d
serpent w i th M R not greater than m agician 's CH R.
Cannot ' co m mu n icate' w ith mage , but d oes obey m age 's
com mands. Lasts as long as mage p u ts ST i n to it at time
of creation (i. e. for 5 ST to create , will last 1 regu lar tu rn ) .
Does not work on spare tw igs o r torches u n l ess they are
first e nchanted i n to a m akesh ift staff.

Secon d level spells cost the w izard 5 00 G P eac h , payab le to the Wizards' G u i l d . They require a m i n i m u m
1 0 o f 1 2 a n d a m i n im u m D E X o f 9 t o u se .

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L EV E L 3 S PE L LS
Name Desc ription Cost/Strength Range

• Curses Foiled Removes evil spe lls and cu rses of lower orders. 7

• or A Slush Yuck Co nverts rock to m u d or q u icksand for 2 tu rns, u p 15 40 '

to 1 000 c u b ic feet. Can ad just d imensions as desi red ,
but m u st be a regu lar geometric sol i d , and not req u i re
more than 1 000 c u b ic feet.

• or A Hard Stuff Does the reve rse of a Slush Yuck, with the same 15 40'
param eters and I im i ts.

Rock-a-Bye Puts mo nsters/foes to sleep for 1 - 6 turns if user's 11 50'

ST, I Q and C H R ex ceed the M R (or op ponent 's ST,
IQ, and CH R if rated ) .

• Dis-Spell Negates magic o f same or l ower orders. 11 50'

Blasting Po wer Th rows b o l t of fire (on ly) at foes. Th is b last gets 8- 70'
same n u mber of d ice as user's level n u m ber, plus
caste r's combat adds.

Freeze Pleeze Th rows sheet of ice at foes. T h i s b last of ice gets 8 70 '
same n u m ber of d ice as user's leve l n u m ber, p l u s
caster's com bat adds.

A Fly Me A l lows u ser to fly at ru n n ing speed for 1 turn. 7

Healing Feeling Cu res any kind of d i sease 14

T h i rd leve l spells cost 1 000 G P eac h to learn , and req u i re an I Q of 1 4 and a D E X of 1 0 to use.

L EV E L 4 S PE L LS
Name Descri ption Cost/Strength Range

Too-Bad Toxin Cu res the effec t of any poison and n u l l ifies if from 7
fu rther effect. Does not heal wou nd fro m the weapon/
fang that del ivered the poison ( requ ires Poor Baby ) .

• Wink- Wing A l lows you to transport you rse lf (o n ly) u p to 5 0 ' in 14

d irection of choice w ithout crossi ng i ntervening space.

Smog E nab les you to p roject a cloud of poison gas at foes. 11 50'
If they b reathe, they lose at least half power, and may
d ie at GM 's option .

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Dum-Dum Redu ces foe's 1 0 to 3 , or if spe l l fai ls for any reason , 8 20'
your 1 0 is red uced to 3 .

A Double-Double C a n d o u b le any one prime attri bute of a n y characte r for 18

up to 5 tu rns, at caster's option . W hen spe l l wears off,
attribute is h alved for the same nu mber of tu rns.

• Protective Pentagram Puts up a p rotective barrier 3' i n d ia mete r ( p rotects 12

2 people ) for 2 tu rns that no spe l l or weapon w i l l
penetrate (going i n o r out) . H igher leve ls increase
the size.

• or A Upsida isy A l lows you to levitate and m ove objects/b e i ngs up to 9

your own we igh t for 1 tu rn.

Fou rth level spe l l s cost 1 5 00 G P each , and requ ire a n 1 0 of 1 6 and a D E X of 1 1 to use.

L EV E L 5 S PE L LS
Name Description Cost/Stre n a t h Range

Mind Pox Causes m e n ta l confusion so the ensorce lled b e i ng 39 1 00 '

can not attack or d efe nd itse lf. Wears off after 3 tu rns.
W i l l affect any n u m b er of be i ngs equal to or less than
the level n u mber of the caster.

• Zingum A l lows one to transport dou b le one's we ight 50' in 6 50'

any d irecti o n . Works on non-l iv i ng m atter o n ly .

Dear God A l lows one to ask 3 yes-or-no questions of the GM 0

wh ich h e m u st answer trut hfu l l y .

ESP Detects th e true in tent o f a man or m onster. W o n ' t revea l _0 20'

k nowledge or concrete i nformation, j ust em otions and/or
i n te ntions. Won't work on creatu res without a l iv i ng b rai n .

A Second Sight A l lows a person to d ist i ngu ish between i l lu sion and rea lit Y 1 00 '
for 1 tu rn , and to see th i ngs a re they ' rea l l y are . '
r
Breaker Breaker Shatters a weapon o r piece o f armor by causing i t to b e c o m e 3 50'
as b rittle as glass (though not as dangerous as glass) so i t
w i l l b reak u pon fi rst i m pact. Any m agic o n i tem w i l l p ro-
tect it ( i. e. Vorpal Blade, or any i n herently m agical b lade) .

Fifth level spe l l s cost 2000 G P each , and req u ire a n 1 0 of 1 8 and a D E X of 1 2 to u se

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Name Description Cost/Strength R ange

"Porta VIsion S i m i lar to Mirage spe l l , allows some movement of image 30 1 00'
p rojected . N o sou n d , however, and movement for only
short d istances. Can determ ine i ts u n real ity by the fact
it can't be touched , b u t touch w i l l not cause it to van ish .
Lasts u p to 5 tu rns, at caster's option.

Mystic Visions Clairvoyance spe l l . A l lows one to see w hat is happening 15

anywhere e lse b y getting a mental pictu re of it. M u st have
some k nowledge of an object, person, or the p l ace to key
i n to - o ne cannot see i n to a total ly strange p lace. V ision
is l ike a sti l l p hotograph; cannot scan a whole area.

The Wall S pells (see note below)

• Wall of Fire Puts sheet of flames between you and foe. To pass through 26
m u st be i m m u ne to flame or take h its equal to 10 ti mes
u se r's level n u m ber.

• Wall of Ice Pu ts wall o f ice between you and foe. To pass through 26
m u st melt o r cut t h rough. To cut through, m ust be able
to d e l iver h its equal to 10 times user's level nu mber.

• Wall of Thorns Pu ts wall of thorns between you and foe. Can safe ly be 14
cut or b u rn, b u t to walk t h rough , m u st make Sav ing Roll
o n L K a t caster's level to avoid fal l ing asleep for 1 - 6 days.

Wall o f Stone Wall of stone between you and foe. I m passible u n less 20
one can penetrate or chop th rough stone.

Wall o f Iron Pu ts wa l l of i ron between you. and foe. I m passible u n less 23

one h as the power to melt, change, or destroy iro n .

A ll the Wall Spells are im m ob ile once c reated . All appear at the im med iate d istance of the m agicker's
r�ach (i. e. the end of h is fi ngertips o r staff) . Can only be formed in the shape of a regu lar geometric sol id,
such a s a rectangle o r square. Ca n be d ispelled , b u t if not the w all w i l l d i sappear after 1 day. I ts size cannot
su rpass 1 000 cubic feet.

A l l S ixth level spells cost 25 00 GP each to learn, and requ ire an 10 of 20 and a D E X of 1 3 to use.

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L EV E L 7. S PE L LS
Name I)escription Cost/Strength Range

• Invisible Wall A l lows you to erect a force fie l d from floor to ce i l i n g 27 50'
that noth ing b u t h igher level magic can penetrate. Can not
be moved once created , nor shaped to specifications.

li. Zappathingum E n chants any weapon to 3 times its ord inary effectiveness. 24
Effect lasts 1 6 hours ( ro l l 1 d ie to determ i ne) .
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• or Ii. Wind Whistle Calls u p a b reeze w i th a speed u p to 1 0 m . p . h . , lasts 1 tu rn. 14 1 00'

H igher levels increase veloc ity of wind or d u rat ion (not
both ). Caster m u st spec ify w i nd d i rection w h i l e cast i ng
the spel l . Op posing w inds of equal velocity w i l l cancel
each other ; a stiffe r b reeze w i l l be partially negated by a
lesser one b u t not com p lete l y n u l l ified .

Seventh level spells cost 3 000 G P each to learn , and req u i re an IQ of 22 and a D E X of 1 4 to use.

L EV E L 8 S PE L LS
Name Description Cost/Strength Range

li. Zapparmor E n chants any armor or sh ie ld to 3 times ord i nary 30

protection . Lasts for 1 6 hours.
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Zombie Zonk Makes zomb ies of any corpses wh ich are u nder user's 36
control. Have double previous ST and CON (or M R) ,
b u t no I Q, L K o r C H R . Can not be slain but can b e stopped
by d ismem berm e n t. Effect lasts 5 turns. Zomb ies die
if the maste r is sla i n .

Mutatum Mutandis E nab les you t o change yourself i n to any other form 24
of being/creatu re w ith a M R no h igher than your comb ined
prime attrib u tes. G ives you all the powers and ab i l it ies of
that c reatu re . Only lasts 1 6 tu rns at user's option , at
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wh ich time c reatu re retu rns to original shape before the

enchantment. Any h its taken to ' M o nster Rati ng' must
be taken proportionate ly on original constitution.

A l l E igh th level spells cost 3500 G P each to learn , and req u i re an I Q of 2 4 and a D E X of 1 5 to cast.

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Name Descriptio n Cost/Strength Range

Mutatum Mutandorum E n ab les you to change others i n to any form wi th a 26 20'

monste r rating no h igher than comb ined prime attributes
(as m u ch lower as you wish but not less than 5 ) .
Lasts 1 - 6 t u rn s (caster's option) , whereupon being reverts
to original form . A n y h its taken on M R must be taken
proportio nate ly on original CON .

Pygmalion Changes stone beings, statues, etc . to l iving flesh . 28 40'

G M shou ld dete rm ine attributes for such, accord ing to
the Peters-M c A l l ister chart or Monster Tab le, if possible.

Medusa Ch anges flesh to u n l iving sto ne. Can be restored to l ife 30 40'
with the Pygmalion spe l l .

Death Spell #9 W i l l k il l an yth ing wh ich m isses its 9 t h level Saving Roll 40 1 00'
o n L u c k . O n ly works on one being at a time.

N in th level spe l ls cost 4000 G P each to learn , and req u i re a m i n i m u m 10 of 26 and a m i n i m u m D E X

o f 1 6 to cast.

L EV E L 1 0 S PE L LS
Name Desc ription Cost/Strength Range

• Hellbomb Bursts D isintegrates up to 1 00 cubic feet of anyth ing. 36 1 50 '

Releases a lot of heat when doing so.

Blow me to . . . Te leports you a nd a we ight of up to 2000 un its to any 28

spec ific place you wi sh to go . Range l i m ited to world you 're on.

Smaller is Smarter
D ecreases size a nd value of any creature or object. Roll 1 die 33 50'
and add 1 , then d ivide cu rrent attributes by that n u m ber.
If a being with Prime Attribu tes is being decreased , only
d iv ide h is or h e r ST, CO N , and size. May not be used c u m u lative ly.
Lasts 1 day o nly.

"Hollow Vision L ike M irage spe l l , creates hal l uc ination . Perm its movement, 50 1 00 '
aud itory senses t o be i n c l uded. Touch w ill determ ine u n real ness,
but w i l l not cau se the vision to van ish. Lasts up to 5 tu rns.

Tenth leve l spe l ls cost 4500 G P each to learn , and req u i re an 1 0 of 28 and a r) E X of 1 7 to use .

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Name Description Strength/Cost Range

Ghostly Going Astra l projection a la D r. Strange : 45

Leave you r bod y comatose beh i nd you and roa m i n
a n i m m aterial form , sti l l ab le to cast spel ls.

Blow You to . . .
A l lows you to te leport one other person plus a weight of 35 1 0'
u p to 2000 u n its t o a n y place you specify . I f the c haracter does
not w ish to go, he or sh e shou ld try to make a Saving R o l l on
I Q ; determ ine the level of the rol l by the diffe ren ce betwee n
the victi m 's leve l and that of the caster . ( Example: a 1 2th l e v e l
magic ian tries to Blow A way a 4th level character; to prevent this,
the 4th level character m u st make an 8th level rol ! . ) If the v ictim
conse n ts to being sen t, no rol l is req u i red . Range l i m ited to the
world you are o n .

Bigger is Better I ncreases size a n d value of a n y creatu re or object. Ro l l 33 50'

one d ie and add 1 , then m U ltiply b y that n u m ber ( if a
being with Prime Attributes is enlarged , m u ltiply only
ST, CON and size) . May not be used cumu lative l y .
Lasts o n ly 1 d ay.

Level E leven spe lls cost 5 000 G P each to learn , and req u i re an IQ of 30 and a D E X o f 1 8 to u se .

L EV E L 1 2 S PEL LS
Name Desc ription Strengt h /Cost Range

Nefarious Necromancy Te mporarily restores the dead to l i fe. A person 60 1 5 0'

b rought back to l i fe t h is way l ives fo r as many
t u rns as the restorer's L u ck rat ing.

Seek Ye M ay be used to force any sen tient being to go on a q u e st 30 50'

a t t he wizard ' s com m and. GM m u st agree that t h e q u est i s
a reaso nab le o ne and fu lfi l lab le w i th i n th e cond itions specified .

Level Twelve spells cost 55 00 G P each to learn , and req u ire an IQ of 3 2 and a D E X of 1 9 to use .

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Name Description Cost/Strength Range

Invisible Fiend I nvokes a demonic fiend w ith a M R equal to your 50

com b ined Pri m e Attr i b u tes + 25. F ights with poisoned
teeth and claws u n less given a weapon. I f the F iend gets
any h its on a c haracte r, rol l 1 d ie for every 1 0 points of
CON ; the resu lt is the n u m ber of turns the character has to
obtain a Too-Bad Tox in before dyi ng. The G M shou ld 'p lay'
the F iend as devi9us, treacherous, and double-deal ing. Tasks
set for a n I nv isible- F iend should always include b lood -letting.
Each time the F iend comp letes a task , its master m u st m ake
a 1 3th level S R o n C H R to avoid attack . If the SR is made,
its master can send it away or set another task .

Wizard Speech The U n iversal Tran slator. S pell al lows w hoever it is cast 90 1 00'
upon to u nderstand, and be u nderstood i n , al l the H igh
and Low Languages. Lasts 6 tu rns.

T h i rteenth Level spells cost 6000 G P each to lear n , and req u i re an 10 of 34 and a DEX of 20 to cast.

L EV E L 14 S PE L LS
N:tme Description Cost/Strength Range

Force Shield Wall of colored l ight that cannot be penetrated by any 42 1 00 '
lower-level magic or weapons. W izard can shape and
move the Force Shield. If a being trapped beh i nd or w ith i n
o n e can make a 1 4th leve l Saving Ro l l on S T or 1 0 (GM 's choice) ,
he or she can sh atter it.

Fou rteenth Level spe lls cost 6500 each , and req u i re an 1 0 of 36 and a DEX of 21 to cast.

L EV E L 1 5 S PE L LS
Name Description Cost/Strength Level

A ir, Earth, Fire and Water A l l ows you to conj u re an eleme ntal to use as a 42
servant for 5 tu rn s . I ts M R w i l l equal the total of
your attri b u tes, times two . E lementals can be fought,
b u t can be easil y n u l l ified by sending the opposite type
against it (fire vs. water, earth vs . air).

The F ifteenth l eve l spel l costs 7000 GP to learn , and requ ires an 10 of 38 and a D E X of 22 to cast .

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L EV E L 1 6 S PE L LS
N am e Description Cost/Strength Range

£, An ti-Magic Spell Can b e u sed selective ly to n egate and cancel any 65 500'
lower level magic in the w izard 's area of v iew . Lasts ( m ax . )
3 turns once set i n moti o n .

Exorcism The caster may u se t h i s spe l l to n egate the power of M R o f b e i n g to 1 50 '

the U nd ead . I t w i l l d issipate ghosts , slay vam p i res, b e e x orc ised , or
w it h d raw the power of m ovem e n t from zom b ies, et c . total of creat u re's
Wo rks o n ly o n u n dead forms, however. M R shou l d P r i m e A ttri b u tes
n ot b e revealed prior to spel l 's u se .

S ix teenth l evel sp e l l s cost 7500 GP each to learn , and req u ire a n 10 of 40 and J D F X of 23 to use.

L EV E L 1 7 S PE L L S
N am e Description Cost /Stre ngth R ange

Summoning S u mmons a d e mo n w i th a M R e q u a l to the magicia n 's 1 00

com b i ned ST, L K , 1 0 and C H R . I f the d em o n is u sed s i m p l \'
as a m onster, the M R w i l l suffice. I f h e i s u sed as a c haracte r ,
however, the M R shou l d b e d istrib uted among 6 attri butes.
A demon's form m ust be specified u pon the S u m mo n i ng ,
a n d if h e is asked t o change form t h e spel l w il l be b roken
and the d em o n w i l l be rele ased . Demons w i l l se rve from 1 .- 6
h o u rs ( ro l l 1 d ie ) . D e m o ns k n ow and can cast any spe l l th e i r
1 0 , D E X and S T w i l l p erm it them to, b u t they suffer the sam e
S T loss as a w izard for d o i n g so ; h owever , they rec u per a t e S T
a t l a/tu rn .

• Banishing Ret u rns d em o n s , i n v is i b le fiend s, i m ps and the l i ke 1 50 5 00 '

back where they came fro m . The Banishing m u st be at the
level of the p erson who orig i n a l l y su m m o n ed the demon .
to b e effective.

Deluxe Staff T h is is a spe l l you can 't d o , fol k s . Y o u may b u y d e l u x e staves

from the G u i l d (5 000 G P ) , b u t they are made by a smal l , very
sec retive clan of w izards who l ike the i r p r ivacy . There is"no
suc h t h i n g as "d e l u x e staff mate r i a l " for weapo ns or arm or.

Seve n teenth l evel spells cost 8000 G P each t o learn , a n d req u i re an 1 0 of 4 2 a n d a D E X o f 2 4 to use.

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L EV E L 1 8 S PE L LS
Name Description Cost/Strength Range

Shattersta ff U sed to destroy deluxe staves. Requ ires twice the Dou b le the 1 00'
total attributes of the wizard whose staff you are total attributes
try ing to d estroy . To atte m pt t h is spell (with its of the victi m .
variab le cost) is fatal if the caster doesn 't have the
ST to su cceed .

Slyway Robbery E nab les caster to d ra in attrib ute points from a victim 5 S T per 1 00'
and add th ose points d irectly to h is own (of the sam e attribute point
attribute) . Only 1 attribute may be affected per spe l l .
I f the o n e d ra ined h as a M R instead o f attri butes, the
d ra in comes off the M R but can on ly go onto ST or
CO N (at caste r's choice ) . Effect lasts 1 - 6 turns.
V ictim d oes not get h is poi nts back.

Hidey Soul A l lows wizard to h ide h is l ife force i n any object, and 42
send h is spirit out to take over any weaker l iving be ing.
Though h is vehicle is slain or destroyed , the w izard can
o n ly be harm ed if the foe finds the rece ptacle for h is l ife force .

E ighteenth leve l spells cost 8 500 G P each to learn , and req u ire an 1 0 of 44 and a D EX of 25 to use.

L EV E L 1 9 S PE L LS
Name Description Cost/Strength Range

Omnif/ex Perm its user to rearrange h is own (or another being's) 1 86

attributes as dec ided u pon , so long as the total of all
6 attributes remains the same (neither h igher or lower) .
No attribute may be put below 1 . ST cost occu rs before c hange.

N i net�enth level spells cost 9000 GP each to learn , and req u i re an 1 0 of 46 and a D E X of 26 to use.

L EV E L 2 0 S PE L LS
N<:!me Descrjption Cost/Strength Range

Born Again A l lows magic-user to re incarnate h im self or another in 208

a new (but p re-prepared ) bod y . Does not occur w here you
d ied . Spell is triggered by personal deat h. No items or i m plements
fol low the spirit bod y , only attributes, k n ow ledge, and EPs.

The Twentieth level spe ll costs 9500 GP to learn , and req u i res an 10 of 48 and a D E X of 27 to use.

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O n ly characters h igher than 1 7th level may invent spe l l s h igher than 1 7th leve l . As players they must
sub m it their spells to the GM befo re try ing to use them in a game; the GM may d isal l ow the i r use categorically.
U nder no circu mstances shou ld any GM perm it the use of time fugue, time alteration, or time travel
spe l l s ! T he past is a set fact, and the futu re only a range of possib i l i ties - travel into the past w i l l re-align itself
to fit facts (to the e l i m ination of the mage attem pting th is) and going into the fu tu re w i l l only adj ust o ne of
an infin ite series of possibil ities - and not one the mage who went to the futu re w i l l move into, after he
has retu rned .

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Th is section is i n c l u ded to h e lp you d eterm ine
what occu rrences take p lace in sequence with in
each tu rn . However, do not be m isled by what
see m to be stringent ru les here - in actua l p lay, the
occu rrences take p lace i n an easy flow of
conversation and narrative between the G M and
the players , ofte n in the form of the players
wal k i ng and/or exp loring u ntil they come u pon
som et h i ng of interest - o r so meth ing of interest
comes upon them, at wh ich point the more
detai led turn seq uencing of com bat is l i kely to
take place .
Phase 1 . M ovement/Action
The characters te ll the G M what d irection
they go , what exploratory o r arm ing actions they
take, what orde r they 're moving in , etc. As they
progress, the GM te lls them w h at they see , hear,
o r otherw ise sense . The characters can q u est ion the
GM for fu rther details, and may elect to take
alternate acti'o ns based on the information they
get. (You may find it conve n ient if the gam e is
large fo r one playe r to act as Ca ller or Leade r
for the w hole party. H owever, i f th e game is kept
relatively sma l l 3 o r 4 p layers w ith a single G M -
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or th e other. W hen com bat ends, or if there is no
com bat, go to Phase 4.
P hase 4. Recovery
T h i s is mostly an accou nting phase , where
c haracte rs regai n strength lost (from casting magic,
or whatever) and where monsters (those with
Monster Rati ngs) rega in 'constitution' - their
MR points return at 5 per tu rn . Ord i nary
characters cannot regain the i r Co nstitutions
except th rough magic or le ngthy rec uperation
outside the d u ngeons. Note that no recovery
takes place d uri ng com bat itse lf, and that
healing spells, etc. are not used du ring this phase
but rath er du ring Phase 1 where the party is not
engaged in v iolent activity. Record the recovered
Stre ngth on you r character card s and then go back
to P hase 1 .

this shou ld not be necessa ry , and everyone w i l l

have a bette r ch ance to h o p into active
partic ipation .) T h is phase contin ues u ntil the G M
determ i nes that one tu rn's worth of m ovement has
occurred ( see section 2 .3 6, S peed and M ovement) .

P hase 2. Wandering Monsters

After the genera l outline of occu rrences is
made in Phase 1 , the GM should ro l l to see w hether
any Wand ering Monste rs happen u po n the party,
and if so , how they react. (See section 2.42,
Wand ering Monsters ). I f the G M ro lls a 1 on a
six-sid ed d i e , the monsters w i l l put in an
appearance. (S ince the presence or abse nce of
Wandering Monsters in a d u ngeon is optio nal, it
sho u l d be obv ious that th is tu rn p hase is, also . )
P h ase 3 . Combat
T h is has its own seque nce , covered in section
2 .3 1 . It is m entio ned here because it is l i kely to
start either d u ring movement (shou ld the party
enter a monster's lair) or when a Wandering
Monster appears. W hen com bat is j o ined , start the
Com bat T u rn Seq uence and conti nue u ntil com bat
ends through d eat h , captu re , or fl ight by one side
Com bat sequencing begins as soo n as one side
opens hostil ities. A com bat turn is assu m ed to last
2 m in utes, so if there are add itional factors (such
as characters flee ing, fly ing .or w hatever) figu re
accord ingly. W hen com bat ends, resu m e regu lar
seq uenc ing at Phase 4, above. You m ay need the
recovery . (Note however that a m agician's lost
strength w i l l not begin to return u nt i l the following
time Ph ase 4 is reached - having j ust b een i n
com bat, h is stre ngth req u i res at least 1 0 m i n utes to
start regenerating.)
Because com bat can take any nu m ber of
d ifferent details, and every com bat may be
d ifferent from every oth er, this sect ion is agai n
to be used as a general outl ine - not hard and
fast ru l i ngs. Neverthe less, there w i l l always be som e
things w h ich w i l l occ u r before others.

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1 . Surprise attack.
I f a monster w h i ps around a corner w ith a
bow pu l led and read y to fire , it may d o so without
giv ing the party chance to reta l iate o n that same
com bat tu rn . H owever, if a monster rushes i n to a
small room w here the party is b u sy looting a chest,
and im med iately engages i n m elee , the party may
of cou rse fight back .
2. Magic.
The p layers specify any magic their characters
w i l l use ; the G M does the same for h is characters.
You may w ish to do th is s i m u ltaneously in writing
to ach ieve m u tu al surprise .
3. Missile weapons.
Players specify the u se of m issi le weapons,
and the i r targets. The G M m u st real ize that m issi les
traverse the space between the shoote r and h is
target. Thus, if a character at the rear of a party
prepares to shoot at a snake on the floor in front
o f t h e first me mb er of the party - we l l , that
character is going to shoot one of h is budd ies in
the back long b efore he'll h it the snake, regard less
of the shooter's marksmansh ip capab il ities. M issi les
d on't recogn ize friend o r foe , a nd m ust h ave a clear
fl ight path .
4. Us vs. Them
The players spec ify wh ich characters w i l l
oppose what foes a n d with what weapons, i f this
is possib l e . I f the G M fee ls com bat wou ld not
occu r as stated , he may overru le the p layers . For
exam ple , an altru istic warrior may wish to stand
off a party of 1 2 o rcs w h i l e the rest of the party
flees, b u t if this com bat occu rs in an o pen room or
a w id e hallway , some of the orcs are certai n to
get arou nd the warrior and go after the others. I f
there i s enough room for everyone to get i nto the
fight, general m e lee is d eclared .
5. Combat occurs.
I n d istance attacks, determine the effects of
magic and m issi le weapons first, as these may
remove some of the figh ters from fu rth er actio n .
( N ote that some magic and all m issi les m u st have
specific targets - see p hase 1 0 , H its from magic &
m issi l e weapons) . P layers w i l l usu a lly ro l l each
character in divid ua l l y , then give the pertinent
figu res to one player to add together and relay to
the G M . M eanw h i l e , the G M m u st be tota ll ing the
attack put out by the characters he is managing.
You may w ish to keep the classes of attack
separate , as fo l l ows:
a) D ice-ro l l or in nate score for magic, if any.
b) D ice ro ll for m issi le-weapons, if any.
c) D ice rol l for su rv ivors' conventional weapO[ls.
Add or su btract for weapons ad ds, if appl icab le .
Add or su btract for personal add s (ST, L K and
D E X over 1 2 is pl u s, and u nd er 9 is m in u s) .
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C haracters can on Iy engage i n ane of these
three types of attack on any given com bat turn.
6. Score total.
Total all scores - d ice and add s - for each
side. If there are two or more fights goi ng on
( rather than general me lee) they shou l d be treated
separate ly. Com pare the total scores; the side w iih
the h igher total w i ns that ro und , and the loser wtll
have to take the h its. I f the scores are identical,
not h i ng is accom p l ished but the passage of time.
N ote that m issile weapons cannot usually be
cou nted as part of a melee combat. (See the
d iscussion of M issi le Weapons, section 2 . 3 3 . )
7. Figure hits.
The difference i n the scores (totalled i n p hase
6) is the n u mber of h its w h ich m u st be taken b y
t h e losi ng side. I f there is more than o n e character
on the losing side, they must d iv ide the h i ts to be
taken as equally as possible. Magic-u sers are usual l y
h it last, as they tend to stand at the back of a
gro u p d u ring melee . For examp le, if 4 characters
have to take 1 5 h its between the m , they m ust
d iv ide the h i ts as 4-4-4-3. I f one of the
characters is a magic-user, he or she m ay take the
3 h its; otherw ise the players may d ecide who gets
to take the 3 .
8. Figure the effects o f hits.
H its rep resent ph ysical damage. S h ie lds and
armor p rotect the i r u ser by ab sorb i ng a given
number of h its per tu r n . A magic amu let may also
protect against physical and /or magic attack, but
ord inary armor will not protect against m ag ic.
Those h its w h ich are not deflected som ehow count
aga inst constitution in h u manoid characters, and
against a Monster Rating in monste rs w ith suc h. I f
a character's Constitution (or a monster's Rating)
reaches zero, it d ies.
9. Figure effects of poison.
(See the comp lete d i scussion of po ison i n
section 1 .5 , Weapons Charts, page 1 .5 2 .5 ) .
I f poison i s used o n a weapon , that weapon
must score on the opponent fo r the poison to take
effect. Thus, if a character has cu rare (w hich
doubles the effect of h its) and beats his opponent's
h it point tota l by 2, then the opponent must take
four h its to account for the poison. Po ison . does
not allow you to doub le you r weapon's rol l before
the totals are com pared .
7 O. Hits from Magic & Missile Weapons.
U n l i ke ord inary weapons, m issiles and magic
can infl ict h its on mem bers of the w i n n ing sid e .
W here appl icab le, t he scores fro m magic -
but not m issi le weapons - are cou nted in
determ i n i ng who won a given combat rou n d .
(Some com bat spells may be assu med to have a
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jarring, shock effect wh ich m ight serve to " parry "
a blow b y causing th e monster(s) to pau se
mome ntarily - see section 2 . 3 3 , Magic in Combat.)
However, win or lose , characters struck by m�gic
or m issiles w i l l always tak e the h its infl i cted , even
if they are on the w i n n ing sid e . And if they a re on
the losing sid e, they do not share m agic or m issile
h its wit h others, although they have to tak e their
share of the h its of the con ventional weapons'
attack . For examp l e , fou r orcs batt le fou r men .
The orcs' tota l is 5 0 , and that of the men 40.
The fou r men m u st take 1 0 h i ts between them
( 3-3-3-1 ) . One of th e fou r men, however, was a
magician who accounted for 1 5 worth of the
men's attack . One of the orcs - the one the w izard
aimed at - m u st tak e those 1 5 h its on the nose .
( I f the orc cou ld on ly take 1 0 before d ying, the
other 5 are n ot passed o n to anothe r orc.)
7 1 . Changes in CON and ST.
Write in the changes i n CON and ST for all
characters. S ubtract u nd eflected h its as outl i ned
above. Wizards, rogues and warrior-wizards lose
Strength for fighting w ith magic ; rogu es, warriors
and warrior-w izard s lose Stre ngth for fighting w ith
oversized weapons. A character is out of confl ict
if he or she d ies or collapses from exhaustion
( if ST d rops be low 3 ) .
I f both sides sti l l want to fight, begin a new
comb at tu rn ; otherw ise start the seq ue nce at J>-hase
4 of normal sequencing.
One featu re of combat not mentioned in the
above sequences is the Saving Roll. T h is can be
caHed for at any t im e , and rep rese n ts a ch afacter's
chance of doing someth ing u nu sual (see section
2 .3 7 , U nu sual Combat S ituations) , o r escaping
som e u n lucky event (such as getti ng hit i n the b ack
of the h ead by an over-eager fe llow d elver) , and so
forth. The Game M aster w i l l tell the p layer when
to m ake a Saving Roll , and on w hat attribute , and
at what level . I n som e circu mstances, the GM may
need to make Saving Rolls for characters he or
she is m anaging. See section 1 .8 , Saving Rolls, for
a more com p lete exp lanation.
Combat is frequent in T & T, but d o n 't get
h u ng u p on it. Adventu ring and i n teractions
ultim ately can make or b reak a game. However,
because every com b at can be u n iq u e, you can 't
sim ply rol l som e d ice and look u p the resu lts on a
chart. Keep th ings loose , and if a rule d oesn 't
conform to a particu lar situ at ion warp the rules
not the situation.
I f the above d iscussion of com bat seq uencing
sou nds d ifficult, it is because it is: the p lay is
usually sim pler, once u nderstood . The easiest way
to u nderstand it is to fo l low out a few exam p les.
At th is point, it is suggested that you glance over
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the subsectio ns o f Magic in Combat (2.32) and
M issi l e Weapons ( 2 .3 3 ) , and then return here for
the exam p les w h ich uti l ize all normal comb inations
o'f fighting tech n iq ues.
EXAMP LE 1
Cast of Characters
-A manticore, a large beast w ith the bod y of
a l ion , a scorp ion 's tai l , and a h u man face h ou si ng
t hree rows of nasty teeth . T h is one has a Monster
Rating of 80 (9 d ice + 40 add s) .
-Higley the Westerner, male, 2nd level h u m an
warrior. Attrib utes of ST : 1 7 , I Q : 1 0, L K : 20,
CON : 1 5 , D EX : 1 6, C H R : 9 (+1 7 add s) . A rmed w ith
a h eavy mace (5 + 2 ) , wearing leather armor (takes
6 h its and carry ing a V ik ing S p i k e sh ield ( takes 4
h its and can de l iver an add itional 2 d ice worth of
h its for the sp ike). Because h e is a warrior, h is
armor w i l l take dou ble the h its for h im , 2 x 1 0,
or 20 h its.
Rethe Tigersc/aw, 4th level female e lf rogu e ;
attributes: ST: 26, I Q : 24, L K : 1 7 , CON : 1 8 ,
D E X : 20 , CH R : 24 (+25 add s) . Somewhere along
the l ine she learned to throw a Take That, You
Fiend spe l l . S h e is armed w i th a glad ius ( Roman­
sty l e short sword , 3 + 2) , and a d i rk (2 + 1 ) . S h e
also wears leather armor (takes 6 h its, period ) .
H igley a n d Rethe have strolled around a
corner in a corridor, as the mant icore tried to
turn the sam e corner. Suddenly they were face to
face ! Rethe and H igley were together, and were
ready to fight. M elee is initiated , the two
h umano ids against the manticore.
F i rst Combat Turn:
Rethe chooses to cast her spell first, k nowing
it will take effect even if she and her partner are
going to lose the fight. The spel l costs her 6 ST ,
and d e l ivers her I Q worth of h its ( 24) .
Higley leaps into the attack. H is mace gets 1 5
on the rol l , p lus 2 for weapon s adds. H e b r i ngs the
shield 's sp ike into play fo r another 5 worth of h its.
Plus 1 7 for p ersonal adds, h is total is 39. Added to
Rethe's magical attac k, their total is 63.
The manticore has a M R of 80. Rolls 3 1 , p l us
4 0 for adds, t he monste r's total is 7 1 .
Result: The warrior and the rogue must take
a tota l of 8 h i ts, or 4 each. Their armor absorbs
this easily. The manticore , however, m u st take al l
of Rethe's spe l l ; t his d rops its M R to 5 6 ( 6 + 28) .
- Second Combat Tu rn :
Rethe p refers to ex pend no more sorcerous
strength , and fights with sword and d agger. ( H e r
S.T is cu rrently d o w n to 2 0 s o personal add s are
o n ly + 1 9) . For the glad ius she ro lls 1 2 , +2 for
weapons add . The d irk rol ls 6, + 1 for weapons
add . P l u s 1 9 personal ad ds, her total is 40.
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Higley rolls 2 3 for h is mace, p lus 2 for
weapons add . The sh ie l d 's sp i ke ro lls 9 . P l u s 1 7
for personal add s, h is total is 5 1 . Added to Rethe's
tota l attack , their com b in ed total is 9 1 .
The manticore (M R 5 6) rol ls 2 7 , p l u s 28 for
add s 5 5 .
= keeping watch , but since he can't l ook in a l l
Result: T h e manticore has to take another 3 6
h its. Th is b rings its M R t o 20 . I n a pan ic and
rea l iz ing it may d ie , the manticore b reaks off the
fight and tries to flee down the corr idor . fro m
whence it cam e .
( A t th is poi n t the G M w i l l allow t h e players
to either t ry to stop the manticore , or to l et it get
away . If d esired , the GM cou ld h ave h ad to make
some saving rol l to perm i t the man ticore to b reak
off the figh t, but because t here are only two
characters fighting it, I ru led that by sheer force
and panic, it cou ld do so . Th e p layers elect to try
to stop the man ticore .)
T h ird Combat Turn :
Rethe chooses to u se her d i rk as a m issi l e
weapon and tries to b r i n g t h e animal d own . The
manticore is a t " n ear" range a n d is a " large"
target. Rethe m ust make a 4th level saving roll on
D E X to hit it on the ru n , w h ic h in h er case is a 1 5 .
She rol l s an 8 instead , w h ich means the d irk flew
over the t h i ng's h ead , m issing i t entire ly . Before
any fu rther actio n can be taken, the animal is
gone into the warre n of tu n ne ls, and Rethe must
walk d own t h e corridor to retrieve h er d agger.
EXAM P L E 2
Cast of Characters
Rethe and Higley are st i l l with us, although
some time has passed . Rethe's ST has retu rned to
2 6 . Somet i m e in the interven ing hou rs since we
last saw th ese two, several th i ngs have happe ned :
H igley has lost has mace and h ad to fal l back on a
sc im itar (4 d ice) - h is secondary weapon , since h e
cou l d n 't use it and t h e mace s i m u l taneously. They
fou n d a vial of cu rare - the poison d o u b les the
effective h its of their b lad ed weapons, p rovided the
h its can first be d e l ivere d . And final ly, t h ey p icked
u p a com panion who is . . .
Myrmar Oldface, a hu man first-level w izard ,
male. H is attributes are : ST : 1 2 , I Q : 1 5 , L K : 1 0,
CO N : 1 0 , D E X : 9, C H R :9 (+0 for personal ad ds) .
He carries a stou t ord inaire staff wh ich d ou b les as
a q uarterstaff shou ld he need to resort to physical
violence. He wears qu ilted si l k fo r arm or ( takes
4 h its) .
Fleabiter Longnose and Kara Rockcrusher
are two ogres, each w ith a M R of 90 ( 1 0+45 eac h ) .
T hey have been qu ietly fo llowing t h e t h ree d e lvers,
hoping to j u m p them at an opportu ne moment.
Each ogre is carry ing a heavy rock to heave at
the d e lvers.
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Scenario: I n a large open room , the
d elvers located a small chest h idden w it h i n a
ped esta l . Hav ing d isposed of the snake guard i ng the
chest, they are in the process of cou nting the coins
that are w i th i n . M yrmar was su pposed to be
d irections a t once, the two ogres have slipped i nto
the room u n not iced . W ithout warni ng, they lau nch
their rocks (each of which we ighs a good 20 I bs.)
at the d e lvers some 20' away .
( H e re , the GM cou l d decide to rol l u p on the
spot a Dexter ity rating for each of the ogres so that
a m issile accu racy savi ng ro l l cou l d be determ ined.
However, w i th the players' agreement, the d ecision
is mad e for the three d elvers to try to m ake L 1 S R 's
on L u ck - anyone who m isses their S R is h i t ,
u n l ess all three m iss, in w h ich case t h e two who
m issed i t by t h e most w i l l be hit by the rocks.)
(N ote that the ogres wou ld have to make 4th
level sav ing rol ls to h it, but in the case of the
reverse - a sav ing ro l l to be m issed - the de lvers
have to make only L l S R 's. T h is is the k ind of
rul e-of-t h u m b wh ich players and G M s m ust hash
out between themse lves.)
F i rst Com bat Tu r n:
The ogres have take n the party by surprise;
the party can not retal iate on th is same turn. The
ogres t h row the rocks, and the party members
must try to make their S R 's as ou t l i ned above.
Higley has a L uck of 20; a 1 st level sav ing rol l
i s 2 0 m inus L uck. H is rol l wou l d be 0 except savi ng
rol ls are al ways a m i n i m u m of 5 (doub les add and
rol l over, however ). H igley rol l s an 8 on h is two
d ice, so he is safe. .
Rethe 's Luck is 1 7 ; she also need s a m in i m u m
of 5 . She ro lls a 7 and i s safe .
Myrmar the mage has a Luck of 1 0 , and so
m u st ro l l 1 0 on two d ice. He ro l ls a 3 , and is h i t by
one of the fly ing rocks. (T he GM cou l d assign a
certain n u mber of d i ce for the effect of the
rocks - 3 d ice m ight be a fa ir n u m ber - or the GM
m ight instead prefer to let h its be assigned by the
amount the SR was m issed by. In th is case , the GM
assigns 3 d ice for the effects of the fly i ng roc k . )
Result: M yrmar m ust take 1 1 h its. H is padded
silk takes 4, and the other 7 h i ts com e off h is
Const i tu tion which d rops to 3 . Considering the
severity of the wou nd , the GM asks M yrmar to
make another sav i ng rol l l i ke the first to see if he
was hit i n the h ead and k nocked u nconscious.
Th is sav ing ro l l is again on L u ck (he needs to ro l l
1 0 or better) ; h e ro l ls doub le 3 's (6) , p icks u p t h e
d ice a n d conti nues to rol l , gett i ng 5 more for a
tota l of 1 1 . He makes the rol l . He is bad ly h u rt
b u t st i l l consc ious and capab le of fighting.
Second Combat Turn (melee ) :
Higley uses h is sci m itar . w h ich rol ls 1 3 . N o
weapo ns add s. S h i e l d ro l l s 1 0 . + 1 7 personal add s.
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Rethe chooses to figh t with weapons. Her
sword rol l s 1 2 , + 2 . The d i rk rolls 7 , + 1 . Personal
adds, +25 .
Myrmar casts a Take That, You FIend at
F leab iter, worth 1 5 . The spell costs a basic 6,
but the mage su btracts 1 for the u se of h is 1 st level
staff. The party 's total is 1 02 .
Fleabiter, w ith a M R o f 90 rolls 25 , +45 7 0 .
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Kara has 'a M R o f 90 also a n d rol ls 1 0 d ice
wh ich total 3 8 . Her personal add s are 45 for a total
of 8 3 . Together the ogres rac k u p 1 5 3 .
Result: The party of delvers m u st absorb 5 1
h its, or 1 7 each. M y rmar's arm or can absorb 4 h its
for h i m , b u t h is Constitution of 3 can't with stand
the remaining 1 3 ; h e d ies. Rethe's armor can take
6 h its, and the rem aining 1 1 come off her CON
wh ich drops to 7. H igley is a warrior and gets
d oub le benefit from h i s armor and sh ie l d . B etween
these two he can absorb a tota l of 20 h its. S i n ce he
has to take on ly 1 7 , h e emerges u nscath ed .
Becau se Rethe and H igley were u nable to
land a decent h it , their poiso n d id n ot reach the
ogres. However, the slash ing of tough h ides and
parrying of talons has wi ped a l ittle of the poison
away , so t h is com bat turn cou n ts toward the rou nd
when the poison w i l l a l l be go ne and therefore no
longer effective (n o poiso n lasts m ore then 3
consecutive com bat tu rns) .
A lthough M yrmar perished , h is spe l l took
its tol l . F leab iter h as to absorb the 1 5 h its
generated by the magic. H is M R d ro ps to 65
(7 + 33).
Third Com bat Tur n :
Hig/ey con tin ues to fight. Sword gets 1 7 , +0.
S h ield gets 9. Personal adds + 1 7 .
Rethe recogn izes the severity of the situ ation
and real izes it is time for her max i m u m effort.
A lthough it w i l l severe ly dep lete her Strength , she
decides to th row the nastiest spell she can
conju re - a 4th leve l Take That You Fiend. I t w i l l
cost h e r 4x (6) ST points, leav ing h er w ith o n l y 2
points left , b u t it w i l l generage 96 h its for the
attack . Seeing Kara as the worst opponent, she
throws it at the ogress. G rand tota l , 1 39 .
The ogres continue their half o f the fight.
F leabiter stil l has a M R of 65 (7 + 3 3 ) . H e ro lls
26, +33 for adds. Kara ro lls 3 3 , +45 . Their
com b ined total : 1 37 .
Result: The incred i b le power of the elf
rogue's spe ll "shocked " the ogres enough that they
' lost' t h is com bat rou nd ; the delvers take no h its.
Kara is k i l l ed on the spot - her M R of 90 cou I d
not withstand 96 h its. ( Note that t h e ogres lost
the rou nd b y only 2 points, but that Kara sti l l
has to take the fu l l 9 6 , and F leab iter d oesn't
have to take any h its at a l l . )
Because Reth e went from a Strength o f 26 to
2 i n one rou nd (and. also because she's taken a
severe wound in the im med iate past) the G M cou ld
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i nSiSt that she fal l s u n conscious im med iately.
However, instead he perm its her to try to make a
1 st level saving rol l on her cu rrent CON - if she
ma"kes it, she'll re main awake fo r the rest of this
fight. Her CON is 7 , so she need s to rol l 1 3 or
b etter; She rol ls an 8 and fal ls u nconscious on
t he floor.
Fourth Com bat Turn :
Rethe and Kara are out of com bat. H igley
must fight F l eabiter, and m u st prevent the ogre
from doing damage to Rethe who is u nconscious
but not dead .
Higley rol ls 25 fo r h is �word . S h ie l d 's sp ike
gets 8 . Personal ad ds, + 1 7 .
Fleabiter has a M R o f 65 (7 + 33 ) . H e ro l l s a
paltry 1 5 , +33 add s, for a total of 48 .
Result: l-1 igley final ly managed to land a h it
on th e ogre ( H igley's total was 50 to the ogre 's
48) . Fortu nate ly for H igley, this was the last rou nd
in w h ich h is curare poison wou l d be effective.
Thus, those 2 h its take twice their effect on the
ogre's constitution and Fleab iter's M R d rops to 6 1 .
H igley's player states that he wants to lead
the ogre away from the elf's col lapsed bod y, so
that she does not have to take any side-b l ows from
the ogre if H igley can not beat h i m on su bseq uent
turns.
The GM feels an I Q saving rol l mad e by the
ogre sho u l d determ ine th is - if the ogre isn't led
away, he fee ls that Rethe shou I d have to take 1 /3
of the h its ( i nstead of half - she's not in the thick
of figh ting, b u t if H igley is incapable of fu l l y
d efend ing h i m self, he can't adeq uately p rotect
the rogu e) . The p layers agree , but requ est that it be
a 2nd leve l saving ro l l , not 1 st, since ogres are n't
k nown for their b rains. The GM agrees, rol ls 3 d ice
to determ ine the ogre's I Q - 1 1 - and now h as to
rol l 1 4 to make a 2nd level rol l (25 - 1 1 ) . The G M
rol ls on ly 6 , and F leab iter fol l ows H igley away
from the elf. He also ru les that Rethe w i l l stay
u n conscious u ntil her ST reb u i ld s to 3 ( i n anothe r
4 com bat tu rns - she is, after al l , not figh ting, and
if ten m inutes go by while she is u nd istu rbed , her
strength w i l l come back ) .
To com p ress th ings, H igley loses consistently
for the next fou r com bat tu rns. However, h is
armor p rotects h i m in every case as F leab iter cou l d
not beat h is rol l by more than 1 1 . T h is cou l d go on
a very long time, but at the begin n i ng of the ninth
combat tu rn , Reth e wakes up. Her strength is only
3 , mean ing she cannot w ie l d her glad ius w ithout
k nock ing herself out of com bat aga in. (T h e glad ius
req u ires a ST of 1 0 . If Rethe w ields it wh ile her ST
is 3, she will overtire herse lf, having to subtract 2
points from her ST and 5 more from her CO N to
accou nt for using a weapon wh ich is too h eavy for
her cu rrent stre ngth . Thus sh e can on ly go into
com bat with her d irk.) Her loss of ST h as also
meant a loss of personal adds; she has only + 7 add s
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right now. S h e w i l l not regain S T now that she i s
re-entering com bat.
N inth Com bat Turn:
Higley 's total is 44 for everyth ing.
Rethe 's tota l is 1 5 for everyth ing. T h e ir
com b ined total : 5 9 . Reth e's d agger st i l l has c u rare
on it, remember.
Fleabiter's tota l fo r everyth ing is 5 4.
Result: The d e lvers get 5 h its against the ogre .
The G M perm its them to dou b le 2 h its to accou nt
for Rethe's poison ed dagger (assu m ing the best for
the d e lvers here - th e theory being that H igley h as
d one h is best to d istract the ogre w h i l e Rethe gives
all she has to land a b low.) T h is su btracts 7 fro m
the ogre 's M R w h ich now d rops to 5 4.
U n less someth ing u nusual happens, the d e lvers
shou l d continue to b eat down F leab iter b it by b it
J"l)\6IC IN COMBAT
Magic is an attack and a d efense for those
who u nderstand its man ipu lations. I n some ways, it
can also be the G M 's worst headache, requ iring
adj u d ication beyond the d ep th of m issiles or more
conventional weapons. T h is is because magic can
have such a variety of possible effects - the G M
may find it helpfu l to b reak combat down i n to
su btu rns for sticky situations.
However, it is hoped that th is section w i l l
help provide so me gu idel ines for t h e G M a n d the
p layers to use. If a situation is clearly v isualized, it
is u sually possible to hash out the pertinent deta ils
for an accu rate reso l u tion .
One t h i n g cannot b e too strongly stressed h ere :
Magic , more than any other aspect of com b at,
requ ires appl ication of c OO1mon sense and d iscu ssion
beyond strict adhere nce to rules. If a general rule
does not q u ite fit a situation , adj u st it to fit - and
remember that every such adj u stment sets a
precedent for fu tu re adj u d ications.
The com mo n , everyday spell w h ic h magic ians
use when faced w i th ch arging foes is the Take That
You Fiend. Among P hoenix p layers it is
conceptual ized as the chan ne l l i ng of a perso n 's 1 0
i nto a n energy bolt w h ic h may d o anyth ing from
d isru pting cells, j e l l ing b rain matter, to actu al
matter d isru ption . Take anoth er look at the front
cover of this book let - that's a Take That You
Fiend. B right light, searing flame, and p robab ly a
certain amou nt of lou d noise accompanying the
whole th ing.
U n less there is some special reaso n w h y the
spe ll is deflected , th is kind of magic always takes
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u ntil h e d ies. ( I n fact, it takes them u nt i l
com bat tu rn 1 3 to acco m p l ish this.)
Th is was an in cred i b ly long and convoluted
combat, b u t once again the d ice were t hrown fairly
and no adj u stm ents were made. ( I n sett ing i t up,
I rather ex pected the ogres to win. H owever, in
each case I took the actions I wou ld if I were a
d e lver for H igley, Rethe and the dead M yrmar,
or if I were a GM when plan n i ng actions for the
ogres.)
T h is does, I hope, express the give-and-take
wh ich has to occur to make a combat feasible.
I n doing so, it shou ld give a fairly accu rate
rep resentation of a d ifficu lt com bat. T h e reader
will h opefu lly take especial note of the actions of
poiso n , the use and reason ing beh ind the many
sav ing ro lls, and the u se of magic.
its max i m u m effect, even if the spe l l-caster is on
the losing side of a fight. Furthermore , a Take That
You Fiend ( TTYF, for short ) , is almost alone
among the availab le spells in having what is termed
a "shock effect". W hat this means is that if two
orcs are ch arging a party of delvers (one a wizard ) ,
and the orc sees h i s buddy vaporized h alfway
through the fight, it w i l l probab ly throw the first
orc a l ittle off h is strid e . T h is is why the TTYF is
i n c l u ded in a party's h i t point total .
W h e n a fight i s a close one , magic may be the
decid i ng facto r to th row the 'win' of a com bat turn
one way or the other, even though the spel l w i l l
affect its h its regardless. You cannot cou nt these
h its tw ice - that's why the " shock effect" has come
into u se. Some exam ples sho u l d clarify th ings here.
W h en the magic-u ser is on the losing end of
the battle, th i ngs are fairly clear. A troll m ight
generate 40 h its against a warrior and a wizard he
is fighti ng. The warrior ge nerates 20 and the w izard
casts a TTYF worth 1 5 . The warrior and the
wizard have to share 5 h its between them ( 3 for
the warrior, 2 for the wizard ) but the tro l l has to
absorb 1 5 for the spe l l . The tro l l was affected b y
t h e spe l l during com bat in that the 1 5 worth of
"shoc k " took 1 5 from h is attack ( i.e., w hen the
h it point tota ls were com pared, the physical attack
of the tro l l was com pared agai nst the physical
attack of the warrior and the magic attack of
the w izard ) . Because the spe l l m ight h ave jarred
or frightened or m ere ly pained the tro l l , its attack
was 1 5 less than it wou Id have been if the w izard
wasn 't there.
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On the other hand, say the w izard cast a
TTY F worth 25 and the warrior generated 20. If
the tro l l sti l l gen erated 40 , the tro l l wou ld have
" lost " that combat t u rn by 5 . However, he sti l l has
to take all 25 worth of TTY F anyway. He shou ld
not have to take the losing 5 , because some of the
de lve rs' attack was generated fro m magic, and the
h its shou l d not cou n t tw ice. T h u s the t ro ll cou ld
lose by u p to 25 , and it wou l d n ot take any more
h its than those ge nerated b y the spe l l . B u t if th e
tro l l lost a com bat rou n d by 2 6 (assu m i ng a 25
TTY F ) , then the tro l l m u st take the ad d itional 1
h it w h ic h may safe ly be assu med to have been
generated by the warrior or warriors.
The above d escr iption holds tru e primar ily
for melee situ at io n s, where all com batants are
wit h i n re latively easy reach ing d istance. H owever,
if there is any sign ificant d ista nce ( 'sign ificant'
usually being determ i n ed b y the G M and p layer
i nvolved ) the spel l acts more l i ke a d istance m issile
attack , and does not allow the monster to fight
back d u ring the same com bat tu rn .
For exam p le , the gob l i n BOReb iter (M R 1 2)
leaps from h is h id ing p lace 20' down the corridor
in front of Nob the S hort , a m age w i th an I Q of
1 0. Boneb iter yells out, "You r mother c hews
sweatsocks, you inenviable s l i me of a came l's
mouth ! " and t h i n ks fa leap the sh ort i nte rve n ing
space between them to c law out the m_�ge's t h roat.
N ob may be sm a l l , b u t he's n o fDa!. I n the
few seconds the gob l i n is gloat ing - hard ly a 'fu l l '
2 m i n u te com bat t u rn - N ob cran ks off a Take
T hat You F ie n d spe l l . B oneb iter �atches it
fu l l i n the chest, and h is M R d rops b V J O points
before h e even reach es the mage . E n d of "combat
rou nd one . " I f Boneb iter sti l l sh ows any signs of.
fight, the mage wou l d be well advised to d raw dag­
ger and fe nd 6ffl'he staggeri ng, scaley l ittle beggar.
Boneb iter's remain ing M R of 2 g ives h im only 1 d ie
and 1 add , so even a -med iocre d agger i n the hands
of an i ncom pete n t m age sho u l d be en ough to end
h is pit ifu l l ife . E nd of com bat rou nd two!
A lternate l y , let u s say B o neb iter waited u n t i l
N o b was d irectly b y h im before the gob l i n lept
fro m h is h id d e n wa l l n iche. Nob has a fraction
of a secon d 's warn ing from the scrape of c laws on
stone, and the GM ru les h e h as time for a spe l l . He
b lasts away a t t he d iv i ng gob l i n , b u t t h e gob l i n
can 't possibly m iss connectin g at this c lose range;
he has sim ply too m u ch momentu m . (Momentu m
is often an im portant factor i n these c ircu mstan ces. )
Because the gob l i n isn't in stantly b lasted i n to a
red haze (a TTY F of 60 or 70 would probab ly d o
the tric k ) , h e gets h is fu l l attack of 2 d ice p l u s 6,
against w h ich the mage h as n o protection except
the staggering shock effect of the spel l . I f Bone­
b iter's total is 1 3 , the mage has to take 3 h its.
E nd of combat rou nd one. Prox im ity and momen­
tum are w hat made the d iffe re nce between th is
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com bat and the fi rst one.
I f the G M ru led that Nob the Short d id not
have time to cast h is spe l l , i t wou l d have bee n
perfectly fair, based on the assu m pt ion that Bone­
b iter waited j u st another half-second and lept on
the w izard 's back as he passed. In this case, Nob
wou l d have had to take the fu l l 1 3 h its ou tr igh t.
T h is wou l d be the case, as it was a surprise/ambush
attack . If Nob su rv ived this, he cou l d then tu rn and
fire h is spe l l w h i l e the gob l i n j u m ped in to do som e
more damage , but th is wou ld be another ' combat
turn' - one w h ich wou ld probably go m uch l i ke
the second exam ple given above.
If the n u m ber of characte rs i nvolved is greater
than in the exam ples give n , the situation d oes not
materially change. Exam p l e : 1 2 orcs j u m p a large
party ( i n c l u d ing two w izard s w ith I Qs of 1 6 eac h )
and im med iate melee i s i n itiated . The orcs com­
b i ned h i t point total is 1 04. The party's h i t point
total is 1 3 2 , of w h ich 3 2 is TTY F spe lls, each
cast at a d iffere n t arc. As the ' w i n n i ng' side, the
delvers take no h its. But two orcs pitch over dead
(they had M Rs of 1 0 eac h ) . T he orcs don't take
any more than 32 h i ts becau se that was the magic
effect, and the d iffe re nce i n h it point tota ls was
o n l y 28. By the same token, the 'overk i l l ' on the
two d ead orcs (6 each - i t took 1 0 to k i l l them,
although the spe l l was worth 1 6 i n each case ) is
n ot shared w ith the other 10 orcs who are st i l l
attack i ng . . .
The only two oth er spe l ls w h ich have any
' shock value' and are cou nted in w ith the party's
attack are the Blasting Power and Freeze Pleeze.
However, becau se they do not have to be 'aimed'
at a specific target (alth ough they can be, if so
specified ) , h i ts can simply be assigned as usual i. e.
simply by the d iffere nce i n h it point tota ls. N e ither
spe l l has to necessari ly ta ke effect against the foes,
any more than an ord inary blast of flam e (or ice)
wou l d necessarily dam age a character.
As stated before, prox im ity and momentum
have to be taken ser iously i nto accou n t when
dea l i ng w i th spells and their effect on the opposi ng
side in combat. If you cast an Oh Go A way at a
rab id d og b ou n d i ng down the corridor toward s
you , it w i l l turn on i ts ta i l and flee as fast as it can
(assu m ing you have the attributes to make the
spe l l effective) . On the ot her hand, if it is right i n
front o f you a n d about to b i te you r k n eecap i n
two, y o u w i l l probab ly have to take a port ion of
i ts attack before the spe l l h its and the dog flees.
If a half-arc bowman fi res h is arba lest at you from
50 yard s away, you probab ly have a c hance to
throw a Protective Pentagram u p ; if that same half­
arc is stand i ng i n arms' lengt h and is i n the process
of co m p leting a sw ing with h is bec d e corb i n ,
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forget it. A TTY F m ight do y�u some good , but d ec ided wh ich spel l to cast. (As point of fact,
the Pentagram can not b e thrown and formed i n the it is th is ' i n stant reactio n ' which led us to suggest
m ic roseconds you h ave to th i n k about it. that people play ing the game of T & T for the very
Another factor which can he (and usual ly is) first time play warriors rather than one of the
consid ered is the speed of the p layer's reactions. character types which uses magic. Once people
The GM says, "Yo u , the w iz ard , h ave had the floor have had a chance to see magic 'in u se', thei r
d rop out from u nder you , and the chasm goes o w n magic-using c haracters tend to su rvive longer) .
down about 1 00 feet." F u rth er, th is 'off the h i p ' reaction is what
"Fly Me! " you yod el im med iate ly, and you can k i l l a careless mage who qu ite l i teral l y doesn 't
won 't decorate the rocks below. know h is own stre ngth. I f you yell out Fly Me ! b u t
On the other han d , if you fl i p th rough the don't have t h e stre ngth po ints t o succeed , the
Spell Boo k to see if you want to fly , teleport spe l l w i l l k i l l you before you crash at the end of
or cast a Protective Pentagram, the G M w i l l be you r fal l . S mall consolation , i ndeed .
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 ldllSSI LE WEAPONS
M issi le weapons give a character the chan ce
to h it someth ing before that someth ing gets c lose
enough to h it back . M issile h its a lways come
straight off constitution/monster rating, if the aim
is tru e. Dexte rity is req u ired for su ccess, and a
l itt le bit of good l u c k . Yo u won't even h i t the
broad side of a barn at th ree paces if your bow­
string b reaks just as you re lease the arrow .
I n older ed itions of T&T there was a sim p le
chart of dexte rity matched to d istance to deter­
m i ne h it-o r-m iss. Th rough local play and feedback
from players e lsew h ere , it was dete rm ined that
this was too simpl istic to give a good rep resen­
tation of marksmansh ip. I nstead , a ready means
of calcu lating a Dexterity Sav ing Roll was i nven­
ted . The pertinent aspects are- range (d istance to
t he target) and target size. It is much harde r to
h i t the eye of a grem l i n 1 00 yard s away than it
is to h it the body of a giant standing 3 feet away.
T here are fou r ranges, each of w h ic h req u i res
a h igher S R than the- last' , w iHr the S R being made
on D E X in every case .
D istance
in yards S R to h it
Pointblank 0-5 1 st
Ne(lr 0 - 5-0- 2nd
Far 5 1 - 1 00 3 rd
Extreme 101+ 4th
The Saving Ro l ls w h ich _,a� th u s determ i ned
are then mod ified by a m u ltip l ier b ased on the size
of the taFg�t being sh ot at. The x u sed here is
meant as a m u ltipl i cation sym bo l.
M u ltip l ie r Av. Heigh t
Huge X I +1 2'
1
I f the target i s a n orc 5 yard s away, a 2nd leve l
rol l is req u ired : Pointblank range ( 1 st leve l) at a
large target (x2) = 2nd leve l Saving Ro l l . On the
other hand , to shoot a wolf 60 yard s away a
9th leve l rol l is needed , and to shoot a coin off
a ledge 1 30 yard s away, th e character first m u st
have a weapon that fi res that far, and then m u st
make a 20th leve l S R . Note there is a lways the
possib il ity that the best shot w i l l m iss (you always
need a m i n i m u m 5) and even at the longest odd s
there is a sm all possibil ity that even the poorest
shot may str ike (because doub les add and rol l
over i n S Rs) . I n the case of a m iss when i t doesn 't
seem possible, you m ight assu m e that the bow­
str ing b roke u nexpected ly, you were j ostled b y
a com pan ion, you r target moved sl ightly a n d you
only n icked it, or a memory of you r mother- i n­
law sudden ly came to m ind. F u rther, if you sti l l
fee l the S Rs are too h igh , o r i nappropriate for
some other reason , the G M sho u l d make an adj ust­
ment as su itab le for the situation.
Target sizes shou ld be hand led with d i sc re­
tion, more by r ule of th u m b than exact num bers.
A coi led snake presents a larger target than one
siithering by. Te n orcs racing down a narrow
corridor present a better target-of-opportu n ity
than 1 orc alone. F urther, the c hart assu m es you
are shooting at a l iving, dodging target most of
the time. (T h is is why it is a 4th level SR to h i t
an orc at 1 5 feet) . B u t i f the target i s u n moving or
u naware of being sh ot at, GMs may lower the S Rs
req u ired by a level or two.
Because D E X is so im portant to m issile use,
characters get twice their Dexterity add s in their
Personal Adds when using any missile weapon.
For exam p l e : Stev in Strongarm has ST, L K, and
D E X of 1 5 each. W ith ord i nary weapons he gets

Large x2 1 2' - 5 ' 9 personal add s. I f he h i ts someth ing w ith an arrow

Small x3 5 ' - 2' or some other m i ssile weapon , he gets 1 2 personal
Very Small x4 2' - 4" add s - the extra comes from cou nting D EX twice.
Tiny x5 less than 4"
W hen d u ngeon de lvers get shot at by monsters,
To give you a 'r u le of th u m b w i th the sizes, they frequ ently want a saving rol l on LK to avoid
huge refers to d ragons, balrogs, giants, and b arns. being h it, even if i t seems the monste r's aim is good .
Large means ogres, men , tro ll s , and gob l i n s. Small I perm it this in my du ngeon if the players agree
is h obbit}, d warves, wolves, and c h i l dre n , for that the monsters shou l d get an equal c hance when
exam ple. Very small means rabb its, rats, and they 're bei ng shot at by delvers. When th is k i nd of
fai r ies. Tiny refers to th ings l i ke eyes, coins, and SR comes u p , it is handled in the fol low i ng man ner.
locks on ch ests. F i rst the m issi l e caster makes h is ro l l to find
Thus, if a characte r wishes to shoot at a out of he cou l d h it in the fi rst p lace . If h e m i sses,
gia nt standing j u st 5 yard s away, h e shou ld make that's the end of the matter. If the ro l l says he h i ts,
a 1 st level S R on D E X to h it : Pointblank range h is target gets to make a SR on LK of som e su ita­
( 1 st leve l rol l ) at a h uge target (x l ) = 1 st level rol l . ble level. I f the target misses its ro l l , he is struck by

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the incoming m issi le. I f the target makes the ro l l ,
t h e m issi le w h izzed b y u flcomfor;tab ly close,
maybe nick i ng an ear or d eflected by chance off
a b utton . As noted before , i t is adv ised that if the
de lvers are given th is ' second chance' to avoid
m issi les, the mo nsters shou ld h ave a second chance
as w e l l .
A l l m issi l e weapons on the Weapons Charts
(q.v.) have a range listed . Th is is the maximum
effective range that m issi les can b e ex pected to
travel w ith enough 'force to d o the d amage in her­
ent i n the weapon's d ice l ist i ng . A l though there
are bows, for exam p l e, w h ic h h istorical ly cou ld
cast arrows fu rther t h a n th ese ranges give n , su ch
bows were few and often h ighly su-bject to little
t h i ngs l i ke tem pe ratu re and h u m id i ty changes,
hav ing often been constructed first for d istan ce
competition and on ly secondari ly for use. The
arrows used with su ch bows were also of u nu sual
make. The weapons shops cou ld n o t a n d wou l d
n o t logically carry such h igh ly specialized bows,
and , on the whole, d u ngeon delvers cou ld not
have any access to t h e m .
Crossbows o f a l l types given i n the Weapons
C harts require one combat turn to cock. Carry ing
a crossbow a lready cocked is a good way to i nsu re
you w i l l have it read y when the monsters su ddenly
come charging d ow n the corridor. But if after
com bat tu rn one they turn and flee , you w on 't be
able to shoot th em in the bac k on com bat tu rn two.
And if they flee on com bat tu rn two , and you
i ntend to shoot them i n the back o n com bat tu rn
three, then you w i l l have to spend combat tu rn
two cock ing the crossbow and not fighting.
M issi l e weapon s in a me lee situation are
usu a l l y a poor idea. Movement is probab ly fast and
fu rious, and getting in a shot is at best u ncerta i n .
Y o u are a s l i kely to h i t o n e of you r b udd ies
by accident as you are to h it the half-orc h e's
wrest l ing with . There is only one i n stance in wh ich
m issi l e weapons d u ring me lee is perm itted on the
- their h u manoid kin ro l l 1 d ie for u narmed com bat ,
first melee round. (You may h ave h ad a chance to
shoot you r se lf-bow from a - d istance on the first
combat rou n d . Th is does not change the fact that
you cou ld restring an arrow to shoot when the
monsters first come w i th i n arm '-s length at the fi rst
melee com bat rou n d . Remember that this is not
the case w ith crossbows, though) .
In po int of fact , this is the
freq u en t means by w h ich a character of low D E X
i m p roves h is chan ce of h itting - by waiting u n til
the monster is virtu a l l y on top of h im , and then
releasing h is projecti l e . In such a case, a m issi le can
be treated l i ke a Take That You Fiend spe l l at
i m med iate range. U n less the monster is com plete ly
blown away w i th that p rojecti l e attack , �ts momen­
tum w i l l carry it i n to the bowman 's face regard less.
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Missile Weapons
I f the arrow k nocks off half the monste r's const i tu­
tion, the bow man is then helpless to defend agai nst
the rest of the monster's attack . Ho l d i ng a pro­
j dtile u nt i l the last secon d should be a fai rly rare
occ u rence, and G M s shou l d consider all possi b l e
angies w hen adj ud icating suc h .
No experience points should b e awarded for
saving rolls made to determine hit-or-miss. The rol l
is made t o determ ine t h e para mete rs of t h e situa­
t ion only and target practice simply does not cou nt
as any k i n d of "ad ventu re . 1 I A Sav i ng Rol l (on
D E X or L K) to avoid an incom ing m issi le is an
adventu re - an ent i re l y d iffe re nt matter - and
adventure points shou l d be given as w ith any other
Saving Ro l l .
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UNARMED
COMBAT
U narmed com bat occurs rare ly, b u t happen it
does. The stu rd iest fighter can lose or m islay h is
favorite weapons, or have them sto len, or engage
in a wrestl ing bout to sett le a wage r. Hu mans and
then add their personal adds. As a l l hand-held
weapons now start with at least 2 d i ce (as opposed
to l -d ie weapons in the c harts of earl ier ed itions) ,
' being bare handed is the worst com bat situation
a character can face . Most of the H it Point Total
w i l l have to be gene rated from Personal Adds; the
one d ie in trod u ces a sl ight variab i l i ty in the out­
come. Mo nsters with Mo nster Rating are often
con sidered to be fighti ng fang and claw (especial l y
monsters w ithout hands o r te ntac les t o h o l d weap­
onry), and as suc h their natu ra l endowments of
talon and m u sc le may b e assu m ed to su pply the
d ice i n herent in their Monster Rat ings.
I n all other respects, unarmed com bat may
be treated in the sam e fash ion as detailed earl ier
for all other forms of com bat.
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WE� PO � S
A character may u se a weapon too heavy for
h i m or her, accord ing to the ST req u irement
l isted in the Weapon s Tab les. However, that char­
acter w i l l tire very q u ic k ly and r isks d eath i n
d oing so . However, w h en m ax im u m d ice and ad ds
for a weapon are sore ly need ed if t h e character is
to su rv ive, ex haustion may not be too h igh a price
to pay.
Each combat t u rn in wh ich a too-heavy
weapon is used , a character weakens at a rate equal
to the required strength minus his current strength.
T h is number is taken d irectly off ST, thus making
the weapon p roport ionately h eav ier yet, if combat
contin ues. If a character's ST d rops to exactly 1 ,
h e o r she w i l l fal l u nconcious. I f t h e amount
SPEED &,
Each tu rn , characters may have the option
of mov ing a certain d istance on the G M 's map.
Although many T & T adventu res are carried out
in tu nnels with m oderate ly level stone floors,
if you get into an outd oor adventu re , the G M
shou ld take terra in and manner o f travel i n to
considerat ion .
Focusing in on ind ividual characte rs, you
may wish to determine a SPEED rating, w h ich
is determ ined the same way one finds Prime
Att ributes, i. e. ro l l 3 d ice and record the tota l .
T h is nu mber should not ch ange in the way Prime
Attributes m ight ( u n less by G M 's m agic , in w h ic h
case anyth ing goes) . The l e ngth o f a person's
legs does not change m u ch as h e or she b ecomes
more experienced i n the ways of the worl d . T h is
S P E E D rating (abb rev iated ' S P ') a lso d ete rm ines
a character's reaction ti m e , d isc u ssed l ater in
this sect ion .
Stone and d i rt floors are not com p letely
leve l . D u ngeons are rare ly we ll- l i t at the best of
t i m es - torches and lanterns cast a fa ir am ount
o f l ight, but n ot nearly a s m u ch a s fu l l su n l ight.
F u rther, most ch aracters (those who ex pect to
su rvive) w i l l be carry ing weapons, armor, h eavy
boots and c loth ing, a pac k , and possibly more.
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subtracted wou l d drop ST below 1 , ST goes to
exactly one ( making the character u nconciou s) ,
and the rem ainder comes d i rectly off CON .
For example: Q u igley has a ST of 9 b u t a
CON of only 6 . He at tem pts to fight w ith a p i ke
(ST req u ired : 1 5 ) . On the first com bat tu rn, the
pike is 6 points too heavy for h i m . At the end of
that com bat tu rn , he su btracts 6 from h is ST ( it
d rops to 3 ) . I f he conti n ues to fight, on the fol­
low ing combat turn the p i ke is 1 2 points too
heavy fo r h im . H is ST d rops to 1, and the rem ain­
ing 10 points com e off his CON . He wou l d be
u ncon cious, except that h is CON cannot take
that k i nd of pun ish m ent - he has overex erted
h i m se lf and d ies.
IWOVEMENT
Tak ing all the above items into considerat ion,
normal wa l k i ng speed in a d u ngeon w i l l not b e as
fast as you or I cou ld walk to the local qu ick­
serve market. Moreover, if d u ngeon characters
are look ing for tripwires, secret passages, and
other traps and tricks, the ir speed w i l l be fu rther
red uced . The chart be low w i l l help you d eterm i ne
how fast a character may go in feet per minute.
N ormal
Looking d u n geon
carefu l l y speed
Carry ing � or m ore ( S P x 10) (SP x 10)
weigh t possible in 2
d i m l ight
Carry ing � or less (SP x 20) (SP x 20)
weight possi ble in 2
d im l ight
U n lad e n , fu ll l ight (SP x 30) (S P x 30)
2
In the chart, 'x ' is a multiplication symbol.
'SP' refers to the character's rolled-up SPEED
rating.
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A characte r ru n n ing u nder the t h ree situations
l isted above ( heav i l y lad e n , partially lad e n , and
u n laden) may ru n a t 3 t i m es normal dungeon speed.
Because parties of d e lvers are made u p of
several characters, their average speed w i l l depend
on how fast the slowest c haracter is. H owever,
sin ce SP rati ngs shou l d not change , the fo l lowing
speeds may be used as ru le-of-th u m b adj ud ication
of speed :
U nder carefu l exam i nati on 50 ' per minute.
- The S P E E D rating m ay also be used to j u dge
Norm al du ngeon speed - 7 00 ' per minute.
R u nning speed 300 ' per minute.
- con nect ion w ith a Saving Ro l l on SP. F or exam p l e ,
A ll these speeds may be mUltiplied times 2 if the
characters are all carrying less than half their max­
imum carrying capacity. If they 're loaded down
with gold and equipment, the above listing applies.
When c h aracters are ru n n in g for any d istan ce
w h i l e loaded at al l , there are severe l i m i tations
on how long they can do so . If carry ing half or
more of we igh t possible , the n u m ber of turns
a characte r can ru n is 7 /3 his current constitu tion.
If carry ing half or less , the n u mb er of tu rn s is 7 /2
his current constitution. I f v irtu ally everyth ing is
d ropped - pac k , large weapons, a l l armor - a
character may ru n for as many turns as he has
constitution points. A c haracte r shou l d not be
perm itted to sti l l b e carry ing much more than
a dagger in this last instance . A t the end of su ch
a ru n , the character may b e assu med to be com­
p le te l y w i n ded and alm ost exhausted ; the G M may
d eterm ine w hat penalties shou l d be assigned if
com bat occu rs im med iate ly thereafter - lowered
ST, lowered reaction t i m e , etc .
A lthough h obb its and d warves are more
short-legged than h u mans and e lves, the ir stu rd y
constitutions w i l l al l ow t h e m to keep u p with
the tal l e r fo lk w h i l e wa lk ing at normal speeds.
If ru n n ing, however, the G M sho u l d take their
short-legged stride i n to consideration . If there is
a wal k ing fa iry or l ep rechau n , t h is also shou ld be
considered . On the w h ol e , the q uestion of speed
and m ovement is rat h er subjective and GMs sh ould
strive to maintain p layab i l ity over real ism when
the two confl ict.
Swim m ing ch aracters m ove at wa l k ing speed .
Any characte r wearing m etal .arm or w h i l e attemp­
ting to sw im shou ld b e severely penal ized , if n ot
d rowned outright. F l y ing c haracters (fairies, those
with w ings, or th rough a fly i n g spel l ) may move
at ru n n ing speed .
Sprinting is a b u rst of speed w h ich can not
be mainta ined . Top ath l etes can get about 300'
in 1 0 seconds, so characte rs may b e al lowed to
travel in 1 0 seconds what they wOll l d otherw ise
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Speed and Mo vement
travel i n one m in u te if r u n n ing for d istance,
d epend ing on h ow loaded down they are . ( E x :
Fang t h e De lectable - re member Fang ? - has a
s f> rat i ng of 1 0 . Carry ing a fu l l load, for 1 0 seconds
he can put on q burst of speed and trave l 3 ti m es
( 1 00 ' ) or 300·'; i n 1 0 seconds. He can do th is
only for 1 0 seconds, after which time h e is as
w i n ded as if h e had been ru n n ing norm ally for
t h ree turns.
a character's reaction time. Th is is usual l y used i n
if Fang i s about to b e crushed b y a fal l ing tree,
he shou ld have a 1 st level Saving Ro l l to leap out
of the way. Assu m i ng SP rati ngs do not change
much d u ring a ch aracter 's l ife , a 1 st leve l Sav ing
Roll sh ould be used for cha l le nges of ord i nary
d ifficu lty; a 2nd level rol l sho u l d cover the more
dangerous situations.
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U�USUAL
COMBAT
S ITUAT I O NS
Co mbat can be as u n iq u e as players and G M s
care t o make i t . S i tuations can occu r where p laye rs
take the in itiative to out-th i n k or out-maneuver a
monster they can not take in straight com bat.
There is usually som e increased risk invo lved , b u t
if t hat risk can b e overcome, t h e reward s are often
that m u ch greater.
A fairly "com m on " u n usual com bat situation
is dodging in one-an-one com bat (it doesn 't work
in m e lee). Rather than stand and trade b lows
with your opponent, you attempt to com p lete l y
avo id h is b lows so as t o z ip in for a k i l l ing or
crip pl ing b low at c lose range . T h i s u sually i nvolves
a D E X and/or SP Saving Ro l l of m id to h igh leve l ,
dependent on t h e ex pected reaction tim e o f t h e
opponent. Dodging a snake's strike i s usua lly
som ewhat hard e r than avoid ing an ogre 's c l u b .
For example: S narfi t h e Mad i s a hobb it armed
w i th a large dagger. H e finds h imse lf alone, facing
a large and h u ngry giant who is arm ed with an
i ron-bou nd c l u b b igge r than the hobb it. S narfi
k nows that if he simply tries to fight the giant
 Unusual Combat Situations
in the conventional manner, there w i l l be hobbit
puree a ll over the floor m oments late r. H is p layer
asks if Snarfi can try to dodge, ru n between the
giant's legs, and hamstring the m onster. The G M
asks for only a 2 n d level Sav ing R o l l (as the G M
visual izes this particu lar giant as rathe r c l u m sy
and stu pid ) . I f Snarfi m isses the rol l , he has to
take all the h its the giant can prod u ce withou t
any opportu n ity to d eflect some of the h its by
'fighting bac k . ' I f the hob b it can make the rol l ,
he w i l l be free to del iver everyth ing in h its that
he can m u ster, probab ly w here and how he l i kes.
Occasionally a party m ay find itself fighting
an invisible monster. I n this case, the party's
com bat total is halved. If th e party is invisib le,
the monsters' attack is halved . I f both sides are
inv isible, combat is carried out normally, w ith
no advantage to either sid e . If the party is in
total dark ness, their combat is cut i n half, and the
monsters' attack may also be cu t in half. G M s
sho u l d note, however, that some monste rs can see
we l l in the dark and that some - b ig cats, wolves,
and the l i ke - fight as mu ch b y sme l l and hearing
as by sight, and won 't be penal ized by either
invisi b i l ity or d arkness. B ats and bat-l i ke creatures
which fu nction by radar- l i ke senses are also not
to be concerned w ith i nvisib il ity.
Another u nusual situ ation is the trap d esigned
and engineered by delv ers. A simple example:
a party of delvers has b ee n chased into a room by
a large, ve ry tough tro l l too b ig for them to fight
normally. T hey closed and locked the door behind
the m , but the tro ll is we l l on its way to tearing
the door off its h inges. The party q u ic k ly pounds
pitons deeply into the wal l on either side of the
d oo r and strings a fine tough w i re across it. When
the troll has su cceeded i n ripp ing d ow n the d oor,
their 1 st level mage casts an Oh Go A way spel l at
the trol l , k nowing in advance that the spel l w i l l
not take its usual effect - the tro l l won't "go
away" - b u t w i l l instead charge m ind lessly for
the w iz ard . I n doing so , the trol l probab ly sl ices
off its own head try ing to pass th ro ugh the wire .
The GM m ight have to ro l l to see that noth ing
u n lucky occu rred to void th e trap - the wire
m ight have snapped before d oing the trol l any
sign ificant damage, or a piton m ight have pu l led
free, but otherwise the trap should k i l l the tro l l .
T h is k i n d of clever inge n u ity o n the part of
the delvers can ofte n lead to the m ost engrossing
of games, and can be as com p lex as the p layers
can arrange w ithin th e ru les and parameters of
the G M 's w orld or tu nnelworks.
W izards' duels p resent unusu al situations
also. W hen the d u el is fo rma l and b oth sides
know the stakes, the easie st arrangem ent is for
both w izard s to w rite down their spells and cast
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them simu ltaneou sly. Both spe l ls w i l l then take
effect at the same moment. U n less one spe l l is
specifically designed to negate an attack (a Dis-Spell
for exam ple) then both spe lls w i l l occu r as stated.
The stronger spe ll w i l l in no way negate the weaker
one. T h is k i nd of d u e l often is very short and both
magic ian s may d ie .
A n other system for w izards' d u e l s is for one
w izard to take the in itiative (because he is the
injured party or is sim p ly of h igher leve l ) . The
wizard with the in itiative casts and announces the
first spe l l , and the second w izard has a few second s
to cou nter t he spe ll - by te leporting o ut of its
path or range, d ispe l l ing it, or ra ising a p rotective
spe l l . I f not defeated on the spot, the second
w izard may then cast a spe l l w h ich the fi rst w izard
m u st cou n ter aga inst. T h is kind of due l occasion­
ally ends in a d agger fight after both w izards have
exhausted their sorcerous strength below the point
where they can effectively th row another spe l l .
Otherw ise it i s apt to end when one w izard cannot
cou nter the spe l l of the ot her.
If every u nu sual com bat situation cou l d be
imagined ahead of time, this section wou ld be
much lo nger and incred i b ly ted ious, probab ly with
c ircu mstances w h ich wou l d not occ u r i n a h u n d red
d u ngeon trips. The GM and p l ayers are u rged to
use their own creat ivity , imagination , and good
sen se to u n ravel d ifficu lt d il e m m as. The G M
may need to occasionally settle a situation b y
executive fiat, a s i s h is o r h e r right. If the sol utions
are too silly or il l ogical, the game w i l l suffer
for it, and respect w i l l be lost all aro u n d . Fu rther,
keep in m ind that every special sol ution sets
another p recedent for fu tu re use.
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ABOUT
There are three main schools of thou.ght as to
how monsters encou ntered on tu n nel levels lower
than the first shou l d be rated .
-Some peo p le say they sim ply sM6ul d get
more dice and adds.
-Some say the monster's attack should be
mu ltipl ied by its leve l n u m ber.
-An alternate m ight be to increase j ust the
monster 's adds the deeper inside the d ungeoo it
is fou nd .
W h ichever system appeals to you, p ic k it, try
it out, and w hen you 've fou nd a su itable method,
stick with i t consistently .
Monsters can sometimes b e tam ed and added
to the party of those explo ring the tl1'f'ilnels. If a
monster has lost a fight and can no longer defend
'STERS
(those w ith a Monster Rating) regain the i r strength
at the rate of 5 po ints per turn.
Not all monsters need to be h ostile towards
adventu rers in their dom ain. Often they are, b u t
not necessarily. I f y o u r m onster meets a party
u nex pected ly , you may w ish to determ ine i ts
reaction randomly. The chart below w i l l aid you
in this. Roll 2 six-sided d ice to determ i ne the
reaction.
MONSTE R R EACT I O N CHART
2 Monsters and men automatically
ottw;k e(lch "ther,
3 - 5 Monsters automatically and openly
hostile.
6 8 Encounter may be friendly in a
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i tse lf effectively, the conquerers may tame and/or guarded manner, but either side
enslave it ( if the GM perm its) . You m u st be ab le to will attack if provoked.
speak a m onster ' s language b efore you can tame it. 9- 1 1 Monsters more interested in parley
If a monster fears for its gruesome l ife and or making deals than in fighting.
surrenders, you m ay tame i t . T am ing a monster i s TlMr� mUSt b� a Mng/Jag� in
worth the same number of ex per ience points as common for parleying.
k i l l ing it. Subd ued m onsters may be permanently 12 Monsters are panic-stricken and
enslaved w it h a Yassa Massa spel l (see T he S pei l flee immediately.
B oo k , section 2 .2 2 ) .
Note that some G M s wou ld rather have their I f either side gets itse lf into a fight too tough
monsters su ic ide than perm it the enslavement of to hand le, there shou ld be some k ind of option to
their creatu res (especially when the creatu re is run away. The situation and su rrou nd ings w i l l
somethi ng h ighly u nusual). I f a tamed monster is d etermine h o w easy or d ifficult this is. T h e fleeing
n o t enc h anted , i t m a y revo lt once i t gets i ts si d e may be forced to risk add i tional damage to
strength back . Remember that weakened m on sters make good an escape.

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 2. 4 1 PER5S0NA LIZIN6
MONSTERS
M o nsters with M Rs are easy to h an d le and
q u ick to create. However, you may find that once
they start losing, they really start losing. For t h is
reason you may want to change them in one of
several ways to give them greater capab i l ities - you
may wish to have part icu lar monsters w ith names
and i n d iv id ual personal ities who may become as
real as norm al de lvers are - if they su rv ive long
enough. To increase their p rospective l ifespans,
they m u st often be m uch tri c k ie r or m ore pacifist ic
than you r average t u n n e l dweller.
- One way to u se the sim p l icity of the MR wh ile
increasing a monster's long-term fighting abil ity is to
give the monste r a fighting MR and a constitutional
MR . Then the monster wi l l take h its aga inst its
"CON " but this w i l l not affect its ab il ity to figh t,
u ntil the point of deat h . T h is is si m i lar to the
effect that de lvers get - a d e lver may d ro p to a
CO N of 2 or 1 , b u t w i l l sti l l get all weapons and
personal add s in a fight. The monster's "CON "
may be the same n u mber as its fighting M R, b u t
need n o t be. T h is is a way t o d ifferentiate monsters
that may n ot look (or even act) tough , b u t are very
hard to k i l l . G ive su ch a monster a low fighting
M R, but a very h igh CON (zo m b ies, werewo lves,
stone statues, and the l i k e work very we ll in t h is
fash io n ) . You may also w ish to d o the reverse -
create a monster that fig h ts l i ke an abso l u te man iac
but d ies with a p i n p rick (sp iders, balloon-l ike
monsters, rav ing hemop h i l iacs or what-h ave-you ) .
- Another system assu mes that t h e add s for M Rs
com e from the sam e attributes as a h u man 's
personal add s (ST, LK and D E X over 1 2) . A tro ll
with a M R of 50 h as 25 add s - d istribute those
25 add s as you please over the trol l ' s ST, L K, and
D E X w ith a base rate of 1 2 for each . The tro l l
might end u p with a S T of 22, L K of 22, and a
D E X of 1 7 . CON may b e assu med to b e the sam e
a s t h e M R, although some G M s recogn ize that a
hu man's fighting ab i l ity and h is or her CON are
often w i l d ly d ifferen t. These G M s assign h alf the
MR toward CON . Charisma and IQ are best assigned
by d ie ro ll, u n less you wan t a clever or cu te monster.
T h is system can make tremendously overb lown
characte r-mo nsters, and although fu nctional , the
other two method s are to be p referred .
- The best system in com m on use for
persona l iz ing monsters is from the chart d eveloped
original ly for Monsters! Monsters! That c hart
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fol l ows, slightly edited , and d etails 37 d iffere nt
creatu res and mon sters by the sam e basic attrib utes
as h u mans and their k i n : ST, I Q , L K , CON , D E X
and C H R . T here are a few d iffe rences and
adj u stments w h ic h have to be m ade, however.
Charisma for monsters is negative. Th is d oes not
m ean a d ragon with a CH R of -50 is ugly, only
that h is way of looking at th ings isn 't at all the
sam e as a human bei ng's. He is just as ' beautifu l ' or
i m pressive as a h u man with a C H R of +5 0. "Ugly"
or " u n i m pressive" d epend on h ow c l ose to 0 a
bei ng's charisma is.
L i k e the Pete rs-McA l l ister chart (section 2 . 1 2)
the n u m bers listed u nder ST , IQ, etc. are m u ltipl iers
for a ro l l of 3 d ice. If a n u m be r is in italics with an
asterisk following it means that th is is the max i mum
t hat attribute can reach at any time. A Harpy has a
max i m u m D E X of 3 because harp ies have w i ngs
and claws, b u t no hands. Some m on sters may have
special ab i l ities or ch aracteristics, b u t t h is ru lebook
is n ot the place to go i nto them in depth . G M s are
u rged to determ ine th ese ab i l i t ies for themse lves
(or to pick u p a copy of Monsters! Monsters! if
you want to k now how we went about it). When
monsters with attribute rati ngs fight tooth and
claw, they rol l the same n u m be r of d ice as their ST
mu lti p l ier. Othe rw ise , when appropriate, you can
arm them w i th weapons and/or armor su ited to
their size and ab il ities, j ust as you wou ld a h u man.
You w i l l sti l l have to take into consideration ST
and D E X req u irem ents.
Don't let the chart l i m it you. There are lots
of other monsters that have roved the imagi nat ions
of people around the worl d , and it may i ncrease
you r enjoyment of the gam e to i nc lud e a
Catob lepas, a Stone Toad , an Oonai, or a sap ie nt
Zat to boggle you r friends . For that matter, i nvent
your own - as GM your powers are u n l im ited.
If you choose to arm som e of your monsters,
specifica l ly th ose w ith hands and arms su i tab le to
weapons-use, you m ight want to give them extra­
large weapons if they are extra- large monste rs such
as g iants and tro l ls. M u l t i p ly a l l factors given i n the
Weapons Charts - ST and D EX requ ire m ents, d i ce
and adds, weight, size, etc. - by a single n u m ber.
An ord i nary giant shou l d be able to hand le a
weapon 3 to 5 times as b ig as an ord inary h u m an
weapon of the sam e ty pe. Keep su ch arm i ng
reasonab le - a sword-w ield ing d ragon is absu rd .
A sword -w ield ing centaur is not.
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MONSTER TAB L E

Monster ST IQ LK CON DEX CH R H e ight We ight

D ragon 25 5 1 /2 50 3 5 50
Gob l i n 3/4 3/4 3/2 1 /2 3/4 3/4
Ogre 2 2 1 3/2 3/2 2
Ore 1 1 1 1 1
Tro l l 3 1 3 4 2 4
G iant 5 1 /2 1 5 5 5 10
Werewolf 5/2 1 /2 2/3 3 3* 4
D emon 9/2 2 1 /4 9/2 3/2 5 3/2 2
Half-Ore 3/2 1 1 3/2 1 ·1 5/4 3/2
Vam p ire 5/2 3/2 3/2 1 1 1 1 1
Grem l i n 1 /2 3/2 1 /2 1 1 /2 1 /3 1 /3
Lamia 5/2 1 1 /2 2 1 2 3/2
L iv ing Statue 2 1 1 10 1 /3 4 1 10
G h ou l 3 1 /4 1 /2 3 1 4 2/3
Gorgon 1 1 3/4 5/4 3/2 3 1
Harpy 3/2 2/3 3/2 3* 2 1 /2
M u mmy 2 3* 70* 3 3*
Zo m b ie 2 3* 1 /4 3 3*
S p h in x 3/2 2 1 3* 2 1 2
M in otau r 5/2 3/4 5/2 3/4 5 5/4 3/2
Balrog 10 2 7 2 5 3 4
G host 1 2 1 4 1
Centaur 3 1 1 3 1 3/2 3
L iv ing S ke leton 1 1 1 1
Mer- person 3/2 5/4 1 1 3/2 1 1 1
G iant S l ug 2 3* 1 /4 10 3* 1 /2 2 10
S hoggoth 20 5* 1 50 1 4 5 10
W u rm 15 5 1 /2 . 25 3* 5 25
Chi mera 4 6/5 1 /4 3 3* 5 4/3 9/2
Basi l isk 1 /4 2 1 /4 2/3 1 /2 1 /1 0 1 /1 0
Warg 5/2 3/4 1 5/2 3* 2 3/2
U n i corn 2 1 3/2 3 3* 3 1 2
Wyvern 3 3 1 /2 5 3* 4 3/2 2
G iant S p ider 2 1 1 /2 2 4 1 /2
Hydra 15 9* 1 1 3* 5 2 3
Griffin 10 1 1 10 3* 5 3/2 9
Manticore 4 3/4 3/4 4 3* 5 4/3 2

Note that those numbers listed in italics and marked with an asterisk (*) are n ot multipliers for that
attribute, but rather are the maximum that attribute can rate at any time. You may ro/I 3 dice for that attri-
bute, but if the number you have rolled is greater than the marked number given, make it match that number
anyway. If it is less, of course, use the number you actually ro/led.

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 2.4- 2 WANDE�N6
MONSTERS
Some d u ngeons h ave them ; some d on 't. M i ne
, does. Wandering Monsters (sometimes abbreviated
WM ) are j u st what they sound l i ke - monsters,
either alone or in grou ps, that wander around
looki ng for excitement, l i ke people to b ite. (Some
GMs insist the ir wandering monsters are really
patroll ing, looking for i ntruders, w h ich i s why they
are prone to attack first and ask q uest ions later.)

. At the begi nni ng of each turn the GM rolls

,one d ie - if a 1 comes u p, he spri ngs a wandering
monster o r three. The game goes faster without
Wandering Monsters, but sometimes i t isn't as
exciti rig. Wandering monsters should a lways be
introd uced from a d irection and location that was
, originally out of sight of the party. You m ay w ish
to rol l for a M onster Reaction (see chart i n section
2.4) or y o u m ay m ak e it attack on sight. U n less the
monster is completely silent or insu bstantial the
party shou ld be given some s l ight warn ing that it
is com ing. T h is w i l l give the party the opportu n ity
. to ru n , h ide, or prepare to fight.

_ Everyone has their own m ethod of ge nerating

Wandering Monsters. I u se a peanu t can w.ith a
n u m ber of sma l l cards l isting a monster or
monsters, their M R or attributes, and any special
capab i l ities; I can rando m ly d raw a card as needed
from the can . Others uSe a lot of 3 x 5 cards with
l istings - these are shuffled before the game starts,
and the G M draws a card from the to p w henever
a monster appears. Others use a matrix to
random ize for monsters. Two d ice can rol l 3 6
d ifferent ways - i f a chart is set u p w ith ' 1 - 6 '
across the top and ' 1 - 6 ' down the side, 3 6
d ifferent monsters can b e slotted into the boxes
and then ch osen by ro l l i n g d ice. Any system
w i l l work; su it you rse lf.
It was Greg B rown who first theorized that
Wanderi ng M onsters m ight be carry ing treasu re
o n them. A lthough rats and g iant slugs have l i ttle
use for cash and nowhere to carry it in any case ,
some monsters m ight have pouches on their belts
or stones in their crops. If the G M t h i n ks a
Wandering M onster m ight have treasu re o n h im ,
rol l 1 d ie - if it is a 1 o r 2 , the m onster has
treasu re. I f so, rol l the d ie again : 1 or 2 = copper
coins, 3 or 4 = silver coins, 5 = gold coins and
6 = gems or magical item. It is up to the GM to
q u ic k ly determ ine how many coins or gems, and of
what wort h .
Do b e very careful w ith magical items (or
delete them entirely) because an orc w ith an
ounce of sense will make u se of a really good item
against the party - he wou l d n 't leave a l a-d ie
sword flopping at h is belt w h i le he attacked the
'p arty w ith claw arid fang. E ither d on 't give such
items away (from Wandering Monsters, at least)
or give the party a taste of a special item before
they lay hands on it.

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 2. 5 tilow TO
Tu n n e ls & T rolls is a fantasy gam e , and the
Game M aster is the creator of that fantasy. The
task is not necessari ly an easy one, but it is fu n ;
one d evelops a taste for being the Game M aster
in a game very quickly. The characters ente r the
fantasy world through their p layers' partic ipation
with the G M . T he more imaginative, articu l ate , and
pai nstaking the G M , the more convi nc i ng and
enjoyab le the fantasy w i l l be, and the more
involved everyone w i l l b ecom e.
T he playe rs cann ot see th e fantasy world
(they shou Id not even see the GM 's m aps) , so every
step of the way the GM must be p repared to
descri be what the characters see , sm e l l , hear or
otherw ise sense about them . F u rther, the G M
controls those characters h e has c reated to o p pose
the d e lvers, mediates d isputes between players,
solves ambigu ities, and plays the roles of B l ind
J ustice, Dumb Luck, and Malevole nt Fate, as the
situations of the game req u ire.
Before any game can begin , there m u st be
somewhere for the d e lvers to go adventuring - the
fantasy worl d , or perhaps j u st a sma l l slice of one ,
created by the G M . We have included a sma!1 Game
Master's D \J ngeon (section 2 . 7 ) for u se b y the. G M
new to the . game. I t conta i n s the fundamental
elements requ ired to p lay a game o f T&T among
friends - a map for the GM, and descriptio ns of
what is in the r00fl15. Sti l l , it is m ostly i n ten ded to
get you started ;. you w i l l soon fin d it enjoyab le to
create your own tu n n el-co m p lex, dark tower,
or to map out the twisting paths of an e n chan ted
forest to confou nd and test the characters created
by those arou nd you .
SETT I N G UP T H E M AP
You w i l l need some graph paper (or hex
paper, if you are fam il iar with its u se ) , a pencil
(so you can erase as you work out your rooms) ,
and some paper to record what you put i n to the
du ngeo n . I f you wish , look through some reference
books - perhaps some on med ieval arc h itectu re,
or someth ing about ancient mythologies and
legends, or read up on your sword -and-sorcery
fiction for ideas. You shou ld be complete ly
fam i l iar w ith the first section of the ru les, and
wou ld be well-adv ise d to k now the second section
nearly as wel l . Then sit down and th i n k u p what
kind of du ngeon you want to d ig , or fantasy world
you w ish to dep ict.
You may wish to p ic k a particu lar theme or
rationale arou n d whic h everyth i ng else spi n s. For
ex;:tm r 1e , the l ege n d ;:t ry J im "Re;:tr" Peter" h;:t"
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BE A 6JW
(qu ite natu ra l l y ) a d u ngeon in w h ich the theme of
cavebears occurs frequently h ungry a nd
feroc ious bears prowl the corridors, and the
statuary and ornamentation is often u rsine in
n at ure .
T he re is also the consideration o f a m ot ivating
character, a proprietor - the m asterm ind who
created the com p lex with i n the logic of the fantasy
world itself (th is is frequently an alte r-ego of the
person who has created the du ngeon on paper).
This alter-ego m ay provide a "reason" for the
presence of the d u ngeon, and may or m ay not take
any k i nd of active participation in occu rrences
with in the d u ngeon itse lf. My ow n d u ngeon
G ristlegrim is ru n by an incred ibly ancient and
learned wizard of the sam e nam e; he rarel y puts on
personal a ppearances. O n the other han d , L iz
Danforth has a dev i l ish l ittle fel low who "built>'
her d ungeon as a l u re to entice the unwary into
situations where they are wi l l ing to bargain for
the ir sou ls; h is personal offices can be fou nd in the
l owest levels.
A P roprietor is by no m eans necessary for the
ru n n i ng of the du ngeon - Bear Peters' d u ngeon,
mentioned above, is house and home to t he
monsters there , and they are wel l prepared to
d efend the ir personal territory. The com p lex itself
m ay h ave been d ug in bygone days, before the
great Wizards' War. Any rationale w i l l do - it's a
Game M asters' free-for-a l l .
Once y o u have decided t h e general feel i ng
your d u ngeon w i l l have, take penci l and graph
paper and ch oose a scale . wh ich su its you (perhaps
1 graph square = 1 0 ft.) and start draw ing floor
p lans. I nclude any secret passages, moveable doors
and walls, and spec ial traps b u i l t right into the
wal ls. You may w ish to design a room to house a
particu lar trap, or a se ries of the m . You can make
it as si m ple or as com pl icated as you w ish .
When you are basically satisfied with your
first leve l floor plans, you w i l l want to stock the
d u ngeon with treasu re and monsters. I t is a good
idea to put in more copper than si lver, more
silver than gol d, and more gold than jewels or
magical objects.
As you place the treasure, th ink up the
monsters and/or traps which w i l l guard it - it is
considered reasonab ly fair to place tough monsters
w ith the better treasu res, and lesse r monsters and
less d eadly traps w ith sm al ler treasures. Some
monsters shou l d be p ushovers ; some shou l d be
rlnwnri s ht rle�rl l y �nrl very tricky. (My first leve l
 How to Be a GM
h as menaces ranging from mouse hounds to
manticores.)
Finally, you may wish to add a few more
traps, jokes a nd i l lusions to spice u p areas th in on
monsters a nd treasures. Be sl:J re to include at least
one ( possibly more) entrances d own to se cond
level and be low, shou ld you decide to include
these . As you b u il d lower levels, you w i l l want to
make the monsters tougher, the treasures
progressively richer, the traps dead lier and more
insid ious, and q u ite probab ly, the j okes and
gags fu nnier.
Because you can hard ly d raw into your map
every coi n , gem , monster and trap indiv id ual ly,
yo u w i l l want to u se yo u r writing paper to record
what is where , and h ow things can happen to
whom , on a room b y room b asis.
2 .) 6 « D O TH IS
\\fHEN �O U GET OUT. »
Your character has safe ly reached the exit of
the tu nnel-complex . He (or she) has taken a few
scratches, p icked u p a l i ttle treasu re , and maybe
l ost a weapon or m ost of the arrows. The G M is
shuffl ing papers and folding u p books. Now what ?
Th e G M should award E Ps for going i nto h is
or her d u ngeo n . Treasure carried out should be
spl i t u p appropriately b y the party . (Many parties
consider de�ving a cooperative effort, and allow
:;urv ivon t o 3p l i t equally whatever t h e "tllkc" i � .
Depending on the p layers and their m u tual trust,
it is sometim es possible for a character to squ irrel
away treasu re fou nd and not spl i t it up at the end.
Such characters, if caugh t, are occasionally k iH ed
by their team m ates, too! )
C haracters w h o are wou nded o r down i n
Strength get their CON a n d ST back ( to w hatever
their n ormal level is). T h is latter is on the
assum ption that they go h om e and rest up for a
week or two - if for some reason that same
character is schedu led for a nother d elv ing with in
the next day or two, he m ight be compelled
b y the GM to go d own w ith red u ced CON , or to go
to a hedge-w izard for som e healing spelis at some
rid icu lously h igh p rice.
With the new-fo u nd gold (assum ing there is
any), the character m ight l i ke to b u y a better SU I t
of armor, another weapon , or replenish h is su pply
of projecti les or poison for the next d e lv ing.
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Let your imagination go w i l d - y ou can d o
anyth ing you want t o because t h i s is your creation.
Put i n a lot of stuff - nobody l i kes a d u l l du ngeon .
H u mor i s a good th ing to have, b u t avoid being
silly or j uven ile - u l timately you ' l l have to justify
yourself and your prod uction to the testing fires
of incom ing delvers. Every trap shou l d h ave some
way of being avoided, n u l l ified , or overcome. You
n eedn't tel l peop le how to save themse lves, but
the clues ( however obtuse) shou ld be there. I t is
d efin i tely not fair to te leport everyone who
e nters your Solar Room i nto the heart of the su n.
I f you are too arbitrary and overl y w h i msical,
the players w i l l get frustrated and d isgusted,
and stop playing. I magination, i ngenu ity and a
fair sense of j ustice and l ogic are essential to a
good G M .
If the character has crossed a level in
ex perience points, he will need to take his level
bonuses (if he hasn 't alread y ) . Any magical items
(fly ing helmet, doub le-charism a neck lace, or
whatever) shou ld be recorded in fu l l on the
character's card . Gems of u n certain value have to
be taken to a jewel merchant ( i .e., the G M ) to be
cashed in for coins.
The GM w i l l want to restock his d u ngeon.
The easy way is to put ill 1 I 100e u r lIle �rrll:!. I r
he has the time and energy, he m ay want to put a
new twist into a trap too-well-k nown , or ex tend
the d ungeon out or down. On the whole, a tro l l is a
tro l l , and one is very l ike another, but there is only
one Sam w ith The Whip or Max the Magic Ogre . . .
should one of these be slain, the G M w i l l have to
h i re a replacement.
 T�OL LST'O�E
CJ\\fEI\NS
The du ngeon which fo l l ows is of the "house and home" variety - the monsters here are guardians of the places in
which they actually I ive. Read through the room descriptions before you try to use the dungeon i n a game, so that you are
at least m oderately fam i l iar with the rooms. Do keep in m i nd that th i s i s a very sma l l du ngeon of l i m i ted scope, so if you
l
wish to b u i l d onto i t w ith deeper levels and m ore rooms, feel free. Better yet, start bu i l ding your own !
lf there i s anyone i n the party o f 3rd level o r h igher,
the ghost of a Tro l l appears and warns them to tu rn
back . Anyone of leve l 3 or h igher who d isregards
the warn ing and passes Point 2 l oses all E P and has each
attribute d i vided by h i s or her level number. The ghost is
immune to a l l m agic.
2
An iron d o o r 1 0' high and 1 0' wide blocks the
passage. I t is cu riously designed. Near the top i s a
painted eye, which sometimes b l i n ks. At the bottom
is an open m outh. I n the center is what appears to be a
m i ghty arm, 4' long and very well-muscled, p rotruding from
,
the door. Above the arm, below the eye, i s a l ine of writing
in Dwarvish runes, but the l anguage is Orcish.
..
• t'l�f:'<"<'" xtMf'\; X/'IF1��/M· tr�fr'
"'�"'�·:7 r« �'f.<..: 1 l<- . ,.. t�!f� .
Strakk glee glimdrim urr uruksmlltlk nikz utorr.
'This door yields to gold or force, nothing else!"
I n order to make thi s door open , a character must
d o one of two th i n gs. He - or she - must either beat the
door i n armwrest l i ng (make L2SR o n 5T: if made, the door
opens; if m issed, character takes amount m issed by in h its
on CO N ) or throw at least 1 gold piece for each party
mem ber through the open m outh. A l l gold fed to the door
becomes part of the Tro l l 's treasure in R oom 1 5.
l Guardian Monster for each member of the
Mi
.
party w i l l be sta n d i n g at this point, so that
each character w i l l be engaged in 1 to 1
com bat. ( R andom ize on the G uardian M onster Cha'rt. )
Monsters w i l l break 'and run after :3 combat tu rns, u nless
they are dead or h ave won a l l the fi ghts.
3 The path descends i nto what
The Pool of Darkness.
appears to be 'a large puddle or sma l l p001 of b lack
water. Around the edges it i s only l ' to 2' deep. The
. Scrapheap Chasm. The path is broken by a
water is poisonous. If the pool wate.r is drunk, ro l l 2 d ice
(doubles add a nd roll ove r ) and su btract that n u m ber from
that character's CON and C H R .
I f characters try t o wal k around t h e edges of t h e Pool,
each must make a L l S R on LK to see if they iel l i n to the
1 0' deep pothole. I f they fel l in, the water w i l l get i n to
thei r eyes and ; b l i �d them for 1 to. 6 tu rn s. ( R o l l i dle.)
Weapons im mersed in Pool .water ,w i l i " be,gin to rust
immed iate ly. S.u btract 2 po intS from the adds of each
weapon du n ked .
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4 Secret Door. Takes a L l SR on IQ to find it if the
characters in the tu nnel specifical ly state they are
looking for secret doors - otherwise, L3SR on LK
is needed. I t will requ ire a K nock- K n ock spe l l to be opened.
5
Guardian Monster Village. No treasu re here, but if
characters enter the v i l l age they w i l l be attacked by
1 to 6 G uardian M onsters (from the chart ). If they
rema i n in the v i l lage for up to 10 com bat tu rns, a new
grou p of Guard ian Monsters appears every turn. After 1 0
combat tu rn s the m onster supply runs out and n o more
Guard ian Monsters w i l l appear.
6 Secret Door. Takes L l S R on LK to find it if players
say they are search ing for secret doors. Otherwise,
i t won't be found .
7
This Secret Exit from Trollstone Caverns i s used by
monsters such as Red Orcs who must leave the caves
from time to time. Milke iI L 1 3n on L I( to find it, if
players say they're l ooking for secret d oors. Otherwise, i t
won't b e d iscovered.
8 The Silver Room. Here l i ves a giant si lver-scaled
serpent with a Monste r Rating of 1 00. It exhales
a blast of freezing cold air. To avoid freezing,
a nyone fighting it must m ake progressively h igher saving
rolls on CON (starting at 1 st level ).
Here also are all of the Si lver Serpent's v ictims -
j u m bled up in a heap of skeletons. Their weapons and
a rmor have been scavenged by Orcs and sold or d isposed of.
9
The treasure pile of the Si lver Serpent, 2000 si lver
nuggets at 1 we ight u n it each, plus any other si lver
the Game Master has collected from prev ious (and
p resumably defunct) delvers. ( G M shou l d make a pencil led­
in treasu re card for th i s room and add any newly­
captu red si Iver to the treasu re stored here. )
0
I
chasm about 20' w i de and 50' deep. It is used
as a place to throw garbage by the monsters
who l ive in Tro l lstone Caverns.
To jump across the chasm, a character must make a
SR on ST. F i gu re weight possible and weight carried.
- If wei ght carried is ,l ess than y" we ight possible, the
j umper needs only a L 1 S R on ST to cross ;
- I f wei ght carried is between y" and % the we ight possible,
the jumpe r needs a L2S R on ST ;
- If weight carried is between 112 and % the we ight possible,
 Trollstone Caverns
a L3SR on ST is needed to cross ;
- I f weight carried is over % the weight possib le, a L4SR
on ST is req ui red .
F a i l i n g to make the jump is a lways fata l . Any character
who can make a 1 st level saving ro ll on 10 w i l l th i n k of
th rowi n g equ ipment across f irst and then m a k i ng the jump
at the l owest possi ble savi n g rol l .
2
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R o l l 1 d ie . O n 1 o r 6, a G uardian Monster
attacks the fi rst character who j u mps the
chasm . No one e lse is a l lowed to cross
without fa l l i n g i n until the monster h as been defeated .
11 Bloodbat Cavern . Several d ozen b loodbats
( M R = 1 0 ) l ive here. Each character must rol l 1
d ie to see h ow many ( 1 - 6 ) attac k . To beat
them off a character need only beat thei r com b ined attack.
To i nfl ict any damage he o r she m ust a lso make a L l S R on
D E X. There i s a sma l l h ole i n the roof 200' above a l l owing
su n and moonlight to enter d im l y . Bats attack as long as
there are any players l eft i n their cham ber.
12
Corridor of Traps. The hallway slopes u pward
from the Cave of the Bloodbats . Spears are
spring-loaded in walls, floors, and cei l i ng. Each
character m ust m a ke a 1 st, 2nd and 3 rd level S R on Luck.
Each time he or she m i sses, the d i fference is taken i n h its.
(Armor w i l l help here . ) The spears are 8' long and have
ch ipped obsidian heads. Each spear weighs 30 weight u ni ts,
with the obsid i a n h ead weigh i n g 20 o f the total 30. Each
spear is worth 3 d ice in combat, a nd the obsidian ra ises
its value to 5 G P. Each su rv iv i n g character i nterested in
retriev i ng spears shou l d rol l 3 d ice for the n umber of spears
with u ndamaged heads he o r she can l ocate.
13
Pedestal of the Sphinx. A l iv i n g winged sph inx
w ith a M R of 200 sits atop a 20' ta l l m arble
p i l lar. Between her paws is a b lock of obsidian
carved to look l i ke a crouch i n g tro l l . This is the Tro l l stone,
the key to the Tro l l 's treasure trove. Beh i nd the sph in x i s a
door with a n iche-l ock that exactly fits the Trol lstone key .
T h e S p h i n x w i l l g ive the Tro l l stone to t h e fi rst ch aracter
who can answer her ridd le. ( G M shoul d f i n d or invent a
su pply of good ridd les. For exam pl e : Why do d ragons sleep
days? Because they fight k n ights ! ) The Sph in x explains that
only the r i d d le-answerer i s a l l owed to go through the d oor
(the party may attack her i f they decide to sen d more
through). After one character h as entered the tro l l 's cavern,
the sphinx speaks, the door closes, a n d the Trol l stone
te leports back to her feet. Another character must answer
another riddle to enter the Tro l l 's treasure cham ber
peacefu l l y .
I f t h e sphinx i s attacked by more t h a n 3 peop le, i t
wi l l ru n away, flying straight u p a d ark shaft above the
marbl e pedesta l . In a ny case, it w i l l not fight more than 1
combat tu rn even i f it is w i n n ing.
I nside th e 20' pedestal, h idden by the sph i n x , is a
cavity contai n i n g 1 or more jewe ls. Start w ith a d iamond
worth 1 80 GP. Each time the sphi n x asks another
u nanswered riddle add 1 more gem to its treasure (create
them from the Jewel Generator in section 3 . 2 ) .
Every other jewel created w i l l have a s i n g l e m ag ic gift
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w h ich can be used but once ; after it is gone, the jewe l is
n on-magical but sti l l of fu l l value. The magic gift adds to
a Prime Attribute. R o l l 1 d ie : l =ST, 2= 10, 3= LK, 4=CO N ,
5=D E X, 6=C H R . R o l l 1 d ie aga i n a n d a d d that amount to
the attribute ind icated.
14 This is a niche in the cave wa l l ( i n a h idden
door, actu a l l y ) that exactly fits the Tro l l stone.
This is also the only entrance to the Tro l l 's
cavern. I n order for the h idden door to open, the Tro l lstone
must bl) fitted i nto the n iche.
15
Troll's Cavern and Golden Treasure. A l l the
golden treasu re l ost in Tro l l stone Caverns wi nds
. up here as part of the Troll's hoard. He starts
with 500 go l d rings at 2 weight u n its each . ( G M shou l d
make a treasu re card for th is room and whenever d elvers
pay gold to gain entry, or d ie w i th u nsalvaged gold on their
bod ies, the G M shou l d add i t to the Tro l l 's Treasu re. )
1
This is a pile of skeletons and armor, prev ious
6 v ictims of the Tro l l . All metal is rusty and
ru ined, and the Tro l l doesn't al l ow anyone or
a nyth i n g to p ick over these bones.
17 The Troll of Trollstone Caverns. Th i s is a Cave
Tro l l of the classic type - d i rect sun light w i l l
change h i m into stone. He's sma l l as Trol l s go,
sta n d i ng only about 1 2' ta l l and 5' wide. (M R of 36. )
Wi zards wi l l be able to sense enchantment on the Tro l l .
I t wou l d take 3 O m n i potent E y e spells t o learn t h e whole
story, h owever.
-OE l w i l l tel l that there are 2 spe l l s on the Tro l l .
- O E 2 w i l l tel l th at the Tro l l must stay nearby a n d guard
the golden treasure.
-OE3 w i l l show that whoever slays the Tro l l w i l l be
transformed into a replacement Cave Tro l l (wi th a M R of 3
times h is or her ST attribute ) who must stay and guard the
treasure.
The Troll wi l l attack whoever enters his cavern . (You're
h is l u nch . ) If he doesn't win the fi rst com bat round, he w i l l
break off the fight a n d beg for mercy in the Common
Tongue. He can't explain about the enchantments on
h imself, but he knows he can't a l l ow you to take any of the
gold. He wi l l offer to buy you off and te l l you where you
can find better treasure.
I f the bargai n is accepted, the Tro l l tells about the
sph inx's enchanted gems h idden in the p i l lar (see 1 3) . At
this point the Trol l may be attacked by magic and Yassa­
Massa'ed to obey a magic-user's commands. If he i s
commanded t o leave t h e cave, he wi l l have to d o so, and the
delvers can take the go l d .
I f the Tro l l is s l a i n , the character wh o k i l led h i m
becomes t h e next guard i a n Tro l l as prev i ously mentioned.
On th e cave wa l l where the delver entered is a black
handprint of a Trol l . Push ing this causes the entrance to
open aga i n .
I f delvers insist o n try i n g t o take the gol d, the
Tro l l w i l l fight to the bitte r end.
18 I f you wish t o expand this d u ngeon, i t is very
easi I y done. Near point 1 8 is a secret door
lead ing to a shaft with a rung ladder in it,
descending to deeper levels. Of cou rse, these levels are
only there i f you as GM wish to design them.
 2. 7.3 Trol/stone Caverns
EXITING THE CAVES GUARDIAN MONSTER TABLE
When delvers reach a spot marked M1 or M 2, rol l 1
Generally speaking, the delvers can only get out the
d ie to see which of these mo nsters they encounter. Then
way they came in ( 1 ) . or else through the other passage (7)
roll 1 die again to see how many (between 1 and 6) they
with all the regular traps, hazards, a n d other dangers
actu ally meet there. The monsters w i l l always attack
described. unless the dungeon instructions state otherwise.
However, when the delvers return to M 1 just inside
the enchanted door, if they have succeeded in taking 1 . Gob l i ns MR = 1 6.

any of the treasures in the caves they w i l l be confronted by 2. Wargs MR = 28

1 0 Orcs (M R of 2 2 each ) who w i l l attempt to bar thei r exit. 3. B loodbats MR = 10. Takes a DEX Saving Roll
The door can easi ly be opened from this side, but (20 - D E X ) to score h i ts on them.
4. G i ant Lizard
the Orcs w i l l let the delvers out only if they 9tve up all their
MR = 24. Its skin takes 7 h its as if
treasure, defeat them i n com bat, or trick them somehow.
it was armor.
I f the delvers are poorer than when they started, or
have none of the Tro l l stone Cavern treasu re, the 10 Orcs
5. Shadow Ghosts MR = 1 2 . Their attack is mental and
comes off both I Q and CON. They
wi l l merely escort them out (un less they fool ishly attack
are vulnerable only to magic.
the Orcs . . . ).
6. Red Orcs MR = 22.

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 RL;'BO�ATIO IS

You may never need to u se this section . However, we

hope that you w i l l at l east g l ance t h rough t h e fo l l OW i ng
pages. N othing here is essential to the p lay of T & T - b u t the
incorporation of one or more of these id eas may enhance
your games.
T hese com me nts offer suggest ions, h i n ts, charts, and
aux il iary ru les and systems w h ich can increase the real ism of
your play, or p rovide exp lanations in greater d eta i l , or supply
more tab les for you to random ize treasu res, langu ages, and so
forth . When you as G M u ti l ize one or more of t hese sections
in a game ( i .e . insisting on lowe red DEX for heavy armor)
you shou ld always warn the p layers of t h is fact beforehan d !
I f your orcs are armed with fl i n tlock p istols, you shou ld give
you r the players a chance to back out, or to at least buy a
match ed set of their own . . .

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 8�1 � O �E j\BOUT C IT(�
WO �LD &. 1J DU�GEO� BUILDING
Where do the de lvers l ive? W here d o they
spend their time when not bu rrowing below the
earth or wal k i ng through an enchanted forest?
Who are their friends, and w here d id they grow u p ?
When your characters have gone through a
few d u ngeon trips and h ave d evelo ped a sense of
"real ness", you may start ask ing yourself these
questions, and oth ers besides. I n Phoen ix we
certainly d id , and a w h ole world has grown out of
it as a conseq uence. Some of the comments b elow
refer to th is world we have jointly created , but do
not assu me you must play in this world and no
other. ( I f you want to come i n , you're welcome ­
the continent of R halph h as countless d im ensional
d oorways for you to pass t h rough.) But we cannot
urge you strongly enough to exercise you r w i t and
imagination (as we l l as you r time, energy and
maybe a l itt le cash ) i n creating an environmen t of
your own people, p laces and th ings. Many w i l l
tend to spring u p w ithout ask ing - o u r b iggest
money lender, Potterm an, was a d o-noth ing
du ngeon delving character who one day stru ck it
rich enough to retire and start lend ing (at moderate
interest rates) ; h is estab l ish ment h as opened
nu merous branch offices in several of the larger
cities in w h ich our ch aracters l ive.
The most am b itious may w ish to b u i l d a city.
K hosht was ou r fi rst, long spoken of and theorized ,
then finally d rawn u p by Ken St. A n d re. When it
was u sed as a setting fo r a Monsters! Monsters!
game, alm ost a th i rd of it was bu rned to the
gro u n d . U nab le to face the thought of massive
u rban renewal, Ken passed to city to Bear Pete rs,
who rebu ilt and extended the c ity, and h as
contin ued to d o so period ically ever since. K n or
and Khamad quickly fo l lowed, and K h azan has
been worked on as well as cou ntless smal ler
com m u n i ties - K 'nook ie , the Wood sedge I n n , and
De lfhave n . When the question of a continent to
put these places came u p , Bear d rew th e d ragon­
shaped continent of R ha l p h , alm ost as b ig as all
E u rasia. M ost of it h as not been m apped w ith any
deta i l , but forests and moun ta in ranges h ave been
laid out, and major settlements of elves, d warves,
hobbits and so forth h ave been noted .
Should you d ecide to b u i l d a city (or worl d ) ,
consider t h e fact that h u man-k ind need s a ll man ner
of serv ices and surro u n d ings to su rv ive. Food ,
she lter, good s ( lu x u ry and com mon) and the fact
that i n a l l , we are a soc iab le b reed . A l a rge c ity wi l l
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need resid ential areas for poor, m iddle-c lass, and
the wealth y . Th ere must be trade ro utes over land
to surround ing areas, and extensive water su pply -
a river provides a trad e route, water su pply, and
sewage system . If there is a port, there must be
custom houses, wharves and warehouses; there
m u st be i n ns and taverns for the trave llers, stables
for h orses. Th ere must be fresh food for the
thousands of inhab itan ts of large cities - hold i ng
pens and slaughterhouses fo r cattle, p igs, fowl of
all k inds; there must be fi sheries, outly ing grain
fiel ds, and orchard s. Th ere m u st be the merchants
who sel l these foods, as we l l as ironmongers and
armorers, barre l-stavers and w hee lwrights, jewe lers
and crockery-m akers, cobb lers, weavers, tai lors and
stonemasons. For the spiritual side, there may be
anyth ing from sh rines and tem ples to opium dens
and cheap m iracle-workers. Most ancient ci ties h ad
h uge bazaars where strings of sta l l keepers cou l d
hawk their wares on a regu lar, i f not daily, basis.
There are going to be govern i ng forces - som e
legitimate in t h e form of nob les a n d reign i ng
barons, and the less-pu b l ic b ut powerfu l merchant
g u i l ds, w izard s gu i lds, and th ieves gu ilds. There w i l l
b e t h e powers of enforcement - gu ard s and
sentries, laws and cu rfews wh ich may or may not
perm it ogres and orcs to walk the city streets for
the pu rposes of trad e and com merce. Cities of o l d
were u sually wal led ; w h e n population pressures
grew, so d id the cities, and for defense a second,
th ird and fou rth wal l m ight have to be ad ded w h ile
new gates had to be broken th rough the ol d walls
to perm it traffi c flow.
A city is far more varied than a mere
d u ngeon ; it is a h opeless, than kless task to try to
d raw every b u i l d i ng and tel l w hat it is and who is
in it, as can be done room by room in a du ngeon.
D raw i ng the "floor plan" is enjoyab le, but shou l d
be done with t he considerations of residence,
practicality, and economy in m ind . Sti l l , remember
that c ities are somewhat organic i n their nature and
ancient cities "grew" rather than being " set up" -
road s m ay stop and start u p again, twist i n and out,
and nobles d on't want beggars as their nearest
neigh bors. You w i l l probab ly fi nd it conven ient to
mark off sections of your city as " nob les' q uarters,"
"beggars' q uarters," "guard barracks" and su c h .
Colored penc ils and markers will be of great aid;
mark tavens, in ns, or the dwel l i ngs of well-known
d u ngeon delvers. You can ind icate whole sections
as "ware houses" or reside nces of the poor w ithout
hav ing to d raw In each b u d d i ng.
 More About City, World, and Dungeon Bui/ding
What do you d o w ith i t after you h ave p u t all
this w ork i nto it? You cou ld u se it as a map for a
monster attack in a game of Monsters! Monsters!
This can be an overt siege, or it may be a su btle
u nd erm i n i ng of a section of town . (When K h osht
was bu rned , it was the regrettab le sid e-effect of a
revenge-war on the huge colony of beggars who
had repeated Iy thwarted m inor monster attacks
i nto the c ity.) The other side of the coin is to
engage in w hat we h ave come to call " city ru n n i ng,"
where you r d u ngeon d elvers may e ngage in legiti­
mate adventu res i n town. T h is k i n d of "delv i ng"
can put a great d eal of strain on the G M b ecau se
everyday l ife (even i n these late-med ieval ci ties) is
apt to be relatively d u l l . (Go walk arou nd your
neigh borhood for three o r fou r hours - even if you
have to deal w ith a mugger, there is li ttle in the
way of "excitement" to be had , as com pared with
the blood y l ife-or-death of a standard d u ngeon­
delving.) To make an exciting even ing, the best
arrangement is for the G M to h ave a p lotl i n e w h ich
the delvers m u st flesh out. I n the past, there have
been m u rder m ysteries o u r characters h ave h ad to
u n rave l, th ieves to trac k , and m id n ight assignations
as we ll as assassinations. I n the d egenerate city of
K nor, several characters masterm inded the heist of
a d rug sh ipment headed for the Th ieves' G u ild -
that worthy grou p was u ndersta nd ab ly u pset and
took action to retrieve the sh ipment and revenge
themse lves on the th ieves. The GM has to be q u ick
on h is (or h e r) feet, inventing and tale-weaving as
the story progresses - a talent for colorfu l story­
tel l ing is almost a must. Ne ither go ld n or
experience points flow as free ly as i n a d u ngeon ,
but i t i s a novel d iversion from d ragon-slay ing.
For the really ambitious, you may w ish to
design an entire island , a continent, o r the whole
world. I f you do so, you should consider where in
the world you are p lacing the island o r conti nent.
Geograph i c factors become extremely i m portant.
Don 't have everyth ing rely o n m agic - magic tends
to be a rather loca l ized phenomenon, and even
m ighty w izards cou l d n 't make it snow in the
tro p ics (except in sm al l , l i m ited areas) . T rop ics and
equatorial areas are going to be h ot u nless they
are of very h igh altitude. Polar regions w i l l be cold
and probab ly rather d ry. Rainfo rests can be fou nd
both in hot c l i mates as well as coole r ones (O regon
and the state of Wash ington sport cool ra info rests) .
But su ch regions req u ire the « (rai n " in their name.
Costal cities of h igh latitude wi" b e c h i l ly u n less
there is someth ing l i ke the G u lf Stream to warm
them (consider Lond on , for exam ple).
Once you 've taken geography arid general
ecology into consid eration , start on your demo­
graphy and anthropology. Consider the cu ltu ral
adaptations wh ich the people of Earth have made
to deal w ith their environments. The B u sh men of
the Kalahari Desert in Africa have made the best
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3. 7.2
they can o f th e poor ecological cond itions and
environment in wh ich they live. Sti l l , because
thei r choices are l i m ited , the ir cu l tu re d oes not
have the colorfu l variety of, say, Northern E u rope.
For large n u m bers of peop le to gather together
and th rive, th e env iron ment m u st be generous
i n terms of avai lab le food a nd water suppl ies.
There are cou ntless examp les of d ifferent k inds
of cu ltures wh ich developed in sim ilar su rrou nd ings.
F u rther, a nomad ic l ifestyle is adj usted to i ts
environment, b u t the Esk i m o have a very d ifferent
cultu re from the Bedou i n . Thin k about the myriad
cultu res of Earth, past and present, and con sider
why they occu rred as and where they d id . If a
cultu re fel l or van ished , exam ine why - this is
often a clue to some weakness of adaptation , or to
the invad ing p resence of a new and better one.
Popu lation p ressu res sh ift power to and fro, and
the i nvaders of one wee k may be the invaded next.
As noted , world creation is for the amb itious.
There is more to d u ngeon- b u i l d i ng than j u st
d igging a hole in the grou nd , too. I n fact, you
m ight try to get away from the whole "tu n ne l "
concept and th i n k instead of "adventures," often
above ground and out-of-doors. Some of the ideas
have been noted i n passing earl ier i n th is ru lebook:
enchanted forests, towers, haunted m onasteries,
h idden val leys, and w ithered heaths. Monsters can
l ive anywhere. To keep the d elvers from wander i ng
aim lessly , provide roads or paths to lead them
to specific glad es, meadows, or small caves w here
special adventu res await the m . A q uest is a very
good format - especially when each object of the
q uest m ay lead to another in order to obtai n
t he fi rst. Arrange a p i rat ing raid against a settlement
of dark elves, or h ave an ev il w izard cast the
characters i n to the future of the W i l d West, or
fu rther yet i nto the space-faring world of Buck
Rogers or Captain K irk - technology works here
and m agic doesn 't. Or perhaps it does anyway!
Any scenario, any p iece of fiction or non-fiction
can be m ined for enjoyment - from S herlock
Hol mes to K i p l i ng's Mowgl i , from Classi cal G reece
to the African Veldt - all can be adapted w ith a
l ittle work and imaginat ion on your part . Don't
stop at the tu nnels! There are cou ntless worlds
beyond the du ngeon . . .
 There are occasions when you may not want First d ie Second d ie Name B ase value
to write d ow n w hat every m onster i n every room is 1 1 ,2 Quartz 1
guard ing i n the way of treasu re ; also, severa l of 1 3 ,4 E namel 2
F l y ing Bu ffalo 's so l i ta ire d u ngeon series suggest 1 5 ,6 Topaz 3
the u se of the Treasu re Generator in some of the 2 1 ,2 Garnet 4
du ngeon rooms. M agic treasu res h ave b ee n stricken 2 3,4 Turquoise 5
fro m this Generator - G M s shou ld create their 2 5 ,6 A methyst 6
own magic items to su it a particu lar pu rpose, 3 1 ,2 I vory 7
not merely read them off a chart. Th is Generator 3 3,4 Carne l ian 8
w i l l create mostly coins, a few gems, and is gener­ 3 5,6 Opal 9
ally go ing to tu rn ou t treasu res of lesser value than 4 1 ,2 F i re-opal 10
before. Again , fine treasu res should be d ev ised by 4 3,4 Aquamarine 11
the G M persona lly . To work t h e Generator, you ' l l 4 5 ,6 J ade 12
need u p t o t h ree d ice. R o l l two d ice fi rst : 5 1 ,2 Serpentine 13
5 3,4 Pearl 14
Wh at You F i n d 5 5 ,6 R u by 15
I f y o u ro l l 2 , t here i s 7 jewel ( o r possi bly a 6 1 ,2 Sapph i re 16
jeweled item - see below). I f you rol 1 3 1 1 , coins.
- 6 3 ,4 D iamond 17
A 1 2 means coins and a jewel. 6 5,6 E m erald 18

Coins Type of I tem and Setting

If you have coins on the l ist, ro ll 3 d ice to fi n d Ro l l 1 d ie to fin d the type of ite m .
out h ow m a n y there are. M u l t i p ly t h e tota l o f t h e
3 d ice by 1 0 t o get t h e n u m ber of coins there . 1 Neck lace
Because treasu res are u su a lly richer on lower 2 Head -gear
levels, you may wish to m u l t i p ly the n umber of 3 B racelet
coins thus obtained b y the level number where 4 = Ring
they we re fou n d. 5 Belt
6 Weapon
= copper coins
2, 3, 4 = silver coins To d i scover the sett ing, rol l 1 d ie aga i n :
5, 6 = go ld coins
1 = Leather
J ewel Sizes 2 Copper
I f you have ·ro lled and d iscovered a jewe l , 3 B ronze
rol l 1 d ie to determ i n e w hat size i t is, o r i f it 4 = I ron
is a jewe led item . The sy mbol x is a m u ltip l ication 5 S i lver
sym bol ; b ase valu es of gems (in G . P . ) are given 6 = Gold
with the gem names:
J eweled Weapons
1 = Sm al l : 5 x base valu e. Weapons w i l l always be mad e of som e k i nd of
2 Average : l Ox base value. meta l , so if you ro l led leather, substitute steel.
3 = Large : 20x base value. Having generated a weapon, ro l l 1 d ie to find
4 Large r: 5 0 x base value. out w hat cl ass of weapo n it is:
5 H uge : 1 00 x base value.
6 J ewe led item (see separate list) 1 Dagger
2 Sword
T ype of Gems 3 Polearm
If you have ro l led a jewe led i te m , rol l once 4 Hafted Weapon
more on the S iz e l ist ( if you get another ' 6 ' , 5 = Spear
d isregard it a n d ro l l again ) : i f small, th ere w i l l be 5 6 Projectile Weapon
gems ; if average, 4 gems; if large, 3 gem s ; if larger,
2 gems; if huge, o n ly 1 gem . To determ ine which weapon it is in that c lass,
Now ro l l 2 d ice, p referably of d ifferent co lors rol l 3 d ice. Chose the weapon c losest to that
(or sim p ly designate w h ic h is the 'fi rst d ie' and nu mber in 'ST-req uired ' - if 2 or more weapons fit
which is the 'se cond d ie ') : this designation, chose the heav iest.
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 MI�I;\TURES
Tunnels & Tro l ls was never designed origi nally
to be used w ith m i n iat u res, and in all h onesty, it
isn 't now. Nevertheless, m i n iatu res can be an
interesting and enjoyab le add ition to the game .
M cEwan M in iatu res has begu n t o p roduce a
l ine of T& T m i n iatu res, based o n personalities and
i l l u strations taken from th e wide variety of the
sup port-serv ice p u b l ications to T & T put out by
Fly ing Buffalo ( hopefu l l y , includ ing i l l u strations
from th is ru lebook ! ) . The l ine is growing fast and
we ex pect it to con ti n ue to d o so. There are also
an incred ible n u m ber of fine fantasy figu res put
out by many other m i n iatu res manufactu rers.
You may wish to use m in iatu res in your
games, or just for you r own interest and amuse­
ment. I n the latter case, it is mere ly a matter of
L;\N6U;\6ES
T o determ ine what languages a character k nows,
use the r u les and tab le below and o n the fo l lowing
page. I 've tried to keep only 6-sided d ice in u se i n
T & T , b u t m u lti-sid ed d ice are becom ing more
available , and I feel their u se in t h is tab le is
somewhat justifie d . Otherw ise , if you don't have
the d ice or don't w ish to u se them , you can j ust
choose you r languages from th is tab le.
Character� are a l w ay s able to spea k the
language nat ive to their own k in d red ; thus E lves
can always speak E lven and H obb its can always
speak Hob b it.
An i m als speak only their own ge neric
language . This rule holds good for all monsters who
have Monster Rati ngs. I nd iv id ualized monsters
have the same chance to be m u lti-l ingual as h u man
characters do.
W hen a character is created it gets 1 rol l on
t he language tab le with two 20-sid ed d ice to
random ize 1 - 1 00 for each i n te l l igence point in
excess of 1 2 . Thus Fang, who had an i n te l l igen ce
of 1 6 got 4 rolls on th is tab le and wou nd u p ab le
to speak E lven and O rc ish as we l l as Com mon
Tongue because he is h u man .
I f a character's inte l l igence in creases he h as 2
options as far as languages go. For each ad d it ional
intell igence point he m ay state that h e is tak ing a
year of language train ing ( i n T & T time) and rol l on
the language tab le to see if he acq u ires any new
tongues, or he may just roll once for each new IQ
point and if any new languages come u p he may
claim to have picked u p the p idgin form of the
tongue. P idgin is u sually j u st suffic ie nt to say ,
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IN T&T
locating a figu re that l ooks approx i m ate ly l i ke
you r own du ngeon characte r(s} , and painting
h im or her appropriate ly. Then if someone asks
you what Fang the De lectab le l ooks l ike, you
can haul out the figu re and show h im .
I f you want to use the m in iatu res i n your
games, and the GM has the time, money and
interest in l i terally creating the tu nnel wor l d in
th ree d imensions - wa lls, doors, passageways,
altars , stairs , etc . - then m in iatures are very
usefu l in deter m i n ing exactly how m any people
can reach that balrog w h i le they're all crowded
into a narrow corridor - or even if that balrog
can fit into the corridor itself! I f the d u ngeon is
b u i l t to the same scale as the figures, then the
visual evidence w i l l be q u i te clear.
"G i m me you r m oney ! " or "Where's the john ? " o r
"What's for su p pe r? " I t is u p to t h e G M t o l i m i t il
character's conversational fl uency in a pidgin
tongu e.
Although it is possi ble that social insects such as
bees or ants have thei r own languages, no one in
the T & T world has ever managed to crack the code
an d com m u n icate w ith them . I n t act, there i s no
way to com m u n icate w ith insects, moll usks, fish,
arac hnid s, vegetation , or inan imate objects, short
of some GM-created spec ial magic. General l y
3peil k i n g there i3 very l ittlc rCa30n to w ish to
com m u n icate w ith such bei ngs or th ings as the ir
thought processes ( if they have any) are l i ke ly to
be so al ien to any regular character or monster that
the very idea of com m u n ication between them is
absu rd (that is, in herently more absu rd than the
idea of tal k ing to a wolf or a l io n ) .
G M s and players should remember that the
Low Tongues are those of Beasts w ho are not
genera l l y rated as inte l l igent monsters. Beasts
com m u n icate not in coherent organ ized sentences,
b u t in emotions and desi res. Thus to a wolf, the
concepts of h u nger and food are almost identical,
and an idea l i ke "fol low me" is about as m uch as
i t cou ld manage .
The H igh Tongues, on the other hand , are al l
considered to belong to inte l l igent creatu res. They
are capab le of dealing with abstractions, and they
all have written forms except for W izard S peech,
wh ile the Low Tongues have no w ritten forms. To
that extent the Com mon Tongue is one of the
 3. 4.2
H igh Tongues, but it is so common that it is
considered to be in a c lass of its own .
W izard Speech , desp ite its name , is not known
to all w izard s. As a nat u ra l l i ngu ist i c ab i l ity it is so
Languages
rare that less than 1 % of the population of the
world k nows it. There is a 1 3th level spe l l ,
however, wh ich can u n lock the ab il ity t o u se
Wizard S peech in any se ntient being.

L A N G U A G E TAB L E

Dice Roll Language Those Who Commonly Use It

0 1 - 50 Common Tongue H u mans

The High Tongues

51 - 60 E lven E lves, Fairies, Brown ies, E lven hybrid s, etc.
6 1 - 70 Dwarv ish Dwarves, G nomes, Kobolds, Dwarvish hybrid s, etc.
71 - 73 T ro l l ish Tro l ls

7 4 - 76 Orc ish Orcs

77 - 79 Hobbit Hobb its
80 G iant G iants

81 Balrog Balrogs, Flame demons

82 Ogrish Ogres
83 Gob l i n Gob l i n s

84 G rem l i n G reml ins, Leprechau ns

85 D ragon Dragons, W u rms, Wyverns, G riffi ns, etc.
86 W izard S peech True te lepath y : all inte l l igent beings can u nderstanq it, and
the speaker can u nde rstand them .

The Low Tongues

87 Can ine Dogs, Wolves, Foxes, etc.
88 Fe l ine L ions, T igers, Leopards, domest ic cats, etc.
89 Serpentine all manner of snakes

90 Avian all manner of b ird s

91 U rsine Bears, Wo lveri nes, Pandas, etc.
92 Bovine Cattle, B uffa lo, Antelopes, Deer, etc.

93 Saurian A l l legged , cold-b looded re pti les

94 S i m ian A l l apes and monkeys
95 Rodent Rats, Beavers , Hamsters, Rabb its, etc.

96 E q u ine U n icorns, Horses, Zeb ras, Donkeys, etc.

97 Pachyderm E lephants, Mam moths, R h inoceros, etc.
98 Porker Tame and wild p igs of all sorts.

99 Cetacean Whales, Dolph ins, Seals, Merpeop le, etc.

00 Other You r choice of any 1 possible language not l isted above,
such as Marsu p ial , or any particular d ialect such as
Wo lf, C row , etc .

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 CHJ'RISMJ' EFFECTS
W i n n ing friends and influencing peo ple and
monsters - has a lot to do with what k ind of
charisma you have. Charisma is more than being
good-looking - it's h ow good you r u nderarm
deodorant is, whether or not you ever b rush your
teeth , personal good looks, animal m agnetism ,
and whether or not you ' re a gri n n ing E lf. (Seems
that lots of people get rather tired of e lv ish h igh­
nosed snobbery, b u t they -a o seem to have w hat it
takes to m ake themse lves l ikeab le i n the long ru n -
that 's char isma.)
Rufus the Moro se , who u sed to decorate these
pages, has since gone on to b igger and better
things - but he h ad h is notions of charisma a l ittle
mixed up. M onsters with negative charism as do not
inspire positively-rated beings to riot and
berserkly attack - as noted earlier, a griffin w ith a
CH R of -30 is j u st as stu n ning as an elf with a
CH R of +30. I t's a ll a matte r of p erspective, and
how close a character's rating is to O. S laves and
other social outcasts have CH R 's of O.
No d irect scale of charisma effects is rea l l y
appropriate, because m u ch w i l l depend on other
factors of personal inte ractio n . However, if a
character has twice as m u ch CH R as you do, he
w i l l be ab le to influ ence you to some d egree - if
the influ ence is clearly not in your best inte rest,
you can p robab Iy t h row off the effects. B u t if it
is merely a: suggestive influence, you may have to
make a saving rol l on 10 not to do as that person
suggests. G M s and p layers wil l have to d eterm ine
the p recise effects on the ir own . However, as
guidelines the fo llowing notes are included .
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Charisma Effects
o Social outcasts, slaves.
± 1,2 Positively u n l i keab le and probab l y
w i l l be d riven off or bare ly tolerated .
± 3 -
7 U n l ikeab le but to lerab le.
±8- 13 Average - has noth ing going for
or against.
± 1 4 - 25 Visibly good-look ing and somewhat
influential . A good choice as a
leader of small grou ps.
± 26 - 50 S park ling personality. I nfl uential
and defin itely popu lar. Capab le of
lead ing somewhat larger grou ps.
± 50 and up Visible lead ersh i p ab i l ity, very
influential if the effects are
exercised . Small arm ies w i l l be
w i l l i ng to rally to such a com mander
( several h u nd red warriors ) , b u t if
you want to lead several thousand ,
you 'd better have a non-stop
reputation or: a CH R over 1 00.
As stated before, this listing of effects shou ld
not be taken as " law ," only as rule-of-thumb
guideli nes. If a party of de lvers needs a spokes­
perso n , and the best CH R arou nd is only a 9 , you
shou ld work w ith whatever's availab le.
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IlUf,lArtotD CIIARACTERS
W hat fol lows i s another l ist of personal ized
monsters. You w i l l find that there are d iscrepancies
between th is list and that given earlier. On the
whole, these changes w i l l make the tough monsters
tougher (a giant w i l l go from an average of 43 add s
t o 208) - it gives the monsters a l i ttle more
respectab le punch. You can u se e ither these l i st ings
or the other, or bot h . I n the latter case , you m ight
assu me that these are a better b reed of the same
creatu re .
Furthermore, because most of these beings
have hands, there are none w ith a l i m i ted D EX .
Again , the n u m ber l isted below each colu mn i s a
m u l ti p l ier for three d ice, and C H R shou l d be
negative. With a G M 's perm ission, you m ay also
wish to ro l l one of these beings with a positive
C H R and add h im or her to your standard stab le, of
d u ngeon delvers. J ust as there are scu m m y h u mans,
there m ight wel l be orcs w ith a penchant for
h u m an company ( instead of h u m an d i n ner).

AUXI L I A RY H UM ANOlD CHARACTER CHART

Name ST IQ LK CON DE X CHR Approx. Height
G iant/Cyclops 20 1 1 20 1 /2 4 20 ' - 35 '
Balrog 15 2 1 25 2 3 1 5 ' - 30'
Tro l l 7 1 1 7 1 2 20' - 30'

Naga / L am ia 3 3/2 1 2 1 1 25 ' - 30' (long)

Ogres 5 1 1 5 1 3/2 1 0' - 1 5 '
D � mons (de Cam p ) 3 1 1 /2 4 3/2 1 6 ' - 8'

G hou ls ( Lovecraft) 3 1 /2 1 1 1 1 5' - 8'

M i n otau r 3 1 /2 1 3 3/4 1 7' - 8'
Centa u rs 3 1 1 3 1 1 7' - 8'

G reek Sph inx (winged ) 3 3/2 1 2 1 1 4' - 5 ', 8 ' long

Half Orcs 2 1 1 2 1 1 6 ' - 7'
C h inese D<emons* 1 1 2 1 1 1 6' - 8'

L iv ing S ke leton 1 1 1 1 2' 5 ' - 6'

Orcs 1 1 1 1 1 5 ' - 6'
Mer-Person 3/2 1 1 1 1 5 ' - 6'

Vam pire 2 3/2 5 1 1 5 ' - 6'

Weretypes: Bear 7/2 1 /2 5 1 /2 3 4' - 8 '
T iger 7/2 1 /2 3 1 /2 3 4' - 8 '
Wolf 3 1 /2 2 1 /2 3 4' - 8'
Other types m u s't \be cleared w it h GMs, and "?�y i n cl u de foxes, rats, p igs, and so forth.

Youwarkees* 1 1 1 1 1 2 5 ' - 6'

S irens 1 1 1 -, 1 /2 1 2 4' - 5 '
Satyrs ( Fau ns) 3/4 1 1 1 3/2 1 3' - 5'

Gob l ins 3/4 1 1 3/4 3/2 1 /2 3' - 5'

G re m l ins 1 /2 1 1 1 /2 3/2 1 /2 l ' - 2'
I mps 1 /4 2 1 1 /2 3/2 1 l' - lW

* Youwarkees are roughly equ ivalent to angels (externally speak ing) . Chinese DCEmons are rough ly sim i l ar to
"fallen angels," having basically a sim i lar external appearance with a bat-l ike w i ng structure.

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)\UXILI A��
CHARACTERS
For those with money to b u rn , there are two
kinds of h u man aux i l iary characters : slaves, and
h ire lings.
SLAVES
Slaves have no personal Luck or Ch arisma
rat ings and are usually of low 10. Their Luck may
be considered that of their m aster's, and while a
slave may be good-look ing, he or she w i l l not have
the leadersh ip abi l ities t hat go with standard C H R .
You m a y se lect a n y n u m ber between 3 and
1 8 for each of a slave's remain ing 4 attri b u tes (ST,
10, CON, D EX ) . T he slave w i l l cost 1 0 G P for each
attribute point. ( Fo r examp le , a slave with a ST
of 1 0 , 1 0 of 5 , CON of 1 0, and D E X of 9 w i l l
cost you 3 40 GP. )
I f you want a slave with v isib le good looks,
you w i l l have to pay for a C H R rating at the same
scale, 1 0 G P pe r point. To get a stu nn ing slave w i th
a beauty of 1 8, you w i l l have to fork out an
add itional 1 80 GP. Otherwise , slaves may be
considered to have a C H R of zero .
Slaves may be e ither male or fem ale.
H LR E L I N GS
A du ngeon de lver may h i re characters to go
with h i m into d u ngeons. S u ch aux i l iaries w i l l have
all 6 attrib u tes and again you may choose their
attribute points. However, to h i re them w i l l cost
you 2 GP per attribute point, and you m u st pay
for any eq u ip ment, arm s o r arm or.
H irel ings expect a share of the treasu re u pon
reach ing the su rface - payab le to them , or to their
heirs - to the tu ne of 25% of your own share of
the loot. Warriors, wizards, and rogues can be
hired , but not warrior-wizard s (they're too proud
of their status) .
I f you renege on paying you r h ire l ings or their
heirs, you face p robable d estruction - warriors
w i l l waylay you in the streets (and the c ity guards
wil l probab ly help them ) , w izard s w i l l curse you ,
and rogues w i l l j u m p you in a d ark alley some
n ight. Everybod y h as friends . . .
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3� a
BER S ERKE�
FI 6HTI�6
Sometimes in battle, fighters go berserk.
Berserk fighters are cal led berserkers.
Berserk figh ters get no add s and no subtracts.
However, they do get to ro l l extra d i ce.
U sually, c haracters w ill be ab le to choose
whether or not to go berserk. Characters w ith an
1 0 of 8 or less w i l l always go berserk when the
battle-m ad ness str ikes (Le., when they get the
opportu n ity) . C haracters w ith an 10 of 1 6 or
h igher w i l l never go berserk (un less ensorcelled ) .
C haracters using m issi le weapons w i l l not go
berserk wh ile discharging a m issile. (Whoever heard
of the Berserk Bowman?) Be rserkers m ust use a
hand-held weapon of some k ind (or their bare
berserker hands). Berserkers w ho have a sh ield to
chew on get a special add of 5 to whatever their
berserk rol l may be; however, the sh ie ld m u st be i n
the Berserker's possession w hen the mad ness
stri kes and may not be borrowed.
Berserk characters ex pend 2 ST points per
combat tu rn w h ile berserk.
C haracters sti l l berserk after monsters/enemy
have been slain w i l l turn on the members of the i r
o w n party.
Berserkers may be calmed down by the
fol lowing methods:
1 ) They become too weak to fight and their
madness wears off when they have red u ced the ir
own Strength to 5 or lower.
2) A delver w ith a CHR of 15 or h igher may calm
d own a Berserker at the end of any com bat tu rn.
3) The character w i th the h ighest CH R i n .the
party may try to m ake the Berserker's SR on LK ( 1
try only) to force the Berserker to e ither recognize
h is friends or be knocked out from beh ind .
4) A magic-u ser can kn ock out a Berse rker w ith
an appropriate spel l (a sleep spe l l or the l i ke ) .
Even though battle continues, a n exhausted
Berserker (with a red u ced ST of 5 or lower) may
not continue to fight. He does, however, continue
to take h its if the other guys are w i n n ing.
Berserk battle madness comes o n ly on
hu mans and h um anoid characters only rarely, and
und er special cond itions. Characters using 3- (or
more) d ice weapons may go berserk when any 2 or
more of their d ice come up the same number.
( Ex am p le: a broad-axe w i th 4 d ice rolls a 6, 3, 1 , 1 .
I ts owner can go berserk if he or she w ishes, but
may only rol l 2 d ice - for the double - on the
secon d try. S u p pose the character th rows a double
 3.B.2
with these two d ice (6, 6) - this 1 2 wou ld be
add ed to the original 1 1 , and the d ice may be
rol led again. Had fou r 3's been thrown to go
berserk, fou r d ice would have been rolled again . I f
these fou r d ice h ad come u p 6 , 6, 2 , 2 , a l l fou r
wou ld b e rolled aga i n , b u t i n sets o f 2 - the two
6 's, and then the two 2's. Any chan ce relationsh i p
between t h e 4 d ice then ex ist ing, except for a
natural double w ith one of the 2 sets of 2 d ice
wou ld be ignored and h is or her conflict tu rn
wou ld end and be totalled u p.)
If a berse rk player does not natu ral l y meet
the cond itions for going berserk on a 2nd or later
com bat tu rn (after the begin n ing of h is madness)
the d ice rol l w i l l be adj u sted to meet the berserker
Berserker Figh ting
cond itions. A 2- (or more) d ice fighter who does
n ot ro l l any doub les w i l l have h is second lowest d ie
rol l reduced t-o h is lowest d ie rol l in orde r to make
a d ou b le and thus allow berserk fighting as
described above. (A berserk m orn i ngstar-user rol l s
a s , 4, 3 , 2 , 1 : the 2 wou ld be changed to a 1 for
an in itial total of 1 4 - the berserker would then
rol l the "double 1 ' s" again, and so forth .
P layers who mee t the berserker cond i tions
may go berserk on any given confl ict tu rn of a battl e
be i t the first or the 9 th .
After a Berserker com es out of h is o r her
fighting rage, sq uand ered strength is recovered at a
rate of 1 u n i t per turn, j ust as a magic-user's d oes
after casting a spe l l .

8�9 TIME <& �6EIN6

You as a p layer may w ish to k eep t rack of the be 200 before they're getting rea l l y old.
passage of time and the age of you r characters, as Leprechau ns? N obod y asks. However, if you real l y
an aid in personalizing your d e lvers. W hen you rol l want t o know, give them t h e same ageing as
them u p , rol l 3 d ice for their age anq add 1 0. You hobb its. H u m ans, of cou rse , get their trad itional
m ight get a character as young as 1 3 , or someone t h ree score and 1 0 years (70, for those of you not
new to d u ngeon d e lv ing who is 28, b u t most of keep ing u p w i th you r read ing).
them w i l l be about 20 or 2 1 years old .
I f you h ave ages, you may want to age them
as time passes. S in ce there is no way to j udge time
spent outside d ungeons, you may w ish to assign
time a s : 1 ratio - 1 d ay in our world is 5 in the
delver's worl d . Th us, every 2]h months
(approx im ate ly - it ' s actually 73 d ays) add 1 year
to the character's age. If, d u ring a d u ngeon trip,
the G M says it takes 5 d ays to reach t h e d ungeon,
you ' l l have to add 5 d ays out of hand , even though
the senten ce takes only a moment to say. Time
spent in the d u ngeons should b e allotted accord ing
to the number of tu rns w h ic h go by, not u sing the
5 : 1 ratio.
If characte rs can get o ld , will they d ie of old
age ? I f you want - maybe they ' l l just reti re . On
the other hand , no wizard worth h is salt w i l l
allow the years t o age h im i n to oblivion - he ' l l
just invent a rejuvenating spe l l , though it w i l l
probab ly have to b e recast regu larl y , and more
often as he or she gets o ld and o lder.
The h u m anoid k ind reds - e lves, d wa rves,
hobbits, and so forth - are notorious for their
longevity, and also for h ow long it takes them to
even reach m atu rity. For hobb its, start them with
a 3 die rol l plus 30. Hobb its start getting old
around 1 00 ( remember, B ilbo was work ing on h is
l l 1 th b i rthday, and was no spring ch icken ) . E lves,
fairies, and dwarves have it even better - start
them w ith the 3 -d ie rol l p l u s 5 0 , b u t they'l l l ive to

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Name Dice + A dds Weight Cost ST Needed DEX Needed
Hand cannon 1 0 + 40 200 5 00 1 8 or 2 men 12
M atch locks
pistol 5 + 15 60 1 000 12 8
musket 8 + 25 1 20 1 250 15 8
Wheel locks
pistol 5 + 15 50 1 500 10 8
musket 7 + 20 1 00 1 800 12 8
S naphau nces
pistol 5 + 15 50 2000 10 8
musket 7 + 25 1 00 2500 10 8
F l intlocks
pistol 5 + 15 40 3000 8 8
musket 8 + 30 80 3500 10 8

N o more m od ern forms of firearms than be used in su ch situations.

those in the tab Ie above are availab Ie i n th is game .
I f you w ish to use the m , p lease see t h e article on
Firearms i n T & T i n the first issue of Sorcerer's
Apprentice.
S in ce the d amage done by a gun varies
enormously with w here the b u l let h its the v icti m ,
use the fol l owing formu l a to m od ify the Dice+ Add s
amount o f damage d o n e b y each weapon.
T he person (or be ing) hit b y a b ullet (or ball )
must m ake its own first level saving roll o n Luck
( 20 - LK). Anyth ing over the n u m ber needed for
the saving rol l is d educted from the num ber of
h its that m u st be taken , and vice versa.
( For exam p le : G nash the O rc gets shot in
combat w ith a flintlock p isto l . The weapons d ice
rol l calls for G nash to take 27 h its. G n ash h as a
Luck of 1 5 . He then tries to make h is fi rst level
saving ro l l and th rows an 8 (4+4) and a 6 (5+ 1 )
for a total of 1 4. He o n ly needed a 5 to make
his saving rol l ( 1 4 - 5 = 9). Gnash takes the 9
off the 27 h its he m u st take for being shot, for a
total damage of 1 8 h its. S i n ce Gnash only h ad a
CON of 1 6, h e's sti l l d ead . )
Firearm wounds are not treated any
d ifferently than any other type of weapons d amage
as far as combat is concerned , alth ough of cou rse
they are m issile weapons, and a l l h its d e livered by
them are cou nted befo re hand-to-hand combat
resu lts are figu red. A lso, firearm s h its m u st be
taken regard less of w h ich side w in s in the regu lar
combat.
Armor w i l l a lways take its p rotection rati ng
off the im pact of the b u l let. Th us, if G nash had
been wearing mail (takes 1 1 h its) i n the exam ple
above , he cou ld have subtracted 1 1 points for h is
armor and 9 poin ts for h is sav ing rol l , and wou ld
have on ly h ad to abso rb 7 of th e 27 h its damage
on h is CON . N ote that head armor su ch as a steel
cap is worth less for stopp ing b u llets and shou l d n 't
Mo nster- Rated monsters do not get to make a
sav ing rol l but m u st take fu I I damage off the M R.
T h is holds tru e even for th ings l ike d ragons w h ich
are presu med to be armored ; they sti l l have one
hell of an im pact to absorb .
N ote that the hand cannon i s too h eavy
and c l u msy to be aimed at anything greater than
point b lan k range (1 to 1 0 feet) , and thus w i l l
b e considered to always m iss ind ividual targets
u n less at point b lan k. However, in a melee
situation where two sides of many fighters each are
closing with each other, every fighter on the side
shot at must make h is or her first leve l saving rol l .
W hoever m isses the saving roll by the greatest
amount is the one h it ( i n case of ties, both
fighte rs are h it). If everyone m akes their saving
ro l l , the shot w i l l be considered a com plete mi ss.
When fi ring a hand can non at an arm y where every
sol d ie r doesn 't have ind ivid ualized attributes, rol l
2 d ice (doub les add and ro l l over) for the num ber
of sol d ie rs slain.
Whenever a firearm is shot, the shooter must
make h is or her m arksmansh ip saving ro l l . I f a
n u m ber below 5 is throw n , the gu n m isfired and
n oth ing happened . (Probab ly bad pOWder.) If a
double 1 is thrown , the gu n ex ploded in the
shooter's han d . The shoote r m u st then take the
sam e amou nt of d amage as the person h i t by the
b u l let wou l d have had to take.
ACC ESSO R I E S FOR G U N N ES
Name Wt. Cost
B lack powder V4 per charge 1 G P per charge
Powd er horn 20 1 0 G P and up for
(holds 10 charges) quality work
Ram rod 10 2 GP
Lead balls 1 1 S P each
Swab b i ng 1 1 CP for 1 0 patches
Matches 1 1 S P per m atch

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The prices listed for th e gu n nes and the
accessories are t he basic p rices for the most
com mon forms. Fi n e work mansh ip or ornamental
work in precious metals can mu ltip ly the cost of
the weapons b y as m uc h as a factor of 1 0 .
A l l the weapons listed o n the p rev ious page
are muzz le-load ing weapons. B reach loaders have
not, and w ill not, be invented for another century.
Rifl ing for the m u skets on the gu n nes chart is
available but i ncreases the price of the weapon by a
factor of 3 . Rifling w i l l i m p rove the performance
of the weapon at med i u m and far range b y 1 and 2
saving ro lls respectively on marksmansh ip to h it.
No person may fire m ore than 2 firearm s in
one combat tu rn , and even then b oth must be
pre pared in advance and ready to d ischarge. To
reload and fi re a gun takes 1 u n i nterru pted combat
tu rn. (T hu s, the best rifleman i n the world cou ld
o nly shoot on every other combat tu rn , i.e. first,
third , fifth , etc .)
Sandeep Mehra (Order #15786906)
Gunnes
Defin i tions
B lack Powder: gu npowd er made with c harcoa l ,
saltpeter, and su lfu r.
B u l let: the projectile propel led by gu npowder,
usually rou n d and m ade of lead .
F l ask or Powder Horn : a container for gu n powde r.
Hand cannon : most prim itive gu n, a barrel on a
stock without a lock .
Match o r Match Cord : twisted vegetab le fibres
soaked in saltpeter.
Matc h l oc k : gun operated with a b u r n i ng match
cord held by a se rpentine.
Musket: early, heavy match lock requ i ring a fork ;
late r, a smoothbore infantry fl i ntlock.
F l intloc k : gu n using fl int and steel for the ign ition
of the powder.
P istol : a smal l gu n , capab le of being held and fired
w ith one han d , sh orter than a m u sket or rifle,
using less powder and usually doing less
damage.
Rou n d : a single shot.
Sriaphau nce: p redecessor of true fl intlock with
separate steel and pan cover.
W heel lock : gu n operated w ith a serrated stee l
w h ee l ru bb ing on pyrites.
Stock : element of a gu n , usually woode n , w h ich
holds the l ock and barre l .
Spanner: a wrench for wind ing the spring o f a
whee l lock .
Invitation
P layers and GMs are invited to ex pand the
Gu nne c hart on their own initiative to account for
d ifferent models and cal i bers of weapons along the
l i nes ind icated by the chart. The variations thus
created are expected to be no greater than those
actually present in early modern E u rope d u ring the
rise of firearms.
A Note on Powder and Firing
The use of g u n powd er was h ard ly mathematical
and accu rate in the early days of firearms. The
g u n ne r developed an intu ition for how much
powder wou l d be needed for any part icu lar shot;
for exam ple, those w ish ing to shoot at longer
ranges used more powd er than did those who shot
at short range. O n the tab le on the p revious page , 1
charge is enough to propel a pistol b u l let weighing
1 weight u n it at short range. A musket wou l d
normal ly use tw ice as much powder. A hand
can non wou l d use 1 0 ti m es as m uch. It is up to
the Game Master to decide if a p layer has used
enough (or too much) powder for the range at
w h ich he or she is shooting, and to r ul e
accord ingly.
 3�1 1 �ARJ{S�ANSHIP
AND J'CCURAC )(
Being wou n ded or over-tired can affect Movement/ A rrow
DEX
one's marksmans h i p ; so can wearing heavy Speed Protection
armor. The elaborations suggested below w i l l Type (co m plete)
allow you to adju st for these factors. Here Plate 1 /2 1 /2 1
especial l y , if the G M i nsists on u sing th is part of Mail 1 /2 2/3 1 /2
the E laborations section, he or she shou ld so Lamellar 3/4 3/4 3/4
specify to the players ahead of time. I t increases Scale 1 /2 1 /2 2/3
rea l ism, b u t m akes characters m ore v u lnerab le. Ri ng-joined plate 3/4 3/4 2/3
Leath er 1 1 1 /4
Ir WUUIlt.iI:!t.i VI lil I:!U, �u!Jl!uLl llll:! "'i��iIlY Qu i l leu sil k/CU lLUll 1 1 o
CON or ST points from the number you have to
make a DEX saving roll to hit with a missile Parts:
weapon. For exam p le: S ith S tarru n ner is Chest
woun d ed - he ' s ta k en 6 h its to his CON Back & B reast 1*
recently. H is D E X is 24, and h e n eeds to make a Arm i ng doub let o
4th leve l saving ro ll to h it an orc 30 yard s away. Leather jerkin 1 /4 *
Th� ba�i� �av ing r91 1 i� 3� m imli h ii DEX, Qr 11 .
To account for his wou n d , h e adds 6 to t h is (the Limbs
n u m ber of h its he has take n ) , so he has to rol l Gauntlets 1 /4 t o
1 7 or better TO h iT The orc . G reaVM 1 p

T h e encu m b rance o f armor m a y also affect Head

marksmansh ip as well as speed or movement. F u l l h el fll l't
The armor l ist is g iven here again , with Greek 1 /2 *
movement and d ex te rity d etriments the
- Steel cap 1 /4*
numbers gIven are what your speed or DI:."X Is I-"ace mask o
multiplied by when wearing armor or carrying a
shield. These n u m bers are not add itive as l isted , S h ie l ds
although a G M may wish to u se them so. As Tower shield 1 /4 1
given , a person 's speed is halv ed if he's wearing K n ight's sh ield 1 /4 1
plate, but if he's wearing p late and carry ing a Target shield 1 /2 1
tower sh ie l d , it is K U se the greatest d etri ment, B u c k ler 1 1
but d o not com b i ne them ( Le., p late and tower
shield together do not make for 1 /8 the speed) . Odd P ieces :
Vi king Spike Sh ield 1 /2 1 1
I n the same l ist there is given a l i sting for Mad u 3/4 1 1
effectiveness against arrows. S ilken pad d ing w i l l
slow a sword cut, but i s not n early a s effective
against an arrow. Again , the n u mbers are *Only if you are hit there by the m issi le . Otherwise ,
rTlu l Li p l iers, dlUJ imJicdle lIuw IJIdllY lI i ls llle AI I UW P l u lecLiuII lJI u l Li p l iel i s O.
armor is worth in p rotecting against arrows and
other projecti les with small , sharp points (small tO n ly when picking locks, l ifting fallen weapons, or
d a88�ri, f9 r i n itan�� ) . fi ring a b 9 W . Oth�rwii�, DEX m �l Iti p l i� r ii 1 .

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 8�t2 OTH£R IWAT£RIALS
FO � W£�PO�S & ARMOR
T h roughout the weapons and armo r charts
given earlier, it has been assu m ed that everyth ing
has been m ade of the finest steel avail ab le (exce pt
for su ch items that are clearly n ot made of metal at
a l l , l i ke q u ilted si l k arm or) . However , the p rices
given for these weapo ns may he red lJced if t h e
materials u sed are ofmore prim itive quality, though
the weights of m an y w i l l increase p roport ionately.
RRONZE: H a rd e r tha n i ron N o rm a l weight
30% more ex pensive. W i l l b reak if used
against a harder material (includ ing stee l or
stone) if the G M rol ls 2 o r 1 2 on 2 d ice.
I RO N : Not as hard as stee l . 1 0% h eavier. W i l l
break i f lisen a l"p inst steel , h ronze o r sto n e if
t he GM rol ls 2 - 4, 1 1 or 1 2 .

Weapons w h ich are su ita b le (spears, daggers,

etc) may a lso be made with fl i n t or. obsidian. F l i n t
i s harder than copper but not a s tough a s b ro nze ( a
fu nction o f brittleness rather than soft ness) . W i l l
shatter o n tougher m aterials i f G M ro lls 2-7. Cost
is 50%, weight is twice normal. F l in t armor is
si l l y - keep the materials su ited to the weapon .

I t is also possible to make weapons and/or

arm or of the p recious metals - gold, si lver, and
m ithri l . I n the case of silver and gol d , these are not
p ure metals, but magically en hanced a lloys w h ich
increase their hard ness.
GO L D : Cost is 200% . Weight is 25 % heavier. H as
the same b reakage p roperties as iro n.
S I LV E R : Cost is 1 50%. Weight is 20% h eavier.
Has the same b reakage probab i l ities as b ronze.
M IT H R I L : Cannot be bought in any town
anywhere ! Th is is one of the rarest and most
p recious of metals in the world, and it shou ld
only be avai lab le th rough the ausp ices of a
d u ngeon trip - and very rarely at that! G M s
a re u rged t o keep m ithril extremely rare and
availab le only in sma ll amounts and on the
lowest levels. I t is harde r than stee l , if made
into weapons and armor - you wil l need to
find enough to m atch a weapon's l isting in
weigh t u nits. One wt. u nit of m ithirl is w orth
1 0 wt. u n its of gol d . If used as a b laded ,
cutting weapon - it has no benefits if made
into smash ing weapons - it will add 50% to
the weapon's h it capab i l ities. I f used as armor,
it wil l take half-again as many h i ts as normal
armor. I t cannot be read ily used in an al loy,
and only a few dwarves and elves know the
secret of sm ith ing with m ith ril.
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One of the most often repeated requests d i rected towards us has been for a glossary of the weapons listed in T&T - which is
why we've decided to include this section in the current edition of Tunnels & Trolls. Although weapons experts doubtless wou l d
disagree with some o f our designations, this Glossary shou l d a t least h e l p you, the players, know what w e th i n k we're ta l k ing
about. I t w i l l also help to standardize what y ou r characters are l i kely to carry, and shou ld help clarify sticky adjudications for
G Ms, such as whether or not someone can cu t th rough a rope with a stiletto. F u rthermore, by supplying descriptions of the
weapons, it is si ncerely h oped that players fam iliar with weaponry wi l l be able to extrapolate from our categorizations so that
they may equ i p their characters with weapons not l isted, and yet sti l l keep their new equipment on par with the standard
weapons.
Although some of the definitions contained herein were based on that elusive factor called "common knowledge" ( i .e., what's
a pickaxe?), the vast majority of the definitions were derived from two exce l lent sources which we highly recommend to th ose
interested in the subject : A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in All Countries and in All
Times, by George Cameron Stone (Jack Brusse l , Publisher, New York, 1 934), and Edged Weapons, by Frederick W i l kinson
(Doubleday and Co., I nc., Garden City, N Y, 1 970).

Adze. Essentially a carpenter's tool shaped �Single Blade Broadaxe. Single smaller common to poison them in order to make
like an axe but with the blade at right angles crescent blade, middle-length haft. them effective.
to the hand Ie. -Taper Axe. Narrow, one-edged curved
b lad e . Bludgeon (club). T h is is your common heavy
African Throwing Knife. wooden club. It may be bound with iron to
A mu lti-branched, in· Back & Breast. Metal cuirass which covers prevent sp l intering, but is otherwise just your
cred ibly nasty·looking t orso from upper shoulders to hips, fastened standard bashing weapon.
weapon meant to be with side and shoulder straps.
thrown horizontally, Bola.
not over·hand like an Bagh Nakh. Name means "tiger claws." Four -Hunting Bola. A long cord on thong to
axe. Any of several or five curved iron spikes affixed to crossbar; which either 2 or 3 stones are attached.
sharpened b lades may held in hand, the spikes extend in front of Whirled around the head and released at
strike which accounts fist. H oles or rings at the end of the crossbar victim's legs, will entangle the limbs and
for its power. a l l ow a good grip. Easily concealed in palm, d isable small prey.
was a favorite assassination weapon. -War bola. T h i n flexible wire-wrapped cord
Ankus. Basica lly an elephant goad. Usually is used and the stones are replaced with small
has a sharpened point with a recurved side Bank . Dagger with strongly curved, sick le­ spiked balls. Besides entangling, the wires may
hook . Some had short hafts (used when riding shaped b lade and straight handle. cut and the spikes puncture or slash. User
e lephants) but longer ones could be used must wear gauntlets of some k i nd to protect
while walking beside the animal. Baton. Light truncheon like a policeman's the f ingers.
b i l lyclub.
Arbalest (stirrup/lever drawn). Some of the Brandestock. A long hafted weapon with a
larger crossbows had a stirrup at the fore to Bee de Corbin. A type of war hammer on a sma ll axehead on one side and short spike on
place the foot to obtai n leverage in cock ing m id-length haft. The name means "crow's the other. Has a long sword b lade concealed
the bow. A lever arrangement (belt and claw, beak" and refers to the primary piercing head. in the handle which may be read ily extended.
or cord and pulley) could be used to aid i n T h is is balanced behind with a small clawed See illustration page 1 . 53.
drawing back t h e cord. see Crossbow. ham mer; many a lso had a short stabbing point
at the top i n l i ne with the haft. Broadaxe (Single Bladed) . see Axe.
Arm ing Doublet. Padded leather vest-sized
garment. Sometimes worn under heavy armor Bhuj. A short heavy single-ed ged k n ife blade Broadsword. A long straight wide blade which
to cushion blows. ( I n complete sets of armor mounted i n line with a straight handle;about may be single- or doub le-edged. May or may
as noted, this is a lready assumed.) 20" long. See i llustration, page 3.5. not have an elaborate hi It.
-Two-handed broadsword. H i lt accomodates
Assegai. Spear with a leaf-shaped head o n a Bich'wa. Doubly curved, double-edged blade both hands. See i l lustration page 2.37.2.
fairly l ight wooden staff. The shaft may be with a loop h il t . Shape derived from the curve - H and and a half broadsword. H i lt
reinforced with iron to strengthen it, but it of the buffa lo horns from which they were accomodates one hand and a partial grip to
loses flight capab i l ities in t h is case anti should originally made; name however refers to a a id in directing the blows.
not be thrown.,See i llustration, page 1- .B . . .. scorp ion's sting which it also resembles. Were -One-handed broadsword. Common broad­
sometimes bu ilt to include bagh nakh (in sword. See illustration page 1 .53.
Atl-atl (spearthrower). The name is Mex ican game play i f t h i s i s used, p a y for both
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The common form is a stra ight flat stick with rather than catch opponent's b lade. Usually
cord loops at the handle end, and a notch Billhook. Originally an agricultural imp lement, held in center back, at arm's length. See
upon which to rest the butt of the spear. but was modified easi ly to a weapon. A i l lustrat ion, page 1 .3.4.
ACl� tJy I!ff!!CtlV!!ly !!xtom1lng tM lnrOWI!f!: nrOM nlM!! Wltn a �Inall! eLJttina !!lIal! aM a
arm length to impart greater force. variety of spikes and hooks prOjecting from Bu llova. A long-handled axe with a wide
the back and end, all mounted on a long variety of single-bladed heads avai lable. As a
Axe shaft. T h is is the original weapon from which game standard, axe-heads should be
-Double Bladed Broadaxe. Two huge guisarmes and fauchards were derived. considered slightly curved, about 1 0" long.
crescent-shaped. b lades faced away from each
other on a relatively short t h ick haft. Blowpipe. A long tube of wood, reed, or cane Caltrops (a lso Calthropl. Four spikes rad iating
-Slnalll 81Aftllll G MAt AIlA. LAr� MlVy tl\r6UOI\ whleh dart� are prOpelled by the trom a common point so that i n any position
axe with a less curved blade, balanced with a breath of the user. Because darts are light and one spike stands upright. Small ones have
small k nob on the opposite side. Longer haft. a re not propelled with much force, it is spikes about 4" h igh; large ones are assu med

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to be about 8 " - 1 0" (for very large-footed
monsters). War jacks . . .
Chakram. The original war frisbee. A flat steel
inch-wide ring 5"- 1 2" in d iameter w h ich
cou ld be thrown l i ke a frisbee or w hirled
aro u nd the f i nger before release. The outer
edge is sharpened .
Chauves souris. Polearm with a long broad
triangular blade, with 2 s i m i lar but shorter
°
blades projecting at 45 from the base.
Club. see Bludgeon.
Cranequin. Rack & pinion cock ing mechanism
o n powerf u l arbalest. For i l lustrat ion, see
page 23 of the C ity of Terrors solitaire
du ngeo n . see Crossbow.
�rn ....hn.., Thp mn� ('ommo n heavy !;IQW,
mou nted on a stock with a groove on top for
the arrow and a mechanical arrangement for
holding and releasing the string. M u ch more
punch than a longbow, but the shorter heavier
arrows (cal led quarrels) somewhat lessened
the range.
Crowbar. A prying tool which has enough
heft to make a fairly effective metal clubbing
weapon.
Common sling. A strip of flex i b le material
( leather is good) with a pocket near the
m iddle. A sto ne o r lead bal l is p laced i n the
pocket; one end of the s l i ng is tightly wound
arou nd the hand, the other end is held
loosely. T he sling is w hirled and one end
released . sending the m issile at considerab le
velocity. See i l l ustrat ion page 2 . 1 1 .2.
Common spear. A shaft with a simple m eta l
head, sturdy enough for thrusting a n d light
enough for throwing.
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Dem i-Iune (Halfmoon).
A po learm with a terms to classify any very long single-edged ,
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at right angles to the
shaft. '0 .
D irk . Short th ick-bladed dagger tapering
u niform ly from h i lt to tip. Usually
sing le-edged.
Dokyu. The name m ea ns "frequently bow,"
derived from the C h inese "Chu-Ko-N u ." A
repeat i ng crossbow. The bolts are contained
in a box sliding o n top of the stock . and
moved by a lever p ivoted to bot h . Throwing
the lever forward and back will draw the bow,
place a bolt in position, and d ischarge the
weapon. Magaz ine holds 5 bolts, f i red one
at a time.
Double Bladed Broad Axe. see Axe.
Eplile. Thin b lade used primarily for thrusting,
but heavier than fo i l and less flex ible. A Iso a
fencing weapon, but with a larger hand guard.
Estok. Sword with a very long narrow b lade
intended solely for thrusting, having no
sharp edges.
Face mask. Largely decorative light metal
piece to be attached to helmets which do
not protect the face. May be metal mesh
or incised/perforated to permit airflow.
Sometimes fashion"d in rl,,";onir. l ik"n"",,-
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Falchion. Usually considered a broad cu rved
single-edged blade wide near the point, with
t he back j o i n i ng the edge in a concave cu rve.
Fauchard. Considered to be a r>olearm w ith a
long single-edged curved blade with ornamen­
tal prong(s) o n the back.
Flail. Originally a n agricultural implement;
weights or spikes could be added, or cha ins
substitu ted for the SW i ng i ng arm. Compare
to Morningstar.
-Heavy flail. Stout haft with sw i ng i ng arm
bound with spiked iron rings. See i l l u stration
of trol l-sized heavy flail o n page 1 .7 .4.
- L ight flail. More slender shaft with two or
three SWinging chains having small weights
attached at the end.
Flam berge. A large sword with u ndu lating or
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"flame.") Does not refer to the later usage of
"flamberge" as a special rapier type. See
i ll u stration on interior back cover.
Foil. Thin flex ible swordblade only used as a
thrusting weapon. E ssentially a fencing
weapon, has very small guard.
Francisca. Small battle axe used throughout
northern E urope. (N amed by the Romans for
its common use by the Franks.) ' B a la nced
for throwing.
Gau ntlets. Leather g l oves covered w ith thin
articulating metal plates. May also be
obtained as leather covered with mail o r
scales, or simply w i t h heavy leather backs.
( F or game purposes. if gauntlets are bought as
separate pieces, assume the first definition.
The other types presu mably come with fu l l
sets o f appropriate armor.)
G rand Sham sheer (No-Datchi). Cu rve-bladed
cutting sword not suitable for thrusting but
excellent for the draw cut. Use this in game
Mrrow-biaded curved sword.
No-Datchi.
G reat Sham sheer. Like the Grand Shamsheer
but somewhat shorter. Use this in game terms
to classify any rather long single-edged
narrow-bladed curved sword.
G reat Sword . A very long. heavy, stra ight
wide blade, doub le-edged . Can be used for
cutting or thrusting, although its primary use
was for cutting due to the weight and
momentum of the blade. T h is same
momentum makes it hard to change the
d irection of a blow once begu n. Use t h is basic
definition to classify any very long, heavy,
doub le-edged b lade.
G reat Axe (Single Bladed ). See Axe.
G reaves. Armor for the leg below the knee.
For game pu rposes, assu me a solid p iece of
metal covering the front and sides of the
leg only, w ith straps for attachment in back
of the leg. See i l l u stration page 2.37.2.
G reek Helmet (open face). Protects crown
and back of head, back of neck, and may
curve somewhat forward to protect cheeks
and usually includes nose-guard.
Gu isarme. Name applied to a variety of pole
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Weapons Glossary
incurved swordblade from the back edge of
which a sharp hook issues. T h is elongated
hook runs parallel to the back of the blade, or
d iverges at a slight angle.
H aladie. Double dagger with 2 short curved or
straight daggers fastened to opposite ends of
a straight handle.
Halbard. Pole arm with long shaft topped by
axe blade with a beak or point o n the
opposite side. Usu a l l y surmounted with a long
spike or b lade.
Halfmoon. see Demi-Iune.
Hand-and-a-half sword. see Broadsword.
H asta. see Ox tongue.
Heavy Flail. see Flail.
Heavy mace. C l u b-like weapon a l l of metal or
with a metal head . Heads were k nob-like or
with several b l u nt fla nges or spikes.
Helm (full). Complete head, face, and neck
protection. Face covering may be h i nged to
swing back or to the side. or i t may be a solid
piece.
Hoko. Spear with a long, rather w ide stra ight
point, with a seco ndary b lade set at right
angles to the f irst. See i l l ustrat ion page 3.9.
H u nting bola. see Bola.
Jambiya. B lade is curved and double-edged.
Some were so curved that the end poi nted
upward; if chosen in this form, should not be
thrown. B lade may be rather wide or fairly
narrow. See ill ustration page 2.4.
J avel i n . A l ight throwing spear with a simple
Compare to head. B a la nced to be thrown with
cons iderab Ie accuracy.
Katar. A lso called a punch dagger, as it was
effectively used to burst mail links in armor.
B lade rather broad at base, tapering even ly to
t he point. The peculiarity of t h is dagger lies
i n its h ilt, which is shaped like an I-J with �
f lat side bars and a single or double crossbar.
I t is held in the clenched fist to be thrust
forward. the blade lead ing the k nuck les.
For game pu rposes, the blade is.assumed to be
doub le-edged and between 9" - 1 2" long.
K n ight's shield. Large square-ish shield with
triangu lar base. Carried on arm. Sometimes
slightly convex. See i l lustration page 1 . 7.4.
K ris. T h is dagger comes in many trad itiona l
shapes; the common concept is a blade of
several u nd u lations. For game purposes, it has
been theorized that the blades are forged with
a significant portion of meteoric iron i n
combination with special secret spells which
dampen low-level magic. This effect is two­
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 Weapons Glossary
cast magic. G M s may also insist that no low­
level magic can be cast by anyone standing
next to a k r is-bearer. See i l lustrat ion page
2.37.2.
Kukri. A heavy curved single-edged blade
sharp on the concave side.
Kumade (rake). A pole weapon on a heavy
shaft. Head is a grappling hook w ith 2 or 3
prongs, and a sp ike or pick facing the
opposite d irection.
Lamellar armor. Strips of metal tied ( not
stapled) to leather base, decreasing weight
without sacrificing protect ion. (B est examples
are Japanese samurai armor.) Metal cap with
lamellar neck guard included. Often a
lacquered leather su rcoat was worn to water­
proof the lamellar u nderneath.
Leather armor. Comp lete su it of th ick leather
which protects all of body except face and
feet. A reinforced leather head-covering and
leather gaunt lets are considered included.
Leather strips art icu late over j o ints and
moving parts.
Leather jerk in. U npadded leather tu nic
covering chest, and extending to h ips. Heavier
and th icker than ord inary jerk in, but less so
than arming doublet. See i l l u stration page
2 .37 .2.
Light flail. see Flail.
Longbow. A self bow made as long as the user
of the best materials available, preferab ly yew
or hazel. Ash, ironwood and osage make
suitable substitu tes. H istorica l ly called a
"long" bow to differentiate it from the short
arbalest!crossbow. See ' i l lustration page
2.37 .2.
Mace, heavy. see Heavy mace.
Madu. Sma l l ( 7" ) round shield with two long
antelope horns extending 1 4" to front and
back of shield. Horns reinforced w ith steel
tips. See i l l ustrat ion page 2.4.
Mai l Armor. Joined rings o r chains in often
complex i n terlink ing patterns. To be effective
it had to be heavy with m u ltiple l i nk s per
ring, but afforded better m ob i l ity and
ventilation thann the more solid plate. A n
arming doublet o r its equivalent i s assumed
beneath the ring to cushion b lows and prevent
chafing. A mail coif is assumed beheath a n
o pen-faced helmet.
Main gauche. The left-handed dagger used to
guard and parry while using a sword in the
right hand . B lade usually straight and double­
edged with a short grip but elaborate hand­
guard.
Manople. A short sword affixed to a hand and
wrist gauntlet. B lade is about 30" long, with
two 1 0" blades to either side.
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Misericorde. A long narrow-b laded dagger
intended for thrusting.
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Mitre. Hafted weapon with enlarged head
studded with spikes. U sually lighter and
less club-like than a heavy mace.
Mor ningstar. S hort-hafted weapon with heavy
iron chain connecting the haft and an ironba l l
studded w i t h spikes.
No-Datchi. Heavy cu rved sword trad itionally
25% longer than the ordinary sword blade.
Often had to be carried over the shou Ider.
also see Grand Shamsheer.
Oxtongue (hasta). Long shafted spear with
broad, stra ight, doub le-edged blade. Su itable
for use as a horse-lance.
Partizan. A broad-bladed polearm which
usually has short cu rved sidebranches at the
base of the b lade. Often highly ornamental.
Pata (tong katar), A katar evolved into a
sword with an attached gauntlet. B lade is
stra ight, long and doub le-edged. Rather
awkward in melee because the gauntlet
deprives one of the use of the wrist (as is the
case with the manople also ) . GMs may feel
incl i ned to penalize players using this weapon
if they are engaged in infighting.
P ickaxe. A pickaxe. (What d id you expect?)
H u man-sized characters may chop through
stone at 5'!turn, and dwarves may go through
at 1 0'!turn. T h is will open the wa l l i n a small
space (at G M 's d iscretion) but additional
work would be requ ired to clea r ' an open
passageway.
Pike. P lain spear-head on a very long shaft.
Pilum. H istorically, the Roman legionnaire's
spear. A long neck between spearhead and
shaft attachment.
Piton hammer. Small hammer used especially
to pound in spikes used by mountain climbers
( "pitons") .
P late armor. C lassical k n ight's armor. Many
large solid p ieces which overlap but rarely
articu late except at j oints. I ncludes f u l l helm,
light ring shirt u n derneath as well as padd ing
sim i lar to arming doublet. May or may not
i nclude sollerets (articulating metal shoes).
Poleaxe. A long-shafted pole arm with an axe­
blade on one side, a spike or hammer
opposite, but no spike at the top.
Poniard. A small stra ight dagger without sharp
edges; used primari Iy for thrusting or
throwing.
Prodd. A l ight crossbow of ordinary
construction except the string has been made
double with a pouch to accomodate stone,
lead or clay pellets.
Quarrels. The arrows, or bolts, used in most
of the crossbow-c lass bows. The quarrels were
very much shorter and far stock ier, often with
m in imal fletching if any. The power of the
crossbow gives a quarrel considerable impact,
but the bo lts are less aerody namic than a n
ordinary arrow, shorten ing t h e effective range
with a good a i m . See illustration on page
2.33.2 ( it's the short fat bolt ) .
Quilted silk/cotton armor. As used i n T&T,
refers to a complete set of cloth body armor
3. 73. 3
covering everything but face and feet. Padded
cloth covers neck and is attached to steel cap
for head protection; cuffs and l ower legs may
have light metal strips for protection. Qu ilting
held by small meta l studs.
A note on natural-fibre armor - cloth
made of silk or cotton tends to "catch" o n
a ny tiny nicks i n b laded weapons. and
"bu nches up" beneath the blades. Its natural
padding helps to protect from smashing
weapons. I l lustrated on page 1 .8 (without
the helmet ) .
Quarterstaff. Long stout staff o f heavy wood.
Could be used as a staff when walking (or
here, to throw magic if encha nted ) and as a
club for infighting.
Rake. see Kumade.
Ranseur (runka). A pole arm with a long sharp
narrow blade with two short lateral blades at
the base. Compare to Chauvres souris.
Rap ier. Long (sometimes very long) stiff
blade which was used primarily for thrusting.
Some had double-edged blades for slashing as
well as thrusting. Most had elaborate guards.
R i ng-joi ned plate armor. As the name
ind icates, rather large strips and squares of
plate held toget her by rings to permit
freedom of movement. I ncludes a cap with
mail neck and cheek protection. Plates cover
areas w ith m i nor movement - upper chest,
back, upper arm and leg, shins and forearms.
Rest is ma i l . P late is usua lly thin ner and of
poorer quality than standard plate.
Ru nka. see Ranseur.
Sabre. A sword with a slight cu rve, Single­
edged. I ntended for cutting; can be used for
thrusting.
-Normal sabre. As used in the context of
the game, refers to a sma l l cavalry sabre.
-Short sabre. Shorter than above. See
i l l u stration on page 1 .3.4.
Sax. A Iso called "scramasax. " A very large
broad single-edged dagger a lmost big
enough to be considered a short sword. A
Bowie Kn ife (the origi nal design) wou ld be a
contemporary near-equ ivalent, a l l owing for
d ifferences in quality of forging.
Scale armor. Scales or f lattened r i ngs stapled
onto a leather base. I ncludes steel cap with
articulating scales protecting neck.
Scimitar. A strongly cu rved sabre-l ike blade,
single-edged.
Self-bow. A n y bow held upright, pul led and
released by hand . As such, also refers to the
longbow. H owever, to differentiate between
the visible d ifferences and quality, we have
d ivided the bows into the two classes.
Short sabre. see Sabre.
Short sword. Here refers to any relatively
short, broad-bladed, straight double-edged
sword. I n game use, use this to classify any
similar sword.
Shote!. A very long doub le-edged b lade
cu rved a lmost to a half-circle. E x tremely
awkward, it can be used to strike over or
around a shield.
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Shurikin. I n contemporarv u saoe. refers to the
throwing stars used i n the Orient, specifica l ly
Japan. Some were very small, the size of a
half-dollar, to about 6" across. To mai nta i n
flight ab i lities, star points could n ot be l onger.
An excellent nu isance weapon , especially if
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damage.
Accuracy. 3 . 1 1 Caltrops 1 . 52.5
Scythe. A sick le-shaped blade mounted in l ine Action. 2.3.1 Catseyes 2.22.3
on a long relatively slender pole. Adze. 1 .52.2 Chakram 1 . 52.4
Adventure points 1 .3.3, 1 .9 Characters
Sickle. Originally an agricu ltural weapon, the -casting magic 1 .9.2 -alternate humanoids 3.6. 1
blade is set long o n the shaft as with a scythe, -combat 1 .9 . 1 -au x i l iary 3. 7 . 1
instead of at right angles. -daring 1 .9 . 1 -card 1 . 3. 1 . 1 . 3.2, 1 .3.4,
-magical items & treasure 1 .9.2 1 .4.2
Spearthrower. see Atl-atl. -other 1 .9.2 -creation 1 .3
-saving r o l l s 1 .9.2 - k i ndred 1 . 3. 1 , 1 . 3.2, 2. 1 2
Sron.oon. A bir' y "I"h or"t" �'Ir h"<>rl on a Afri�an throw in:! kn ife 1 . 52.4 - lev ... 1 1 .'3.2 , 2. 1 4
stout 8' long staff. Some look like small Ageing of Characters 3.9 -type 1 .3. 1 , 2. 1 1
partizans. A ir, E arth, F ire, Water 2.22 . 1 0 C harisma 1 .3. 1 , 3.5
Ankus 1 .52.5 -definition 1 . 3.2
Staff sling. A n ord inary sling mounted on a A n t i-Magic Spell 2.22. 1 1 -effects 3.5
pole to i ncrease momentum of stone. Arbalest 1 .52.4 C hauves souris 1 . 52.2
Arm ing Doublet 1 .53. 1 • 2.22. 1
Steel cap. Simple metal hat which proti!Cts Armor 1 .33, 1 .53. 1 , 3 . 1 1 C ity Bu ilding 3. 1
crown and back of head. Does not protect �back & breast 1 .53. 1 , 3. 1 1 . 1 C lothing 1 . 4. 1 , 1 . 51
back of neck, but may include a nose-guard. -leather 1 .53. 1 , 3 . 1 1 . 1 Combat 1 . 7
-mail 1 .53. 1 , 3 . 1 1 . 1 -berserk fighting 3.8
Stiletto. A very small dagger intended -plate 1 .53. 1 , 3 . 1 1 . 1 -examp les of comba t :
primarily for thrusting. Can be thrown -qu i lted cotton or silk 1 .53. 1 , -magic in 2.32 . 1
effectively. See illustrat ion on inside back cover. 3. 1 1 . 1 -melee 1 . 7 . 2, 2.31 .3
-ring joined plate 1 . 53. 1 , -mo nster vs. m onster 1 . 7 . 1
Swordbreaker. A weapon with a short heavy 3.1 1 . 1 -single 1 . 7.2
b lade with many teeth on the back to catch -seale 1 .53. 1 , 3 . 1 1 . 1 -magic i n 2.32
HII! UIJIJUIII!IIl"s 1J1<ltl1! ,IUU SlitllJ i l. A l l uw� 1 .52.4 -IJI UCI!�� U r 1 . 1 . 1
Assegai 1 .52.3 -turn 1 .7 . 1 , 2.31
Atl-atl 1 .52.3 -u nusual situations 2.37
Axe 1 .52.2 Combat Adds 1 .3.2
brood 1 .oZ.Z dofinition 1 .13.13
-double headed broad 1 .52.2 - in combat 1 . 7. 1
Sword cane. A 2' - 3' long cane or crutch -great 1 .52.2 -monsters 1 .6. 1
which holds a 1.11, ' - 2)1, ' t h in swordblade -pick 1 .52.2 Constitution 1 . 3 . 1
concealed within. -pole 1 .52.2 -def i nition 1 .3.2
-taper 1 .52.2 Cranequ in 1 . 52.4
Taper axe. see Axe. Crossbow 1 .52.4
- light 1 .52.4
Target shield. Medium-sized circular shield. Bagh Nakh 1 .52.5 Crowbar 1 . 52.2
Usually has 2 rather w ide-set loops through B a n ishing 2.22. 1 1 Curare 1 . 52.5
which the arm is passed. Bank 1 .52.3 Curses Foi led 2.22.4
Basic Game 1 .2
Terbutje_ A wooden weapon with shark's Baton 1 .52.2 Daggers 1 . 52.3
teeth lashed to both sides to create a ripping Bec de Corbin 1 .52.2 Dexterity 1 . 3.1
slicing edge. Useless for thrusting. Berserk fighting 3.8 -definition 1 . 3.2
B huj 1 .52.2 -equipping 1 .4 . 1
Tower shield. Very large convex rectangular B ich'wa 1 . 52.3 Dear G o d 2.22.5
shield. B i gger is Better 2.22.9 Death Spell #9 2.22.8
B i l l hook 1 .52.2 Detect Magic 2.22.2
Trident. A spear with three para llel (or B lack powder 3. 1 0. 1 Demi-Lu ne 1 .52.2
nearly para ne ! ) prongs. B lasting Power 2.22.� D irk 1 . 52.3
B low M e T o . . . 2.22.8 D is-Spell 2.22.4
Two-handed broadsword. see Broadsword. B lowpipe 1 .52.4 Dokyu 1 .52.4
-darts 1 .52.4 Double Double 2.22.5
Viking Spike Shield. Round target shield with B low You To . . . 2.22.9 Dragon's venom 1 .52.5
a 6 " spike affixed to center . . B ludgeon 1 .52.2 Dum Dum 2.22.5
Bola 1 .52.4 D u ngeon b u ilding 1 . 2, 3. 1
Voulge. A polearm w ith a broad axe-like head - hu nting 1 .52.4 Dungeon Master ( D M ) 2.5
elongated to a spike at the top. -war 1 .52.4 Dwarf 1 .3. 1 , 1 .3.2, 2. 1 2. 1
Born Again 2.22. 1 2
War bola. see Bola. Bows 1 . 52.4
- long 1 .52.4 E LA B O R A T I O N S 3.
War hammer. Traditionally, a sturdy hafted -self 1 . 52.4 E lf 1 .3 . 1 ,
1 . 3.2, 2. 1 2. 1
weapon with a relatively small blunt or Brandestock 1 .52.2 E pEle 1 .52. 1
clawed 'head, with a small spike in-the back. -extended 1 .52.2 E q u ipping 1 .4
(Does not refer to something like T h or's B reaker Breaker 2.22.5 -overload 1 .4.2
hammer from Marvel comics.! B roadsword 1 .52.1 ESP 2.22.5
-two handed 1 .52. 1 E stok 1 .5 2 . 1
Zaghnal. A n axe-like weapon with a broad Bronze 3 . 1 2 E x orcism 2.22. 1 1
heavy k n ife-like blade. Buck ler 1 .53. 1 , 3 . 1 1 . 1 E x perience points 1 .3.3, 1 .9
B u llova 1 .52.2 ( see Adventure Points)

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Face Mask 1 .53. 1 , 3 . 1 1 Leather jerk in 1 .53.1 Rogue 2. 1 1 .2 Swordbreaker 1 . 52.3
F a i ries 1 .3. 1 , 1 .3.2, 2. 1 2. 1 Leprechauns 1 .3. 1 , 1 .3.2, 2. 1 2. 1 Sabre 1 .52.1 Sword cane 1 .52. 1
Fang Little F eets 2.22.3 -short 1 . 52. 1 Swords 1 . 52. 1
-adventure points 1 .9 Lock Tight 2.22.2 Saving rolls 1 .8 -b izarre 1 . 52. 1
-creation 1 .3. 1 Luck 1 .3. 1 -f.or adventure points 1 .9.2 -cu rved 1 . 52. 1
-equipping 1 .4 -definition 1 .3.2 -for m issile weapons fire 2.33 -gentlemen's 1 . 52. 1
-speed 2.36.2 -formu la 1 .8. 1 -straight 1 . 52. 1
Fauchard 1 .52.2 Madu 1 .53. 1 , 3 . 1 1 . 1 -on attributes 1 .8. 1 -towne 1 .52. 1
F la i l 1 .52.2 Magic Fangs 2.22.3 Sax 1 .52.3 - u nusual 1 .52. 1
-heavy 1 .52.2 Magick 1 .3. 1 , 2.2 Scim itar 1 .52. 1 Summoning 2.22. 1 1
- l ight 1 .52.2 - i n combat 2.32 Scythe 1 .52.2
F lam berge 1 .52.1 example 2.32 . 1 Second S ight 2.22.5 Take That You F iend 2.22.2
F lintlocks - logic o f 2.2 1 . 1 Seek Ye 2.22.9 Teacher 2.22.2
-musket 3 . 1 0 . 1 -staffs 2.2 1 . 2 Sequence of Events 2.3 Terbutje 1 . 52. 1
-pistol 3 . 1 0 . 1 -spells 2.22 Shamsheer 1 .52.1 T ime 3.9
F ly M e 2 .22.4 Main gauche 1 .52.3 -grand 1 . 52.1 T ime spells 2.22. 1 3
F o i l 1 . 52. 1 Manople 1 .52. 1 -great 1 .52. 1 Too Bad Tox in 2.22.4
F o rce S h ield 2.22 . 1 0 Marksmanship 3. 1 1 S hatterstaff 2 .22. 1 2 Too-Heavy Weapons 2.35
F rancisca 1 .52.2 Matches 3 . 1 0. 1 S h ie lds 1 .53. 1 , 3. 1 1 Treasure Generation 3.2
Freeze Pleeze 2.22.4 Matchlocks - k n ight's 1 .53.1 £. 2.22. 1
- pistol 3. 1 0. 1 -target 1 .53. 1 Trident 1 . 52.3
Gau ntlets 1 .53. 1 , 3. 1 1 . 1 - musket 3. 1 0. 1 -tower 1 .53. 1 T ro"stone Caverns 2 . 7
General supplies 1 .5 1 Medusa 2.22.8 - V ik ing spike 1 .53.1 -key 2.7.1
G hostly G o i ng 2.22.9 M ind Pox 2.22.5 Shock value or effect 2.32. 1 , - m a p 2 . 7 .3
G lad ius 1 .52.1 M in iatu res 3. 1 4 2.32.2 Tro" Talk 1 . 1
G lu e You 2.22.3 M irage 2.22.3 S hort sword 1 . 52 . 1
G o ld 1 .3.3 M i sericorde 1 .52.3 Shotel 1 . 52. 1 Unarmed combat 2.34
-monetary system 1 .5. 1 M ithril 3. 1 2. 1 Shurikin 1 . 52.4 Upsidaisy 2.22.5
-weapons 3 . 1 2 . 1 M itre 1 .52.2 Sick Ie 1 .52.2
Great sword 1 .52.1 Monsters 1 .6, 2.4 S i lver 1 .5, 3. 1 2 Vorpal B lade 2.22.2
G reaves 1 .53. 1 , 3 . 1 1 . 1 -combat 1 .7 . 1 S laves 3.7 Voulge 1 . 52.2
G u isarme 1 .52.2 -combat adds 1 .6.1 S l i ng 1 _52.4
G u nnes 3. 1 0 examples of 1 .6.1 , 1 .6 2 -common 1 .52.4 Wall Spells 2.22.6, 2.22.7
- monster rating 1 .6 . 1 -staff 1 .42.4 F ire 2.22.6
Hafted weapons 1 .52.2 formu la 1 .6. 1 Slushyuck 2.22.4 I ce 2.22.6
-ma�hin :J h\'ads 1 .52.2 - ""'I",,, l i 7 i ng Ln 1 , 2. 41 , 3.n Slyway Robbery 2.22. 1 2 I nvisible 2.22.7
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-slicing heads 1 .52.2 -reaction chart 2.41 . 1 Smaller is S marter 2.22.8 I ron 2.22.6
-stabb ing heads 1 .52.2 -wandering 2.3. 1 , 2.42 Smog 2.22.4 Stone 2.22.6
Haladie 1 .52.3 Morningstar 1 .52.2 Snaphau nces Thorns 2.22.6
Ha lbard 1 .52.2 Movement 2.3. 1 , 2.36 -musket 3. 1 0 . 1 War Hammer 1 .52.2
H and-a nd-a-half sword 1 .52. 1 M u tatum M u tand is 2.22.7 - pistol 3. 1 0. 1 Warrior 1 .3. 1
Hand cannon 3. 1 0 . 1 M u tatum Mutandorum 2.22.8 Spears 1 . 52.3 -double protection on armor
Hard Stuff 2.22.4 M ystic V isions 2.22.6 -common 1 . 52.3 1 . 3. 1 , 2. 1 1 . 1
Hasta (oxtongue) 1 .52.3 Speed 2.36 Warrior-wizards 2. 1 1 . 3
Healing Feeling 2.22.4 Nefarious Necromancy 2.22.9 Spe l l Book, the Weapons 1 .3.3, 1 .52
Heavy mace 1 .52.2 - level 1 2.22.2 -charts 1 . 52
Height 1 .3.3 Oh Go Away 2.22.2 - level 2 2.22.3 -damage 1 . 7 . 1
-chart 2 . 1 3. 1 Oh There It Is 2.22.� - level 3 2.22.4 - Fang' s choices 1 .4
He"bomb B u rst 2 .22.8 O m nipotent E ye 2.22.3 -level 4 2.22.4, 2.22.5 - hafted 1 . 52.2
Hellf ire J u ice 1 .52.4 Om niflex 2.22. 1 2 - level 5 2.22.5 - m issile 1 . 52.4, 2.33
Helmets 1 .53. 1 , 3 . 1 1 . 1 Other 1 .3.3 -level 6 2.22.6 -other metals in 3. 1 2
-fu" 1 .53. 1 , 3. 1 1 . 1 Ox tongue 1 .52.3 - level 7 2.22.7 -pole 1 . 52.2
- G reek 1 .53. 1 , 3. 1 1 . 1 - level 8 2.22.7 -projectile 1 .52.4, 2.33
H idey Hole 2.22.3 Partizan 1 .52.2 - level 9 2.22.8 -too-heavy 2.35
H idey Soul 2.22. 1 2 Pata 1 .52 . 1 - level 10 2.22.8 -weird 1 . 52.5
H irel ings 3.7 Peters - McA" ister C h art 2 . 1 2 . 1 -level 1 1 2.22.9 Weight 1 . 3.3
H its 1 . 7 . 1 P i l u m 1 .52.3 -level 12 2.22.9 -carried 1 .3.3, 1 . 3.4
-point damage 1 .7 . 1 P ike 1 .52.2 - level 13 2.22 ..1 0 -chart 2. 1 3. 1
-of damage 1 .7 . 1 Piton hammer 1 .52.2 -level 1 4 2.22. 1 0 -possible 1 . 3.3
Hobbit 1 .3.1 , 1 .3.2, 2. 1 2. 1 Poisons 1 .52.5 - level 1 5 2.22. 1 0 Weird weapons 1 .52.5
Hocus Pocus 2.22.2 Poniard 1 .52.3 - level 1 6 2.22. 1 1 Were-creatures 2. 1 2. 1 , " 2. 1 2. 2
Hoko 1 .52.3 Poor Baby 2.22.3 - level 1 7 2.22. 1 1 Whammy 2.22.3
Ho"ow vision 2.22.8 Powder horn 3 . 1 0.1 - level 1 8 2.22. 1 2 Wheel lock
Prime Attributes 1 .3 . 1 - level 1 9 2.22. 1 2 - musket 3. 1 0 . 1
I nte"igence 1 .3.1 -for saving rolls 1 .8 . 1 - level 20 2.22. 1 2 -pistol 3. 1 0. 1
-definition 1 .3:2 Prodd 1 .52.4 Spider venom 1 .52.5 W i " 0' W isp 2.22.2
- language 3.4. 1 Project ile weapons 1 .52.4 Spontoon 1 .52.3 Wind Whistle 2.22.8
I nvisible F iend 2 .22 . 1 0 Porta V ision 2.22.6 Staff Wink W i ng 2.22.4
I ron 3 . 1 2 . 1 Protective Pentagram 2.22.5 -deluxe 2 .2 1 . 2 Wizard 2. 1 1 . 1
Jambiya 1 .52.3 Provisions 1 .5 -ord inaire 2.2 1 .2 Wizard Speech
Javelin 1 .52.3 -armor 1 .53 -quarter 1 .52.5 -ability 3.4
-general supplies 1 .5 1 -magic 2.2 1 . 2 -spell 2.22. 1 0
Katar 1 .52.3 -weapons 1 .52 -makeshift 2 . 1 2.2 World B u ilding 3. 1
K nock Knock 2.22.2 Psi talent 1 .3. 1 , 2 . 1 1 . 1 Steel cap 1 .53. 1
Kris 1 .52.3 Pygmal ion 2.22.8 Stiletto 1 .52.3 Yassa Massa 2.22.3
Kukri 1 .52.3 Quarrels 1 .52.4 Stones, pouch of 1 00 1 .52.4
Kumade 1 .52.2 Ramrod 3. 1 0. 1 Strength 1 .3. 1 Zaghnal 1 . 52.2
R a nseu r 1 .52.2 -definition 1 .3.2 Zappathingum 2.22. 7
Languages 1 .3.3, 3.4 Rapier 1 .52.1 -equ ipping 1 .4. 1 Zapparmor 2.22 . 7
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Lead balls 3. 1 0 . 1 R ock-A-Bye 2.22.4 Swabbing 3 . 1 0 . 1 Z i ngum 2.22.5
Zombie Zonk 2.22. 7

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There are many people who deserve recogn ition and sin cerest thanks for
their work in t h is ed ition of Tu nnels & T ro l ls. Clearl y , w ithout the original ru les, there
wou ld be no game - for the original game and considerable to lerance and forebearance
wh ile I mu cked arou nd with H is Game , Ken S t. Andre m u st be applauded . Bear Peters
and M ike S tac k pole p rov ided the revised weapons and armor charts; M ike also had
the arduous task of com p i l ing the I ndex. J eff Snyder p rovid ed the outl ine for the new
Leprechauns and the I nvisib le F iend. Bear revised the Peters- M cA l l ister chart, and
provided the new list of H u manoid Mo nsters. Steve M cA l l ister, E ric Lane, and Ugly
J oh n Carver stared over my shoulder and offered consid erab Ie help and many
suggestions, as d id M i ke and Bear. C h ris Harvey is to be than ked for the im petus
suffic ient to overcome my incipie � t inertia - th is ed ition wou ld sti l l have arrived , but
without C hris ' enco u ragement it wou ld h ave been later. S teve J ackson 's editing of
Monsters! Monsters! p rovided a so lid format w ith w h ich to p resent the new T & T.
Chuck Gaydos is to be com p l i mented for com ic re l ief and com puter assistance.

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Deepest thanks to Pat M ue l ler, typesetter and graphics person, w ithout whom th is
whole thing wou l d sti l l be done at a snail ' s pace 'on an ord inary typewriter, and not
nearly of the fine q ual ity it is now. Final l y , thanks to the rest of the staff of F lying
B u ffalo - the col lators , inventory and stockroom peop le, mai l room fo lks, and of
cou rse R ic k Loom is, president of the company , W h

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Rob Carver: 1 .9 . 3 ; 2.22. 1 3, 2.32.3;

E d i to r ' s Afterword .

L iz Danforth : front cover; 1 . 1 , 1 . 2,

1 .3 .4, 1 .5 3, 1 .6.2, 1 . 7.4, 1 .8 ;
2 . 1 1 .2 , 2 . 1 3 , 2 . 1 4, 2.22, 2.33.2,
2.37.2, 2 .4, 2 .42, 2.6, 2.7.3;
3 . 1 .2 , 3 .5 , 3 . 9 , 3 . 1 2 , 3 . 1 3,
3 . 1 3 .2, 3 . 1 3 . 3 , 3 . 1 3.4; interior
HA-t-V\! back cover.

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