Extended Ruleset
This document includes extended rules to modify aspects
of gameplay to accommodate different types of player
groups. Players can include some or all of these game
modules to add variety to their play sessions or introduce a
greater degree of tactical decision making.
Exploration
These modules are focused around streamlining the
exploration phase for players and providing interesting
decisions to make as a party.
Speed Run
Players gain double the number of souls for encounters.
The cost for resting at the bonfire is split into two phases:
The cost for resetting encounters is 1 spark, and the cost to
reset all other tokens is 1 spark. When players die, they do
not reset encounters unless they explicitly do so by
spending a spark. They are obligated however to spend 1
spark to reset all other tokens.
Bonfire Shortcut
When placing encounter tiles, place the Fog Gate token
adjacent to the Bonfire tile. Players may enter the Fog
Gate at any time between encounters, but should be careful
not to face the boss until they are prepared.
Hubris
Between encounters, the party may exhibit hubris and
continue to the next encounter to gain 1 soul per player.
These souls may be spent as normal along with any other
actions associated with returning to the Bonfire before
continuing to the encounter. However, if players took this
action, they do not remove any black or red cubes from
their characters' endurance bars before the next encounter.
Combat
These modifiers introduce additional tactical depth to
combat for players who wish to have richer and riskier
battle encounters.
Additional Actions
At any point during the player character's turn, they may
take additional combat actions. These actions may be
taken in addition to the normal actions players get. They
may take these actions as many times as they like provided
they can pay for them. Note that the Estus Flask may not
be used by a player between taking normal actions and
advanced actions.
• Additional Attack – For 2 Stamina, a player may
make an attack against an enemy, spending any
additional Stamina associated with that attack. Before
the attack, the enemy activates. If this puts the enemy
out of range, the player may spend 1 Stamina per node
to get back in range.
• Additional Movement – For 2 Stamina, a player may
initiate another movement action. Note that
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additional movements follow the same rules as the
regular character movement players get (walking for 0
Stamina once, running for 1 Stamina per node).
Extended Dodge
Before attempting a dodge roll, players may add dice to
their roll at a cost of 2 Stamina per die.
Resting
A player may skip their turn to rest. Resting allows a
player to remove all black cubes from their endurance bar.
Note that the player still receives the Aggro token.
Cooperation
Before the active player’s turn, other players may choose to
cooperate. Cooperating players may perform their
movement and up to one action in any order and at any
point during the active player’s turn. As a cost, after the
active player receives the Aggro token, all enemies activate
N times where N is the number of cooperating players.
Character Abilities
Spaces to the left of the players' stat progression cube
represent ability bars. Each space on the track may be
filled once per spark with a cube to elicit an action the
player may take. When a player rests at the Bonfire, they
remove all cubes from their ability bar. The same ability
cannot be used more than once per activation.
• Strength – When you spend Stamina, you may use
this ability to reduce that Stamina cost by one.
• Dexterity – During your attack or block, you may use
this ability to add 1 black die.
• Intelligence – During your attack or block,
add/remove the magic attribute to/from the attack or
switch your Block/Resist values for that block.
• Faith – On your turn, you may use this ability to roll 1
black die and heal up to that many points of damage
from the party, divided however you choose.
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This character may still use the Dexterity and Faith
abilities once each during this spark. If the character
used the Faith ability during this activation, they may
not use it again during the same activation.
 Main boss/Mega Boss
Dungeons
If players would like to immediately enter a main boss or
mega boss dungeon, follow these setup rules.
Main boss
• Each player deals themselves 2 of their initial class
treasures at random, placing them in the
inventory, then shuffles the rest into the deck.
• Each player draws 4 treasures from the treasure
deck, placing them in the inventory.
• Players randomly select a mini boss, and place the
boss’s treasure set into the inventory.
• Each player gets 12 souls which they can only
spend to increase their stats. If they do not use all
of these souls, they cannot be saved for later.
• Set up the game as usual for a main boss dungeon.
Mega Boss
• Each player deals themselves 2 of their initial class
treasures and 2 of their transposed class treasures
at random, placing them in the inventory, then
shuffles the rest into the deck.
• Each player draws 8 treasures from the treasure
deck, placing them in the inventory.
• Players randomly select a mini boss, placing their
treasure set into the inventory, and then randomly
select a main/mega boss, placing their treasure set
into the inventory.
• Each player gets 24 souls which they can only
spend to increase their stats. If they do not use all
of these souls, they cannot be saved for later.
• Set up the game as usual for a mega boss
dungeon.
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Item Shop
Before purchasing an item from the Treasure Deck, a
player may pay one of the following costs, and then keep
drawing cards until they reach a card that satisfies the
corresponding condition. Cards drawn that do not meet
that condition are shuffled back into the deck.
• 4 souls: The item can be equipped by the
purchasing player, and requires at least one Tier 1
upgrade to equip. The item does not require any
Tier 2-4 upgrades.
• 6 souls: The item can be equipped by the
purchasing player, and requires at least one Tier 2
upgrade to equip. The item does not require any
Tier 3-4 upgrades.
• 8 souls: The item can be equipped by the
purchasing player, and requires at least one Tier 2
upgrade to equip. The item does not require any
Tier 4 upgrades.
This player is a Herald that would like to buy from
the Item Shop. The player spends 6 souls at the shop.
They pull this item from the shop:
The player then checks the conditions for keeping the
weapon. The weapon does require at least one Tier 2
upgrade for the Herald and it does not require any
Tier 3 or 4 upgrades, so those two requirements are
satisfied. However, the Herald is not leveled up
enough to equip this weapon, so they put the weapon
aside and draw again until they reach a weapon that
satisfies all three requirements.
 Ability Drafting
This expansion module includes abilities that replace the
standard abilities referenced in the Character Abilities
rule. At the beginning of the game, each player rolls 4
six-sided dice, counts the total of the dice they rolled,
and places the dice in the center of the table to form a
dice pool. In a clockwise fashion, starting with the player
who rolled the highest total value, players place a die Intelligence
from the pool adjacent to a stat progression track on
their character board. The value of that die indicates
which ability is relevant, referenced below. 1. Arcane Engineering – During your attack
or block, add/remove the magic attribute
to/from the attack or switch your
Block/Resist values for that block.
2. Advanced Study – Use an ability for a
Strength 3.
different attribute of your choice.
Exceptional Recall – On your turn,
provided a boss’s behaviour deck has been
exhausted at least once, look at the top card
1. Great Endurance – When you would spend of its behaviour deck.
Stamina, decrease that cost by 1. 4. Alternate Path – View the next encounter
2. Staggering Blow – When you block or attack card. You may draw a different encounter
a model, push that model 1 space. card of the same level to replace it.
3. Immovable Object – When you would be 5. Potent Sorcery – Add 1 to your magic
forced to move this turn, you may choose to attack roll and increase its range by 1. If
not move. using this ability for Faith, roll for a different
4. Massive Strike – Add 1 to your two-handed ability.
weapon attack roll. This attack also gains 6. Magic Attenuation – Add 1 blue die before
Stagger. your Resist roll.
5. Strong Arm – Use an attack from a two-
handed weapon in your backup slot instead of
your equipped one-handed weapon.
6. Fortified Armor – Add 1 blue die before your
Block roll when wearing armor that has no
dodge value.

Faith

1. Radiant Light – On your turn, roll 1 black

die and heal up to that many points of
damage from the party, divided however you
Dexterity 2.
choose.
Heavenly Assistance – When removing
Stamina or Health cubes from players in the
party as a result of an action you take, roll a
1. Elegant Swordsman – During your attack or blue die. Remove that many extra from the
block, add 1 black die. party, divided however you choose.
2. Skilled Acrobat – Add a dodge die to your 3. Grand Fortune – Look at the top two cards
dodge roll. of the Treasure Deck. Place each on the top
3. Critical Strike – Add 1 to your one-handed of bottom of the Treasure Deck.
weapon attack roll. This attack also gains 4. Good Samaritan – On your turn, exhaust
Bleed. your Luck Token, Estus Flask Token, or
4. Hidden Sidearm – Use an attack from a one- Heroic Action Token. Refresh the same
handed weapon in your backup slot instead of token for another player. Roll for a different
your equipped one-handed or two-handed ability if playing solo.
weapon. 5. Potent Sorcery – Add 1 to your magic
5. Falling Somersault – When you would be attack roll and increase its range by 1. If
forced to move this turn, you may choose to using this ability for Intelligence, roll for a
move an extra space. different ability.
6. Fleet-footed – After you take a move action, 6. Frantic Prayer – Use a spell action in your
move up to 2 extra spaces at no Stamina cost. backup slot instead of your equipped weapon
or spell.

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 Location Events
This module is designed to provide variety and tension in
exploration. When you pull an encounter, consult the
event names below and their accompanying effects to
discover what lurks within.
When a player finds an item, search through the
Treasure Deck for that item, place it in the inventory,
then shuffle the Treasure Deck. Each find resolution in
an encounter can only be used once per game.
When a player checks, they roll dodge dice equal to their
Tier of the checked attribute (minimum 1 die). One
success passes the check.
Level 1
Ruined Keep – An abandoned barracks with shattered
pillars and crates strewn throughout. There may be useful
wares buried in the rubble, but the debris mostly serves to
obstruct your view. Some damned and charred soldiers of
Gwyn likely spent their final night here.
Each time a player or enemy makes an attack with range
greater than 0, check Dexterity. On failure, that attack's
value is decreased by 1. While adjacent to the gravestone,
you may spend 2 Stamina to rearrange the top 3 treasure
cards however you like.
The Forgotten – A cavernous, dusty home in the village
slums. It is anachronistic and alien-looking to this region,
built in accordance with Boleterian style. It is empty save the
ghouls, long tapestries of dried leather, and a single barrel.
The barrel’s planks bow outward and twitch from something
stirring inside.
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When destroying a barrel, check Strength. On success,
draw a treasure. On failure, spawn a Crossbow Hollow
on the destroyed barrel space.
Dark Hollow – The hulking wretch stumbling around the
unlit, rotting stable wears a bandolier that carries small glass
jars, smudged from its filthy, frantic fingertips. Its eyes are
pale and only accustomed to the dark; very nearly blind.
Above an unmarked tombstone, the ceiling is soft and porous
and prepared to give way to the harsh moonlight if subjected
to a strong blow. The glow pouring in would surely disturb
the creature.
Each time an enemy ends an activation without dealing
damage to a player, remove 1 damage from that enemy.
While adjacent to the gravestone, you may pay 2
Stamina to prevent an enemy from healing on its next
activation.
Unlighted Chamber – The open doorway to this cellar
yields to black. It smells of dust and spoiled wine. Your eyes
starve for threads of moonlight that won’t ever come. As you
listen to the regular scratching of shuffling feet, you
desperately hope that residents here are similarly blind.
Attacks have a maximum range of 2. When a model
moves to a node, roll a dodge die. Upon failure, you must
choose a different node for that model to move to. When
you destroy the barrel, check Intelligence. On success,
find an Ember. On failure, that player takes 2 magic
damage instead.
Broken Passageway – Underneath precarious floorboards
are milky skeletons of long dead soldiers, their weapons
pointed skyward. These poor souls perished during the
unstoppable waning of the First Flame. This was a crucial
passage for battle; there was likely time only to place
improvised roads over their broken bodies. You pray that if
you wrestle with a demon here, you can overpower it and
avoid being skewered by the eager swords beneath your feet.
Any time two or more models are on the same space,
check Strength. Upon failure, that model takes damage
equal to a blue die roll.
Shattered Dungeon – An impossibly old madman lies in a
heap of chains behind a wall of bars to your right as you pass,
throwing his surprisingly strong voice into the darkness. “O
Gwyn, how we’ve failed! How I’ve failed! All of Man, your
Furtive Pygmy cannot stop the march of the Age of Dark!”
Men with eyes like his are invariably near to Hollowing,
although he shows no signs of it.
If both barrels are destroyed, draw a treasure.
Ashen Hollow – The creatures roaming the hollow look
more lucid than most, but only barely so. It’s likely that
they’ve only recently gone mad, as one drops a small book
from its bony fingers. Literacy was common in regions this
close to Anor Londo, of course excepting the Hollowed. A soft
glow from a nearby barrel evokes a rare mood of hope; needed
levity in a land that offers so little.
If a player kills two enemies on the same activation, gain
two souls. If a player destroys a barrel, their attacks are
magic for that activation.
Ghostly Keep – These walls are adorned with markings
written with soapstone. Although missing bricks allow
starlight to illuminate the runes, you glean no meaning from
them. The ghouls in here are wandering and incorporeal,
long dead but unable to leave. The floor gently raises and
leads to a large wooden icon which the dull light bends
around.
If a player does not kill an enemy on their activation,
spawn a Hollow Soldier on the single sword space. Gain
a soul for each new enemy spawned. When a player
destroys the barrel, enemies do not move on their next
activation.
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Forsaken Depths – The path forward leads downward
beneath the city. The floor is solid but waterlogged, a sign of
the nearby sea weakening the foundations of the town.
Shifting silt can be felt below the floor with each footstep. As
a thick fog clears, silhouettes of enemies emerge. Their
weapons are ornate and serrated; likely decorative, but lethal
nonetheless.
Enemies' melee attacks have Bleed.
Ash Gardens – The wind whips from above, playing
dissonant chords with its lazy moans. Makeshift pyres are
blackened, giving up small clouds of ash with each gust. In
the courtyard are lonely, shambling foes with hands that are
covered in burns; acolytes of the fragile Age of Fire.
When destroying a barrel, find Firebombs.
The Deeps – The sickly green and purple pools on the floor
in this subterranean prison are smoking and putrid,
ostensibly the remnants of a massive chemical attack from an
undead dragon or beast. Clever inspection may yield
information about where it is safe to step, but the rabid fiends
in the deeps give little chance to consider.
When a player moves to a node, check Intelligence. On a
failure, that player is poisoned. Spend 1 Stamina while
adjacent to the gravestone to remove Poison. If a player
kills an enemy, removes a Poison token by using the
gravestone, and destroys the barrel on the same turn,
they find a Poison Gem or Poison Mist.
Hollow Cave – Speckling the ground are gaping mouths
into the abyss. Mindless creatures dutifully claw their way
out to the surface from the wounds in the earth. Perhaps you
can use the debris littering the cave to slow their progress.
If there are no models on an enemy spawn node at the
end of an activation, spawn a Hollow Soldier there. Gain
a soul for each new enemy spawned. When a player
destroys the barrel, enemies do not move on their next
activation.

Level 2
Demon Ruins – Evidence of dark rituals in these ruins
provide an unsettling juxtaposition against the glistening
stars overhead. Holes in the structure are patched with what
looks like pale leather in an attempt to keep light out. The
Hollowed here fear benevolent gods who scorn them, but prey
on the hopeless with vigor.
Players with Tier 1 or greater Faith deal +1 damage on
all attacks. All other players deal -1 damage on all
attacks. If a player kills two enemies in the same
activation this encounter, any player can destroy the
barrel to find a Lightning Gem.
Weathered Peak – Trudging up a steep path into the
mountainside, you reach a settlement just as snowfall and
hail become unbearable. A small marble firepit glows, an
impossibility in a world starving for flame, especially in the
unforgiving storm. In the distance, Lothric can be glimpsed
through the whipping ice; a towering, regal marvel.
All attacks have Frostbite. When adjacent to a
gravestone, players may pay 1 Stamina to remove
Frostbite.
Sunrise Pass – A rare, quiet sun rises, painting the sky hues
of orange and pink and climbing above the crumbling walls
that surround you. Standing at the side of the pass, glancing
upward across the ravine is a good-natured warrior in
Astoran armour with his arms outstretched, surely rejoicing
in this short moment of warmth.
At the beginning of each model's activation, it heals 1
wound. If the encounter ends, no players have wounds,
and the barrel is destroyed, find Heal.
Lightless Passage – The clatter of clicks and moving gears
unsettle you. You fear that the lack of light will encourage a
careless step, triggering whatever contraption in this black
passageway endlessly churns.
When a player fails a dodge roll, they take an additional
damage. If all traps were revealed and dodged, destroy
the barrel to find Master's Attire. If all traps were
revealed and not dodged (or none were attacks), destroy
the barrel to find Exile Armour.
Black Dungeon – A torture chamber and pit of primordial
forms of wretched magic. It’s been used recently; the stench of
blood still hangs in the stale air. The ceiling is decorated
lavishly with depictions of Everlasting Dragons returning to
reclaim what the Lords had taken.
Players cannot heal wounds. Magic attacks deal 1
additional damage. If each player has at least 1 wound,
destroy the barrel to find a Blood Gem.
Temple of the Deeps – This massive hall is a tribute to
both deities who guard the First Flame as well as tyrants of
the Dark. Far in the past, it was a popular house of worship
for residents of the Boreal Valley. If you kneel to give
reverence at the altar, be mindful of whom you pray to.
When adjacent to the gravestone at the end of a player's
activation, check Faith. On success, add a random
treasure from the current boss to your inventory. On
failure, remove the location and replace it with
Desecrated Church, setting up that encounter as normal
with player models unmoved and player boards
unaltered.
Sentinel's Wrath – Echoes of long dead practitioners of
sorcery can still be faintly heard in this hallway. They were
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likely felled by the stoic monstrosity that guards the exit.
Perhaps their whispers hold clues to aid your survival.
While adjacent to the gravestone, you may pay 2
Stamina to draw from the Treasure Deck until you reach
a spell. Activate that spell's least powerful ability for 0
Stamina, and then shuffle the spell back into the
Treasure Deck. If the barrel was destroyed, the
gravestone's ability was used, and an enemy was defeated
on the same turn, find the spell that the gravestone used.
Forgotten Gorge – You stand your ground on this
precarious spine, with bottomless, yawning gorges at each
edge. Strong sheets of wind scream in the distance, but only a
mild breeze stirs the air for now. A talisman hangs from a
lone headstone that is nearly overgrown. Its inscription reads:
“A resting devotee of the majestic Storm King.”
Any time an enemy is on an outermost node and is
pushed, that enemy dies. If a player is on an outermost
node and fails a dodge roll, they die. While adjacent to
the gravestone, you may spend 5 Stamina. All models on
the outermost nodes are pushed.
Prison Tower – Hanging from the rafters by long chains
are cages dangling just above the floor. Some hold stirring
Hollowed prisoners in varied stages of sanity, flickering
candlelight casting grotesque shadows over their skeletal
bodies.
Once during this encounter, a player may end their turn
on an empty violet node to free a prisoner. That player
may find an Ember.
Burned Gardens – A once beautiful garden, filled with life
and flora, long reduced to ash and soot. Wooden crude
explosives lay in the brittle, black grass, gunpowder dribbling
out between the cracks.
When a player destroys the barrel, all adjacent models
take 1 blue die of magic damage. Players may also
destroy the barrel by making an attack against the barrel
at range 1+.
Lost Labyrinth – You enter a winding, serpentine
labyrinth of tunnels that betray geometry and reason. With
each step forward, you relive a step once taken. As each new
passageway opens, you become less certain that an exit exists.
The citizens that used these tunnels for trade and transport
must have had a remarkable skill for navigation.
Any time a model is on a node adjacent to a wall, they
are considered to be adjacent to nodes located adjacent to
the opposite wall(s). When a player destroys a barrel,
they may place an item from the inventory into the
Treasure Deck and shuffle the deck. They then draw two
cards from the top of the Treasure Deck and choose 1 to
place in the inventory.
High Wall of Lothric – Lothric once stood alone as a
testament to might and conquest, a mountainside of polished
woods, marble, and silver. As you stand at its border wall
and look long upon its lifeless retreat into obsolescence, you
recognize it as a monumental but forgotten shell. The coming
of the Age of Dark must be inevitable if a kingdom like
Lothric fell with such a soft whimper.
Any time a player moves from an outermost node to a
non-outermost node due to a dodge, they take 1 damage.
Attacks by models that start their turn on outermost
nodes gain +1 damage provided the attack is against a
model in a non-outermost node and is at 0 range.

Level 3
Central Irithyll – An elegant stone fountain gleams with
frost in the center of a once-bustling square of a once-
prosperous city. Even before these tenuous twilight years of
the Age of Fire, Irithyll suffered unforgiving winters; a steep
price for the picturesque locale.
Each player enters this encounter with a Frostbite token.
Silent Tombs – The frigid air hangs so quietly in this
graveyard that the displacement of small pebbles underfoot
causes a racket for the delicate ears of the blind, motionless
Hollowed demons. A careless clang of your sword would
spring them into action, sending them leaping over
headstones to the source of the sound.
Enemies do not activate on their turn. Each time a
player moves to a node or completes an attack, check
Dexterity. If the result of the roll does not meet or
exceed the dodge value of an enemy's attack, that enemy
activates immediately. When adjacent to the gravestone,
a player may spend 1 Stamina to add a die to dodge rolls
on their turn.
Desecrated Church – A strange person with an
androgynous voice is in this small church. They look puzzled
and tentative as their eyes dart between you and the altar:
“Oh, it’s you, I’m sure I’ve seen you before. I hesitate to pray
here, with or without these Hollowed beasts. Who knows
what protects them; what protects us? If Horace were here, I’d
feel bolder.”
When adjacent to the gravestone at the end of a player's
activation, check Faith. On success, remove the location
and replace it with Temple of the Deeps, setting up that
encounter as normal with player models unmoved and
player boards unaltered. On failure, reset this encounter
with player models unmoved and player boards
unaltered. All enemies' Health values are doubled.
Wretched Gardens – A small lush valley. It looks like an
outpost; maybe a strategic location for soldiers that fought to
bring about or uphold the Age of Fire. There are weapons in
and around the bushes, but they are unusable, either rusted or
shattered. Pieces of parchment spill haphazardly across the
floor, some torn. You pick a sheet up, but it’s written in script
you don’t recognize.
When destroying a barrel, find Kukris.
Empty Crypt – Each sarcophagus in this damp crypt is ajar.
You can see a coloured glow from within one of them, faintly
illuminating an iron breastplate nearby that is cleaved across
its midsection.
When gaining treasure upon completing this encounter,
you may instead draw cards from the Treasure Deck
until you find a gem. Place that gem into your inventory,
return other cards to the Treasure Deck, and shuffle the
Treasure Deck. If the barrel was destroyed on the same
activation the encounter was defeated, you may remove a
gem from an item.
Lost Shrine – A narrow hallway adorned with brass goblets
on finely carved mahogany pillars. A tattered, violet velvet
runway leads to a sturdy table that holds a large wooden
bowl and an enormous book that easily obscures a third of the
table space. It smells strongly of toasted dusk herb.
When gaining treasure upon completing this encounter,
you may instead remove an equipped spell or a spell in
the inventory from the game to draw cards from the
Treasure Deck until you find a spell. Place that spell into
your inventory and shuffle the Treasure Deck. If the
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barrel was destroyed on the same activation the
encounter was defeated, you may repeat this process.
Dilapidated Bridge – The wide bridge leads to several
spires with open doorways, but getting there will be
treacherous. As the foes step toward you, the bridge begins to
crumble beneath their feet, and bits of wood and rope tumble
into the gorge below. You eye a pillar and crossbar that seems
to support some parts of the bridge. Clever footing and a
strong blow could compromise the planks supporting the
malevolent soldiers.
Models may not move onto outermost nodes that are
only adjacent to 1 wall. If the barrel is destroyed, all
models on outermost nodes die.
Untended Graves – As you pass into a silent graveyard, an
old blind woman you recognize from the border of Majula
passes, hooded and carrying a small pack of supplies. She turns
and cackles, looking in your direction, hazy eyes searching:
“Ha! Travelling Hollow. What folly to find yourself here.
How foolish to live in this age. Step hither and scratch at the
fraying threads of time. Undo a misstep and add kindling to
the First Flame, however small.”
Upon completing this encounter, players may spend 1
spark to decrease all their skill attributes to Base level
and gain the number of souls equal to the cost of their
total skill investment to this point.
Profane Shrine – Entering the rancid shrine is nearly
intolerable due to a dense iron stench from the blood that coats
the cobblestone floor and soaks through the soles of your boots.
Though evidence of rituals and sacrifice is abundant, you see
no idols or statues of tribute. Patrons of this place revere
magic, but are godless.
Players with Tier 1 or greater Faith start with 1 wound.
Players with Tier 1 or greater Intelligence gain 3
Stamina at the start of their activation instead of 2.
Cemetary of Ash – Once you break through the wall of
shields and upturned tables that sealed this tomb, you discover
the purpose of the barricade. The creatures inside have
characteristic boils on their dead flesh. All bear the curse, but
these bodies are more broken and diseased than most. You
recognize the sores as being common in particularly
unhygienic areas of New Londo.
Each time an enemy dies, place a Poison token where
their model was. Players that pass over this token gain it.
When a player destroys the barrel, on the enemies' next
activation, they may gain Poison tokens that are on the
tile.
Pit of the Dead – This cavernous pit is piled high with
mountainous stacks of bodies. You hear clacks of shivering
bones and a low, dull rumble deep in the distance. You
stumble on an errant bone and knock into a hill of dried
corpses, which slide downward and block your path.
Each time an enemy dies, place a damage marker where
their model was. Models cannot enter this node.
Perished Depths – Each soldier standing in your path
emits a subtle black haze that swallows the thin spears of
light that shoot from drooping lit candles. They are acolytes of
the Age of Dark, those who bear nothing but scorn for Gwyn
and his ilk, whom they deem betrayers of Man and
harbingers of the Undead Curse.
Models deal +N damage on attacks, where N is the total
number of sparks used by the party since the beginning
of the game.
 Weapon Arts
Weapon Arts are weapons and spell specific skills
players may use to aid them in battle.
To use a Weapon Art, a player must spend a Weapon
Art token. The effect listed below triggers in addition to
an action or attack the player makes with that weapon or
spell, unless otherwise noted. The player still must pay
the Stamina cost for the chosen attack.
Weapon Art tokens can be obtained by either spending 1
Soul at the Bonfire per token, or flipping a player’s
Heroic Action token to gain 1 token. Each player may
carry a maximum of 4 Weapon Art tokens at a time.
Each Weapon Art costs 1 Weapon Art token to use.
Weapon Arts for legendary and boss treasures cost 2
Weapon Art tokens to use.
Weapon Arts including instead indicate that they
replace the chosen action or aspect referenced. Weapon
Arts including also trigger in addition to the action
taken.
If a Weapon Art refers to “half cost”, the cost is rounded
up, unless the cost is 0, in which case it remains 0.
As an example, a player
using the Dragonslayer
Spear uses the first 4
Stamina cost attack
against an enemy, and
adds two Weapon Arts
tokens to trigger a
Weapon Art (since it is
a boss weapon). They
first resolve the effect
designated by that
attack, then they make a
second attack against an
enemy at range 2 or 3
with the effect
designated by the 0
Stamina cost attack.
Since the Swordsword’s
Weapon Art specifically
mentions a trigger for
using the Art, this
player may make a guess
at their Block roll value
before spending a
Weapon Art token. If
they are successful, they
may spend 1 Weapon
Art token to resolve the
Shortsword’s Weapon
Art effect
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Weapons/Spells
Avelyn – You may consolidate repeat actions on this
attack to use those dice on the same attack instead,
however you choose.
Balder Side Sword – You may treat this weapon as a
two-handed weapon to add a blue die to this attack.
Battle Axe – Add a black die for each enemy targeted by
your attack.
Bountiful Light – Instead, gain 1 Stamina and 1
Health.
Bountiful Sunlight – Instead, gain 3 Stamina and 3
Health.
Brigand Axe – Also use a least-cost attack with an Axe
in your Backup Slot for half Stamina cost.
Broadsword – Re-roll attack dice up to N times, where
N is the number of spaces you moved this turn.
Caestus – Also use a least-cost attack from a one-
handed weapon in your backup slot for half Stamina
cost.
Carthus Curved Sword – If this attack kills an enemy or
decreases a boss's health to below its Heat Up value, use
this Weapon Art to attack again at half cost.
Claymore – If you do not move this turn, this attack
gains a black die and Stagger.
Composite Bow – Pay 2 Stamina to add 1 repeat icon to
this attack.
Dancer's Enchanted Swords – Pay 2+N Stamina to add
1 repeat icon to this attack, where N is the number of
times you have used this effect this activation. You may
repeat this as many times as you like.
Dark Sword – Push the target enemy 1 space and add
Stagger to this attack.
Dragon Tooth – Add Stagger to this attack. Add a black
die to your next block.
Dragonslayer Spear – Also apply the lesser cost attack to
an enemy 2 or 3 nodes away.
Dragonslayer's Axe – Also apply the lesser cost attack to
an enemy 2 or 3 nodes away.
Drake Sword – Push an enemy on the tile 1 node in any
direction.
Estoc – Move 1 space and decrease target enemy's Block
by 1 for the duration of your attack. You must re-roll
your next successful Dodge roll.
Falchion – Instead, for the cost of the greater attack, use
the lesser attack, move 1 space, and then use the greater
attack.
Fireball – Add a Poison token to enemies targeted by
this attack.
Firebombs – Use blue dice instead of black dice for this
attack. Then shuffle Firebombs back into the Treasure
Deck.
Force – Enemies pushed by this spell also gain a Stagger
token.
Fume Ultra Greatsword – Push the target enemy 1
space and add Stagger to this attack, even if the target is
a boss.
Gargoyle Tail Axe – Add a blue die for each enemy
targeted by your attack.
Gargoyle's Halberd – Target an enemy and move
directly toward them before this attack until you are in
range. Pay Stamina to get to the node if you ran to get
there. Each enemy that shared a node with you during
this movement is also targeted by this attack.
Gotthard Twinswords – Pay 2 Stamina to add 1 repeat
icon to this attack.
Great Mace – The next time you take damage, reduce it
by the value of this attack.
Great Machete – Add 1 damage to this attack or regain
1 Health.
Great Magic Weapon – Add a Frostbite token to
enemies that share a node with you this activation.
Great Wooden Hammer – Instead, for the cost of the
greater attack, use the lesser attack against an adjacent
enemy, move 1 space, and then use the greater attack.
Greataxe – Add a black die for each enemy targeted by
your attack.
Halberd – Target an enemy and move directly toward
them before this attack until you are in range. Pay
Stamina to get to the node if you ran to get there. Each
enemy that shared a node with you during this
movement is also targeted by this attack.
Heal – Instead, you may apply both effects for the cost
of the greater effect.
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Heal Aid – Add a repeat icon to this action.
Irithyll Rapier – Before your attack, move 1 space and
decrease target enemy's Block by 1 for the duration of
your attack.
Irithyll Straight Sword – Guess the value of a Block roll
you make. If your guess is within 1 of the value rolled,
you may use this Weapon Art to make an attack with the
Irithyll Striaght Sword, paying half the Stamina cost.
Kukris – Also add Poison to this attack.
Long Sword – Guess the value of a Block roll you make.
If you are correct, you may use this Weapon Art to make
an attack with the Long Sword, paying half the Stamina
cost.
Lothric's Holy Sword – Also apply the lesser cost attack
to enemies on each node in a straight line between you
and the end of the tile.
Lucerne – Deal 2 black dice -1 damage to an enemy
adjacent to you before this attack.
Moonlight Greatsword – Also apply the lesser cost
attack to enemies on each node in a straight line between
you and the end of the tile.
Morning Star – The next time you take damage, reduce
it by the value of this attack.
Murakumo – Apply this attack instead to up to two
enemies adjacent to you.
Partizan – Deal 2 black dice -1 damage to an enemy
adjacent to you before this attack.
Poison Mist – Increase this spell's range by 1.
Rapier – If this attack damage exactly equals an enemy's
Block value, you may use this Weapon Art to add 2 to
the damage of this attack.
Reinforced Club – Add Stagger to this attack. Add a Thrall Axe – Move up to 2 spaces for free after this
black die to your next block. attack.
Replenishment – Instead, you may apply both effects for Titanite Catch Pole – This attack gains +2 damage if
the cost of the greater effect. Titanite Catch Pole has been upgraded with any type of
Titanite. Otherwise, it gains +1 damage.
Rotten Ghru Dagger – Also add Bleed to this attack.
Umbral Dagger – Also use a least-cost attack with a
Saint Bident – Target an enemy and move directly weapon in your Backup Slot with a -1 modifier on at
toward them before this attack. Pay Stamina to get to the least one of its attacks at half Stamina cost.
node if you ran to get there. Each enemy that shared a
node with you during this movement is also targeted by Warpick – Recover stamina equal to the amount of
this attack. damage done by this attack.
Santier's Spear – Spend a Weapon Art token to break Washing Pole – Choose one: Apply Stagger to all
the head of Santier's Spear during this attack (this effect adjacent enemies, or apply post-Block/Resist damage
persists for the remainder of the game). If the head is you take from a single source on your next activation to
broken, you may use this Weapon Art to use the that source instead.
Weapon Art effect of Spear, Carthus Curved Sword, or
Gotthard Twinswords. Winged Knight Halberd – Pay 2+N Stamina to add 1
repeat icon to this attack, where N is the number of
Scimitar – Before your attack, move 1 space and times you have used this effect this activation. You may
decrease target enemy's Block by 1 for the duration of repeat this as many times as you like.
your attack. You must re-roll your next successful Dodge
roll. Winged Knight Twin Axes – Pay 2+N Stamina to add
1 repeat icon to this attack, where N is the number of
Shortsword – Guess the value of a Block roll you make. times you have used this effect this activation. You may
If you are correct, you may use this Weapon Art to make repeat this as many times as you like.
an attack with the Shortsword, paying half the Stamina
cost. Winged Spear – Spend a Stamina to re-roll an attack
die. You may repeat this as many times as you like.
Silver Knight Straight Sword – Examine your highest
attribute value. If it is Strength, add Stagger to this Zweihander – Push the target enemy 1 space and add
attack. If it is Dexterity, add Bleed to this attack. If it is Stagger to this attack.
Intelligence, add Poison to this attack. If it is Faith, add
Frostbite to this attack. You may choose in the event of
ties. This attack's range is 1.
Smough's Hammer – Gain 1 blue die of Health instead
of 1 black die.
Soothing Sunlight – Increase this spell's range by 1.
Sorcerer's Staff – Instead, draw cards from the Treasure
Deck until you find a spell. Activate the lesser action on
that spell for free, or spend another Weapon Art token
to use the greater action for free. Return it to the
Treasure Deck and shuffle the Treasure Deck.
Soul Arrow – Apply the weaker Soul Arrow attack to
enemies between you and the target of this attack.
Soulstream – Also apply the least cost action to an
enemy adjacent to your target.
Spear – Target an enemy and move directly toward them
before this attack until you are in range. Pay Stamina to
get to the node if you ran to get there. Each enemy that
shared a node with you during this movement is also
targeted by this attack.
Spiked Mace – Instead, for the cost of the greater
attack, use the lesser attack against an adjacent enemy,
move 1 space, and then use the greater attack.
Spotted Whip – Increase this attack's range by 1.
Decrease the target's Block value by 2-N for the duration
of the attack where N is the node distance to your target.
Sunlight Straightsword – Use a 0 cost action of this
weapon in addition to this attack. Instead of spending
Weapon Art tokens for this Weapon Art, give them to
other players.
Talisman – Instead, you may apply both effects for the
cost of the greater effect.

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 Scenarios
Scenarios are single-session, pre-defined missions that
take your party through a dungeon only once through
pre-selected encounters and culminate in a boss fight. If
players die during an encounter, they use one spark and
reset player boards, but do not reset completed
encounters and do not lose accumulated souls. Unlike
the standard rules, each scenario will provide you with
specific gear to ensure you are prepared for the final
battle, as well as opportunities to earn bonuses along the
way for good performance.
Each scenario may have particular modifiers, theme, and
win conditions. Unless otherwise specified, scenarios
follow core rules, but are compatible with other extended
rules outlined in this document. Any rewards for
completion of encounters apply in addition to typical
soul rewards unless otherwise noted.
The Undead Parish
You are called upon to ring the bell atop the high tower that
juts out above the skyline. Hopeless Hollows cannot
extinguish hope of keeping the Flame alight along the
cobblestone path that leads there, lest you make a grave
misstep. You take your first stride down this path, feeling the
give of fresh moss that peeks out between cracks in the ground
beneath your tired leather boots, likely some of the last to
sprout in this world.
Ongoing rules: Set each player’s class-specific non-
transposed treasure aside (do not shuffle into the main
Treasure Deck). Players cannot use souls to draw
treasures or increase stats unless otherwise noted.
Ruined Keep
You come upon a spiral staircase that presumably leads to a
clearing on a tall pillar. It’s common for these outposts to be
guarded by well-regarded knights. Further down the path,
there are a small group of pitiable Hollows. You decide to face
the frail soldiers first; best not to push one’s luck.
Reward for completion: Each player draws a treasure
from their class-specific treasure deck at random.
Increase their stats such that it is legal for them to equip
the treasure.
Shattered Dungeon
As you progress, you come upon a poorly lit structure that
creaks from its own weight. The moaning from blind, idiot
Hollows fills the space that the light fails to occupy. The brick
and wood dungeon is littered with barrels. There are likely
too many to examine them all, but perhaps something useful
could be found with some luck.
Encounter rules: Each time the party breaks a barrel,
roll a Dodge die. On success, the party gains 1 soul.
Reward for completion: Each player draws a treasure
from their class-specific treasure deck at random.
Increase their stats such that it is legal for them to equip
the treasure.
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Broken Passageway
You are encouraged by your success in battle, even if only
against the most vulnerable of creatures. You backtrack a
short distance and take advantage of a small crevice in the
wall to ascend the winding stone staircase you noticed earlier.
A soft shuffle of steel from above echoes down the narrow
corridor you ascend through as sunlight begins to pour
through the opening at the top of the stairs. As you emerge,
you notice that it is a surprisingly small platform that holds
multiple foes.
Encounter rules: All attacks have a Range of +1. Before
the encounter, the party may choose to fight the Silver
Knight Swordsman as a Black Knight. If they do,
remove all enemies except the Black Knight. The Black
Knight has the same stats as the Silver Knight
Swordsman, except it has +2 health and deals 7 damage
instead of 5.
Reward for completion: Each player may flip their
Estus Flask token if it is used.
If the party defeated a Black Knight, search the Treasure
Deck for a Silver Knight Straight Sword or Black
Armour (whichever is nearest to the top of the deck) and
a Titanite Shard or Chloranthy Ring (whichever is
nearest to the top of the deck), and place them in the
party’s inventory. Then, shuffle the Treasure Deck.
Sentinel’s Wrath
An uncommonly enormous enemy stands between you and the
narrow ladder that leads up the tower which holds the bell
you are tasked with ringing. From your point of view, the
stoic behemoth’s height barely obscures the top of the massive
stone wall behind it. Despite the soldier’s imposition, you
have every intention of climbing that ladder.
Reward for completion: Each player draws a treasure
from their class-specific treasure deck at random.
Increase their stats such that it is legal for them to equip
the treasure.
Players may spend accumulated souls drawing treasure
from the Treasure Deck or increasing stats after this
encounter is complete.
Boss Fight: The Bell Gargoyles
As you pull your tired body past the ladder and stop the perch,
you take a spare moment to indulge in a view of the sunlit
countryside and long-crumbled kingdom around you. The
calming silence is quickly dissolved as you hear cracking of
stone. The place you stand quickly grows cool and shaded. You
look skyward and instead of the harsh sun, see a massive
silhouette with vast, outstretched wings, stone dust erupting
from their worn green flesh.
Encounter rules: When the Gargoyle is defeated, the
party may gain the Gargoyle’s treasure if they haven’t
already, may take the opportunity to equip the treasure,
and each player may flip their Estus Flask token if it is
already used. They must then defeat the Gargoyle again
(it spawns at the designated mini-boss spawn point, but
players stay in their current location.)
The Path to Lothric Castle
Old Lothric beckons. Days of bustling commerce have long
faded, but there is still a patchwork of stumbling life. Sane
residents stay shuttered in their homes, rations surely running
low. Such an injustice that the gaunt idiot hollows enjoy the
bask of a warm sun and the grain of ancient wood on their
feet. You haven’t been here since you were young, and are
shocked how barren it has become even in that short period.
The dawn feels dimmer now.
The shattered old man lying in the road around the perimeter
mumbled about the Basin of Vows. The Basin is your
birthright, as the descendent of an old Lothric knight. It must
reside among these parched spires.
Ongoing rules: Set up the game according to the
Extended Rules for playing a Main Boss dungeon, with
the following exceptions: 1.) Do not choose a main boss,
2.) Set the class transposed treasures aside rather than
shuffling them into the Treasure Deck.
High wall of Lothric
What a marvel this view still is! The dramatic, sloping
architecture looks stoic like a flayed martyr. It is impossible
not to be held enraptured. Although you’re soon reminded
that this is no sanctuary by a plume of black smoke that rises
up the wall you look down upon. Over the ledge is a clearing
about two meters below, where mad devotees roast an
unfortunate soul. Their milky, entranced eyes meet yours.
Encounter rules: Any time a player moves from an
outermost node to a non-outermost node due to a dodge,
they take 1 damage. Attacks by models that start their
turn on outermost nodes gain +1 damage provided the
attack is against a model in a non-outermost node and is
at 0 range.
Reward for completion: Each player draws a treasure
from their class-specific transposed treasure deck at
random. Increase their stats such that it is legal for them
to equip the treasure.
Prison Tower
You pass through the clearing and avert your sight from the
body that still lightly smolders, making your way into a dim,
musty dwelling. As you navigate through and descend a long
ladder, a doorway at the end of the hall beneath you emits a
momentary glow as a deep rumble knocks dust from the stone
wall at eye level. You proceed and cautiously peer around the
corner and out the doorway. Your gaze follows a short
stairway to your left that leads up to a tall platform, adorned
by a massive wyvern that wraps itself around a towering
prison chamber. On the platform is a cage that holds a man
in full Lothric uniform. You don’t know whether your mind
can stand to watch the man burned alive.
Encounter rules: Players that begin their turn on a non-
outermost node and end their turn on a non-outermost
node take 7 magic damage from the wyvern (which may
be blocked or dodged). Any model in the same node as a
player who is attacked by the wyvern is attacked as well.
If a player ends their turn on a purple node and spends 1
Stamina, they may free the Lothric Knight.
Reward for completion: Each player draws a treasure
from their class-specific transposed treasure deck at
random. Increase their stats such that it is legal for them
to equip the treasure.
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Perished Depths
You follow a cobblestone walkway which yields to archways
and ostensibly the cathedral that holds the Basin, if the
crippled old man’s words held any truth. Ahead there is a
small ensemble of fiends, both pitiable and fearsome. To your
right there is an imposing fountain, decorated with the bodies
of venerable knights. You can’t see its wielder which stands
behind the wall that gives way to the fountain courtyard, but
a great halberd crashes into the knights’ corpses, cleaving most
of them in two with the single blow.
Encounter rules: You may replace the encounter tile
with the mini-boss tile. Instead face the Winged Knight.
The Winged Knight’s special effect text does not apply,
and dies one it reaches 12 health.
Reward for completion of encounter: Players may flip
their Estus Flask tokens if they are already used.
Reward for defeating the Winged Knight: Each player
gains 1 soul and an Ember token, in addition to the
reward for completing the encounter.
Desecrated Church
You push hard and throw open the doors to the church. There
is very little light now that twilight descends, save a
flickering lamp at the alter past the pews. It’s enough to let
the coloured panes of stained glass adorning the walls dance,
bringing life to their images depicting old saints and a rich
daily life not known in Lothric for centuries, perhaps longer.
An enrobed woman crouched by the lamp rises and then leans
back into an ornately decorated wooden throne. On her lap is
the Basin, cradled by the violet fabric of her wares.
Reward for completion: Each player draws a treasure
from their class-specific transposed treasure deck at
random. Increase their stats such that it is legal for them
to equip the treasure.
If the party freed the Lothric Knight, defeated the
Winged Knight, and did not spend any souls, they may
spend all of their souls to acquire the Dancer of the
Boreal Valley’s treasure.
Boss Fight: Dancer of the Boreal
Valley
You approach the woman at the chair and your eyes dart
quickly to the Basin of Vows. She knows that while your
lineage is that of a honourable Lothric guardian, the kindness
in your heart has rotted from this sick, pale shell of a
kingdom, and your patience extinguished. Her fingertips
whiten as she grips the lip of the Basin tightly. Neither you
nor she knows if it was to protect the Basin or to grimace
while your drive the sword between her ribs.
You’re immediately unsettled as she dies with a narrow
smirk. As you take the Basin, the ambient chatter from
Lothric grows quiet and distant while the air turns thick and
dreamlike. You spin around sickly and with great effort as
though drugged. As vertigo eases its grip, you look skyward to
see a vast, elegant titan that nearly scrapes the roof of the
massive hall. Her grace is beautiful and terrible, a draping
caged crown hides her face.
The profaned goddess commences her dance; a grand, black
mass.
Encounter rules: A player that has the Dancer’s
Enchanted Swords and Dancer Armour equipped does
not pass the Aggro Token.
 Precision Checks
Precision Checks are a mechanism by which players can
get an extra bonus at a risk. They are non-random
memory challenges that test players’ awareness of the
game state, and reward them for success.
Before the game, randomly choose a boss behavior deck
that is not currently being used. Shuffle all behavior
cards together and draw 7.
One at a time, discard each card as though the boss
performed each attack. Without shuffling, flip the deck
over and set it aside. It is considered the Precision Deck.
This process is called Cycling the Precision Deck.
When Precision Test is triggered, roll one die of each
color. Discard cards from the Precision Deck equal to
the swords shown on the dice, flipping the deck over
before drawing if there are no cards left to draw. Then,
the player must guess the following attributes of each
behaviour icon on the next behaviour card, in the order
that they appear:
• Printed damage done by the behaviour icon. If
the damage is part of a push that also includes
movement, the damage and movement for that
icon can be declared in any order.
• Printed movement shown on the behaviour
icon. If the boss Leaps, it is considered infinite
movement.
The difficulty of the check indicates the number of
consecutive cards the parrying player must guess correctly
to succeed the check. The difficulty is noted next to the
check (e.g., Precision Check (2) is a difficulty 2 check).
If the player was incorrect about any value, the check was
considered a failure. Otherwise, it is considered a success.
A player makes a Precision Check (1). They roll each
color dice and the total shows 5 swords. They draw 5
cards from the Precision Deck and then guess the next
card. They guess 2 movement, 5 damage. They then
flip the next card, which shows Blade Dance. Because
they have correctly guessed, and the check only has a
difficulty of 1, the check is considered a success.
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Applications
Below are several actions in the game that are relevant
for Precision Checks.
Cycle
If a player does not move or use an action with an item
in either hand or Backup Slot on their turn, they may
cycle. They flip over any discarded cards on top of the
Precision Deck, and then Cycle the Precision Deck.
Focus
Before a player makes guesses, they may pay N souls to
decrease a Precision Check’s difficulty by N.
Parry/Riposte
When a player is attacked, they may choose to spend 1
Stamina to Parry and Riposte.
Parry/Riposte is a Precision Check (N), where N is the
Dodge value of the parried attack. This Precision Check
can never have a difficulty of less than 1.
• On success, the parrying player takes no damage
from the attack and may pay to perform an
attack on the attacking model if it is in range.
Then, shuffle and Cycle the Precision Deck.
• On failure, the parrying player takes all damage
from the attack.
Critical Hit
When a player kills an enemy, they may pay N Stamina
to attempt a Precision Check (N), where N is any
number between 1 and 4.
• On success, the player gains N Weapon Art
tokens.
• On failure, shuffle and Cycle the Precision
Deck.
Assist
On another player’s turn, a player may assist that player
by choosing an action with an item equipped in either
hand. They then attempt a Precision Check (N), where
N is 1 or the amount of Stamina the action costs,
whichever is greater.
• On success, the player’s action is successfully
performed. Then, shuffle and Cycle the
Precision Deck.
• On failure, the player instead attacks the
assisted player if the action taken was an attack.
The assisted player may Block that attack. If the
action taken was not an attack, the item is
immediately placed in the party’s inventory.
 Coliseum
Coliseum is a competitive arena variant that pits players
against 1 another to see who can emerge from the
dungeon with the greatest number of souls.
Objective
The game ends when the boss is dead. The player with
the greatest number of souls at that point wins.
Map Placement/Encounters
The fog door to the boss is placed adjacent to the
bonfire.
When an encounter is defeated, each player chooses
whether to begin participating in combat in the next
encounter or return to the bonfire. This resolves
simultaneously (see Turns below).
When all encounters have been defeated, draw new
encounter cards and return all players to the bonfire (or
the first room if a player chooses to begin participating in
combat).
If players open a treasure chest as part of an encounter,
the treasure goes immediately to the inventory (players
do not get a chance to equip until they return to the
bonfire).
Players do not heal Health or Stamina when passing
between encounters. Enemies (including bosses) do not
heal unless cards indicate otherwise, even if players die.
Turns
Players all act simultaneously. They may take their turns
in order for simplicity and clarity, but turns resolve
simultaneously.
Turns alternate as such:
• Enemies’ turn.
• Players’ turn (all players).
The first Aggro token goes to the player with the highest
taunt value, then proceeds around the table in a
clockwise fashion for the remainder of the game. If the
player with the Aggro token is not in an encounter
during an enemy activation, enemies attack the next
most appropriate player (typically by distance or taunt).
On the players’ turn, a player may participate in combat
or return to the bonfire, but not both.
Deaths
Sparks are infinite.
The death of a player results in each opposing player
gaining 4 souls. On their next turn, they must return to
the Bonfire and take the Upkeep action.
Friendly Buffs
If a player’s item or ability would cause a positive effect
to other players, they may choose to not apply that effect
to other players.
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Returning to the Bonfire
When players return to the bonfire, players may take one
of the following actions:
Upkeep
• Recover Health/Stamina.
• Buy treasure and/or equip gear: If multiple
players rest at the bonfire and wish to buy
treasure, the player with the least souls gets first
priority to buy 1 treasure and/or equip gear
from the inventory. Priority then proceeds in a
clockwise fashion, with each player able to buy
1 piece of treasure and/or equip gear before
passing priority to the player on their left. This
continues until all players are done buying
treasure and equipping gear.
• Upgrade stats.
Refresh
• Refresh all tokens on the player display, akin to
using a Spark in the core ruleset. This does not
include Health/Stamina.
Once this process is finished, players may remain in the
Bonfire tile to take another Bonfire action on their next
turn, or return to the encounter on a valid entry node.
Soul Rewards
Souls are not shared between players.
Souls are not accumulated upon beating encounters.
Players rather gain 1 soul per damage done to an enemy.
Players do not gain extra souls for doing damage beyond
an amount that would kill an enemy.
If players simultaneously target the same enemy, they
both receive souls for doing damage (up to the amount of
Health remaining on the enemy) and the enemy takes
the greatest number of damage dealt by a player this
turn. For example, if a Large Hollow Soldier has 2
Health remaining, Player 1 does two attacks that deal a
total of 4 damage, and Player 2 does an attack that deals
3 damage, they receive 2 and 2 souls respectively and the
Large Hollow Soldier is dead. If the Large Hollow
Soldier has 5 Health remaining, they receive 4 and 3
souls respectively and the Large Hollow Soldier has 1
Health left.
Node Model Limit
Nodes may temporarily have more than 3 models
provided there are not more than two enemies on the
node, and it is the players’ turn. This is to resolve
multiple players attacking the same model. As soon as
the players’ turn is over, all players must return from the
node that is over the limit to the node they came from.
Team Variant
All rules are the same, but teams share souls.