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Table of Contents
Introduction ............................................... 4
Campaigns in Banishment ................... 5 - 11
--- Myths 5
--- History 5 - 7
--- The Timeline 8
--- Factions 9
--- The World 10
Quest Hooks ...................................... 10 - 11
Character Creation ............................. 12 - 37
--- Races 12-19
--- Classes 20 - 33
--- Elemental Attributes & Themes 34 - 36
--- Titles & Special Rules for Banishment 37
Monsters ........................................... 43 - 49
Otherworlds Core Rules ..................... 50 - 75

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Introduction If you’re new to the Otherworlds
Welcome to a world of high fantasy, where magic is in
a little bit of everything and destiny calls your name. Engine ruleset, refer to the back
Dragons soar in the skies above, while kingdoms are
of this book (pg. 50) for a com-
formed from both man and machine. prehensive understanding of the
The world of Banishment is yours to explore.
rules. Look for the pages marked
with this distinct background, as
Will you become a hero or fall to darkness?
they contain the core rules that
govern the Otherworlds Engine.
Welcome to Banishment
In Banishment players will have access to a myriad of
new and mythical character options, including dragon
companions, dagger and pistol combo rogues, magi-
cians, and much more!

For fans of Japanese card games, this is for you!

About the Author

Vincent Baker grew up playing Pokemon, Final Fan-
tasy, Yu-Gi-Oh and watching the 1995 Mortal Kombat
movie over and over.

Needless to say, Vincent doesn’t shy away from some

edge and camp when it comes to his games and per-
sonal tastes, but that doesn’t mean games can’t be
engaging, taken serious, or dark at times!

Banishment takes ludicrous concepts built first and

foremost on having fun!

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Campaigns in Banishment Gunmerg, the Earth Ruler
One who wishes to pay tribute to Gunmerg, must
tribute relics.
Myths Tribute - Gain pierce and resistance to earth damage.

Shenku, The Galaxy Dragon Talborn, the Fire

A great dragon said to be
the destroyer of galaxies. Ruler
It can fly at speeds that One who wishes to pay
exist outside of our realm tribute to Xunfer, must
of understanding and its tribute valuable equip-
power is so devastating, ment. .
it is said that it can de- Tribute - Gain penetrate
stroy anything that exists, and resistance to fire
including existence itself. damage.

Because of this, many Dav, the Light Ruler

respect the Shenku and One who wishes to pay
even worship him. tribute to Dav, must trib-
ute prized possessions.
Tribute - Gain trespass
The Rulers and resistance to light-
Six rulers, one depicted ning damage.
for each element of
Banishment (dark, earth,
Areli, the Water
fire, light, water, and
wind). The Rulers are said Ruler
to have created the very One who wishes to pay
elements themselves and tribute to Areli, must trib-
with it, the astral was ute something of beauty.
formed to cast spells. Tribute - Gain knockdown
and resistance to water
Many who believe in The damage.
Rulers place a great re-
spect on their name and
pay tribute to them at various shrines found through- Hamzon, the Wind Ruler
out the world. One who wishes to pay tribute to Xunfer, must tribute
blood.
Any benefit gained for paying Tribute lasts for 1 day Tribute - Gain double attack and resistance to wind
unless stated otherwise. damage.

Xunfer. the Dark Ruler

One who wishes to pay tribute to Xunfer, must tribute
blood.
Tribute - Gain lifesteal and resistance to psychic dam-
age.
History
The Fiend Ruler Sedah
A dark ruler who ruled over the land when the Impe-
rial were in charge. Sedah and her husband Balzath,
fell victim to a troupe of seven brave warriors now
referred to as The Seven Saints

Ever since this battle, The Kingdom has grown, but

not without Impire growing in the shadows, working
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towards the lofty goal of resurrected Sedah, which
would require her severed body parts to be brought
together along with powerful sacrifice and magic to
resurrect her.
The Kingdom, unable to burn her body or completely
get rid of it, has chosen to lock her in an ancient chest
and seal it far beneath each of the Kingdom’s cities.
There’s five total Sealed Boxes.
The Seven Saints
Seven brave warriors who joined forces to fight and
save the world from the evil Fiend Ruler, Sedah.
Saint Anna
Porcelain skin with a longsword in hand, Anna is re-
garded as the pursest of the Saints, having it be that it
was Sadah who was her first and last life slain.
People beckon help from Saint Anna for overcoming
challenges and for charity.
Saint Christain
A wise man with emerald green eyes. Christian used
a spear as his primary weapon but was surprisingly
great with dexterous feats, including using knives.
Christian had a peculiar obsession with rocks, having
collected them since he was a child.
People beckon help from Saint Christain for safe trav-
els and finding direction in life.
Saint Farah
Blessed with piercing blue eyes and the ability to cook
any meal, Saint Farah wielded a bow as her primary
weapon and was often respected for her hospitality,
humility, and “no nonsense” attitude.
People beckon help from Saint Farah for fertility and
good health.
Saint Jonah
The second youngest of the saints, Jonah always
found himself fascinated with the church, and when
he was older, preached and helped others. Saint Jo-
nah vowed to never pick up a weapon and never did,
instead he used his powers to heal and save others.
People beckon help from Saint Jonah ask for help with
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clearing their thoughts and with being a better per-
son.
Saint Joseph
A mild mannered and introverted saint, Joseph is cool,
calm, and collected. His preferred weapon was always
a large shield, advocating to protect others even in
the face of danger.
People beckon help from Saint Joseph when dealing
with physical challenges, especially those brought by
others such as war and battle.
Saint Marie
A saint tragically murdered by betrayal. Saint Marie,
while a pursuer of all that’s noble and right in the
world, was also known for having a “wild streak”
about her, such as preferring to listen to loud music,
dance, and just all around have a fun time.
She was killed in her sleep by someone she’d in-
vited over to her home. The reason for this is not yet
known.
People beckon help from Saint Marie to aid in their
relationships with friends, family, and loved ones.
Saint Zane
A mischievous upbringing painted Zane as a rapscal-
lion and far from being saintly, but as the world fell to
heel on a parade to hell, Zane recognized the value in
seeing the light in humanity and thus turned anew.
Zane’s primary weapons are throwing axes and a one-
handed shield, often slung on his back. Zane is lean
and athletic, able to outperform nearly anyone. When
Zane is overwhelmed by sheer strength, his small
frame allows him to quickly out maneuver the would-
be threat.
People beckon help from Saint Zane for help with
overcoming anxiety, grief, and for finding the light in
dark times.
Running A Campaign thing and you prefer to keep things played close to
Banishment has a vivid cast of colorful imagery the chest? Running a campaign for yourselves would
painted all over the world, from its characters, loca- likely be your players as a ragtag group of misfits or a
tions, and everything in between. rogue’s gallery.

A Heroic Journey Scorpions (a group of bandits) play well to this style,

This is a great go-to adventure where the player
characters form a bond, likely from a tavern or maybe
even as childhood friends.
Despite their differences, the group work together to
explore and find their own way forward in the world
and face challenges as they go.
Typically this would be ran with most characters veer-
ing towards a neutral to good stance, in that, they’ll
tend to help those in need.
as well as any of the races, because who needs alle-
giances to kingdoms and government anyways?
We all know the systems don’t work for us, so it’s up
to us to take with it what we want!
This for some could be for power and greed, but for
others it could be for survival or for a less extreme
cause, such as wanting adventure, free from the
shackles of any governing body.

For The Kingdom

An expanding empire of mostly humans and elves.
The Kingdom combat The Impire. A campaign in
which player characters work for the Kingdom could
have them working their way up from lowly squires
and acolytes as they apprentice next to knights and
magicians, before taking on legendary quests, such as
to find legendary weapons on behalf of The Kingdom.

For The Impire

The Impire is a collective group of Fiends ruling as a
hierarchy. A campaign ran this way would likely veer
into evil territory.

It’d also be unlikely for non-fiends to command as

much respect as fiends, but this can play well into
the campaign’s story, such as a storied human com-
mander who found himself protecting a fiend in the
midst of battle because he was betrayed by his higher
ups. The fiend, seeing how powerful this commander
was, decided to strike a deal with him and now the
two work together, fighting side by side, but that’s not
to say that other fiends would also feel respect for the
human.

Out of all the races, humans and elves are the least
trusted by the Impire, while Beast Warriors and Pyros
fill their ranks often.

For Ourselves
Perhaps being aligned to others isn’t exactly your
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 • You want a “dark and gritty” style campaign
The Timeline
Sedah’s Rule
The Kingdom Remains
During this time, the Impire was ruling over the land,
A campaign should be set in this era if…
the skies were red and so was the ocean from the
• You want a campaign with struggling Impire
amount of blood being shed. Thrones made atop of
• You want a campaign that challenges beliefs
bone were common
• You want a “philosophical” style campaign
A campaign should be set in this era if…
• You want a to run a campaign of evil characters
• You want to run a campaign with a lot of battles
and conflict
• You want a “grimdark” style campaign

Reclamation Era
After The Seven Saints defeated Sedah and Balzath,
the land began to heal and people began repopulat-
ing the world, enjoying it and all its splendor, a truly
joyous time.

A campaign should be set in this era if…

• You want a campaign with light hearted overtone
• You want a campaign of whimsy
• You want a “slice of life” style campaign

Kingdom Expansion Era

A campaign should be set in this era if…
• You want a campaign with heroic overtone
• You want a campaign of high fantasy
• You want a “hero’s journey” style campaign

Impire Hits Again

A campaign should be set in this era if…
• You want a campaign with a lot of conflict and
tension
• You want a campaign the threat of death to be
present
• You want a “serious adventure” style campaign

Possible Future Eras

The two Eras listed below are the two main pathways
the world of Banishment can go… one where the
world falls again to the shadows or another where the
light remains.

The Impire Reborn

A campaign should be set in this era if…
• You want a campaign with struggling heroes
• You want a campaign of resource management

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Factions
Excalibur
A group of mostly humans wielding powerful, legend-
ary weapons that fight on behalf of The Kingdom.

The Kingdom
Largely humans and elves with some beastkin, The
Kingdom now rules over the world, with its goal to
shed so much light across the light, that all shadows
will dissipate.

Imperial
An empire of fiends trying to exert their dominance
over the land and destroy any and all that oppose
them.

Mechnocracy
A group of mechaneers as in people who work on
mechs and technology, building machines and all that
jazz.

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The World
Monsters and magic are common and so is danger!
This place is rife for adventurers as yourself! In this
TTRPG you’ll assume the role of a “monster” in this
world.
Monsters can be anything from humans, elves, fiends,
and machines and you won’t be dueling with cards,
but rather be the monsters, spell, and trap cards you’d
see from the Duel Monsters game!
With this world being vast, there’s plenty of areas to
discover from valleys, to underground rivers, lairs,
castles, and more!
The four main regions of the world can be categorized
into the following:
The Mainlands
The plains, towns and cities. The Mainlands take up a
vast majority of the center of the world. Humans live
here and now, many elves and Beastkins are integrat-
ing into society.
The Forests
Home of the elves. These lands are lush with green
and clear water. Those who travel through the forests
are said to be blessed with good fortune.
The Outerlands
Mountainous terrain and valleys. The Beastkin and
pyro live here.
The Underworld
Home of the fiends and zombies. The Underworld
covers many of the world’s swamplands and the cor-
ners of the world, deemed undesirable.
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Quest Hooks
The Lost Millennium
A mysterious artifact has been discovered in an an-
cient ruin that may hold the key to unlocking powerful
new magic. But getting to it won’t be easy, as the ruin
is guarded by powerful monsters and hidden traps.
Shadow Void Invasion
Strange portals have opened up throughout the land,
leading to a dark and twisted realm filled with pow-
erful monsters. The players must journey into the
Shadow Void and close the portals from the heart of
the source.
The Forbidden One
A group of cultists is searching for a legendary mon-
ster called the “Forbidden One,” which is said to have
the power to destroy entire cities. The players must
stop the cultists before they can unleash the monster
and cause untold destruction.
The Duelist Tournament
The greatest duelists from all across the land have
come together to compete in a high-stakes tourna-
ment. The players are tasked with protecting the tour-
nament and ensuring that it goes off without a hitch.
The Fabled Artifact
A fabled anicent artifact, which is said to hold incred-
ible power, has been stolen. The players must track
down the thief and recover the artifact before it falls
into the wrong hands.
Toon World Trouble
The zany and unpredictable has happening, where a
strange magic has caused monsters to turn into car-
toon monsters of themselves. Players must figure out
how to stop this before it’s too late.
The Dark Void Magician
A powerful magician known as the “Dark Void Magi-
cian” is wreaking havoc across the land, using his dark
powers to control monsters and terrorize villages. The
players must stop him before he can do even more
damage.
The Dragon Triarchy
The three powerful dragons that make up the Dragon
Triarchy were sealed away into ancient tablets long
ago. They have been discovered, and various factions
are vying for control of them to unlock their powers.
The players must navigate the treacherous politics
of the factions and determine who should ultimately
possess the powerful cards.

The Legendary Sages

Three powerful sages are said to reside in different
parts of the world, and the players must track them
down and convince them to aid in a great battle
against a common enemy.

The Ancient Artifacts

Seven powerful Ancient artifacts, each with their own
unique power, have been scattered throughout the
world. The players must gather them all before a ne-
farious organization can get their hands on them.

Shadow Coliseum
A giant tournament is being held in a grand coliseum.
But a shadowy figure is lurking in the background, and
has summoned these fighters from around the realm
for his underhanded plots. Players must investigate
this shadowy figure, his plot, and survive the chal-
lenges.

The Fell Behemoths

The three powerful Fell Behemoths have awoken
from their slumber and are causing destruction across
the land. The players must find a way to stop them
before they can do even more damage.

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Character Creation
Banishment offers a lot of interesting new options for characters.

Races
There are many different races that stretch across the land of Banishment. Humans and elves make up the vast
majority of the Mainland. The underworld however is filled to the brim with Fiends and Zombies.

Machines are slowly on the rise, while Pyros are slightly on the decline from having their homelands taken
over by Fiends.

For each race, you’ll receive a bonus to your attributes and 3 race skills. To determine your race skills, roll 1d6
and apply the following effect. If you roll the same number twice, reroll one of the results until both results are
different.

Banishment Races
Beastkin Elf Fiend Human Machine Pyro Zombie

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Beastkin spend all your stored dice to add that much to your
Attack as a Boost Skill.
Beastkin are known for their hard work, strength, and 5: Instincts (Boost/Reaction): Spend a stored 1d6 to
indomitable will. They were at once isolated con- add that amount to your Attack or Defense this turn.
flicts with the elves, looking to expand their territory. 6: Manticore’s Blood (Passive): Whenever you’d be
Unfortunately the Beastkin were held at bay, in large downed, during the start of your next turn, revive
part to their treaty with Humans. Beastkins also didn’t standing at 1 Health. Limit once per day.
fare well against Fiends in the outermost lands and
the underworld.

Beastkins were stuck in the middle of it all. The pres-

sure felt among the Beastkins however only made
them stronger. Over the last few years their numbers
have expanded and they’ve lended their services to
various factions and lands, opting to integrate into
other cultures for survival.

Attributes
Beastkins are strong and indomitable but
lack lofty goals. +2 Strength, +2 Toughness, -2
Resolve.

Race Skills
Roll 2d6 and obtain the following race skills.
If they’re both the same result, reroll one of
them.

1: Enraged (Passive): Every attack you make

ignores armor. Whenever you’re Tier 2, all
friendly Beast Warriors may share this ef-
fect. At Tier 4 all friendly units may share this
effect, regardless of if they’re Beast Warriors
or not.
2: Beast Horn (Passive): You have a massive
horn protruding from your head of the shape
and color that you desire. This horn bears
with it and instinctual ferality, allowing you to
gain an additional attack action whenever you
kill an enemy.
3: Berserk Counter (Reaction): Whenever you
are dealt damage you may use this skill, be-
coming berserk. When berserk, you gain Edge
on all combat rolls and must attack the near-
est enemy unit. This lasts for the remainder of
the encounter.
4: Magical Beast (Passive/Boost): Regardless
of your spellcasting proclivities, some part of
you, be it your horn, claws, or fur, can store
magic and use it to your benefit. Whenever
you roll a Critical, you may store 1d6. You may
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Elf
Elves used to live entirely in the forests, however with
their recent agreement with humans, more and more
of them are being accepted into the mainland cities
and towns. Some elves, of course, still prefer living in
the forests and being more a part of nature.

Attributes
Elves are deft and wise but lack physical power. +2
Dexterity, +2 Wisdom, -2 Strength

Race Skills
Roll 2d6 and obtain the following race skills. If they’re
both the same result, reroll one of them.

1: Fey Protection (Passive): You take half

damage from spells (rounded up).
2: Mystical Chant (Passive): By speaking a
magical chant, your healing increases by
+1d6.
3: Obnoxious (Passive): If you would take 6+
damage from a single source, you can’t
4: Gemini (Passive): You have a twin sibling
with your exact stats and abilities, except both
of your maximum Health is equal to half of
the maximum Health you’d normally have.
5: Noble Armed (Passive): You’re ambidex-
trous and can dual wield without suffering
any penalties when wielding small to medium
sized weapons.
6: Dark Power (Boost): A technique passed
down through the dark elf lineage. Subtract
up to 10 Health to add that much to your next
Attack.

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Fiend units within 60 feet of you can’t score critical hits
(rolling a 6 doesn’t allow a unit to keep rolling and
Fiends rule the Underworld and are a vast collective can’t be used for
of various devilish creatures. Fiends usually have effects that use
horns and a tail, but might not necessarily. Many criticals).
fiends look unique and have different colors. The one 6: Fell Knight
constant however is that they are selfishly motivated. (Passive): When-
ever this unit
They may lend their service to aid others or do good deals damage
and moral deeds, however, it will almost certainly to an enemy,
never be without their own benefit. heal 1d6 up to
your maximum
Fiends are also the inventors of machines, using their Health.
magic and infusing various metals to bring machines
to life. Humans who’ve fought bravely in battle have
since confiscated

Attributes
Fiends are cold and calculated
but lack connection to the nat-
ural world. +2 Intelligence, +2
Resolve, -2 Wisdom.

Race Skills
Roll 2d6 and obtain the follow-
ing race skills. If they’re both the
same result, reroll one of them.

1: Fiendish (Passive): Your rolls

can’t be changed unless you
allow it.
2: Archfiend Soul (Passive):
Whenever you’re affected by
an enemy spell, roll 1d6. In the
result of 1, 3, or 6, ignore the
effect.
3: Blood Knight (Passive):
Whenever you deal damage to
an enemy, remove up to one
stored 1d6 they have and then
you may store 1d6 (roll 1d6. You
may use that result at any time
for the remainder of the day.
You may use it to replace an-
other result).
4: Dark Ruler (Passive): Your
enemies can’t use Reaction Skills
in response to you unless they
roll 1d6 and get a 2, 4, or 5.
5: Vanity (Passive): You and
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Human
After losing thousands of soldiers, the humans looked
towards a solution. Humans and elves have since
ended their bitter, century old feud and have settled
on working and living together as a means to form a
strong deterrent to the advancement of dark forces,
such as Fiends and Monsters.

Humans, more than any race, love exploring, discover-

ing new spells and lands, forging new friendships and
memories to cherish in their relatively short lives.

Attributes
Humans are adaptable. Add +1 to one attribute and
+1 to another

Race Skills
Roll 2d6 and obtain the following race skills.
If they’re both the same result, reroll one of
them.

1: Multi-passionate (Passive): Gain an addi-

tional +2 Proficiency Points.
2: Lucky (Passive): Up to TL times per day you
can reroll a die result.
3: Town Hero (Passive): You’re loved and
adored by a small town. This town will treat
you and yours with the utmost kindness and
respect, giving you meals, a place to rest, and
basic supplies at any time it’s needed.
4: Merchant (Passive): You’re used to hag-
gling, selling, and running a business. You’re
able to reduce the cost of anything in a store
by TLd6x10 gild, assuming the business
doesn’t hate you. If the business loves you,
then the discount is doubled. (For the busi-
ness to love you, it’d take a good story reason
or several times building rapport.)
5: Giant (Passive): You’re a giant man. In-
crease your maximum Health by 2d6 and you
become the “Large” size.
6: Royal (Passive): Your very face brings polar-
ity to all who see you. People either love you
or vastly despite you because to them you’re
a symbol of hope or of pain due to your royal
background.

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Machine
Made of metal and magic. Machines are programmed
with certain directives based on their creators. The
functions of machines can vary vastly from providing
entertainment, firing guns at enemies, protecting
throne rooms and more!

Attributes
Machines are made to be a boss but lack a natural
touch. Gain +2 Toughness, +2 Intelligence, -2
Wisdom.

All Machines have the “Tireless” skill in addi-

tion to their other race skills.
*Tireless (Passive): You can’t become ex-
hausted.

Race Skills
Roll 2d6 and obtain the following race skills.
If they’re both the same result, reroll one of
them.

1: Enemy Controller (Action): Choose Attack

or Defense and target an unit, then apply the
following effect. Attack - The enemy unit must
attack during their next turn if able. Defense
- The defending unit can’t attack during their
next turn. Limit once per day.
2: Rare Metalmodify (Passive): Your Armor
becomes 6. Up to once per day ignore a spell
that targets you.
3: Barrels (Action): Attacks twice up to 100
feet away. You may choose two different tar-
gets. This Attack is equal to your Intelligence x
2 +1d6.
4: Limit Breaker (Boost): Double your attrib-
utes. Your Health becomes 0 at the start of
your next turn.
5: Roulette (Boost): Flip coins until you lose a
flip and apply the following effect. Limit once
per Tier Level per day.
• 1: Hearts - Heal 3.
• 2: Spades - Gain Edge on your next roll in
this encounter.
• 3: Clubs - You may make up to 3 melee
attacks this turn.
• 4: Diamonds - Target unit can’t take dam-
age until your next turn.
• 5+: Jackpot! - Your melee Attack stat be-
comes 99 this encounter.
• 6: Trap Jammer: Enemies can’t use Reac-
tion skills within 30 feet of you unless you 17
allow it.
Pyro
Creatures are embodiments of fire and are of the
Outerlands. Pyros are few and far between, declining
in population. However, pyros are incredibly powerful
creatures, capable of generating tons of fire.

Attributes
Pyros are brazen and attuned to nature but lack the
ability to be hands on. +2 Strength, +2 Wisdom, -2
Intelligence.

All Pyros have the “Fire Body” skill in addition to their

other race skills.
*Fire Body (Passive): You may deal TLd6 fire dam-
age to anything that touches you or anything
that you touch. Your flames otherwise phase
through objects that you’re close to like a
ghost.

Race Skills
Roll 2d6 and obtain the following race skills.
If they’re both the same result, reroll one of
them.

1: Hitnotoma (Action): Consume 3 Astral.

Attack target unit up to 80 feet away and tele-
port adjacent to that unit to the closest area.
This attack is equal to your Wisdom x 2 + 1d6.
100% Fire damage.
2: Fire Soul (Passive): Whenever you’re
reduced to 0 Health, you may store 3d6 (roll
1d6. You may use that result at any time for
the remainder of the day. You may use it to
replace another result). Limit once per day.
3: Firestorm (Action): Consume 9 Astral. This
spell takes one turn to charge up. Attack all
enemy units in a 9x9 radius. This attack is
equal to your Wisdom x 2 + 3d6. 100% Fire
damage.
4: Fire Wall (Reaction): Consume 3 Astral.
Negate a non-Fire attack.
5: Fire Power (Boost): Consume 3 Astral. In-
crease the Attack of you and all friendly units
by +TL. Lasts one encounter.
6: Molten Magic (Passive): Whenever you
consume AST for a Skill, you may store 1d6
(roll 1d6. You may use that result at any time
for the remainder of the day. You may use it to
replace another result).
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Zombie
Undead creatures that were once human, elves,
Beastkins or other monsters. Zombies typically work
for fiends as their soldiers while fiends command
from the rear. Vampires being the outlier, are the one
type of “Zombie” that rules their own territory and
zombies, without being commanded by fiends. These
contestment in power have caused quite a devastat-
ing rivalry.

While zombies usually hunger for brains, most of

them are sapient and can think rationally on their
own.

Attributes
Zombies are tireless and fearless but fall apart
sort of easily. +2 Strength, +2 Resolve, -2
Toughness.

All Zombies have the “Tireless” skill in addi-

tion to their other race skills.
*Tireless (Passive): You can’t become ex-
hausted.

Race Skills
Roll 2d6 and obtain the following race skills.
If they’re both the same result, reroll one of
them.

1: Plague (Action): Consume 3x Astral. Create

a 5x5 area. All non-Zombie units in that area
lose Edge on all checks and gain poison x2 for
every 3 Astral consumed.
2: Darkskull (Passive): Your Health can’t be
lowered to 0 by spells from enemies.
3: Undead Strength (Passive): Increase your
Strength by +2.
4: Rottouch (Passive): Whenever you deal
damage to an enemy, you may steal a stored
dice.
5: Rotarmor (Passive): Any armor you wear,
degrades becoming unusable and its value
becomes 0. However, the effect of the armor
absorbs into your body. You have up to two
different armor effects absorbed this way.
6: Necromancy (Passive): Whenever you
roll a 1 in an Encounter, you may summon a
Skeleton with 1 Health, 13 Attack, 6 Defense,
3 Speed. Initiative that is taken during your
turn.
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The Classes
The classes of Banishment are vast, covering everything from steadfast knights wielding magical blades to
card shuffling, monster summoners and stage performers!

The Classes of Banishment

Breaker Dragon Blade Duelcaster Magician Ninja Performer Samurai Scorpion Zoorah

Breaker Dragon Blade Duelcaster

Break That!
These knights specialize in martial
prowess with a touch of magic to de-
stroy their enemies.
Weapon Proficiencies: Shields, swords
Skill Proficiencies: +1 Athletics, +1
Influence, +1 Medical
Equipment Proficiencies: Climbing
Tools or Cooking Supplies
Equipment: Shield of Squires, Sword of
Squires
Skill Tree: Break, Defend, Endurance
Magician
More Than Parlor Tricks
Magicians are capable of powerful
spells at the cost of a lot of astral. Ma-
gicians tend to be heavily focused on
spellcasting and as such make for some
of the most fearsome mages one will
ever encounter.
Weapon Proficiencies: Staves, Wands +1 Investigation, +1 Stealth
Skill Proficiencies: +1 Astrana, +1 En-
tertain, +1 Lore
Equipment Proficiencies: Apothecary Equipment: Ninjato, x3 throwing
Kit or Divining Tools
Equipment: Might Wand, spellbook, x3 Skill Tree: Ninjutsu, Assassination,
ethereal shards
Skill Tree: Magic Tricks, Arcane, Dark-
ness
Samurai
Way of the Sword
Samurai are revered among the land
for their training with a katana and
their deep appreciation for loyalty,
tradition, and family.
Weapon Proficiencies: Katanas
Skill Proficiencies: +1 Athletics, +1
Beast, +1 Influence
Equipment Proficiencies: Ceremonial
Kit or Climbing Tools
Equipment: Katana, wakizashi, x3
potions
Skill Tree: Bushido, Melee, Swords-
manship
Long In The Tooth
Wielders of dark blades who ride
dragons into battle.
Weapon Proficiencies: Shields,
swords
Skill Proficiencies: +1 Athletics, +1
Beast, +1 Influence
Equipment Proficiencies: Climbing
Tools or Navigation Tools
Equipment: Shield of Squires,
Sword of Squires
Skill Tree: Dragonsword, Defend,
Melee
Ninja
Don’t Eat Rice off the Ground
Assassins of the night, specializing
in using anything at their disposal
to take down their enemies.
Weapon Proficiencies: Ninjato,
thrown weapons
Skill Proficiencies: +1 Acrobatics,
Equipment Proficiencies: Disguise
Kit or Poisoner’s Kit
stars, x3 caltrops
Endurance
Scorpion
Every Thief Has It’s Thorns
Scorpions are rogues specialized in
poison, daggers, and hand guns.
Weapon Proficiencies: Daggers and
pistols
Skill Proficiencies: +1 Acrobatics,
+1 Silver Tongue, +1 Stealth
Equipment Proficiencies: Thief’s
Tools OR Poisoner’s Kit
Equipment: Scorpion dagger, scor-
pion pistol, x3 vials of poison
Skill Tree: Sting, Assassination,
Avarice
It’s Time To Ddddd-uel Cast!
Spectacular spellcasters who use cards
to summon powerful threats to aid
them on their journey.
Weapon Proficiencies: Monster Cards
Skill Proficiencies: +1 Astrana, +1 Lore,
+1 Mechanics
Equipment Proficiencies: Gaming Set
Equipment: x3 Common Monster Cards
Skill Tree: Duelcast, Arcane, Deception
Performer
Don’t Hit Me Baby One More Time
A true talent - a performer uses their
musical expertise to coral an audience
into having a fun time!
Weapon Proficiencies: Instrument
Skill Proficiencies: +1 Entertain, +1
Influence, +1 Silver Tongue
Equipment Proficiencies: Any instru-
ment of your choice and Performance
Kit.
Equipment: 1 Instruments of your
choice, x1 potion
Skill Tree: Perform, Tech, Light
Zoorah
It’s Feeding Time!
Powerful warriors who use heavy weap-
ons and puns to dispatch their enemies.
Weapon Proficiencies: Heavy weapons
and grenades
Skill Proficiencies: +1 Athletics, +1 Me-
chanics, +1 Survival
Equipment Proficiencies: Climbing Tools
or Medical Kit
Equipment: The Oink Spanker, enforcer
pistol, x3 frag grenades
Skill Tree: Zoorah, Heavy, Endurance
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Breaker
Break The Line!...and everything else…
A very well trained knight, often employed by The
Kingdom. Breakers can break (pun intended) through
enemy lines, destroying all in their path as well as
holding the line, being a perfect line of defense
against any would-be attackers.
Skill Branch: Break
Class Archetype: Fighter (+3 Health)
Level 1 Skill: Stance Break (Action): Melee Attack -
The defending unit loses Edge.
*Break consumes 3 Astral and requires a sword to
activate. The sword can be of any type or rarity, but
if the sword’s rarity is at a Tier Level lower than the
user, the sword breaks and is irreparable afterwards.
This effect even occurs if the sword has the unbreak-
able keyword. The range of your Break skills is equal
to your Toughness x10 feet.
Tier 1
Castle Guard (Passive): Gain +1 Toughness. Addition-
ally, whenever you’d gain Edge or an additive bonus
for having partial cover, you may instead gain +1d6.
Defend (Reaction): Redirect any oncoming attack or
effect targeting a friendly unit within 20 feet to you.
Limit once per Tier Level.
Guard Break (Action): Lower the defending unit’s
Guard by 1d3 (roll 1d6 and half the result. The die still
explodes on 6’s but the total result is halved). This
effect lasts for 18 seconds.
Life Break (Action): Lower the defending unit’s Health
by 1d3 (roll 1d6 and half the result. The die still ex-
plodes on 6’s but the total result is halved).
Spirit Break (Action): Lower the defending unit’s
Spirit by 1d3 (roll 1d6 and half the result. The die still
explodes on 6’s but the total result is halved).
Tier 2
Armor Break (Action): Lower the defending unit’s
Armor by 1d3 (roll 1d6 and half the result.
The die still explodes on 6’s but the total result is
halved). This effect lasts until the Armor is repaired.
My Body As A Shield (Reaction): Move up to your
movement and redirect an incoming attack or affect
targeting an adjacent friendly unit, to you. You can’t
roll to Defend or to oppose the effect (you may still
apply your Defense and damage reduction).
Speed Break (Action): Lower the defending unit’s
Speed by 1d3 (roll 1d6 and half the result. The die still
explodes on 6’s but the total result is halved). This
effect lasts for 18 seconds (3 rounds).
Unbreakable Defense (Reaction): Consume 3 AST to
prevent 100% of all damage done to you this turn.
Lose 1 AP during your next turn.
Tier 3
Attack Break (Action): Lower the defending unit’s
Attack by 1d3 (roll 1d6 and half the result. The die still
explodes on 6’s but the total result is halved). This
effect lasts for 18 seconds (3 rounds).
Defense Break (Action): Lower the defending unit’s
Defense by 1d3 (roll 1d6 and half the result. The die
still explodes on 6’s but the total result is halved). This
effect lasts for 18 seconds (3 rounds).
Iron Armor (Reaction - Equip): Using Gierfried’s mas-
tery of the Iron Armor technique, you’re able to stave
off harmful magical effects by conjuring special iron
armor around you. Consume 3 AST. The equipped unit
gains +1d6 vs. spells.
Unbreakable Charge (Movement): Move up to your
speed, you automatically succeed any checks required
when moving this turn if the difficulty is 30 or less.
United Stand (Action - Equip): Consume 3 AST. Target
unit gains +1 Attack and +1 Defense for every notable
friendly unit (a notable friendly unit adds to CR).
Tier 4
Astral Break (Action): Lower the defending unit’s
Astral by 1d3 (roll 1d6 and half the result. The die still
explodes on 6’s but the total result is halved). This
effect lasts for 18 seconds (3 rounds).
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Greater Break (Passive): Instead of rolling 1d3 when
using Break skills, roll a 1d6.

Tier 5

Ultimate Break (Action): Destroy any number of

equipment and items on all enemy units within your
Break limit. Limit once per day.

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Dragon Blade
Born To Make History
A Dragon Blade is a capable warrior and likely knight
who finds themselves with a dragon companion. The
dragon companion could get acquired from working
for The Kingdom or Impire, but it could also be fate.
Regardless of the case, Dragon Blades are highly capa-
ble and powerful warriors and as such they’re often
employed as mercenaries if they don’t have strong
ties to another.
Once a Dragon Blade has reached the point of having
a fully adult dragon under their control, they can’t be
stopped, meaning many “accidents” occur before that
point.
Skill Branch: Dragonsword
Class Archetype: Fighter (+3 Health)
Level 1 Skill: Dragon Young (Passive): You tame a
young dragon as a companion (reference the Monster
section for Young Dragon stats).
Tier 1
How To Train A Dragon (Passive): You may spend any
number of Skill Points to select this Skill more than
once. Increase your dragon’s stats by one of the fol-
lowing amounts:
• +3 Health
• +3 Astral
• +1 Speed (+2 Flight)
• +1 Strength
• +1 Dexterity
• +1 Toughness
• +1 Intelligence
• +1 Wisdom
• +1 Resolve
Tier 2
Dragon Scales (Passive): Gain resistance to an ele-
ment type of your choice (acid, fire, ice, lightning, or
petrify).
Dragon Jump (Movement): Move up to your speed,
ignoring elevated height up to 30 feet per your Tier
Level.
Luster Blade (Action): Melee Attack - Ignore enemy
Armor, Guard, and Spirit (they’re defense and resis-
tances still apply).
Dash Daringly (Movement): You may attack after
making the Charge movement action. If you do, lose
Edge when defending until your next turn.
Tier 3
Aerial Destruction (Action): Command your dragon to
attack with its elemental breath up to a 9x9 area.
Dragon Adult (Passive): Your baby dragon is now a
fully fledged adult dragon!
Dragon’s Blood (Passive): If you’d be reduced to 0
Health, at the start of your next turn, instead of mak-
ing a Death Check, you regain 1 Health. Limit once per
day.
Tier 4
Destruction Sword (Action): Sword Action - Consume
3 AST. Attack up to 80 feet in a straight line. You may
use any stored dice to gain an extra 1d6 to this attack
for every store die used.
Dragon’s Bane (Action): Spend 1 Discipline. Melee At-
tack - Deals double damage to non-dragon units and
triple damage to dragons (doesn’t stack with Dragon
Mastery).
Dark Metal (Passive): Your armor is coated in magical
dark metal, giving you resistance to all damage types.
Additionally your armor feels weightless, allowing you
to move freely in it and not be exhausted from mov-
ing it.
Tier 5
Dragon Mastery (Passive): Naturally dragons fear you,
even high level dragons respect you and the author-
ity you command. You take half damage from drag-
ons and gain 2 Edge when making any check against
dragons. Additionally, damage you deal vs dragons is
doubled.
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The Duelcaster
A unique type of rogue who summons monsters
through a vast array of cards they have. Many mistake
their abilities as spellcasting, but instead their cards
are more a utility they’ve trained to use opposed to
needing to acquire knowledge as a spellcaster nor-
mally would.
With their Monster Cards equipped, a Duelcaster can
be a formidable threat, capable of summoning a vast
array of monsters to rise to any occasion that presents World Master may assign “holographic” or “secret
itself!
Skill Branch: Duelcast
Class Archetype: Rogue (+3 Proficiency Points)
Level 1 Skill: Monster Card Summoning (Action):
Summon a Monster from a Monster Card you have
equipped. At the time of acquiring this skill, choose 1 card packs, have the player roll dice whenever you
of your 3 starting Common Monster Cards as your sig- “open a pack” to obtain a new Monster Card to deter-
nature monster. Signature Monsters gain +1 Strength, mine which rarity it is.
+1 Dexterity, and +1 Toughness. Additionally some
effects may refer to your signature monster.
Monster Cards
Monster Cards represent actual monsters found in
Banishment! This means, whenever a Duelcaster re-
ceives a Monster Card, its summon will represent the
monster from the “Monster” section of this module.
The only difference may be its rarity (which we dis-
cuss more in a little bit).
As you level up as a Duelcasting, you’ll acquire Mon-
ster Cards to add to your deck. You’re able to obtain
up to 1 new Monster Card per character level at the
cost of 300 GL level of Monster Card you want, which
can’t exceed your current character level (don’t worry
the first Monster Card is free!).
These Monster Cards can be used as an Action to
summon the designated Monster. Monsters are
treated as companions and will return to your card at
will, as a Free Action OR when its Health is reduced to
0.
Whenever a Monster returns to its Monster Card, it
takes 1 day until it’s able to be summoned again.
Monster Cards are assigned a Base Rarity, and may
only be used by a Duelcaster of an equal Tier Level
corresponding to the rarity.
Duelcaster’s Tier Levels:
Tier 1 = Common Monster Cards (Monsters level 1-4)
Tier 2 = Uncommon Monster Cards (Monsters level
5-9)
Tier 3 = Rare Monster Cards (Monsters level 10-14)
Tier 4 = Epic Monster Cards (Monsters level 15-19)
Tier 5 = Legendary Monster Cards (Monsters level 20)
Base Rarity refers to the rarity types listed above. A
rare” status to Base Rarity, allowing for players to
have Holographic Epic Monster Cards or Secret Rare
Legendary Monsters for example.
Determining Rarity
If you want to simulate the random chance of opening
Roll 7 six-sided die, then note which number has the
most matches. For example, if four ones are rolls and
the rest are different numbers, “one” would have the
most matches. The lowest rarity is Holographic, so
that’s what the rarity would be.
If there’s a tie for matches, then no special rarity is
given.
• Holographic (Holo / Foil): Add +1 to each of this
Monster’s attributes.
• Reverse Holographic (Reverse Holo): The Monster
Card’s Attributes are switched (Strength, Dexterity,
and Toughness are swamped with Intelligence,
Wisdom, and Resolve). Additionally, the Monster’s
weaknesses and Resistances are swapped.
• Rainbow Foil: This Monster is resistant to all
magical damage and can’t be weak to any magical
damage.
• Secret Rare: Add +2 to each of this Monster’s
attributes.
• Star Platinum: Add +3 to each of this Monster’s
attributes.
• Phantom Rare: This monster becomes undead in
addition to its other unit types. Additionally, this
monster gains, “Ghost (Reaction): Reduce the next
physical damage done to you by 50% (rounded
up). This unit may move through obstacles.”
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Tier 1 (Levels 1+)
Card Binder (Reaction): Grapple a number of units up
to your Tier Level up to 2x10 feet per Tier Level you
are. The Grapple check is equal to your Intelligence +
Wisdom. Limit once per day.
Rarity Up (Passive): The next Monster Card you gain
becomes a rarity higher by one stage. This effect only
activates once.
Value Up (Passive): The next Monster Card you gain
is of Tier 2 rarity instead of Tier 1. This effect only
activates once.
terity, and Toughness.
Rarity Up III (Passive): The next Monster Card you
gain becomes a rarity higher by one stage. This effect
only activates once.
Value Up III (Passive): The next Monster Card you
gain is of Tier 4 rarity instead of Tier 3. This effect only
activates once.
Tier 4 (Levels 15+)
Double Draw (Boost): You summon two Monsters this
turn.

Tier 2 (Levels 5+) Double Fusion Summon (Action): Summon your 2

Deck Defense (Reaction): Instead of taking damage
this turn, redirect that damage to a Monster Card you
currently have active.
Mulligan (Passive): Whenever you’d receive a Mon-
ster Card you may exchange it for another random
Monster Card of an equal value. Once per card.
Rarity Up II (Passive): The next Monster Card you gain
becomes a rarity higher by one stage. This effect only
activates once.
Second Signature Card (Passive): At the time of ac-
quiring this skill, the Duelcaster chooses any 1 mon-
ster card to have as their “Signature Monster.”
A Signature monster is granted +1 to its Strength, Dex-
terity, and Toughness.
Signature Cards at once, fusing them together to form
one ultimate monster! This ultimate monster has the
combined stats of both monsters, with the exception
of Speed and Initiative which remains the same.
Additionally, this monster gains “Epic Action (2).”
Tier 5 (Levels 20+)
Ultimate Fusion (Action): Summon your 3 Signature
Cards at once, fusing them together to form one
ultimate monster! This ultimate monster has the
combined stats of all three monsters, with the excep-
tion of Speed and Initiative which remains the same.
Additionally, this monster gains “Epic Action (3).”

Value Up II (Passive): The next Monster Card you gain

is of Tier 3 rarity instead of Tier 2. This effect only
activates once.

Tier 3 (Levels 10+)

Soul of the Cards (Passive): For the remainder of this

turn, every first die roll made with your monsters is
considered a critical and explodes, allowing you to roll
additional dice.

Third Signature Card (Passive): At the time of acquir-

ing this skill, the Duelcaster chooses any 1 monster
card to have as their “Signature Monster.”
A Signature monster is granted +1 to its Strength, Dex-
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Magician
Master Casters
Magicians are powerful mage based classes, highly
attuned to astral and their ability to cast spells. A Ma-
gician’s Black Magic Stone gives them much needed
additional Astral, which can be used to help counter
their extremely taxing spells.
Most Magicians have to be very focused on magecraft
and as such have lower health and proficiency points,
but despite this, one would not dare mess with a
properly trained Magician, as their effects are power-
ful enough to rival dragons!
Skill Branch: Magic
Class Archetype: Mage (+3 Astral)
Level 1 Skill: Dark Blast (Action): Ranged Spell Attack
- Intelligence + Resolve + 1d6. Deals arcane damage.
This spell doesn’t consume astral.
Tier 1
Black Magic Stone (Passive): Gain a Black Magic
Stone that raises your Astral by +8 as long as it’s
equipped to you. Additionally, you can create Black
Magic Stones, with 1 weeks time, all of your Astral
being drained and 3,000 GL. A character may only be
in possession of 1 Black Magic Stone at a time or else
a blackhole is formed.
Fissure (Action): A powerful quake creating a long and
narrow split in the earth. Consume 3 AST to attack an
enemy unit with the lowest Attack stat within 100 feet
of you. Deals Earth damage. Attack is equal to your
Wisdom or Resolve x2 +1d6.
Tier 2
Despell (Reaction): Consume 6 AST to negate a spell
being cast from an equal or lower level unit.
Magical Hats (Reaction): Consume 4 AST. Cover up
to any 4 units under magical hats, the attacking unit
has a 25% chance to hit any target. Afterwards, return
each unit where they were.
One Million Knives (Passive): Consume 4 AST. You
and target unit each take up to 3d6 psychic damage
(you determine how many dice to roll between 1-3).
Tier 3
Arcane Trapezoid (Reaction): Consume 4 AST. Negate
an attack and redirect its Attack value towards the
Attacker. This is considered a counter attack and the
defending unit can’t roll for Defense.
Magic Box (Reaction): Consume 8 AST. Teleport with
another unit (changing places with that unit). All
damage you’d take is dealt to that unit instead (they
take damage without rolling. Damage reduction is still
applied).
Heavy Mystic Storm (Action): Consume 6 AST to sum-
mon a heavy mystic storm, dealing 2d6 damage to all
units Astral that are touched by the rain.
Tier 4
Ability Siphon (Actions): Consume 3 AST during acti-
vation and at the start of each turn to keep in effect.
Negates all other spells and skills within the caster’s
line of sight.
Change of Heart (Action): An ancient and powerful
spell that changes one’s heart. Consume 6 AST to
have a unit make a Resolve (Influence) check against
you. If they fail, the unit becomes a friendly unit for 1
round. You control its actions. It can’t willingly sacri-
fice, attack itself, damage itself, or otherwise destroy
itself.
Divine Lightning (Action): Consume 6 Astral to send
an all-powerful lightning strike down upon your ene-
mies. The lightning can strike at any point within 100
feet of you and travel in any singular direction in a
straight line up to 100 feet, attacking all in its path for
10d6 lightning damage.
Reflecting Impetus (Reaction): Consume 8 AST. A
great wall of energy is summoned. Negate all damage
dealt to you and friendly units you can see this turn.
Redirect the total attack value towards all attackers
divided as you choose. This is considered a counter
attack and the defending unit can’t roll for Defense.
Tier 5
Black Magic Strike (Action): Consume 10 AST to deal
20 psychic damage to all enemies within 80 feet of
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Ninja
Hiding In The Dark
Fast and lethal, ninja strike at the heart of the enemy
from the shadows. A ninja’s ability to use their sur-
roundings of darkness and nature to their benefit,
make them a formidable foe.
Skill Branch: Ninjutsu
Class Archetype: Rogue (+3 Proficiency)
Level 1 Skill: Tools of the Ninja (Action): With 10 GL
worth of supplies and 30 minutes of time you can
craft any 1 of the following for use. Each item without
“reusable” is one time use.
• Caltrops: Throws caltrops up to 30 feet, scatter-
ing the ground in a single space. Whenever a unit
moves upon the space, that unit takes TL piercing
damage equal to your TL.
• Climbing Tools: Reusable - Grants Edge with
climbing. When using your Climbing Tools, you’re
considered proficient with them, even if you’re
not proficient with “Climbing Tools.”
• Smoke Bomb: Throws a smoke bomb to create a
3x3 smoke field.
• Spider Ladder: Reusable - A ladder that rolls out
to 30 feet.
• Throwing Star: Throws a throwing star with the
stats: 3/–/X. The Attack is your DEX + 3. The range
is equal to your DEX x10 feet.
Tier 1 (Level 1+)
Elemental Jutsu (Action): Upon acquiring this skill,
choose any of the following nature based teaching
listed below and acquire it. For every additional TL un-
locked, unlock a new teaching of your choice (without
spending a Skill Point).
Consume up to TL AST to add +X elemental damage to
any weapon, where X is the AST consumed. This may
also be used to do things such as to ignite and start
fires.
• Doton: Petrify damage.
• Hyoton: Ice damage.
• Katon: Fire damage.
• Raiton: Lightning damage.
Tier 2 (Level 5+)
Kuikkuhando (Passive): You may use any items from
“Tools of the Ninja” as a Boost or Reaction Skill.
Ninja Dodge (Reaction): Roll an additional 1d6 when
evading this turn.
Ninja Run (Movement): Move up to twice your
speed, ignoring any hindrances in terrain. End your
turn. At Tier 3 you’re able to move atop of water and
other liquid surfaces without falling under. At Tier 4,
you’re able to remain atop liquid surfaces, even with-
out moving.
Substitution Jutsu (Reaction): Consume 3 AST to
ignore the next attack that would affect you. You may
then teleport up to your movement to any location.
Suiton (Passive): You can hold your breath underwa-
ter for 1 hour per character level.
Tier 3 (Level 10+)
Bunshin (Action): Consume X AST. Summon a Shadow
Clone for every 3 AST consumed, with your exact
stats, except they have 1 Health and can’t perform
any abilities from skills you have. Your Shadow Clones
can’t take actions the turn they are summoned. The
amount of AST needed to consume per Shadow Clone
is reduced by 1 for each of your TLs to a minimum of
1 at T5.
Hayabusa (Passive): Gain double attack.
Kakuremi (Passive): Units lose Edge when trying to
spot you in concealment.
Swiftness (Passive): You may use up to two Reaction
Skills per round instead of one.
Tier 4 (Level 15+)
Feeling Before Knowing (Passive): You may use your
WIS in place of your INT when making Investigation or
Lore checks.
Vanish (Reaction): Become concealed. Units within
line of sight may make a Wisdom (Perception) check
against your Dexterity (Stealth) to still see you.
Tier 5 (Level 20+)
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Mugen no kemuri (Action/Movement): Consume 4
AST to conjure a field of smoke filling an entire area,
concealing you. As a Movement Action you may tele-
port anywhere within the smoke. While in the smoke
units can’t break your concealment without rolling a
30 on a Wisdom (Perception) check. Limit once per
day. While in the smoke, half all physical damage you
take (rounded up).

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Performer units who are fond of the character you’re cosplaying.
This skill also creates opportunities to find out “secret
Just Dance.. and some other stuff! fans” who you wouldn’t expect to be “into that sort
Performers use their expert skills in playing instru- of thing,” such as a guard who’s really into an anime
ments and singing to command and coral vast audi- character.
ences!
Pop Idol (Passive): You start on the path of becoming
Skill Branch: Perform a Pop Idol, granting you Edge when dealing with any
Class Archetype: Mage (+3 Astral) NPC susceptible to your cuteness!
Level 1 Skill: Perform (Passive/Action): You begin
performing your act swaying the emotions of those Projection (Boost): You may cast a projection of your-
around you. The range that this affects is 50 feet as- self to anywhere within line of sight and perform from
suming you’re using an instrument, otherwise it’s 10 your projection. Enemy units must make a Wisdom
feet. (Perception) check with a difficulty equal to your level
to tell it’s not you OR make a failed attack on it once,
By default you may perform to influence one’s mood, in which case other enemy units will also be made
however, there’s additional Actions you can take to aware it’s a projection. You may only cast one projec-
perform that will have various other effects. Regard- tion up to your Tier Level.
less of effect, you may only perform 1/Tier Level +1
per day. Volume Up (Passive): Double the range of your per-
formance. Additionally, when speaking and singing
Choose a mood you’d want those around you to feel. units can’t misunderstand you or not hear you, if it
All non willing units must make a Resolve (Influence) would otherwise be dampened by outside circum-
check vs your Resolve (Entertain), if they fail, the fol- stances.
lowing happens:
• Happy - Affected units gain Edge on their next roll Tier 2
for one round.
• Sad - Affected units lose Edge on their next roll for Battle Anthem (Action): Perform - All affected units
one round. gain +2 Attack and +1 Speed for this round.
• Angry - Affected units become berserk for the
next round, attacking the closest enemy with a Big Debut (Passive): You go first in initiative order.
basic attack.
RockStar (Passive): Gain the following:
Tech or Magic • Gain proficiency with axes.
At the time of becoming a Performer you must choose • You may use the “Execution” Combat Maneuver
if your performances rely on technology or magic. for 1 critical to deal double damage with axes.
• You can spend 2 criticals to cause double damage
• Technology - Watch out for EMPs, breaking, and and bleed damage.
other effects that may hinder your technology! • Gain Edge with any NPC that identifies as a metal-
• Magic - Watch out for having your Astral drained, head (roughly ⅙ NPCs).
spell negations, or spell dampening fields!
Seraph Song (Action): Perform - All affected units heal
Tier 1 1d6 Health and restore an equal amount of astral.
Cosplayer (Passive): You become proficient with Tier 3
the disguise kit. Using a disguise kit you can create
a reusable cosplay of any character with 72 hours of Dance Choreography (Reaction): Gain Edge evading
time and 600 GL. This time and cost is reduced by an attack this turn. Your next performance has its
your TL of 12 hours and 100 GL, starting at T2. When difficulty level increased by 3.
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Encore (Boost): Take another performance action this
turn. Limit once per day.

Fiendish Song (Action): Perform - All affected units

gain bleed and poison.

Tier 4

All-Kill (Action): Perform - Units affected by your next

performance this turn must make a death check for
every 3 points they failed the check by. Limit once per
day.

Strange Song (Action): Perform - All affected units are

transformed into a level 1 Wuzzy for 1 minute.

Swan Song (Boost): Units affected by your perfor-

mance have the effects applied for the remainder of
this encounter. This is the last time you may use the
Perform action this week.

Tier 5

Grand Finale (Passive): When performing, units must

make a difficulty check equal to 30. Additionally, any
effects applied are applied for 10 minutes instead of
their normal duration. Limit once per day.

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Samurai
Self-made, all-blade
Samurai are devout in their teachings of the sword
and more precisely a katana. With a katana, a samurai
can perform feats that no other could dare rival.
Skill Branch: Bushido
Class Archetype: Fighter (+3 Health)
Level 1 Skill: Swift Cut (Action): Melee Attack - Spend
1 Discipline to add +1d6 to your attack and deal slash-
ing damage. You may use this attack to attack up to 10
feet per your TL.
Tier 1 (Level 1+)
Battōjutsu (Passive): Gain +3 Discipline and +3
Health.
Ryuraiko (Action): A lightning fast technique that
moves the wielder to the air and uses their momen-
tum to unleash a powerful downward strike upon
their enemy. Melee Attack - Spend 1 Discipline to add
+2d6 and crush to your attack.
Ryukoiru (Action/Reaction): Melee Attack - Spend
1 Discipline to attack all units within 20 feet of you.
If this skill is used as a Reaction, instead deflect a
ranged attack.
Tier 2 (Level 5+)
plane, etc. This attack will hit unless they’re able to
defend or evade as normal.
Sakuretsu Armor (Reaction): You extend pieces of
your armor, turning it into deadly, spiked shrapnel
to impale close attackers. Consume 3 AST. Deal 10
damage to an enemy who attacked you within melee
range (this damage is subtracted by their armor, but
they don’t roll).
Swiftness (Passive): You may use up to two Reaction
Skills per round instead of one.
Tier 4 (Level 15+)
Iaido (Reaction): You master swordsman techniques
allowing you to quickly draw your sword and use it
effectively. As a Reaction you may perform an attack
with your katana.
Shirahadori (Reaction): Ignore a physical attack. You
may use this Reaction an amount of times equal to
your Discipline Stat. You can’t use another Reaction
the same round this is used.
Tier (Level 20+)
Heaven’s Strike (Action): Spend 1 Discipline. Melee
Attack - 100 slashing damage.

Bushi (Passive): Any time you’d store a die, you may

instead replenish 1 Discipline.

Musashi (Passive): You suffer no penalties when dual

wielding two katana.

Rapid Stream Slash (Action/Reaction): Melee Attack

- Spend 1 Discipline to attack a unit within 20 feet of
you, moving towards them (without taking a move-
ment action), you may repeat this a number of times
equal to your TL - attacking a different unit up to 20
feet away and move towards them.

Tier 3 (Level 10+)

Perfect Strike (Boost): Spend 1 Discipline and end

your turn. Your next attack targets any unit, regard-
less if they’re concealed, magical, partially in another

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Scorpion Scorpion Sting (Action): Dagger/Pistol Attack - Deals
TL poison damage in addition to other damage. This
Very Likely To Have An Eye-Patch stacks with Bite of the Scorpion.
A gang of rogues found across the realm, renowned
for their skillset with daggers, handguns, poison, and Tier 3
picking locks, making them a bad group to be enemies
with. Scorpion’s Dodge (Reaction): Halve damage you’d
take from a single attack (rounded up). If the attacking
Despite their roguish nature, a strong tie to loyalty unit is poisoned, reduce all of it instead. If the attack-
among themselves. A Scorpion will often refer to oth- ing unit isn’t poisoned and adjacent to you, you may
ers in their group as their brothers and sisters and to apply poison 1 to them.
betray one is a death sentence.
Scorpion’s Poison (Passive): Poison damage you inflict
While the trade is deadly, it doesn’t mean that a Scor- is doubled.
pion is bad necessarily, entirely possible they’re just
misunderstood right? Stinger (Boost): Dagger/Pistol Attack - Attack up to
three times with your dagger or pistol.
Skill Branch: Sting
Class Archetype: Rogue (+3 Proficiency Points) Tier 4
Level 1 Skill: Bite of the Scorpion (Passive): You can
identify secret codes from other roguish types, as well Scorpion Brother (Passive): You gain a male Scorpion
as leave messages that other scorpions can decipher. companion (refer to the Monster section).
Additionally, gain resistance to poison and increase all
poison damage you deal equal to your Tier Level. Scorpion Sister (Passive): You gain a female Scorpion
companion (refer to the Monster section).
Tier 1
Tier 5
Scorpion Style (Passive): You suffer no penalties when
dual wielding daggers and/or pistols. Additionally gain Deathstalker (Action): Dagger Attack - In addition to
+1 Dexterity. normal damage, apply 13 poison damage.
Scorpion Tongue (Passive): Learn the thieves secret
language as well as gain a level of proficiency in Silver
Tongue.

Tier 2

7-Tools (Passive): For 100 GL gain “7-Tools,” a handy

piece of equipment that gives you Edge when mak-
ing any checks involving hacking, lock picking, or
disabling. You must have 2 levels in Stealth to use
these tools. If your tools would be stolen, damaged,
or otherwise not in your possession, with 1 hour of
time and access to merchants/traders, you’re able to
acquire another set for 100 GL.

From Below (Movement): Dig up to half your speed.

If you attack a unit this turn without proficiency in
Perception, gain +1d6 to your first attack against them
this turn.

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Zoorah
Nothing Corny Here Either…
A breed of highly capable fighters choosing to learn
the ways of many animals to fight. Zoorah are sol-
diers, prioritizing heavy arms equipment and big mus-
cly muscles, making them great for tanking damage
as well as dishing it! They also have a weird obsession
for puns and idioms.
Skill Branch: Zoorah
Class Archetype: Fighter (+3 Health)
Level 1 Skill: Punfire (Passive): Gain any level 1 skill
from the Ranged Skill Branch (even if it’s not in your
skill tree. The Range Skill Branch is found in the Core
Rulebook).
Tier 1
Dogged (Passive): +3 Health. If you’re at exactly 1
Health, gain an additional 1d6 to your combat rolls
(attacking, defending, evading).
Quiet As A Rat (Passive): You can squeeze into spaces
up to 1 size category smaller than you are without
issue. You can’t be heard when moving. Additionally,
gain 1 proficiency in Stealth.
Eat Like A Pig (Passive): You can eat virtually anything
without repercussion. Additionally, gain +1 Toughness. Dragon Among Beastkin (Boost): Your attacks with
Strong As An Ox (Passive): Gain +3 Health and +1
Strength.
Tier 2
the attack hit a decoy made to look like you. You must
subtract 50 GL to cover the costs of the Paper Tiger.
Tier 3
Ape $***! (Action): Gain the berserk status effect.
You may end this at will as a Free Action.
BLOCK-A-DOODLE-DOO (Reaction): Roll 3d6 when de-
fending this turn instead of whatever you’d normally
roll.
Gift Horse (Passive): Up to once per day you spend
1,000 GL to
Chasing Two Rabbits (Movement): Move up to your
speed, making an incredible leap covering any gap or
obstacle of height without needing a roll if the diffi-
culty level is 30 or less.
Tier 4
Monkey See, Monkey Doo (Reaction): If you see
another unit take an attack action, you may copy it
and perform it during your next turn for 1 AP as your
Action, as long as you meet the requirements.
Tier 5 (Levels 20+)
heavy weapons this turn gain any elemental damage
of your choice between: acid, fire, ice, lightning, and
petrify (you may choose multiple).

Battering Ram (Action): Heavy Melee Attack - +1d6

impact (roll if the defending unit has equal or higher
Toughness than Dexterity). This attack deals siege
damage (double damage vs structures).

Roaster (Action): Heavy Ranged Attack - Your attack

gains +3x3 area of effect and deals 100% fire damage
in addition to its normal damage.

Never Wound A Snake (Boost): If you were damaged

last turn, your attacks this turn gain poison equal to
your Tier Level.

Paper Tiger (Reaction): Roll 1d6, in the result of 4+,

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Elemental Attributes
Every character by default is aligned with one Elemen-
tal Attribute. This counts as a substitute for a charac-
ter’s Theme, meaning if a character would normally
have 2 Themes, they would instead have an Elemental
Attribute and 1 Theme.
As a character gains access to new Tier Levels, they’ll
gain access to new skill involving their Elemental
Attribute.
• Earth
• Wind
• Water
• Fire
• Light
• Dark
Tier 1: Elemental Resistance: Reduce all damage
done to you by 50% of your given Elemental Attribute
(rounded up).
Tier 2: Elemental Bonus: Gain +1d6 attacking and/or
defending with your Elemental Attribute.
Tier 3: Imbue Element: Boost - Add +1d6 damage
to your attacks. The damage dealt is whatever your
Elemental Attribute is.
Tier 4: Elemental Immunity: Reduce all damage done
to you by 100% from your Elemental Attribute.
Tier 5: Elemental Affinity: Any damage you would
take from your Elemental Attribute heals you by that
amount instead.
Themes
In addition to Themes found in the Core Rulebook
you may use the themes found below for your Banish-
ment characters!
A Power Inside
You have a dormant power locked within you.
Whether this plays a major role in your destiny yet to
unfold is for you to discover.
Gain +3 Astral. Whenever you’re at 5 or less Health
you may spend up to 5 Astral during each of your
turns as though you were spending 0 Astral (it doesn’t
deplete your Astral).
Absolute Hero
A job occupation one goes to be a hero when saving
the day. However, the Absolute Hero taps into some-
thing more than just saving the day, but also baring
the potential to create a Fusion between other Abso-
lute Heroes.
Absolute Heros can take the fuse action with each
other and their stats become the average between
the two (rounded up). The same is true for their
weapons and equipment. Their skills combine to
make powerful effects as well. Such as one unit with
the ability to cure and another to cast fire, now the
unit can cast a fireball that explodes into healing
magic, healing all surrounding the burning target.
The WM should consider these Absolute Hero possi-
bilities and be prepared for the fusion to take place.
In the event the WM doesn’t or couldn’t have, use
the rule of cool to determine what happens until the
session is completed and the WM can work on creat-
ing the fusion.
Baka
You’re an idiot.
Your character’s Intelligence is always 0.
Bedward
In a world full of insominanics, you hold the greatest
of powers.
You can sleep regardless of outside conditions. You
can instantly fall into deep sleep, allowing you to get
full rest benefits from a short rest. Additionally you
avoid any nightmares, curses, or otherwise negative
status conditions while asleep.
Big Shield Guardian
You carry a big shield and know how to use it.
You may wield HEAVY shields without penalty. Addi-
tionally, you may wield a shield with 2 hands, if you
do, you may gain 2 Edge defending with it instead of
any other modifications you’d roll.
Big Sword Wielder
Wielding a sword of immense size, you’re one cool
customer.
Gain +3 Health. Additionally you may wield HEAVY
greatswords and other giant weapons without any
penalty.
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Comical Companion
You have a strange little friend who is weird, but also
can come in handy.
You gain a tiny companion of any unit type. It has an
Intelligence of 1, a Wisdom of 2, and a Resolve of 0.
Whenever a majority of players laugh at something
involving the Comical Companion, you may store 1d6.
Dark Book Collector
Once a simple hobby, now a fate altering event.
You’re collecting a series of 5 “Dark Books” each
containing immense and cursed power. At the time of
selecting this theme, you gain 1 “Dark Book.”
Each Dark Book will be found, determined by the
World Master, but some key ways to find one is to…
Defeat an evil being, such as a nefarious necromancer
or dark dragon.
• Unlocking a Tier Level
• Achieving a “major victory”
• Having a successful story arc
• Rolling an epic tale via 4 or more criticals
For each book, gain +1 Astral. Whenever all 5 books
are collected, summon “The Reaper” 100 feet in
front of you, and fight him one on one. If you win the
fight, gain 1 Skill of an equal or level lower than you
from the Affliction, Curse, or Darkness Skill Branch (or
another skill based on WM discretion), otherwise, you
die.
Dramatic Laugh
You have a flair for the dramatic and your laugh is no
exception.
As a Boost Action or Reaction, you may laugh like a
villain maniacally, if you do, gain +TL Intelligence or
Resolve to the next check you make. Limit once per
day.
Guard Thy Flesh
You’re vulnerable, be it because of your basic human
body or because you’ve found yourself in some hells-
cape where anything can kill you nearly upon impact.
To survive, you’ve trained to hone your senses to pre-
serve your life, you must guard yourself or die.
Your maximum Health becomes 10. For every Tier
Level you unlock, starting T1, gain +1 Guard.
Gate Guardian
An ancient teaching passed down for a millenia to
train formidable guards.
You become proficient with Axes and Spears. Addi-
tionally, you may cause bleed or double damage with
axes with 1 critical and with spears, you can cause
pierce or trespass damage with 1 critical.
Hugger-mugger
You’re able to hide up to TL small items on your char-
acter without them being detected. These items still
take up space.
Ninja Speed
You can run at an incredible speed, especially if your
arms are down your side. But don’t worry, you don’t
HAVE to do that to run faster.
Gain +2 Speed.
Oblivious
Your character’s Wisdom is always 0.
If a random negative effect would occur it won’t hap-
pen to your character if it’s possible to affect another
unit.
Ostentatious Hair
Outrageous hair, don’t care.
If a random effect would occur, it will happen to your
character if possible.
Plot Armor
You’re just too important to die aren’t you?
Your character’s Discipline is always 0.
Whenever you make a Death Check for the first time
each roll, you may choose to reroll it.
Quagswag
You can move diagonally as if it were an adjacent
space. If you’re not playing with a grid, then your
character just is weird.
Ronin
A wandering samurai without a lord or master.
You may treat any Rogue Skill Branches as Fighter Skill
Branches (giving you +3 Health instead of +3 Profi-
ciency Points per Skill Branch). Additionally, you may
learn any one T1 skill from the Bushido or Swords-
manship Skill Branch (even if they’re not part of your
Skill Tree).
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Star-Eyes
When excited, it’s as if your eyes glow with stars in
them.
Whenever you roll a critical, you may store 1d6 or
break intimidation from a unit.

Tomb Warden
Tomb Wardens are in charge of defending the sanctity
of graveyards and protecting the bodies from being
defiled and resurrected.
You become proficient with shields and gain +3 Astral.
Additionally, you take 50% damage from the undead.

White Hat
A mysterious person you are. So dapper.
You become proficient with Hacking tools. Addi-
tionally, gain +3 Astral OR become proficiency with
Stealth.

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Titles Special Rules of Banisment
In Banishment each PC can acquire a title at the time The world of Banishment has its own fun and flair to
of a “momentous occasion” occurs, this can be when it and with it come some additional rules to play by!
an Epic Tale is achieved with 4 criticals, but it’s not
restricted to such. Beastkin
Any effect that would affect “Beast” also affects
When a character gains their Title a WM may grant “Beastkin.”
them an additional 1 Skill Point, Theme, or Discipline
(or neither). Stamina (Optional)
• A character has Stamina equal to their Character’s
Each character should only have one Title and once Toughness +1.
a title is earned, it should rarely ever be changed, • Whenever a character moves, attacks, uses a
unless the story justifies it. boost action or another action, they must use 1
Stamina.
Below are some sample titles that may be rolled, but • Characters can take a “Recharge” action up to
a PC isn’t restricted to such. two times during their turn to replenish Stamina,
replenishing 3 Stamina with each Recharge Action.
Prefix (1d6)
1: Blue Storing Dice
2: Red Some effects will have you “store dice.”
3: Green
4: Purple By default you get to store 1d6 per Tier Level after
5: White every full rest.
6: Black
Dice can only be stored when an ability or WM specif-
Type (1d6) ically designates to do so.
1: Eyes
2: Sword To store a dice, keep the result and die somewhere
3: Armed safe or mark it down on paper. At any point you may
4: Magical replace a roll you make with a stored die result OR
5: Claws you can use stored dice for various abilities that re-
6: Horned quire them.

Pre-Suffix Accumulate (Combat Maneuver)

1: Blue You may use any amount of Criticals you roll as Stored
2: Red Dice.
3: Green
4: Purple Field Advantage
5: White Throughout your travels you’ll encounter many new
6: Black lands and places. At any point if you feel your charac-
ter would be at a location that is advantageous to you,
Suffix (1d6) claim Field Advantage. If successful, you gain Edge on
1: Dragon all of your rolls during your time there or while condi-
2: Swordsman tions are met, such as being a werewolf during a full
3: Magician moon and the full moon becoming covered, negating
4: Warrior your bonus.
5: Assailant
6: Paladin

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The Mundane & Magical Items Kodachi (100 GL)
6/–/1
Class Weapons Concealable.
For every class found in Banishment, there’s a weapon
of every rarity that corresponds with that class, giving Kunai (30 GL)
a soft direction for players and World Master alike to 4/–/1
follow. Precision. Gain Edge when being thrown.
Breaker: Sword of Squires, Sword of Knights, Sword of Magician’s Wand (200 GL)
Queens, Sword of Kings, Godsword 5/–/7 +3 Astral
Dragon Blade: Dark Blade, Omen Blade, Peril Blade,
Sword of Malice and Hatred, Dark Blade of Destiny Oink Spanker Grenade Launcher (300 GL)
Duelcaster: Common Monster Card, Uncommon 8/1/8 +Lob, +Slow-Reload, explosive: 2, +100% explo-
Monster Card, Rare Monster Card, Epic Monster Card, sive damage
Legendary Monster Card (details found in Duelcaster Special Ammo: 30 GL
class section)
Magician: Magician’s Wand, Mighty Magician’s Wand, Sword of Squires (100 GL)
Multi-Skull Warlock Wand, Violet Night Shadow 7/–/1
Wand, Black Chaos Sorcerer’s Wand
Ninja: Caltrops, Kunai, Kodachi, Throwing Star, Spell Scorpion Dagger (130 GL)
Edge, Sasuke’s Blade, Koga Blade, Moonsilk Blade 6/–/1 -Whenever you perform the Execute combat
Performer: Flute, Microphone, Wanderer’s Guitar, maneuver with this weapon, you may also double the
Keytar of the Apocalypse, Miku’s Blessing amount of poison on the defending unit.
Samurai: Katana & wakizashi, Kotetsu, Asura, Mu-
ramasa, Masamune Scorpion Pistol (130 GL)
Scorpion: Scorpion Dagger & Pistol, Spitting Dagger & 6/5/7 -Whenever you perform the Execute combat
Pistol, Stinger Dagger & Pistol, Deathstalker Dagger & maneuver with this weapon, you may also double the
Pistol, Zero Life Dagger & Pistol amount of poison on the defending unit.
Zoorah: Oink Spanker Grenade Launcher, The Porker
Rocket Launcher, Fiery Frog Spewer, Crock-O-Doom, Tamer’s Whip (110 GL)
THE RHINO 6/–/2 +If you’re proficient with whips, when using this
weapon, gain Edge against Beast units.
Equipment
Throwing Star (10 GL)
Common 2/–/1
Precision. Gain Edge when being thrown.
Dark Blade (100 GL)
8/--/1 Wakizashi (100 GL)
Consumes 1 Health per attack made with this blade. 5/–/1
Gain +2 Defense when defending with a katana.
Flute of the Common People (100 GL)
–/–/– Item Uncommon
Increases your audio range by +10 feet.
A flute, that while not extraordinary, relates to the Axe of Disrepair (1,500 GL)
common people, delivering a refreshing and nice 12/–/1
sound to all ears willing to accept its grace. Attunement - Consumes 3 Health to attack with this
weapon
Katana (100 GL)
7/–/1 Ebon Pendant (500 GL)
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Attunement: The attuned wielder gains -3 Health and A special knight’s sword reserved for only the elite.
+6 Astral. 8/–/1 +100% lightning damage

Ivory Pendant (500 GL) Rare

Attunement: The attuned wielder gains +6 Health and
-3 Astral. Asura (1,900 GL)
11/–/1
Kotetsu (500 GL) Attunement - Consumes 2 AST to attack with.
8/–/1
Axe of the Abyss (3,000 GL)
Microphone (500 GL) 13/–/1
–/–/– Item Attunement - Consumes 2 Health to attack with this
Increases your audio range by +30 feet. weapon.
A device used to amplify one’s sounds, especially
when singing. Dragon Summoner’s Piccolo (2,100 GL)
An instrument that when played grants Edge against
Mighty Magician’s Wand (1,700 GL) Dragons. The user must be proficient with the Piccolo
7/–/7 +4 Astral instrument to use this effect.

Ninja’s Lightning Blade Katana (790 GL)
8/–/1 +Trespass (ignores Guard and Spirit)
Omen Blade (600 GL)
9/--/1
Consumes 1 Health per attack made with this blade.
Fiery Frog Spewer (3,700 GL)
9/5/9 +Slow-Reload, +100% acid fire damage, if a
damaged unit without magic resistance rolls all 1’s
when defending, they are transformed into a frog for
the next 1 hour.
Special Ammo: 100 GL

Spell Edge (600 GL) Horn of a Unicorn (2,500 GL)

6/–/1 Attunement - Grants resistance to magical damage
Concealable. Silences the enemy unit on criticals. and +3 Astral.

The Porker Rocket Launcher (1,600 GL)
10/2/10 +Slow-Reload, explosive: 2, +100% explosive
fire damage
Special Ammo: 50 GL
Spitting Dagger (1,300 GL)
7/–/1 -Poison: 1. Whenever you perform the Execute
combat maneuver with this weapon, you may also
double the amount of poison on the defending unit.
Spitting Pistol (1,300 GL)
7/5/7 -Poison: 1. Whenever you perform the Execute
combat maneuver with this weapon, you may also
double the amount of poison on the defending unit.
Multi-Skull Warlock Wand (3,000 GL)
7/–/8 +6 Astral
Peril Blade (600 GL)
11/--/1
Consumes 1 Health per attack made with this blade.
Rapier of the Flighted Knight (1,700 GL)
7/–/1 +Double-Attack
The same type of weapon once wielded by the famed
“Flighted Knight” , a beastkin with many bird-like fea-
tures. It is said that the knight couldn’t be surpassed
in the skill of battle as well as movement and even
dancing!

Sword of Knights (500 GL) Ring of Magician’s Power (2,500 GL)

A fine knight’s sword. Attunement - This ring can contain up to a single T3
8/–/1 spell in it, a single T2 and a single T1 spell, or three
T3 spells in it. A Ring of Magician’s Power may be
Sword of Lightning (1,800 GL) refilled at any time with 30 minutes of time unless the
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spellcaster is level 20, in which case it can be filled in
1 minute. In either case, the spellcaster must expend
the appropriate Astral to the ring based on how pow-
erful the spell is. Spells don’t spend Astral when used
through the ring, since the cost has already been paid
for prior. The wielder doesn’t have to be a spellcaster
to use the Ring of Magician’s Power.
Sasuke’s Blade (2.000 GL)
7/–/1
Concealable. Silences the enemy unit on criticals.
Deals double damage to units who haven’t acted this
encounter.
Shield of the Millennium (2,000 GL)
0/–/1
Gain Edge when defending with this weapon for each
hand used to wield it (up to 2).
Stinger Dagger (1,900 GL)
8/–/1 -Poison: 2. Whenever you perform the Execute
combat maneuver with this weapon, you may also
double the amount of poison on the defending unit.
Stinger Pistol (1,900 GL)
8/5/7 -Poison: 2. Whenever you perform the Execute
combat maneuver with this weapon, you may also
double the amount of poison on the defending unit.
Sword of Queens (2,000 GL)
10/–/1 +Unbreakable
Wanderer’s Guitar (1,500 GL)
–/–/– Item
Increases your audio range by +50 feet. Doesn’t re-
quire it to be plugged in to play.
An electric guitar for the wandering musician!
Epic
Crock-O-Doom (4,400 GL)
11/4/11 +Slow-Reload, +100% death damage, if a
damaged unit without magic resistance rolls all 1’s
when defending, they must roll 3d6, if any of the
results are a “1” they are killed. This is considered
making a Death check.
Special Ammo: 300 GL
Deathstalker Dagger (2,400 GL)
9/–/1 -Poison: 3. Whenever you perform the Execute
combat maneuver with this weapon, you may also
double the amount of poison on the defending unit.
Deathstalker Pistol (2,400 GL)
9/5/7 -Poison: 3. Whenever you perform the Execute
combat maneuver with this weapon, you may also
double the amount of poison on the defending unit.
Greatsword of the Salamandra (2,600 GL)
10/–/1 +100% fire damage.
Attunement - Boost: Consume 2 AST to attack with
this weapon up to 30 feet against a single unit. Boost:
Consume 2 AST to increase this weapon’s Attack by
+2.
Keytar of the Apocalypse (3,000 GL)
–/–/– Item
Increases your audio range by +70 feet. Doesn’t re-
quire it to be plugged in to play.
A strange instrument that people love or hate. Some
say it’ll bring forth the apocalypse!
Koga Blade (2.300 GL)
8/–/1
Concealable. Silences the enemy unit on criticals.
Deals double damage to units who haven’t acted this
encounter.
Maelstrom Shield (3,600 GL)
0/–/1
All damage done to you, replenishes your Astral by
that amount.
Magical Horn of the Beast King (2,900 GL)
Attunement - Gain magic resistance and take 50% less
damage from beasts.
Muramasa (3,100 GL)
13/–/1
Attunement - Consumes 4 AST to attack with.
Sword of Exile (3,500 GL)
A powerful sword that’s saved the realm from an evil
fiend and with it gone, so too was our noble hero.
10/–/1 +Unbreakable
Attunement - If this weapon would cause damage,
you may force yourself and the damaged target to
Wander, the destination being the result of 3d6 using
the Wandering Table.
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Sword of Kings (3,500 GL)
12/–/1 +Unbreakable
Sword of Malice and Hatred (3,200 GL)
A pair of swords that when used together, cause an
unsettling cacophony of bloodied cries.
Malice 8/–/1 +100% Acid damage
Hatred 8/–/1 +100% Fire damage
Attunement. Whenever the attuned wielder would
fall to 0 Health, instead revive, standing at 1 Health In
13 hours as a zombie race (reroll all of your race skills
unless you were already a zombie).
Violet Night Shadow Wand (6,300 GL)
7/–/8 +9 Astral
Legendary
Black Chaos Sorcerer’s Wand (7,200 GL)
8/–/9 +13 Astral
Butterfly Daggers of A Goddess (6,100 GL)
X/–/1
Attunement - X equals the wielder’s current Astral.
Free Action: Teleport this weapon to the one it’s at-
tuned to.
Dark Blade of Destiny (6,600 GL)
13/–/1
Attunement - This wielder of this blade gains 3 Leg-
endary Actions and darksight.
Godsword (7,000 GL)
14/–/1
Attunement - The wielder of this blade gains 3 Leg-
endary Actions.
Masamune (7,000 GL)
14/–/1
Attunement - The wielder of this blade gains 3 Leg-
endary Actions.
Miku’s Blessing (5,000 GL)
–/–/– Item
Attunement. Increases your audio range by +100 feet.
The attuned user can summon this instrument and
change its form at will to any instrument they desire.
An extra-dimensional item with unknown powers of
the funk, rock, and hip hop variety.
Moonsilk Blade (3.300 GL)
9/–/1
Concealable. Trespass. Silences the enemy unit on
criticals. Deals double damage to units who haven’t
acted this encounter.
THE RHINO (6,500 GL)
12/5/12 +Slow-Reload, explosive: 3.
Special Ammo: 500 GL
Zero Life Dagger (3,900 GL)
10/–/1 -Poison: 4. Whenever you perform the Execute
combat maneuver with this weapon, you may also
double the amount of poison on the defending unit.
Zero Life Pistol (3,900 GL)
10/5/7 -Poison: 4. Whenever you perform the Execute
combat maneuver with this weapon, you may also
double the amount of poison on the defending unit.
Ancient Artifacts
Always Legendary, Ancient Artifacts are among the
first magical relics that ever existed. While a single
unit may wield multiple Ancient Artifacts, they can
only be magically attuned to one of them at a time,
using its powers.
To attune to an Ancient Artifact, a unit takes seven
days with the artifact on them and attempting to
bond with it. Some Ancient Artifacts may have a good
or evil spirit linked to it, which may enact a skill check,
which may have consequences, such as gaining a
spirit companion or being possessed.
A Skill Check may be reattempted once every week.
For monetary value, they’re near priceless.
Double Crown of Amentep
A powerful helmet capable of negating all damage
done to the wielder’s head.
Spirit of Amentep (Skill Check - Toughness + Influ-
ence 20). If successful, Ametep becomes a steadfast
ally, offering his expertise in ruling over an empire. If
failed, Amentep possesses you, and attempts to form
his own empire.
Helmet of Burielze
Grants command over zombies with 0 Intelligence.
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Spirit Burielze (Skill Check - Intelligence + Craft 13).
If successful, Burielze will aid you, but attempt to
persuade you to do corrupt deeds. If you fail to do so,
he’ll attempt to possess you once every week.
and translate it onto the tome’s surface.
Seto’s Twin Serpent
The wielder can deal dark or light damage and is resis-
tant to dark and light damage.

Mask of Taj Rezi
A mask that was once worn by the greatest merchant,
acquiring more wealth than any other. The wielder of
this artifact acquires double the value they normally
would.
Spirit Taj Rezi (Skill Check - Intelligence + Silver
Tongue 21). If successful, Taj Rezi will aid you in tasks
involving monetary gain and value. He’ll always side
with making you the most money. If failed, Taj Rezi
will possess you and go about scamming others to
acquire fortune.
Grant Shanta Set
An ancient board game set - the first board game
to ever exist! The wielder of this set rolls off of a 12
when making strategic plans involving outmaneuver-
ing other units.
Spirit of Dan Cala (Skill Check - Wisdom + Craft 18). If
successful, Dan Cala will aid you and give his wisdom.
He’ll also wish to play games with you.
Foregone Horn of Bjorn
A horn from one of the first legendary vikings. The
wielder of this horn is capable of standing against
any fear without a chance of cowering.This bravery
inspires those around them, making them immune to
fear as well.
Spirit of Steo (Skill Check - Any Attribute + Any Skill
Proficiency 30). If successful, Seto will aid you by pro-
viding expert advice. His goal is to make your goals a
reality, any means necessary.
Marbles of Atem
A set of magically imbued marbles. The wielder of
these are able to gain Edge when making skill checks
involving astral, games, and strategy.
Spirit of Atem (Skill Check - Any Attribute + Any Skill
Proficiency 30). If successful, Atem will aid you by pro-
viding expert advice. His goal is to make sure you and
your friends and family are safe, which may even lead
him to taking extreme actions that would cause harm
to those who mean you harm. If willing, you may also
have Atem control your body.
Neko no mīra
A golden sarcophagus roughly the size of a person’s
forearm, decorated with a cat design and a mummi-
fied cat within it. The wilder attuned to this Ancient
Artifact can summon the dead cat within it.

Spirit Bjorn (Skill Check - Toughness + Influence 25). If

successful, Bjorn becomes a steadfast ally, offering his
expertise in viking-ry.

Jar of Nasiri
A black vase jar capable of becoming art of any kind.

Spirit of Nasiri Aram (Skill Check - Toughness + Beast

18). If successful, Nasiri will aid you by providing cri-
tiques and advice related to art and fashion.

Lisan Eazim
Name meaning, “great tongue.” This tablet is made of
a mysterious black metal. It can detect any language
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Monsters
Troublemog (Level 0.25)

Nothing But Trouble

Characterized by their comical appearance
and disruptive nature, Troublemogs are
small, round creatures with giant grins on
their faces. They’re easy to spot with bright
colored skin and they often like to make silly
poses and steal people’s outfits, combining
them to make silly costumes.

Health: 3
Attack: 0 (bludgeoning)
Defense: 6 +Evade
Speed: 5 Initiative: 13

Strength: 0 Dexterity: 8 Toughness: 2

Intelligence: 2 Wisdom: 0 Resolve: 2

Skills: +1d6 Acrobatics

Weakness: None Resistance: None
• Magic Sight (Passive): This unit can see everything
within its vision.
• Mogging (Action): This unit gives an adjacent
Troublemog, +1d6 to their next attack this turn.
(+0) Yellow Troublemog: (Reaction): Reduce a unit’s
Attack by 1d6.
(+0) Black Troublemog: (Reaction): This unit must be
attacked this turn if able.
(+0) Green Troublemog: (Action): Remove a buff or
debuff from a unit (a DL may need to be made, if the
buff or debuff is a spell cast by a powerful spellcaster).
(+0) Blue Troublemog: (Passive): Gain a +1 bonus
when rolling for looting or treasure.
(+0) Red Troublemog: (Action): Increases the speed
of any friendly unit by +2 this turn.
(+0) Pink Troublemog: (Action): Dazes all adjacent
enemies who fail an Intelligence (Investigation) or
Wisdom (Perception) check with a difficulty equal to
15.
(Level 0.5) Yin Yang Troublemog: Fusion - Requires 2
Troublemogs. Attack and Defense become 10.
(Level 4) Orange Troublemog: (Reaction): Negate all
damage done by the next attack done to this unit. On
a following turn as a Boost Skill, this unit can add that
negated damage to a friendly unit’s attack.
(Level 4) Purple Troublemog: (Action): Teleports any
two units in this encounter, switching their positions
with the other.
(Level 4) Silver Troublemog: (Passive): Other trou-
blemog units can’t be targeted by spells or effects as
long as this unit is conscious and within their line of
sight.
(Level 4) Gold Troublemog (Action): Destroy all non
Legendary equipment in this encounter. This unit dies.
(Level 6) Rainbow Troublemog (Passive): Gains the
abilities of all other friendly troublemogs in this
encounter as well as gaining a +1d6 to its Attack and
Defense rolls for every friendly troublemog in this
encounter.
(Level 6) Troublemog Knight (Passive): Fusion - Re-
quires 2 Troublemogs. Health becomes 20. Gains +2d6
when attacking and defending. When Troublemog
Knight deals damage to an enemy unit, lower their
Armor and Guard to 0, they don’t return until Trou-
blemog Knight is killed.
(Level 10) Troublemog King (Passive): Fusion - Re-
quires 3 Troublemogs. Health becomes 30. Gains +3d6
when attacking and defending. When in battle with a
single enemy unit, Troublemog King can’t take dam-
age.
Equipment: N/A
Domain(s): Any area with clutter, especially those
with whimsy, such as playgrounds and toy stores.
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Other places may be garages, junkyards, and
buildings.
Tactics: Fearful companion - This unit will try to re-
treat from conflict unless to protect a companion.
Tiny Beast
Wuffle (Level 1)
Battle Lent
Wuffles are curious creatures of fuzzy wuzzy softness
and cuteness that have the shape of a ball, or more
accurately a bad wig. Wuffles have t-rex arms (as in
small arms) that can scratch enemies that move too
close to them… too bad they can’t scratch themselves
though!
They also have giant, magical eyes, which allow them
to surprisingly see everything, which normally aids in
just them being terrified of everything.
While not the most formidable or resolute of crea-
tures, Wuffles can gain close companionship with
others who treat them well, as such, they make great
pets.
Health: 3
Attack: 8 (bludgeoning/stabbing)
Defense: 12
Speed: 3 Initiative: 7
Strength: 3 Dexterity: 6 Toughness: 4
Intelligence: 3 Wisdom: 4 Resolve: 2
Skills: +1d6 Acrobatics
Weakness: None Resistance: None
• Magic Sight (Passive): This unit can see everything
within its vision.
• Roll (Movement): Move this unit up to 50 feet in a
single line.
• Absorb All Damage (Reaction): This unit can redi-
rect an adjacent attack or damage being done to an
adjacent unit to itself, if it does, this unit dies.
(+0) Caramel Wuffle: Gains weakness to Fire and
resistance to Ice.
(+0) Cherry Wuffle: Gains weakness to Lightning and
resistance to Fire.
(+0) Maple Wuffle: Gains weakness to Ice and resis-
tance to Lightning.
Equipment: N/A
Domain(s): Forests, dusty areas, and occasionally
plains.
Tactics: Fearful companion - This unit will try to re-
treat from conflict unless to protect a companion.
Small Beast
Chubwub (Level 1)
Too Much KFC (Killer Food Chew)
A fat as **** chicken that eats way too much and
spits up stomach acid from its gut.
Health: 15
Attack: 8 (bludgeoning/stabbing)
Defense: 12
Speed: 0 (Flight: 2) Initiative: Last
Strength: 8 Dexterity: 0 Toughness: 10
Intelligence: 0 Wisdom: 2 Resolve: 2
Skills: +1d6 Athletics
Weakness: Fire Resistance: Acid
• Acid Bomb (Action): Ranged Attack - 12 +1d6.
Range: 30 feet. 3x3 radius. 100% explosive acid dam-
age.
• Wing Thud (Action): Melee Attack - 12 +1d6. Spend
1 critical to knockdown the defending unit if they took
damage.
Equipment: N/A
Domain(s): Forests, plains
Tactics: Territorial Fat - This unit won’t attack unless
something it wants to eat moves near.
Large Beast
Domesticated Imp (Level 1)
From The Chimney, But No Gifts
These little rascals make decent pets I guess, but
they stink and destroy things, as per their nature. On
a good / possibly bad note, domesticated imps are
prone to disappearing for extended periods of time
and then returning with undesirable gifts, but not in-
tentionally, they’re trying to be nice. They didn’t know
you didn’t want the dead cat or mushy banana.
Health: 13
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Attack: 11 (slashing)
Defense: 9 Armor: 3
Speed: 3 (Flight: 2) Initiative: 15
Strength: 4 Dexterity: 9 Toughness: 2
Intelligence: 2 Wisdom: 4 Resolve: 1
Skills: +1d6 Acrobatics, +1d6 Stealth
Weakness: Ice Resistance: Fire
• Double Attack (Passive): This unit may attack twice
with its claws.
Equipment: N/A
Domain(s): Swamps
Tactics: Looting Companion - This unit prioritizes
looting but also can form great companionship with
others.
Small Fiend
Kingdom Soldier (Level 1)
For the Kingdom!
A dedicated soldier who fights for The Kingdom. This
unit can also be substituted for an Imperial Soldier by
making it a fiend, weak to ice and ressitant to fire.
A young dragon that could grow up to eat you and/or
destroy your entire kingdom. Let fate decide!
Health: 12
Attack: 10 (slashing)
Defense: 8 Armor: 4
Speed: 3 (Flight: 3) Initiative: 7
Strength: 6 Dexterity: 4 Toughness: 8
Intelligence: 1 Wisdom: 1 Resolve: 2
Skills: +1d6 Athletics
Weakness: Acid Resistance: Fire
• Fire Bomb (Action): Ranged Attack - 12 +1d6.
Range: 30 feet. 3x3 radius. 100% explosive fire dam-
age.
• Wing Thud (Action): Melee Attack - 12 +1d6. Spend
1 critical to knockdown the defending unit if they took
damage.
Equipment: N/A
Domain(s): Mountains
Tactics: Territorial Companion - This unit is protective
of its territory and of those it forms close connections
with.

Health: 12 Small Dragon

Attack: 12 (slashing)
Defense: 8 Armor: 2 Weasel Warrior (Level 3)
Speed: 5 Initiative: 10 Adorkable
A beastkin dressed in knight’s armor. Not exactly the
Strength: 5 Dexterity: 5 Toughness: 5 best suited role for the weasel, but one he wishes to
Intelligence: 3 Wisdom: 3 Resolve: 3 play nonetheless.

Skills: +1d6 Athletics Health: 17

Weakness: Fire Attack: 15 (slashing/stabbing)
• Sword Swing (Passive): Attacks all adjacent units Defense: 7 Armor: 4
with their sword. Speed: 3 (Tunnel: 2) Initiative: Last

Equipment Strength: 6 Dexterity: 4 Toughness: 5

Sword 7/--/1 Intelligence: 1 Wisdom: 3 Resolve: 3

Domain(s): Any Skills: +1d6 Acrobatics, +1d6 Stealth

Tactics: Tactical Weakness: Fire Resistance: Acid
Medium Humanoid • Swing Attack (Action): Melee Attack -1. Attacks all
adjacent units.
Young Dragon (Level 1) • Thrust (Action): Melee Attack +2. Only activate if
From Cute To “Oh Shoot!” this unit didn’t use a movement action this turn.
• Defend (Reaction): Redirect an attack or effect from
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an adjacent unit to this one. • Darksight (Passive): This unit can see in the dark.
• Six Shot Barrel Head (Action): Ranged Attack – 7d6
Equipment: Shields, swords ballistic damage. Range: 100 feet. Hits up to 3 units
in a spread-fire pattern. After the 6th shot, this unit
Domain(s): Forests, towns must take it’s entire turn using a Reload Action before
Tactics: Loyal Thief - This unit will protect their friends being able to use Six Shot Barrel Head again.
and steadfastly loyal to them, but will also be on • Triple Shot (Action): Ranged Attack - 21. Range: 100
the lookout for things to steal for himself and those feet. Attacks three times. Expends 3 of its 6 shots.
they’re loyal to. • No Eyes, Just Gun For A Head (Passive): Enemy
units can’t gain sneak attack bonuses or succeed on
Small Beastkin stealth checks against this unit.

Bloke-Eater Bug (Level: 10) Equipment: Revolver Dracotek Head (on a roll of 6+)
Health: 15
Attack: 15 Domain(s): Industrial
Defense: 10 Tactics: Protective / Vicious

Strength: 8 Dexterity: 4 Toughness: 8 Large Construct

Intelligence: 2 Wisdom: 4 Resolve: 5
Bladeskulker (Level 20)
Skills: +1d6 Perception, +1d6 Stealth The Edge Weasel
Weakness: Acid Resistance: Fire A fiend whose power grows from slaying foes and
• Man-Eater (Reaction): Use only if this unit is con- absorbing their astral into his blade.
cealed and isn’t spotted. Attack; 15 +3d6 slashing
damage. A unit dropped to 0 Health by this attack Health: 46
must immediately make a Death Check and start mak- Attack: 21 +double attack, +Astral Drain (slashing/
ing Death checks, starting with their next turn. stabbing)
Defense: 2 Armor: 13
Equipment: N/A Speed: 6 (Teleport: 6) Initiative: 12

Domain(s): Forests, swamps Strength: 21 Dexterity: 6 Toughness: 13

Tactics: Territorial / Vicious Intelligence: 8 Wisdom: 6 Resolve: 8

Large verdant Skills: +2d6 Astrana, +2d6 Influence, +2d6 Perception,

+2d6 Stealth, +2d6 Survival
Revolver Dracotek (Level 13) Weakness: Lightning Resistance: Non-lightning magic
Six Shots Immune: Intimidation
This ***** got a gun for a head. • Darksight (Passive): This unit can see in the dark.
• Double Attack (Passive): This unit can attack twice
Health: 27 with its Attack Action.
Attack: 21 (gun head) • Dark Sword of the Bladeskulker (Passive): Attacks
Defense: 1 Armor: 10 made by this unit’s sword, have astral drain, draining
Speed: 3 Initiative: 7 the defending unit’s astral instead of their Health. If
the defending unt’s Astral would be reduced to 0 or is
Strength: 14 Dexterity: 4 Toughness: 9 0, then that unit must make a Death Check. Whenever
Intelligence: 7 Wisdom: 3 Resolve: 7 a unit is slain by this weapon, gain a +1 Attack bonus.
• Ultimate Stealth (Passive): This unit begins the en-
Skills: +1d6 Investigation, 2d6 Technology counter concealed with a DL of 30.
Weakness: Acid Resistance: Fire, Lightning Immune: • Legendary (Passive): Up to 3 times per day, apply
Status effects one of the following: Reduce all damage done by a
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single attack by 50%. Negate an effect that would af-
fect this unit. Gain an additional AP this round, which
may be used for an additional Attack Action.
(+10) Bladeskulk King: This unit may use “Legendary”
up to 7 times per day. Additionally, this unit’s Health
becomes 99 and it gains Triple Attack.
Equipment
• Dark Sword of the Bladeskulker 8/--/1: Astral Drain.
Whenever you slay an enemy with this sword, gain a
+1 Attack bonus until you next make a death check. A
fiendish sword capable of siphoning the essence of its
foes to empower its wielder.
Domain(s): Swamp
Tactics: Tactical / Vicious
Medium Fiend
Renouncer (Level 20)
Absolve Yourself of Free Will
Powerful, demented, and intelligent fiends who ob-
sess over taking free will away from their victims.
Health: 51
Attack: 15 +Astral Drain (light)
Defense: 9 Armor: 9
Speed: 1 (Teleport: 3) Initiative: Last
Strength: 6 Dexterity: 0 Toughness: 18
Intelligence: 13 Wisdom: 13 Resolve: 13
Skills: +2d6 Astrana, +2d6 Influence, +2d6 Perception
Weakness: Legendary Weapons Resistance: Magic
Immune: Intimidation
• Truesight (Passive): This unit can see everything
within sight, even if its invisible or magical.
• Renouncer Body (Reaction): When attacked, the
Renouncer can use its Renouncer Body skill to negate
the attack. If the attack is a melee based attack, the
attacker must roll 1d6. In the result of 1-4, the unit is
absorbed into the Renouncer until its killed and. The
absorbed unit is considered immobilized.
• Legendary (Passive): Up to 3 times per day, apply
one of the following: Reduce all damage done by a
single attack by 50%. Negate an effect that would af-
fect this unit. Gain an additional AP this round, which
may be used for an additional Attack Action.
Equipment
N/A
Domain(s): Swamp
Tactics: Tactical / Vicious
Large Fiend
The Reaper (Level 30)
You Should Fear This
A being without malice, but only aims to take life.
Health: 63 Astral: 30
Attack: 22 +Sweep, +Astral Drain, +Lifesteal (slashing)
Defense: 7 Guard: 13
Speed: 3 (Flight: 8, Teleport: 6) Initiative: 6
Strength: 13 Dexterity: 13 Toughness: 13
Intelligence: 13 Wisdom: 13 Resolve: 13
Skills: +2d6 Astrana, +2d6 Influence, +2d6 Perception,
+2d6 Stealth
Weakness: N/A Resistance: Physical
Immune: Intimidation
• Darksight (Passive): This unit can see in the dark.
• Reaper Magic (Passive): The Reaper knows every
Affliction, Curse, and Darkness spell and may cast any
of them during its turn.
• Legendary (Passive): Up to 3 times per day, apply
one of the following: Reduce all damage done by a
single attack by 50%. Negate an effect that would af-
fect this unit. Gain an additional AP this round, which
may be used for an additional Attack Action.
Equipment
• Reaper’s Scythe X/--/1: Astral Drain, lifesteal.
Domain(s): Swamp
Tactics: Vicious
Large Undead Celestial
Pure-Eyes Platinum Dragon (Level 40)
The Last Light
The most notorious and deadly dragon of all the gal-
axy. Infamous and sometimes referred to as the “The
Last Light,” a moniker given to it, referring to it killing
thousands.
Health: 310
Attack: 40 +double attack (claws)
Defense: 7 Armor: 21
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Speed: 3 (Flight: 23) Initiative: First
Strength: 27 Dexterity: 14 Toughness: 20
Intelligence: 7 Wisdom: 14 Resolve: 20
Skills: +4d6 Athletics, +4d6 Perception, +4d6 Survival
Weakness: Arcane Immune: Physical and non-arcane
magic
• Double Attack (Action): This unit can attack twice
with its claws.
• Pure Lightning Breath (Boost): Attacks 14+7d6.
Range: 90 feet x 60 feet cone. This attack deals 100%
lightning and ignores all immunities and resistances to
lightning.
• Tail Devastation (Reaction): This unit can maneu-
ver its tail with ease, hitting everything up to 50 feet
around it, attacking for 50 siege damage.
• Ultimate Legendary (Passive): Up to 7 times per
day, apply one of the following: Reduce all damage
done by a single attack by 50%. Negate an effect
that would affect this unit. Gain an additional AP this
round, which may be used for an additional Attack
Action.
Equipment: A kingdom’s worth of gold and the finest
weapons in all the land.
Domain(s): Mountain
Tactics: Territorial / Vicious
Giant Dragon
Monster Variants
Manga
Manga Monsters receive +1d6 Attack and Defense.
A Manga Monster unit can only be active through a magical
manga (which can be magical for any number of reasons deemed
by the WM). If the book it’s active from is destroyed, so is the
Manga Monster.
For this reason, the manga must be protected, likely by the
caster in charge of the spell.
Otherwise, the manga itself bounces with a cartoon flair and has
magic expelled from it, that would make it near impossible to
disguise.
A Manga Monster unit gains an additional Action Point during
their first turn, but can only take actions against units who’ve
taken actions in an encounter.
Toon
Toon Monsters receive +1d6 Attack and Defense.
A Toon Monster unit can only be active through a magical book
(which can be magical for any number of reasons deemed by the
WM). If the book it’s active from is destroyed, so is the Toon.
For this reason, the book must be protected, likely by the caster
in charge of the spell.
Otherwise, the book itself bounces with a cartoon flair and has
magic expelled from it, that would make it near impossible to
disguise.
A Toon Monster unit can’t attack during their first turn. Addition-
ally, if there’s an enemy Toon Monster unit they must attack it.
Fusion Monsters
Some monsters are Fusion Monsters, being composed of other
monsters to make their new form. Fusion Monsters have re-
quired material that is labeled.
By default, Fusion Monsters deployed in the story by the WM
is assumed to already have the necessary fusion materials and
represents those monsters together, this is to also say that the
Fusion Monsters level is accurate and the WM doesn’t need to
calculate adding the materials to that Fusion Monsters level.
Story Gameplay
However, in the story Fusions can happen during the adventure!
Monsters can decide to fuse together during their turn to sur-
prise players and become more powerful!
It may even be possible for the player characters themselves to
fuse!
Fusion Mechanics
• Fusion - Two or more units have to be adjacent to one
another to fuse. Additionally, the “end result” must be
known, lest the units fuse and turn into a fiend, such as the
Renouncer!
For example, if three troublemogs gather together, they may
fuse to become a Troublemog King! This will raise the difficulty
by 10, given the Troublemog King’s level is 10.
While fused, the unit takes its turn as a single unit.
• Defuse - A unit may find itself wanting to separate from its
fusioned self. To do so, a unit must spend a full rest. If a unit
is knocked unconscious or killed, it remains fused. Some
magical effects may act to fuse or defuse units.
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Vessel Monsters
Not your traditional monsters. Little is known about
these strange creatures, aside that they are from
another dimension and enjoy pranking those who
encounter them.
with another affected unit at random, lasting for
24 hours.
• Virtual Vessel: Located in the most technological
places. All affected units reroll their Stored Dice.

When exploring, PCs may accidentally encounter Ves-

sel Monsters when search-
ing for items such as loot
or backdoor entrances and
critical failing.

When a Vessel Monster is

encountered, it smiles with
its giant mouth and teeth
and vanishes, leaving be-
hind an effect that affects
every unit within a 1 mile
radius of it.

• Dark Vessel: Located in

the darkest and most
dangerous places. Skills
can’t be activated by all
units upon activating for
the next 24 hours.
• Fire Vessel: Located in
the hottest and most
fiery places. All affected
units have their Health
reduced to 6 and their
Attack value increased
by that amount for the
next 24 hours.
• Rock Vessel: Located in
the hardest and most
rockiest places. All
affected units have their
speed reduced to 1 and
+1d6 added to their
Defense for the next 24
hours.
• Water Vessel: Located in the most isolated and
cold places. All affected units swap their Strength,
Dexterity, and Toughness Attribute with their In-
telligence, Wisdom, and Resolve Attribute stat for
the next 24 hours.
• Wood Vessel: Located in the most wooded and
wildland places. All affected units swap bodies

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The Otherworlds engine
This game uses the otherworlds Engine and is com-
patible with other games that use it, such as the
Otherworlds Core Rulebook, Banishment, and Super
Breaker.
Game rule Basics
Otherworlds is a tabletop roleplaying game that exclu-
sively uses six-sided dice (written commonly as 1d6,
2d6, 3d6, etc. to denote how many six-sided dice will
be rolled). When you’re asked to roll, you’ll roll the
required number of six-sided dice and add the result
to your relevant stat.
scared when you see this, it’s not that advanced; how-
ever, it does add some complexities to the game, so
we don’t recommend newcomers use the Advanced
settings. BUT, if you want some added customization,
discuss with your WM some of the Advanced set-
tings that you’d like to use and they should allow. We
recommend the Advanced settings for people who’ve
already played Otherworlds before.
*** The term World Master (WM) refers to the Game
Master, who runs the game and arbitrates the rules.
*** For clarification on terms, check the Keywords
and Glossary section at the back of this book.
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Skill Resolution & Checks
Skill resolution is straightforward. Whenever you face
a task with a risk of failure, you’ll make a check.
A check is any roll that determines the success or fail-
ure of an action. Whether it’s picking a lock, persuad-
ing an NPC, or landing a critical hit in combat, these
moments call for a check.
When it’s time to make a check, the World Master
(WM) will provide the necessary details. Check typi-
cally consist of:
Attribute + Skill Proficiency + 1d6 + Bonuses
(if applicable)
To break it down further:
• Attribute: Your relevant attribute, such as Dexter-
ity, Intelligence, or Resolve, reflects your natural
aptitude for the task at hand.
• Skill Proficiency: If you possess proficiency in a
particular skill related to the check, you’ll add your
skill proficiency bonus.
• 1d6: Roll a single six-sided die to introduce an
element of chance to the outcome.
• Bonuses: Certain abilities, rewards, or exceptional
roleplaying moments may grant you additional
bonuses that enhance your chances of success.
By summing up these components, you determine
the final result of your check. A higher total increases
your likelihood of success, while a lower total indi-
cates a more difficult outcome.
Remember that the specifics of attributes, skills, and
bonuses will vary based on the situation and your
character’s abilities. The WM will guide you on the
appropriate challenges to make and any modifiers
relevant to the task.
Dice Rolling
In Otherworlds, your dice rolls primarily involve a sin-
gle six-sided die (1d6) along with any bonuses derived
from your proficiencies, skills, and roleplaying abili-
ties. Let’s explore how this works.
When making a check, you’ll typically roll 1d6 and add
any relevant bonuses. These bonuses can come from
your proficiencies, skills, or exceptional roleplaying
moments. For instance, becoming proficient in weap-
ons and skills grants you Edge, allowing you to roll 2d6
instead of 1d6 if you have invested two proficiency
points.
To summarize:
Standard Roll: 1d6 + Bonuses (from proficiencies,
skills, or roleplay)
Enhanced Roll with Edge: 2d6 + Bonuses (when two
proficiency points are invested)
By adding your bonuses to the result of your dice roll,
you’ll determine the overall outcome of your check.
Higher totals increase your chances of success, while
lower totals indicate a more challenging result.
Keep in mind that the specific bonuses you receive
will depend on your character’s progression, skill
choices, and the situation at hand. The World Master
(WM) will provide guidance on the relevant bonuses
for each check and ensure consistency throughout
your adventures.
So, prepare to roll the dice, factor in your bonuses,
and let the fate of the dice determine your character’s
success as they traverse the exciting and unpredict-
able.
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Dynamic dice
introduces unique dice mechanics and highlights key
rules to enhance gameplay.
Exploding Dice
In Otherworlds, every die you roll, except during
character creation, has the potential to explode!
Don’t worry, it’s a good thing and not dangerous at
all. When you roll the highest result on a die, it “ex-
plodes,” allowing you to roll additional dice and add
up the combined results. Since we exclusively use six-
sided dice, the highest result is 6.
Criticals
Rolling a 6 is considered a Critical. Criticals can be
used to deal extra damage, persuade tough negotia-
tors, and perform various other actions explained in
more detail later in this book. Always remember that
imagination is key. If you come up with something
extraordinary and roll a Critical, it’s even more reason
to embrace the “rule of cool” and do something truly
awesome!
Enemy Criticals have the ability to cancel yours, so
be cautious. However, by default, normal enemies
shouldn’t have many special feats with Criticals unless
the World Master (WM) intends to provide you with
a greater challenge or if the enemy possesses Combat
Maneuvers utilizing Criticals.
Edge
Edge grants you an advantage by allowing you to
roll an additional 1d6 and choose the highest result.
There are several factors that can grant you Edge,
including:
• Executing an attack from a well-laid plan.
• Performing a unique trick that your character
excels in.
• Gaining the high ground.
Edge stacks, meaning if you have multiple sources of
Edge, they accumulate. For example, if you have 2
Edge in addition to your normal roll of 1d6, you would
roll 3d6 and select the highest result. Remember to
choose the result before dice explode.
Lose Edge
When you have a disadvantage, you’ll roll an addi-
tional 1d6 and choose the lowest result. Factors lead-
ing to losing Edge can include:
• Wielding an unwieldy weapon.
• Attempting a task for which your character is ill-
suited.
• Performing in adverse weather conditions like
heavy wind or rain without appropriate prepara-
tion.
Similar to Edge, losing Edge can stack. Each loss of
Edge negates one stack of Edge. For instance, if you
gain 1 Edge and lose 1 Edge, you would roll as usual
without any Edge bonuses.
Specific > General
When unsure, always prioritize specific ability rulings
over general rules. For example, while the general
rule may restrict using two Reaction skills in a round,
if you possess an ability that allows you to do so, you
can ignore the “one Reaction per round” rule! Specific
abilities take precedence in such cases.
Round Up
Whenever you need to halve a number, always round
up!
By keeping these rules and guidelines in mind, you’ll
navigate the intricacies of Otherworlds with clarity
and confidence, ensuring an exciting and immersive
tabletop RPG experience.
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Tiebreakers
When two results are equal, the tie is resolved in
favor of whatever initiated the roll. This system keeps
the game flowing smoothly and encourages charac-
ters to take action, driving the narrative forward.
Grids
While games using the Otherworlds Engine can be
played on or off a grid, using a grid can be beneficial,
particularly for new players or those who enjoy using
miniatures. However, the game is designed to be
grid-agnostic and does not require one for gameplay.
Puzzles & Problems
One of the greatest joys of tabletop RPGs is the free-
dom from strict coding and software limitations. With
this system we embrace the limitless power of our
combined imaginations. Throughout the game, you
are encouraged to solve puzzles and encounter prob-
lems in creative ways beyond what is explicitly writ-
ten. If a riddle has a specific answer in mind but you
come up with an alternative solution, discuss it with
your World Master (WM). A skilled WM will collabo-
rate with you, saying “yes, and...” instead of shutting
down ideas. So, let your problem-solving skills shine
as you navigate the game world and find success
through inventive thinking.

Character Creation
Before going through the following six steps in creat-
ing a character, if you already have an idea for how
you want your character, be sure to jot your ideas
down and form the following details around them.
This game isn’t about fitting into rigid boxes, but
rather your character forming their own paradigm and
place to inhabit in this magnificent universe!
Feel free to use a race’s abilities but give your specific
character a different look, race name, and culture.
Classes are meant to give “ideas” function, and are
customizable thanks to custom skill trees. Themes
break all molds, and you’re encouraged to design your
own or alter current ones.
Equipment has no bounds. Take flight with fully ar-
mored machinations with launching cables to plunge
your heroes through the skies above, or be resolute
with a heavy bunker shield with a rocket armament.
The choices are yours. Let them be limitless!
Teamwork
The tired expression, “there is no I in team,” may be
said a lot, but it’s true. If you’re going to be a part of a
group, it’s good to consider what other player charac-
ters will be like. For the best experience, you’ll want
to all use different weapons and have different skill
proficiencies so you’ll all have your time to shine!
Additionally, you’ll notice that your class skills are bro-
ken down between three categories: Fighter, mage,
and rogue. You’ll want to try and distribute these
evenly among your team for the best effect.
Your fighter characters will likely be the ones taking
the brunt of the damage, and can handle themselves
in an up close and personal fight. Mages are great
for utility and support, punishing enemy weaknesses
and keeping their friends protected with wards and
healing. Rogues are great for dealing damage, but also
for sneaking their way around. They are also typically
the most diverse in skill proficiencies, allowing them
to round out the team when it comes to doing impor-
tant tasks.
The Six Steps To Creating Your Character
A character can be created in six easy steps. The
recommended order to create your character is listed
below:
1. Race 4. Themes
2. Class 5. Equipment
3. Attributes 6. Story
Race
Every character will belong to a race. Playable races
are composed of intelligent creatures found on many
of the worlds in the universe. Every race has different
traits, such as their appearance, lifespan, abilities, and
general personality.
Class
Your class is a name given to your character based
on their ability set. Classes fill different roles, such as
being aggressive, defending others, casting spells, and
healing, among other things! While class is a great
way to give insight and general roles to players, no
class fits 100% into any box. Instead, classes are often
hybrid builds and capable of adapting to many strate-
gies and playstyles!
Attributes
Six attributes—Strength, Dexterity, Toughness, Intelli-
gence, Wisdom, and Resolve—represent how capable
your character is in any given field. Attributes range
from 0-12, with higher being better.
Themes
Every character has things that make them unique.
A runescar given to them at birth, abnormally large
muscles, or a body that can turn itself to slime—the
universe is the limit, really! Characters by default get
two themes.
Equipment
Every character will need some equipment to take
with them on their journey! Equipment can be any-
thing from vials of potions to grenades, sets of armor,
or weapons!
Story
Last, but certainly not least, is your character’s story!
Draft up some ideas for their background and person-
ality!
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Types of Skills
Passive Skills are ever-present, and as such are always
active (or active when you want them to be). Many
Passive Skills are stat boosts that are factored into
your character’s base stats, or add bonuses to certain
skill checks.
Action Skills represent your character’s primary ac-
tion during your turn. These actions are often attacks
or combat-related abilities. A player may only use
one Action Skill during their turn in place of their
attack. Some Action Skills may denote a specific type
of attack, such as “Sword Attack,” “Heavy Attack,” or
“Ranged Attack.” These are attacks that have special
effects, but must be performed by the denoted typ-
ing.
Boost Skills represent skills your char-
acter has to optimize their attacks in
Otherworlds. You are limited to only
using one Boost Skill per turn. Boost
Skills that affect attacks and damage
should be used prior to attacking.
Your Character Begins Their Adventure With The
Following:
• 12 Health
• 12 Astral
• Language: Common (thanks to the Awakening, all
races across the universe speak a commonly un-
derstood language, known simply as “Common”),
Native (depending on your race).
• 1,000 Gild. WM may adjust this for each character
or for all characters, given the campaign’s story.
• Equipment based on how you build your char-
acter. Different equipment is acquired through
different classes.
***Additional Health and Astral will be given based
on your class. Additionally, when leveling up, you’ll be
able to become more powerful!

Reaction Skills allow your character

to react during someone else’s turn.
A Reaction is an instant response to a
trigger, such as a gunslinger using “I
Shot First” to attack an enemy before
they are able to attack you. If the re-
action interrupts another unit’s turn,
they continue their turn once the Re-
action has resolved. You are only able
to use one Reaction Skill per round.

Some gifts come in great packages!

You’ll notice when acquiring new skills
that some offer several new abilities
for the price of one! When acquiring
a skill such as this, it will use bullet
points to denote each ability acquired.

Upgradable Skills
After initially obtaining them, some
skills allow you to acquire upgrad-
able skills down the road for further
enhancement!

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Leveling up!
Listed below is a chart that details what benefits your
characters will get per level they gain. There are five
different bonuses that can be acquired when leveling
up, depending on the level your character becomes.
Each icon represents a corresponding bonus, and ev-
ery character follows this leveling chart for a stream-
lined experience.
Leveling Terms
• Attribute Points refer to the six attributes of Oth-
erworlds: Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, Wisdom,
and Resolve. Each point spent may be spent indepen-
dently or together, raising the corresponding attrib-
ute(s) by 1. An attribute can’t exceed its maximum of
12 no matter how many Attribute Points are invested
into it.
• Proficiency Points are spent to acquire a new profi-
ciency in either a.) A Skill Proficiency (such as Percep-
tion or Stealth), or b.) An Equipment Proficiency (such
as a tool, weapon, or spellcasting).
Note: If a player would acquire a Proficiency Point for
a specific Proficiency they can no longer get points in,
they may add that Proficiency Point to anything else.
• Skill Points are acquired through leveling up, and are
achieved at levels represented in the leveling chart
above. Every Skill Point has equal value, and can be
spent on any skill in a character’s Skill Tree at the time
of obtaining the Skill Point, as long as the skill ac-
quired is from an unlocked Tier Level.
• Tier Level (or TL) refers to a character’s “stage,” and
is represented by 1-5. The higher the number, the
higher the TL. Many skills will refer to a character’s TL,
and the higher the TL, the more powerful the result
will be!
Level Bonus
Whenever you gain a level, you acquire a Skill Point
that can be spent at any time to acquire a skill. The
new skill must be one within your Skill Tree and it
must be in a Tier Level you have already unlocked.
Tier Levels are special categories separating your
skills, beginning with your starting skills and moving
all the way up to your ultimate ones! The more you
level up, the higher Tier Level you will acquire.
Story Based Leveling
Character leveling is driven by the evolving story
and character growth, rather than a mere numerical
progression. When characters or the group reach
pivotal moments, such as achieving goals or resolving
story arcs, the World Master (WM) has the authority
to grant them a level. The pace of leveling is at the
discretion of the WM, ensuring that characters re-
main within a 1-2 level range of each other. Embrace
the natural progression of the narrative to shape your
character’s advancement.

Leveling
Level 1: Tier 1 Level 2: 3 At- Level 3: 1 Skill Level 4: 1 Profi- Level 5: Tier
Unlocked, Tier tribute Points Point ciency Point or 2 Unlocked, 1
1 skill from +3 Health or +3 Skill Point, +1
all your Skill Astral Discipline
Branches, +1
Discipline
Level 6: 1 Skill Level 7: 3 At- Level 8: 1 Skill Level 9: 1 Profi- Level 10: Tier
Point tribute Points Point ciency Point or 3 Unlocked, 1
+3 Health or +3 Skill Point, +1
Astral Discipline
Level 11: 1 Skill Level 12: 3 At- Level 13: 1 Skill Level 14: 1 Pro- Level 15: Tier
Point tribute Points Point ficiency Point 4 Unlocked, 1
or +3 Health or Skill Point, +1
+3 Astral Discipline
Level 16: 1 Skill Level 17: 3 At- Level 18: 1 Skill Level 19: 1 Pro- Level 20: Tier
Point tribute Points Point ficiency Point 5 Unlocked, 1
or +3 Health or Skill Piint, or +1
+3 Astral Discipline
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Fast Leveling Normal Leveling Slow Leveling Below is a chart detailing how much XP a
WM will give out when using the XP vari-
Level XP Level Expe- Level XP Needed
ant. The XP given is the same, regardless of
Needed rience
whether the fast, normal, or slow XP chart
Needed
is being used.
1 0 1 0 1 0
2 100 2 200 2 400 Level Average XP Given
3 300 3 400 3 600 Tier 1 100-400
4 400 4 800 4 1,000 Tier 2 500-800
5 500 5 1,600 5 2,000 Tier 3 900-1,200
6 750 6 2,400 6 2,800 Tier 4 1,300-1,400
7 1,000 7 3,200 7 3,600 Tier 5 1,500
8 1,250 8 4,000 8 4,400
9 1,500 9 4,800 9 5,200

XP
10 1,750 10 5,600 10 6,000
11 2,250 11 7,200 11 8,000
12 2,750 12 8,800 12 9,600
13 3,250 13 10,400 13 11,200
14 3,750 14 12,000 14 12,800
15 4,250 15 13,600 15 14,400
16 4,350 16 15,200 16 17,600
17 4,450 17 16,800 17 34,400
18 4,550 18 18,400 18 37,600
19 4,650 19 20,000 19 40,800
20 5,000 20 21,600 20 50,000

XP Leveling (Variant)
Gaining experience points (XP) is common in table-
top RPGs and video games. If your WM prefers this
method, at the end of each campaign session the WM
will award every character with XP. The XP given is
determined by the WM based on the challenges the
players have faced. Each character can receive different
amounts of XP, or it can be equal for the whole group.

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Equipment
Shopping, looting, quests, and rewards—all are valid
ways to obtain equipment!
In your travels, you’ll encounter many different types
of equipment. Equipment can be anything from a
bandage, flask, or grenade, to a legendary sword
pulled from a stone! Equipment plays a vital role in
your character’s adventures!
Starting Equipment
When you create your character, you’ll receive equip-
ment for everything you’re proficient with. For exam-
ple, if your character is proficient with sniper rifles
and daggers, then you’ll start the game with both a
sniper rifle and dagger.
If you want a different piece of starting equipment,
then simply talk to your WM about swapping it out
for something else.
Consider how your character begins their adventure
with their starting equipment. It could be inherited, a
gift, part of a guild, or maybe even a sponsor?!
Loot Distribution
Most loot will be distributed throughout the game ac-
cording to your TL, which directly correlates to rarity.
Some WMs may run your game where each player
begins the game with a Legendary equipment, or
offer rarer quality items more often, but listed below
is a standard guide to use.
Rarities
There are six types of rarities of equipment that you’ll
find in Otherworlds. You’ll begin finding more and
more high level rarities as you level up and face esca-
lated dangers.
Here’s a breakdown.
• Tier 1: Common (bandages, med kit, dagger, re-
volver, etc.)
• Tier 2: Uncommon (weapons with 7 Attack, po-
tions)
• Tier 3: Rare (weapons with 8-9 Attack, potent
potions)
• Tier 4: Epic (weapons with 10 Attack, armor that
grants resistance and other bonuses)
• Tier 5: Legendary (weapons with 11-12 Attack, ar-
mor that resists multiple types of damage, potions
that bring back characters from death)
***Alien: A special rarity that can be found at any
Tier, though much more likely to be found at higher
levels! Alien weapons are strange in form and func-
tion, and are often not well understood, acting as
strange as they look!
Note: Weapons can have higher or lower Attack stats
than what’s listed for their rarity. For example, maybe
the weapon has a lower Attack, but an extremely
powerful effect. A WM will need to find which rarity
fits each equipment best and use the above solely as
a guideline.
Magical Items and Attunement
Some items have magical abilities that can only be
used by a character when they are attuned to the
item.
A character may have up to one item attuned to them
at a time for every Tier Level they are. A character
doesn’t need to be a spellcaster to attune an item or
use an attuned item; however, the WM may require
them to be guided by a spellcaster to attune them.
By default, an item takes 30 minutes to attune to a
character. A character doesn’t gain any other bonuses,
such as healing from resting, when attuning an item.
Attunement is broken from the character if one of the
following occurs:
• The character chooses to break attunement as a
Free Action.
• The character is separated from their attuned item
for 24 hours.
• The character no longer satisfies requirements
noted by the item.
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Currency
Whether it be digital or physical, you’ll need a means
to purchase new equipment, transportation, and ser-
vices. Digital currency is easy to transport, but the dis-
advantage comes when you’re in areas without signal
or working with others that don’t have the technology
to transfer funds.
Some people you work with may only take physical
forms of currency (otherwise called hard forms of
money).
• Gild (GL): Electronic payments that can be taken
in any area with a TR of 2+. Payments are made
either via smart device, such as an Echo Link, or
through an e-card, otherwise known as a Gild
Card: Gild cards are highly resistant, easy to carry,
and can only be accessed with your thumbprint.
From the gild card, you can wirelessly connect
with other gild cards, transferring funds as long as
there’s service.
• Gild Bills (GB): The exact rate of gild, “gild bills,”
are like checks, representing a physical amount
that can be deposited later. These are perfect for
those currently without signal, and are still easy to
carry.
• Gold Pieces (gp): Each gold piece is equivalent to
1000 GL.
• Silver Pieces (sp): Each silver piece is equivalent to
100 GL.
• Copper Pieces (cp): Each copper piece is equiva-
lent to 10 GL.
Currency Reference
Common Food: 5 GL
Dagger: 15 GL
Grenade: 50 GL
Potion: 100 GL
Common: 100 - 500 GL
Uncommon: 500 - 1,500 GL
Rare: 1,500 - 2,500 GL
Epic: 2,500 - 5,000 GL
Legendary: 5,000 GL+
Selling Loot
As you encounter treasure from your adventure,
you’ll undoubtedly want to sell some of your gains.
As a general rule, you’ll be able to sell anything for
an amount equal to half of its worth. Keep in mind,
however, that certain merchants and other characters
might not be interested in what you’re selling. A gun
store owner likely wouldn’t want a fancy sword, and if
it’s magical, they may think it’s beyond them in both
understanding and price.
Sometimes notable treasures can be looted from
monsters you’ll encounter, as well as from other bat-
tles fought. Keep in mind, though, that much of the
equipment may be of very low quality or damaged,
and thus useless.
Weapons
All weapons have a value of Attack, Magazine, and Range
listed (in that order) as Attack/Magazine/Range that will
look like this: 8/2/4. A weapon that doesn’t have or require
a magazine will have “--” in its place. Just like Attributes,
weapon values will often be 0-12; however, there may be
rare exceptions... or should I say legendary exceptions?
Attack: This is the weapon’s effectiveness. For blades, it’s
how sharp and wieldy they are. For rifles, it’s how accu-
rate, fast, and powerful they are.
Magazine: This is how many times you can attack with
your weapon before needing to take the Reload action.
Some weapons, like machine guns, hold thousands of
bullets—but instead of tracking each individual bullet, they
fire in clusters represented by “1” ammo.
*Most guns in Otherworlds use modular ammunition,
which is so abundant that it needn’t be kept track of. Some
more rare and powerful weapons, however, use Special
Ammunition, which will state how much their ammo costs.
It’s your job to keep that bad boy (or girl) well fed!
Range: A more accurate name would be “optimal range,”
but it’s much easier to just say range. This is how many
spaces (representing 10 ft.) this weapon can attack. For
ranged weapons, you may attack up to twice the distance
farther, but suffer a -1 Attack penalty per additional 10
ft. The same is true for ranged effects, such as a lightning
blast from a caster’s hand.
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Starting Weapons
Each player will acquire the weapons they select when
choosing a class.
Player Tip: Try writing down a fun name for your weapon
based on the type of character you’re playing and where
you’ve come from. “Revolver” is a pretty boring name,
but “Outlaw” is definitely a cool one—just remember it’s
a revolver, or write “Outlaw Revolver” so you don’t get
confused!
Attack Stats Based On Rarity
• Common Weapons: 6-7
• Uncommon Weapons: 7-8
• Rare Weapons: 9-10
• Epic Weapons: 11
• Legendary Weapons: 12
Weapon Types
Melee Weapons
• Axes: Hatchet, hand scythe, hand axe, throwing
axe, felling axe, large scythe, war axe, great axe
• Bludgeon: Mace, club, flail, hammers, maul, nun-
chaku
• Daggers: Dagger, kunai, claw
• Exotic (lose 1 Edge if not proficient): Whip, scythe
• Polearms: Halberd, pike, spear, javelin, staff, lance,
glaive
• Shields: Round, buckler, kite
• Staves: Light staff, blade staff, quarterstaff, shod
staff, wand
• Swords: Broadsword, long sword, greatsword,
bastard sword, katana, rapier, short sword, cut-
lass, saber, scimitar
Ranged Weapons
• Automatic: Submachine gun (SMG), machine gun
• Bows: 2H crossbow, 1H crossbow, short bow,
longbow
• Handguns: Pistol, revolver, hand cannon
• Heavy: Rocket launcher, cannon, grenades
launcher, chemical
• Rifles: Combat rifle, sniper rifle, spell rifles (deals
arcane damage)
• Shotguns: 1H shotgun, 2H shotgun
• Tech (uses INT)
Improvised Weapons (lose 2 Edge): Garbage can lid,
broken stool leg, broken bottle, rubble
Weapon Proficiencies
Just like with Skill Proficiencies, if you have 1 point
in a weapon proficiency, then you gain Edge when
attacking with a weapon of that type. Additionally, if
you have 2 points in a weapon proficiency, then you
roll an additional 1d6 when attacking with it.
Melee Weapons
• 1H Axe, 1H Scythe: 6/--/1 (common: 400 GL)
• 2H Axe: 8/--/1 (common: 400 GL)
• Brass Knuckles: 5/--/1 (common: 200GL)
• Dagger: 6/--/1 (common: 400 GL)
• Broadsword: 7/--/1 (com
Defense
Whenever units are attacked and able to move, they
will defend themselves. When a unit defends them-
self, they roll 1d6 and apply it to their Defense stat.
The difference between the attack and their total
defense is how much damage they’ll take.
Defense is Toughness + ½ Dexterity (rounded up).
Getting Around Defense
If a unit is attacked while immobilized, asleep, or
otherwise binded, then that unit won’t get to roll for
defense. Damage dealt won’t go through their De-
fense stat (but it’ll still go through armor and other
damage reduction).
Armor & Shields
Armor reduces damage taken to your Health. Anytime
you would take damage, subtract your armor rating
first. For example, if you would take 7 damage and are
wearing medium armor, which has an armor rating of
4, then you’d take 3 points of damage to your Health.
Starting Armor
Characters start the game with an armor type up to
their Toughness in value. For example, a character
with 4 Toughness can start with the Cloth or Light
type armor.
Guards
Guards are shields that can be worn on a person’s
body. These equipped devices harness the power of
captured astral energy and use it to shield the wearer
in a transparent overlay, protecting them from harm.
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Guards are your last line of defense.
Tools
Tools are items that are used to perform specialized
Low Technology Worlds
tasks. You must be proficient with a tool in order to
If it fits your world or character more, a character’s
use it properly.
guard can be non-technology. Instead, the character’s
guard would represent their ability to deflect harm
Tools grant Edge when using them on relevant tasks if
through a combination of physical and mental capa-
you’re proficient with them.
bilities.

For this purpose, guard works the exact same way. List of Tools
Listed below are some tools that you may encounter
Flavorfully, it wouldn’t make sense to purchase a and use on your adventure. Each tool is categorized
guard of this sort, so instead one could have a lower by the attribute that it correlates with.
starting amount of Gild equal to the cost a guard
would normally be. Alternatively, you could reason Strength Climbing Tools
that the payment went towards training of some sort. Dexterity Disguise Kit, Poisoner’s
Kit, Thief’s Tools
Guard Capacity Toughness N/A
This is how much damage your guard can take before Intelligence Hacking Tools, Investiga-
it’s depleted. Your guard will regain its full capacity at tion Kit, Jet Pack, Science
the start of each of your turns. Kit, Surgeon’s Tools,
Tinkerer’s Tools
Starting Guard Wisdom Apothecary Kit, Artisan’s
Every character will start their adventure with a guard Tools, Cooking Supplies,
appropriate to their level. For most characters, this Gaming Set, Medical Kit,
means a Standard Guard, as they’ll begin at level 1. Navigation Tools
Resolve Ceremonial Kit, Divining
• Standard Guard: Capacity: 1 (500 GL)
Tools, Instrument, Per-
• Improved Guard: Capacity: 2 (1,500 GL)
formance Kit
• Advanced Guard: Capacity: 3 (3,500 GL)
• Adept Guard: Capacity: 4 (7,200 GL)
• Epic Guard: Capacity: 5 (9,000 GL)
Artisan’s Tools
Unique tools that include items needed to pursue a
WM Note: It’s recommended to pace guard upgrades
craft or trade. These tools apply bonuses to arts and
for the players according to their Tier Level. For exam-
crafts.
ple, a TL of 3 should be about the time a player gets
an Advanced Guard.
Apothecary Kit
This kit contains a variety of tools such as mortar, pes-
Items tle, clippers, pouches, and vials used by herbalists to
Items usually have one unique purpose and many are create a variety of potions. These tools apply bonuses
limited in uses, but not all. They can be potions, anti- to identifying herbs and creating potions.
dotes, chalk, bandages, grenades, and more!
Ceremonial Kit
Simple Items A kit that comes with proper sacred symbols and a
Every item listed below is limited to one use unless tome to perform a ceremony. These tools apply bo-
stated otherwise. nuses to performing ceremonies.

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Climbing Tools
Various tools that aid in climbing, including hooks,
anchors, and gloves. These tools apply bonuses to
climbing.
Cooking Supplies
Gear dedicated to cooking scrumptious meals!
Disguise Kit
This pouch of cloth, cosmetics, wigs, and small props
allows you to alter your physical appearance. These
tools apply bonuses to creating a visual disguise.
Divination Tools
With these tools and a combination of magic, you are
able to decipher future circumstances. Ask the WM
a question and they will answer it truthfully with a
short phrase. These tools apply bonuses to decipher-
ing the future.
Gaming Set
This item contains a wide variety of games that
include dice and decks of cards (for games such as
Bullet and Spellslingers). These tools apply a bonus
when playing a game.
Hacking Tools
Tools and programs to assist in hacking technology.
These tools apply bonuses to hacking.
Instrument
A tool used for making music. For every proficiency
point in this, you may choose a new instrument to
be proficient with, including vocals. You may learn as
many instruments as you wish in place of leveling up
an existing proficiency.
Investigation Kit
A set of tools including a voice recorder, writing
utensil, paper, camera, flashlight, and other tools that
would allow you to perform an investigation. These
tools apply a bonus to Investigation checks.
Jet Pack
An item used to make the user go airborne. Pro-
ficiency with this item allows you to use jet packs
without penalty.
Medical Kit
A kit full of useful medical tools. With these tools, a
character can attempt to stop bleeding with a difficulty
of 6, or heal a character at 0 Health to 1 Health with a
difficulty of 10.
Navigation Tools
A set of instruments used for navigation. These tools
apply a bonus to Survival checks.
Performance Kit
If you are proficient with a musical instrument, these
tools apply a bonus to Entertain checks involving an
instrument.
Poisoner’s Kit
A kit that includes vials, chemicals, and other equip-
ment needed to create or apply poisons. These tools
apply a bonus to crafting and applying poison.
Science Kit
Tools used for examining the stars and microorganisms,
and vials for potions and mixing elements.
Surgeon’s Tools
A set of tools used for performing intense surgeries
that would likely otherwise be fatal.
Thief’s Tools
A set of tools used for picking locks and disarming
traps.
Tinkerer’s Tools
A set of tools used for tinkering with machinery.
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Health and Astral
Health represents physical well-being, while Astral
embodies the magical essence within them. As you
face challenges, combat, and dangers, your Health
may decrease due to inflicted damage. Astral, on the
other hand, fuels your extraordinary abilities and
spellcasting.
Health
When facing challenges, combat, or other perilous
situations, your Health may be put at risk. Damage
inflicted by enemies or environmental factors can
deplete your Health points. The amount of Health you
have depends on your character’s class, skills, and
other factors.
To track your Health, mark down the corresponding
points on your character sheet. As your Health de-
creases, it reflects the toll taken on your character’s
physical condition. Be mindful of your Health and
make strategic decisions to preserve it, such as using
defensive maneuvers, seeking healing, or employing
tactical advantages.
Astral
Astral is the ethereal essence of magic and supernat-
ural power in the universe. It fuels the extraordinary
abilities and spells that characters can wield. Think
of Astral as a resource that can be expended to cast
spells, activate magical effects, or perform extraordi-
nary feats.
Characters possess Astral points, which represent
their connection to the mystical forces of the game
world. The amount of Astral you have depends on
your character’s class, skills, and other factors. As
you use Astral for magical endeavors, the points are
expended.
Replenishing Astral points can occur through various
means, such as resting, utilizing special abilities or
items, or encountering potent sources of magical
energy. Wise management of your Astral reserves
is crucial, as it determines your capacity to unleash
powerful spells and tap into supernatural abilities.
Recovery
Resting
Your characters will inevitably grow tired and become
a bit beat up after countless hours of adventuring.
Most characters can last about 14 hours before get-
ting tired.
Resting heals your characters, and resets Discipline
and any skills that are limited in use per day.
Short Rest: Approximately 1 Hour
Heals Health: Toughness + 1d6
Restores Astral: Resolve + 1d6
Long Rest: Approximately 8 Hours
• Heals Health: Roll 1d6 for each point of Toughness
and add up the rolls. Heal that much Health.
• Restores Astral: Roll 1d6 for each point of Resolve
and add up to the rolls. Restore that much AST.
• Resets Discipline
• Resets certain skills
Note: Resting in dangerous areas may subject you to
being attacked by bandits or vicious creatures.
Meditating
When your character becomes drained of their astral
energy, it leaves them exhausted, causing you to lose
Edge on every check you make. You’ll need to spend
some time recovering. While you may recover Astral
while resting, you can choose meditating as an alter-
native, which will restore more Astral at a faster rate
but won’t recover your HP.
Short Meditation: Approximately 30 minutes
• Restores Astral: Resolve + 1d6
Long Meditation: Approximately 1 hour
• Restores Astral: Roll 1d6 for each point of Resolve
and add up the rolls. Restore that much Astral.
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Assigning attributes
There are six attributes: Strength, Dexterity, Tough-
ness, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Resolve. Every unit
(friend and enemy alike) will have a range of value
between 0-12. Each player has a total of 24 points
to distribute however they desire between the six
attributes.

Alternatively for more challenge, players can roll 6d6

and assign each die to any attribute of their choice.

• Strength (STR): Physical strength, needed

for most melee and heavy weapons.
• Dexterity (DEX): Agility, needed
for most ranged and precision
weapons.
• Toughness (TOU): Endurance
and resilience.
• Intelligence (INT): Knowledge.
• Wisdom (WIS): Perception and
instinct.
• Resolve (RES): Courage and willpower.

Skill Proficiencies
While your World Master can deviate from
the suggested combinations, usually skill
proficiencies are always paired with the same
attributes.

Acrobatics (DEX), Astrana (RES), Athletics

(STR), Beast (WIS), Craft (WIS), Mechanics
(INT), Entertain (RES), Investigation (INT),
Lore (INT), Medical (INT), Resolve (RES), Silver
Tongue (INT), Stealth (DEX), Survival (WIS),
Technology (INT).

There are six attributes that provide a de-

scription of a character’s physical and mental
abilities. The higher the number, the better
the character is in that ability.

Note: The maximum number an attribute can

have is 12, with the lowest being 0. There are bonuses
that can temporarily increase an attribute over the
maximum.

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These attributes determine what your character is For example, if a race skill would have you become
inherently strong and weak at. They aren’t meant to proficient in vampiric language and a Theme would as
restrict you into a particular profession or class, but well, then instead you could choose an entirely new
are used in understanding your character’s limits, and language to learn, despite them both saying it’s for
for determining the outcomes of ability checks and vampiric languages.
combat rolls.
The same is true for skill proficiencies, such as Ath-
What kind of character will you be? Perhaps your letics, Stealth, Influence, etc. You can only level up a
character is strong and hardy, but lacks the brains to skill proficiency two times each—one gives you Edge,
operate simple machinery? Maybe your character is while the other gives you an entire 1d6 instead!
highly intuitive, always conquering challenges before
them, but lacks physical strength? The choice is up to If your skills were to grant you 3 levels of Athletics,
you. then to not waste the 3rd level you can put it into a
different skill proficiency.
Discipline
Discipline represents a limited resource your char-
acter can tap into and is used to overcome difficult Skill checks (difficulty lev-
challenges at crucial moments in the game. Discipline
can only be restored after a full rest, or rewarded by els]
the World Master for great roleplaying, so make sure Whenever your character is tested in a way that
to use it wisely. could succeed or fail, you’ll need to perform an ability
check, which will determine your success or failure.
Every time you unlock a Tier Level through leveling The WM is given a Difficulty Level (DL) determining
up, you gain access to one additional point of Disci- how hard it’ll be to succeed.
pline. You may spend one Discipline to gain Edge on
any weapon or skill check that you are proficient in. Simple (no roll is needed 0
You may not use more than one Discipline per roll you for Simple checks)
make. Easy 3
Moderate 6
Proficiency Tough 9
Whenever your character is good at something, they
Challenging 12
become proficient with it. You can receive up to two
levels of proficiency in weapons, armor, any skill profi- Formidable 15
ciency, and tools. Impossible 18
Epic 21
To make things easy, every proficiency is treated the Legendary 30
exact same.
Sometimes, it’ll be required for two characters to
1st Level of Proficiency: Gain Edge when making a both make an ability check when their actions directly
check involving this proficiency. oppose one another. For example, when a berserker
tries to grapple their enemy or intimidate them.
2nd Level of Proficiency: Gain +1d6 when making a When this happens, both will make a roll. The win
check involving this proficiency. goes to the one who is the aggressor in the situation.

Note: If you are already proficient and can’t become

anymore proficient, then instead you can learn a
whole new proficiency that isn’t listed of the same
type (weapon, tool, language, skill)!

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 Strength Dexterity Toughness Intelligence Wisdom Resolve

Athletics Acrobatics, N/A Investigation, Beast, Craft, Astrana, Entertain,

Stealth Lore, Me- Medical, Per- Influence
chanics, Silver ception, Survival
Tongue, Tech-
nology

Skill checks Cont...

To make a skill check, the WM will ask
to roll Attribute + Skill Proficiency +
1d6. For example, if you’re wanting
to climb a mountainside, you may be
required to make a Strength (Athletics)
check. If you’re not proficient, then
you’d add Strength + 1d6. If you’re pro-
ficient with Athletics, you’d gain Edge,
and if you have two levels of profi-
ciency in it, then you’d roll 2d6 instead
of one.

Simple checks, such as opening a door,

don’t require a roll... unless, of course,
someone is on the other side of that
door trying to bar you in, or you’re
trying to pick its lock!

Handling Challenges Together

If a task would allow for multiple peo-
ple to make a check, every participant
makes their own check. If half or more
succeed, then the check succeeds.

The WM may increase or decrease

the DL, if adding more people to the
challenge would make it more likely to
succeed or fail. Two examples would
be sneaking past guards together as a
group, versus moving a giant object. In
the first case, the WM may want to in-
crease the DL, since the chance of one
person being spotted would be likely Players can get creative and try suggesting specific tactics they have for
in a group. Working together to push sneaking past the guards together to not have the DL increased. Such
a heavy object, however, would lower tactics could be utilizing their abilities while someone throws a rock as a
the DL. distraction.

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Combat
Combat is often a chaotic display of screaming bul-
lets or blades clashing into each other. To determine
which character acts first in combat, the character
with the highest initiative goes first.
This chapter describes how to carry out combat in
your adventures, whether it be a small duel, or a
major war-torn battle. In combat, each player controls
their character and the World Master controls all of
the enemies.
Play It Fast And Loose
Before we jump into the mechanical nitty gritty, I want
to first emphasize that story flow is most important to
ensure your party is having a wonderful time.
If someone gets stuck on a number, not knowing if
they should take 1 or 2 damage, just go with 1. If
someone doesn’t remember exactly what an item
does, throw out your idea from what you can best
recall.
This is a roleplaying game, not an exam. It shouldn’t
make anyone’s brain’s hurt or take away from the
thrill of the story.
Of course, some people won’t like this approach and
if your table doesn’t like it, then by all means, play it
“tight.” This game can handle it!
Friendly and Harmful Effects
Friendly effects are typically from units who you’re
friendly towards. In any case, they are effects that
you (or the unit in question) would be willing to have.
Harmful effects are just the opposite of that. So a
mystical manticore who’s immune to harmful magic
could still be given the gift of flight from a mage, but
couldn’t be damaged by a fireball.
Combat Order
The game organizes combat in turns, based on those
able to act first in the round.
A round represents 6 seconds in the game world. Dur-
ing a round, each character and enemy takes a turn.
The fight will continue until the conflict is over, either
by death or diplomacy.
Surprise
A surprise is indicated anytime the players or the en-
emies are able to ambush the others. Some examples
are if you’re caught off guard by thieves springing out
of the woods to attack you, or if you’re concealed and
attack a guard who is unaware of your presence.
The World Master determines who is surprised based
on which targets (if any) were hiding. Targets may
make a Wisdom (Perception) check to notice anyone
that is hidden.
If you’re attacked by surprise, you do not get to act in
the first round, which means you can’t take an action,
defend, evade, or use a reaction until the surprise
round ends. Not all members of a group may be sur-
prised, as it depends on the results of the Perception
checks.
Step By Step
1. Surprise: Those that are hidden and are able to
ambush the others will get to go first in the round.
The World Master determines which targets get the
surprise bonus.
2. Establish Positions: The World Master determines
where each enemy target is located at the beginning
of combat, relative to one another.
3. Roll Initiative: Every target in combat rolls for initia-
tive. This will determine the initiative, or turn order.
4. Take Turns: Every target in combat takes a turn in
the order of their initiative roll, with the highest initia-
tive going first.
5. Begin The Next Round: When every target has had
their turn, a new round begins. Restart at step 4 until
the encounter concludes.
Encounters
Encounters can be thought of as “battles.” In Other-
worlds, you’ll face a variety of encounters, ranging
from a pack of rabid wolves to a team of high-tech
mercenaries. When a battle begins, every target in
the battle must roll for initiative to determine who
acts first.
Generally, the World Master makes one check for a
group of targets, so that they all take their turn at the
same time.
Initiative
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Whenever a battle begins, players roll 1d6 and add it
to their character’s Initiative stat, which is a charac-
ter’s Dexterity + Speed and any initiative bonuses they
may have. Whoever has the highest total starts the
round and continues with the next highest initiative
until everyone has had a turn.
Once everyone has had a turn, the round ends and a
new one begins, using the same initiative order.
Actions
On your turn, you have access to 2 Action Points,
known as AP. You may use AP to do the following
in any order and combination as long as you don’t
choose the same option twice:
Use an Attack or Action / Ready an Attack or Action
Make a Movement Action
• Use an equipped item
• Reload one equipped weapon
• Brace yourself
• Inspire
• Intimidate
• Scan
The following use 2 AP:
• Reload up to two of your equipped weapons
• Conceal
• Use equipment from your inventory
• Loot
You can do the following on other characters’ turns:
• Use your Reaction
Here are some tasks that you can take as a free ac-
tion (does not use AP):
• Switch between weapons on your person
• Pick up a dropped weapon
• Take an item off of a table
• Hand an item to another character
• Drop prone
Passive Skills are ever-present, and as such are al-
ways active. Passive Skills usually are stat boosts that
are factored into your character’s base stats, or add
bonuses to certain skill checks.
Action Skills represent your character’s primary ac-
tion during your turn. These actions are often attacks
or combat-related abilities. A player may only use one
Action Skill during their turn in place of their attack.
Boost Skills don’t use AP. Instead, these skills are
quick ways to enhance your actions. You are limited
to only using one Boost Skill per turn. Boost Skills that
affect attacks and damage should be used prior to
attacking.
Reaction Skills don’t use AP. A Reaction allows your
character to react during someone else’s turn or an
enemy’s turn. It is an instant response to a trigger,
such as a gunslinger using “I Shot First” to attack the
enemy target before they are able to attack you. After
you use a Reaction, you can’t use another one until
the start of your next turn. If the Reaction interrupts
another target’s turn, that target continues its turn
once the Reaction has resolved.
Free Actions are very quick actions that don’t take
much, if any, time to perform. Free Actions don’t use
AP and may be done at will, meaning whenever you
want, as long as the description of the effect doesn’t
say otherwise.
Movement Actions Use 1 AP to move your character
in the specified way. A unit may only use one Move-
ment Action during their turn unless specified other-
wise.
Movement And Positioning
In combat, characters and other targets are constantly
on the move, often using their movement and posi-
tioning to gain the upper hand.
On your turn, you may move a distance equal to your
speed. You can use as little or as much of your charac-
ter’s speed as you want during your turn.
Moving also includes jumping, running, and swim-
ming. You may do any of these as part of your move-
ment. For example, you may move forward a few feet
and then jump.
Types of Movement
• Dig - This unit moves through the ground, ignoring
any obstacles on the surface.
• Flight - This unit moves through the air, ignoring
any obstacles on the surface.
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• Float - This unit floats in the air and can ignore
small to medium-sized obstacles on the surface.
Units that float can’t suspend themselves higher
than twice their height, so a 5 foot unit can’t float
above 10 feet. All units with Flight are able to
float.
• Swim - This unit moves through water without
hindrance.
• Teleport - This unit can ignore everything in the
current realm when moving.
Hindering Terrain
Combat rarely takes place in a wide open area. Moun-
tainous ridges, destroyed ruins, or heavily populated
cities are more common terrains you’ll find yourself
battling in. These areas could have boulders, under-
growth, or steep stairs that make it difficult to tra-
verse. These objects block and impede movement,
much like an enemy target would. A character may
attempt to climb over some difficult terrain, but must
first succeed a Dexterity (Acrobatics) check.
Prone
When you are knocked down, or are trying to set up a
well-placed shot with a sniper rifle, and find yourself
on the ground, this is referred to as being “prone”. If
anything would knock you back, it’s assumed it also
knocks you prone unless stated otherwise.
Dropping prone is a free action; however, getting up
is 1 Action Point. To move while prone, you’re consid-
ered crawling and your speed is dropped to 1.
Falling (Fall Damage)
Whenever a unit falls, it takes 1d6 damage per 10
feet they fall. This damage can’t be defended against
(armor and guard still apply).
Moving Around Other Targets
You can move through a non-hostile target’s space
(allies or townsfolk, for example), but you can’t end
your movement in an occupied space.
Jumping
When a character attempts a leap or a high jump,
they make a Strength (Athletics) check and can move
a distance equal to the result in feet. If that character
had at least 10 feet to run before making their jump
action, they gain edge on their check.
Sizes
Friends and enemies come in all shapes and sizes. Ev-
ery unit is categorized by six different size categories:
• Tiny - Smaller than 1 foot
• Small - 1 foot to 4 feet
• Medium - 4 feet to 7 feet
• Large - 7 feet to 10 feet
• Giant - 10 feet to 25 feet
• Titan - 25 feet and above
Success & Failure
If at any point you would roll one or more criticals
than the opposing roll, then it is considered a success.
If you roll one critical lower than the opposing roll,
then it is considered a failure.
The severity of the success or failure is purely de-
pendent on the situation and the World Master’s
ruling, although it is recommended that all players are
treated as fairly as possible.
Evading
Any character that has an equal to or higher Dexter-
ity attribute than their Toughness attribute is able to
evade. If the character’s Dexterity is not equal to or
higher, then they may only use the Defend Combat
Maneuvers.
Note: When making a counter attack, it must be with
one of your equipped weapons. An accessible skill
must be with a weapon that is within range of the
target and has enough ammunition to be used.
Basic Attacks
Refers to when a unit uses an attack that isn’t an
Action Skill. There are many types of basic attacks, but
the ways they’re implemented are simple.
Whenever a unit makes an unarmed attack, whether
it be with their fists, kicking, etc., it uses its Strength
+ Dexterity. A unit may attack this way twice with one
Attack Action.
Some monsters and specific races have horns, claws,
or a giant tail for striking enemies with. Use this sim-
ple chart to see how basic attacks are done with each
of these:
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• Unarmed: STR + DEX + 1d6, +double attack (blud-
geoning)
• Claws: STR + DEX + 1d6, +double attack (slashing)
• Horns: STR + TOU + 1d6 (slashing or stabbing)
• Tail: STR + TOU + 1d6 (bludgeoning)
• Wing: STR + TOU + 1d6 (slashing)
It’s important to note that while a unit may have a
tail, that doesn’t mean its tail has the strength to be
used as a weapon. The felinx and leogin, for example,
can’t use their tails to deal damage on their own;
however, a dragon is a different story!
Attack Checks
Like any other check made in the game, Attack Checks
are opposed by an enemy unit, referred to as a “de-
fending unit.” If the attack roll is higher than the de-
fense roll, the Attack Check is considered a success.
Dealing Damage
The total damage you deal is corresponding to your
stats, weapons and rolls. When you attack an enemy,
they will take damage equal to the difference of your
Attack roll and their Defense roll. Some abilities might
state that they will directly deal damage to the en-
emy.
Types of Damage
There are two main types of damage in Otherworlds:
physical and magical. The type of physical damage
you attack with determines which benefit you can use
with Combat Maneuvers. Bludgeoning damage can
Daze enemies with 1 success, whereas Piercing can
ignore armor, and Slashing can cause Bleed.
Magical damage has different effects based on the
type of magical damage that’s inflicted. It’s important
to note that even if the source of the damage isn’t
magical, the damage is still considered magical. For
example, a burning building that deals Fire damage to
a ghost will still count as magical damage, even if that
fire was caused by an explosive.
Note: Some types of damage are special and are indi-
cated with an “*”.
Special damage types can be physical or magical and
have special effects associated with them, whereas
non-special damage just applies damage normally
with no effect.
For example, piercing damage is special because
it damages the unit’s Health, ignoring their armor.
Stabbing damage, in contrast, has a similar flavor to
Piercing, but instead doesn’t ignore the armor.
Non-special types of damage are particularly impor-
tant when fighting certain enemy types. For example,
a skeleton can be resistant to Slashing but weak to
Bludgeoning, so it’s a good idea to put some thought
into what weapons you choose to fight it with.
Types of Physical Damage
Ballistic is a type of non-magical projectile damage,
such as arrows and bullets.
Bludgeoning is a type of damage caused by blunt ob-
jects, such as clubs, rocks, and maces.
*Piercing is a special damage type that ignores Armor
value.
*Explosive roll 1d6 per level of explosive. Explosive
damage is dealt in a 3x3 area (or 30 foot radius) un-
less stated otherwise.
Slashing is a type of damage caused by objects with
an edge, such as swords and axes.
Stabbing is a type of damage caused by sharp objects
with a point, such as daggers and rapiers.
Types of Magical Damage
*Acid deals double damage to constructs and armor
(unless the target specifies different weaknesses and
resistances. Damage can’t be more than doubled this
way).
Arcane is magical damage to describe any general
force of magical energy.
*Death deals damage that permanently lowers a
unit’s maximum Health. This can be corrected through
magical effects.
*Fire deals double damage to flesh (unless the target
specifies different weaknesses and resistances. Dam-
age can’t be more than doubled this way).
*Ice deals damage to enemy DEX, lowering it by 1 per
point of Ice damage. When 0 DEX is reached, the en-
emy is frozen, and considered immobilized until their
DEX becomes 1 or higher. At the start of each turn,
the frozen enemy will recover 1 DEX. Frozen targets
can be frozen below 0, meaning they can go into the
negatives and take longer to recover!
*Lightning deals double damage to guards, chimera,
undead, and some monsters (unless the target spec-
ifies different weaknesses and resistances. Damage
can’t be more than doubled this way).
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*Petrify deals damage to a unit’s Speed and Tough-
ness. When both values reach 0, the unit is consid-
ered petrified, immobilizing them for eternity unless a
magical effect is applied to reverse the petrification.
*Psychic deals damage directly to the unit’s Health
(ignores armor, guard, and other damage reduction).
*Poison damage, when dealt, will cause a unit to
receive that much damage during the start of each
of their turns if they take any actions. If they choose
not to take any actions, they will only take the poison
damage every five minutes. Additionally, they become
exhausted, losing Edge on all checks they make.
Dealing With Death & Down Time
Once your character reaches 0 Health, you are con-
sidered unconscious and unable to move. You have
exactly one round for every point of Toughness your
character has before your character dies. Then, for ev-
ery time your character has been downed previously
in the same day, reduce the number of rounds your
character has to live by that number.
If your character has not been healed by the time that
number passes, your character is considered dead
and is no longer playable.
Additionally, if you are attacked while down, you must
roll 1d6. If you roll a 1, then your character dies. This
number increases by 1 each time a source would deal
damage to you. This is known as a Death Check.
For example, if you’re downed and are attacked for
the third time since being downed, when you roll 1d6,
in the result of 3 or lower your character will die.
Overkill (Variant)
Whenever you would take enough damage to reduce
your Health below 0 by an amount more than your
Toughness, you must make a Death Check.
Dual Wielding
You may attack with two weapons during your turn,
as long as you have a weapon held in both hands. The
bigger the weapon, the bigger the penalty you will
receive on each attack with those weapons.
• Small Weapons: -2 Attack penalty per weapon
• Medium Weapons: -3 Attack penalty per weapon
• Large Weapons: -4 Attack penalty per weapon
Throwing Weapons
As long as you have enough Strength to properly carry
the object in question, it can be thrown 10 ft. per STR
you have; otherwise, it’s half of that (rounded up). If
the object is precision-based (dart, dagger, ball), then
you may use your DEX instead to calculate the range.
For throwing people, these same rules still apply, and
NO! They are not precision-based.
Targeted Attacks
Characters may choose to attack a specific area of the
enemy. If they choose to do so, they lose Edge (roll an
additional 1d6 and remove the highest result).
Armor
Your first line of defense when taking damage (after
your Defense roll) is your armor. Any damage done to
you is first reduced by your Armor value.
Guards
In Otherworlds, guards represent either of two things;
depending on your particular game, they could rep-
resent both.
A.) Guards add a protective, transparent energy field
around your character’s body, absorbing incoming
damage.
B.) Guards represent a character’s ability to parry on-
coming attacks through concentration and skill.
Each guard has two components:
1. Value (often a number between 1-5)
2. Effect
Example
So, if you have 3 guard, have no armor, and are about
to take 5 damage, your guard would absorb the first
3 points of damage and you’ll take the remaining 2,
subtracting it from your Health. If the attack is a phys-
ical one.
The guard will then recharge completely during the
start of your next turn.
Now, if you are attacked again for 5 more damage
before your guard has had a chance to recharge, then
the guard, being already depleted, will not prevent
any more damage this turn.
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Combat
Maneuvers (CM)
In combat, whenever you roll to
attack or defend, you’ll some-
times gain the advantage by
rolling more criticals than your
adversary. Doing so results in
astounding stunts known as
Combat Maneuvers (CM)!
To perform a CM, you must
have the appropriate amount of
criticals more than the defend-
ing enemy. The CM is applied at
the time it’s rolled. You may only
apply one CM per attack. For ex-
ample, if you roll 4 criticals, you
may not apply the “Execute” CM
twice.
Kill With Style!
If these CMs don’t scratch that
itch for you, feel free to add
your own or work with your WM
in creating new ones!
Dealing Non-Lethal Damage
At any time that you’d deal dam-
age to reduce a unit’s Health to
0, you may choose to have that
unit fall unconscious instead of
dying. This is done the instant
you deal damage.
Underwater Combat
A unit’s base Swim Speed while
in water is 1 if wading through
the water; otherwise, a unit
must use 2 Action Points to
swim up to half their Toughness
(rounded up). When in wa-
ter, units without a Swimming
Speed will lose Edge. Units may
lose additional Edge depending
on the armor they’re wearing
and other factors, such as a
heavy storm (up to WM discre-
tion). Ranged attacks made past
Combat Maneuversoptimal
Effect range automatically miss. Units fully im-Criticals
mersed in water become immune to Fire damage.
Attacking
Stagger The enemy loses Edge on their next attack 1
or defense roll this encounter.
Surge Choose one: 1.) Heals 1d6 to a maximum 1
of your TOU. 2.) Restores your Astral to a
maximum of your RES. 3.) Removes a
status effect from yourself.
Pierce Ignores armor (only 1 critical needed for 2
stabbing attacks).
Deep Cut Causes Bleed (only 1 critical needed for 2
slashing attacks).
Bash Causes Daze (only 1 critical needed for 2
bludgeoning attacks).
Execute Deals double damage. 2
Speed Attack Make an additional attack this turn. 2
Knockdown Knocks the enemy unit prone. 2
Dualcast (Spells) Copies the spell you’re casting. You may 2
choose new targets for the spell, but you
must meet requirements (consuming extra
astral, for example).
Defense
Deflect Reduce damage done to you by 50%. 1
Tank Reduce damage done to you by 100%. 2
Evade Ignore all damage from a single source 1
that targets you. If the source didn’t target
you (such as an explosion), then take 50%
damage instead. Evade can only be used
with units with a DEX equal to or higher
than their TOU.
Counter Attack Use the Evade CM, and then as a Reaction 2
you may make an attack with an equipped
weapon, targeting the unit that attacked
you. That unit doesn’t get to apply De-
fense.
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Spellcasting
Any unit that can cast spells is considered a “Spellcaster.”
Spells are acquired in the same fashion as other skills are
within Otherworlds. Simply appoint SP to which spells
you’d like to learn from a Tier Level that you’ve already
unlocked.
Using Spells (Range and Cast Time)
Every spell without a specified range can target anything
that can be seen within the caster’s line of sight. Spells
instantly cast when used unless otherwise specified.

Spells, unlike many other abilities, are very diverse in

Concentration
Some spells require you to concentrate (don’t worry,
application, allowing for the caster to deal heavy amounts
they’ll let you know). If this is the case, then you may keep
of damage from afar, exploit enemy weaknesses through
the spell’s effect applied for as long as you’re concentrat-
elemental attacks, speak to monsters, and much more!
ing. You can spend AP while concentrating, but performing
an Action will break your concentration.
Magical Damage
If magical damage is done and the exact type isn’t spec-
ified, it’s considered Arcane damage. Arcane damage on
Maximum Spell Potential (MSP)
At any time that you consume Astral, you can’t consume
its own doesn’t have any special effects (aside from being
more than either A.) Your character’s level, or B.) Your
magic!), but be on the lookout for abilities that work with
character’s Resolve (whichever is higher).
or against Arcane damage.

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Challenge Rating
Challenge Rating (CR) is the overall challenge you can expect the player characters to face. The higher the CR,
the more of a threat the PCs will need to overcome.

Determining CR is easy. Simply choose how difficult you’d like the adventure to be (this may change between
encounters). Then, add that bonus (if any) to the total level among friendly PCs and NPCs in the encounter. The
total is then spent by the WM on enemy units, variants, added enemy skills, traps and more!

Challenge Rating Table

Description Bonus CR Description
Simple +0 Frolic without being shanked (too much).
Easy +3 Fairy tales (the happy ones).
Moderate +6 Low risk, with only a small chance of death.
Tough +9 Odds stacked against you.
Challenging +12 Let me see you grit those teeth!
Formidable +15 Filled with blood and strife.
Impossible +18 Impossible or improbable?
Epic +21 For the valiant!
Legendary +30 Only the bravest and foolhardy dare take this path.

For example, if the PCs have a party of four level 4 characters and a companion that’s level 3, then the total CR
would be 19 + any addition in difficulty. So, a Formidable CR for them would be 34 CR.

World Masters should try using all the desired CR they can in between times when the PCs rest. The WM can
also reward innovative ideas from the PCs by lowering the CR, or if the PCs manage to “shortcut” or “circum-
vent” a problem, go about their adventure without all the CR being spent.

Remember ultimately, CR is a tool and a guide, not something that has to be strictly followed.

Monster Attacks
Monsters by default roll an additional 1d6 when attacking because it’s assumed they’re
proficient with the attacks / weapons they’re using. However, a World Master may lessen
the degree of difficulty by making it so monsters roll 1d6 when attacking or gain Edge
when attacking instead of the additional 1d6.

Alternatively, a WM may have weaker enemies use 1d6 and epic enemies use 2d6.

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Keywords
In Otherworlds, there are keywords attached to equipment
to communicate information quickly and effectively. Each
instance of the keyword will work the way it’s described
below.
Affinity: If a unit with Affinity receives damage of the cor-
responding damage type, they are healed by that amount
instead of damaged.
Astral Drain: A drain effect. When an effect grants Astral
Drain, roll 1d6 and gain that much Astral, up to the maxi-
mum, on a successful attack that damages the target.
***Note: Astral Drain only works on damaged targets with
a spirit, so machines and most undead are unaffected. It’s
up to WM discretion if a unit is unaffected by Astral Drain.
Berserk: This unit can only perform basic attacks and
Movement Actions. This unit must attack the closest unit
possible, regardless if it’s friend or foe.
Bleed: The inflicted unit will take 1d6 Bleed damage at the
start of each of their turns. This persists until they use a
bandage, other healing item, or magical spell that heals
them. Bleed doesn’t stack unless specifically stated.
Burst-Fire: When you attack with a Burst-Fire weapon, you
may roll two attack rolls instead of one. If you do, the dam-
age you deal with that weapon becomes halved.
Companion: Refers to a friendly unit controlled by a
player character. Companions have their own sets of stats
and skills. By default, when rolling for initiative, a player
chooses to use either their companion’s Initiative or their
character’s Initiative. A companion may have their turn
taken before or after the player character.
Conceal: A unit that’s concealed can’t be seen by non-
friendly units unless a Wisdom (Resolve) check is made
against concealed unit’s Dexterity (Stealth). A unit can be
concealed by default by entering an encounter hidden, or
by taking the Conceal Action. When a unit attacks from
Conceal, that unit gains a +1d6 Attack bonus.
Collapsable: This weapon as a Boost Action or for 1 AP can
be folded into a small size when not in use.
Concealable: A weapon with this keyword is hidden from
plain sight, and isn’t seen unless an opposing unit makes a
Wisdom (Perception) check against the wielder’s Dexterity
(Stealth).
Darksight: This unit can see in darkness without penalty.
Dazed: A Dazed unit can perform basic attacks and Move-
ment Actions only. A Dazed unit can’t use abilities (except
passives, because they are always active). Dazed units can’t
charge, use items, open doors, use Combat Maneuvers,
etc. The standard length of time a unit is Dazed is 1 round.
Execute: Deal double damage with one critical.
Explosive: Each point of Explosive damage a weapon has
is treated as a 1d6 attack roll. Example: A weapon with
Explosive 3 means you’d roll 3d6 when attacking with it.
Any abilities that would enhance or detract from your rolls
would be applied to that.
Immune: This unit can’t take damage from the stated
damage type.
Impact: Gain the listed amount of Impact to your Attack
while attacking a unit with Toughness equal to or higher
than your Dexterity.
Knockback: The damage unit is moved back 10 feet.
Knockdown: The damaged unit becomes knocked prone.
Lifesteal: A drain effect. When an effect grants Lifesteal,
roll 1d6 and gain that much Health, up to the maximum,
on a successful attack that damages the target. Note:
Lifesteal only works on damaged targets with blood, so
machines and most undead are unaffected. It’s up to WM
discretion if a unit is unaffected by Lifesteal.
Lob: This weapon may be fired over partial cover without
the defending unit receiving any cover bonus.
Parry: Gain Edge when defending with this.
Piercing: A special physical damage that ignores armor
when dealing damage.
Regeneration: At the start of this unit’s turn, it heals 1d6,
restoring its Health by that amount. If it’s Astral Regen-
eration, it does the same thing, but for Astral instead of
Health. If a duration isn’t stated for Regeneration, it by
default lasts until the unit takes a long rest.
Resistance: This unit takes double damage from this dam-
age type.
Siege: Deals double damage to structures.
Slow-Fire: This weapon can’t be unloaded, have Burst-Fire,
Spray-Fire, or attack multiple times in a turn.
Slow-Reload: This weapon takes 2 AP to Reload.
Special Ammunition: This weapon requires special am-
munition which may be hard to find and will cost more
than the standard, modular ammunition. A weapon with
Special Ammunition, by default will have exactly one mag-
azine filled with Special Ammunition. Additionally Special
Ammunition must be bought or found throughout your
adventures.
Spray-Fire: You may attack any number of units within
range at 1 ammo per attack (make one attack roll and ap-
ply it to each defending unit).
Swift: Gain the listed amount of Swift to your Attack while
attacking a unit with Dexterity equal to or higher than your
Toughness.
Weakness: Takes double damage from this damage type.
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 Exhausted: This unit loses Edge on every roll and can
Glossary only move up to 10 ft. per Movement Action.
#x: When a unit has a number followed by an “x,” it Immobilized: This unit can’t move and can’t roll to de-
means it’s multiplied by the amount of enemy player fend itself (when attacked, the unit takes the damage
character units and NPC units of a similar level. An straight to its Armor, Guard, and Spirit, ignoring its
example would be a spirit monster with “Spirit: 5x,” Defense).
meaning it would have a Spirit of 5 times the amount Inspired: This unit automatically succeeds the next in-
of player character units and NPC units of a similar timidation check it makes in this encounter OR within
level. the next hour (if done outside of combat).
Affinity: If a unit with an affinity for a damage type Intimidate: Make an Action against an opposing unit
would take damage of that type, they would heal by using your Strength (Influence) or Resolve (Influence)
that amount instead. based on if it’s by body presence or words. Units that
A.O.E (Area of Effect): Refers to any attack that fail an intimidation check are considered intimidated,
doesn’t target to attack. These attacks usually cover and are unable to move towards the target that in-
areas, such as 3x3 or 5x5, and typically are explosive timidated them, in addition to losing Edge. An intim-
or magical. idated target may attempt to pass the check at the
Blinded: This unit loses 2 Edge for all rolls made if end of each of their turns.
they rely primarily on their sight; otherwise, they lose Sleep: This unit can’t take Actions until it’s attacked or
1 Edge. wakes up (time specified by effect or WM).
Brace Yourself: Gain Edge when defending the next Spellcaster: Refers to a unit who is able to cast spells.
attack until your turn. Stagger: This unit loses Edge on its next defense roll.
Charmed: This unit can’t take actions against the unit Stun: When a unit is stunned, it is tracked as a sepa-
or object that has them charmed until the charm is rate form of damage. It doesn’t affect Health. At the
broken. A unit may attempt to break from its charm start of a stunned unit’s turn, it rolls and subtracts
at the start of each of its turns in combat. Outside of stun damage equal to the result plus the unit’s Tough-
combat, it lasts 10 minutes per level of the unit that ness. If all stun damage is removed, the unit may take
has them charmed. its turn as normal. Otherwise, a stunned unit can’t
Combat Roll: Refers to rolls made for attacking, de- take Actions. When attacked, a stunned unit loses
fending, and evading. Edge.
Concussion: This unit loses 2
Edge on INT rolls and attacks that are more than 10 ft.
away.
Confused: This unit takes random Actions until out of
AP. Also, the targets chosen are at random, but must
be options within range. The confused unit will use
whichever weapon is in their hand, if any. 1: Attack
2: Cast last spell (if any; if not, attack) 3: Move full
distance in the opposite direction of most units 4: Use
1 item 5: Reload (even if the weapon can’t reload) 6:
Brace yourself.
Daze: A dazed unit can only perform basic attacks and
Movement Actions, and can’t activate abilities for 1
round (passive skills are always active. Dazed units
can’t charge, use items, open doors, use Combat Ma-
neuvers, etc.).
Defenseless: This unit doesn’t roll for defense.
Double Attack: This unit can attack up to two times
with a one Attack Action. Triple Attack, Quadruple
Attack, etc. work the same, except the unit can attack
the relative number of times.

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