Thief

“The cavern bridge was guarded by the largest orc I

had ever seen. My companions and I sat huddled in the
dark, pondering what course to take. We had not heard
anything but looked up from our position to see Tar’a
climbing up from the shadows under the bridge. For
a moment we froze, slack in our jaws as we watched
fearfully. In a blur of steel, the creature’s throat burst
open... unable to scream. Before the great orc could
turn, its hamstrings were slashed, and he tumbled
backward, silently into the dark pit below”. – Skara Bor,

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Masters of concealment and subterfuge, thieves make
their living in the shadows. Thieves are often sought to
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Because they tend to lead lives which make them
many enemies, thieves are often capable of handling
themselves in a fight. However, they are most
dangerous when they have the element of stealth and
surprise.

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 Wizard
“I spent years with the sages of Ishtar. I have plundered
the libraries of Hdathem, even spent an unknowable
amount of time atop Batul’Kar with the seers. It was
finally in a cave north of Eiralon that I discovered the
fragment of a scroll explaining the true nature of things.
The scroll must have been centuries old and decaying
in that sealed chamber. Though badly fragmented and
falling apart, I began to understand what I must do.
You see every wizard has a unique mark, which only
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– Legato the Ancient
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arcane and are ever in pursuit of its understanding.
While wizards may have a natural gift, they have to
work and study very hard to perfect their abilities.
Through this, they have become adept scribes and will
almost always prize their written works and any other
ancient tomes, even above gold.
Some wizards are benevolent and others go mad with
a lust for power. All wizards have an eerie quality to
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 CHAPTER FIVE: CHARACTER CREATION
The Character Sheet
A character sheet is the document which tracks all of a PC's relevant statistics and progress. You can find a
premade character sheet at the back of this book which can be duplicated. You will note that the character sheet
consists of two pages, a statistics page containing relevant numbers and a details page containing equipment
and other details. This chapter will walk you through the process of creating a character and filling out the
character sheet.

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 Step One: Character Description Liz is creating her first character. She
Player Name: Fill out your name. enjoys playing someone who can hide but is
also generally useful, clever and can be good
Character Name: Pick a name for your character. in a fight.

Class: Choose a class from the available archetypes:
Barbarian, Berserker, Druid, Hunter, Priest, Seer,
Shaman, Thief, Warrior, or Wizard.
Race: Choose a race for your character that is
available to your chosen class on Table 5.1.
Looking over the class descriptions, she decides
that the thief is well suited to that and
writes that on her character sheet. Before
choosing a name, she looks over the different
race options for a thief on Table 5.1 and sees
that thieves can be any race. She likes the
idea of a half elven thief who plunders lost
cities in search of lore and ancient treasures.

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Table 5.1 Class/Race Playable Classes
Dwarf Half Elf Human Wild Elf She decides that ‘Tar’a’ will be a good name
Barbarian Yes - Yes Yes for a half elven thief.
Berserker Yes - Yes Yes The GM has declared that for this adventure
Druid - Yes Yes Yes the characters will begin at level 1, so she

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Hunter Yes Yes Yes Yes records ‘1’ under the level slot, leaving
Priest Yes Yes Yes - experience empty, and moves on to Step Two:
Statistics.
Seer Yes Yes Yes Yes
Shaman Yes - Yes Yes
Thief Yes Yes Yes Yes
Warrior Yes Yes Yes Yes
Wizard Yes Yes Yes -
Level: Typically, you will begin at level 1 but ask the
GM what level the party will be starting at. This is
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higher, consult Chapter Six.
Experience (XP): As your character advances, you will
record your experience on the XP slot. When starting at
level 1, you will leave this empty.
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 Step Two: Statistics
Every character will have six primary statistics that
determine the physical and mental capabilities of the
character.
Primary Statistics include:
• Agility
• Charisma
• Dexterity
• Intellect
• Stamina
• Strength
To determine primary stats, you will roll 6d10 and
total the number displayed on the dice. Now, do this
five more times, once for each primary stat. Once
completed, you will want to assign each of the values
rolled to a specific primary statistic.
Each class has favored statistics found in Table 5.2, as
classes will benefit more from specific statistics. They
are numbered in order of priority. Note: While no added
bonuses are given for this, it is a good guideline to new
players to understand which statistics enhance game
play.
Now add the racial bonuses found on Table 5.3 to your
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base stat values to get the total stat scores. You will
record this total value in the primary statistic boxes on
the statistics page of the character sheet.
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total so that 6d10 are still added. This is usually done
when the GM wishes to enhance the chances for
higher starting statistics.
Temporary “temp” boxes next to each stat exist to
record a temporary stat change that may happen
during game play.
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Liz rolls six separate 10 sided die. The
totals displayed are 1, 7, 1, 7, 3, 7. She
adds them up for a total of 26 and writes
this down on scratch paper. She repeats
this process five more times to record five
more totals of 25, 40, 24, 32, and 39. She
records each of these on scratch paper.
Next, she consults Table 5.2 to reference the
favored statistics for thief. In order, they
are: agility, dexterity and intellect. She decides
that she wants her thief to be slightly more
mechanically inclined, and she assigns the
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highest value of 40 to her dexterity statistic.
She assigns the next highest value of 39
to her agility, so that her thief will be good
at scaling walls and other physical activity.
She decides to assign the score of 32 to her
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and grants her additional advancement points
later on!
She then distributes the remaining three
values to charisma, stamina, and strength.
Tar’a will be a half elf, so Liz consults
Table 5.3 and adds the values next to the
appropriate statistic to her dice totals.
Starting with agility, she adds the racial
modifier of 30 to her previous recorded value
of 39 for a total of 69. Liz then repeats
the process for the five remaining statistics.
Tar’a’s primary statistics are now complete.
Liz reviews and enters the following values on
her character sheet.
Agility 69
Charisma 50
Dexterity 70
Intellect 72
Stamina 41
Strength 39
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AGI CHA DEX INT STA STR Dwarf Half Elf Human Wild Elf
Barbarian 3 - - - 2 1 Agility 10 30 25 30
Berserker - - - - 1 2 Charisma 20 25 25 20
Druid 2 - - 1 - - Dexterity 25 30 35 25
Hunter 1 - - 3 - 2 Intellect 25 40 25 15
Priest 2 - - 1 - - Stamina 40 15 20 35
Seer 1 - - 2 3 - Strength 35 15 25 30
Shaman - 1 - - 3 2
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 In addition to primary statistics, every character also Initiative Initiative score is next. Liz
has derivative ‘secondary statistics’ that provide details Initiative is determined simply adds her intellect (72)
regarding more specific actions. by adding intellect and and her agility (69) then
agility then dividing divides them by 10. (72 + 69)
Secondary Statistics include: / 10 = 14.1. Initiative is always
by 10 (rounding up).
• Health Pool rounded up, so Liz bumps the
Record the value in total to 15 and records it as
• Initiative
the initiative box on the the initiative score.
• Attacks/Turn and Offhand
character sheet.
• Defense Total
• Walking/Running
Attacks Per Turn (Attacks/Turn) and Offhand
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Health pool is determined by rolling the health die
may make in a single
indicated for the character’s class in Table 5.4 and then
turn. At level 1, this will Tar’a’s attacks per turn
adding the bonus from their stamina found on Table
always be 1, but it may is pretty straight forward,
5.5. Once you have the totaled value, place the number since she has no ability at level
increase later as you
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invest in more abilities. attack, Liz simply records 1 in
Record this value in the this slot.
attacks/turn box on
Table 5.4 Class Health Die your character sheet.
Class Health Die
Barbarian 6d6 Note: There is a secondary box indicating offhand
Berserker, Hunter, Warrior 5d6 attack. You may check this box, if your character
Seer, Shaman 4d6 equips two one-handed weapons and has adequate
Druid, Priest, Thief 3d6 agility to make offhand attacks. The agility modifier for
Wizard 2d6 offhand attack is on Table 5.7.

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Bonus Health/lvl

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20-29 2
30-39 3 Defense bonus Defense is next, and Liz
40-49 4 is determined by makes a note of her unarmored
50-59 5 referencing the class to defense. She consults Table 5.6
60-69 6 Table 5.6. This bonus and sees that a thief gains
70-79 7 is applied every time +3 defense every level. She
80-89 8 consults base defense (BD)
the character increases found on Table 5.7. Tara’s
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90-99 9 in level. 69 agility will afford her 14

100+ 10 base defense, so she adds
BD is determined this to her class bonus (14 +
by referencing the 3 = 17) and writes down 17
character’s agility to on the unarmored box of her
Table 5.7. character sheet’.
Health pool is next. Liz consults Table 5.4
to determine the number of die to roll for Defense Bonus + BD = U
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her health for each level. Since Tar’a is a

thief, Liz must roll 3d6. After rolling, the dice
display 5, 4 and 6 for a total of 15!
Liz is excited to have so much health for
her character, but she is not done yet. She
references Table 5.5 to determine her health
bonus per level. Her stamina is 41, so she gets
a 4 point bonus. She totals this and records a
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 Defense Total
Tara’s Secondary Statistics : Statistics Page
Defense total is the total defense of the character after
armor worn is applied. After you purchase armor in
Step Four: Equipment Areas, you will want to total up
the defense value (DV) of all armor and shields worn.
You will then add the totalled DV to the unarmored
defense. This will be entered in the defense total box
on the statistics page. In the case of seers, they will
gain an ‘unarmored’ bonus that can be added instead,
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DV + Unarmored Defense = Defense Total

Table 5.6 Defense Bonus

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Priest 0
Wizard 1
Berserker, Druid, Hunter, Shaman 2
Barbarian, Thief 3
Warrior 4
Seer 5

Walking/Running Looking at Table 5.7, Liz sees

Walking and running that movement for walking/
are based on agility.
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sheet, you will notice
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running are listed next to
agility, and she records those
values on her character sheet.
Tar’a will be able to walk 25’
and run 125’ every turn.
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with running. These secondary stats except for
stats can be found by defense (which will depend
referencing your agility upon armor) are completed. On
to Step Three: Customizing Your
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Agility Walking/Turn Running/Turn BD Offhand
1-10 5' 25' 2 -
11-20 10' 50' 4 -1
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21-30 10' 50' 6 -16
31-40 15' 75' 8 -14
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61-70 25' 125' 14 -8
71-80 25' 125' 16 -6
81-90 30' 150' 18 -4
91-100 30' 150 20 -2
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