Unurthed

vaarncana
Unurthed Vaarncana is a set of rules
that can be bolted unto the rules
found in the Vaarn deluxe edition
(VDE) book.
This is mostly for those that want a
little more “crunch” in their gaming
systems,

This ruleset should be compatible with

everything using the original Vaarn
ruleset.

Most of the rules come from rules in

the “older” zines for Vaarn, GLOG,
Glaive, Relic, Knave and a little Black
Hack.
Carl Hintze / Stickypaws
Character
creation
Character creation follows the same
steps as in VDE, with some small
exceptions below.
Abilities
• STRENGTH: Used for melee at-
tacks and saves requiring physical
power, like lifting gates, bending bars,
etc.
• DEXterity: Used for ranged
attacks and saves requiring poise,
speed, and reflexes, like dodging,
climbing, sneaking, balancing, etc.
• CONstitution: Used for saves
to resist poison, sickness, cold, etc.
The Constitution bonus is added to
healing rolls. A PC’s number of item
slots is al-ways equal to their
Constitution defense.
• INTellect: Used for saves
requir-ing concentration and
precision, such as recalling
information, tinkering with ma-
chinery, identifying Exotica, etc.
• PSYche: Used for saves requiring
perception and intuition, such as
tracking, navigating, searching for
hidden doors, communing with
psychic beings, etc. PCs add their
Psyche bonus to damage dealt by
Mystic Gifts.
• EGO: Used for saves requiring will-
power and charm, such as persuading,
deceiving, intimidating, resisting
psychic domination, etc. EGO is also
added to initiative in combat.
Item Slots
PCs have a number of item slots equal
to Constitution defense.
The first 4 slots are quick-draw slots,
and can be accessed at any time. It
takes 1 combat turn to retrieve an item
from any other inventory slot. Digging
in your pack during combat will give
enemies advantage on their attacks
against you.
Weapons that fill more than one item
slots, requires two hands to wield.
ENCUMBERANCE
You are encumbered when you carry
more items than you have slots for. All
rolls are made with disadvantage.
You cannot carry more than 1.5x your
number of item slots.
shields
At character creation there is a
possibility to start with a shield.
Shield:
1 items slot, +1 Armor defense.,
requires one free hand.
Roll a D20:
1-14: You start with nothing extra.
15-20: You start with a Shield.
Talents
Select two talents of your choice at
character creation, See Talents
chapter.
Playing the
game
SAVES
If a character attempts something
where the outcome is uncertain and
failure has consequences, they make a
save: add the bonus of the relevant
ability to a d20 roll.
•If the total exceeds 13, the character
succeeds. If not, they fail.
•If the save is opposed by another
character, then instead of aiming to
roll against 13, they must roll greater
than the opposing character’s relevant
ability defense score. On a failure, the
opposing side succeeds.
•If there are situational factors that
make a save significantly easier or
harder, the Referee may grant the roll
advantage or disadvantage. If a roll has
advantage, roll 2d20 and use the better
result. If it has disadvantage, roll 2d20
and use the worse.
Saves are not necessarily a binary
pass/fail resolution mechanism.
Consider if a failed save will stall the
game. If not, let the PC fail and suffer
the consequences. If a failed save
would negatively impact the flow of
the game, try introducing a
complication instead.
Think of it as success at a cost.
A failed save might mean that the PC
picked the lock, but their tools break.
The PC misremembers a bit of gossip
and tips off the guards to their
deception.
Critical success &
failure
Rolling a natural 20 on a save is a
critical success. The PC may receive a
boon, such as advantage on a future
related roll.
Rolling a natural 1 is a critical failure.
Expect a complication relevant to the
situation at hand.
ADVANTAGE &
DISADVANTAGE
Not all saves are equally difficult.
An old castle wall may offer easy hand-
and footholds to a climber. A glass
tower could be nearly frictionless.
Trying to sneak past alert guards in
broad daylight will be significantly
more difficult that sneaking past
drowsy guards on a moonless night.
Having proper tools or foreknowledge
of a situation can increase the odds of
success. Rushing into a situation ill
prepared is likely to have dire
consequences.
When making a save with advantage,
roll 2D20 and use the higher result.
Use the low result if making a save
with disadvantage
Armor and saves
Wearing medium or heavy armor (3
slots or more), gives the wearer
disadvantage on all DEX saves.
TURNS
Turns are 10 minutes long or can be
abstracted to represent the time it
takes to change the state of the party
in-game.
It takes 1 Turn to search an area for
traps and secret doors, move to a new
area of the dungeon, pick a lock,
resolve a combat, listen at a door, etc.
More complicated actions will take
longer.
TURN ORDER
1 Referee rolls encounter.
2 Party moves, maps, enters
rooms, listens at doors,
searches, etc.
3 Resolve encounters
(distance, surprise,
reactions, possible
combat).
4 Roll usage dice. for light &
ammunition
5 Turn ends.
Encounter sequence
When the party moves into a new area
or spends time on an exploration
activity, roll the encounter die and
interpret the results as follows.
ENCOUNTER D6
1 Wandering monster
appears at a distance of 2d6
x 10’ away
2 Clue, spoor or omen
3 Rest for 1 turn or suffer 1 HP
damage
4-6 Roll usage die for light
sources
ENCOUNTER DISTANCE
Ruins/Vaults: 2d6 x 10ft
Wilderness: 4d6 x 10 yards (1d4 if
surprised)
SURPRISE
A check for surprise is made by the
side/s that are not expecting the
encounter. A monster waiting quietly
in the dark for an incautious party
would not roll for surprise. The PCs
would. Light sources can be seen a
mile away.
Make a PSY save for each PC to
determine surprise. Any surprised
groups cannot act in the first round of
the encounter. However, a group that
is not surprised gets one free round of
actions.
REACTIONS
When the PCs encounter an NPC
whose reaction to the party is not
obvious, roll 2d6 and consult the
following table. Add the EGO bonus of
the PC interacting with the NPC.
REACTIONS D20
1- 3 Attacks immediately
4- 7 Hostile
8-12 Indifferent
13-17 Talkative
Activley helpful
18-20
USAGE DICE
Rather than counting every arrow or
tracking exactly how many Turns a
torch has been burning, expendable
items have a usage die (UD).
Usage dice represent the total of a
particular resource. Performing
actions that explicitly reduce your
stock (e.g. throwing a torch at an
advancing bandit) automatically drops
you to the next lower UD.
When the appropriate encounter die
result comes up, roll the UD of any
light sources. Roll for ammunition
after each fight. On a roll of 1-3, the UD
is depleted, and you use the next
smaller die. You must roll a 4 on a d4,
or the resource is completely used up.
d20 > d12 > d10 > d8 > d6 > d4 > gone!
A quiver of arrows or laser cell is Ud10.
Flint and tinder requires d4 Rounds to
ignite a light source.
Toxin dice
Poison and disease use a mechanic
named “Toxin dice”.
Each toxin effect has a die type listed
with it, for example “d6” toxin
strength.
This means that if you are afflicted by
the toxin, you receive a d6 toxin dice.
This could be through a failed save
against a poisoned dagger for example.
Each exploration turn or each combat
round you have to roll your toxin dice
and take the indicated number as
damage.
If the toxin dice rolls 1-4, it
downgrades one step, so a d6 would
become a d4 and a d4 would make the
toxin go away next turn (you always
roll 1-4 on a d4.
Getting hit by a toxin attack again
while you already have a toxin dice
increases the size of the toxin dice, so
a d4 would become a d6.
But a toxin die can never upgrade to a
bigger die than the toxins original
damage die (toxin strength). So, if you
had a d6 toxin dice and got hit by a
toxin with strength of d6, it would not
upgrade the dice size.
Traps
There are two usually kinds of traps:
> Treasure traps: Small traps placed on
an item, to prevent it being tampered
with or stolen (e.g. a poison needle on
a chest or lock).
>Room traps: Large traps that are
designed to affect anyone who enters a
certain area (e.g. a pit that opens in the
floor when walked over).
Each trap is triggered by a specific
action (e.g. opening a door or walking
over a particular area).
If the PC´s are describing the search,
only what they tell and describe might
give a chance of triggering the traps.
Using a skill to search and failing the
roll always counts as the PC´s have a
chance to trigger the traps.
Chance of triggering: Every time a
character makes an action that could
trigger a trap, there is a 2-in-6 chance
of the trap being sprung.

combat
THE COMBAT ROUND
A Round of combat lasts 6 seconds. A
PC can move and perform a single
action on their turn. This action may
be casting a spell, making a second
move, making an attack, using a talent,
attempting a stunt, or any other action
deemed reasonable by the referee.
INITIATIVE
At the start of the combat each PC
rolls a D20 and adds their EGO bonus.
The referee rolls a D20 combined for
all the opponents, and adds the
opponents leaders EGO bonus. All the
opponents act in the same initiative
slot.
MOVEMENT &
DISTANCE
Outside of combat, movement is
generally abstracted in Vaarn. In
combat, where relative positioning can
be important, I prefer to use a grid-
map.
If you enjoy combat on a grid, apply
the following general guides: a lightly
armored creature can move 40ft per
combat round. A creature wearing
medium armor (3-4 slots) moves 30ft,
while a creature in heavy armor (5-6
slots) move 20ft per combat round.
An encumbered creature moves at half
their normal rate. Some creatures may
move faster or slower (whatever makes
sense to the Referee, just be
consistent).
Movement may be split or broken up.
A creature may make a partial move,
take an action, and then finish their
move. They cannot move more than
their normal movement rate.
Range weapons have a standard
effective range of 50ft. Each 10ft after
that, the shooter gets -2 on their
attack rolls.
Finally, if you prefer Theater of The
Mind, just ignore the rules for
movement.
HELD ACTIONS
A creature may hold their action until
a specified circumstance triggers it.
Held actions not resolved during the
round they are declared are lost.
ATTACKING
Roll a d20 and add the appropriate
ability bonus: STR Bonus for melee,
DEX Bonus for ranged attacks. To hit
an enemy roll higher than their Armor
defense.
Ranged weapons cant be used when
engaged in melee.
If an attacker has advantage or
disadvantage roll 2d20 and use the
highest/lowest result.
On a hit, the attacker rolls their
weapon's damage die to determine
how many hit points (HP) the defender
loses.
SHOOTING INTO MELEE
Firing into melee is dangerous but
sometimes necessary. Roll randomly to
determine who is hit. If the shooter
takes a Round to aim enemy targets
count as two combatants for the
purposes of randomly determining
who is hit. Enemies count as three
combatants if the shooter does this
and has the Trick Shot talent.
SHIELDS WILL BE
BROKEN!
A player may choose to absorb a hit,
no matter how much damage it does,
by sacrificing their shield. Obviously,
they must be wielding a shield at the
time.
FLANKING
This rule is optional for those who
want fights to be a bit more tactical.
Creatures who can bracket an enemy
(draw a straight line to each other
through the foe) gain advantage to
attacks against that enemy.
Cover
When shooting at a targets that’s in
cover, the target receives and Armor
defense bonus. The amount of cover is
measured in how many percent of the
targets body is covered by the cover.
25%: +2
50%: +4
75%: +6
Area of effect
attacks
When being targeted by attacks that
have an area of effect or blast, one can
roll a successful DEX save to receive
half the damage.
Leaving melee
Leaving an opponents melee range lets
them make a free attack on you.
If you spend your entire turn
disengaging, you may move out of
melee range without provoking a free
attack, but you cant take any other
actions this turn.
CRITICAL SUCCESS &
FAILURES IN COMBAT
When you achieve a critical success in
combat your attack deals double
damage (roll twice the number of dice
and add any bonuses twice) and you
have advantage on your next attack or
combat maneuver. The same applies to
monsters.
When you suffer a critical failure the
attack automatically misses. Your
enemy has advantage on their next
attack.
Further penalties may apply to a
critical failure if the situation is risky. A
critical failure in a one-on-one fight in
a clear meadow might just be a miss. A
critical failure in a tight corridor, with
allies and enemies jostling together,
might result in an ally being hit, a
weapon bei g dropped, or the attacker
falling prone.
Hitpoints & wounds Shield Bash. Must be wielding a shield.
Hitpoints and wounds work just like in Attack and exchange your damage to
VDE. shove an enemy 5’ backwards. You and
your allies have advantage on attacks
COMBAT MANEUVERS made against that enemy until the end
Stunning, shoving, disarming, tripping, of your next turn.
and so on. Maneuvers can be
Trip. Attack and exchange your
attempted in melee combat by a PC to
damage to try to knock your enemy
grant themselves, or an ally, an
prone. You have to make a STR save
advantage. Just remember that
opposed by their CON defense. If they
monsters can do the same.
fail, they fall over and melee attacks
Feint. Attack and exchange your against them have advantage until the
damage to make 2 attacks next round end of your next turn. Target may
with advantage. stand up but this counts as their
action. They may move normally.
Fight Defensively. Attacks against you
have disadvantage for one round. You Morale
cannot attack or take other aggressive Morale works like written in VDE.
actions, but you may move normally.
Healing
Grapple. Attack and exchange your Healing works like written in VDE.
damage to hold your opponent. Make a
STR save each round thereafter to
maintain the grapple. Allies have
advantage to attack and deal +2
damage to your target. If the target
breaks free, that counts as their action
for the round. They may move
normally.

Guard. When an ally within 5ft is

attacked make a STR Save to take the
hit instead. When wielding a shield the
blow does ½ damage to you. Counts as
your action.

Reckless Attack. You receive

advantage to attack and +4 damage for
a single attack. All attacks against you
have advantage until the end of your
next turn.
Advancement
Advancements and levels work much
like written in VDE, with a few
changes.

Exotica can still be turned in for

advancement, but now when you turn
in an Exotica you gain 1xp.
When the amount of XP you have
matches you current level, increase
your level by one and erease all XP
tallies.

When you level up you gain +1 in a

random Ability score.
Roll D6
1: STR
2: DEX
3: CON
4: INT
5: PSY
6: EGO

You can also raise two other Ability

scores by +1.
You can never raise an Ability score
higher than your level +1.

On levels 2,3, and 4 you can also

choose an additional talent from the
talents list.

Talents
When a PC gains a level of experience
they may select a new talent, up to a
maximum of 5.
Though grouped by theme, players are
encouraged to mix and match talents
to create their own unique characters.
In the list that follows, L is a number
equal to the PC’s level and HL is a
number equal to half the PCS’s level,
rounded up.
Scoundrel
Acrobat. You gain advantage on saves
to balance, climb, leap, and tumble.
Air of Innocence. Until you act in
combat, a creature must pass a PSY
save to attack you instead of an
adjacent target.
Backstab! When you flank a foe, inflict
an addition HLd6 damage. You must
use a melee weapon. You attack with
advantage if you strike from hiding.
Devil's Luck. Reroll a natural 1 or force
a foe to reroll a natural 20. You may do
this HL times per day.
Vault diver. You have advantage on
saves to spot/disable traps, find hidden
doors, and to navigate in indoors.
Moving Target. Once per Round you
can reduce damage taken by your
Dexterity bonus (minimum 1), if you
can see its source.
Thief. You gain advantage on saves to
hide in shadows, move silently, and
pick locks assuming you have the
proper tools.
Brawler
Girded Loins. Once per combat when
you are struck by an enemy you can
reduce the damage from their attack
by ½. You have advantage on saves
made to resist fear effects and
intimidation.
Hack & Slash! When you roll a natural
18-20 on your to-hit roll, you may
perform a maneuver in addition to
your attack.
Notches. Each time you attain a total
of 10, 20, 30, and 50 kills with a
weapon type (such as 10 kills with a
dagger), you unlock a new ability for
that weapon, chosen from the list
below. Keep track of your kills and
special abilities on the back of your
character sheet.
The GM decides what counts as a kill.
• +1 Damage
• Expanded critical range (+1)
• Special ability (negotiated with GM,
one per weapon).
Examples: ability to draw the weapon
from any slot, wield a two-handed
weapon in one hand, gain a bonus to
use the weapon as a tool, etc.
A Fighter with 50 flail kills (4 notches)
couldhave +1 damage, a critical range
of (18-20), and the special ability to
stun an opponent for one round on a
critical hit.
Riposte. Once per Round when a
creature hits you with an melee attack,
make an immediate counter attack
with a melee weapon. This does not
cost you your normal Action.
Tough as Nails. You're a hardened
campaigner. You have advantage on
Constitution saves. Armor occupies 2
fewer item slots in your inventory.
Nomad
Beast Companion. You gain a beast
companion; it is always same level as
you. The PC controls its actions in
combat.
Beast
HP: 1d8/level. 1d6 Damage.
Armor Defense: 14
When your Beast is reduced to 0 HP in
combat, its unconscious until the fight
is over. It can then heal as a regular PC
(With rations for example).
The beast can make saving throws for
things that would be logical for the
beast to be able to do. Its bonus is
equal to its level, so a 4th level beast
would have a +4 on the roll.
The beast gains advantage on rolls that
are logical for it to excel at. A feline
beast could have advantage on rolls for
picking up a scent or climbing.
Hunter's Mark. As a free action, mark
your target as living on borrowed time.
You have advantage on your next
attack against them. You may apply
this mark HL times per day.
Quickshot. Long years of practice with
ranged weapons allow you to fire twice
per Round if you do not move.
Sharpshooter. Note the crosswind and
lead your target. Reroll a ranged
attack. You must accept the new roll.
You may do this HL times per day.
Survivalist. You thrive in the wild,
protecting the realm from the horrors
that lurk in the blue deserts and deep
vault You have advantage on saves to
track, navigate, hunt, and forage in the
wilderness.
Trick-Shot (requires Sharpshooter).
Targets only receive ½ of their normal
cover bonus. When you shoot into
melee enemy combatants count as two
targets for the purposes of randomly
determining who you hit.
Crippling Shot. If you hit an enemy
with a ranged weapon, you can choose
to deal 1 damage instead of rolling.
Their movement is reduced by ½ until
the end of your next turn and their
next attack deals ½ damage.
Shaman/Priest
Banish the unnatural. Force up to 1d6
+ L + INT bonus worth of synthetic
creatures to make a morale check.
Apply a negative modifier equal to
your INT bonus to the check. If you
have more level than the targets, any
who fail the check are destroyed.
Skin Walker. You and your
possessions Transform into a Vaarnish
beast. The beast may be up to one
level greater than your level and
provides a temporary pool of 8HP.
Duration is L Turns.
Monster Chef. You’ve learned to
prepare and preserve monsters that
you’ve hunted before (you must keep
track of this). Rations created this way
provide an additional 1d4 HP.
Make an INT Save to tell if a new
monster will be outright poisonous to
eat. You can also make an educated
guess about the extra effects of
consuming magical creatures.
Hospitaller. Outside of combat, using
a combination of prayers, herbs, and
medical knowledge you may heal
others for 1d6 + INT bonus hit points.
Requires a healer's kit (Ud6, 2 slots,
can forage or purchase replacement
components).
The Old Tongue. You speak the secret
language of rocks, plants, and animals.
You have advantage on reaction rolls
when speaking to an animal, a copse of
trees, mushroom colony, or mountain
for the first time.
These things can answer questions you
may ask assuming they know what you
are talking about, but any knowledge
they share will be from an alien
perspective that is hard for humanoids
to make sense of
Pouches. Three of your “regular” item
slots are now also quick slots.
Savage
Great Weapon Fighter. Reroll damage
less than 3 when wielding a two-
handed weapon (2-3 slots). You must
use the new roll, even if it is less than
3.
Chosen one (requires Berserker). You
have an Armor defense equal to L +
Ego bonus + Dexterity bonus when
you wear no other armor. You may
wield a shield.
Savage Fighter. Once per Round when
you strike and kill a foe in melee
combat immediately make another
attack on an additional adjacent foe.
Two Weapon Fighter. When you hit an
Opponent while wielding two
weapons, roll the damage for both and
apply the higher value.
Berserker. You can choose to enter a
rage at the start of your turn, or in
response to taking damage. While in a
rage, you have +1 to attack, all your
melee attacks inflict +2 damage, and
you are immune to pain and fear. You
might froth, or stare in battle-focus, or
merely let a facade drop and give in to
your ancient urges, brutal warrior
training, or religious fanaticism.
While raging, you cannot do anything
defensive, curative, or tactical with
your allies. All you can do is attempt to
kill things.
While raging, you cannot stop fighting
until you kill, subdue, or drive off all
enemies. If one of your allies has
injured you this fight, they count as an
enemy.
You can make a PSY save at the start
of your turn as a free action to end the
Rage.
Mystic
The Apprentice. Gain 1 random Mystic
gift.
The Master (requires The Apprentice).
Gain 1 random Mystic gift.
Mental Strength. When rolling for HP
loss from using Mystic gifts, roll two
dice and choose one.
Mental shield. When an enemy targets
you with a Mystic gift, make an EGO
save as a free reaction to direct the
effect back at the caster.
Obscure Knowledge. Once per session,
you can declare something true
because you saw it in a vision. The
base chance of the thing actually being
true is 50%. You do not know whether
it is true right away; the GM will roll
when it matters. You might only be
partially correct, but you will never be
catastrophically wrong.
Weird Herbs. You can consume a
special ration to regain 25% of your
total HP. This takes 1 round.
Ingredients can be purchased in any
trading city. 3 "doses" fit in a single
item slot. You don’t share, and your
companions are in no hurry to sample
your weird herbs.
Glimmer hunter. You can sense
creatures that radiate with the
glimmer from mystic gifts. How visible
and from how far depends on how
much they glimmer.
If you devour their brains, gain 1
random mystic gift.
Defender
Bulwark. When an adjacent ally is hit,
you may choose to take the damage
for them. You must be wielding a
shield. Not possible against Mystic
gifts. Make a Strength save to reduce
the damage by ½.
Tough (Requires Bulwark). Reduce all
incoming damage by 2 points
(minimum 1). You gain advantage on
saves vs mind-altering and fear effects.
Shield Basher. When wielding a shield,
the maneuver “Shield bash” also deals
1D4 damage. Wielding a shield also
grants you an additional +1 bonus to
AC.
Shield Master (requires Shield
Basher). When an effect allows a
Dexterity save for ½ damage take no
damage if you succeed -your shield
absorbs the blow.
Items and
barter
While a standard monetary system
does not exist in the Vaarn, items are
generally given a Water-dept token
(WT) value to determine their worth in
trade.
However, the trade in Vaarn is mostly
driven by trading goods with each
other.
The most common currency is Water-
debt tokens from the city Gnomon,
issued by the Water baron Ancamulla.
Most items take up one Equipment
slot.
Very light or small items take up no
items lots.
Heavier or bulkier items take up more
than one items lot.
Some items can be bundled together
to only take one slot. For example, 3/1
means that up to 3 of the items takes
up one slot.
Bundle items are bought in bundles,
and the value listed is for a bundle.
Items marked with a *, are rare and
should only be found at specialized
merchants.
Items with a quantity inside () or a UD,
is bought in that quantity.
Trading & reactions.
Vaarn has no universally accepted
currency, so interactions with
shopkeepers and merchants will
require the players to intuit what the
seller is willing to accept in exchange
for their goods.
Allow players to make trades that
seem reasonable at a glance, assuming
that an item slots’ worth of goods can
be exchanged for
similar. The referee can use the table
of approximate prices on the right to
aid their judgement. If they are still
uncertain whether a trade would be
acceptable, they may roll d20
and refer to the table below, modifying
with the PC’s EGO bonus.
Merchnats reaction
They are enraged to the
1-3
point of physical violence
Time-waster, get out of
4-8
their sight
They shrug and look at the
9-12
sky
They want a different
13-15
item instead
They’re willing to make
16-19
the trade
They like you enough
20+ to throw something extra
in
 ITEM SLOTS WT ITEM SLOTS WT
Torches UD8 1 1/4 Padlock & key 1 1
Glass marbles Saw 1 1
(10) 2/1 1/4 Shovel 1 1
Nails (12) 3/1 1/4 Animal trap 1 1
Pole (10ft) 1 1/4 Tar (pot) 1 1
Pencil 3/1 1/4 Bedroll 1 1
Waterskin 1 1/4 Chain (10ft) 1 1
Bottle/Vial 3/1 1/4 Cook pot 1 1
Bucket 1 1/4 Ammunition UD10 1 2
Chalk (10) 3/1 1/4 Omni-glue tube 3/1 2
Candles UD10 1 1/2 Light weapon 1 2
Tinderbox 1 1/2 Flash-bangs (5) 1 2
Crowbar 1 1/2 Flare (5) 1 2
Drill 1 1/2 Magnifying glass 3/1 2
Fishing pole 1 1/2 Lock-picks 1 2
Lamp oil UD12 3/1 1/2 Tent 1 2
Pick 1 1/2 Motion sensor* 1 2
Rope (50ft) 1 1/2 Autoglot translator* 1 2
Sack 1 1/2 Shield 1 2
Sponge 3/1 1/2 Hologram projector* 1 2
Caltrops (10) 1 1/2
Lantern 1 2
Bellows 1 1/2 Medium weapon 2 3
Iron spike (12) 1 1/2 Light armor (12 AD) 2 3
Ration (Food & water) 3/1 1 Rare book* 1 4
Shield 1 1 Luxury clothes 2/1 4
Sturdy boots 2/1 1 Pack camel - 5
Mortal & pestle 1 1 Replacement limb* 1 5
Hourglass 1 1 Heavy weapon* 3 5
Grappling hook 1 1 Heavy armor
Manacles 1 1 (AD 16)* 6 6
File 1 1 Auto-chariot* - 50
Mirror, small 3/1 1 Small wind-barge* - 150
Net 1 1 Modest townhouse - 200
Random 2D6 Armor template
2-3 Shield
Exotica
When placing exotica beforhand for 4- 7 Light armor (12 AD, 2 slots)
adventures or rolling up random ones 8-10 Medium armor (14 AD, 4 slots)
in the middle of an adventure you can
11-12 Heavy armor (16 AD, 6 slots)
use these tables.

EXOTICA
Exotica 1d10
ARMOR
1-3 Random armor exotica + Level
STRENGTH
Use the d100 exotica table in 2-7 One beneficial
4-17
VDE Two beneficial, One
8-10
18-20 Random weapon exotica drawback
11-14 Two beneficial

15-16 Three beneficial, two

Weapons and armor are randomised drawbacks
by adding tags.
17-18 Three beneficial, one
Tags are special effects that are given
drawback
to armor and weapons. 19-20 Three beneficial
Tags can be postive (beneficial) or
negative (drawbacks).
Duplicate tags and tags that dont make DRAWBACK
sense (ex. melee tags for a ranged 1d10
ARMOR TAGS
weapon) are rerolled.
1-2 Heavy
Armor exotica 3 Inferior
To generate a random armor exotica,
Blockers roll 1d6:
follow these steps.
4 1: STR, 2: DEX, 3: CON
1. Roll 2d6 on the “Armor template” 4: INT, 5: PSY, 6: EGO
table. This decides what type of armor
5 Unstable
template that will be used for the
armor.
6 Smelly
2. Roll on 1d10 + the PC´s level on the
“Exotica armor strength” table. This
7 -8 Stiff
decides how many beneficial and
drawback tags the armor will have. 9 Artificial
3. Roll as many tags as indicated in the
step above one the “Beneficial armor 10 Organic
tags” table and “Drawback armor tags”
table.
4. Apply the tags to the armor
template from step 1.
 BENEFICIAL Retractable blades: The armor comes
1D20 with a melee weapon that does 1d6
ARMOR TAGS
1-2 Light damage.
3 Superior Fire dampeners: The wearer is
4 Stealth module immune to fire attacks.

5 Mirror glass Auto injectors: When the wearer

reaches 0 HP or less, the armor heals
6 Spikey
him for 1d4 HP. Needs one week to
7 Stiff recharge.

8 Retractable blades Force field: Wearer receives +2 AD

9-10 Fire dampeners against ranged attacks.

11 Auto injectors Psy emitter: This armor uses wearers

12 Force field PSY score instead of AD as protection.
13 Psy emitter
Phase module: Wearer can teleport to
14 Phase module
a location he can see clearly, once a
15 Hook ejectors week.
16 Autoglot translator
Hook ejectors: Wearer gains
17 Charged pistons
advantage to athletics skill.
18 Adrenaline injectors
19 Antidote injectors Thrusters: Wearer can fly in bursts of
Enhancers, roll 1d6: 15’ in length and 10’ in height. Once a
20 1: STR, 2: DEX, 3: CON day.
4: INT, 5: PSY, 6: EGO
Autoglot translator: Wearer
understands all languages.
Beneficial armor
tags Charged pistons: Wearer causes 1d4
Light: This armor uses one less item extra damage with melee attacks.
slot.
Adrenaline injectors: Wearer receives
Superior: This armor has +1 to AD. advantage on initiative rolls.

Stealth module: The wearer can turn
invisible for 10 minutes, once a day.
Mirror glass: The armor protects
against energy and beam weapons and
attacks. Can also be used as a mirror.
Antidote injectors: Toxin dice
received downgrades on 1-6 for the
wearer.
Enhancers: Boosts an ability score by
+1.

Spikey: Opponents that attack wearer

in melee and miss, take 1d4 damage.
Drawback armor
tags
Heavy: This armor uses one more item
lot.
Inferior: This armor has -1 to AD.
Unstable: If the wearer of this armor
receives a critical hit, the armors
power source explodes. The explosion
deals 1d6 damage to the wearer. This
breaks the armor; it needs to be
repaired.
Smelly: The wearer has disadvantage
to all reaction rolls.
Stiff: The wearer has 10’ combat
movement.
weapon exotica
To generate a random weapon exotica,
follow these steps.
1. Roll 2d6 on the “Weapon template”
table. This decides what type of
weapon template that will be used for
the weapon.
2. Roll on 1d10 + the PC´s level on the
“Exotica weapon strength” table. This
decides how many beneficial and
drawback tags the weapon will have.
3. Roll as many tags as indicated in the
step above one the “Beneficial weapon
tags” table and “Drawback weapon
tags” table.
4. Apply the tags to the weapon
template from step 1.

Artificial: Wearer receives double 2d6 WEAPON TEMPLATE

damage from Electrical weapons and Heavy melee weapon
sources. 2
(1d10 DMG/3 slots)
Medium melee weapon
Organic: Wearer receives double 3-4
(1d8 DMG/2 slots)
damage from Fire weapons and Small melee weapon
sources. 5-7
(1d6 DMG/1 slot)
Small ranged weapon
8-9
Blockers: Decreases an ability score by (1d6 DMG/ slot)
-1. Medium ranged weapon
10-11
(1d8 DMG/2 slots)
Heavy ranged weapon
12
(1d10 DMG/3 slots)
 EXOTICA
1d10 BENEFICIAL
weapon 3d10
+ Level WEAPON TAGS
STRENGTH
2-7 One beneficial
3 Toxic
Two beneficial, One
8-10
drawback
4 Brutal
11-14 Two beneficial

15-16 Three beneficial, two 5 Accurate

drawbacks
Three beneficial, one 6 Agonizing
17-18
drawback
Blast
19-20 Three beneficial 7
(roll a d3 for area)

8 Beam
DRAWBACK
9-10 Close
1d12 WEAPON
TAGS 11 Electrical

1 Crystalline 12 Entangling
13 Fire
2 Unstable
14 Fungal
3-4 Heavy 15 Hypergeometric

5 Misaligned 16 Mauling
17 Parasitic
6 Snub nose
18 Piercing
7 Less lethal 19 Sun charged
8 Ammo hog 20 Twin beam
9 One-shot 21 Sweet spot
10 Liquid charge
22 Master crafted
11 Unwieldy
23 Long
12 Brutish
24 Slaying
25 Lethal
26 Acid
27 Pshycic
28 Hypergeometric
29 Heavy weapon
30 Automatic
Beneficial weapon
tags
Toxic: Hit targets must make a CON
save or suffer a D6 toxin dice
Brutal: The weapons damage dice now
explodes. When a damage die shows
its highest value, roll another die of the
same size and add it to the damage
total. There is no limit on the amount
of damage dice that can explode in one
roll.
Accurate: This weapon always fires
with advantage on attack rolls.
Agonizing: The weapon is
excruciatingly painful. Biological
creatures must make a Morale save if
they are damaged by the weapon.
Beam: The weapon fires a beam of
energy. This weapon never suffers
negative modifiers for shooting over
50ft Beam attacks are deflected by
mirrored surfaces and are not effective
during sandstorms.
Blast: This tag will have a number after
it. The number is how many 5ft
squares on all sides around the target
that are also hits. Compare your attack
result to all effected targets AD, to see
if they are also hit.
Targets can always DEX save to receive
half the damage rolled.
Close: This weapon can be used in
melee and without any penalty.
Electrical: Double the rolled damage
against Synthetic creatures, opponents
in metal armor and targets submerged
in water.
Entangling: Targets hit by this weapon
must DEX save or become Entangled.
Entangled creatures have an AD of 9,
and attack with disadvantage. They
must make a DEX save to break free.
Fire: The weapon deals fire damage
and will ignite flammable objects. It
deals double damage to Fungal
creatures and no damage to Mineral
creatures. It cannot be used
underwater or against submerged
opponents.
Fungal: The weapon deals no damage
to Fungal creatures. Its re-gains an
Ammo die step of its usage die when
fed decaying animal or vegetable
matter.
Hypergeometric: The weapon exists
partially outside of Euclidean space.
Double the rolled damage against
Hypergeometric creatures.
Mauling: The weapon is especially
effective against lightly armored
opponents. It deals an extra dice of
damage against targets with AD 14 or
lower, but half damaged rolls against
opponents with AD 16 or higher.
Parasitic: The weapon is alive and
cannot be unequipped without
surgery. The wielder must consume
double rations, or the weapon is
unusable. When this weapon damages
biological creatures, the wielder
regains HP equal to half the damage
inflicted.
Piercing: The weapon hits opponents
as though they had -2 to their AD.
Psychic: The weapon is psychically
bonded to the user. It requires a PSY
+6 or more to use. Roll attacks against
targets PSY score instead of AD.
Sun Charged: This weapon replenished
ammo by sunlight. Replenishes to max
UD if not fired and left out in the sun
for 8 hours.
Twin Beam: Can fire two smaller
beams or a big beam.
You can fire at two targets with the
same attack, roll to-hit against both
targets separately. Divide your damage
dice by two, so a D6 would become
two D3’ s for example.
If you fire the big beam, you can only
attack one target, use the regular
damage number for the weapon.
Acid: The weapon degrades armor. On
a hit, the weapon either deals damage
or reduces the target’s AB by one
(attacker’s choice).
Heavy weapon: This is a huge weapon.
Double the amount of damage dice for
the weapon. But the weapon needs a
support backpack to be powered or
feed ammo.
This backpack takes up two extra
items slots.
Lethal: Upgrade the weapons damage
on size. A d6 would become a d8, a d8
a d10 etc.
Slaying: This weapon always kills the
target on a natural attack roll of 20.
Long: An extra-long weapon. This
melee weapon has an extra 5’ of attack
range. Enemies that move into range of
the weapon can be attacked by the
user if they have not used their attack
for the turn. This is an instant attack
that takes place as soon as the target
comes into range and uses up the
wielders attack for that turn.
Throw: This melee weapon can be
thrown. It has a range as regular
ranged weapons, but its only
applicable when thrown. Use DEX
when throwing it. Returns to user after
throw, this takes one combat turn
however.
Master crafted: This weapon also has
+2 on all damage rolls.
Sweet spot: This weapon crits on
natural 19 and 20 on to-hit rolls.
Automatic: This weapon can fire more
than one shot per attack. You can
choose to roll 3 damage dice, but your
ammo UD downgrades one step.
Drawback weapon
tags
Crystalline: The weapon uses delicate
crystals to function. If the user rolls a
natural 1, the crystals have broken or
become misaligned, and the weapon
cannot be used. It must be fixed after
combat.
Unstable: If the wielder of this weapon
rolls a 1 while using it, the weapons
power source explodes, dealing 1d6
damage to the wielder. This breaks the
weapon; it needs to be repaired.

Heavy: This weapon takes up one extra

inventory slot.

Misaligned: This weapon always suffers

a -1 on attack rolls.

Snub nose: This weapons effective

range is 25ft, it get -1 on attack rolls for
every additional 10ft

Less lethal: Downgrade this weapons

damage dice one step. A d8 would
become a d6, a d10 a d8 etc.

Ammo hog: This weapons ammo has a

UD of D6.

One-shot: This weapon needs to be

reloaded after each shot, this takes one
combat turn to do.

Liquid charge: This weapon needs to

align before attacking. You cannot
attack and move on the same turn.

Unwieldy: This weapon is large and

unwieldy. 10’ combat movement while
holding it in your hands.

Brutish: This weapon never crits.

Powered: This melee weapon needs

ammo to work. It now has a UD of D8.