Core Game Mechanics

Definitions

Game

A single session of play where the player characters go on an adventure.

Campaign

A series of related games set in the same fictional world

Requirements

Recommended Player Age: 12+

Players

1 Referee minimum.

4 or more other players.

There can be up to 50 players per campaign (define this).

There should be at least one Referee per 20 players in a large campaign.

Equipment

• Dice types:

  At least 2 of each of the following:

  • 4 sided
  • 8 sided
  • 10 sided
  • 10 sided (labelled in increments of ten from 00 to 90)
  • 12 sided
  • 20 sided

  And from 8 to 40 6 sided dice.

• Ring Binder

• Graph Paper

• Lined Paper

• Pencils

• Scrap Paper

• Imagination

• Miniature figures can be used, but are not required.

Dice

From here on dice will be referred to by the letter ‘d’ followed by the number of sides it has. For example a common six sided dice will be “d6”.

Combining Dice Rolls

If a number is to be generated by rolling dice, it will be stated as described above, with the quantity of the particular sided dice written as a prefix. For example a number to be generated by a six sided dice will be stated as “1d6”, or for two eight sided dice to be rolled and added together “2d8”.

Modifying Dice Rolls

Sometimes a fixed number will need to be added to or subtracted from the dice roll. These will be appended as a suffix. For example “1d8 + 1” would mean to roll one eight sided dice and add one to the result for a number randomly generated between 2 and 9.

Similarly, the sum of dice rolled may need to be multiplied. This is also appended as a suffix. For example “3d6 * 10” means roll three 6 sided dice and add them together, then multiply that sum by 10 to get a number from 30 to 180 in increments of 10.

Percentage Dice

Using one each of the two different 10 sided dice types, when rolled together and the results added, are referred to as a “d100”. This gives a number from 0 to 99.

Many rules have a percentage chance of something occurring. In these cases roll a d100 and a result under the percentage chance means success. For example if there is a 6% chance of something, a roll of 0 to 5 on 1d100 means that something does happen.

Simulating Other Dice

Uncommon dice can be simulated with the required dice.

A d2 can be simulated by rolling any dice and treating an odd result as 1, and an even result as 0.

A d3 can be simulated by rolling 1d6 divided by 2 and rounded up. Alternatively you can roll 1d6 on the following table:

Creatures

The term “Creature” is a catch all term for animate things in the world that the game takes place in. This includes Characters, and Monsters.

Creatures have Attributes: Hit Dice, Defence, Movement, Alignment, and may have additional unique attributes specified in their description.

Game Modes

There are various modes of gameplay, some have varaitions.

• Character Generation
• Underworld Exploration
• Wilderness Exploration
• Encounters
• Land Combat
• Naval Combat
• Aerial Combat
• Between Adventures

Ther are some modes of gameplay for the Referee to do solo:

• Underworld Design

Ther are some modes of gameplay for the Character Players to do solo:

• Stronghold Design

Movement

Movement depends on how much weight a Creature is carrying and wearing.

Hit Points

Each Creature has a maximum number of Hit Points, and a current number of Hit Points.

If a Creature is damaged, the number of damage points they recieve is subtracted from their current Hit Points.

If a Character or Creature’s current Hit Points are reduced to zero, they are defeated and dead.

Hit Dice

Hit Dice are used determine a Creature’s Hit Point maximum and initial current Hit Points.

When a Creature is created, roll its Hit Dice and note the result as both its Hit Point maximum and current Hit Points.

When a character gains enough Experience Points to reaches a new level, the Hit Dice for their new level are rolled to determine their new Hit Point maximum. This new number replaces their previous Hit Point maximum.

Damage Types

There are 4 general types of damage in the game:

• Weapons
• Fire
• Lightning
• Ice

There are extra types of damage concerning Dragons and Elementals:

• Water
• Air
• Earth

Economy

Items can be bought and sold. The currency is coins of various precious metals, with Gold Pieces (GP) being the standard unit of value.

Items

There are Normal Items that are commonly available, and Magic Items that are rare and coveted.

Standard prices of Normal Items are included in their descriptions. Magic Items are not commonly sold as they are extremely rare, so there are no standard prices for them.

Precious Metals

Metal is melted into Solid lumps by fire or lightning. (see Damage Types)

Electrum and Platinum are optional.

The exchange rate for pieces of precious metals:

Electrum (if used) value can vary between half or double the value of Gold:

Other Valuables

Gems are destroyed by lightning.

Optional rule: Gems have a 10% chance of being destroyed by fire.

Both fire and lightning will devalue Jewellery by 25%.

Weights

Things are weighed in Gold Pieces.

The weight of an average human is 1750 GP.