TREASURE v1.4c

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Treasure is a Design Game, which can be played as a boardgame, card game, desktop game or tabletop roleplaying game (RPG). Players take the part of Adventurers exploring fantasy worlds filled with magic and monsters. Adventurers come across various units, (including fellow Adventurers, Tribal Units and Monsters), as they take on challenges and try to survive constant danger.

A Design Game like Treasure differs from standard tabletop RPGs and boardgames by helping and encouraging players to use their own imaginations to shape gameplay. Instead of relying on fixed rules and game designers' imaginations, a Design Game provides a framework, or platform, which assists players to build on the framework by offering free, editable content. Players can then use and remix the content to customise and take control of the Design Game's 'rules', artwork and gameplay.

Treasure can be played in the same way as boardgames and RPGs but it's also a Visual Design Game. All skills and actions in the game can be displayed as icons or images. Players may choose to use text and/ or images. A free set of 500+ vector graphics makes it easier for players with computers to put together their own custom artwork.

Solo and Team options allow play without a Gamesmaster (GM).

Anyone familiar with RPGs or boardgames can start playing using the Quick Start Rules. Players who'd like to use Treasure's graphics during play can take a look at the Graphics section. Text only players can go straight to Chapter 1: Adventurers and make an Adventurer.

CONTENTS

Treasure

Quick Start Rules

Playing With Graphics

Titles
Skill Titles
Title/ Image or Icon
Combinations
Subsets
Subsets and Combinations
Pairings
Subsets, Combinations and Pairings
Edges and Elements
Marking
Quick Marking

Book 1: Adventurers

Skills
Designing Adventurers
Designing Adventurers Options Table
Currency
Currencies Table
Basic Crafts
Basic Crafts Table
Speed
Speeds Table
Defences
Defences Table
Alarms
Preferred Actions
Tribes and Tribal Weapons
Damage Multipliers Table
Peaceful Tribes Table
Hostile Tribes Table
Lost Tribes Table
Tribal Skills
Tribal Skills Table
Abilities
Abilities Table
Crafts
Crafts Table
Extra Weapons and Second Weapons
Extra Weapons Table
Backstabs
Enchanted Items
Spells
Casting Spells
Dark Magic
Dark Magic Table
Druidic Magic
Druidic Magic Table
White Magic
White Magic Table
Wizardry 
Wizardry Table
Buying Skills, Items and Services
Buying Skills, Items and Services Table
Missiles
Missiles Options Table
Food and Water
Weight Limits
Weight Limits Table
Stars
Auctions
Developing Adventurers
Developing Adventurers Options Table
Rituals
Duration of Rituals 
Rituals Table
Honours
Honours Table
Quests
Lifestreams
Shards
Shards Table
Constellations
Ancient Constellations
Ancient Coastal Constellations Table
Monks
Monks' Table
Assassins
Assassins' Table
Performances
Performances Table
Decorations/ Battle Honours
Decorations Table 
Marks of Dishonour
Marks of Dishonour Markings Table
Marks of Dishonour Table
Players' Marks of Dishonour Table
Acts of Atonement
Acts of Atonement Table
Homes and Banks
Stored Possessions Table
Resupply, Reinforcements and Raising the Dead
Temple Altars Options Table
Raise Dead Outcomes Table

Book 2: Making Designs

Design Styles
Panels and Labels Table
Markings Table
Icon Set Alternatives Table
Combining Icons and Actions
Using Figures/ Miniatures
Figures Options Table
Design Media
Style of Play

Book 3: Running Play

Order of Play Tables
Basic Order of Play Table
Shared Outcome Rolls
Strands
Order of Play Options Table
Scale
Revealing Chambers
Reveal Table
Spellcasting Options Table
Lighting and LOS
Lighting Options Table
Line of Sight (LOS)
Local and Remote Alarms
Alarms Options Table
Alarms Table
Applying Preferred Actions
Preferred Actions Options Table
Turns
Turns Options Table
Campaign and Local Events
Order of Play
Preferred Targets and Reputations
Concealing Reputations
Actions
Magical Effects Costs Table
Actions Table
Hiding and Hiding in Shadows
Lashing Out
Reclaiming Weapons
Healing
Replacing Gems, Jewels and Dark Jewels
Testing Skills, Modifiers and Outcomes
Modifiers Table
Damaging Items and Collateral Damage
Poisons
Prisoners and Slaves
Prisoners and Slaves Table
Guests
Guests Table
Gifts and Bribes
Morale
Morale Options Table
Conversion and Converts
Disguises

Book 4: Designing Campaigns and Complexes

Design
Starting to Design Complexes
Designing Complexes Options Table
Cascading Conditions and Events
Campaign Conditions
Campaign Conditions Table
Campaign Events
Campaign Events Table
Cultures
Complexes
Complex Markings Table
Complexes Table
Local Conditions and Events
Local Conditions Table
Local Events
Local Events Table
Selecting Missions
Mission Circumstances Table
Missions Table
Laying Out Complexes
Layout Options Table
Standard Layouts
Ready-To-Run Layouts
Standard Layout Rules
Solo and Team Layout Options
Random Chambers Table
Random Entrances Table
Entrances Summary Options Table
Exits
Exits Options Table
Levels
Clustering
Clustering Options Table
Chambers Within Complexes
Complex Contents Table
Using Manifests
Entrances to Complexes
Entering Complexes Table
Chambers
Passageways
Traps Table
Rooms
Types of Empty Rooms
Empty Rooms Table
Types of Feature Rooms
Feature Rooms with Multiple Zones
Feature Rooms Table
Magic Fountains
Magic Fountains Table
Tapestries
Tapestries Table
Enchanted Statues
Enchanted Statues Table
Pitheads
Pitheads Table
Globes
Globes Table
Thrones
Thrones Table
Caverns
Empty Caverns
Occupied Caverns
Monsters and Caverns Table
Caverns with Multiple Zones
Caverns Table
Accessories
Accessories Table: Architectural Features
Accessories Table: Costume
Accessories Table: Dressing
Accessories Table: Food and Drink
Accessories Table: Furnishing
Accessories Table: Materials
Accessories Table: Miscellaneous
Accessories Table: Senses and Sensations

Book 5: Tribes and Monsters

Occupations
Ancients Tribal Group
Barbarians Tribal Group
Brethren Tribal Group
Corsairs Tribal Group
Dark Elves Tribal Group
Demonspawn Tribal Group
Dwarves Tribal Group
Elves Tribal Group
Goblins Tribal Group
Half Ogres Tribal Group
Halflings Tribal Group
Hobgoblins Tribal Group
Northerners Tribal Group
Orcs Tribal Group
Ravenswings Tribal Group
Seafarers Tribal Group
Slavers Tribal Group 
Southerners Tribal Group
Trolls Tribal Group
Watchers Tribal Group
Monsters
Monsters' Abilities and Weapons Table
Gaze Attacks
Monster Venom/ Poisons
Roll Twice and Other Multiple Rolls
Giant Scavengers
Predators
Giant Reptiles
Pool Predators
Undead
Daemons

Book 6: Treasure

Treasures Table
Barrels Table
Bottles and Kegs Table
Potions
Potions Durations Options Table
Potions Table
Poisons Table
Monster Venom
Enchanted Documents
Duration of the Magical Effects of Enchanted Documents
Documents Options Table
Scrolls
Scrolls Table
Enchanted Books
Enchanted Books Table
Enchanted Items and Weapons
Duration of the Magical Effects of Enchanted Items
Enchanted Items Tables
Ancient Enchanted Items Table
Ancient Wands Table
Ancient Orbs Table
Talismans
Astral Gates
Astral Gates Table
Titles or Elements List
Top Level Elements
Elements
Glossary

Quick Start Rules 

Find two or more six-sided dice (D6), a few pencils and some paper. You may also want some table mats, coasters, books or card with curved and straight corners to quickly map out 'dungeons' or Complexes.

Print or save out copies of the Quick Start Order of Play Options Table, the Alarms Table, the Actions Table, the Reveal Table and the Modifiers Table. These tables are part of the Quick Start Kit download. They help players to run the game without having to look at the rules too often.

Basic Order of Play Table

1. Adventurer's Slot in Each Turn
2. Check On-Going Events and Actions
3. Move
4. Reveal
5. Act
6. Check and Mark Outcomes
7. Repeat for Each Unit in Each Team

(Outcomes 9+ on 2D6 with Modifiers)

Playing With Graphics

Most players start with a mix of text and a few graphics. Players who prefer to play without graphics can skip this section and the whole of Book 2.

Titles 

Treasure's rules and tables use a standard approach to translate between text and graphics. Each text element, e.g. a Spell or a Weapon, has a Title and each Image or Icon has an Icon or Image Title.

All Titled elements are shown within the rules by a Capital letter at the start of each Title.

Titled elements may include actions and can interact with other elements. There is a list of Titles at the end of the rules.

Each icon has a descriptive Title and a linked Icon Title. For example, the first two icons shown above represent Defence/ Shield and Healing/ Cross. The third icon, a Halo, is a Spell with the same Title and Icon Title.

The game's encounter tables or Manifests combine Titles and Image Titles along with other information, so it's necessary to follow a simple code or 'syntax' to use the tables with ease.

Skill Titles

Moonlight = skill's Title

Title/ Image or Icon

Moonlight/ Crescent = Moonlight (shown as) Crescent

For example, an Adventurer is going to have a mix of Basic Skills, some more powerful skills and a few extra items. Players may chose to note or display every skill but Basic Skills are often Assumed to be present rather than being shown:

Basic Skills

That leaves an Adventurer to be displayed as a fairly short list of key skills and essential items:

Skills and Items

There are a few variations in how Titles are set out, which players will come across in the tables:

Combinations

Dagger - Poison = Dagger (with) Poison

Stars - Marks of Dishonour = Stars (marked with) Marks of Dishonour

Subsets

Wand: Star-Tipped = Wand (type) Star-Tipped

Potion Label: Mist = Potion (type) Mist

Subsets and Combinations

Dagger - Poison: Black Bitterberry = Dagger (with) Poison (type) Black Bitterberry

Pairings

Stalactites aka Upper Teeth = Stalactites or Upper Teeth

Subsets, Combinations and Pairings

Bar - Stalactites: Blunted = Bar (with) Stalactites aka Upper Teeth: (type) Blunted

Edges and Elements

Chain Lightning (2) = Lightning Bolt (Number of Forks is 2)

Longsword (4) = Longsword (Number of Cutting Edges is 4)

Composite Bow = Arrow (Flights are Curved)

Marking

Marking of Designs, Complexes and the rules to record actions and changes in status is easy providing Designs and Layouts are designed to allow straightforward marking. Marking everything is not necessary and players can Declare most moves and other actions instead of marking every change.

Quick Marking

Marking icons with cuts and gashes looks good and works well with certain media. However, marking 'on to' instead of 'into' icons and designs can be quicker. It can also be faster to use numbers for marking the few icons that change frequently, e.g. Defences.

Each of the Defences shown above has five Edges, indicating a basic Defence of 50. The marking on each Defence shows they've all taken six Damage. It's pretty clear what's recorded in each case, so players are as well choosing the style they prefer.

Players can design and develop characters with the skills of their choice. Some players may prefer Adventurers that are clearly recognisable as specialist spellcasters, fighters or thieves. Others may choose to opt for Adventurers with a wider selection of skills.

In Treasure designing Adventurers involves selecting a series of skills by following the steps set out in the Designing Adventurers Options Table. Players may also wish to take an early look at the Developing Adventurers Options Table to see how Adventurers can build-up their skills during play.

Players and Gamesmasters (GMs) can also use the Designing Adventurers Options Table to help to make other kinds of units such as Monsters and Tribal Units. 

Skills

There are some basic rules which are worth noting before starting to design Adventurers:

Players roll 9+ on 2D6 +/- Modifiers to check to see if their actions are successful. For example, whenever a skill targets a unit any Stars belonging to the targeting and targeted units act as a Modifier.

When selecting a Tribe each Adventurer gains the skill to use the weapon preferred by their Tribe. Adventurers may become experts with other weapons but their Tribal Weapon skill remains with them.

An Adventurer with more than one Tribal Weapon in its Design should mark the Hilt or Grip of the weapon linked to another race with a single Crack. This shows which Tribal Weapon doesn't match the unit's Tribe.

When a unit uses its own Tribe's Tribal Weapon and rolls a natural 2 on 2D6 the action fails but the roll does not cause it to be unable to act in its next Turn.

When a unit using a Tribal Weapon from a different Tribe or an Extra Weapon rolls a natural 2 on 2D6 it Fumbles and is unable to act in its next Turn.

The skills available to Adventurers include:

• Tribal Weapons
• Basic Crafts
• Extra Weapons
• Alarms
• Abilities
• Crafts
• Spells
• Rituals
• Honours
• Decorations
• Shards
• Constellations

New Adventurers have free access to all Basic Crafts, their Tribal Weapon and two Tribal Skills. 

Tribal Abilities are inborn skills which cannot be gained through training alone. Abilities and other Tribal Skills can be shown on players' Designs or Assumed to be present when a Tribal Weapon is shown.

Skills work successfully when Adventurers select them as an action and roll a modified total of 9+ on 2D6. The Modifiers to be applied vary but can include Abilities which act as Modifiers without having to be selected as an action.

Adventurers can choose a Defence, Extra Weapons, Alarms, Crafts, Spells and Services/ Items up to a limit of 20 Gems/ 4 Jewels.

Honours and Rituals only become available during play and any skill or item marked in the tables with an x is not available when designing new Adventurers.

Designing Adventurers

Follow the steps set out in the Designing Adventurers Options Table to designing Adventurer and other Tribal Units. 

Designing Adventurers Options Table

Currency

The common currencies are usually short stick-like bars of gold/ Ingots and Gems. In larger Complexes Jewels become a more common currency. Coins can be used in play but it's generally easier to work with Ingots, Gems and Jewels.

Currency operates as follows:

Currencies Table

Take a note or Mark Currencies with a Notch or Notches to show when they've been used.

Gems, Jewels and Dark Jewels are committed before trying to cast a Spell or Ritual. They turn to dust during the casting if the Spell is cast successfully.

Jewels Attached to Enchanted Items can be used to cast Spells but the item will lose its magical properties without an intact Jewel.

An Enchanted Item with a Damaged or Fused Jewel can be Repaired at a Forge with a successful Mend Spell. Five Jewels are destroyed during the process.

Using Weapons, Crafts, Spells and Alarms typically requires an item that is Assumed to be present when the skill is present. If an item is lost this can be recorded on the Design by marking the skill with a Notch.

Actual skills which are missing can be marked with a Crack.

Damage to Adventurers' and other units' Defences can be marked singly with a Notch or in multiples of five with a Gash or Gashes.

Basic Crafts

All Adventurers from all Tribes begin play with some Basic Crafts that they can use providing they have any necessary items. These skills are not usually shown on Designs as they are Assumed to be present unless a player has been Killed or Captured.

Basic Crafts Table

Speed

Adventurers exploring on foot have a basic Speed of two Zones/ Turn. This doesn't have to be marked on Adventurers' Designs, as it can be Assumed. A drop in Speed is also Assumed when leaving and occupying a Cavern occupied by a Pool Predator, as players have to Wade through the Cavern.

Other changes of Speed, including those due to wounds or magic, can be marked as shown on the Markings Table. The quickest way to mark Speeds is to display an icon for Mounted or Flying Speed and then mark it with Notches.

Speeds Table

Units which are Held can neither move nor act.

Most Speeds can be Assumed as described above or because it's obvious that a unit's Speed is shown by another marking, e.g. a Defence will show when a unit is Wounded.

Defences

Players can select any one Defence at the cost shown. A Warrior's Shield or an Ancient Shield is not available to Adventurers at the start of play.

Gaining new Defences involves coming across an Enchanted Shield or defeating an opponent in possession of the right Defence. An Adventurer can take the defeated unit's armour and use Heal, Mend or Stitch to repair the Defence.

When drawing or designing Shields it's helpful to keep a clear distinction between Shields and other Design Elements of similar shape, e.g. a Gem or a Jewel.

Defences Table

By agreement a Cloak and/ or a Tabard can be used as an alternative or complement to the Warrior's Shields that usually identify a powerful Defence.

Defences can be displayed as more than one Shield up to the maximum available, e.g. a Curved Shield and a Classic Shield show a Defence of 50 in total.

It's possible for Documents and Enchanted Items to raise a Defence above 70.

Players can Assume that a Helmet is present without displaying one. Whether or not a Helmet is present makes no direct difference to a unit's Defence.

Any Adventurer, member of a Tribe or Monster that runs out of Defence is Wounded and unable to use skills. They can choose to Surrender at this stage and become a Prisoner with the opportunity to try to escape or, possibly, be Ransomed, (see Book 3: Running Play: Prisoners and Slaves Table).

Alternatively, a unit can open up a Panel within an Adventurer's Design and show a Heart which gives 10 more units of Defence. Doing so will be seen as a Refusal to Surrender and most opponents will not offer a second opportunity to Surrender.

A unit relying on its Heart can only move a single Zone/ Turn, which causes a D6 of Damage to the Heart. Staying still for 6 Turns restores 10 Defence. Further improvement is unlikely in Hostile Complexes.

Undead and certain Monsters, including Jellyfish, Wasps, Hornets, Fireflies, Tangleweed, Scorpions, Ants, Beetles, Spiders and Millipedes, have no Hearts and are considered Slain when their Defences are exhausted.

Daemons have a 'Blackheart', which can sustain 20 units of Damage. Once a Daemon is Slain the Blackheart will begin to crystallise and form a Dark Jewel. This takes as many Turns as required to roll a 6 on a D6.

Alarms

Alarms are discussed in Book 3: Running Play. Alarms are an optional but highly recommended part of play. Alarms can be Local, with range limited to one Zone, or Remote, with a range of two or more Zones.

Players should be aware of the effects of Alarms when selecting their skills, as some skills, including certain Spells, are likely to trigger Alarms when used. For example a Meteor Spell can cause a lot of Damage to enemies but often draws attention.

Preferred Actions

Preferred Actions are discussed in detail in Book 3: Running Play. They offer a quick way of deciding how units that Adventurers encounter will move and act. The options available to units as Preferred Actions during Solo and Team play are set out in the Tribal and Monster Manifests.

Tribes and Tribal Weapons

Adventurers can usually encounter two or three Types of Tribe: Peaceful, Hostile and Lost. Though Tribes will often behave as expected both individual units and groups do not have to stick to type. 

Depending on the circumstances of particular campaigns and adventures Marks of Dishonour and Reputations can accumulate and units can be considered to be Hostile if they gain over five Marks of Dishonour.

It's possible for an Adventurer to gradually become a member of another Tribe by using Transform Rituals to acquire all the skills linked to a particular Tribe. A completely change of Tribe requires the unit involved to have its original Tribal Weapons skill removed with a Drain effect to complete the process.

When Monsters encounter other Monsters they will usually attack any non-Monsters in preference to other Monsters, unless compelled to do so.

Monsters that do not share a Cavern and come from different Types of Cavern will avoid attacking each other unless hungry or one has a clear advantage over the other.

Monsters can be found in Complexes for a variety of reasons:

• They may simply occupy different areas or levels from a Tribe
• The Monsters may help with the Complex's security
• The Tribe and the Monsters may be working towards a common aim
• It could be too much trouble to remove the Monsters
• The Complex may be being taken over by the Monsters
• The Monsters may be allied to the Tribe
• The Monsters might control or influence the Tribe

Adventurers cannot enter the game as members of a Lost Tribe or a Tribe marked with a Star on the Tribes Tables unless by general agreement.

Adventurers can use weapons linked to Tribes other than their own. Units do not gain quite the same level of expertise as a unit from the Tribe directly linked to a particular Tribal Weapon. Marking the new weapon's icon with a Crack makes it clear which weapon remains as a unit's Tribal Weapon. Rolling a 2 on 2D6 when using a Tribal Weapon from another Tribe causes a Fumble and the unit misses its next Turn.

When a unit using a weapon rolls an unmodified 12 on 2D6 the attack succeeds and often causes a bonus Damage Multiplier to be applied to the target. Damage Multipliers operate in steps, so a single Damage Multiplier results in x2 Damage, a second Multiplier raises that to x3 Damage, and a fourth Multiplier results in x4 Damage. Some examples of the amounts of Damage that can be caused are shown below in the Damage Multipliers Table.

Damage Multipliers Table

Where a number follows an icon in the Tribal Tables, the number shows the number of any extra Design Elements. These include:

• The number of Cutting Edges on Blades
• The number of Edges or Fins on Shields
• The number of Curves of Clouds
• The number of Forks on a Lightning Bolt
• The number of Wards in a Key's Bit
• The number of Points on a Star
• The shape of Flights on Blowpipe Darts, Arrows and Bolts/ Quarrels

Missiles weapons which are not normally used as Hand-to-Hand (H2H) weapons, e.g. Bows, Crossbows, Shuriken, Darts, Catapults and Chakrams, can target units within the Chamber the unit wielding the weapon is occupying.

Weapons which are, primarily, Hand-to-Hand weapons (H2H) may only be used as Missile Weapons as shown by the range shown in the Tribal Tables or the Extra Weapons Table.

Combined Design Elements are shown with a Dash. For example, when Venom has been applied to a weapon.

Peaceful Tribes Table

Hostile Tribes Table

Lost Tribes Table

Tribal Skills

This table sets out the skills available to each Tribe at no starting cost. Other Tribes can learn Tribal Skills that are Crafts at a later stage by paying the necessary price as shown on the Buying Skills, Items and Services Table.

Adventurers cannot purchase or gain the Abilities of Tribes other than their own, except through the use of certain magic items and Rituals, e.g. a Transform Ritual.

There is no need to show Tribal Skills as part of an Adventurer's Design, because they can be Assumed to be present due to the presence of a Tribal Weapon.

Each Tribe has its own unique combination of two Tribal Skills, as shown on the Tribal Skills Table.

Tribal Skills Table

Abilities

Abilities are innate Tribal Skills. No items are required to use an Ability and there is no charge in terms of actions or costs. Nor is it necessary for a roll to be made for the skill to be in effect.

Abilities Table

Crafts

Items are required to use Crafts and the necessary items are present when a new Adventurer selects a Craft. Both Crafts and related items can be purchased.

Crafts do not usually target an opponent, so outcomes are rolled with 2D6 + Stars and any other suitable Modifiers.

There is no charge to use Crafts but the loss of a necessary item during play prevents the use of a Craft. This can be marked with a Notch on the Craft's icon.

Crafts Table

It's reasonable to allow Adventurers without a Craft some chance of attempting the action associated with a Craft. However, to succeed should require a roll of 12 on 2D6 modified by the unit's Stars and other relevant modifers. The chances of success may also be varied according to circumstances. For instance, everyone will find it easier to scale a rough wall and harder to scale an overhang.

Extra Weapons and Second Weapon

Using more than one weapon in combination is possible when the weapons work well together. A Trident can be used while a Net is held ready and Daggers, Triple Daggers, Chakrams, Shurikens, Hunting Knives, Swordbreakers and Hooks can be held ready while a Sword, Hammer or Axe is wielded.

A Second Weapon can be ready for use, but it takes an unmodified roll of 11 or 12 on 2D6 with the First Weapon to allow a Second Weapon to then be used in the same Turn as part of the same action. A natural 12 still adds a Multiplier but a Backstab action is not available.

Extra Weapons Table

Backstabs

A unit wielding a Dagger can attempt to Backstab an Outnumbered opponent for a Damage bonus. The unit must Declare a Backstab at the start of its Slot. The target needs to be identified at the start of the stabbing unit's Turn. Further bonuses may also apply. When a unit Declares a Backstab its Slot is moved to the end of its Team's Turn.

Enchanted Items

Enchanted Items are detailed in Book 6: Treasure: Enchanted Items.

Spells

Players have a free choice of Spells when creating a new Adventurer. Gaining more Spells or Rituals involves finding an Enchanted Book, Scroll or similar Document containing instructions specific to the Spell or Ritual.

It's possible to pay to learn a Spell or Ritual from a unit that already knows the Spell or Ritual. 

A Transform Ritual, which clones a skill belonging to another unit, can also equip an Adventurer to use a Spell or Ritual.

All Tribes can and will use Dark Magic, Druidic Magic, White Magic, Wizardry and Rituals when they have the skills to do so. The use of certain Spells and Rituals may result in Marks of Dishonour and/ or the loss of some Honours.

Casting Spells

Casting a Spell successfully calls for a basic roll of 9+ on 2D6.

The Stars of both the caster and the unit with the most Stars among those targeted by a Spell modifies rolls.

Additional Modifiers, such as Resistance, also adjust the chances of success. The Modifiers Table sets out the likely Modifiers.

The successful casting of a Spell costs a Gem.

A successful spellcasting, which involves making physical contact with the target, assumes contact has taken place so long as both units are within the same Zone.

Successful Spells usually have an immediate effect.

Effects that bring about a change of form or create a form, such as Animate, persist until the new form is destroyed or changed again.

Units involved in issuing a Command carried by magic should Declare any instructions at the point when the Spell is cast successfully.

A successful Spell or Ritual charges the caster with magic and if the unit chooses to cast a further Spell or Ritual in its next Turn it gains a bonus of +1. This effect is cumulative but a natural 2 still results in a miscast.

Dark Magic

Dark Magic Table

Druidic Magic

Druidic Magic Table

White Magic

White Magic Table

Wizardry

Wizardry Table

Buying Skills, Items and Services

Adventurers may choose to purchase skills and services using Treasure gained while exploring. After completing or abandoning a Mission Adventurers can journey to distant cities, libraries and temples to acquire skills and items through trade and training.

Buying Skills, Items and Services Table

Missiles

Standard non-magical Missiles are bought in Batches and marked with Notches on the Shaft of the relevant item until a Batch has gone. The Missiles Options Table shows the size of each standard Batch.

Players can choose to completely skip checks for the use of Missiles. It's also easy to show extra Batches by showing more than one Missile.

Missiles Options Table

Food and Water

Adventurers can manage without Food and Drink for 24 hours. Each further day without Food or Drink causes 3D6 Damage.

Weight Limits

It's assumed that players can carry the items linked to Basic Crafts, Crafts and Defences. None of these items is considered to be particularly heavy, as any armour used by units cannot be heavy or unwieldy enough to be a Burden.
 
Adventurers can carry two weapons and up to 50 Gems, Jewels or Dark Jewels without incurring any penalties. Adventurers may also carry another 12 Standard Items without being Burdened by weight or bulk. Items that players can include within their limit may include:

• Collections of up to 50 Gems, Jewels or Dark Jewels
• An Ingot of gold
• A weapon
• A carefully protected Potion or Document
• Items of Loot such as Bottles of Wine

An Adventurer can, therefore, carry 15 items without being Burdened. Strength adds an extra 6 items to the limit and makes it possible to carry injured comrades at normal Speed.

Weight Limits Table

Units are likely to be Burdened while attempting to move Features.

Carrying anything over the limit reduces an Adventurer's Speed to a Zone/ Turn.

Units usually swap between the various items in their possession without using an action.

Burdened units need to use an action to bring items to hand.

Gems, Jewels or Dark Jewels may be lost or damaged during play. Capture will result in their loss, as will immersion resulting from a unit losing all its Defence within a Pool Chamber.

Stars

Adventurers can explore dungeon, temple and cavern Complexes of all shapes and sizes. As a guide, the Types of Complexes used by Tribes are 'graded' by the number of Chambers they contain, which is shown by the number of Stars marked on a Complex's Keystone.

At the start of play an Adventurer's Design should display a Star. Each of the points on the Star should be Blunted to show the unit has not gained any Experience.

Adventurers usually receive a Share when they've completed a Mission within a Complex. A Share Sharpens a single point on a Star. The number of Shares available to a group of Adventures depends on the difficulty of the Mission. Five is the standard number of Shares for Conquering a Complex.

Each successive Share resulting from a series of expeditions results in another Sharpened point being removed until a Star is complete. When a Star is complete the Adventurer gains a +1 Modifier when carrying out actions, including defending him or herself from Spells, Rituals and physical attacks.

Adventurers may wish to consider a choice of Enchanted Items or other Treasures in place of a standard Share. Adventurers can also elect to allow Adventurers to take an entitlement to challenge a particular opponent single-handedly as a Share.

Adventurers can gain as many as five Stars. However, they only gain Stars or Shares of Stars for Complexes with the same or a higher number of Stars, (as shown on the Complex's Keystone), as the number of complete Stars possessed by the Adventurer. GMs may opt to modify these arrangements to create small but 'powerful' Complexes for quick adventures/ episodes.

Auctions

Adventurers can use sealed bid or open auctions to share out Treasure found during adventures. The proceeds can be shared equally or by prior negotiation.

Developing Adventurers

Over a series of adventures units will gain more Gems and Jewels, which can be spent on more skills. They will also find other Treasures including Enchanted Items, Potions and valuable Documents. Other kinds of individual advancement are set out in the Developing Adventurers Options Table.

Developing Adventurers Options Table

Rituals

Once an Adventurer has learned a particular Ritual each successful casting requires the destruction of a Jewel. Rituals succeed when 9+ is rolled on 2D6, after taking account of the caster's Stars and any Stars held by the targeted unit with the most Stars among those targeted, (unless units are being checked individually).

Other factors, including Resistance, will often act as further Modifiers. The Modifiers Table sets out the possible range of Modifiers that may apply.

Units issuing a magical Command should Declare instructions at the point when the Spell is cast.

A successful Spell or Ritual charges the caster with magic and if the unit chooses to cast a further Spell or Ritual in its next Turn it gains a bonus of +1. This effect is cumulative but a natural 2 still results in a miscast.

Duration of Rituals

When cast successfully Rituals have an immediate effect unless a Talisman is in use.

Effects that bring about a change of form or create a form, such as Swarm, only create the new form once but it does persist until destroyed.

Rituals Table

Honours

Honours are won by gaining groups of skills and completing difficult tasks. When an Honour is gained an Adventurer can choose to Assume that the skills required to gain the Honour are present without displaying them.

Honours are awarded to individual Adventurers. Where an Honour involves slaying or vanquishing a certain type of opponent the award should only be made when the Adventurer is largely responsible for slaying or vanquishing the opponent, i.e. usually half the Damage or equivalent.

Unless stated otherwise there's no charge for attempting to use Honours but a roll of 9+ on 2D6 is modified by the Stars of the Honoured and any target. Further Modifiers may apply.

Paladin Design: the Design is based on Kay Neilson's "Lad in Battle". The unit's skills include those of a Paladin, a Ranger and a Defender.

Honours have a variety of effects or unique skills linked to them. In most cases it can simply be Assumed that the skill works in a standard way, e.g. a Chakram is used like any other weapon. The frequency with which particular skills can be used is shown in the Honours Table.

Just as certain deeds can lead to the award of Honours, Adventurers can also commit actions that are dishonourable and infamous. Such acts result in Marks of Dishonour, which are marked as Notches on Adventurers' Stars. These can affect Adventurers' eligibility for various Honours.

Marks of Dishonour can only be removed through Acts of Atonement or by the use of certain Enchanted Items.

Honours Titles (Top Left Clockwise): Monk, Inquisitor, Defender, Necromancer, Assassin, Mage, Seer, Bounty Hunter, Wizard, Ranger, Bard, Paladin and, in the centre, Archmage.

Honours can be a mixed blessing for Adventurers, as the skills they confer can contribute to a fame or notoriety that builds a Reputation. (See Book 3: Running Play: Preferred Targets and Reputations). 

Tribal opponents will target Adventurers in sequence according to the total number of Stars, Honours, Decorations and Marks of Dishonour each Adventurer possesses, i.e. their Reputation. Monsters select targets according to Stars alone, as most don't concern themselves with Tribal Units' Reputations.

Honours Table

Quests

Experienced players and their Adventurers soon start to complete a series of major trials, which can be recognised as Quests. These challenges go beyond the short terms aims of Missions. Both players and players' Adventurers may choose to display a Shard of pure, crystallised Starlight for each Quest. The Quests available to players are shown below:

• Collect five separate Honours
• Participate in the Capture of all of the different Types of Complex
• Participate in the Capture of a Complex from all Types of Hostile Tribes OR all Types of Peaceful Tribes
• Participate in the Capture of a Citadel from all Types of Hostile Tribes OR all Types of Peaceful Tribes
• Defeat all Types of Daemon
• Defeat all Types of Undead
• Defeat all Types of Ancient Monster
• Collect all Types of Ancient Enchanted Item
  

Participating requires an Adventurer to play a full part in the Capture or Conquest, including 'playing as part of a team'.

Defeating an opponent usually involves causing more than half of the Damage to the opponent.

When an Adventurer completes one of these Quests the player and the adventurer can collect a Shard. Players are welcome to display their Shards on websites, in 'Sigs', as part of their avatars and so on. This is in recognition of their skill and experience as players.

Lifestreams

Keeping track of Adventurers', players' and Teams of players' successes is easily done by printing or making a copy of the Encounter Manifests and the Types of Complexes. With basic hyperlinks it's very easy to use Treasure's tables and images to create rich, multimedia Lifestreams, which bring together Adventurers' Designs, campaign and scenario records, players' embedded media and a customised rule set. Book 2 looks at how sets of Panels, e.g. Adventure Logs, Scenario Logs and character sheets, can fit together much like desktop windows or web pages.

Shards

The benefits of collecting Shards include using them to gain an extra action or move an extra Zone during a Turn. This represents the edge experience and frequent action gives Adventurers, and other units, after completing Quests.

The ability to use each Shard is only available once/ Complex.

A unit with Shards can use up to 3 Shards at once. 

Shards Table

Constellations

Players can choose to use their Adventurers' Shards to form Constellations.

A Shard needs to be marked as Shining and connected to other Shining Shards to take the form of a known Ancient Constellation.

A Shard cannot be put to other uses while part of a Constellation and only takes effect when a complete Constellation is formed.

A single Adventurer can form a Constellation, but it may be necessary to form shared Constellations to create larger Constellations.

Units forming a Constellation surrender a Shard each when the Constellation is formed.

Constellations allow units to Shape future events by forming a link between actions on the ground and in the skies above. Each Constellation is capable of bringing about a particular Campaign Condition or Event. A Constellation starts to bring about a Campaign Event or Condition through a 9+ on 2D6, modified by the Stars of those Shaping Events against the number of Stars forming the target Constellation.

The effects of a Constellation acting upon Campaign Conditions or Events start immediately but it takes time for the link between ground and sky to result in an outcome. Roll 2D6 to arrive at the number of days before the effect kicks in.

Ancient Constellations

Knowledge of the Ancient Coastal Constellations and other Constellations is usually found within Complexes belonging to Lost Tribes.

Ancient Coastal Constellations Table

Monks

Monks are able to use a selection of special skills set out on the Monks' Table. Roll 9+ on 2D6 adjusted by Stars and other relevant Modifiers to use a skill successfully.

Assassins can attempt to use each skill once/ day. Effects are immediate and have standard Spell durations and permanence unless shown otherwise on the Monks' Table.

Monks' Table

Assassins

Adventurers are able to use specialised skills. Roll 9+ on 2D6 adjusted by Stars and other relevant Modifiers to use a skill successfully.

Assassins can attempt to use each skill once/ Complex.

Assassins' Table

Performances

Bards can use a range of Performances. Roll 9+ on 2D6 adjusted by Stars to use a skill successfully.

A unit which can carry out Performances can use each skill shown on the Performances Table once/ Complex.

Performances Table

Decorations/ Battle Honours

Players and GMs may choose to award Decorations to units for showing exceptional skill or courage during play.

Decorations can be linked to Campaign Events or Local Events and are shown with a Decoration Label in the form of a Ribbon and a Medal or Decoration.

The choice of icon/ s appearing on the Decoration should reflect the Event or deed, e.g. a Decoration bearing a Thistle for an act of extreme bravery. The shape of the Decoration is not limited to those listed on the Decorations Table.

Decorations Table

Marks of Dishonour

Marks of Dishonour are given for carrying out unsavoury or despicable deeds. These are shown as Notches or Gashes marked on units' Stars. There is no set limit on the number of Marks of Dishonour that a unit can accumulate but players are not generally required to display any Marks of Dishonour beyond the first 10. At that stage a unit is considered as being Beyond the Pale and held in fear and contempt by both enemies and allies.

Marks of Dishonour Markings Table

Units which are Beyond the Pale and have not Disguised their Reputation will not be offered Gifts or Bribes. They will also be shown No Quarter in battle and suffer a penalty of -2D6 on the Stored Possessions Table.

The nature and intentions of Lost Tribes, and the number of Marks of Dishonour they might display, are decided when players or GMs decide what role a Lost Tribe is to going to take in the game.

Any Marks of Dishonour Attached to Guests, Prisoners or Slaves are allocated when consulting the Tribal Manifests after rolling on either the Guests Table or the Prisoners and Slaves Table.

Marks of Dishonour can greatly increase a unit's Reputation. The main effect of Adventurers' growing Reputations is their selection as Preferred Targets by Tribal Units.

Marks of Dishonour Table

Marks of Dishonour can also be given to Adventurers for certain actions carried out by players:

Players' Marks of Dishonour Table

Defenders and Paladins cannot have a single Mark of Dishonour marked on their Design without losing the relevant Honour, (unless actively seeking to remove any Mark of Dishonour).

Acts of Atonement

Adventurers who want to remove a Mark of Dishonour may be able to do so through Acts of Atonement involving the types of tasks listed below. However, some units may wish to avoid such actions, as the loss of Marks of Dishonour will have an effect on their Reputation and/ or Honours, e.g. an Inquisitor.

Acts of Atonement Table

Homes and Banks

Complexes are typically represented by a Keystone containing a number of Stars equal to the scale of the Complex. For example, an Outpost is shown with a single Star.

Players may choose to open up an additional Panel/ window to record the storage of items at a designated Home. An Adventurer's Home can be located in a friendly dungeon Complex or a variant such as a tower or temple Complex.

As Adventurers gain more Treasure while exploring it becomes impractical to carry everything with them and they need somewhere safe to store their wealth. Players may choose to store their savings in a bank located in a major city. This results in a fee of 5% for each of 30 days of safekeeping.

Alternatively, players can select an allied or Home Complex and pay for the level of security they choose. For every 30 days a fee of 1 Gem/ Adventurer's Star has to be paid to guard possessions left at Home. Each Adventurer rolls 2D6 on the Stored Possessions Table to see what, if anything, happens to their possessions.

Stored Possessions Table

Each Guard paid to look after the possessions adds +1 to rolls but this increases the costs by a Gem/ 30 days. Mercenaries cost two Gems/ 30 days and add +2. Any natural roll of 2 on 2D6 still results in the loss of an Adventurer's possessions.

Units with more than ten Marks of Dishonour, i.e. those Beyond the Pale, have a penalty of -2D6 applied to rolls on the Stored Possessions Table, because their Reputations encourage resentment and revenge.

During play Adventurers can conceal items by burying them or placing them somewhere that they consider safe. However, between leaving an item and collecting it, there is a slight risk of the items being discovered and removed. Roll 2D6 and a 2 means that the items have been uncovered and removed or Damaged. The odds may change if, for example, a Search, a Moonlight Spell or an Ancient Torch are in use.

Resupply, Reinforcements and Raising the Dead

Adventurers Killed or Slain during play may return to the game in a number of ways.

When an Adventurer is Killed and the body is lost or left behind, the corpse may be Animated to create a Zombie or Skeleton. Hostile Necromancers that come across a Slain unit will often Animate the body as a Preferred Action. 

Alternatively, Adventurers may Animate a corpse to use against the enemy or to get the body out of a Complex.

Players can agree that Temple Altars are inscribed with enchanted runes, which allow the casting of a powerful Raise Dead Ritual. Altars linked to Hostile, Peaceful and Lost Tribes produce different results when an attempt is made to complete the Ritual.

A body left behind while other Adventurers escape the Complex has to be rescued or retrieved within a single day by returning to a Resupplied Complex. If a group of Adventurers wishes to attempt such a rescue they cannot buy services, learn new skills or replace any items before attempting the rescue or the body could be gone or may have been Animated.

If Necromancers or an Altar appear within a raided Complex, the Complex's Tribal Manifest will have been Resupplied to the point where at least half of the Tribal Units are still in place. If a Necromancer is the only option available within a Complex the replacements will be Animate creatures.

Where an Altar is present roll on the Tribal Manifest to check which units have been Restored. Roll on the Raise Dead Outcomes Table to see what happens to units, including any Adventurers who may have been Raised or Animated.

Adventurers can prevent a Complex from being Resupplied by putting the Altar beyond use. However, Reinforcements will usually arrive within a week to fully Replenish Complexes that have not been taken over.

Temple Altars Options Table

Temple Altars enchanted with an eldritch wizardry are not in themselves either Hostile or Peaceful. The ritual and faith of those around the Altar shapes the Altar's magic as shown by the items upon an Altar. 

Placing the item associated with a particular Type of Altar on the Altar and completing a successful casting of the linked Spell can Reconsecrate the Alter, which then acts as the Type of Altar shown by the item on the Altar. 

Providing an Altar is intact, units capable of spellcasting can Raise the Dead if they have enough Gems, Jewels or Dark Jewels. The conditions for other Rituals apply, including the Stars of both the caster and the targeted unit.

When a body or most of the remains of a Zombie or Skeleton are taken to a Peaceful, Hostile or Lost Tribe's Temple and Raised successfully, the outcome depends on the circumstances set out in the Raise Dead Outcomes Table.

Roll D6 and deduct the recipient's total number of Dishonours from the total.

Raise Dead Outcomes Table

A unit that's Raised Alive returns to life in much the same condition as it was at the time of death. The unit only has a Defence of 2D6 when revived.

A unit that's Raised Intact returns to life with its full Defence in place. There are no wounds or scars to heal and even a Brand caused by a Branding Iron will have been removed.

A unit that's Reincarnated is Raised Intact but in the form of a different body and often a different Tribe. Having rolled to discover the Type of Reincarnation, the unit then rolls 2D6 and counts through the Tribal Manifests from the start until a Tribe of the right kind is identified.

Designs representing Adventurers, other units, Complexes, Chambers and even the game's rules, can all be thought of as a series of overlapping, interactive Panels or windows.

When designing Adventurers the arrangement of icons across a series of Layers and Panels is often guided by the amount of marking an icon is likely to receive. For example, an Adventurer's Defence, as shown by a Shield, will need to be marked on many occasions.

It's possible to make Designs that can accommodate marking and take account of the Design Style, Design Media and Style of Play that players prefer. Other possible approaches include breaking an Adventurer's Design into more than one Panel and completely break up a Design for display on cards.

Dungeon Complexes can also be considered in terms of a sets of Panels arranged in Layers.

The borders and headings throughout the rules can also be marked. The Markings Table sets out options for marking headings, subheadings and page borders to indicate which rules are in use.

Design Styles

When considering Design Styles in more detail it's worth noting some of the considerations and options that may affect players' choices.

The styling of icons can be varied so long as each icon's value remains unaltered. Shape, being Attached to a Panel/ Label and orientation may all contribute to the symbolic value of an icon.

There's a wide range of Settings that players can use to develop their Designs. Settings are decorative icons and other Design Elements that have not been given a value within the game. Available Settings include Banners, Flags, Standards, Escrolls, Mantlings, Books, Crowns, Cloaks, Coronets, Supporters, zoomorphic elements, decorative borders and colours, shading and texture. There's nothing to prevent players agreeing to assign particular values to Settings but these may not be recognised by other groups of players.

Design Templates can be saved on computer and revised repeatedly by simply dragging icons into template files.

Please note: zoomorphic elements can be marked with a Crack to indicate that the actual creature is not present.

The basic underlying the use of icons and Designs to run play and set out Complexes are the same as those used to form Adventurers' Designs. There is no need for players or GMs to use a graphic based approach to designing and running Complexes.

There are some limits to the combination of Design Elements. Most involve icons that are Attached to each other to form a Design Element that should remain isolated from similar, separate icons. This often involves the use of Labels, which are a Type of Panel that brings together Design Elements to create subsets. 

Labels are no different from an Adventurer's Panel, a Home Panel or an Adventure Log Panel, except that they often contain a further Layer or subset, which is, therefore, contained in another Panel that is acting as a Label, e.g. Potion Labels shown on a Adventurer's Log.

It's easier not to Attach Jewels and Dark Jewels to items/ icons unless an Enchanted Item is present. For the same reason, Labels Enclosing Conditions, Events, Keystones, Potions, Documents, Features and other Labelled icons should avoid containing icons other than those linked to the Label. Gems, Jewels and Dark Jewels can, however, be placed on Settings and items that have no magical version.

Panels and Labels Table

The Types of Panels and Labels discussed in the rules are shown on the Panels and Labels Table.

Designs can be spread across a number of Panels and/ or Layers. For example, a player may use a heraldic Design to record all skills, while maintaining an Adventure Log to record frequent markings to particularly active icons.

Players can use Panels that are purely or largely for display, such as showing a portrait of an Adventurer.

The kinds of marks discussed in the rules are shown on the Markings Table.

Markings Table

The Design Media available to players may influence their choice of Design Styles. Pencil, paper and a few Figures are fine. Cards also work well.

Designs prepared in computer drawing packages are helpful, as whole Designs or separate Panels can be printed, marked repeatedly, modified on screen at the end of play and printed again before the next adventure.

Rather than revise or even tear up a Design, it's often simpler to show the absence of an icon on an Adventure Log Panel or other Panel while the player decides whether or not to try to restore the missing skill or item.

When a unit gains an Enchanted Item, (other than a Scroll, Potion or Enchanted Book), it also gains the matching standard skill. The image and the skill can be combined in a single image with a Jewel Attached to the icon. The skill remains even when the Enchanted Item is gone.

If a unit is in possession of an Enchanted Weapon associated with a different Tribe from their own, the unit should continue to display its original Tribal Weapon.

There's a wide range of Design Styles open to players including sketches, brush work, comic art, tattoo art, mosaics, stained glass and woodcuts. If you don't have much time it's easy to drop a PDF into a painting pack and style blocks of icons using filters. Photoshop has the widest selection but GIMP and a variety of online services can apply many effects.

Coloured Cards: styling cards is easily done by adding or changing colours, adjusting line weights and applying filters.

Deadman's Hand Design: a Tattoo Flash styled Design displaying a Lich. The icons show that the Lich can cast all Spells and also has the skills of an Assassin, a Monk and a Bard.

These Designs may be allied to Panels including:

• Adventure Logs
• Home Panels
• Campaign Logs
• Backpack Panels

Colour has not been given any value within the game as it stands. This is to allow players to have a completely free choice of colour schemes, tints and shading when developing their own Designs. Players may choose to assign particular values to certain colours but these will not necessarily be recognised by other players. 

There is nothing to stop players from agreeing to re-assign the value attached to certain icons but these may not be recognised by other groups of players. In addition, there is a trade-off in terms of reducing the range of styles available to players. For example, if different styles of Star, such as Estioles, six-pointed Stars and rounded Stars, are reassigned players cannot have a free choice of styles of Stars when using a Star within their Designs.

There are several sets of icons that may be suited to being given a value, including Crosses, Crowns and Stars. However, it's recommended that these options are not given particular values linked to their shape, because they are very common Design elements which help players to style and individualise their Adventurers' Designs:

Icon Set Alternatives Table

Players can also agree to use certain icons as extra Labels to form sets of Attached and Enclosed icons for use in play. This can be done by selecting the Label and extending or adding a table to the rules. The table should set out the range and value of icons which can be contained within the Label. The meaning of the original icon can remain unaltered when the icon is used as a Label but contains no icon/ s.

As noted above, Labels Enclosing icons shouldn't contain icons/ Design Elements other than those typically Enclosed and/ or Attached to the Label. Though it's possible to have an icon contained within a Label that rests inside another Label. Examples include:

• Bottles
• Globes
• Tears
• Thrones
• Magic Carpets
• Kegs
• Magic Fountains
• Statues
• Coins
• Enchanted Books
• Stained Glass Windows
• Mosaics
• Ancient Orbs
• Ancient Wands

If, for instance, players wish to use a wide range of Poisons they can simply add another Layer by using a Tear or a Tear shown within a Potion Label as a Label and referring to a Poisons Table. The two Layers formed by the Potion Label and the Tear Label retain their original value in terms of identifying a Poison. An example of an optional Poisons Table follows the Potions Table, (See Book 6: Treasure).

Some Optional Tables have been included in the rules but players should feel free to stick to the basic value attached to an item that can be turned into a Label. When adding an extended Feature Set, (usually through revising or creating a table), it helps to remember that any previous use of the new Label as a Setting may not be practical. Players and GMs can decide to add and/ or extend tables to cover a range of possible activities, e.g. extra Types of Chambers, Accessories, Climbing or more Traps.

The styling of icons makes no difference to the values or effects linked to them during play.

When assigning icons it's helpful to avoid changing or straying from the basic value or meaning associated with images/ icons already used during play, as this makes play less consistent and harder to follow. The choice of values or meanings set out in the game's core rules is intended as a basic standard.

Feel free to make up your own additions or re-interpretations but please try to stick to the game's core 'Feature Set' to keep the game consistently scalable across Layers of Panels. For example, when adapting a Poisons Table to display a Web within a Tear within a Potion Label try to assign an effect that bears some recognisable relationship to a Web Spell.

The marking of icons, including zoomorphics, to identify icons as Settings rather than active Design Elements helps to avoid problems when a player wishes to use a particular symbol or image within a Design or Label that cannot accommodate the symbol or image as an active Design Element.

Clearly, players can Design their own Panels/ Labels in addition to those suggested as possible options. Providing of course that the assignment of a new Label or value is acceptable to other players.

Combining Icons and Actions

The rules identify various examples of the combination of 'powers', skills and items, which can Combine to have a cumulative or Combined effect or outcome. The game's 'turn-by-turn' order of play and the single choice of actions during play usually avoids complications involving simultaneous effects, e.g. two Spells cast into the same Zone at the same time. 

However, there are examples of how such rules can be applied. For example, units rolling an 11 or 12 with a H2H attack can use a Second Weapon to launch a Second Attack within the same Turn.

In addition, a unit trying to break a non-magical item can delay the completion of its Turn to Combine with another unit in attempting to, for example, Smash a Door. Having Declared its intention to do so, it cannot alter this decision unless, for example, the accompanying unit is Slain before its Slot comes round.

The game also tries to avoid Merging or combining effects within Labels, with the exception of a few Merged Labels including those for a Talisman. This example of a Merged effect is uncomplicated, as a Talisman has no effect until Merged. Brands and Decorations can also be Merged.

It's simpler to avoid Merging active icons and to also limit complicated interactions between sets of Labels and Layers.

Players and GMs can use their discretion when considering cumulative or Combined effects. For example, it might be possible to take account of three units in the same Team directing a series of successful Frostbite Spells at the same opponent during the same Turn. Treasure presents countless opportunities for these kinds of interactions and some are mentioned or illustrated within the rules:

• The repeated use of Frostbite Spells
• Using a Forge to Mend an item
• Working together to move heavy objects or Smash Doors
• The use of Monster's Blood with a Transform Ritual
• Increasing Strength further with Troll Soup
• Using an Astral Gate with Enchanted Items and / or Features

Suggested approaches to these situations appear within the rules but there are so many possible interactions between game elements that players and GMs really have to consider them as they occur. The basic approach to use is to 'test' how reasonable an interaction seems to be. If an interaction appears likely or possible it can be given a value in terms of effects and Modifiers.

Using Figures/ Miniatures

Whether playing with cards or character sheets/ Designs it's helpful to map Complexes and to keep track of units' positions. Relatively few Figures have the weapons and Shields linked to particular Tribes and Defences. However, that doesn't have to be a problem, as players can treat each Figure as a Panel linked to other Panels, which combine to represent an Adventurer/ unit. Options available to players are shown on the Figures Options Table.

Figures Options Table

Design Media

The choice of media open to players is only limited by the availability of suitable materials. Designs roughed out in pencil and paper can be developed with coloured pencils or pastels. Acetates and an OHP pen offer a quick way of marking changes to Designs. Computer vector graphics and the range of papers, cards and acetates that can be put through printers offer further options. Computer email and messaging services can further extend the range of choices available to players.

Character sketches can be one of a series of panels used to display an Adventurer.

Style of Play

Players' preferred Style of Play can influence the choice of Design Styles and Design Media. The range of Styles of Play open to players is not limited by those set out below. However, those listed are those most likely to be used or combined by the majority of players:

• Solo Play
• Team Play
• GM'd Play

Players may also wish to vary their Style of Play in terms of how they go about communicating with other players. The following options are among those available to many players:

• Play by Mail
• Computer Desktop Play
• Multimedia Play

This book breaks play down into the steps needed to run a game. The Quick Order of Play Table shows the main steps, while the Order of Play Options Table sets out the full range of choices available to players.

Order of Play Tables

Treasure's Order of Play is pretty straightforward and can be summed up by the Basic Order of Play Table.

Basic Order of Play Table

1. Adventurer's Slot in Each Turn
2. Check On-Going Events and Actions
3. Move
4. Reveal
5. Act
6. Check and Mark Outcomes
7. Repeat for Each Unit in Each Team

(Outcomes 9+ on 2D6 with Modifiers)

Shared Outcome Rolls

The results of rolls can be checked individually for each unit but it's usually easier to apply an action or outcome that affects multiple units through a single roll, which applies to all units but is then modified by the Modifiers affecting each unit. So, for example, a roll of 10 on 2D6 will apply to all units but some units may be Damaged while others are not because they have different Modifiers.

Strands

Each rule can be switched on or off by marking the rules as shown in the Markings Table in Book 2. To make it easier to quickly seelct a Style of Play, Treasure's rules identify groups of rules that can be 'switched' together. This involves selecting a group of options set out in the form of a Strand. Each Strand configures the rules to suit the preferences of a particular Style of Play. The following Strands are identified in the Order of Play Options Table:

• Instant Play: for setting up and starting a game immediately
• Streamlined Play: keeps play straightforward and easy to set up
• Campaign Play: as quick to play as Streamlined Play for experienced players. Most of the game's rules come into effect during Campaign Play.
• Freeform Play: goes beyond 'the rules' into Design Gaming. A Strand of players' own selection offers a framework for designing narratives and improvised gameplay. In-game and out-game design gaming is focused on players' creative and critical thinking.

The Order of Play Options Tables act as guides to the many options that can be switched-on or -off within each Strand.

Order of Play Options Table

The Order of Play Options Tables offers step-by-step guides to playing Treasure. They're sized to fit US Letter and A4 pages. Players can use them to mark which Strands or individual setting/s are switched on. If your browser is having difficulty letting you see or use the charts, IE8, (plus the Renesis SVG Player), Chrome, Opera, Safari and Firefox and will let you view, use and print the charts.

Players can use the Order of Play Options Table to keep track of play and, with the SVG version, click on each step to be taken through to a related table or explanation in the rules. SVG software, including Inkscape, can be used to change the links to tables or explanations of your choosing. Otherwise the Order of Play Options Tables work from left to right, top to bottom.

Interactive and Print Ready

Quick Start Order of Play Options Table SVG 

Order of Play Options Table SVG

Order of Play Options Table SVG (New Window)

Scale

Treasure has been designed to be keep play as quick as possible. Using a straightforward system where most Chambers are made up of a single Zone helps to speed up play. Larger Chambers, which might usually be encountered in larger Complexes, can be made up of Multiple Zones.

Each Zone representing a Chamber is typically considered to be roughly 30' x 30' or 10m x 10m. Each Zone representing a Passageway can be considered as 30' x 10' or 10m x 3m. Ceilings can be assumed to be roughly 10' or 3m high but players may wish to vary this to allow for the physical size of those occupying Chambers.

It's easy to design Complexes to include Chambers of many different shapes and sizes. However, for Solo and Team Play it's generally quicker to keep to the basic system of standard sizes and single Zones.

Revealing Chambers

The different Types of Chambers within a Complex are Revealed as players advance and explore. Entrances, Lighting, Line of Sight (LoS), magic, Guests, Prisoners, Slaves, Campaign and Local Conditions or Events, Documents, Interrogation and Conversion can all Reveal Chambers and, possibly, some or all of their Contents. The Reveal Table shows the options available during play.

Reveal Table

When Revealing Chambers, the general Type of Chamber (Room, Cavern or Passageway) will be Revealed first, i.e. the Chamber is Partially Revealed. Otherwise, the exact Type of Room, and its Contents are only Revealed when in direct Line of Sight (LoS), unless the method used to Reveal the area is known to be capable of Revealing more detail.

When players gain more detail about the Contents of a Chamber which is not directly connected to areas that have been Revealed, the Chambers that form a Path or 'vector' to the area can also be Partially Revealed.

A Spell or Ritual with an area effect can be cast in Darkness and targeted on the Zone in which the spellcasting originates. Players may attempt to cast Spells or Rituals that target individual units in Darkness but a 12+ on 2D6 is required unless the target wants to allow the spellcasting to 'hit' them. Enchanted Items can also be triggered in Darkness but not directed at individual targets.

Units cannot generally carry out an action directed at a Zone outwith their Line of Sight (LoS). However, players and GMs have the option of allowing Transparent Spellcasting, where Spells and Rituals can be targeted through Doors and possibly the walls of adjacent Rooms, and Remote Spellcasting through, for example, Magic Mirrors and/ or Astral Gates. The effects of extending the rules in this way work both for and against Adventurers and can result in unusual outcomes.

Spellcasting Options Table

Teleporting into a Chamber that has yet to be Revealed or a Partially Revealed Chamber might be possible but risky, with some danger of becoming embedded in the Occupants or a Feature. A decision on such an action would need to consider whether Transparent or Remote Spellcasting directed towards Chambers acts upon Occupants that might be expected to be in the Chamber when Revealed under normal circumstances.

Lighting and LoS

Taking account of changes in Lighting can add to the atmosphere during play. However, keeping track of Lighting gives players and GMs something else to monitor during play. It can be simpler to set a single level of Lighting, which remains unaltered during play.

Torch or Lantern Light is the basic level of Lighting used in most Complexes. It's also possible to use continuous, steady Lighting by agreeing that Glowstones or bioluminescent Lichens, Mosses, Fungi and Glow-worms provide Lighting similar to Torch or Lantern Light.

Lighting Options Table

Line of Sight (LoS)

All units can generally see over a distance of three Zones in the Torch-, Fire- and/ or Lantern Light that typically illuminates both Rooms and Passageways.

Closed Doors, Darkness and Cavern Entrances usually block a unit's current view or Line of Sight (LoS). LoS can also be blocked by certain Spells and magical effects or as a result of all Light sources within a Zone being extinguished.

Spells, Rituals and other ranged attacks such, as missile fire, cannot target individuals when there is no clear LoS. However, a Zone that blocks LoS in the absence of a physical barrier, e.g. a Darkened Room, can be the target of area effects while still blocking LoS.

Where a Door or similar Entrance between Rooms and/ or Passageways has been Smashed or is Open/ Ajar, it's possible to target the Zone or individuals with range effects. Due to their twisting entrances and galleries Caverns have to be entered to establish a LoS and no external LoS can be established from within a Cavern using normal eyesight.

Gaze Attacks do not work in complete Darkness.

While it's possible to cast Spells and use items that target a Zone in complete Darkness, it's not possible to read Documents such as Scrolls and Enchanted Books in complete Darkness.

Caverns are often darkened when entered and Adventurers will need to take a Torch, Lantern or other light source into such areas to be able to explore them in some degree of safety. Chambers can be darkened, by extinguishing all Lighting, including lit Hearths and Braziers.

Attempting actions in Darkness or Near Darkness modifies dice rolls by Peaceful and Hostile Tribes. Darkness Modifiers are shown on the Modifiers Table.

Local and Remote Alarms

Most Alarms are Local and are indicated by a Bell, which means that the Occupants of adjacent Chambers will be Alerted and usually have to check for Preferred Actions on the appropriate Tribal or Monster Manifest before investigating the source of the disturbance or going to sound an Alarm.

Remote Alarms are shown by a variety of icons, such as a Trumpet or a Hunting Horn. Remote Alarms have a range of two Zones or more. Units hearing such a Remote Alarm will become Alert, check for Preferred Actions (see below) and act accordingly.

It's up to players and GMs to decide how much use to make of Alarms. Play is a simpler without Alarms and much more intense and atmospheric with Alarms. Players will usually select one of the options shown on the Alarms Options Table.

Alarms Options Table

When a unit carries out an action that triggers an Alarm the Chambers affected by the Alarm can be Partially Revealed, i.e. the Type of Chamber, not the Type of Room or Cavern, is shown. The Type and number of any Occupants are determined at the start of the Occupants' next Turn when they roll for Preferred Actions.

Alarms Table

Multiple Alarms and significant Events may result in a General Alarm, which Alerts all units and, depending on the type of danger, sets off a series of Preferred Actions. For example, if a Team triggers Alarms over more than 12 Zones in a single Turn a General Alarm can come into effect.

A significant Event, with effects such as a major fire sweeping through a Complex, may call for an Emergency Alarm. Units may try to save the complex, leave the complex or panic. A GM can help to decide which actions might result from such an Event. Otherwise units will act according to their understanding of the Event.

When using Solo or Team play it's necessary to assume that a unit investigating an Alarm will act with reasonable caution. In other words, they will approach and Reveal the Zone where the Alarm originated, but are likely to adjust any Preferred Actions to avoid rushing straight into a trap.

Units reacting to Alarms usually leave any Type of Door that they go through open and the doorway should be marked as being an Open Door/ Ajar. GMs may wish to make exceptions but the general assumption is that such units are in too much of a rush to close Doors.

When Tribal Units have the option of following an Adventurer into a Cavern any Tribal Units from the Complex will be aware of the Type of Cavern Chamber being entered. They will not enter immediately if likely to be in danger from a Monster but wait.

Applying Preferred Actions

Preferred Actions, (shown on all Tribal and Monster Encounter Manifests), offer an easy way to select actions made by units encountered during play.

Where a Preferred Action offers a range of choices players can select an option which is both practical and likely to be effective, or roll a D6 to determine which of a range of the best options is chosen, (without repeating an action that has failed).

Preferred Actions usually indicate how a unit will move, as attempting most actions requires a unit to move in a particular direction or remain where it is. Clearly a unit with only H2H options will often close to attack, while spellcasters may manoeuvre or retreat, laying down Spells behind them. The main consideration is to look for units to seek an advantage.

Where a Local Alarm is indicated as a Preferred Action within the Tribal and Monster Tables/ Manifests the unit involved uses their next Turn, and, (if indicated as a Preferred Action), successive Turns, to move to a Chamber where they can sound an Alarm and Alert other units.

Those already engaging opponents in combat or combative spellcasting do not respond immediately to Alarms. Other units Alerted by Alarms check their Preferred Actions and will investigate or, when indicated, go to Alert other units.

Preferred Actions can be selected from the Tribal and Monster Manifests using any of the following methods.

Preferred Actions Options Table

Units following a Preferred Action will generally avoid going any closer to their opponents than necessary to carry out their Preferred Action. For example, rather than moving directly into the Zone where an Alarm originates, most units will want to at least observe the Chamber or target the Zone before rushing in.

Preferred Actions offer an easy way to get Monsters and Tribes to 'run' themselves and vary their actions while doing so.

Remote Alarms can be shown by a variety of icons, such as a Trumpet or a Hunting Horn. Units Alerted by a Remote Alarm will check for Preferred Actions and act accordingly.

Turns

Play is carried-out with each side/ Team taking successive Turns. Within each Team's Turn each unit has its own Slot. The Adventurers' Team, (or Teams), move and act first. Then their opponents takes thier Turn. When every Alert unit on each side has taken its Slot a full Turn is complete.

At the start of play, Adventurers take their Turn first, unless the Complex Entrances Table is in use, which may result in either side moving and acting first.

Units usually take their Slots in sequence, with each unit's action/ s following those of the previous unit. Under this arrangement players are able to discuss their options freely during play. However, it's possible to ask players to Declare their action/ s at the beginning of each Team's overall Turn and then put the Declared actions into effect in sequence.

There are benefits to taking Shared Team Turns. Most importantly everyone takes most of his or her Slot as a Team instead of each player waiting around for their Turn to arrive. In addition, players that spend time deciding what to do at the start of their Team's Turn can co-ordinate their actions but not on the basis of known outcomes, which makes play less predictable.

Hidden Team Turns go a stage further by assuming that there is little opportunity to discuss or debate actions during play due to the speed of play or the need to keep voices low. Under these circumstances players can discuss 'tactics' before entering the Complex but discussion during play is limited to lulls in the action and gestures. Gestures are not as limiting as players might think, as and Title Icon can be shown or sketched as a Gesture.

Players can secretly Declare their individual action/ s at the start of each Turn but conceal their choices until their part in the sequence of events is Revealed. Using Hidden Turns can be an unpredictable, slightly reckless, approach to play, as Adventurers may run into magical effects or Traps set in place by their colleagues and have to simply go ahead with a Declared Action/ s that gets them into difficulties. However, for groups of players who have played Treasure for some time, Hidden Turns can be a lot of fun.

Turns Options Table

Campaign and Local Events

It's not necessary to include Campaign or Local Events in play but they add a lot of variety. When Local Events are in use, each full Turn starts with a check for Local Events before Adventurers move. Roll 2D6 and unmodified results of 2 indicate that a Local Event is going to occur.

A Local Event comes into play at the first opportunity, i.e. when the next Chamber to be Revealed is Revealed, (or opened for a second time after being out of LoS for some time), or by the 'actions' of the Local Event when it occurs outwith the Players' Turn. The nature of most Local Events is such that both Adventurers and the Occupants of Complexes may well share the effects. The tables detailing Local Conditions and Events follow those covering Campaign Conditions and Events.

Order of Play

It's easiest if players agree to and then stick to the same Slot at the start of play. In time they may wish to change Slots willingly and/ or frequently to co-ordinate their actions during play. Where disputes arise those with the highest combination of Speed + Stars + Honours and, where necessary, 2D6 go first.

Units using special actions, including Lashing Out, a Second Weapon, a Search, a Combine or a Backstab should Declare their intention at the start of the Turn or their Slot. A Combine or a Backstab may change a unit's Slot.

Each Adventurer or unit can usually carry out a move and an action when it's their Slot within each Turn. A unit's Speed sets the distance it can cover in a single Turn. Moves succeed providing the unit has sufficient Speed for the move they intend to complete. However, there can be situations where a move is sufficiently difficult or unusual that a roll on 2D6 has to be made.

For example, a GM might allow a unit to leap a modest physical barricade as part of the unit's move. However, a substantial barricade set out to prevent such manoeuvres might be treated as an action requiring a modified roll of 9+ on 2D6.

When each unit takes its Slot it should normally complete its move before attempting to carry out an action. The maximum number of Zones/ Chambers that a unit can move in a Turn is shown by its current Speed. Moves are expended upon entering a Zone. The Speeds Table shows the moves available to units.

While play can be thought of in terms of an exact period of time allocated to each and every Turn, it's also possible to 'reframe' the time that a Turn takes to reflect play. For example, if a typical Turn is assumed to last for 10 seconds, a Turn where a Local Event occurs amidst the normal run of play, might be seen as lasting for twelve or thirteen seconds.

A unit is considered Alert if it's directly or indirectly aware of the presence of opponents within the dungeon Complex, i.e. opponents have been Revealed or an Alarm has been heard or triggered within range.

The Tribes and Monsters players encounter take Slots according to Speed and Experience, (and where necessary, Honours and +2D6), unless players agree to a different approach.

When a unit comes into visual contact with a potential opponent or becomes Alert through hearing an Alarm it starts to move and act at the earliest opportunity.

Units that players encounter during Solo or Team Play can use Preferred Actions to respond to encounters with Adventurers. When playing with a GM it's up to the GM to decide whether to use Preferred Actions or to opt for a more flexible approach.

Preferred Targets and Reputations

During play, Adventurers' Reputations, (as shown by the number of Stars, Honours, Decorations and Marks of Dishonour within their Designs), can mark them out as Preferred Targets for Tribal Units.

Adventurers with the highest combination of Stars, Honours, Decorations and Dishonours are attacked first in any sequence of Tribal attacks. Such attacks occur when a group or Team of units face another Tribal group and opponents are paired-off as part of Team or Solo Play.

After everyone subject to an attack has been attacked, any additional attackers will restart the sequence by attacking the Adventurers with the highest Reputations. When playing with a GM, the GM can decide the sequence of attacks and whether or not to carry out multiple attacks on the same target in quick succession.

Monsters select Preferred Targets by the number of Stars a potential target possesses rather than Reputations. Which usually means attacking the units with the most Stars to weaken and demoralise groups.

Concealing Reputations

Players can attempt to use a Disguise to conceal their Adventurers' Reputations during play. When playing with a GM, players can also choose to conceal some or all of their units' Designs providing the GM is allowed access to them as necessary.

A Disguised Reputation remains in place until uncovered but any unit that sees the Disguised unit perform a Skill where a natural 12 is rolled will become an Observer and a check will be needed to see if the Disguise remains in effect.

Actions

Units can attempt to use their skills when within range and (where necessary) LoS of the target or target location. Having committed to carrying out an action and paid any costs units roll 2D6 and must gain 9+ to succeed, after taking account of any relevant Modifiers.

As each Adventurer takes their Slot, players must should commit to each action as it arises. This involves clearly indicating/ Declaring what action is going to be attempted before rolling to determine the outcome of an action. Players may prefer to Declare their intentions by word, Gestures, marking or placing cards.

Adventurers can call on any of the items they are carrying or holding on their person during play. There is, therefore, no delay caused by swapping weapons or switching from weapons to spellcasting during play, providing the unit is already carrying the item it wishes to use and is not Burdened.

Consuming a Potion or using a Jewel to cast a Spell counts as part of an action.

A unit that is Burdened needs to use an action to retrieve an item even if it's already in the unit's possession.

Magical Effects Costs Table

The chances of successfully carrying out an action can be modified by several factors, including bonuses for possessing Stars, the use of Enchanted Items, the effects of the Features found in certain Rooms or the effects of any Abilities, Crafts, Honours or Conditions like Darkness.

Units with the power to use All Spells are capable of better controlling and targeting spells with Powerful Magical Area Effects, (such as a Meteor or Lightning Spell, or a Chain Lightning, Fire Storm or Whirlwind Ritual). This allows them to concentrate magic to focus on particular targets, including a Feature, an individual unit or an Enchanted Item, while halving the amount of Damage caused throughout the whole Zone.

Spells and Rituals can be targeted but Enchanted Items with area effects cannot be brought under the same control. Monsters that use Powerful Magical Effects at no cost, i.e. as Abilities, can target any Powerful Magical Area Effects at their disposal.

Units with Resistance cannot suspend the Ability to make it easier for anyone to cast Spells or use other magical effects, (including Potions), on them.

Units with Immunity cannot suspend the Ability to allow them to be affected by Blade Venoms or Disease.

Common actions available to units are shown on the Actions Table.

Actions can be Declared and relevant skills can be marked (see Book 2: Making Designs) to shown that units are committed to a particular action. Once committed to an action players should stick to their Declared course of action and pay any charges/ costs as they occur.

When an action requires teamwork the number of Adventurers that need to Combine to attempt the task is shown on the Actions Table. A single unit may carry out the same action over more than one Turn unless trying to move a Major Feature.

Units with Combined skills or actions, e.g. Strength and Troll Soup, may be allowed to carry out actions that would normally be beyond them.

All Daemons can carry out actions that normally require two Tribal Units to complete an action in a single Turn.

Actions Table

Hiding and Hiding in Shadows

Hiding is an attempt to remain undiscovered by using an action to attempt to Hide. A second action is needed to come out of Hiding.

Hiding in Shadows is an attempt to remain concealed to gain an advantage by surprising an opponent.

Whether Hiding or Hiding in Shadows it's essential to be out of view or LoS when attempting to Hide.

Units roll to Hide or Hide in Shadows successfully. A deliberate Search or a Spell such as a Moonlight Spell is required to expose a Hidden unit, unless the Hidden unit chooses to leave Hiding.

A deliberate Search or a Moonlight Spell can discover units Hiding in Shadows with relative ease, providing a unit Declares a Search or brings a Moonlight Spell into effect when entering a Chamber.

Units that discover or Reveal the presence of hostile forces within their Complex will usually carry out an extended Search for Hidden opponents. Those which are Alert but not engaged in combat or direct pursuit work in pairs to flush out any Hidden units. If a Hidden unit is found unit it lose its first move following discovery.

The search will usually die down after 12 Turns, regardless of the outcome of the search.

When attempting to Hide or Hide in Shadows an Adventurer must roll 9+ on 2D6, modified by the Adventurer's Stars and other Modifiers shown on the Modifiers Table.

Hidden units cannot be targeted directly but they can be injured by incidental Damage from magical and physical actions, (such as area effects, Campaign Events or Local Events), within the Zone where they are Hiding.

Alert units may choose to Hide in Shadows in advance of or after being Revealed to Adventurers. They have the same chances of success as players' Adventurers. 

GMs may wish to use Hiding in Shadows sparingly, as the effects can be deadly and players may start to feel they have to Search constantly.

Lashing Out

When a unit decides to Lash Out instinctively with a H2H weapon all Modifiers apart from Darkness are excluded, including those resulting from the use of Magic Weapons. A roll of 9+ hits but no bonuses or Multipliers can apply apart from a single Multiplier if a 12 is rolled on 2D6.

Reclaiming Weapons

Arrows and Blowpipe Darts are put beyond immediate reuse after being fired. Though they can be retrieved and used again by moving to the targeted Zone and taking the time to Mend the Missile before moving again.

Magic Arrows, Shurikens, Warhammers, Spears, Harpoons, Axes, Battle Axes, Chakrams and Magic Darts and other metal or Enchanted Items used as Missile Weapons don't need to be Repaired. They can be reused immediately if recovered by moving to the Zone that was targeted. 

Reclaiming weapons becomes a little more complicated if the weapon has struck an opponent that survives or a unit close to a Slain opponent wants to use the same weapon. Adventurers may even have to chase Wounded or Slain units over some distance to retrieve Missiles.

Healing

Unassisted natural healing occurs at a Recovery Rate of D6/ day, providing units have food, water and rest.

Replacing Gems, Jewels and Dark Jewels

When a unit's supply of Gems, Jewels and Dark Jewels is depleted they can use an action to take more from an ally, lift some from a Chest/ Treasure Chest or take them from a body.

Testing Skills, Modifiers and Outcomes

The Modifiers Table is used to check which Modifiers apply to actions when rolling 2D6.

Modifiers Table

As noted previously, Adventurers with Resistance, Immunity and other Abilities cannot suspend these Abilities. 

Damaging Items and Collateral Damage

Breaking ordinary, non-metallic items reasonably expected to break under considerable, but not superhuman, force requires a roll of 9+ on 2D6. Strength and magical effects, including the temporary bestowal of Strength through Troll Soup, can modify the roll. For example, Strength gives a bonus of +2 when rolling to break Ordinary Items.

Breaking Major Features, Minor Features, (including Doors), and metallic or mineral-based Items requires a 9+ on 2D6. Modifiers for each kind of item are shown on the Modifiers Table.

The destruction of Major Features and permanently damaging Enchanted Items requires each Feature or item to be targeted specifically.

When a Spell or Ritual targets a particular item, individual or Feature within a Zone, units within the same Zone which haven't been targeted take half the Damage resulting from Powerful Magical Effects, (such as a Meteor or Lightning Spell, or a Chain Lightning, Fire Storm or Whirlwind Ritual).

Magical, metallic and mineral items and Features in a Zone struck by Powerful Magical Effects are not normally Damaged to a significant degree, though players and GMs may wish to take account of circumstances like firing a Meteor Spell into a Library or a Laboratory.

Many Ordinary Items, some Minor Features and exposed Potions and Scrolls may be broken when a Powerful Magic Effect occurs within a Zone. An easy approach to taking account of such Collateral Damage is to assume that some items are lost when a Zone is struck. Each unit in the Zone can select an item, (other than a Missile), that's been broken and mark this on their Designs.

Poisons

The Poisons available to Adventurers and their opponents can generally be used as Blade Venom or as an ingested Poison.

Blade Venom coats a sharp weapon with a layer of Poison, which is shown as a Tear either upon or dripping from, one of the Cutting Edges of the weapon. Blade Venom is usually wiped from a weapon after a single use. 

When applying the Venom to Arrowheads, Bolts/ Quarrels, Shurikens and Darts, which can be marked with up to three Tears to indicate that the next three separate Missiles to be fired by the unit have been dosed from a single Vial or poison sac.

A Bitter Blade delivers a fresh layer of Poison every Turn, though this cannot be collected because the Poison resides inside pores within the Blade's metal.

When a unit has consumed Poison or been hit by a weapon coated with Blade Venom it's not necessary to roll 2D6. The Poison takes effect unless the victim is Immune.

Blade Venoms are cleared from weapons whenever the weapon is within a Flooded Chamber, taken into a Cavern containing a Pool Predator or exposed to a Powerful Magical Effect.

Poisons can be created through a combination of magical effects and suitable Ingredients. Details are set out in Book 6: Treasure.

Prisoners and Slaves

Captured Adventurers are often taken to the Dungeon within each Complex, or failing that, a Hall or Great Hall. Once there they can wait until other Adventurers try to Rescue or Ransom them. Alternatively, they can attempt to escape.

Those who sit out their captivity in Complexes held by Lost Tribes or Peaceful Tribes can regain up to 20 Defence within a week and are not in any immediate danger. However, those held by Hostile Tribes are at risk of being executed, enslaved or sacrificed. They must roll anything except a 2 on 2D6 once/ day to avoid being Slain or turned into a Slave.

Prisoners who want to try to escape may attempt to tackle a Guard and if successful escape into the Complex. Having defeated a Guard they can claim the Guard's items. A Path to a part of the Complex that has been Revealed to them previously can be Partially Revealed but they are now running for their lives. Most Tribes will execute escaped Prisoners or Slaves that have, however necessarily, injured a Guard to escape.

More than one Prisoner may attempt an escape at the same time but each Prisoner must tackle a Guard. Adventurers may, therefore, be more likely to succeed in an isolated attempt, which then allows them to free other Prisoners held within the same Dungeon.

Released Prisoners prefer to try to escape from the Complex where they have been imprisoned at the earliest opportunity. They will often collaborate with or accompany Adventurers to assist their escape. However, they are unlikely to be willing to lead the way in Revealing new Chambers.

Prisoners and Slaves Table

Closest: select from the closest or nearest Tribe in the Manifests that has a unit of the appropriate Occupation within the Tribal Manifests.

Wounded: units that are wounded have a Defence of only 10 when encountered. Players will have to decide whether or not to heal Prisoners that they want to move/ release.

Range of Knowledge: Prisoners will have a limited knowledge of their surroundings, which extends to cover knowledge of the Types of Chambers within range of a Remote Alarm.

Guests

Guests will usually avoid interfering in on-going events and can be considered neutral during Solo and Team Play. GMs can vary Guests' actions and reactions to suit the circumstances.

Guests Table

Closest: select from the closest or nearest Tribe in the Manifests that has a unit of the appropriate Occupation within the Tribal Manifests.

Range of Knowledge: Guests will have a limited knowledge of their surroundings, which may extend to cover areas likely to have been Revealed to them before Capture.

Gifts and Bribes

Gifts and Bribes including Ingots, Gems, Jewels, Dark Jewels, Enchanted Items, Chests, Treasure Chests and Kegs may be offered.

The appearance of a Chest or Treasure Chest within the Preferred Actions for Princes and Merchants calls for a different approach than applied for most Gifts. If these units are encountered a check should be made to see what lies within each Chest or Treasure Chest. Merchants and Princes may then use the Contents of the Chest or Treasure Chest in their own best interests, which could include offering the Contents of the Chest or Treasure Chest as a Gift or using them as a weapon if suited to the task.

Trying to start a negotiation between those entering a Complex and those already occupying the Complex involves considerable risk and little chance of success unless there is something 'on the table' for both parties to consider.

Negotiations begin with the offer of a Gift or Bribe as a token of goodwill and those offering Gifts/ Bribes must roll 9+ on 2D6 and Declare what they want from their opponent. Whether or not the negotiation succeeds depends on just how reasonable the request seems to the likely recipient. Modifiers acting on Gifts and bribes are shown on the Modifiers Table.

When a Gift is offered to an Adventurer/ Adventurers they can decide whether or not they wish to accept the Gift without requiring a roll. When playing with a GM a full range of circumstances can be considered, which may involve modifying a roll or Declaring a roll unnecessary.

When a Gift and the terms that go with it are accepted both sides should use their next Turn to comply with the terms agreed by both parties. There is nothing to prevent either side from returning to hostilities after the agreement is complete but any betrayal prior to that is dishonourable and those responsible for breaking the agreement receive a Mark of Dishonour.

Morale

Players can make their own decisions about their Adventurers' morale. When Morale is being taken into consideration it's usual to check for Morale before a unit or units Declare their move.

Heavily outnumbered units may Surrender or retreat but, for most, there is little point, as they are already defending their Home and have to consider the consequences of any act of cowardice. That said, Fear Spells can undermine Morale and any unit affected by Fear may abandon its 'post' or flee from combat. Players may choose to make Morale more significant using the Morale Options Table.

Morale Options Table

Conversion and Converts

Tribal Units can be Converted to the views of another unit by magic or by agreeing to be a Convert. The Conversion is fragile within the time frame of an adventure and can be broken. Factors which may break a conversion include the Death or absence of the unit that carried out a Conversion.

A Converted unit won't injure the unit responsible for Conversion and will act in the unit's Defence. The effects continue until the unit is Converted again or required to carry out an act against its basic/ original nature, i.e. a Peaceful unit that's been Converted and asked to assault a unit that's no threat.

Conversions call for a roll of 9+ on 2D6. Relevant Modifiers are shown on the Modifiers Table.

Disguises

Most units are aware of the dangers of Disguised opponents, so a unit has to use the Disguise Craft to have a realistic chance of fooling opponents (or allies). For example, speaking in another Tribe's language at a basic level is next to impossible without practice. As a result of the difficulty involved a range of Modifiers are used when attempting to use the Disguise Craft.

Trying to use a Disguise involves preparing the Disguise outwith the awareness and Line of Sight (LoS) of those that you hope to deceive. A Disguise remains in place until an Observer, (that's a unit/ s with reason to challenge the Disguised unit) is encountered. A check on 2D6 should then be made by each Observer during each Turn of observation to see whether or not a Disguise is effective.

During GM'd Play it's reasonable to consider whether or not Campaign and Local Conditions or Events call for the use of additional Modifiers, e.g. Guards may be unusually watchful in troubled times or the plot may involve units that have been warned in advance of the Team's likely arrival.

The full range of Modifiers acting on Disguises are set out on the Modifiers Table.

Hostile units using a successful Disguise against Adventurers may delay Revealing themselves/ sounding an Alarm until they have a good opportunity to betray the group that they've joined. However, they won't wait too long, as, ordinarily, Disguises need to be checked every Turn.

Exceptions might include Deep Cover and straightforward steps that mask a unit's Reputation. Players can decide that after three checks against the same Observers it's only necessary to check a Disguise against those Observers once daily.

Many players like to place their Adventurers in a Campaign Lifestream before exploring any Complexes. This can be done by:

• Setting out Conditions, such as the landscape and climate
• Creating a 'Lifestream' of Events and On-Going Events, including locations, characters and historical events
• Using Missions to Placing Adventurers in a Campaign Lifestream
  

Players and GMs may wish to use the tables that follow to quickly outline or  'sketch out' a Campaign Lifestream.

Designing Complexes can be as simple or elaborate as players want. The basic Types of Complexes, the Types of Chambers found in such Complexes, the arrangement of the Chambers and the Chamber's Contents are all set out in a series of tables. A complete Layout for the Types of Complexes used by the various Tribes can be ready for play within a few minutes.

Players and GMs may wish to use the tables to outline Skeleton Complexes and start play almost immediately. Alternatively, a rough framework can be worked up to make unique Complexes linked to in-game Conditions and Events within a Campaign Lifestream.

Design

Players have plenty of options when devising Campaign Lifestreams and Complexes.

The Design Style and Design Media selected to prepare a Campaign Lifestream may be entirely different from those used to display a Complex. Following from that Design Styles and Design Media can vary across any number of Panels and Layers. For example, players may use table mats or a map to set out Chambers, Figures to represent units the Adventurers meet and a deck of cards in place of the Treasure Tables.

Starting to Design Complexes

There are a number of options that players and/ or GMs may wish to consider before putting together their own Complex or running a larger Complex. These include:

• Selecting Figure Options (See the Figure Options Table)
• Selecting a Strand (See the Order of Play Table)
• Selecting a Style of Play and Design Styles (See Book 2: Making Designs)
• Selecting options from the Layout Options Table (See Book 4: Designing Complexes)

GMs and players who want to Partially Reveal Complexes can carry out many of the steps within the Order of Play Table in advance. In doing so they can take account of the Modifiers normally applied when using tables or decks to Reveal areas and their Contents. These include:

• See the Feature Rooms Table when Revealing Rooms. Apply Features Room Table Modifiers.
• See the Caverns Table when Revealing Caverns. Apply Caverns Table Modifiers.
• See the Tribal and/ or Monster Manifests when Revealing Occupants. Apply Layout and Manifest Modifiers.
• See the Treasures Table when Revealing Loot/ Treasure. Apply Treasures Table Modifiers.

Designing Complexes Options Table

The Designing Complexes Options Table works in the same way as the other interactive charts. Click on a link and you'll be taken to the part of the rules that covering the linked topic.

Designing Complexes Options Table SVG

Campaign Conditions and Events help to give adventures a background story and to start to build a Campaign. They can have major effects on play, so it's often best to use them sparingly.

Cascading Conditions and Events 

Campaign Conditions and Events can have knock-on effects by triggering a Cascade of Local Conditions and Events.

The Cascading of Campaign Conditions and Events can continue down to Local Conditions and Events, or across to involve other Campaign Conditions and Events.

Equally, a Cascade may alter Local Conditions and Events and have a knock-on effect on Campaign Conditions and Events, resulting in a change or changes to Events and Conditions further back up the Cascade.

Campaign and Local Conditions and Events should, therefore, interact freely at and across all levels.

Campaign Conditions

Campaign Conditions can be shown on a Control Panel such as a Campaign Log and/ or Campaign Map.

Campaign Conditions Table

Campaign Events

Campaign Events are usually shown on a Control Panel such as a Campaign Log and/ or Campaign Map.

Campaign Events can provide the basis of a plot line for a series of adventures. They can also introduce some widespread effects that have an impact on play within Complexes and across a Campaign Lifestream.

Campaign Events Table

Cultures

The Tribes set out in the rules provide a basic set of societies or cultures for use in play. Trolls are vicious and cunning; dwarves are steadfast and hardy; elves are quick-witted and agile, and humans appear in many guises. GMs and players can add further Tribes by making a Manifest for each new Tribe.

Complexes

Having selected any overall Campaign Conditions or Events, the next step is to chart the locations of a series of Complexes. There is no need for an elaborate map, and a simple scale which places most Complexes two or three days journey from most others should be sufficient to start with.

Adventurers' Homes can be marked on the same basic map and it's helpful to use a Campaign Log Panel either on or alongside a basic map to record any Campaign Conditions or Events.

Each Complex has a Keystone, which acts as a Label containing an image of the relevant Tribal Weapon alongside a series of Stars indicating the scale of the Complex.

Complex Markings Table

The Tribes and Complexes readily available to Adventurers can be selected from the Complexes Table. The player/ s roll 2D6 + the highest number of Stars currently marked against a single Adventurer, (within any group), to identify the Tribe occupying each site. They then roll a D6 to find the scale of each Complex. The Complex can then be assigned a Keystone.

Complexes Table

Each Type of Complex set out in the Complexes Table refers to a standard Complex. Each Type of Complex can be place in a variety of settings:

• Mines
• Castles
• Temple Complexes
• Dungeons
• Wizards' Towers
• Palaces
• Military Headquarters
• Cenotaphs
• Hill Forts
• Crypts or Tombs

Underground Complexes are a good option, as there are no windows and few Entrances to take into account.

Players can restrict the number of Entrances available in Complexes set above ground. Arrows slits could be too large to use as windows or a natural volcanic glass might serve as toughened windows.

There is nothing to stop players and GMs varying the mix of Feature Rooms and Chambers in Complexes to suit particular settings. This can involve developing new Types of Chambers with unique Features.

Adventurers need to locate and piece together fragments of information from Ancient Documents, Enchanted Items and Monuments to find Complexes occupied by Lost Tribes.

Local Conditions and Events

Players and GMs may wish to take account of Local Conditions and Events, which act on play within a particular Complex. As with Campaign Conditions and Events, it's easier to keep track of Local Conditions and Events if they're logged or mapped alongside any Campaign Events and Conditions.

Local Conditions can be based on or Cascade from the effects of Campaign Conditions and Events.

Weather is usually taken to match the current Campaign Conditions and Local Weather Conditions can be displayed by applying the Campaign Condition icon to a Campaign Log or a Complex's Log.

Players may also select Conditions unique to a particular Complex. However, it's worth avoiding Cascading Events or Conditions (up, down or across) where they create a contradiction. For example, a Campaign Condition or Event concerning snowfall or frost is unlikely to sit easily alongside Local Conditions or Events involving sunshine and warmth. Contradictions and contrasts can be used in play but they're only effective if used sparingly.

Local Conditions Table

Local Events

Local Events concern Complexes and can be displayed on Campaign Logs, Adventure Logs, Home Panels and Complex Panels. Once Adventurers are used to dealing with encounters and Alarms they should be able to deal with Cascading Events and Conditions and the knock-on effects they may have on encounters and Alarms.

When Local Events are in use a check is made each Turn before units take their Slots. Roll 2D6 and an unmodified result of 2 indicates that a Local Event is going to occur. Local Events are detailed in the Local Events Table set out below.

If a Local Event occurs it comes into effect in the nearest suitable Chamber that has not been Revealed or has been out of LoS for some time. The exact Type of Local Event is best rolled and Revealed at the point when the Chamber is Revealed or when units in the affected Chamber move or act due to the Local Event.

Some Cascading Conditions and Events are clearly not able to become Alert, e.g. a Trap, which has to wait until Adventurers come across it.

Tribal Units and Monsters generated as Local Events are present in addition to the units included within a Complex's standard allocation from the Tribal and Monster Encounter Manifests.

Roll 6D6 with no Modifiers on the Local Events Table to randomly select a Local Event.

Local Events Table

Selecting Missions

Adventurers can adopt a Mission as a shared or personal goal. Missions can be linked to single adventures or form part of a series of adventures.

The circumstances in which Missions take place and the exact aim of each Mission is agreed by players or chosen by a GM. The Mission Circumstances Table and the Missions Table offer a few examples of possible Missions.

When Adventurers agree to carry out a Mission linked to a reward or bounty they must complete any terms agreed at the outset by handing over any items, Prisoners, victims or Treasure as agreed. Failure to fulfil such a contract may result in consequences ranging from encounters with a Recurring Enemy to pursuit by local authorities.

Mission Circumstances Table

Mission Circumstances can be linked to a Mission with a contract that may involve payment. Paid Missions can be helpful in terms of offering extra rewards for Solo players and small Teams of players.

Each Star Attached to a Complex's Keystone acts as a Multiplier on the rewards given for Missions. Adventurers seeking rewards agree a contract before setting out and the reward will only be paid for completing the designated task. If they go on to complete a more demanding Mission within the same Complex they will only receive a reward for completion of the agreed contract.

The completion of straightforward Missions may not be sufficient to award a full set of five Shares as shown on the Missions Table.

When there are not enough Shares to go round players may wish to use Auctions to share out Enchanted Items and opportunities to gain Honours.

Missions Table

Laying Out Complexes

The tables that follow allow the rapid frameworking of Complexes through a series of tables or decks of cards.

Start by consulting the Complexes Table to find the number of each Type of Chamber occurring within the Complex. The Features, Occupants, Treasures and Accessories can then be added in a series of Layers, whether selected, drawn from a deck of cards or rolled on a table or Manifest.

The quickest way to get started is to use one of the Ready-To-Run Layouts provided with the game but players and GMs can modify, develop and design Layouts to suit their own approach to play.

The steps involved in preparing a Complex are affected by the manner in which the Complex is laid out and Revealed to players.

Layout Options Table

Standard Layouts

Layouts can be prepared in advance of play or built 'on the fly'. In either case, the GM or players Reveal Chambers as they are encountered during play.

Ready-To-Run Layouts

When using Ready-To-Run Layouts it's possible to simplify the process of Revealing Chambers and the connections between Chambers by working with a basic set of layout rules.

GMs are unlikely to want to limit themselves to completely standard layouts.

Standard Layout Rules

• When two Rooms are connected to each other it's assumed an Unlocked Door links the two Rooms
• When a Door and a Cavern are located next to each other it's assumed there is a Cavern Entrance but no Door
• When a Door connects to a Passageway there is a Locked Door
• When a Passageway connects to a Cavern there is a Cavern Entrance
• When a Passageway connects to a Passageway there is no Door or Cavern Entrance
• When using Ready-To-Run Layouts to Reveal Chambers as Adventurers explore in Solo and Team play it's necessary to check if a Chamber is an Empty Chamber

The Ready-To-Run Layouts show whether or not a Chamber is a Room or a Cavern but a D6 roll is needed to check whether or not a Chamber is empty. Simply roll a D6 and a 6 indicates that the Chamber is empty. This continues until all Empty Chambers found in a Complex of that Type have been brought into play.

Solo and Team Layout Options

The Standard Layout Rules do not need to apply when constructing random layouts for Solo or Team Play.

This may 'break' the set of rules for Ready-To-Run Layouts. The Random Chambers Table selects Chambers.

Random Chambers Table

To make a playable Layout players need to spread Chambers out when more than one or two Chambers are connected to a single Chamber. This can be done by re-orientating or reshaping connecting Chambers at the point where they connect, while keeping to the general description for each Type of Chamber, i.e. Rooms have more Straight Edges or Corners than Curved Edges or Corners.

If all of the Chambers of a particular Type found within a Complex have already been Revealed select the next option down on the Random Chambers Table.

The Random Entrances Table suggests a number of Entrances to other Chambers found within a Chamber.

Random Entrances Table

When using this approach it's important to remember that the view or LoS from Chamber to Chamber remains consistent with the Type of Chamber lying beyond the Entrance. For example, if players or a GM decide to place an Open Door between a Room and a Cavern there is still no LoS between the Room and the Cavern, because those entering or attempting to fire into a Cavern would still be blocked by the physical features at the Cavern's Entrance, i.e. stalactites, stalagmites, columns of rock and twisting turns leading into the Cavern.

Under most circumstances it can be simplest to roll a D6 to find out whether a Door is Locked or not. A 1-2 on a D6 indicates a Locked Door, while a 3-6 indicates an Unlocked Door.

There is also the option of using the system of referring to the Feature Rooms Table. Particular Types of Feature Rooms are marked on the Feature Rooms Table as having Locked Doors. Other Doors are Unlocked when Revealed.

Entrances Summary Options Table

The options for deciding whether or not Doors are Locked are shown on the Entrances Summary Options Table.

Exits

Complexes often have one Entrance and one extra, concealed Exit. Exits are accessible through a Search in the Feature Rooms shown for each Type of Complex, as shown on the Exits Options Table.

Exits Options Table

GMs can select the position of an Exit or Exits, while Solo and Team players can select alternatives before entering a Complex.

Levels

Players can choose to include Steps, Chutes, Ladders, Trapdoors, Slides and Staircases leading to other Levels within the same Complex. The location of extra Levels can be shown on any Revealed or Partially Revealed Layout. When a Layout is not Revealed in advance Chambers located on different Levels are added as Revealed.

Steps, Chutes, Ladders, Trapdoors, Slides and Staircases and Exits can be used as access points leading into adjoining Complexes. GMs can decided when to offer some indication that players are dealing with more than one Complex. Solo or Team players can Declare that multiple Complexes are present before starting play.

Clustering

All Chambers belonging to a Complex should be included in any Layout and, therefore, connected to the Complex at some point within the overall Layout. Players may also have to take account of Clustering effects, which involve groups of Feature Rooms and Caverns that are placed side by side. Clustering has a major impact on the knock-on effects resulting from Alarms and can put great pressure on units that suddenly have to deal with a lot of active opponents.

Clustering Options Table

Chambers Within Complexes

The selection of chambers appearing within the different Types of Complexes is set out below. There is no reason why these cannot be varied but the selections within the Complex Contents Table provide a baseline that lets different groups of players operate under similar conditions.

Complex Contents Table

Using Manifests

The Tribal and Monster Manifests are weighted according to the Type of Complex being explored.

When a unit's number on a Manifest has already been rolled, and the unit has been brought into play, the next available unit further down the Manifest is brought into play in its place.

Entrances to Complexes

A variety of different Types of Locked and Unlocked Complex Entrances can be used including:

• Arches
• Covered Walkways
• Doors
• Drains
• Gates
• Monolithic Columns
• Portcullises
• Sewers

The Entering Complexes Table gives Adventurers a chance to gain an immediate advantage at the point when they are trying to get into a Complex. Some rolls automatically give Adventurers' the first Turn in play to carry out an action/ s. This can increase their chance of getting into a Complex without Alerting the Occupants. 

Otherwise, each side can roll 2D6 with each roll being modified by the Stars, Speed and number of Honours of the unit with the most Stars, Speed and Honours on each side. The side with the highest total takes the first Turn in such cases.

Events can often play a part in accessing Complexes and GMs can easily devise situations to allow Adventurers to enter a Complex without Alerting the entire Complex before play even gets started.

Most Complexes have some form of additional or concealed Exit. These are not necessarily available to Adventurers when they approach a Complex. GMs can, of course, make a range of approaches to entering a Complex available, as well as providing additional Exits when it seems useful.

Entering Complexes Table

Units found at Entrances are of the same Type as comparable units shown on the relevant Tribal Manifest. However, they appear in addition to those listed as part of the Manifest.

Chambers

The Types of Chambers found within Complexes have their own properties and will be discussed in turn.

Passageways

Entering an Empty Passageway can, optionally, involve a check for Traps on the Traps Table. When an Adventurer goes into an unoccupied Passageway, which has not been Revealed, and rolls a 2 on 2D6, a Trap is present. The Type of Trap is shown on the Traps Table, (see Book 4: Designing Complexes). The Trap is triggered when the Adventurer enters the Chamber and 2D6 are rolled to see if the Adventurer can avoid injury with a roll of 9+ modified by Stars and any relevant skills.

Units may choose to pause when entering a Chamber and Declare that they are using a Search action, a Moonlight Spell or an Ancient Torch to check for Traps. If the Search is successful any Trap is located without triggering the Trap. The unit can then choose to avoid the Chamber or attempt to Unlock the Trap.

The table below is used to identify Traps attached to or located in Passageways, Treasure Chests, Empty Rooms and Empty Caverns (when selected). Roll 3D6 to select a Trap.

Traps Table

Rooms

Rooms fall into two categories. Empty Rooms and Feature Rooms. Empty Rooms are typically unoccupied when entered and usually contain no Features or items of note apart from two lit Lanterns. Feature Rooms are both occupied and equipped with Features, which have a variety of effects. 

Rooms are generally shown as Chambers with more Straight Edges and/ or Corners than Curved Edges.

Types of Empty Rooms

Entering an Empty Room which has yet to be Revealed can, optionally, require a check for Traps on the Traps Table.  This is dealt with in the same manner as with Empty Passageways and Empty Chambers.

Empty Rooms are set aside both to give Adventurers 'room to breathe' inside Complexes and to focus play on the key Chambers and Features within a Complex. In other words, there are only likely to be so many times that a player wants to explore a Kitchen or an empty Courtyard in detail.

Players and GMs can apply Titles to Empty Rooms when they wish to and can also 'flesh-out' these Rooms with the same Types of Features, Occupants and Accessories as Feature Rooms. Clearly, this involves introducing some Features or Occupants to 'Empty' Rooms. For example, a GM might elect to run an adventure that involves a lavish Feast and decide to convert an Empty Room that's designated as a Kitchen to act as a Feature Room.

Empty Rooms Table

Types of Feature Rooms

Adventurers and other units can interact with the Features located in Chambers. These include Chests and Treasure Chests. As shown in the relevant tables, Treasure Chests contain many of the most valuable items that Adventurers can find.

Treasure Chests are usually Locked and Trapped and players must successfully Unlock the Trap before they can Unlock the actual Treasure Chest. Failing to do so activates the Traps Table.

As discussed earlier, Features can be Damaged and destroyed by various means. The destruction of a simple Accessory is straightforward, while the destruction of a Major Feature such as an Enchanted Throne is difficult to achieve.

Feature Rooms with Multiple Zones

During Solo or Team Play it's usually easier to run play using a standard size of a single Zone for each Chamber.

However, Large Feature Rooms can be made up of a number of Zones. Suggested numbers are indicated within the Feature Rooms Table.

A GM can consider lowering or increasing the number of Zones within any Chamber. This makes it necessary to locate Features and encountered units in particular Zones as Chambers are Revealed. Multiple units can be spread evenly between Zones, while single units and Features can be located in the Zone furthest from the point at which the Chamber has been Revealed. Loot/ Treasure can be located either in the best-defended Zone or in keeping with the scenario.

Feature Rooms Table

The Feature Rooms Table sets out the range of Feature Rooms within the different Types of Complex and the number of units typically occupying each Feature Room.

Adjust Rolls on the Feature Rooms Table by the Type of Complex:

Take the next Feature Room down if the Feature Room rolled has already been Revealed.

When using randomly generated Layouts or Ready-To-Run Layouts and checking for Empty Rooms/ Empty Caverns it's possible to reach the maximum number of Empty Rooms/ Caverns for a particular kind of Complex. Just stop checking for further Empty Rooms/ Caverns at that point.

Magic Fountains

Instead of using the standard effect given to a Magic Fountain players can roll on the Magic Fountains Table. The principal icon amongst the decorative carvings on the Fountain usually indicates the Type of Fountain encountered. However, this may be concealed or have been removed. Any magical effects occur as a result of washing in or drinking from the Fountain.

Fountains may contain or be fitted with Statues.

The water loses its potency when taken outwith the Chamber containing the Fountain.

Magic Fountains Table

The option of pouring Potions into these Fountains presents some interesting possibilities and a table could easily be constructed to suggest the outcomes resulting from certain combinations. However, it takes time to think through the effects of Combining effects already linked to particular icons to reach practical combinations.

Tapestries

Instead of using the standard effect shown for a Tapestry players can roll on an optional Tapestries Table. A success on 2D6 Summons the creature and it can be instructed in the same way as an Animate creature.

Tapestries Table

Enchanted Statues

Enchanted Statues are one way of introducing Legendary Heroes and Recurring Enemies into play.

Enchanted Statues Table

Pitheads

Instead of using the standard effect shown for a Pithead players can roll on an optional Pitheads Table. Each unit that participates in the mining can extract an Ingot/ Turn until the mine is exhausted. Mining with Pickaxes and/ or Hammers makes a sound equivalent to a Remote Alarm. Mining with Mallets and Wedges takes twice as long for the same return but only makes the sound of a Local Alarm.

Pitheads Table

Mining a Zone where the ore has been subjected to a targeted Meteor Spell allows two yields to be removed in a single Turn by each unit mining the Pithead but the Pithead's overall yield is halved.

Globes

Globes can be used to Reveal the location of Complexes. Enchanted Globes need to be fitted with a Jewel or they will not display the location of Complexes. Enchanted Globes are one way of making such information available during play, so instead of using the standard effect shown for a Globe players/ GMs can roll on or select from an optional Globes Table.

Globes Table

Thrones

Instead of using the standard effect shown for a Throne players can roll on an optional Thrones Table.

Thrones Table

Caverns

Caverns are the lairs of Monsters living alongside or in league with the Tribe occupying a Complex. These creatures will rarely be at the beck and call of the Tribe. However, the Tribe and the Monsters can generally co-exist, because the Monsters can be trained or contained to the point where they represent little immediate threat to the Tribal group.

Caverns are usually shown as Chambers with more Curved Corners than Straight Corners.

Empty Caverns

Empty Caverns can be selected in advance or rolled randomly as Revealed.

To mark the Type of Cavern, use Blunted Stalactites (aka Blunted Teeth) set below the Bar (aka Top Jaw) instead of the Sharpened Stalactites (aka Teeth) which indicate that a Cavern is occupied.

Alternatively, simply map Empty Caverns without any Occupants.

Either approach makes it practical to record which Type of Cavern has been rolled or selected from the Caverns Table shown below.

Entering an Empty Cavern can require a check for Traps on the Traps Table. This is dealt with in the same way as Traps found in Empty Passageways or Rooms.

When using randomly generated Layouts or Ready-To-Run Layouts and checking for Empty Caverns it's possible to reach the maximum number of Empty Caverns for a particular Type of Complex. Just stop checking for further Empty Caverns at that point.

Occupied Caverns

The Types of Cavern encountered by Adventurers can be selected from or rolled for on the Caverns Table.

Caverns which are occupied contain particular groups or 'families' of Monsters. The icon representing a particular Type or family of Monsters matches and also represents the icon corresponding to a particular Type of Cavern. This means that the number of Stalactites (aka Top Jaw Teeth) marked on or beside a Cavern indicates both the Type of Cavern and the Type of Monsters found within the Cavern.

A Bar (aka Jaw) joins the Stalactites (aka Teeth) used to indicate the Type of Cavern and the Type of Monster/ s. Extra Bars (aka Top Jaws) with Stalactites (aka Teeth) can be added to represent Caverns containing creatures from more than one group or 'family'. Where more than one is present, the Type of Cavern encountered remains that of the most powerful group. Monsters are grouped as shown on the Monsters and Caverns Table.

Monsters and Caverns Table

Caverns with Multiple Zones

During Solo or Team Play it's usually easier to run play using a standard size of a single Zone for each Chamber.

Occupied Caverns can be made up of a number of Zones. Caverns with Multiple Zones are dealt with in the same way as Rooms with Multiple Zones.

Caverns Table

The Caverns Table sets out the range of Occupied Caverns within a Complex and the number of units occupying each of these Caverns.

Adjust Rolls on the Caverns Table by the Type of Complex:

Take the next Cavern down if the Cavern rolled has already been Revealed.

It's important to note that Caverns may contain even more Monsters than shown on the Caverns Table, as the Monster Manifests can indicate the presence of extra Monsters.

Accessories

Tables of Accessories are available to help GMs quickly outline Skeleton Complexes.

Images can be linked to every Accessory.

Accessories can be used as a series of tags or keywords that accompany other graphic and non-graphic elements of a Chamber's description or Design.

It may be worth thinking in terms of Cascading Sets of Accessories, as the presence of one Accessory might predict the presence of other Accessories.

Accessories Table: Architectural Features

Accessories Table: Costume

Accessories Table: Dressing