Tomb Rulebook

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seT UP Select a side of the Tomb map to play — Goldenaxe Catacombs or Tomb of the Overseers. If this is your first time playing, we recommend the Goldenaxe Catacombs. Place the Character pieces in the bag for use as the Character Pool. Place the Inn Board next to the Tomb Board. Shuffle the Item, Prayer, Spell, and Tactics Decks, and place each on their respective locations on the Inn Board. Shuffle the Crypt Deck and set it to the side of the board. There are enough Crypt Cards to have a deck on each side of the table. Determine the order of play by having each Player roll all seven Blue Tomb Dice. The Player with the most successes (highest number of Tomb Dice with showing) becomes Player One and selects an Adventuring Party Marker and places it on the Inn Board. Re-roll ties. Play then proceeds in clockwise order. Each Player draws three cards from the Crypt Deck. Starting with Player One and continuing in clockwise order, each player places a Crypt Card face down in any of the open Crypts and then draws a new Crypt Card. A crypt is considered open until it has a number of cards in it equal to the number on the Crypt Door, at which point it cannot hold any more Crypt Cards. Once all of the Crypts are full, the Tomb is ready for exploration and the unused Crypt Cards are discarded. MeeT AT The Inn Starting with the second player, players now begin recruiting adventurers and exploring the tomb. On his or her first turn, each Player draws five Character Cards from the Character Pool, selects one to be part of his or her Adventuring Party, and places the rest in the Inn. If the Character is a Cleric, the Player draws a Prayer Card. If the Character is a Wizard, the Player draws a Spell Card. If the Character is both a Cleric and a Wizard, he draws both a Prayer Card and a Spell Card. Optional Rules During the Lean Years, this place grows deathly quiet. I’ve seen weeks go by without a new face. This place grows as empty as a tomb... no pun intended. Players draw only three adventurers from the Character Pool. During the Fat Years, I’ve seen this place filled with people; drink in one hand, story in another. I’ve seen people come and go, so many I’ve forgotten more faces than I remember. And I’ve seen a dozen men march out for adventure in an afternoon, hungry for glory. Players draw five adventurers from the Character Pool and keep two before returning the rest to the Inn. After each Player has drawn a Character, the second phase of Tomb begins. From here on out, players may take as many Free Actions as they would like before taking one (and only one) Standard Action on a Turn. Free Actions include Attaching items and moving equipment between Characters, as well as using React Cards. FRee ACTIons At the beginning of each Player’s Turn (before performing any other actions), the Player may redistribute Attached cards among the Characters in his Adventuring Party. Just as with any other time Cards are being Attached, no Character may have more than one card with each of the following traits — Armor, Bow, Glove, Helm, Shield, and Weapon. Players may not move Cards while they are resolving Crypt Encounters (iTraps, Monsters, etc.). If an Adventuring Party begins a Turn at the Inn, they immediately heal all Wounds as a Free Action.
sTAnDARD ACTIons 1. Act 2. Draw (Inn) 3. Heal (Tomb) 4. Move 5. Pickpocket (Tomb) 6. Play a Card 7. Recruit (Inn) 8. Return to the Inn (Tomb) 9. Raid (Tomb) a. Combat Turn Actions b. Flee While at the Inn, Players and Characters may not Pickpocket. Raylor oversees the place and he makes sure everyone behaves in his establishment. ACT As a Player’s Turn, he can use a Turn Action on a Character, Card, or a Space on the Board with an associated Turn Action. The CARD TyPes Attack Skill Magic Holiness Double-Bladed Sword 1 1 Weapon Perform one extra combat action each Combat Round. We ake n Item Illus. Cris Dornaus © 2008 AEG Prayer React: Before a Monster attacks, remove one die of each color from its Attack roll. Another Way In Illus. Jason Engle © 2008 AEG Tac t i c Turn: If your Party is adjacent to a Crypt, but not at the Crypt Door, Raid the Crypt. Illus. beet © 2008 AEG Item Cards Item cards must be played immediately when drawn by Attaching them to a specific Character. Item Cards provide a Character with bonuses or abilities. While bonuses can stack (for example, two rings that provide a bonus to Magic), no Character may Attach more than one Item or Treasure each with the following traits — Armor, Bow, Glove, Helm, Shield, Weapon. If there are ever more such traited Items in play than Characters, the extra Item(s) are discarded. Prayer Cards These are special cards that can only be cast by a Cleric or a Character with at least one Die of Holiness. If you do not have a Cleric in your Adventuring Party (or a Character with one or more Holiness Dice), you cannot Attach or use a Prayer Card. Tactics Tactics are special cards that can be played from your hand by any Character in your Adventuring Party. Some can be Attached to Characters while others are discarded after use. Traps Cards and Monster Cards are explained in greater detail on pages 7 and 8. Stone Skin React: Before entering a Crypt, one Character gains +2 HP until the end of the Turn. Ke ziah’s Orb Spell Illus. Beth Trott © 2008 AEG Treasure Gain +3 Blue Skill. React: Before entering a Crypt, look at one Card in the Crypt. X P 5 Illus. Veronica V. Jones © 2008 AEG DRAW If the Adventuring Party is at the Inn, a Player may Draw two Cards (in any combination) from any of the four Decks in the Inn as a Draw Action and put them in his hand. Weapon and Item cards must be Attached immediately and Cards that cannot be Attached are discarded. A Character may never possess more than one Item Card with a special trait at one time. There is no limit on Attaching other Item Card types. Spells can only be cast by Characters with at least one Die of Magic and Prayers can only be cast by Characters with at least one Die of Holiness. A Player may keep them in his hand until cast. There is no hand limit in Tomb. Spell Deck These are special cards that can only be cast by a Wizard or a Character with at least one Die of Magic. If you do not have a Wizard in your Adventuring Party (or a Character with one or more Magic Dice), you cannot Attach or use a Spell Card. Treasure Cards Treasure Cards work much the same way as Item cards, with one important distinction. Treasure cards can be “Banked” for XP immediately, or they can be Attached to a Character. If a Treasure is Attached, it cannot be Banked until the Character returns to the Inn. Be careful, however. Rogues from other mercenary companies can Pickpocket Treasure Cards Attached to your Characters and then rush back to the Inn to Bank them. Treasure Cards can only be found in Crypts.
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