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Creating a character Item Descriptions Most of the items are self-explanatory, but extra details are useful for a few of them. Garlic, charmed: A head of garlic with hexes and blessings on it. Normal garlic has a minor effect on undead, but charmed garlic works much better. Holy symbol: Often needed for Cleric spells and for turning the undead. In some cases, silver ones work better. Holy water: Causes damage when thrown on most types of undead creatures and demons. This can be useful, since many of the more-powerful undead and demons can otherwise only be damaged with magical weapons. Lantern, bullseye: These shine a beam of light 60 feet long but only 10 feet wide, through a hole in the lantern’s metal cylinder. They have a hinged cover, allowing the light to be hidden. Lantern, hooded: These are normal lanterns open on all sides, with the flame shielded by glass. They shine a 30-foot radius of light in all directions. Oil, lamp: A pint of oil will keep a lantern (either type) burning for 4 hours. Oil is also highly flammable; a lit flask of oil can be used as a thrown weapon to cause 1d4 points of damage with a successful hit, and 1 more point of damage per round for the next 2 rounds. Burning oil can also be used to create a hazard for pursuing monsters. Torches: Torches burn for one hour and create a 30-foot radius of light. They are easily blown out by gusts of wind, and may even extinguish when dropped. However, if the party needs to set something on fire quickly – and they will – a lit torch can come in very handy. Wolfsbane: Fresh wolfsbane will often keep werewolves at bay… temporarily. Table 22: Melee Weapons Weapon Damage Weight (pounds) Cost Axe, battle 1, 2 1d8 15 5 gp Axe, hand 3 1d6 5 1 gp Club 1d4 10 0 gp Dagger 3 1d4 2 2 gp Flail (two-handed) 1d8 10 8 gp Hammer, war 1d4+1 10 1 gp Lance 2d4+1 15 6 gp Mace, heavy 1d6 10 10 gp Polearm (two-handed) 1d8+1 15 10 gp Spear 1, 2, 3 1d6 10 1 gp Staff (two-handed) 1d6 10 0 gp Sword, bastard 1, 2 1d8 10 20 gp Sword, long 1d8 10 15 gp Sword, short 1d6 5 8 gp Sword, two-handed 1d10 15 30 gp 1 Weapon can be used either one- or two-handed 2 When wielded two-handed, gain +1 damage bonus 3 Can be used as both a melee and a missile weapon Table 21: Transportation Type Cart, Hand Horse, Riding Horse, War Mule Rowboat Wagon Cost 10 gp 40 gp 200 gp 20 gp 20 gp 50 gp Rate of fire is the number of times that a missile weapon can be fired during a single combat round. Some bows, such as a short bow, can be fired two times during a combat round, while a heavy crossbow can only be fired once in a round and must then be reloaded for a full round before it can be fired again. Table 23: Missile Weapons Weapon Damage Rate of Fire Range* Weight (pounds) Cost Arrows (20) 1d6 By weapon By weapon 1 2 gp Axe, hand 1d6 1 10ft 5 1 gp Bolts, heavy (20) 1d6+1 By weapon By weapon 1 2 gp Bolts, light 1 1d4+1 By weapon By weapon (20) 2 gp Bow, long See Arrows 2 70ft 5 60 gp Bow, short See Arrows 2 50ft 5 15 gp Crossbow, heavy See Bolts, heavy 1/2 80ft 5 20 gp Crossbow, light See Bolts, light 1 60ft 5 12 gp Dagger 1d4 1 10ft 2 2 gp Dart 1d3 3 15ft 1 0.2 gp Javelin 1d6 1 20ft 5 0.5 gp Sling See Stones, sling 1 40ft 1 0.2 gp Spear 1d6 1 20ft 10 1 gp Stones, sling (20) 1d4 By weapon By weapon 5 0 gp *Shooting or throwing beyond this range is at a –2 penalty to hit. The weapon cannot reach farther than twice this range. Outdoors, these range increments are tripled. 30
Creating a character Chainmail and Shield AC 4 [ 15 ] Leather Armor AC 7 [ 12 ] Plate Mail AC 3 [ 16 ] Ring Mail AC 6 [ 13 ] No Armor AC 9 [ 10 ] Table 24: Armor Armor Type Effect on AC from a base of 9[10] Weight 1 (pounds) Shield -1 [+1] 10 15 gp Leather -2 [+2] 25 5 gp Ring -3 [+3] 40 30 gp Chain -4 [+4] 50 75 gp Plate -6 [+6] 70 100 gp 1 Magical armor weighs half normal Cost Calculating Armor Class Now it is time to talk about Armor Class and what it means. Basically, Armor Class (AC) is an indicator of how difficult it is to “hit” a character or creature in combat, but here is where it gets complicated: Swords & Wizardry has two different ways of numbering armor class, and a group must choose which system to use. Ask the Referee if he or she is using the ascending system or the descending system for Armor Class. The numbers all work out the same, but in the ascending system it is better to have a high Armor Class, and in the descending system it is better to have a low Armor Class. The Original Game used a descending system, and that is the official system of Swords & Wizardry as well. However, many gamers prefer the ascending system (high numbers are always better, right) so it is included throughout as an option. All numbers for the alternate ascending Armor Class system are in [brackets]. When using the regular system, simply ignore the numbers in brackets. (Everywhere. Wipe them from your mind. Make them invisible.) Here is how to calculate the effect of your armor on your Armor Class: Using the Descending (regular) System If you are using the regular descending Armor Class system, an unarmored character has an Armor Class of 9. Every type of armor has an “Effect on AC.” Ignore the bracketed numbers and use the “Effect on AC” to reduce the base Armor Class of 9. The lower the result, the better; powerful characters may have an AC reaching into the negative numbers. Using the Ascending (alternate) System If you are using the alternate ascending Armor Class system, an unarmored character has an Armor Class of 10. (That is not 9, as in the regular system, but TEN.) Actually, it is [10], because we use brackets to identify that system. Now the “Effect on AC” numbers are the ones in [brackets] and wearing armor will cause AC to go up rather than down, the higher the better. 31
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Page 4 and 5: table of contents Table of Contents
Page 6 and 7: Introduction Foreword By Tim Kask,
Page 8 and 9: Creating a character Dexterity Roll
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Page 34 and 35: How to Play Once you have created a
Page 36 and 37: how to play Combat A Quick Introduc
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Page 52 and 53: magic Spell Descriptions Contained
Page 54 and 55: magic Charm Plants Spell Level: Mag
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designing wilderness adventures Cha
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designing wilderness adventures Tab
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Special Combat rules Ship Combat Na
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Swords & Wizardry: Complete Ruleboo
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Monsters Black Pudding Hit Dice: 10
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Monsters Demons Demons are creature
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Monsters Dragon, Red Hit Dice: 9-11
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Monsters the Referee should not bot
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Monsters Golems Golems are man-shap
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Monsters Human, Normal Hit Dice: 1d
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Monsters Lycanthrope, Weretiger Hit
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Monsters Shadow Hit Dice: 2+2 Armor
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Monsters Titan Hit Dice: 16 HD+1d6
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Monsters Wyvern Hit Dice: 8 Armor C
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Monsters Creating Monsters Monsters
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treasure Generating a Random Treasu
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treasure To determine the specific
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treasure Die Roll (1d20) Intelligen
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treasure cone are paralyzed for 3d6
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treasure Table 106: Greater Miscell
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treasure expensive, and the creator
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Party Members Hippogriff Destroyers
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