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how to play Hiring Followers Normal hirelings are assumed to be employed full time by the player character. They are given room and board plus a wage, and the employer supplies any materials needed. (It is possible to employ people for single tasks or short periods; such costs are left up to the Referee.) As a general rule, food for a single person in a rural community such as a castle or village is about 1 gp per month, and perhaps twice that in a city. If the employer does not own a stronghold to house servants and followers, lodging may need to be considered separately. The cost is up to the referee, but staying in an inn, even in a stable, will cost at least 1 sp per night. In the following list, “Upkeep” covers food and lodging, but does not include wages or any equipment needed to set up a professional or craftsperson. It does cover materials needed for the hireling to function on an ongoing basis. Note that for some crafts or professions, this materials cost can be quite high: blacksmiths use up a quantity of supplies just to keep a forge running, alchemists constantly conduct experiments, etc. Wages depend upon the type of services being sought. The cost of initial equipment should be calculated using the equipment tables. If the hireling requires a great deal of initial equipment (such as a forge or a library), the Referee may use the values in the list below or adjust the costs as needed for local conditions. Alchemist Upkeep Cost: 1,000 gp/month Wage: 500 gp/month Initial Equipment: A fully equipped lab costs 1,000 gp. Animal Trainer Upkeep Cost: 500 gp/month, including costs for the animal(s) being trained. Wage: 20 gp/month, or none, if the trainer is a follower of a character with a stronghold. Initial Equipment: This depends on the animal being trained. Armorer Upkeep Cost: 100 gp/month Wage: 100 gp/month, or none, if the armorer is a follower of a character with a stronghold. Initial Equipment: A fully equipped forge costs around 100 gp. Assassin Upkeep Cost: Not applicable; assassins are available for hire on a mission-by-mission basis only. Wage: 2,000 gp per mission Initial Equipment: None. Blacksmith Upkeep Cost: 25 gp/month Wage: 10 gp/month Initial Equipment: A fully equipped forge costs around 100 gp. Man-at-Arms (Soldiers) Upkeep Cost: 1 gp/month in camp or castle. Standard costs of rations if operating in the field; this is reduced to 10 gp/month if the character is fielding an army with adequate wagons to purchase in bulk. Wage: None, if the man-at-arms is a follower of a character with a stronghold. Otherwise, household troops cost 2 gp/month, archers 4 gp/month, and cavalry troopers cost 8 gp/month. Mercenaries are more expensive; infantry cost 4 gp/month, archers 8 gp/month, and cavalry troopers cost 16 gp/month. Sergeants (one required for every 10 men-at-arms) cost twice the normal amount for a man-at-arms of the same type, Lieutenants (required for every 20 men) cost three times normal, and Captains (required for every 60 men), cost four times normal. Initial Equipment: Determine from equipment list. Sage Upkeep Cost: 1,000 gp/month, which includes books for research, scribe expenses, and so on. Wage: 1,000 gp/month Initial Equipment: A small library costs 2,000 gp. Sailor Upkeep Cost: 10 gp/month Wage: 2 gp/month Initial Equipment: None. Servant (Domestic) Upkeep Cost: 1 gp/month Wage: 5 gp/month Initial Equipment: None. Ship Captain Upkeep Cost: 50 gp/month Wage: 250 gp/month Initial Equipment: A ship. Siege or Construction Engineer Upkeep Cost: 750 gp/month (Seige engine repairs and upgrades are expensive.) Wage: 250 gp/month Initial Equipment: None. Spy Upkeep Cost: 10 gp/month Wage: 500 gp per mission Initial Equipment: None. Man-at-Arms (Adventuring) Torchbearer (or Other Adventuring Non-combatant) Upkeep Cost: Cost of rations and lodging. Upkeep Cost: Cost of rations and lodging. Wage: 2 gp/day, or upwards of 5 gp/day depending on circumstances Wage: 1 gp/day Initial Equipment: Determine from equipment list. Initial Equipment: Determine from equipment list. 48
Magic Magic, sorcery, and strange miracles, are the beating heart of the game: the bizarre fluctuations of power beyond the laws of normal reality, mystically glowing runes of unknown meaning and deadly portent; the auguries of bird-flocks and fallen stones; arcane incantations that twist the mind when memorized and scorch the throat when spoken; dusty tomes in forgotten libraries; knowledge that can melt the very soul of the incautious reader… The world is drenched in the tides and isolated lakes of magical power. A great deal of this is ancient and deadly; only a very small portion of the vast pattern can be harnessed into the shape of mere spells, formulae spat out by rote memory. As difficult as it is for a mere human to grasp and control the powers of a Magic-User, most spells are still no more than a feeble shortcut into the depthless powers of true magic. The greatest wizards and archmages can mold and shape such terrifying powers, reaching deep into the very maelstroms of true power, able to perceive the patterns behind the planes of existence, even if these are obscured, seen only through the uncertain lens of mortal perception, and retained within the weak and fragile vessel of the mortal mind. The Magic-User attempts to harness powers far beyond the true scope of mortal understanding, using memorized formulae, gestures, and incantations, that have been meticulously recorded in books of magic. The very words and diagrams of these spells hold dreadful and incomprehensible power, as demonstrated by the fact that a Magic-User must use a spell (Read Magic) merely to read an unfamiliar magical incantation. To the untrained eye, the spells written in a spellbook are gibberish; the letters almost seem to move at the corner of the eye and the words are disturbing to the mind, the visual counterpart to fingernails dragging across a slate. A Magic-User can only hold a certain quantity of magical power in mental, memorized reserve to be released later in the form of a spell. Indeed, it is the first warning taught to apprentice mages: that to successfully memorize a spell beyond one’s training and mental powers is the last action one will ever take as a sane human being. The mind will be utterly broken, and the vitriol of Chaos will seep into that broken vessel (if the fool is even left alive), turning the mindless husk into a thing far less, and far worse, than human. Beyond spells, of course, lies an unfathomable realm of such magic as can be harnessed by great rituals and secret knowledge that exceed the confines of mere spells, where the Magic-User’s own mind is not the gathering point and lightning rod of vast magical energies. The creation of golems is such a task, and one which is relatively well known. Manuals for the creation of golems are rare, but they exist in lost treasure hoards and forgotten ruins. Building and animating a golem is a task that cannot be achieved by spells alone, but with the appropriate knowledge, a Magic-User can still perform such a task. Most other feats of great magic are not so well documented as the animation of golems; the creation of cloud castles and other such unique artifacts of power are lost arts, for which a Magic-User would have to do prodigious and 49
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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 16 and 17: Creating a character Magic-User As
Page 18 and 19: Creating a character Monk As a Monk
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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 44 and 45: how to play Quick Method for Ascend
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Page 52 and 53: magic Spell Descriptions Contained
Page 54 and 55: magic Charm Plants Spell Level: Mag
Page 56 and 57: magic Control Winds Spell Level: Dr
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Page 74 and 75: For the Referee Introduction As the
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Page 88 and 89: designing the adventure Light Catap
Page 90 and 91: Special Combat rules Ship Combat Na
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Page 94 and 95: Monsters Black Pudding Hit Dice: 10
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Monsters Demon, Vrock (First-Catego
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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 Ogre Hit Dice: 4+1 Armor C
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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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Legal Appendix Publishing Your Own
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Party Members Hippogriff Destroyers
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Party Members Troll Slayers, Contin
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Party Members Benjamin F. Bullock B
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