The Dungeon Master

The person running the game's mechanics, the Dungeon Master is both combat general, and storyteller, and is responsible for delivering the adventure and the challenge to the Player Characters. A Dungeon Master is technically a player, and is required for a successful campaign of LegendQuest, as you can't play without one. The Dungeon Master has 4 distinct roles that (s)he inhabits over the course of the game:

The Player Characters

The members of the adventuring party, the Player Characters are the focus of the story, and the center of the game's action.
When you play as a LegendQuest adventurer, you step into the persona of your character and make decisions as if you were them. You decide whether to attack a monster, negotiate with a villain, or accept a dangerous task. You make these decisions based on your character's aspirations, beliefs, and personality, and have almost limitless control over what your character can say or do in the game.
Most players enjoy the aspects that LegendQuest has to offer, but each player typically falls into a "player archetype", or a specific set of motivations that the player has for playing the game.

- Plot Hooks

Plot Hooks are passing events that characters can interact with, either through exploration, investigating rumors, or through the Dungeon Master introducing some other means. Plot Hook adventures typically consist of a simple combat encounter, or errand for an NPC, and typically reward the party with a small payment of currency, or a minor stash of treasure.

- Side Quests

Side Quests are the stereotypical "Job Board" quests that players can accept, either from a posting board, an NPC questgiver, or a faction taskmaster. Side Quests are similar to Plot Hooks, in content, but are typically bounties issued to dangerous NPCs or creatures, or finding and making a delivery of a rare item. Side Quests will reward the party with a moderate payment of currency, a moderate stash of treasure, and some other good or service that the questgiver can offer.

- Campaign Quests

Campaign Quests are the type of adventures that are talked about, all throughout the nation. Campaign Quests typically have multiple parts, or "steps", and will usually end with a boss encounter, either combat-oriented, or a challenging social encounter. Not all campaigns need to include Campaign Quests, but no more than one should be accepted, each play session. Campaign Quests will include multiple steps, with each of those steps having another subset of tasks to complete. Campaign Quests will reward the party with a large payment of currency, a large stash of treasure (including levels and magical items), or some other item of great value/usefulness.

- Combat Encounters

Combat Encounters are battles that take place against hostile NPCs or creatures. Players and enemies take turns completing actions in combat, until either side is defeated.

- Non-combat Encounters

Non-combat Encounters make up all the challenges that players may face, that doesn't involve direct combat. Sometimes, non-combat encounters can be solved by clever use of magic, solving a puzzle or using your wits, or using skills to successfully solve them. Non-combat encounters also include social interactions, such as when a player attempts to get information from an NPC, or bribe a guard to ignore a crime. If the party is in a combat encounter, and decides to, or agrees to, stop fighting and talk, it would then be considered a non-combat encounter.

There are three main rules to keep in mind, when playing LegendQuest.

- Have Fun

Remember, above all else, you are playing LegendQuest to have fun (at least, that should be the goal). Don't be afraid to talk to the Dungeon Master or the Players if something is stopping you from enjoying the game.

- Play The Game Seriously

At the very least, learn to read the mood of the table, and decide the proper time to make jokes, and the proper time to adopt a more serious tone.

- Be Helpful To The Party

At its core, LegendQuest is a cooperative game, where tasks will be difficult, regardless if you decide to go it alone, or if the party is lacking just one member. The easiest way to succeed in adventures (relatively) unscathed, is to work together as a team.

1. Choose Your Race

Decide the race of your character. The race of your character often comes with racial traits and abilities that can often determine your role in the party, and help guide you when creating the rest of your character.

2. Choose Your Background

Decide the background of your character. Backgrounds serve as a means of fleshing out your character from a roleplaying perspective, but can also help explain why you are with the party, and what your goals and aspirations are. Choosing one of the backgrounds listed below is acceptable, but if you have an idea for a customized background, talk to your GM, and make sure that your background fits with the story or the rules.

3. Allocate Your Attribute Points

Decide the values for your attributes. Your attribute values determine your fundamental abilities in the 6 major areas: Strength, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, Charisma, and Dexterity. When creating a new character, all of your attributes are determined by rolling 6d10, and selecting which of those 6 values you would like, for each attribute. You then have 5 attribute points to spend between the 6 categories.

4. Choose Your Proficiencies

Decide what skill proficiencies your character begins play with. Skill proficiencies are an additional way to specialize your character, by giving them bonuses to certain types of actions. When creating a new character, you choose 1 skill to immediately gain proficiency in.

5. Spend Your First Talent Point

Decide which Mote of Power your character starts play with. Talent points are gained on level up, and are spent on Motes of Power, which is where the real specialization of a character is. When creating a new character, you are immediately given 1 talent point to spend on Motes of Power.

6. Roleplaying Character Details

Decide social information about your character. Taking the opportunity to expand upon your character's personality, appearance, and beliefs, can greatly enhance your playing experience by offering new ways to interact with NPCs or opening up new story opportunities.

7. Fill in the Numbers

Calculate all necessary numbers for character creation. Fill in your HP and Essence values, movement speed, attack/damage/skill check bonuses, and any other variable numbers necessary for play.

8. Final Checklist

Use this list to make sure you have completed each step, and that all of your numbers match up with the chosen values and their calculation equations.

Races

Races are the collection of sentient, humanoid beings that inhabit the world of Terra. Each race has different appearances and abilities, as well as different interactions with other races and the environment.

Feldani Elf

"Elves are staunch in their beliefs, and refuse to see another point of view. If you can get an Elf to sympathize with any cause, you have a firm supporter for life."

-Raises-The-Flag, Draconian Fighter

Demigod

"Others see them as accidents and products of shame, but Careful sees them as regular people, just trying to live a life."

-Careful, Kattus Rogue

Kattus

"They're a just and helpful people, but be wary. They have a tongue of silver, and the fangs of a Rytiiri Tiger. Make an enemy of a Kattus, you have an enemy for life."

-Tyrion Lanius, Human Fighter

Draconian

"Many commoners are often scared of Draconians, but if you can look past the fact that they can burn a house down with a deep breath, you'll find that they are a proud people, devoted to honor."

-Barius Maximus, Demigod Fighter

Goliath

"You don't want to mess with the children of the Giants. If you do, I doubt you'll get away with only bruises."

-Coronius Ilex, Feldani Elf Rogue

Warforged

"The perfect hunters, to be sure. Honestly, though, it'd be pretty amazing to never have to eat, sleep, or breathe."

-Flynn Archer, Human Rogue

Acolyte of a Clerical Order

You have spent your life in the service of a temple to a specific god or pantheon of gods. You are not necessarily a cleric; performing sacred rites is not the same thing as channeling divine power.

• Skill Proficiencies: Religion, History
• Starting Equipment: A set of robes, from your clerical order, an amulet of your deity's symbol, a pouch containing 10 Aurum
• Background Feature: As an acolyte, you command the respect of those who share your faith. You and any companions can receive free healing, and cheaper resurrections, at a temple of your faith, and can call upon the priests for assistance, provided the assistance you ask for is not hazardous, or against your faith.

Adventurer

You never stopped following your profession. You have always been an adventurer for as long as you have had a profession. Now, "adventuring" in this sense is not the same as dragon-slaying heroism. Really, it involved a lot more sneaking around, complete luck, and possibly taking credit for the work of others.

• Skill Proficiencies: Athletics, Perception
• Starting Equipment: An Iron Shortsword, Leather Armor, a pouch containing 5 Aurum
• Background Feature: You can always find a job, but somehow you can never find a place to sleep. People know you're good for the work, but the fact that you are indicates that you`re probably not the sort of person they want to have around. You have Disadvantage on Barter checks when trying to rent an Inn room.

Amnesiac

You don't even know who you were before becoming an Adventurer. You adventure, dig through history, investigate on leads, hoping that they'd bring you one step closer to finding out who you truly are. Maybe you lost your memory from an explosion that caused you to hit your head, maybe you were cursed to forget everything, maybe you did this to yourself to forget a horrible trauma.

• Skill Proficiencies: A random skill (1-18)
• Starting Equipment: An Iron weapon of your choice, a set of Commoner's clothes, and a pouch containing 5 Aurum
• Background Feature: You suddenly remember a huge amount of detail about a person, place or thing that you are currently looking at or interacting with without knowing why. You can use this feature three times per character.

Bounty Hunter

However fine the world might have seemed, once you dug beneath the facade, a deeper truth revealed itself to you. Conflict and strife are the only real constants in "civilized" lands, and for you, lay the opportunity for profit. Regardless of the cause, the justification, or the moral impunity associated with locating your mark, every job finished brought the clink of coin between your purse strings at the expense of another soul fated to endure consequences dire, and often foul.

• Skill Proficiencies: Deception, Intimidation
• Starting Equipment: A set of traveler's clothes, an Iron weapon of your choice, and a pouch containing 10 Aurum.
• Background Feature: You are in frequent contact with people in the segment of society that your chosen mark moves through. These people might be associated with the criminal underworld, the rough-and-tumble folk of the streets, or members of high society. This connection comes in the form of a contact in any city you visit, a person who provides information about the people, places and the political standings of the local area.

City Guard

City Guards come from all walks of life, whether they be born into it, a retired solider or mercenary, a reformed criminal or perhaps just your average citizen in need of a job. They form the back bone of law and order but also form an effective fighting unit in the event of a siege or bandit raid. Garrisons vary wildly depending on location and culture. Some are the perfect aspiration of honor and justice while others are little better than enforcers for the local ruler.

• Skill Proficiencies: Intimidation
• Starting Equipment: A set of Commoner's clothes, City Insignia on a necklace, and a pouch containing 10 Aurum.
• Background Feature: When in a city or town you can always find food and a place to sleep with the local guards garrison. The local Guards will be hesitant to start a fight with you and are likely to come to your aid in a fight, the guards will also believe your words except in the face of overwhelming evidence or under the command of a superior.

Strength

Strength is the measure of an entity's physical power. PCs and NPCs use their Strength when calculating their attack roll bonus (Strength Modifier), and when determining carrying capacity (Strength Score).

Constitution

Constitution is the measure of an entity's physical and mental fortitude. PCs and NPCs use their Constitution Score when calculating their HP (10+(Constitution Score*2)+Constitution Mod), and their ability to cleanse status effects (Each Constitution point reduces the DR of the status cleanse by 2).

Intelligence

Intelligence is the measure of an entity's mental acuity. PCs and NPCs use their Intelligence when calculating the number of Motes of Power you can have at one time (1+Intelligence Score/2).

Animal Handling

Animal Handling is your ability to tame animals, and issue them commands. Animal Handling checks are used:

• When taming a wild animal.
• When reading an animal's gestures.
• When issuing commands to an animal companion.

Arcane Knowledge

Arcane Knowledge is your ability to recall information about magical topics. Arcane Knowledge checks are used:

• When casting unfamiliar spells.
• When inspecting magical items.
• When observing dragons, undead, or magical creatures.

Religion

Religion is your ability to recall information on religious topics, as well as certain undead. Religion checks are used:

• When recalling information about the Godly Pantheon.
• When identifying religious motifs and iconography.
• When recalling myths about religious topics.

Barter

Barter is your ability to haggle prices with merchants, as well as gain information through trading or bribes. Barter checks are used:

• When haggling buying and selling prices with merchants.
• When bribing people for information or a favor.
• When haggling for a better reward from a quest.

Deception

Deception is your ability to mislead NPCs, and hide information. Deception checks are used:

• When giving false information to an NPC.
• When hiding information from an NPC.
• When detecting an NPC hiding, or giving false, information.

Persuasion

Persuasion is your ability to obtain favors and assign NPCs tasks. Persuasion checks are used:

• When asking an NPC to complete a task.
• When negotiating diplomatic issues.
• When shifting someone to a different point of view.

Acrobatics

Acrobatics is your ability to dodge ranged attacks, keep your balance on uneven terrain, and scale vertical surfaces. Acrobatics checks are used:

• When dodging a ranged attack.
• When resisting a knockdown attempt.
• When climbing a vertical surface.

Looting

Looting is your ability to quickly search objects and bodies for valuables, as well as observe areas for valuables. Looting checks are used:

• When determining what loot is obtained from bodies or chests.
• When looking for valuable objects in a location.
• When gathering resources from set sources.

Sleight of Hand

Sleight of Hand is your ability to quickly move small objects without anyone noticing. Sleight of Hand checks are used:

• When looting items without being noticed.
• When cheating at gambling games.
• When concealing items during guard searches.

Stealth

Stealth is your ability to hide for entities that are searching for you, and for making sneak attacks. Stealth checks are used:

• When hiding from NPCs and creatures.
• When completing an action without being noticed.
• When attacking an unsuspecting enemy.

Agile

• Prerequisites: Proficiency in Acrobatics
• Benefit: Whenever an enemy makes an attack against you, and misses, you can use your reaction to move up to half your movement speed in any direction.

Alert

• Prerequisites: Intelligence 6+, Proficiency in Perception
• Benefit: You can no longer be Surprised in combat, and you have Advantage on Perception checks made to spot ambushes, and traps.

All-Nighter

• Prerequisites: Endurance
• Benefit: You cannot be put to sleep by magical effects or potions/poisons.

Anatomy Expert

• Prerequisites: Intelligence 9+, Proficiency in Animal Handling OR Perception
• Benefit: You have studied certain kinds of creatures and their anatomies, allowing you to recall information about them and know where to strike them most effectively. When you take this feat, choose two types of creatures: Animal, Celestial, Demonic, Draconic, Elemental, Humanoid, Magical Construct, or Undead. When you score a critical hit on a creature of the chosen types, add your Wisdom modifier to the damage, and you have advantage on History checks to recall information about creatures of the chosen types.

Animal Affinity

• Prerequisites: None
• Benefit: You are able to speak to, and understand Animal-class creatures, and they have maximum attitude towards you, when talking to them.

Arcane Student

• Prerequisites: None
• Benefit: Basic studies have led to you learning a particular spell. You gain a Novice-ranked spell, from any school.

Augment Summoning

• Prerequisites: Wisdom 8+, Summon ... spell
• Benefit: Each creature you conjure with any Summon ... spell gains a +4 bonus to Strength and Constitution for the duration of the spell that summoned it.

Bleeding Critical

• Prerequisites: Dexterity 7+, Critical Focus
• Benefit: Whenever you score a critical hit with a Slashing weapon, your opponent takes 1d6 points of bleed damage each round, for 1d4 rounds. The effects of this Mote of Power stack.

Blind-Fighting

• Prerequisites: Dexterity 7+, Proficiency in Perception
• Benefit: A hidden attacker doesn't get Advantage for being invisible, when making a melee attack. The invisible attacker's Advantage does still apply for ranged attacks, however.

Blind Savant

• Prerequisites: No Normal Sight, Wisdom 7+, Advantage in Perception
• Benefit: You have become very sensitive to your environment to make up for your vision troubles. Increase your Wisdom by 1. You gain Tremorsense up to 5 squares. Perception checks not involving Normal Sight, are made with Advantage. You automatically fail any Perception checks made involving Normal Sight.

Bone Breaker

• Prerequisites: Mastery with one Bludgeon weapon
• Benefit: You relish the crunch that a satisfying strike with a hammer provides. Your Strength Score increases by 1, and whenever you score a critical hit with a Bludgeon weapon, your enemy is knocked Prone, and their movement speed is halved.

City Dweller

• Prerequisites: Bounty Hunter or City Guard background
• Benefit: Spending so much time in villages, towns, and cities observing and exploring everyday life has given you the following benefits: You have Advantage on Perception and History checks made to find shops, people, and political power houses. By picking up the people’s subtle talk of rumors, guilds, and unusual places, if you’ve been in a town more than 20 mins you can identify the bad sections of town, the prevalent guilds and guild rivalries, and messenger services if any.

Cleave

• Prerequisites: Strength 9+
• Benefit: As an action, you can make a single attack against a foe within reach. If you hit, you deal damage normally and can make an additional attack against a foe that is adjacent to the first and also within reach. You can only make one additional attack per round with this Mote of Power. When you use this Mote of Power, you take a –2 penalty to your AC until your next round.

Attribute Scores and Modifiers

Each of a creature's attributes has a value, that determines their effectiveness when using that attribute. The attribute score is not just a measure of innate ability, but it is also includes any prior training and familiarity with the skills associated with the attribute.
An attribute score of around 5 is normal for the average humanoid, but adventurers are typically a cut above the rest. An attribute score of 9 is the highest that a person will normally reach, while adventurers can attain a maximum attribute score of 10, and monsters and gods can reach as high as 30.
Attribute scores also have a modifier, that is determined by the attribute score's base value, and can range from -5 (for an attribute score of 0) to +5 (for an attribute score of 10).

To make a skill check, roll a d20, and add the relevant attribute modifier, and any proficiency bonuses, if applicable. As with other d20 rolls, apply all bonuses and penalties, and compare the total to the DR of the skill check. If the total equals or exceeds the DR, then the creature succeeds at whatever action they attempted. If the total is less than the DR, the creature fails the task at hand, with all consequences that may come with failing that task.
Natural 20's and natural 1's have no effect on skill checks, as with applicable bonuses, it is possible to still perform average on a skill check, with a low roll, as well as fail a skill check with a high roll.

The Flow of Combat

A combat encounter usually entails combatants attacking each other with all manner of weaponry. This game organizes combat into an organized series of turns and rounds. A Round lasts around 6-10 seconds in the game world. Throughout the duration of the round, all creatures in battle take turns. A Turn is the that creature's participation in that round of combat. The order that combatants take their turns is determined by rolling for your Initiative counter, determined by making a Dexterity skill check. Once every combatant has taken a turn, the fight continues into a new round, with the same Initiative order.

Ambush/Surprise

Sometimes, when combat is initiated, one side of combat is ready and waiting, while the other side isn't. If neither side is trying to ambush the other, then nobody in combat is Surprised. However, if one side is attempting to stealthly initiate combat, then as soon as combat starts, the ambushed combatants make Perception checks vs. the Stealthed combatants. If a combatant is unable to notice any of the stealthed combatants, then they are Surprised.
If you are Surprised, then you cannot take any actions on your first turn of combat, and cannot make any reactions, until the end of your second turn.
A member of a group can be Surprised, even if others in the same group are not.

The Order of Combat

• Determine Surprised members
• Determine battle map positions
• Roll for Initiative order
• Take turns

Actions in Combat

On your turn, you have two actions for use. You may take one the actions written here, one granted by a spell or ability, or one that you improvise. If you attempt an improvised action, the DM decides if that action is possible, and what kind of roll needs to be made, if any.

Aquatic Combat

When making a melee attack, unless the creature has Proficiency in Athletics, they have Disadvantage on attack rolls made with all weapons except for Daggers and Tridents.

Cover

Walls, creatures and other obstacles can provide cover during battle, making an attack more difficult to hit. Cover only takes effect when the attack comes from the opposite side of a covered creature.
A creature with half-cover has a +2 bonus to their roll, when being attacked. Half-cover is provided by any object that covers at least half of a creature's body, which could include: furniture, a tree, or another creature.
A creature with full cover cannot be targeted directly by attacks, but can still be hit by attacks that include an area-of-effect. A creature has full cover, if they are completely concealed by an object, or behind a creature of Huge size, or larger.

Damage Resistances and Vulnerabilities

If a creature or an object has resistance to a damage type, damage of that type is halved against it. If a creature or an object has vulnerability to a damage type, damage of that type is doubled against it.
Resistance and vulnerability are applied after all other modifiers to damage.

Flanking

When you make an attack against an enemy, you gain a +2 bonus to your attack roll, if another ally is within melee range of that enemy.

Size

Smaller creatures are typically better at dodging attacks, while larger creatures typically have more armor to compensate for their inability to dodge.

Status Conditions

Status Conditions can restrict the movement and attacking capabilities of creatures, as well as give penalties to skill checks, and deal Ongoing damage.

Stealth

When a creature can’t see you, you have advantage on attack rolls against it. If you are hidden, both unseen and unheard, when you make an attack, you give away your location when the attack hits or misses.

Bleeding

• You take a -3 penalty to Stealth checks.
• You take 5 Ongoing Slashing Damage, each turn.

Blinded

• You automatically fail any skill check that requires sight.
• Attacking enemies gain Advantage, and you have Disadvantage when attacking.
• You take a -5 penalty to Perception checks.

Burning

• You take a -3 penalty to Stealth checks.
• You take a -1 penalty to Perception checks.
• You take 5 Ongoing Fire Damage, each round.

Charmed

• You cannot make attacks against the charmer.
• The charmer has Advantage on Charisma checks against you.

Chilled

• You take a -2 penalty to Acrobatics and Athletics checks.
• Your movement speed is reduced by 2 squares.

Dazed

• You move at half of your normal speed.
• You cannot make reactions.

Deafened

• You automatically fail any skill check that requires hearing.
• Attacks, or other effects, that depend on you hearing them, have no effect on you.

Frightened

• All ability checks and attack rolls have Disadvantage while the object or creature that caused Frightened is within line of sight.
• You cannot willingly move closer to the object or creature that caused Frightened.

Frozen

• You are Blinded, Deafened, and Stunned.
• You take 5 Ongoing Cold Damage, each turn.

Heavily Poisoned

• You are Dazed.
• You take 10 Ongoing Poison Damage + Your Constitution Modifier (Mod+=Damage-, Mod-=Damage+), each turn.

Hidden

• You gain Advantage against unaware enemies.

Advantage

• Whenever you make an attack roll, roll twice, and take the higher result.
• You can score critical hits on an 18-20.

Immobilized

• You cannot move on your own.
• You move half the distance from effects that would move you.

Lightly Poisoned

• You take 5 Ongoing Poison Damage + Your Constitution Modifier (Mod+=Damage-, Mod-=Damage+), each turn.

Prone

• Attacking enemies gain Advantage if within 1 square. If not, attacking enemies gain Disadvantage.

Shocked

• You take a -3 penalty to Strength checks.

Stunned

• Attacking enemies gain Advantage.
• You cannot move, or take any actions.

Sundered

• Your AC is reduced by 3.

Unconscious

• You are Prone, Stunned, and Sundered.
• If you take damage while Unconscious, use Constitution as your modifier when making your defense roll. If you fail, you immediately fall to 0 Hit Points.

Downed

• You are Prone and cannot stand back up.
• You can move up to half of your movement speed, and cannot swim, climb, or fly.
• On your turn, you can only take the Attack action (one action only), and cannot take any bonus actions, or reactions. Any attacks that you make while Downed have Disadvatage.
• Any attack that hits the character increases the DR of the next Death Save by 1.

Hit Points

Hit points (or HP) are the measure of a creature's physical and mental fortitude. Whenever a creature takes damage, that damage is subtracted from their current hit point value. A loss of hit points has no negative effect, until a creature reaches 0 hit points.

Healing

When a creature receives healing, either from magic, consumables, or rest, hit points are added to their current hit point value. A creature's hit points cannot exceed its hit point maximum, unless the healing effect also grants temporary hit points. A creature that has died cannot regain hit points, until it is brought back to life.

Dropping to 0 Hit Points

Falling to 0 hit points can be a traumatic experience, as it represents your character walking the thin line between life and death, after taking severe damage in battle. When you fall to 0 hit points, you are Downed, which lasts until you regain hit points.

Resisting Death

When you begin your turn with 0 hit points, you must make a special ability check called a Death Check. When making a death check, make an Constitution check with a DR of 5. If you succeed, you stay alive, but still Downed, and if you fail, you take a point of Constitution damage. When your Constitution Score reaches 0, you immediately die, and must be resurrected.
The DR of the death check increases by 1, each turn.

Stabilizing A Dying Creature

Healing a creature is the best way to prevent them from having to make death checks, however, if healing is unavailable, stabilizing a creature is the next best thing. Stabilizing a creature requires a full turn, which restores 1 hit point and stops the stabilized creature from having to make death checks. The stabilized creature is still Unconscious, and if they take damage and don't die from it, must continue making death checks.

Monsters and Death

Most monsters and NPCs will typically die when reaching 0 hit points, rather than having it go through the PC death process.
When a creature is dropped to 0 hit points by a melee attack, the attacker can choose to knock the creature out, rather than kill them, rendering them Unconscious and stabilized.
Bosses, Villians, and other special NPCs can be exceptions to this rule, typically going through the PC death process.

Aurum

• Aurum is the most common currency on Terra, with the Aurum coin being accepted in every country, and every market. Most merchants will judge the value of other currencies on the value of the Aurum coin.
• Aurum coins are small gold discs with a hexagonal hole stamped out of the middle, to allow for many coins to be strung together, and to reduce weight. The coins typically feature the name of the smith that cast them, as well as the name of the Treasury where they were cast. On the reverse side, there is a small symbol that reflects the month that they were made.
• Aurum coins are relatively easy to counterfeit, however, without the proper knowledge of casting techniques, counterfeit pieces are often brittle, crumbling under heavy pressure.

Sleesthanka Chips

• Sleesthanka chips are typically only used by more traditional Feldani Elf merchants. As such, most merchants will still accept them as currency, albeit at a 4-to-1 rate of exchange.
• Sleesthanka chips are small pieces of Oola bark carved into the shape of an arrow. Oola bark is warm to the touch, with that and the rarity of the Oola tree contributing to its relative value.
• Sleesthanka chips are virtually impossible to counterfeit, as they are a completely handcrafted, opportunistic currency already. However, harvesting too much bark from an Oola tree at any one time can result in the Oola tree igniting, and crumbling to ash.

Legion Denarii

• Legion Denarii are only officially used by the Crimson Imperium for inter-guild transactions, but the Crimson Imperium, as well as the Silverblood National Bank, offer currency conversion for Legion Denarii to Aurum coins.
• Legion Denarii are small silver coins with the head of Emperor Aetos Scipio wearing a laurel wreath stamped on the front. On the back of the coin, along the top edge is the Romani phrase "nec pluribus impar" meaning "Not unequal to many". Along the bottom edge is the date the coin was cast.
• Legion Denarii are nearly impossible to counterfeit, with all but the most skilled hand missing crucial details in the coin, as the date, Romani phrase, and imperial face are all hand-etched into each coin.

Raw Gemstones

• Raw Gemstones are extremely valuable in every sense of the word, and as such, are accepted by nearly every merchant. The odd few merchants that don't accept them as currency, do so on the principle that there isn't enough money in the area translating to that amount of money.
• Raw Gemstones can be of the following varieties: Diamond, Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, Topaz, and Amethyst. They are cut into long, flat ovals, and are judged on value based on the length and thickness of the oval. Clarity is less important for the value of the ovals, except in the case of using them for trade with a Jeweller.
• Raw Gemstones are possible to counterfeit, with only the highest magical skill producing equal quality and size of gemstone. An experienced Jeweller can detect even the best counterfeit Raw Gemstones, however.

Letters of Credit

• Letters of Credit, issued by the Silverblood National Bank, are typically only accepted by merchant guild bodies, or royal treasuries, as they stand to represent massive amounts of currency.
• Letters of Credit are gold-leaf scrolls that contain the signature of the Head of the Silverblood Family, the manager of the Silverblood National Bank where the Letters of Credit were obtained, and the recipient of the Letters of Credit, after their wealth has been assessed by a Bank official.
• Letters of Credit are impossible to counterfeit, as the signatures required in making the Letters of Credit official have only been seen by the wealthiest of people, and the account of the recipient are where the funds are drawn from, so any random name would not be accepted.

Leather

• Physical Damage: N/A
• Armor Class: 2
• Extra Notes: N/A

Iron

• Physical Damage: 2
• Armor Class: 2
• Extra Notes: N/A

Guildium

• Physical Damage: 7
• Armor Class: 7
• Extra Notes: Cannot be crafted by PCs, Only used when calculating guild armor and weaponry

Steel

• Physical Damage: 3
• Armor Class: 3
• Extra Notes: N/A

Elfwood

• Physical Damage: 4
• Armor Class: N/A
• Extra Notes: Cannot be crafted by PCs, Must be carved into shape by a Feldani Elf Woodseer

Romani Bronze

• Physical Damage: 5
• Armor Class: 5
• Extra Notes: N/A

Silver

• Physical Damage: 5
• Armor Class: N/A
• Extra Notes: +10 damage against Lycanthropes, Cannot be crafted by PCs, Found in The Silver Tooth guild

Damascus

• Physical Damage: 5
• Armor Class: N/A
• Extra Notes: +10 damage against Undead, Cannot be crafted by PCs, Found in The Rising Sun guild

Paladinium

• Physical Damage: 5
• Armor Class: N/A
• Extra Notes: +10 damage against Demons, Cannot be crafted by PCs, Found in The Swords of Sol guild

Imperial Gold

• Physical Damage: 7
• Armor Class: N/A
• Extra Notes: Cannot be crafted by PCs, Must be sanctified by a Priest of Cocytus

Alloyed Ferrousite

• Physical Damage: 8
• Armor Class: 5
• Extra Notes: N/A

Adamantine

• Physical Damage: 9
• Armor Class: 7
• Extra Notes: N/A

Mithryl

• Physical Damage: 10
• Armor Class: 10
• Extra Notes: N/A

Dragonscale

• Physical Damage: N/A
• Armor Class: 16
• Extra Notes: N/A

Dragonbone

• Physical Damage: 12
• Armor Class: 14
• Extra Notes: N/A

Conceal

Weapons with the Conceal property are easily concealable. You have Advantage on Sleight of Hand checks made to hide the weapon on your person from someone trying to find the weapon. If it is discovered, many Conceal weapons still cannot be identified unless the searching creature makes a successful Appraise Item check to identify it.

Deflect

If struck by a melee weapon attack, you can use your reaction to roll to subtract your weapon’s damage from the damage dealt to you for one attack.

Finesse

Instead of Strength, you can add your Dexterity Modifier to your damage if it is higher than your Strength. This weapon can also be used for sneak attacks.

Light

This weapon is small or light enough that it allows the user to wield it in the off hand. While dual wielding, you can make a single attack with your off-hand weapon as part of your attack action.

Melee

Melee Weapons make a melee weapon attack to another creature up to 1 square away, and add strength modifier to attack and damage. A Melee weapon cannot be thrown as an attack unless it has the Thrown weapon property.

One Handed

A one-handed weapon requires only one hand to wield, leaving the off-hand open to wield another weapon or shield.

Ranged (Optimal Range)(Max Range)

Ranged weapons make a ranged weapon attack using dexterity for attack and damage. Your ranged weapon must have ammunition to use with that weapon, and it is loaded into that weapon. Attacks made in the optimal range suffer no penalties, while attacks made between the optimal and max ranges have Disadvantage.

Reach

This weapon adds 1 square to your range when you make a melee weapon attack, as well as for determining your reach for Opportunity Attacks with it.

Reload (Ammo Capacity)(Reload Type)

Some ranged weapons take time to reload, which is reflected as using a certain type of action to do so. More trained users can reload faster. All weapons with the reload property require two hands to load unless otherwise stated. Reloading can be: Part of Attack, Action, Full Round.

Thrown (Max Range)

Thrown weapons are melee weapons which can be used to make a ranged attack by throwing the weapon at the enemy, using Strength for damage, unless the weapon has the Finesse weapon property, in which case you may use Dexterity for the damage.

Two Handed

This weapon requires two hands to wield, meaning your off hand cannot be used to wield another weapon or shield.

Versatile

Versatile weapons are melee weapons that can be wielded with one hand or two hands. Wielding a versatile weapon with one hand allows a free hand to wield another weapon or shield, and wielding a versatile weapon with two hands adds a d4 to the damage.

Light Armor

Light Armor is made from leather or other animal products, and is usually lighter, thinner, and less protective than the other armors, but also provides the most mobility and least restriction.

Heavy Armor

Heavy Armor covers the most area, weighs the most, and costs the most, but is the most protective armor available without magic. Heavy armors are made almost entirely of metal and require extensive, professional manufacturing.

Shields

Whether a target or tower, shields come in all shapes and sizes from kites to circles to teardrops to rectangles. There are obvious benefits to the size and shape of your shield.

Punch Dagger

A punch dagger is usually a small knife attached to a horizontal handle that projects out from the fist when held. A master with the punch dagger can find weaknesses when the enemy is distracted or moving.

• Damage Type: Piercing or Slashing
• Weapon Properties: One Handed, Melee, Conceal, Finesse, Light
• Damage Formula: 1d4+Ore
• Mastery Perk: You have Advantage on surprise attacks made with this weapon. Additionally, if this weapon is in your off hand, you may make use your reaction to attack with this weapon.

Whip Dagger

A dagger with a ring pommel at the end of a silk ribbon. The weapon can be used like a dagger in hand to attack creatures, or swung about the end of the ribbon to attack creatures up to 2 squares away. A master has learned the scorpion pull, able to impale up to 3 squares away, then pull them with the attached ribbon.

• Damage Type: Piercing
• Weapon Properties: One Handed, Melee, Conceal, Finesse, Light, Reach
• Damage Formula: 1d4+Ore
• Mastery Perk: On hit, you deal damage, and you can choose to force the enemy to succeed on a DR10 Strength check or be pulled next to you.

Gauntlet

Any spiked or weighted glove or other means of adding weight, blades, or spikes, like brass knuckles, to a basic fist uses these statistics. Normal armored gauntlets are not weighted enough to count as these weapons. Gauntlet weapons impose disadvantage on Dexterity checks that use hands to complete, such as picking locks or picking pockets. Your gauntlets cannot be disarmed. A master with the gauntlet learns to block with their hands, perhaps even catching the enemy’s weapon.

• Damage Type: Piercing, Bludgeoning, or Slashing
• Weapon Properties: One Handed, Melee, Light
• Damage Formula: 1d4+Ore
• Mastery Perk: As a reaction, you can declare that you try to catch the enemy's melee weapon attack. If their attack misses, you have advantage on your next weapon attack, athletics, or acrobatics check against that enemy.

Hidden Blade

The infamous hidden blade is a mechanical means to deploy a piercing dagger from under your wrist as part of an attack. While this weapon is equipped, you can count the hand it is equipped with as open, allowing it to wield a weapon or shield. However, you can’t wield a weapon or shield in this hand and also use the hidden blade; in such a case, the blade would become an inert piece of garb. A hidden blade master has mastered surprise attacks with this concealed weapon.

• Damage Type: Piercing
• Weapon Properties: One Handed, Melee, Conceal
• Damage Formula: 1d12
• Mastery Perk: When you make an attack against an enemy that is Surprised, the hit creature takes the full damage from this weapon and any modifiers, instead of rolling for the damage.

Unarmed Strikes

A creature with simple training can throw basic punches that are largely ineffective, while a creature with martial training can properly land punches and kicks, doing small amounts of damage. A master of unarmed strikes is as well trained as a traditional monk, though lacking the ki focus the monk possesses.

• Damage Type: Bludgeoning
• Weapon Properties: One Handed, Melee, Conceal, Finesse, Light
• Damage Formula: 1+Atr Mod
• Mastery Perk: Increase the damage to your Attribute Score.

Knuckle Axe

Designed much like brass knuckles, but with a blade that sweeps back toward the forearm, either over the knuckles or over the side of the fist. The knuckle axe resembles an axe head with no handle, and either 4 finger holes or a curved handle to rest inside a closed fist. Masters with knuckle axes learn to slash through soft targets much like a real axe, attacking two targets at once.

• Damage Type: Slashing
• Weapon Properties: One Handed, Melee, Light
• Damage Formula: 1d6+Ore
• Mastery Perk: When you score a critical hit, make an additional melee attack to another creature adjacent to you. This can continue as many times in a single attack action as you score critical hits.

Battle Axe

• This is an axe about 2ft-3ft in length, with a longer beard designed for a wider slashing wound. This weapon is manufactured for use with two hands for more powerful strikes. Masters with the battle axe get more reliable damage out of the weapon.
• Damage Type: Slashing
• Weapon Properties: Two Handed, Melee
• Damage Formula: 1d8+Ore
• Mastery Perk: When you score a critical hit, reroll the damage if it is 1 or 2.

Handaxe

• An incredibly versatile weapon and tool, the hand axe can be thrown, or used in melee like a hatchet. The master learns the ability to bind and disarm.
• Damage Type: Slashing
• Weapon Properties: One Handed, Melee, Thrown (3)
• Damage Formula: 1d6+Ore
• Mastery Perk: You have advantage on attempts made to disarm enemies wielding a one handed weapon and nothing else.

Greataxe

• The greataxe is the classic barbarian axe but also includes more historical versions such as the bardiche, voulge, or Dane axe. The greataxe has incredible potential for damage, and the master greataxe wielder can fell even the stoutest of foes with reliability not seen in many other weapon styles.
• Damage Type: Slashing
• Weapon Properties: Two Handed, Melee, Reach
• Damage Formula: 1d10+Ore
• Mastery Perk: When you score a critical hit, you have Advantage on damage rolls.

Halberd

The halberd consists of an axe blade topped with a spike mounted on an 8ft long shaft. It always has a hook on the back side of the axe blade for grappling mounted combatants. A master with the halberd can use this weapon to perform a trip against mounted foes to pull them from the saddle to a prone position.

• Damage Type: Slashing or Piercing
• Weapon Properties: Two Handed, Melee, Reach
• Damage Formula: 1d8+Ore
• Mastery Perk: You have Advantage on trip attacks made to mounted enemies and Large creatures. If you succeed on a trip against a mounted foe, it is automatically pulled from its mount to a prone position.

Khopesh

• This axe sword hybrid was made famous by ancient egyptians. It is a sword built with a large crescent shaped protrusion about one third from the tip, and a hooked tip, forming a sort of question mark shape. It acts in every way similarly to a battle axe, but is lighter and can more reliably cut with a larger surface area. A Master with the Khopesh has learned to use the hooked point to drag or trip enemies to the ground with ease.
• Damage Type: Slashing or Piercing
• Weapon Properties: One Handed, Melee
• Damage Formula: 1d10
• Mastery Perk: If you begin your turn next to a prone enemy, you can drag that enemy up to half of your movement speed. This action deals normal damage, and uses a full action.

Greatclub

• The greatclub is simply a heavy, two-handed club, though it can be refined like the Japanese Kanabo. A master of the greatclub can render a weapon nearly useless.
• Damage Type: Bludgeoning
• Weapon Properties: Two Handed, Melee
• Damage Formula: 1d8+Ore
• Mastery Perk: If you are successful in a disarm attempt, the enemy can no longer use that weapon.

Light Club

• A light club is a one-handed mass weapon, much like a bat or ball mace. A master can target the head more easily, giving stuns that the opponent can't shake off quite as easily.
• Damage Type: Bludgeoning
• Weapon Properties: Versatile, Melee, Light
• Damage Formula: 1d4+Ore
• Mastery Perk: When you score a critical hit, your enemy is Stunned for 1 round. This mastery perk works whether you have the Stunning Critical Mote of Light or not.

Flanged Mace

• A mace is made up of a metal head with small bladed protrusions, attached to a simple wooden or metal shaft, designed specifically to hammer and shred armored enemies. This weapon deals half of its damage as slashing and half of its damage as bludgeoning damage at the same time, for the purpose of overcoming resistances or immunities. Masters with maces learn to punch through armor to damage those foes with ease.
• Damage Type: Slashing and Bludgeoning
• Weapon Properties: One Handed, Melee
• Damage Formula: 1d6+Ore
• Mastery Perk: Against humanoid enemies wearing heavy armor, you add your strength modifier to the damage twice.

Quarterstaff

• The simple staff is a useful double ended bludgeoning weapon, whether shod and weighted like the English quarterstaff, or simply made of strong bamboo, like the Japanese bo. A master learns to block more effectively with the center of the staff.
• Damage Type: Bludgeoning
• Weapon Properties: Two Handed, Melee, Conceal, Deflect, Reach
• Damage Formula: 1d6
• Mastery Perk: While wielding a quarterstaff, you gain a +1 bonus to your AC.

Bladed Bow

• A bladed bow has two curved blades affixed to its limbs. Though not nearly as stout as a quarterstaff due to the flexibility of the bow itself, it is nonetheless an easy way to protect yourself when the enemy closes. The bladed bow is very specialized and requires dedicated training to be anything but clumsy. In the hands of a master, the bladed bow is as dangerous as a dual wielder.
• Damage Type: Piercing or Slashing
• Weapon Properties: Two Handed, Ranged (5)(7), Melee, Reload (1)(Action)
• Damage Formula: 1d6+Ammo
• Mastery Perk: You can seamlessly make ranged or melee weapon attacks without needing to spend an action to switch weapons.

Greatbow

• A greatbow is a bow much taller and stouter than the longbow, and fires specialized stormshots that are similar in size to a javelin. Due to its size, javelins can be used as ammunition, but with disadvantage on the attack. Greatbow masters have learned to overdraw the stout poundage, sending enemies flying back. You must have a Strength score of at least 7 to wield a Greatbow.
• Damage Type: Piercing
• Weapon Properties: Two Handed, Ranged (10)(15), Reload (1)(Action)
• Damage Formula: 1d10+Ammo
• Mastery Perk: When you score a critical hit, your enemy must succeed on a DR14 Strength check or be shoved 1 square in a straight line away from you and knocked Prone. Large creatures have advantage on this save, and larger creatures are immune. Creatures that are flying have disadvantage on this skill check.

Longbow

• A longbow has a larger power stroke than a shortbow, meaning the arrow is drawn further and has a higher draw weight. This, combined with the larger size, usually 5ft-6ft long, mean the bow is much more powerful, but perhaps a bit more cumbersome in close combat and atop a mount. A master with a longbow has learned to steady his aim and loose the arrow between breaths for more accurate shots.
• Damage Type: Piercing
• Weapon Properties: Two Handed, Ranged (7)(10), Reload (1)(Part of Attack)
• Damage Formula: 1d8+Ammo
• Mastery Perk: If you have Disadvantage for any reason, you can use your reaction to attempt a DR10 Perception check or half the enemy’s AC, whichever is higher. If you succeed, your Disadvantage is negated.

Sling

• A sling is a simple leather cup with cords that allow the user to launch rounded bullets with circular momentum. One of the oldest range weapons known, it is both simple and effective at delivering a crushing blow at medium range. You can use rounded stones or small bits of anything that can fit into the leather cup, though these attacks are made with disadvantage.
• Damage Type: Bludgeoning
• Weapon Properties: Two Handed, Ranged (4), Reload (1)(Part of Attack)
• Damage Formula: 1d4+Ammo
• Mastery Perk: You may roll a melee attack with a loaded sling. A successful melee attack still consumes a piece of ammunition, and the sling must be loaded in order to melee attack.

Wrist Shot

• Using stretchable materials, the wrist shot shoots rounded bullets much like a sling, though uses the power of the elasticity of the material rather than gathered circular momentum. You can use debris or rounded stones as ammunition, but this causes disadvantage on your attack. Masters with wrist shots can bounce shots around corners and off hard surfaces to attack enemies in even total cover.
• Damage Type: Bludgeoning
• Weapon Properties: One Handed, Ranged (2)(4), Reload (1)(Part of Attack)
• Damage Formula: 1d4+Ammo
• Mastery Perk: You can ignore total cover if the target has obstacles that provide a means to bounce or ricochet shots around the cover, provided the enemy isn’t fully enclosed.

Broadsword

• True broadswords have a wider, thicker blade to add power to the blow, and often have a single edge to give more weight to the blade, like the Falcion, Messer, Seax, or Chinese Dadao. Because of this the weapon performs much like an axe in the strike. A master learns to strike truer, and gain more damage dealt to soft targets.
• Damage Type: Slashing
• Weapon Properties: Two Handed, Melee
• Damage Formula: 1d8+Ore
• Mastery Perk: When you score a critical hit, add your Strength modifier to the damage twice.

Greatsword

• The greatsword is often taller than its wielder, spanning in the 6ft-7ft range with a 2ft handle. It is similar in length to a polearm, has similar reach and can even use similar techniques thanks to a smaller handle above the crossguard called a Ricasso, just without the ability to brace as many polearms do. A master finds the greatest weapon to use against a large enemy is the greatsword.
• Damage Type: Slashing
• Weapon Properties: Two Handed, Melee, Reach
• Damage Formula: 1d10+Ore
• Mastery Perk: You deal 2d10 damage to Large and larger enemies.

Katana

• The Katana, made famous by the Japanese, is a single edged, slightly curved sword with a minimal guard called a tsuba and a longer handle than western or middle eastern swords. the longer handle and curved edge provides different leverage and lends to more effective deflections. A master, wielding a Katana with two hands, can deflect even powerful blows with ease.
• Damage Type: Slashing
• Weapon Properties: Versatile, Melee, Deflect, Reach
• Damage Formula: 1d8+Ore
• Mastery Perk: Your deflect is 2d10 if you use this weapon with two hands.

Longsword

• The longsword is a multipurpose cutting and thrusting weapon, with a wide guard for dueling, and includes both the cruciform fencing sword, and the German Zweihander. Generally, the blade is between 3ft-4ft, with a 10"-12" handle. Masters learn to become more rapier-like with more point finesse overall.
• Damage Type: Piercing or Slashing
• Weapon Properties: Versatile, Melee, Finesse
• Damage Formula: 1d6+Ore
• Mastery Perk: Your Critical hit range is increased by 1.

Scimitar

• A single-handed, curved sword, similar in dimension to the longsword. Unfortunately, unlike the longsword, the scimitar is usually fitted with a handle too small to allow two-handed wielding, but the master learns to use the curve as a means to deflect.
• Damage Type: Slashing
• Weapon Properties: One Handed, Melee, Deflect, Finesse
• Damage Formula: 1d6+Ore
• Mastery Perk: When you choose to deflect, you may roll twice and take the better result.

Short Glaive

• A short glaive is a glaive weapon with a shorter handle, usually in the range of length of a greatsword, but much lighter as the metal blade is smaller and most of the weapon is wooden haft. A short glaive is favored among elven armies as an effective long weapon that is both heavy hitting and light enough to not require excessive strength. Masters of the short glaive find the weapon can swing through soft targets, converting the momentum into another attack if they’re lucky.
• Damage Type: Piercing or Slashing
• Weapon Properties: Two Handed, Melee, Reach
• Damage Formula: 1d6+Ore
• Mastery Perk: If you reduce an enemy to 0 hit points, you can make an attack to any other foe that is within 1 square of you.

Blowgun

• Blowguns are generally used to deliver poisons from a distance, as the needle-like dart is often too small to cause serious damage. They are nearly silent when shot, and do not reveal your location if you attack from stealth and miss. A master has learned the art of the flying viper, shooting two shots at once, and reloading with a single hand.
• Damage Type: Piercing
• Weapon Properties: One Handed, Ranged (3)(5), Reload (1)(Part of Attack), Conceal
• Damage Formula: 1+Ammo
• Mastery Perk: The blowgun can be loaded with two darts. Roll two attacks. Each dart deals d4 damage and applies their effect to the target, but you can only do this at your optimal range.

Hand Crossbow

• A hand crossbow is a simple hand drawn bow that is released with a pistol trigger. The limbs are very small, weaker than any other crossbow, and can only launch the bolt a short distance. But, being able to pull the drawstring back without mechanical assistance means it can be reloaded very quickly. You can shoot, but not load, a hand crossbow with one hand at no penalty. A master crossbowman learns to reload one-handed using hook points on his clothing, enabling him to dual wield hand crossbows if he wished.
• Damage Type: Piercing
• Weapon Properties: One Handed, Ranged (4)(5), Reload (1)(Part of Attack)
• Damage Formula: 1d4+Ammo
• Mastery Perk: Can be fired and reloaded with one hand.

Hidden Crossbow

• This is a mechanical means of deploying a wrist mounted crossbow, much like the hidden blade. While this weapon is equipped, you can count the hand it is equipped to as open, allowing it to wield a weapon or shield. You cannot wield a weapon or shield in this hand and also use the hidden crossbow; in such a case, the weapon would be an inert piece of garb. A hidden crossbow master has mastered launching the bolt while in a melee.
• Damage Type: Piercing
• Weapon Properties: One Handed, Ranged (2)(4), Reload (1)(Action)
• Damage Formula: 1d4+Ammo
• Mastery Perk: You may attack as a reaction when an enemy makes an attack against you and misses.

Light Crossbow

• You draw a light crossbow back by pulling a lever. A master learns to modify his light crossbow, turning them into repeating crossbows. Repeating crossbows hold 3 bolts. As long as it holds bolts, you can reload it by pulling the reloading lever (part of the attack action). Loading a new case of 3 bolts is an action that provokes Opportunity Attacks.
• Damage Type: Piercing
• Weapon Properties: Two Handed, Ranged (6)(9), Reload (1)(Action)
• Damage Formula: 1d6+Ammo
• Mastery Perk: Modifies Light Crossbows, giving it a new value of Reload (3)(Action).

Heavy Crossbow

• Heavy crossbows load a thousand pounds of force into your bolt, letting you punch targets with as much force as a barbarian's axe. Because of this power, you must draw a heavy crossbow by turning a winch to pull the drawstring back. A master arbalest is able to use the crossbow's power to hit hard targets, possibly knocking them prone, or knocking flying creatures from the sky.
• Damage Type: Piercing
• Weapon Properties: Two Handed, Ranged (12)(15), Reload (1)(Full Round)
• Damage Formula: 1d12+Ammo
• Mastery Perk: When you score a critical hit, your enemy must succeed on a DR14 Strength check or be shoved 1 square in a straight line away from you and knocked Prone. Large creatures have advantage on this save, and larger creatures are immune. Creatures that are flying have disadvantage on this skill check.

Dagger

• Any weapon about forearm length and smaller can be called a dagger, and there are as many styles of daggers as there are cultures in existence. Nearly all daggers are weapons of opportunity, but some devote their lives to the style of cloak and dagger. The master can make blinding fast attacks even while she focuses her attention elsewhere.
• Damage Type: Piercing
• Weapon Properties: One Handed, Melee, Finesse, Light, Thrown (3)
• Damage Formula: 1d4+Ore
• Mastery Perk: You can use a bonus action to make an attack with a dagger, even if you don't take the attack action.

Rapier

• The rapier is a long, thin sword, designed with minimum weight for maximum accuracy with the tip. Prized as the pinnacle of finesse, masters learn how to properly strike forth in a lunge, learn expert parries, and use a rapier in the off hand.
• Damage Type: Piercing
• Weapon Properties: One Handed, Melee, Finesse, Reach
• Damage Formula: 1d4+Ore
• Mastery Perk: If you are wielding a rapier and nothing else, you can add 1d4 to your damage. If you have Advantage on your attack, you can add an additional 1d4 to the damage.

Sabre

• A saber describes a wide variety of weapons that all share a few properties in common; one-handed, single-edged, slight curve, and little or no counterweight to add cutting power to the blades. Examples are the cavalry saber, dueling saber, and officer’s sword. The master finds the saber’s curve and protection give incredible survivability.
• Damage Type: Slashing or Piercing
• Weapon Properties: One Handed, Melee, Deflect, Finesse
• Damage Formula: 1d6+Ore
• Mastery Perk: If a Large or smaller enemy hits you with a melee weapon attack, you can use your reaction to add your weapon's damage dice to your AC.

Sickle

• A wooden handle with a short, crescent-shaped blade with the cutting edge on the inside of the curve, derived from the farming tool. The crescent can be used to trip a target, and a master learns to use the curve of the weapon to grapple enemies when the point sinks into a target.
• Damage Type: Piercing
• Weapon Properties: One Handed, Melee, Light
• Damage Formula: 1d6+Ore
• Mastery Perk: When you score a critical hit, the target is knocked Prone and dragged 1 square in a direction that you choose.

Shortsword

• This category consists of any thrusting or chopping blade longer than a dagger, but shorter than a full-sized sword. Examples include the cutlass or the machete. The master learns to gain every bit of damage out of the shortsword.
• Damage Type: Slashing or Piercing
• Weapon Properties: One Handed, Melee, Light
• Damage Formula: 1d6+Ore
• Mastery Perk: When you have Advantage on the attack, you also have Advantage on damage.

Light Flail

• The familiar handle with a spiked ball at the end of a chain, or two clubs linked by a rope like a nunchaku, which deals both bludgeoning and piercing damage at the same time, for the purposes of overcoming resistances or immunities. Masters with the light flail learns to carry the weapons speed and momentum into another attack if they miss.
• Damage Type: Piercing and Bludgeoning
• Weapon Properties: One Handed, Melee, Reach
• Damage Formula: 1d6+Ore
• Mastery Perk: If you miss with an attack, you may use your reaction to make one attack.

Heavy Flail

• A weapon of hafted reach, though instead of an axe or blade, there is the spiked bar of the heavy flail, which deals bludgeoning and piercing damage at the same time, for the purpose of overcoming resistances or immunities. The pole flail is primarily designed for field warfare, for reaching over enemy lines, and thus the master learns to use its sweeping attack for getting around any guard, not just around shields.
• Damage Type: Piercing and Bludgeoning
• Weapon Properties: Two Handed, Melee Reach
• Damage Formula: 1d8+Ore
• Mastery Perk: Disarm attempts deal damage if the enemy succeeds on their skill check.

Meteor Hammer

• This weapon is a spherical weight attached to a 10-foot rope. Used as a more brutal form of a whip dagger, the meteor hammer is capable of using both circular movement as a weapon and can be slung forward at great reach. A master with the meteor hammer finds great utility in the weapon, despite its difficulty of use and low damage.
• Damage Type: Bludgeoning
• Weapon Properties: Two Handed, Melee, Finesse, Reach
• Damage Formula: 1d4+Ore
• Mastery Perk: As an action, you begin twirling the hammer around you in a 2 square radius. Until the start of your next turn, any creature which starts its turn or which enters this space must succeed on a Dexterity check against you or be damaged by your weapon.

Whip

• The whip is treated as a melee weapon. You can use a whip to grasp unattended small or tiny objects, or any reasonable handhold within 2 squares, provided you hit DR10 with a melee attack. You may release the item or handhold at any time. A whip master is truly a sight to behold, grabbing things with the tip and yanking things out of enemy hands, into their own possession.
• Damage Type: Piercing
• Weapon Properties: One Handed, Melee, Conceal, Finesse, Reach
• Damage Formula: 1d4
• Mastery Perk: When you disarm an item from any creature, you can choose to place the item anywhere in your reach, or catch it as a reaction, instead of it falling to the ground beneath the creature.

Chain Sword

• Perhaps the most exotic weapon on this list, the chain sword can be both a sword or a whip-like weapon that is made of bladed chain links. A master learns to quickly attack his bound target or any target next to it.
• Damage Type: Slashing
• Weapon Properties: One Handed, Melee, Finesse, Reach
• Damage Formula: 1d4+Ore
• Mastery Perk: When attacking an enemy, that enemy is Immobilized, and must make a Strength check against your weapon's damage to escape. You can still use your chain sword to attack your enemy, or any enemy within 1 square of it.

Light Hammer

• The light hammer is an especially short-handled, blunt-headed warhammer, balanced for throwing. It is different from a mace in that it focuses all force into a single face, resulting in more penetrating blows but learning control of a single face requires martial training. While a flanged mace may shred armor, a hammer is able to more precisely deliver blows that weaken the bearer of that armor, and a master can even weaken a user enough that movement seems impossible.
• Damage Type: Bludgeoning
• Weapon Properties: One Handed, Melee, Thrown (2)
• Damage Formula: 1d6+Ore
• Mastery Perk: When you make a successful attack, the target's AC is reduced by 2. This can only occur once per enemy.

Warhammer

• The historical warhammer was a lightweight, long-handled weapon designed to damage armored enemies. The small, pronged hammer head is often backed with a military pick, but just as often, a different style of face. A master of the warhammer cares little for armor, blasting through it with ease.
• Damage Type: Bludgeoning
• Weapon Properties: Two Handed, Melee
• Damage Formula: 1d8+Ore
• Mastery Perk: You ignore resistance to non-magical bludgeoning damage.

Maul

• The maul is a weapon of immense mass; a great hammer able to move the stoutest of foes. The weapon’s weight adds to incredible damage, and the master finds he can use the weapon’s mass to send foes flying with particularly vicious strikes. Additionally, mauls always have advantage on attack rolls to damage objects and deals double damage to them.
• Damage Type: Bludgeoning
• Weapon Properties: Two Handed, Melee, Reach
• Damage Formula: 1d12+Ore
• Mastery Perk: When you score a critical hit, you may choose to send your enemy flying 2 squares away from you, if they fail a DR16 Strength check.

War Pick

• The war pick is a weapon derived from a miner's pick, and famously manufactured by militant mountain dwarves, but has since been refined and used the world over by militaries keen on facing heavily armored combatants. The pick comes in many forms but is usually a battle axe sized weapon with a reinforced spike on one end, and a widened, sharpened scoop opposite the spike. Often the shaft is made with iron banding to reinforce. A master has learned to look for the perfect opening, placing the pick into soft targets in armor.
• Damage Type: Piercing
• Weapon Properties: Versatile, Melee
• Damage Formula: 1d8+Ore
• Mastery Perk: You have +2 to damage against any enemy wearing heavy armor.

Harpoon

• The harpoon is a heavy, barbed throwing spear with a socketed head which has a shaped hook that embeds itself into the target of the attack. It is attached to a length of rope as long as the user wishes so that it can be retrieved on a miss with a bonus action.
• Damage Type: Piercing
• Weapon Properties: One Handed, Melee, Thrown (4)
• Damage Formula: 1d6+Ore
• Mastery Perk: When throwing this weapon at an enemy, they must succeed a DR12 Strength check, or else you can choose to drag them back to you.

Javelin

• The javelin is a light throwing spear, build with low weight in mind which makes it somewhat fragile. Thrown javelins are subject to the same breakage chances as arrows. A Javelin can be used in melee, however, with each successful hit, it has a 50% chance to break.
• Damage Type: Piercing
• Weapon Properties: One Handed, Melee, Light, Thrown (5)
• Damage Formula: 1d6+Ore
• Mastery Perk: If you hit a shield wielding enemy, but deal no damage from his deflect, his deflect amount is reduced to 1d4 until he takes an action to pry the remnants from the shield.

Lance

• The lance is a long spear with ample hand protection designed for use from horseback. It is weighted heavily in the pommel, and as such when you choke up on the weapon to use it in melee combat, the weapon becomes unwieldy, imposing Disadvantage on all attacks made to enemies. If used from the back of a charging mount, however, the lance grants Advantage on attack rolls. Masters with the Lance have learned to put even more power into bigger targets.
• Damage Type: Piercing
• Weapon Properties: One Handed, Melee, Reach
• Damage Formula: 1d8+Ore
• Mastery Perk: If you are mounted, your successful attacks push enemies 1 square, and deal 1d12 damage against Large or larger enemies.

War Spear

• A war spear is different from a simple spear in that it is designed to resist cutting its shaft, and has weight in the pommel, making it more balanced for martial techniques. A war spear can be used as a throwing weapon, but not as effectively as a javelin.
• Damage Type: Piercing
• Weapon Properties: Versatile, Melee, Finesse, Thrown (3)
• Damage Formula: 1d8+Ore
• Mastery Perk: If you hit the same target you hit with your most recent attack, your attack deals an additional 1d4 piercing damage.

Pike

• The pike is a long weapon, varying in size, from 8 to 12 feet long, designed for foot soldiers in a phalanx formation, to be used against an opposing line. It has a wooden shaft shod in iron, with an iron or steel spearhead affixed. A master with the Pike learns to fight as a phalanx soldier, using his ally as cover, but deftly striking around him without detriment.
• Damage Type: Piercing
• Weapon Properties: Two Handed, Melee, Reach
• Damage Formula: 1d8+Ore
• Mastery Perk: No creature provides half cover to your enemy if you attack it with reach. Your allies still provide half cover to you from this enemy.

Trident

• The trident, traditionally a fishing weapon, can be repurposed for war with some efficiency. The three prongs deal more reliable damage than a simple spear, and in particular, the master trident user finds particularly devastating attacks while throwing it.
• Damage Type: Piercing
• Weapon Properties: Versatile, Melee, Disarm, Thrown (3)
• Damage Formula: 1d6+Ore
• Mastery Perk: If you throw this weapon and land a successful hit, the enemy must make a Dr10 Constitution check or have their speed reduced by half until the start of their next round.

Bolas

• A bolas is a pair of weights, connected by a thin rope or cord. Usually, the cord is reinforced with metal links to prevent the prey from simply biting or tearing the bolas to escape. The master bolo learns to accurately target his prey, bringing them down by binding the legs.
• Damage Type: Bludgeoning
• Weapon Properties: One Handed, Light, Thrown (4)
• Damage Formula: 1d4
• Mastery Perk: When you successfully hit, you deal damage and your enemy is knocked Prone.

Boomerang

• The boomerang is primarily a hunting tool, but it is not uncommon to carry these versatile weapons into battle. A boomerang is made of wood and is flat, with a long haft, a pronounced forward curve, and a sharp backward bend at the head. If you miss with this weapon it will return to you as long as you succeed at a Dr10 Acrobatics check. A master learns the fabled hit and return, allowing a boomerang to return to the user even if it hits.
• Damage Type: Bludgeoning
• Weapon Properties: One Handed, Thrown (5)
• Damage Formula: 1d4
• Mastery Perk: You ignore half cover. It will always return to you after your attack, hit or miss, as long as you succeed at a DR8 Acrobatics check.

Dart

• More similar to a lawn dart than a tavern dart, this throwing weapon is much smaller than a javelin, typically fletched like an arrow and weighted with lead. It’s superior piercing capability and weighted tip allow the master to pin targets to walls if the conditions are right.
• Damage Type: Piercing
• Weapon Properties: One Handed, Thrown (5)
• Damage Formula: 1d6+Ore
• Mastery Perk: When you make a successful hit, you can choose to deal no damage and instead pin the enemy to an adjacent wall or obstacle such as a tree or another creature. Your enemy is Immobilized, and must succeed at a DR10 Strength check to remove the darts to free itself. If you pin your enemy to another creature, that creature takes damage.

Net

• A net is used to entangle enemies. A large or smaller creature hit by a net is Immobilized until freed. Dealing 5 slashing damage to the net also frees the creature without harming it, ending the effect and destroying the net. A net cannot be used against Huge or larger enemies.
• Damage Type: N/A
• Weapon Properties: One Handed, Thrown (2)
• Damage Formula: No Damage
• Mastery Perk: If you have Advantage when you Immobilize your enemy, it is Stunned instead.

Throwing Shot

• A Throwing Shot is a weighty, round ball used offensively as a thrown weapon. A creature must take time to wind up and throw the shot, and this reflects in the attack. A master is deadly accurate with the shot and is able to target an enemy's head to smash them stunned. A creature with Strength less than 7 cannot wield a shot at all.
• Damage Type: Bludgeoning
• Weapon Properties: Two Handed, Thrown (6)
• Damage Formula: 1d8+Ore
• Mastery Perk: If you have Advantage and both dice would have hit, your enemy is Stunned until the end of its next round.

Throwing Star

• These small pointed disks are constructed from thin, flat plates of metal derived from a variety of sources including coins, carpentry tools, washers or nail removers. They often have a hole in the center and possess a fairly thin blade sharpened mainly at the tip. The flat, small design of these weapons allows many to be palmed at once and thrown all together.
• Damage Type: Piercing
• Weapon Properties: One Handed, Light, Thrown (3)
• Damage Formula: 1d4+Ore
• Mastery Perk: Three Throwing Stars can be thrown at once in the same attack. All three Throwing Stars make separate attacks and can hit the same or different targets. Your Dexterity modifier only applies damage to one attack.

Adder's Tongue

• Rarity: Common
• Appearance: Long, green stalks that are forked, like a snake tongue.
• Effect: +2 bonus to Resist Disease checks, for one day.
• Potion Effect: None.
• Addiction: No.

Adgana

• Rarity: Uncommon
• Appearance: Small, white leaves that grow on a bush.
• Effect: The first usage increases Strength and Dexterity by 2, for one day. Subsequent usage decreases Strength and Dexterity by 1, for one day.
• Potion Effect: None
• Addiction: Yes, reduces Charisma by 3, and inflicts 1d6 damage each day, when in withdrawl.

Agrimony

• Rarity: Rare
• Appearance: Small flowers with yellow on the top and white on the bottom petals.
• Effect: Dazed for 1d4 hours.
• Potion Effect: Unconscious for 1d6 hours.
• Addiction: No.

Alether

• Rarity: Common
• Appearance: Orange berries that droop from Needlebane Cacti.
• Effect: +1 to attack rolls, for one day.
• Potion Effect: +2 to attack rolls, and temporarily gives 20 HP, for one day. This effect ends with total collapse for 1d4 days unless the consumer makes a successful Resist Poison check vs. 10.
• Addiction: No.

Alkanet

• Rarity: Rare
• Appearance: Thick, red root.
• Effect: +1 to Resist Poison checks against ingested poisons, for one day.
• Potion Effect: Resist all poisons, for one hour.
• Addiction: Yes, -3 to Resist Poison checks, when in withdrawl.

All-Heale

• Rarity: Common
• Appearance: Bushy, green clover.
• Effect: Heals HP by 5.
• Potion Effect: Heals HP by 10 + (Constitution Score).
• Addiction: No.

Anserke

• Rarity: Uncommon
• Appearance: The root of a cluster of purple and yellow flowers.
• Effect: None
• Potion Effect: Stops wounds from closing for one hour, making Bleeding effects deal twice the damage.
• Addiction: No.

Arlan

• Rarity: Common
• Appearance: Small, white leaves, from a darkwood tree.
• Effect: None
• Potion Effect: Increases speed by 3 squares, for one day.
• Addiction: No.

Asarabacca

• Rarity: Rare
• Appearance: Tall, green stalks with small purple flowers.
• Effect: Deals 1d4 poison damage.
• Potion Effect: The consumer must make a successful Resist Poison check vs. 16, or be rendered docile, and incapable of violence, for 1d6 hours.
• Addiction: No.

Ashwood Bark

• Rarity: Uncommon
• Appearance: Grayish, papery bark.
• Effect: +1 to Resist Poison checks, for one hour.
• Potion Effect: -2 to Resist Poison checks, for one day. Additionally, deals 1d20 damage to Undead.
• Addiction: No.

Schools of Magic

Spell Ranges

Absorb Toxicity

• Spell Rank: Expert Alteration
• Range: Self
• Duration: One Hour
• Effects: You absorb the toxicity of your surroundings, becoming toxic as a result. While under the effect of this spell, you are immune to diseases and poisons with which you come into contact. When you are exposed to a disease or poison, you can choose to absorb it. While you have a disease or poison absorbed, you can use a melee touch attack to transfer that affliction to another creature. A missed attack does not discharge the spell, and you can try to transfer the affliction again in subsequent turns.

Acid Arrow

• Spell Class: Expert Destruction
• Range: Targeted
• Duration: Instant
• Effects: A glowing bolt of acid flies forth, dealing 2d4 Acid Damage. Every three levels, the acid lasts for another Turn (to a maximum of 6 additional turns at level 18), dealing another 2d4 points of Acid Damage each Turn.

Acid Splash

• Spell Class: Novice Destruction
• Range: Touch
• Duration: Instant
• Effects: You strike the target with an acid-soaked fist, dealing 1d4 Acid Damage, and inflicting Sundered for 1 Turn.

Acute Senses

• Spell Class: Novice Restoration
• Range: Touch
• Duration: One Hour
• Effects: The target gains a +5 bonus to Perception checks.

Agonizing Rebuke

• Spell Class: Expert Destruction
• Range: 1-Stage Self Burst
• Duration: Three Turns
• Effects: Each time an enemy makes an attack against you, targets you with a harmful spell, or otherwise takes an action that would harm you, it takes 1d6 points of nonlethal damage.

Aid

• Spell Class: Novice Restoration
• Range: Touch
• Duration: Four Turns
• Effects: The target gains a +1 bonus to attack rolls, plus temporary hit points equal to (1d8 + caster level).

Air Geyser

• Spell Class: Novice Destruction
• Range: Targeted
• Duration: Instant
• Effects: The force of the air deals 1d6 Bludgeoning Damage, and hurls the target upward a number of feet equal to 5 × your level. If a solid object (such as a ceiling) is encountered, the target strikes the object in the same manner as it would during a normal fall. After this blast of air ceases, the target falls down (unless it was flying), taking falling damage as normal.
  This movement does not provoke opportunity attacks.

Akashic Form

• Spell Class: Master Conjuration
• Range: Self
• Duration: One Day
• Effects: You create a perfect copy of your physical body in the Akashic Record at the time the spell is cast. This copy includes your current hit point total, attribute scores, and any conditions such as disease and poison. If at any point within the duration of the spell you are reduced to fewer than 0 hit points, you can assume the copy of your physical body on your next turn. When this happens, you resume the place of your dead body (already wearing any clothing still attached to the corpse).

Analyze Aura

• Spell Class: Novice Mysticism
• Range: Targeted
• Duration: Instant
• Effects: You peer into the aura of one target creature or object, gaining valuable information about its condition and nature. Choose one of the target's four auras:
• Alignment Aura: You study the target's spiritual nature to determine its alignment.
• Emotional Aura: The target's aura reveals its emotional state. You learn the target's current disposition towards you. For the duration of the spell and for 1 hour afterward, you gain a +2 bonus on Persuasion, Barter, Deception, and Intimidate checks you make against the target.
• Health Aura: The flow of vital force animating the target becomes plainly visible. You know the target's general state of health, and if it is poisoned or diseased.
• Magic Aura: You determine the number and power of all magical auras on the target. If cast on an item, you can make Arcane Knowledge checks to determine the school or identify properties of a magic item, as normal.