[LORE & SYSTEM: Dungeon Builder Monster Extraodinaire]

[Mae]

Pinglist

@POOHEAD189@Lucius Cypher@Dark Cloud@Kenshi@VeyrinDay

Table of Contents:
Current Phase: Dungeon Building! Lurking Phase Incoming soon.
GM Posts:

GM Post 0: Intro
GM Post 1: Our First Raid
GM Post 2: A Dungeon is Born

Character Sheet

Classes:

Brute
Crafter
Conniver
Hunter
Marauder
Shadow
Shaman
Warlock

Gear:

Example Concoctions
Example Contraptions
Example Magic Items
Example Edges

Dungeon Rooms

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_{⚔ B R U T E ⚔}

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P O W E R F U L & I N T I M I D A T I N G B R A W L E R S}
<sub>R A G E : You can spend stress to perform an incredible feat of strength, like
throwing a large boulder, tackling a charging horse, or facing off against a much
larger foe on equal footing.

FLASHBACKS: TORTURING A PRISONER | THREATENING VIOLENCE | AQUIRING THE RIGHT WEAPON</sub>

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| ASSAULT |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You’re a force to be reckoned with. On a success in close combat, you can also (choose
one): cleave into a nearby enemy - destroy their shield or armor - send them flying.}
^{___________________________________________}

| FURY |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
When you suffer injury or humiliation, you take +1d if you immediately lash out.
On a critical, you clear 1 stress.}
^{___________________________________________}

| LIVING WEAPON |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
Your body is a deadly weapon and has edges (choose two):
concealed - longreach - grappling - ranged - pulverizing - terrifying.
How did you end up this way?}
^{___________________________________________}

| MENACE |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You put the torment of others over your own safety. You take +1d when you go hard
to intimidate or humiliate someone. On a critical, you clear 1 stress.}
^{___________________________________________}

| PACK MULE |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You can carry an immense amount. You gain two gear slots, a defense based on
them, and a supply slot. Where do you keep all of that extra stuff?}
^{___________________________________________}

| RAWHIDE |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
Your thick hide protects you from harm. You take +1d when resisting physical
attacks and spend 1 less stress when you do so. What makes your hide so tough?}
^{___________________________________________}

| TASKMASTER |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You gain a downtime action which you can only use to recruit
minions or sacrifice to have minions perform a downtime action
without paying them gold.}
^{___________________________________________}

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_{⊰ C R A F T E R ⊱}

^{___________________________________________
C L E V E R & C U R I O U S T I N K E R E R S}
<sub>I N G E N U I T Y : You can spend stress to perform an incredible feat of creation,
like mixing concoctions on the fly to create a powerful combined effect, slapping
together a temporary simple contraption, or ignoring volatility in monster
science creations.

FLASHBACKS: SABOTAGING STRUCTURES | GRABBING MATERIALS | BREWING A CONCOCTION</sub>

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| BREWMASTER |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
When you make a concoction, you always make 1 extra dose, even on a failure. You
gain a downtime action which you can only use to brew concoctions.}
^{___________________________________________}

| CREATIVE FRENZY |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
On a success while working on a crafting downtime project, the downtime action
isn’t consumed. You also gain a downtime action which you can only use to craft.}
^{___________________________________________}

| MONSTER SCIENCE |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You fully believe in your creations. You take +1d when you go hard with a concoction
or contraption, but you can't resist any consequences from the roll. On a critical,
you clear 1 stress.}
^{___________________________________________}

| PRIDE |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You instill a deep sense of yourself into anything you create. When you or someone
else rolls a critical using something you crafted, you gain a dark heart.}
^{___________________________________________}

| PROTOTYPE |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
Start a single tier 2 or 3 contraption crafting clock. You can use this unfinished
contraption as normal. Any time you make a dire roll using it, it ticks the crafting
clock once. When the clock is full, the contraption is made and you start a new clock.}
^{___________________________________________}

| SCRUTINY |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You can spend stress to establish a flaw in a structure or some machinery you can
see. You take +1d when you act on that knowledge.}
^{___________________________________________}

| SIGNATURE ELIXER |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You have a steady supply of a single specific tier 2 concoction and you gain 2 supply
slots which you can only use for it.}
^{___________________________________________}

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_{👁 C O N N I V E R 👁}

^{___________________________________________
M A N I P U L A T I N G & C O N T R O L L I N G M A S T E R M I N D S}
<sub>S T R I N G S : You can spend stress to have an ally remember your voice in their
head, allowing them to reroll a failure. If they roll a success, you gain a dark
heart. What criticism or advice did you previously impart on them?

FLASHBACKS: MANIPULATING OTHERS | SETTING UP CONTINGENCY PLANS | AQUIRING INFORMATION</sub>

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| INTUITION |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
Others are an open book to you. You can spend stress to establish a target’s emotional
state, though it must be a reasonable emotion for them to be feeling. You take +1d
when you act on that knowledge.}
^{___________________________________________}

| MASTERFUL LIAR |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You excel at lying when you go all in on a falsehood. You take +1d when you go hard
to tell a lie. On a success, you gain a dark heart.}
^{___________________________________________}

| MISSED A SPOT |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
Each downtime, you get two ticks which can be distributed to any project clocks
started by your allies. What errors do you point out in their work?}
^{___________________________________________}

| OPPORTUNIST |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You take +1d on a roll when acting immediately after an ally fails a resistance roll.
How do you leverage their failure to your own advantage?}
^{___________________________________________}

| TONGUES |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You can speak the Light Tongue, albeit with a strong, monstrous accent. How does
a monster like you even learn to speak the language of civilization?}
^{___________________________________________}

| WEAVING THE WEB |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
On a success during a flashback or downtime action to interact with contacts, you
gain a dark heart. You also gain a downtime action which you can only use to contact
a vile friend, faction, or other NPC.}
^{___________________________________________}

| WORDPLAY |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
On a success when resisting with:
BANTER, THREATEN, or TRICK,
you can also (choose one):
deflect blame - plant a false idea - have the GM reveal a secret.}
^{___________________________________________}

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_{◎ H U N T E R ◎}

^{___________________________________________
R U T H L E S S & T E N A C I O U S T R A C K E R S}
<sub>T H R I L L O F T H E H U N T : You can spend stress to establish a small, momentary
weakness in your prey. You gain +effect when you exploit this on your next
roll to stalk, catch, or bring them down. On a success, you gain a dark heart.

FLASHBACKS: SETTING A TRAP | SCOUTING OUT A LOCATION | HUNTING UP SOME FOOD</sub>

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| FERAL SENSES |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
Animal blood runs through your veins, causing your senses to extend twice as far as
normal. You take +1d when tracking or surveying an area. You also gain a defense
against surprise.}
^{___________________________________________}

| GRIT |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You don't go down easy. On a failure when resisting, you can immediately roll an
extra 1d that counts towards the roll. If the result is a success, it counts as a critical.}
^{___________________________________________}

| HUNTING PET |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You have a hunting pet or pack instead of minions. It has the companion upgrade
and knows tricks (choose two):
cause confusion - fetch - herd prey - locate prey - surprise attack.
Your pet takes +1d when performing known tricks.}
^{___________________________________________}

| SCAVENGER |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
On a success while surveying or traversing a risky area, you can (choose one):
find a piece of mundane gear - tick an edge crafting clock - harvest a tier 2 concoction.}
^{___________________________________________}

| SCOUT |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You make a habit of roaming the surface and scouting out targets. While choosing
a raid plan, you can establish a weakness you know about in your target’s defenses.
During the raid, you can also spend stress to establish a second fact.}
^{___________________________________________}

| TRICK SHOTS |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You can pull off improbable (but not impossible) shots with a ranged weapon,
like ricocheting a projectile off a wall or shooting through one target and hitting
another. You ignore any circumstances towards effect from the difficulty, but you
must explain how you pulled off the shot.}
^{___________________________________________}

| WILD KNOWLEDGE |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You can spend stress to establish a fact about plants, animals, or
the weather. You take +1d when you act on that knowledge.}
^{___________________________________________}

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_{⊰ M A U R A U D E R ⊱}

^{___________________________________________
C U N N I N G & F E A R L E S S W A R R I O R S}
<sub>B A T T L E M A S T E R : You can spend stress to perform an incredible feat of
athletics, like throwing an axe a great distance, maneuvering nearly anywhere
on the field of battle, or facing off against a group of foes on equal footing.

FLASHBACKS: GIVING ORDERS TO MINIONS | SURVEYING A TARGET'S STRENGTH | DISCIPLINING SURBORDINATES</sub>

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| BULWARK |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You're the rock on which your allies lean. You take +1d when resisting consequences
for an ally. On a success, the ally takes +1d on any follow-up action.}
^{___________________________________________}

| COHORT |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
Your minions are always elite, with the mindset (loyal) and companion upgrades.
They also have an additional upgrade (choose one):
equipped - mindset (fearless) - trained - versatile.}
^{___________________________________________}

| COMMANDER |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You exert your will to bolster your minions. You can spend stress or a dark heart
to give a minion pack +1d on a roll. You also gain a defense against minion failure.}
^{___________________________________________}

| CONTROL |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You fluidly control a fight. On a success when resisting an attack in close combat,
you can also (choose one):
disarm them - redirect the attack - reposition them nearby.}
^{___________________________________________}

| JOY OF BATTLE |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You love nothing more than your own excellence in battle. On a critical while
engaged in combat, you clear 1 stress and gain a dark heart.}
^{___________________________________________}

| MANIAC |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You think nothing of risking life and limb. You take +1d when you go hard and put
your own body on the line, but you can't resist any consequences from the roll. On
a critical, you clear 1 stress.}
^{___________________________________________}

| TACTICIAN |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
Battle plans are the key to your success. You take +1d on your first action after an
engagement roll. You also gain a defense against raid plans going off track.}
^{___________________________________________}

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_{☠ S H A D O W ☠}

^{___________________________________________
S N E A K Y & E L U S I V E R O G U E S}
<sub>P R O W L E R : You can spend stress to perform an incredible feat of agility, like:
slipping unimpeded through a mob, leaping safely from a high tower, or hiding in plain sight.

FLASHBACKS: SNATCHING SOMETHING VALUABLE | LYING TO CREATE OPPURTUNITY | STASHING SOME ITEMS</sub>

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| DARK MIND |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You can compel other PCs to action just as if the GM had compelled them. If they
accept, you gain a dark heart. If they decline, you take stress. The GM is still the final
judge of what is an appropriate compel.}
^{___________________________________________}

| POISONER |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
Making or procuring poisons is second nature for you. You have a steady supply of
the following tier 1 concoction poisons:
blinding - disorienting - slowing - nauseating.
You also gain two supply slots which you can only use for them.}
^{___________________________________________}

| POUNCE |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You recognize the perfect timing to strike. You take +1d when you catch someone
by surprise. On a critical, you clear 1 stress.}
^{___________________________________________}

| SLIPPERY |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You're tough to pin down. On a success when resisting an enemy attack, you can also
(choose one):
disappear from their sight - pick their pocket - reposition behind them.}
^{___________________________________________}

| STALKER |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
Your lurking presence forces foolish action. On a success while moving stealthily,
NPCs near you (choose one):
do something stupid due to paranoia - reveal a secret.}
^{___________________________________________}

| STICKY FINGERS |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You always manage to come away with something of value. You get 1 extra gold each
loot roll and can control up to 4 gold without raising suspicion. Also, once during
each raid, you can establish the location of some good loot nearby.}
^{___________________________________________}

| UNSEEN HAND |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
When you assist an ally, you only take consequences if they
roll a failure. If they roll a critical, you clear 1 stress.
Why
do they not know you're helping them?}
^{___________________________________________}

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_{◈ S H A M A N ◈}

^{___________________________________________
T E R R I F Y I N G & V E N G E F U L W I T C H E S}
<sub>W I T C H C R A F T: You can spend stress to INVOKE tier 2 or tier 3 spells of a single witchcraft path, choose one:
Bloodreading - Soothsaying - Spiritcalling - Stormstrike - Wildheart

FLASHBACKS: INTERACTING WITH SPIRITS OR ANIMALS | BREWING A WILD CONCOCTION | SOWING TERROR</sub>

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| BEASTFORM |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You can spend stress to assume the form of a beast. While in this form, one of your
actions swaps ratings with another and you gain either Primal Ability or a special
ability from another calling. You also gain a second dark impulse while in this form.
All of these are chosen when you first take this ability.}
^{___________________________________________}

| BONDED SPIRIT |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You have a magically bonded spirit or pack instead of minions. It has the companion
upgrade and powers (choose two):
become invisible - manifest physically - possess the weak-minded - reveal information about the past.
It can use each once per cycle.}
^{___________________________________________}

| SPIRIT WHISPERS |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
Your control of chaotic situations pulls information from surrounding spirits. On
a success when resisting, you can ask the GM a question or to reveal a secret related
to the situation. You also gain a defense against lies, trickery, and stealth.}
^{___________________________________________}

| TERROR |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
Others can't help but reveal their fears. You can spend stress to establish what
someone’s worst fear is. You take +1d when you act on that knowledge.}
^{___________________________________________}

| WEAVING |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You effortlessly blend witchcraft with the material or mundane. On a success when
casting a spell, you take +1d on any follow-up using a different action.}
^{___________________________________________}

| WILD BREWS |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You can brew potions of any tier from all witchcraft paths. You also gain a downtime
action which you can only use to brew potions.}
^{___________________________________________}

| WRATH |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
Your desire for payback fuels your
witchcraft. When you cast a spell
immediately after a resistance roll, you
take +1d and it costs no stress to cast.}
^{___________________________________________}

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_{☾ W A R L O C K ☾}

^{___________________________________________
D A R I N G & A M B I T I O U S M A G E S}
<sub>S O R C E R Y: You can spend stress to INVOKE tier 2 or tier 3 spells of a single sorcery path, choose one:
enchantment - evocation - force mastery - illusion - necromancy - pyromancy

FLASHBACKS: ACQUIRING ARCANE KNOWLEDGE | STRIKING OCCULT DEALS | CREATING MAGICAL ITEMS</sub>

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| ARTIFICER |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You gain a downtime action which you can only use to incant rituals to make magic
items. These rituals also require one less special requirement than usual.}
^{___________________________________________}

| COUNTERSPELL |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
On a success when resisting magical effects, you also (choose one):
absorb the spell and clear 1 stress - establish a quirk about the caster’s power - reflect the spell at the caster.}
^{___________________________________________}

| FAMILIAR |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You're magically bonded to a small critter, no bigger than a cat. You can speak
telepathically while it's close by. Choose two actions that it excels at, which you roll
your own INVOKE for. You roll 0d on anything else. It's knocked out of a scene when
bloodied and magically returns during recovery. You can spend stress to cast a tier
1 spell through it.}
^{___________________________________________}

| GRAND SORCERY |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You can choose a second path for your SORCERY core ability and can cast from any
sorcery path with only a single magic focus.}
^{___________________________________________}

| OVERLOAD |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You open yourself to a torrent of power. You take +1d when you go hard with a spell,
but you can't resist any consequences from the roll. On a critical, you clear 1 stress.}
^{___________________________________________}

| REAPER |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
When you deliver a killing blow with a weapon, you reap the soul of your victim.
You can expend this soul later to cast a spell without spending stress, also taking
+1d on the roll. You can only hold one reaped soul at a time.}
^{___________________________________________}

| VILE FORM |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You can spend stress to assume an amorphous form for a few moments, such as a
swarm or a fog. You gain any strengths and weaknesses the form possesses and
can roll Invoke to perform actions it would excel at. All of these are
chosen when you first take this ability.}
^{___________________________________________}

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_{۩ Z E A L O T ۩}

^{___________________________________________
F E R V A N T & M Y S T I C A L B E L I E V E R S}
<sub>C H A N N E L I N G: You can spend stress to Invoke tier 2 and tier 3 spells of your
chosen deity’s domains. Each god has two domains which act as magic paths.

FLASHBACKS: INTERROGATING NONBELIEVERS | MAKING SACRIFICES | ISSUING COMMANDS TO FOLLOWERS</sub>

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| ACOLYTES |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
Your minions are fanatic devotees of your god. They have the mindset (zealous)
and companion upgrades and will take a downtime action to incant a ritual each
downtime without asking for gold.}
^{___________________________________________}

| DEFILER |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
Draw a 4-segment clock on your sheet. Tick it once each time you defile something
sacred or beautiful that is antithetical to your god’s domains. When the clock is
full, a tier 2 ritual immediately manifests in that location and you start a new clock.}
^{___________________________________________}

| FERVANT AURA |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
When you would become bloodied or be killed, you can designate a nearby minion
to become bloodied or die instead. When a minion pack dies in this way, they can
perform a final action and you gain a dark heart.}
^{___________________________________________}

| INQUISITOR |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You feel deep satisfaction in breaking the will of others. On a success when torturing
prisoners, you gain a dark heart and learn twice as much information as normal.
You also gain a downtime action which you can only use for this purpose.}
^{___________________________________________}

| REBUKE |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You teach those who challenge you a harsh lesson. On a success when resisting, you
take +1d if you immediately act against them. On a critical when resisting, you also
(choose one):
strike fear in their heart - make them doubt their path.}
^{___________________________________________}

| SMITE |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
Designate a weapon as your unholy weapon. It's now your magic focus. On a success
when attacking someone with it, you can spend stress to immediately affect the
target with a tier 1 spell without rolling.}
^{___________________________________________}

| UNHOLY RITUALS |

[+]

_{___________________________________________
You gain a downtime action which you can
only use to incant rituals. On a success when
incanting a ritual, you gain a dark heart.}
^{___________________________________________}

[Mae]

| CONCOCTIONS |

Concoctions

Concoctions are single-use potions thrown together in mad laboratories. If taking one of these as your valuable item at character creation, remove the negative aspect that makes this Volatile. When making Concoctions, Volatile aspects only affect potions on a Mixed Success.

Anti-Gravity Torch: Lights up an area like a torch, but the light is a random color.
Beastlure: Brings in a specific type of animal if it's in the area, but the scent sticks on you.
Blistermaker: Causes blisters to erupt on contact with skin,
but is extremely foul smelling.
Bottled Fury: Stops you from dying until the potion wears off, but you can't resist death.
Cooling Poultice: Can ignore the effects of MUSCLES shock, but doesn't clear the shock when rolled.
Darkwater: Fills a body of water with dark ink, but your hands get covered in the same ink.
Dreadfood: Causes horrific hallucinations, but sometimes enrages the one that imbibed it.
Essence of Night: Fills a large area with moonless darkness, but the area is freezing cold.
Fire Oil: Catches fire when hit with a spark, but takes a few tries before it lights.
Firebomb: Bursts on contact and splashes into a ball of flame, but has a very short fuse.
Firedancer: Shoots a trail of sparks in a random line then pops, but sometimes flies like a boomerang.
Friendmaker: Makes anyone sprayed in the face friendly to you, but hostile towards those you're with.
Glowstick: Lights up the area like a torch, but the light is a random colour.
Heartstop: Makes you appear completely dead, but you wake up with shock to GUTS.
Itching Dust: Causes extreme itchiness when contacting skin, but is easily spread by the wind.
Kaboom: Creates an explosion large enough to destroy a house, but the explosion is randomly delayed.
Lightbender: Makes someone appear completely invisible, but also nearly blind.
Magnetizer: Causes any metal hit with it to become highly magnetic, but it might randomly activate.
Metalshards: : Sends shards of metal in all directions, but has a loose trigger.
Nervewrecker: Paralyzes a victim temporarily, but they ignore all pain afterwards.
Outburst Draught: Causes someone to act on their current strongest emotion, but is contagious.
Painkiller: Can ignore the effects of MUSCLES shock, but doesn't clear the shock when rolled.
Quickfreeze: Covers the entire area in ice, but the bottle is incredibly fragile.
Quickrust: Can instantly rust away any piece of metal, but its container is hard to open.
Quicksleep: Instantly puts someone to sleep, but only for a few brief moments.
Shrieker: Emits a loud shriek when it comes into contact with light, but sometimes randomly shrieks.
Sneezing Powder: Makes someone who inhales it have a sneezing fit, but is extremely tricky to apply.
Stink Bomb: Fills an area with a horrible smell and causes retching, but has a leaky container.
Stonemelt: Quickly dissolves large sections of stone, but fills the area with thick smoke.
Suregrip: Allows you to climb on walls like a spider, but normal items stick tenaciously to your hands.
Tarbomb: Covers anything it hits with sticky tar, but leaves a trail of tar when you throw it.
Thunderstone: Emits a blinding light when thrown against a hard surface, but is always hot to the touch.
Tremorbead: Seeps rapidly into the earth, causing it to tremble, but activates when shaken.
Unarcana Stone: Causes magic within an area to cease working, but also causes monster science to fail.
Wide Eye Tablets: Keeps you wide-awake for a night, but causes hallucinations
Zombiejuice: Reanimates a fresh corpse into a killing machine, but it quickly falls apart.
Zoner: You don't take shock to BRAINS, but you take -2d from shock to other attributes.

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[Mae]

| CONTRAPTIONS |

Contraptions

Contraptions are the crazed inventions of the greatest monster minds. If taking one of these as your valuable item at character creation, remove the negative aspect that makes this Volatile. When making Contraptions, Volatile aspects only affect potions on a Mixed Success.

Bear in mind these are just examples. You can make your own contraptions during your downtime.

Auto-Lockpick: Allows you to roll the item's tier against any lock, but is very noisy.
Backpack Catapult: Can launch fairly large stones, but takes up an extra gear or supply slot.
Bear Trap: Latches onto the foot of whoever steps in it, but is really dangerous to pick back up.
Boomstick: Blows something within short range to smithereens, but also hits nearby allies.
Candlehelm: Lights the way in front of you, but drips wax onto your face.
Chainsaw: Can tear through wood and flesh like butter, but merely wielding it is highly dangerous.
Clockwork Servant: Can do one specific task that it's programmed to do, but rusts easily.
Concoction-Loader: Shoots a concoction a great distance, but is really cumbersome to carry.
Corner Mirror: Lets you see around corners, but is easily broken.
Electromagnet: Strongly attracts metal, but shocks the hell out of you when you turn it off.
Escape Balloon: Can pull you up into the air, but is almost impossible to control.
Flamethrower: Fires jets of white hot fire, but the fuel tank is very vulnerable and fuel is limited.
Gas Mask: Ignores the effects of gases, but you can barely see while wearing it.
Glider: Lets you control your descent, but it's absolutely terrifying.
High Pitch Whistle: Can only be heard by dogs and similar beasts, but gives you a headache.
Laser Eye: Fires a laser out of one of your eyes, but you have BRAINS shock while it recharges.
Lighter: Easily ignites flammable materials, but breaks easily
Mining Drill: Bores through stone very quickly, but gives -1d on calamity rolls when used in the dungeon
Monacle Spyglass: Sees objects far away as if they were up close, but disorients you.
Night-Vision Goggles: Lets you see in the dark, but blinds you if you look directly at a light source.
Parachute: Slows your fall, but you still hit the ground pretty hard.
Portable Trampoline: Lets you jump higher than you otherwise could, but is hard to put away.
Rapid-Reload Crossbow: Never requires pausing to reload, but sometimes misfires.
Retract-o-Claw: Clamps onto whatever it's shot at, but retracts very slowly.
Robotic Limb: Replaces a hacked off limb, but seems to have a mind of its own.
Rocket Boots: Let you briefly move incredibly fast, but always launch you out of them at the end.
Rocket Pack: Allows you to soar through the sky at rapid speeds, but can go off at any time.
Rope Launcher: Sends a rope flying a great distance, but requires time to wind it up.
Shockstick: Stuns the one you hit with it, but also stuns you.
Snorkel: Lets you breathe underwater, but is easily spotted.
Spring Boots: Let you make one giant leap, but take a long time to reload after use.
Spring-loaded Hidden Dagger: Puts a dagger instantly into your hand, but can randomly activate.
Sticky Gloves: Let you climb up a wall, but you can only reliably move up.
Two-Wheeler: Lets you rapidly move over flat terrain, but the brakes don't work.
Waterbreather: Lets you breathe underwater, but your vision is highly limited.
Welding Torch: Welds metal together with a hot flame, but showers you in sparks.

[Mae]

| MAGIC ITEMS |

Magic Items

Magic Items are rare loot that let you do something you couldn't normally achieve. If taking one of these as your valuable item at character creation, remove the negative aspect that makes this Volatile. When making Magic Items, Volatile aspects only affect potions on a Mixed Success.

Bear in mind these are just examples. You can make your own Magic Items through Rituals during your downtime.

Bag of Devouring: Will completely destroy any non-living material put inside it, but is very hungry.
Bag of Luck: Lets you reach your hand in and pull out a mundane item, but likes to play tricks on you.
Blink Boots: Lets you teleport a short distance away, but you're disoriented after.
Bloodstone: Heals a wound, but must be bathed in increasingly potent blood after each use.
Bouncy Boots: Lets you always bounce safely when falling, but you bounce in a random direction.
Cloak of Invisibility: Turns you completely invisible, but no other gear besides the cloak.
Convensworn Tome: Allows you to cast a predetermined tier 1, 2, and 3 spell, but costs more each time.
Cursed Coin - Tier 2: Causes the one that finds it to grow greedier over time, but tries to be spent.
Cursed Mirror - Tier 2: Sends the thoughts of anyone looking into it to its creator, but slowly drives you insane.
Dancebox - Tier 2: Makes anyone around without a task start dancing, but only plays one song.
Displacement Arrows - Tier 2: Teleport anyone hit with them to a nearby spot, but the spot is totally random.
Driftcloak: Lets you slowly descend from a high spot, but you can't control your descent at all.
Ember Ring: Emits embers, igniting anything flammable, but burns you when you use it.
Endless Bottle: Holds an immense amount of liquid, but all of it flows out when opened.
Eye of Melawa - Tier 2, can be tier 1 if just for illusions: Reveals lies and illusions, but makes a blinding flash when it does so.
Goldmonger's Tooth - Tier 2: Turns victims into golden statues, but they might randomly come back to life.
Grasping Shield - Tier 2: Can reach out and entangle enemies, but is terrified of axes.
Harvesting Axe - Tier 2: Gives you a huge burst of power when you hack off a limb, but always demands more.
Immovable Armor: Makes you nigh-immovable, but you can't run while wearing it.
Lookout Cap: Lets you know if anyone can see you, but is extremely paranoid of getting spotted.
Magic Eight Ball: Answers almost any yes or no question you ask, but can't be used again for a cycle.
Marionette: Can perform a simple command that you give it, but wanders off afterwards
Mind Distillery - Tier 2: Drains memories from people's minds, but makes them go insane in the process.
Rust Shield - Tier 2: Instantly rusts any metal weapon it blocks, but slowly falls apart.
Snake Lock: Can be placed on a door to instantly lock it, but bites you when you take it off.
Soul Flask - Tier 2: Can hold a single soul for transport, but the soul will rattle the flask at the worst moment.
Spidersilk Lute: Draws in spiders in your area when played, but the spiders are hostile to you as well.
Spiteskull - Tier 2: Tries to bite and latch onto anything you throw it at, but is always looking for a better owner.
Stasis Ring: Puts you into a visible but incorporeal stasis for a few moments, but you can't see anything.
Storm Orb - Tier 3: Can conjure up a major storm within the region, but you can't decide its path.
Thunderring Mace - Tier 2: Knocks back anyone you hit with it, but is incredibly noisy.
Tracking Jewel: Always makes you aware of its location, but bloodies you if broken.
Vision Helm: Vastly enhances your sight, but you can't hear very well when wearing it
Waterstep Boots: Lets you walk across water, but you have to keep moving so you don't sink.
Werepelt: Turns you into a werebeast while the full moon is out, but it's a mostly harmless beast.
Withering Staff - Tier 3: Causes plant life within a large area to wither, but leaves you feeling drained.

[Mae]

| EDGES |

Edges

When you improve an existing item, you can give it an Edge. An Edge is a modifier that makes something better at it's job. For granting new abilities, see contraptions - Edges only improve on existing functionality.

These are some example Edges, but you can work with me to create new ones. Please note: Edges never make you better at killing things, weapons have already been honed over thousands of years into perfect killing tools.

Camouflaged: Take +effect when sneaking in a forest.
Hidden: Can be hidden more easily than a normal version.
Light: Does not take up a gear slot.
Terrifying: Take +effect when using it to scare someone.
Trusty: Extremely difficult to break or remove from your possession.
Pulverizing: Take +effect when destroying stone or armor.
Powerful: Excels at knocking back enemies.

[Mae]

Character Sheet Overview

C H A R A C T E R S H E E T O V E R V I E W

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Right then. So this might look a little scary to those who haven't played a mechanic-based roleplay before, but I'll place up an example for your perusal. Please note this is a clarification of the sheet, the actual sheet is below in code format. If you find this overwhelming, I've provided a simplified sheet you can use too.

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Name: Your name here.
Race: Your race here. Some races may have abilities / weaknesses that need to be worked out OOC.
Appearance: What your character looks like.
Personality: A little about how your character behaves, their outlook on life, and their general demeanour.

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Calling: Your Class. Pick One: Brute, Conniver, Crafter, Hunter, Marauder, Shadow, Shaman, Warlock, Zealot
Dark Impulse: Your fatal flaw. Pick one or make your own: Bigmouth, Cruel, Deranged, Fickle, Obsessed, Paranoid, Reckless, Vengeful.
Revelry: How your character enjoys themselves. Pick one or make your own: Craving, Drinking, Gambling, Occult, Violence, Worship
Vile Friend: Leave blank for now. A fiendish friend on the surface world who you can gain assistance from.
Defenses:

Defense Explaination, Remove from CS

This represents the character's ability to avoid a specific type of consequence. They're gained through gear you wear or calling abilities, showing how your equipment and skill prepares you for bad situations you might find yourself in. While this could be your shield protects you from a counterattack, it could also be your experience lying helps you cover up a lie when found out, or a claok helps keep you hidden when you stumble in the shadows and almost attrack attention. You can use your defense once per cycle.

Defense 1 Name:At character creation you get one defense from a piece of gear, and possibly extra ones from calling abilities.

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0 / 6 Stress || 0 / 9 Wicked XP || 0 / 3 Reckless XP || 0 / 2 Dark Hearts

Stats info, remove this hider on CS

Stats: Stats determine how proficient you are at certain tasks. Actions cannot exceed 3 stars.
Stress When this hits 6, you go feral. You must immediately pursue your dark impulse.
Wicked XP When this hits 9, you can select another calling ability. GM will determine when we go over XP.
Reckless XP When you go feral or become bloody and go out of your way to roleplay this well, reckless XP is granted. When this hits 3 you gain an action dot.

Distribute: 2x ★ Rookie | 2x ★★ Trained | 1x ★★★ Specialised

B R A I N S

[ - ] [ - ] [ - ] SCAN / perceptively
[ - ] [ - ] [ - ] TINKER / cleverly
[ - ] [ - ] [ - ] TRICK / slyly

M U S C L E S

[ - ] [ - ] [ - ] Finesse / precisely
[ - ] [ - ] [ - ] SKULK / sneakily
[ - ] [ - ] [ - ] SMASH / powerfully

G U T S

[ - ] [ - ] [ - ] BANTER / affably
[ - ] [ - ] [ - ] INVOKE / magically
[ - ] [ - ] [ - ] THREATEN / forcefully

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Abilities:

Primal Ability Name: You can choose to take a Racial over your Core Calling ability. Remove if you took a Core Ability.
Core Ability Name: Each calling has a unique ability. Core ability goes here. Remove if you took a Primal Ability.
Calling Ability Name: Pick one from your calling list. Gain extra abilities when you max out wicked XP.
Flexibility Slot Name: Instead of picking a Calling Ability, you can pick one Calling ability from another list. You can only do this once all game.

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Inventory:

0 / 3 Gold || 2 / 2 Supply

Gold Explaination, Delete on CS

This is the maximum value you can extract from your hoard without other monsters getting suspicious. While this is represented as Gold, it could be a herd of goats, bag of precious gems, selection of tools, ect. Gold can be used to: Attract a creature, get help from your vile friend, get a minion downtime action, get minions to join a raid, recruit a minion, upgrade a minion.

Gear: All your stuff goes here.

Gear Slot 1, special: At character creation you get one of the following: Valuable item, Item with an edge (modifier), tier 1 contraption, magic item, or three doses of a potion or concoction. Alternatively, take 1 gold.
Gear Slot 2: At character creation you get one slot as an advanced item.
Gear Slot 3: At character creation you get one slot as an advanced item.
Gear Slot 4: At character creation you get one slot as an advanced item.

Supplies: Everything else.

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S H E E T

Character Sheet

[color=70EE9C][b]Name:[/b][/color] [color=cccccc][i]Your name here.[/i][/color]
[color=70EE9C][b]Race:[/b][/color] [color=cccccc][i]Your race here. Some races may have abilities / weaknesses that need to be worked out OOC. [/i][/color]
[color=70EE9C][b]Appearance:[/b][/color] [color=cccccc][i]What your character looks like.[/i][/color]
[color=70EE9C][b]Personality:[/b][/color][color=cccccc] A little about how your character behaves, their outlook on life, and their general demeanour.[/color]

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[color=F2BB05][b]Calling:[/b][/color] [color=cccccc]Your Class. Pick One: [b]Brute, Conniver, Crafter, Hunter, Marauder, Shadow, Shaman, Warlock, Zealot[/b] [/color]
[color=F2BB05][b]Dark Impulse:[/b][/color] [color=cccccc]Your fatal flaw. Pick one or make your own: [b]Bigmouth, Cruel, Deranged, Fickle, Obsessed, Paranoid, Reckless, Vengeful.[/b] [/color]
[color=F2BB05][b]Revelry:[/b][/color] [color=cccccc]How your character enjoys themselves. Pick one or make your own: [b]Craving, Drinking, Gambling, Occult, Violence, Worship[/b] [/color]
[color=F2BB05][b]Vile Friend:[/b][/color] [color=cccccc]Leave blank for now. A fiendish friend on the surface world who you can gain assistance from.[/color]
[color=F2BB05][b]Defenses:[/b][/color]
[hider=Defense Explaination, Remove from CS][color=cccccc]This represents the character's ability to avoid a specific type of consequence. They're gained through gear you wear or calling abilities, showing how your equipment and skill prepares you for bad situations you might find yourself in. While this could be your shield protects you from a counterattack, it could also be your experience lying helps you cover up a lie when found out, or a claok helps keep you hidden when you stumble in the shadows and almost attrack attention. You can use your defense once per cycle.[/color][/hider][indent][color=F2BB05][b]Defense 1 Name[/b]:[/color][color=cccccc]At character creation you get one defense from a piece of gear, and possibly extra ones from calling abilities.[/color][/indent]

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[center]0 / 6 [color=65aFFF] Stress [/color][color=darkgray]||[/color] 0 / 9 [color=65aFFF] Wicked XP [/color] [color=darkgray]||[/color] 0 / 3 [color=65aFFF] Reckless XP [/color][color=darkgray]||[/color] 0 / 2 [color=65aFFF] Dark Hearts [/color][/center]
[hider=Stats info, remove this hider on CS][color=65aFFF][b]Stats:[/b][/color] [color=cccccc][i]Stats determine how proficient you are at certain tasks. Actions cannot exceed 3 stars.[/i][/color]
[color=65aFFF] Stress [/color] [color=cccccc]When this hits 6, you go feral. You must immediately pursue your dark impulse.[/color]
[color=65aFFF] Wicked XP [/color] [color=cccccc]When this hits 9, you can select another calling ability. GM will determine when we go over XP. [/color]
[color=65aFFF] Reckless XP [/color] [color=cccccc]When you go feral or become bloody and go out of your way to roleplay this well, reckless XP is granted. When this hits 3 you gain an action dot.[/color][/hider]
[color=cccccc][i] Distribute: 2x ★ Rookie | 2x ★★ Trained | 1x ★★★ Specialised[/i][/color]
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[color=65aFFF][b]B R A I N S[/b][/color]
[indent][color=cccccc][ - ] [ - ] [ - ] SCAN / [color=darkgray][i]perceptively[/i][/color]
[ - ] [ - ] [ - ] TINKER / [color=darkgray][i]cleverly[/i][/color]
[ - ] [ - ] [ - ] TRICK / [color=darkgray][i]slyly[/i][/color][/color][/indent]
[color=65aFFF][b]M U S C L E S[/b][/color]
[indent][color=cccccc][ - ] [ - ] [ - ] Finesse / [color=darkgray][i]precisely[/i][/color]
[ - ] [ - ] [ - ] SKULK / [color=darkgray][i]sneakily[/i][/color]
[ - ] [ - ] [ - ] SMASH / [color=darkgray][i]powerfully[/i][/color][/color][/indent]
[color=65aFFF][b]G U T S [/b][/color]
[indent][color=cccccc][ - ] [ - ] [ - ] BANTER / [color=darkgray][i]affably[/i][/color]
[ - ] [ - ] [ - ] INVOKE / [color=darkgray][i]magically[/i][/color]
[ - ] [ - ] [ - ] THREATEN / [color=darkgray][i]forcefully[/i][/color][/color][/indent]
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[color=ED254E][b]Abilities:[/b][/color]
[indent][color=ED254E][b]Primal Ability Name:[/b][/color] [color=cccccc]You can choose to take a Racial over your Core Calling ability. Remove if you took a Core Ability.[/color]
[color=ED254E][b]Core Ability Name:[/b][/color] [color=cccccc]Each calling has a unique ability. Core ability goes here. Remove if you took a Primal Ability.[/color]
[color=ED254E][b]Calling Ability Name:[/b][/color] [color=cccccc]Pick one from your calling list. Gain extra abilities when you max out wicked XP.[/color]
[color=ED254E][b]Flexibility Slot Name:[/b][/color] [color=cccccc]Instead of picking a Calling Ability, you can pick one Calling ability from another list. You can only do this once all game.[/color][/indent]

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[color=A625E7][b]Inventory:[/b][/color][indent][center]0 / 3 [color=A625E7] Gold [/color][color=darkgray]||[/color] 2 / 2[color=A625E7] Supply [/color][/center][hider=Gold Explaination, Delete on CS][color=cccccc]This is the maximum value you can extract from your hoard without other monsters getting suspicious. While this is represented as Gold, it could be a herd of goats, bag of precious gems, selection of tools, ect. Gold can be used to: Attract a creature, get help from your vile friend, get a minion downtime action, get minions to join a raid, recruit a minion, upgrade a minion.[/color][/hider]
[color=A625E7][b]Gear:[/b][/color] [color=cccccc]All your stuff goes here. [/color]
[indent][color=A625E7][b]Gear Slot 1, special: [/b][color=cccccc]At character creation you get one of the following: Valuable item, Item with an edge (modifier), tier 1 contraption, magic item, or three doses of a potion or concoction. Alternatively, take 1 gold. [/color] [/color]
[color=A625E7][b]Gear Slot 2:[/b] [color=cccccc]At character creation you get one slot as an advanced item and the rest are normal versions of things that are quite common. [/color] [/color]
[color=A625E7][b]Gear Slot 3:[/b] [color=cccccc]At character creation you get one slot as an advanced item and the rest are normal versions of things that are quite common. [/color] [/color]
[color=A625E7][b]Gear Slot 4:[/b] [color=cccccc]At character creation you get one slot as an advanced item and the rest are normal versions of things that are quite common. [/color] [/color][/indent]
[color=A625E7][b]Supplies:[/b][/color] [color=cccccc]Everything else.[/color][/indent]

[Mae]

| ROOMS |

Tier 1 Room

Crawlway: A tiny passage that smaller creatures can move through fairly quickly, but is too tight for day to day laboring within the dungeon.

Long Tunnel: A simple, long passage used to connect areas of the dungeon.

Minor Room: A simple room built only to please your minions and give your dungeon atmosphere, such as a mess hall, latrines, a skull filled corridor, or a garden. When you build one, all minions gain morale and you take +1d on your next calamity roll. Give it two atmospheric traits (choose two): bright - cold - cluttered - crumbling - dim - echoing - hot - noisy - silent - smelly - spooky. (This could also be a choir hall or chanting room like Baganaria wishes for)

Secret Tunnel: A hidden passage that will likely go unnoticed unless recently used.

Traverse: A bridge, ladder, rope, swing, pulley lift, or other similar structure that allows safe passage over tough terrain.

Window: A hole in a wall between caverns, rooms, or tunnels.

Tier 2 Room

Guard Post: Assign a single pack of minions to this room. They can always start dungeon defense here regardless of their starting position roll.

Minion Lair: Assign a single pack of minions to this room. These minions get morale each recovery and take +1d when defending the room against invaders. Give it two atmospheric traits from the minor room list.

Prison: A room with 4 cells, each with a tier 1 lock on it. Prisoners within the cells can't escape without opportunity.

Stairway: Add another level to your dungeon, with the sanctum remaining at the bottom. This stairway connects them.

Torture Chamber: You gain +position or +effect (your choice) when torturing.

Tier 3 Room (Missing Materials)

0 / 8 :

when this is filled the room is completed. This room is missing ingredients to complete it and get the benefit. You will need to go on some raids in order to collect what you're missing.

Alchemist Lab: Your imps are always harb at work mixing reagents. You have a steady supply to all tier 1 concoctions.

Guild Hall: You let your minions organise to better their working and living conditions. In truth you ignore their demands, but the illusion of having some control reduces grumbling. The dungeon weathers calamities better.

Factory: Your imps toil away relentlessly in the factory. Each downtime, they can either produce a single tier 1 contraption or make progress towards a higher tier contraption.

Mineshaft: You dig out a mine, gaining a steady supply of a single non-precious metal. You make an immediate discovery in the mine, and gain higher rolls on all future discovery rolls (e.g. breaking into a new cave ect.)

Testing Chamber: You can empower your monster science, for a price. You can pay cost related to your testing to: remove an item's volatility - increase a concotion in size, scope or duration, - gain higher chance on a next use with a specific item

Vehicle Bay: The dungeon has an incredible vehicle, such as a submarine, dirigible, steamcar, or other type of transport. Detail the vehicle and give it two edges aka upgrades armored - camoflauged - dependable - fast - nimble. Give it a flaw clumsty - distinct - noisy - rickety - slow. The vehicle is fully repaired (or rebuilt) by imps during each recovery.

Workshop: You have a well furnished workshop where you imps and minions can toil away. They gain better chance of success on building or crafting projects.

Tier 1 Creature Lair

Creatures are mindless or unintelligent monsters or beasts that have chosen to lair in your dungeon. They’re not under your direct control, though they fight off invaders in defense of their lairs. A crafty Dungeon Lord or minion might be able to trick or goad them into doing something for them, though. They're neutral towards other dungeon denizens for the most part, though a bad calamity roll might bring them into conflict with each other. Monsters moving past or through their lairs generally go unimpeded.

Creatures are rated from tier 1 to tier 4, representing how deadly they are. A creature might be a single monster or it could be a group of smaller monsters. When an invader passes by the entrance to their lair or moves through it, the creature engages them and defends its home.

When adventurers pass near a lair's entrance, they're drawn inside. When adventurers are in the vicinity of a creature, it will seek to defend its lair. You roll a creature's tier to determine how a fight goes.

Failure: The creature is slain or flees the dungeon for good.
Mixed Success: You damage an adventurer of the GM's choice and the creature is knocked out the fight.
Success: You damage an adventurer of your choice. Roll again.
Critical: You damage two adventurers of your choice. Roll again.

*You cannot damage the same adventurer twice in a row unless they're alone.

More About Lairs

Creature lairs attract creatures looking for a home to your dungeon. When your Dungeon tier increases, you add a new creature lair somewhere to your dungeon. The new lair only attracts creatures equal to the Dungeon tier when the lair was added. When you have a vacant lair, one new creature can be attracted to your dungeon each recovery phase. This always fills the lowest tier lair first. However, when you first build a lair, it immediately attracts a new creature. You can decide which creature is attracted to the Dungeon. If you wish to refill Lairs quicker, you can spend gold or take downtime actions to attempt to fill vacant lairs faster.

The initial lair, the dungeon tier increasing, and discoveries are the only ways creature lairs can be added. If you manage to come into control of a creature besides those gained in the above ways, you can place them within your dungeon but once they're dead, you lose them forever.

Additional creature lairs can't be built as your hoard can only support creatures determined by the dungeon tier or specific, self-sufficient lairs that already existed underground that you discovered.

Creatures are generally quite unwilling to venture outside of their lairs. If you do manage to coax a creature out, its effectiveness in whatever you're doing with it is determined by rolling its tier as a fortune roll.

Tier 1 Lock

Locks are used to buy time while defending to set up proper defenses, maneuver around your dungeon, or beat a hasty retreat. They also serve to push adventurers away from sensitive areas. Locks won't best an adventurer forever - sooner or later an adventurer can bust through any lock.

When building your lock, first pick a lock material:

bars - bone - crystal - ice - iron - magical eld - roots - stone - wood - ect.

Then decide on a lock mechanism:

arcane - bar - bolt - heavy object - mortise lock - padlock - password pressure plate - pulley - puzzle - rim lock - timed - ect.

When an adventurer finds a lock, they will explore every other possible path until there are no paths left but the locked one. They double back, encounter the lock and make a lock roll to see if they succeed getting through it. Locks might alert nearby minions, allow them to set up ambushes, or keep sensitive areas safe.

Locks are rated from tier 1 to tier 3 depending on how difficult it is to get through it. Tier 1 locks are the simplest locks with limited reliability, such as a wooden bar holding a door shut. Tier 2 locks are straightforward and effective at keeping people out, such as a chained door with a padlock. Tier 3 locks are complex and formidable, such as a large steel portcullis with a pulley and password system.

Tier 1 Trap

Traps are static, well hidden defenses that are meant to surprise and maim adventurers wandering your halls. Each trap consists of a mechanism which details what the trap does, and a trigger which details what sets it off.

Traps roll damage as if they were ticking a timer, with each tick doing half a heart of damage.

Traps are rated from tier 1 to tier 3, based on how deadly they are and chosen by the player when it's crafted. A tier 1 trap is somewhat easy to avoid, such as a doorknob trapped with a poison needle.
Tier 2 traps are deadly, like a giant swinging blade attached to a pressure plate.
Tier 3 traps are the deadliest, likely to affect multiple adventurers, like a tripwire that releases an enormous rolling stone ball.

Failure: The trap is disabled or avoided by the adventurers.
Mixed Success: You damage an adventurer of the GM's choice.
Success: You damage an adventurer of your choice. Roll again.
Critical: You damage two adventurers of your choice. Roll again.

* You can't damage the same adventurer twice in a row unless they're alone.

Mechanism

The mechanism details how the trap is effective against invaders. Some examples:

crushing wall • darts • spikes • fire • boulder • sawblade • pendulum blade • gas
lighting coil • lightning arc • swing blade • explosive barrel • pitfall • floor blade • acid pit • ect.

Trigger

This is how the trap is activated. Depending on the nature of the trigger, adventurers may not even activate it - such as a levitating mage not setting off a pressure plate or a barbarian not setting off a magic sensor. Some examples:

pressure plate • tripwire • magical detection • illusion or disguise • sound • item removal • false door

Tier 1 Trick

Tricks are subtle ways to get adventurers to do what you want or create advantageous situations for your dungeon. They don't tick adventurer heart/do direct damage to them. Instead, they let you play with the minds of the invaders.
Each trick consists of three things:

• A method which details how it fools the adventurers
•A trigger which details when it activates
• An intent which details what happens when it works

Tricks are rated from tier 1 to tier 3 based on how likely they are to work. The more likely it is to work, the higher its tier is. This is decided by the player when crafting the trick. A trick might be something like the following:

A string with metal pieces tied across it that jingles when kicked.
(warning string - move past it - alert all minions to presence)

A pool of water that fools adventurers into leaving heavy armor behind.
(method: pool of water - trigger: move through it - intent: remove armor)

A tied up prisoner that screams for help, drawing adventurers towards them.
(method: tied up prisoner - trigger: prisoner hears noise - intent: recklessly follow the sound)

A winding maze that splits up the adventuring party.
(method: maze - trigger: enter it - intent: split up the party)

A statue that grabs onto them, allowing imps to snatch a potion.
(method: statue - trigger: look at it - intent: use up an adventurer move)

Moving lights from around a corner that make them snuff torches.
(method: lights - trigger: enter the hallway - intent: proceed in darkness)

Glowing moss in a cavern that rubs off on adventurers.
(method: glowing moss - trigger: move through cavern - intent: make adventurers glow)

A dazzling waterfall that distracts adventurers as minions sneak up on them.
(method: dazzling waterfall - trigger: stop to look - intent: don't watch own back)

A trick can never lead an adventurer into a situation they can't escape from. Once some time has passed, they finally overcome it somehow and move on. These types of tricks buy you time or an advantageous situation, but they’re temporary. Remember that adventurers are incredibly crafty and even if they’re stuck down a pit trap or chained to a wall, given a bit of time, they’re likely to find a way out. You can also never trick an adventurer into leaving your dungeon completely.

Sanctum

A luxurious place where your Dungeon Lords spend most of their time. Dungeon Lords don't defend the first level of their dungeon, that is far below them, that is a job is meant for minions, creatures, and cleverly built defences. Your denizens expect you to act accordingly as the boss of their dungeon. For this reason, Dungeon Lords don't leave the sanctum during a Dungeon Defense, as it would risk upsetting the dungeon hierachy. Doing so would show weakness to the minions and cause a revolt as your creatures try to wrestle leadership from you and establish the proper dungeon hierarchy.

The Sanctum is the heart of your dungeon. The vast majority of your hoard is here, and this is where you entertain and impress other evil entities, as well as conduct rituals. Your characters have their private lairs here, as lairing with the other dungeon denizens will make you appear weak (and lead to a few nasty accidents, in some cases). Each character has their own private lair attached to the large sanctum room.

The Sanctum is where your Boss Fights happen. When adventurers best your defences on the first floor, it is your job to defeat them and protect the hoard here.

At the end of your Dungeon's first floor is stairs leading downwards to the sanctum. As your Dungeon grows you can move the stairs during your downtime (without using up your downtime action).

| FLEXIBILITY SLOT |

Your Dungeon can have one room from a different Dungeon type:

> ENCLAVE :

Enclave Rooms

Academy: Monsters study the esoteric arts here. You can recruit minions from this room. They have the adept upgrade for me and gain invoke (spellcasting) as their primary action. This room will defend you against invaders during invasions.

Crucible: The mystical power of this room enchants item. Every downtime it can produce a tier 1 magic item or push a higher tier project forward, so long as the reagents have been provided.

Greenery: These carnivorous plants can be fed to harvest: a plant based supply - special ingrediants for potions - a few doses of a concoction this room also counts as a trap.

Library: Once per cycle, the dungeon can establish a fact about the history, cultures or arcana of the world.

Potion Lab: Your imps have learned to make potions. The dungeon chooses a single magic path to focus on - you have a steady supply of all tier 1 potions from this school and a single tier 2 potion.

Scrying Pool: The pool reveals far away scenes. Once per cycle, the Dungeon can establish a fact about an NPCs recent activity.

Spawning Chamber: Minions are grown or summoner here, easily replacing your losses. Once per dungeon defense, a copy of a slain minion pack can burst forth from the spawning chamber. You can choose to add the expendable upgrade to minions for free.

> HIDEOUT :

Hideout Rooms

Dojo: The dojo master trains you relentlessly. You are more likely to roll critical successes and find difficult battles less stressful. This room will defend you during invasions as well.

Gambling Den: Monsters come from outside your dungeon to use this facility. You can recruit monsters from this room. They can trick people and start with the strapped upgrade by default. This room will defend you during invasions as well.

Gear Locker: You always get geared up before you leave the dungeon. You gain extra supplies and a steady access to climbing gear - glowsticks - smoke bombs - tar bombs - throwing weapons - thunderstones - traps

Obstacle Course: Minions hone their skills here, gaining more effectiveness. The can become better at Finesse, Scan or Skulking. This room deceives invaders during an invasion.

Planning Room: you plot your raids here in greater detail. Gain bonuses for negotiation, stealth and trickery based planes. When you succeed on these raids gain a reroll.

Roost: you have bats, ravens or other small winged beasts at your service. You can use these to scout and establish a fact about those you are about to raid.

Tavern: You have a raucous tavern with all the trimmings. Minions gain morale here during recovery and gain bonuses when fighting off invaders. Wandering monsters sometimes stop by the tavern and become available for recruitment.

> STRONGHOLD :

Stronghold Rooms

Fighting Pit: bet on a fighter, if they win you gain a reroll.

Funeral Pyre: Minions are honored when they die. Any minion who sees a comrade dies gains morale and does not need to be paid next downtime.

Smithy: Provides a steady supply of weaponry. Your minions have greater success when crafting items or adding bonuses to them.

War Drums: The steady sound of wardrums keeps everyone focused in the dungeon. Projects essentially take less time to complete as characters are more efficient.

War Room: A place to plan strategies for warfare. Your have greater success during ambush, assaults and strike raids. When these succeed, gain a reroll

Barracks: you can recruit better minions that deal more damage and have the loyal upgrade. This room will defend you during invasions as well.

Bestiary: You have mounts and a secure area to keep them in. These can have two of the following affixes: aquatic - armored - fast - flying - magical - terrifying. This room will defend you during invasions as well.

> TEMPLE :

Temple Rooms

Altar: You can make a sacrifice at the alter, paying cost to gain a dark blessing: higher success roll with an item this cycle - increase your success on your next resistant roll - your next failure instead becomes a mixed success. The sacrifice must be unique each time you ask for a blessing.

Antechamber: Between the staircase and your sanctum on the final level is an impressive room glorifying your dark deeds in the name of your god. Adventurers get unsettled by this when they stop to take note, gaining you a reroll and greater chance of success during a boss battle / sanctum fight.

Augury Circle: You can read portents of future events here. You can establish a fact in the present about an NPCs next likely move.

Dormitory: Fresh cultists flock to serve your dark god. You can recruit minions here. They always have your gods favoured action, choose when this room is built which you prefer. They start with the Zealous upgrade for free. This room defends you against invaders during invasions as well.

Reliquary: this room corrupts and amplifies magic of up to three items of unholy impact placed wihin it. When an item is placed, immediately incant a tier 2 ritual causing a persistant effect within your dungeon related to the specific item.

Penance Chamber: Your minions fear punishment more then death and will never betray you. When they fight to the death, ignore the dice penalty from being bloodied.

Scriptorium: Your deeds are recovered in unholy scripture, immediately giving you wicked XP equal to your dungeon tier. You also gain a new XP trigger - Were your actions worthy of your god's notice? Each PC must prove their worth to gain this xp.