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The City-Watch

14 Sep

The City-Watch of the City of Bones come in two forms: Patrols (footmen), and Watchers (Archers).  Their statistics are as follows:

Patrols

Patrols consist of 3 to 5 guards, led by a commander-of-arms. There is a 1 in 6 chance of them being accompanied by an Academy-trained Mage, and a 2 in 6 chance of being assigned a Cleric (both 1d3 levels).

Footmen

AC 6, Move 120′ (40′), HD level 1 Fighter, #Ats 1 (by weapon, 10+), Dmg 1d6+1 (mace, spear) or 1d4+1 (dagger), SV F1, ML 0 (+2 with commander), XP 13; Proficiencies: Intimidation, and Combat Trickery (Knock Out).
Armour: lamellar cuirass, helmet, shield.
Weapons: Mace, dagger (2 in 6 chance of having spear).

Commanders

AC 6, Move 120′ (40′), HD level 2 Fighter, #Ats 1 (by weapon, 9+), Dmg 1d6+1 (mace, spear) or 1d4+1 (dagger), SV F1, ML +1, XP 29; Proficiencies: Command, and Intimidation.
Armour: lamellar cuirass, helmet, shield.
Weapons: Mace, dagger (2 in 6 chance of having spear).

Watchers

The Watch-Towers have three archers on duty at any time, and their sergeant is with them during the day.

Archers

AC 4, Move 120′ (40′), HD level 2 Fighter, #Ats 1 (by weapon, 9+), Dmg 1d6+1 (bow, sword) or 1d4+1 (dagger), SV F1, ML +1 (+3 with sergeant), XP 29; Proficiencies: Signalling, and Precise Shooting.
Armour: mail hauberk, helmet.
Weapons: Composite bow, short sword, dagger.

Sergeants

AC 4, Move 120′ (40′), HD level 3 Fighter, #Ats 1 (by weapon, 9+), Dmg 1d6+2 (bow, sword) or 1d4+2 (dagger), SV F3, ML +2, XP 100; Proficiencies: Command, Precise Shooting, and Signalling.
Armour: mail hauberk, helmet.
Weapons: Composite bow, short sword, dagger.

 

 
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The Forgotten Prison of Hextor

27 Jul

Yet another adventure, with another map by Dyson (his maps are great for VTT use).

S3TheForgottenPrisonofHextor

 holy symbol

 
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The Ziggurat of Tharzidun

20 Jul

Another finished adventure that I’m sharing. Again, map by Dyson.

S7ZigguratofTharizdun

symbol

 
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The Tomb of St Dunstan

16 Jul

Now that they’ve finished the adventure, thought I’d share it with the rest of you: here is a PDF of the adventure, The Tomb of St Dunstan, for OSR games.

S8TombofStDunstan

tomb

The map is by Dyson, from his blog.

 
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Comparison of Dungeon Writing Styles

29 Jun

A follow-up from yesterday’s post, though I would also share how I write up an adventure when using the computer (in this case, google docs):

Dungeon Notes

As you can see, I still use colours to highlight things, but the descriptions are shorter.