SEA HILL TOMB DUNGEON SAMPLE

Play 26 of 250+ rooms now for FREE as a taste of the Sea Hill Tomb Mega Dungeon! Includes many dungeon denizens to meet, meals to nosh and foes to bash. Enjoy the comforts of the nearby Twelve Toes Inn meeting travelers, traders and picking up the odd job here and there.

MAKING A MEATHEAD

First, grab a record sheet from itch.io or just get a scrap of paper for now. You also need three six-sided dice (3d6) and some pencils. The only type of dice you should ever need for Meatheads is the humble six-sided die (d6), which sometimes you roll as a d3 by halving the result (rounded up). A d66 table means rolling two six-sided dice and reading the results in sequential order, determining the resulting number.Roll 3d6 to determine your only stat: Strength.Strength determines four minor stats: bashing, grappling, inventory and toadies. Consult the Strength table and note your scores for each of these.Choose your people and begin with 2d6x10 coins and 1d6-1½ languages. With a 0 or less, you only speak the colloquial language and cannot read, write, or interpret for others. Half-known languages cannot be read or written but can be spoken enough to act as an interpreter. Meatheads can choose a language when first encountering it instead of selecting at character creation.Finally, you may push your luck by rolling 3d6 again. A higher result replaces your current Strength score. Gains! Failure means death, having been crushed by stone and hubris. Roll anew.

HIT DICE (HD)

Characters also have hit dice—a number of d6s that determine your hit points (HP). New characters begin with 1 HD and therefore 1d6 HP. Hit dice also determine your Meathead’s saving throw as well as additional bonuses at higher levels according to the Hit Dice table.When a Meathead gains a new hit die through Mighty Feats, they reroll all their Hit Dice together. If the new total HP is greater than the old total then the new score is kept. If the new total is lower than the old, it increases HP by 1 instead. Conversely, if a Meathead loses an HD, all HD are rerolled, but if the total is lower than the previous, the new result is kept, and if it is higher, lowers HP by 1.

STRENGTH

*The maximum for a person outside of divine intervention.

HIT DICE

*The Cap for a Meathead

PEOPLES

All sorts of folk are drawn to the ways of steel and sinew.Dwarves are smallfolk, waist height to tallfolk. They are hairy and typically proud of it. They have a 2-in-6 chance to notice hidden stuff (rolled in secret by the Referee), +1 to saves vs. petrification/paralysis, and +2 to damage rolls with enchanted hammers and crossbows. They can always tell fake treasure from the real deal, and see in total darkness by infravision up to 3 spaces away.Elves are tallfolk who may or may not live forever. It’s not really clear, being forgetful at old age. They can listen carefully with success 3-in-6 times, and are only caught surprised 1-in-6 times. They cannot be magically put to sleep or paralyzed, gain a +1 to save vs. spells and enchantments, and +2 to hit with enchanted spears and bows.Hobbs are smallfolk a head shorter than a dwarf, hirsute and round. They gain one additional hit point for each HD they possess. This HP is lost if the HD is lost. They gain a +1 to saves vs. poisons/death, and +2 to hit with enchanted clubs and slings, nor do they incur sneak penalties while in groups of 4 or more.Humans are well traveled tallfolk who like to talk and talk and talk and talk and talk. They begin with an additional language (value 1) after their initial language roll, 4d6x2 additional coins, +2 to hit with enchanted swords and staves.Lizardmen are chill tallfolk. They don’t even gender so don’t stress the “men” stuff, man. They have an unarmored AC of 4, can hold their breath for one hour, and gain +2 to damage rolls with enchanted daggers and flails. They are cold blooded and thus do not appear in infravision, but are susceptible to extreme cold. Finally, while completely still, they can camouflage into the background, detected only 2-in-6 times.Orcs are tallfolk but may as well be called widefolk. They love the sun on their skin. float in water wearing up to AC 7 whether they want to or not. They gain a +1 to saves vs. bashing and +1 to their own bashing. Orcs ignore the dual wielding penalty to damage, and gain +2 to damage rolls with enchanted axes and javelins.What else? Making any being into a Meathead is simple: choose a cool thing then add relevant capabilities or bonuses. As always, consult with your referee.

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EQUIPMENT

STARTING PACKS
Headbasher - 75 coin
Everything needed to wallop skulls and avoid skull walloping.
Begin with chainmail, two helmets, a mace, 6 torches, 10’ pole, waterskin, and chewing tobacco.Gloater - 75 coin
Bells and whistles and the coin to back it up. Flaunt it if you got it baby.
Begin with scalemail, shield, two spears, an empty flask, a brass mirror, a makeup kit and a hairbrush.Spelunker - 50 coin
For the sensitive types. Probably climbing up high to write about their feelings.
Begin with leather gambeson, staff, 50’ of rope, mallet & 10 stakes, lamp, flask of oil, pouch of sand, and a journal and quill.Donkey Hunter - 50 coin
When a donkey goes astray, it needs a smack on the ass to get running home.
Begin with a leather buffcoat, crossbow, club, 15 bolts, monocular, 3 carrots, a set of prepped rations, and an extending pole.Starker - 30 coin
No laws, no masters, no decency.
Begin with a battleaxe or two handaxes, four javelins, 3 sets of prepped rations, 3 garlic bunches, and a camping kit with rain proof, hide tent.Pig Porter - 30 coin
Hauling pigs one stye to the next may be the only honest work left in this world.
Begin with a handaxe, two backpacks, five 10-foot poles, two water skins, and 6 torches.

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BASICS

SAVING THROWS

Situations that cannot be solved through circumstance, equipment, or planning can be resolved by a saving throw (ST). When called to make a saving throw, roll 2d6 equal to or higher than your saving throw value according to the Hit Dice table.

A stone block crashes down on Jordan’s Meathead, Chug the orc, who quickly tries to side step the trap! Jordan rolls 2d6 for a saving throw, adding a +1 bonus from a recent Meager Meal, and gets a result of 10. Chug has HD 2, so he exceeds the 9+ requirement and jumps out of the way just in time!

TESTING STRENGTH

What good is all this muscle if you're not gonna use it? To overcome a daunting physical challenge, roll 1d6 then add the result to your Strength score. If the total is equal to or higher than 20, you succeed. Failure means your brute strength alone was not enough. However, a Meathead can push their Strength and roll another 1d6. If the test still fails, you incur a temporary injury, healed only after a full week's rest.Double 1s on the dice means an embarrassingly dangerous failure. Make a saving throw: succeeding leaves you with the temporary injury as usual, but failure imparts a choice: receive a permanent injury or lose 1 HD.Doubles 6s is a flawless success. You make this look easy!For every Meathead assisting you with a Strength test, roll 1d3. Getting aid in this way however, prevents pushing your strength. All who assist share any consequences from failure.Working smarter and not harder with the proper tools will go a long way, making for quick and skillful work, frequently circumventing obstacles where strength alone could not.

MIGHTY FEATS

You advance by completing mighty feats—ballsy personal goals that grant +1 HD after accomplishment. This showcase of raw power and bravado is done by testing Strength as above but must be announced, dangerous, and done alone. If you cower in the face of your declared feat, you not only suck, but you lose all your current toadies (not including safehouse toadies). You may not attempt the same mighty feat again.Your fellow Meatheads can goad you on, offering additional qualifiers or complications. Each goad offers an additional +1 HD bonus if the feat is completed under the proposed conditions, but each goad adds +2 to the base 20 for the Strength test. So, a once-goaded mighty feat succeeds on a 22 rather than a 20. Meatheads who want to show up a failed mighty feat and steal the gains for themselves can attempt to, but must agree to all previously stated goads and one more for good measure.

BEEFY BETS

Meatheads can challenge each other in a proposed beefy bet. Who can run up the mountain first? Who can swim across the lake in the heaviest armor? Who can win the heart of the barbarian queen? The winner of the bet gains 1 HD while the loser loses 1 HD. Any number of Meatheads can participate in a bet.

INVENTORY

You have a number of item slots equal to 12 plus any adjustments from your Strength score. Items typically take up 1 slot, but items large enough to require two hands to hold take up 2 slots. Armor takes up a number of slots equal to its AC value, worn or otherwise. The number of coins a Meathead or Toadie can hold per slot is equal to their ACx100.Exceeding these slots slows the carrier by one movement class as if wearing the next heaviest armor class. Worse, foes gain +1 to hit against them.

TOADIES

Admirers, porters, hired specialists, and everything in between. You can have 2 toadies, adjusted by your Strength score. To enlist a toadie, you must first impress them with a Strength test. If successful, the toadie is enamored, and will follow you in search of gains. Players can designate one toadie as their Meathead's heir, playing them as their next character if the former were to get pancaked.Toadies begin with a Strength of 2d6+2 and 1 HD. Their loyalty is kept with fair treatment, steady rewards, and glory. In times of danger or embarrassment, toadies test their mettle by making a saving throw, otherwise their confidence wavers and they start second guessing or flee. Thankfully, thinking is not their main job.

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COMBAT

Be careful when choosing your fights or they will choose you. When combat begins, whoever rolls a d6 with the highest number (ties reroll) acts first in the round unless they are surprised. Meatheads can act in whatever order they see fit during their side’s turn. Combat consists of rounds in which every combatant takes their turn by using some or all of their actions. Reroll initiative every round to shake things up.Environmental hazards or danger occurs at the end of round as well as any Crush damage.On your turn, you can move and perform two actions in any order. Examples of combat actions include: attacking, opening a door, bashing, grappling, drinking a potion, switching a weapon, or similar. You can expend two actions to move again.

MOVEMENT

Movement and distance, especially during combat, are measured in spaces. A space in combat is generally thought of as a 5 square foot area, occupied by a person-sized being. Another being cannot move through your space unless you allow or if it overwhelms you. Make a saving throw when moving through rough, difficult, or shaky terrain or else slow your stride by one movement class.Referees feel free to use your own measurements if preferred. Spaces on a home table could be 1 inch with a ruler, a single grid on a dry erase map, or a single square on a digital map streamed from your computer, whatever works best at your table.You can move through a number of spaces according to your movement class imposed by your armor. Note that above light foot, you must make a Strength test to swim every round, or drown.Standing from prone uses 1 space of movement.

MOVEMENT CLASS (MC)

ATTACKS

To hit an opponent, roll 2d6 adding any hit bonuses you may have. If the result is equal or greater than the target number determined by comparing your weapon’s class to the opponent's Armor Class (AC), you hit. Successful hits roll 1d6 on the damage matrix according to their weapon and then the target loses the amount of HP listed.Generally, the larger the weapon, the higher its Weapon Class (WC). Certain weapons are better against some armor types than others; a mace is more effective versus a foe in plate than a short sword would be, whereas a flail hits shielded foes easily.Double sixes on an attack roll always inflict double damage. Double ones indicate an embarrassing fumble like slipping onto your bottom or swinging so wildly you lose your weapon or get it stuck.Ranged attacks work the same way as melee attacks, save that they have three listed ranges with different target numbers. Firing or throwing a weapon into a melee scuffle has a 2-in-6 chance to miss your intended target and hit the other combatant. Roll randomly if there are more than one engaged combatants. You can wait to fire a ranged weapon under certain conditions, such as shooting at someone when they take their movement, or aiming carefully to gain advantage on a future attack.

Chug swings his mace at the killer ant (AC 5), so Jordan rolls 2d6 to hit and gets a 10—a success! Chug wields his mace with two hands, so Jordan rolls 2d6 and chooses the better result. He gets 3 and 6, and so chooses the 6 for 7 points of damage!

INJURIES

Temporary injuries last until a week of full rest. Permanent ones are just that; with you forever. An injury can be assigned by the referee according to the incident that caused it or roll 1d6 on the Injuries table.

BASHING

Quick and brutal maneuvers: a shove, a shoulder check, a big swing; bashing flings an object or creature back 1 space, prone on the ground. Targets can make a saving throw to avoid falling prone, but are still flung back.Bashing succeeds 1+(X)-in-6 times where X is the bonus determined by your Strength score. You can never have more than a 5-in-6 chance of success.Stuck doors can be opened by bashing, as well as locked doors, though their chance of success is always lowered by 1. Bashing is effective for toppling weakened walls or wobbly statues.

DEATH

When you reach 0 hit points, roll a saving throw vs. death. This can only be done if you have eaten a meal today.Failure means you're dead meat.Success means you survive and receive a scar. A scar covers up and alleviates a permanent injury if you have one and better yet, imparts scar tissue—an extra 1d6 HP which is lost first when damaged and healed first when rested. For every scar you show off, you can attract an additional toadie. However, each scar imparts a -1 to your next save vs. death.

GRAPPLING

Grapplers roll a number of dice equal to their HD against one another with the highest total controlling the grapple. Strength scores may add or subtract dice according to the Strength table.Controlling the grapple means they're putty in your hands. Doing anything to your foe while grappling takes an action: pinning them, tossing them, headlocking them, crushing them and such. Grappled foes make saving throws during their turn to not break their mettle and submit.If you fail to grapple your opponent, you must make a critical choice. Choose to suffer damage per the foe’s weapon, to be restrained with +1 hit against you, or be thrown to the ground and stunned for the current and next round. Weapon’s class 3 or lower can be used during grapples.Rolling all 1s results in being thrown 1 space, stunned for 1d6 rounds, and suffering the foe’s weapon damage.

CRUSHING

When afflicted by ongoing damage from an effect or circumstance (e.g. drowning, poison, being crushed under a boulder) you lose a cumulative 1d6 HP each round.

PARRYING

When in melee you can attempt to parry an attack on yourself. This can be done once per round. The catch is you must expend an action to parry, having one less action to use during your turn. If you already used all your actions, you cannot parry and so it may be advisable to keep an action in the tank.The attacker suffers a -1 to their hit. If the attacker misses and you wield a weapon class equal to or lower than the attacker’s, you can immediately make a counterattack without spending an action. If your parrying weapon is of a higher class than the attacker's, you can still attempt a counterattack, but must use another action.If the attacker hits your exact AC, the weapon with the lower class breaks (or smacked away if enchanted), but you suffer no damage. lf both weapons are of the same class during an equal AC hit, they are both smacked aside leaving each combatant unarmed.

SIGNATURE MOVES

Meatheads all have a showstopper. The tripping tricep! A battle-axe uppercut! Spitting blood 360 degrees!. Invent one unique to your Meathead! You may only attempt a signature move once per encounter. Signature moves are locked in when first accomplished through a test of Strength or training, but can be changed when you change HD.A signature move can be performed alongside attacks or as an attack, but most always include a to-hit roll. In either case, signature moves have a base 3-in-6 chance to succeed, improving with HD. Circumstance (or creativity) may adjust the chance, at the referee’s discretion.

ENCHANTED ITEMS

All enchanted weapons gain +1 to hit and damage rolls. Those bonuses may increase depending on the Meathead’s background.Enchanted armor does not improve AC but offers a 2-in-6 chance to negate any damage taken with each hit. Enchanted shields cannot be split and negate any damage roll of 1–2.Beyond numeric bonuses, enchanted items tend to have weird and wondrous powers.Example: Western Lord’s Gada: A spherical mace, gilded with gold-engraved monkeys plucking apples of studded rubies. On a damage die result of 6+, transform a random limb of the target (determined by injury table) into solid gold, valuable as an artwork.

GUNS & EXPLOSIONS

Whenever you fire a gun, the referee increases the wandering encounter chance by 1 to a maximum of 5-in-6. This chance lowers by 1 with each passing hour.
Most guns operate by matchlock ignition and do not work while wet. They billow forth smoke, obscuring small or enclosed rooms for a -1 to hit when two shots are fired in the same encounter.It gets worse. When fired, there is a 1-in-6 chance of a misfire—suffer 1d6 damage, and the gun is jammed. Reloading and clearing misfires takes an entire turn.For all their faults, guns strip HD from the target, instead of HP. Hit targets reroll their HD and keep the lower result, as when a Meathead loses HD. If their HD goes below 0, they die.Guns blast off locks with a 4-in-6 chance. Failure jams the lock entirely. In either case, the noise has a 2-in-6 chance of an immediate wandering encounter.Bullets and gunpowder, packaged in paper cartridges, can be procured from a gunsmith for 2 coins per shot.Explosions caused by, well, explosives, inflict 1d6+2 HD damage in the target space/s and 1d3 HD damage to all spaces around it. Explosives can blow open most sealed containers and blocked passages, and have a 5-in-6 chance of a wandering encounter. Blowing open a container (chest, lockbox, coffin) has a 2-in-6 chance of damaging the contents inside, halving their value.Using explosives in ancient ruins, unstable caves and other such delicate areas always has a minimum 2-in-6 chance to cause a cave in. Save to escape collapsing debris, or suffer 1d3+1 HD damage. Those still alive and trapped underneath suffer crushing damage every turn.

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DOWNTIME

PUMPING IRON

During your downtime, if you aren't healing from an injury, there isn't much to do except get your pump on. Every week you spend devoted to training, roll 3d6. If the result is greater than your current Strength, add +1 to your Strength, otherwise make a saving throw to avoid a temporary injury.

MEALS

Meatheads march on their stomach. You gain the benefits of a meal for the entire day. A superior meal’s effects supersedes a lower meal. Eating a meal takes one dungeon turn (10 minutes) and grants a save vs. death should you reach 0 HP. If you eat something dubious, pass a saving throw to not get sick!Meager.
Save vs. death. Slop offered at dingy taverns and isolated inns for 5 coins.
Modest.
Save vs. death and +1 to a chosen ST for the day. Balanced meals found at any cozy village or town tavern cost 10 coins.
Magnificent.
Save vs. death, +1 to all ST for the day, and advantage on a chosen roll (make two rolls and choose the better result). The kind of meal at a banquet hall or fine dining will cost at least 30 coins.
Feeding toadies out of your own coffers gives them a saving throw bonus equal to the meal’s quality (1, 2, or 3) for the day.

REST & SLEEPING

Outside of dungeon environments, resting and sleeping for a week heals you entirely and alleviates one temporary injury.Rests are short, paranoid watches done in dungeons or dangerous places. Spending one hour to rest while dungeon diving restores 1d3 HP. Each hour spent resting this way has a 2-in-6 chance of incurring a wandering encounter.Sleep might be the most important thing for a Meathead’s constitution. When waking to start a new day after sleeping the night, a Meathead rerolls all their HD into a new HP total, representing their vigor and constitution for the day. Sleeping in comfy beds lets you reroll with advantage, while sleeping in dank cold stone floors forces disadvantage. A standard bed or camping roll will give a flat reroll of your HP for the day.

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COMBAT MATRICES

Melee Combat

Ranged Combat

●Most any melee weapons can be thrown. In this regard, use the Damage listed for the weapon. (e.g. Throwing a handaxe hits as a thrown object but still damages as a handaxe)

Melee Damage

NOTES:
◆ Two-Handed required.
▴ Wedged Weapons can forgo damage to attempt the splitting of a shield. 1-in-6 chance for a hand axe. 3-in-6 for a battleaxe. Enchanted axes increase this chance by 1.
▪ Bashing Weapons increase the chance to Bash by 1, to a max of a 5-in-6 chance. Mauls increase this chance instead by +2.
➤ Long-shafted Weapons can be braced as an action against charging foes, readying an attack for +2 to Hit and doubling Damage.

Missile Damage

REFEREE TIPS

DUNGEON CRAWLING

Outside of combat, but within dangerous environments, a single turn is ten minutes. Six turns take one hour. Each turn dungeon crawling a Meathead moves double the spaces listed on their movement category (a party is as fast as their slowest member). This is assumed to be steady careful pacing, yet during expeditious situations, moving faster is better. This raises the chances of wandering encounters by +1 for every increase in pace. Again, unless they want to leave someone behind, measure movement class by the slowest party member.Double spaces (Dungeon Speed) = 1-in-6 of a wandering encounter.
Triple spaces = 2-in-6 of a wandering encounter.
Quadruple spaces = 3-in-6 of a wandering encounter.If it is not clear who is surprising who during an encounter, roll for surprise for each side (2-in-6 chance). Any combatant who has a modified surprise roll (such as elves) can make their roll individually. Then, roll 1d6 for the spaces between the involved parties. Finally, roll 2d6 on the Reaction table to see how the wandering party reacts to the player party.Reaction
2 is belligerent.
3–5 is testy.
6–8 is ambivalent.
9–11 is chummy.
12+ is BFFs!If the direction is not obvious, roll a d6. 1-North, 2-South, 3-East, 4-West, 5-Above*, 6-Below*
*(where applicable).Each turn during the encounter check, roll an additional 1d6 and, on a 1, the torch falters and extinguishes. Torches extinguish on their own after 1 hour (6 turns). Fine torches are hardy against wind and do not roll to extinguish. Torchlight lowers the chance to surprise adversaries to a 1-in-6 chance. Lamps protect flames from the turn check and extinguish after 4 hours (24 turns).Time keeping is handy, but if you lose track of it, just settle up and make sure everyone is on the same page before going further. Tallies or strikes are a great way to record almost anything.Reading distances for weapons (i.e. Shortbow Range: 5/10/15) simply measure that number in spaces. No need to be a stickler.Listening carefully has a 2-in-6 chance to hear the other side of shut doors, through thin walls or down long hallways. Undead make no noise while still.It takes a dungeon turn to search a room, revealing all non-hidden treasures and details. There is a 2-in-6 chance that they stumble upon hidden items or details while searching. If they specifically act in such a way that would find a hidden thing, no need to roll.The chance to be noticed while sneaking every turn is 1-in-6. Each heavy foot in the party adds +1 to this chance. Groups of four or more add +1. Other factors or stressors may add +1 at your, the referee’s, discretion. If the chances exceed 5-in-6 then there is no chance of sneaking or catching groups surprised while moving. While sneaking, Meatheads only move at their combat movement rate.

ENCOUNTER TABLES

Roll two six-sided dice, one die after the other. If the second die is lower than or equal to the first, combine the results, otherwise ignore the second die. Then consult your wandering encounter table. Afterward, strike the entry from the table and replace it with something of your own choosing, perhaps a repeated foe, new npc, or some complication.

TREASURE & SAFEHOUSES

The number of coins a Meathead or Toadie can hold per slot is equal to their ACx100.Beyond raw currency, art and gems are the most common valuable objects. Artworks are worth 1d6x100 coins when sold to interested parties. Art put on display at a safehouse or home improves meals eaten there one step. A Meathead can break a displayed artwork to reset their signature move.Gems are priced by carat (ct) size, 50 coins per .25ct. A 1ct gem is then 200 coins. People sometimes value particular types of gems above others, for whatever reason. People are funny like that.Art is appraised by expert traders or crafters. Dwarf Meatheads are able to appraise treasure on the spot.Coins are simple. Just roll a handful of dice, or a more neatly scaling d66-d6666 distribution. Why do Meatheads need money? To buy gear, meals and things, sadly. 😭All treasures and items can be kept securely at a safe house maintained for 1000 coins each month by at least one dedicated toadie. You can pump iron uninterrupted in a safe house without risk of danger from the outside. Acquiring a safe house is as simple as claiming a room in a dungeon, squatting in an abandoned shack, or building your own cabin. It always needs an upkeep cost and toadie to maintain it and watch it. For every 2000 coins of value kept in your hideout, an additional toadie is required for upkeep and security. Without the additional toadies, there is a 2-in-6 chance of thieves picking 1d6x100 coins each month, and a 1-in-6 chance of a raid by 3d6 bad dudes.Safe houses in the megadungeon multiply upkeep cost and toadies by the level’s depth (e.g. a safe house on the second level of a megadungeon costs 2000 coins per month and 4 toadies to secure safely, before adding treasure). Even with proper security, there is a 1-in-6 chance of incurring a wandering encounter every month.

TRAPS & HAZARDS

Traps activate depending on their triggers. A classic pressure plate trap risks a 2-in-6 chance of being set off when walked over. The same can apply for trip wires or falling objects. Specific objects can be trapped to trigger upon interaction. Other traps may have a time limit or countdown to activation. Traps do not reset unless it is otherwise noted.When designing traps or hazards, think of bait that would entice a Meathead. Treasure may not be at the forefront of their minds—gains are! Underhanded monsters use traps to their advantage, doing their best to lead Meatheads into them. Consider the deadliness, how a falling stone might inflict 2d6 damage but a block of granite pancakes someone outright. On the flipside, peppering in debilitating effects from traps can knock a Meathead down a peg. It’s your playground to make as deadly or annoying as you like. Draw them out, think about how they work, consider weight, movement and numbers. When in doubt, 2d6 damage, crushing damage or injuries work well. For falling into pits and the like, use the following table as a guide:Fall Distance to Damage
10 feet = ST or 1d6 damage.
20 feet = 2d6 damage.
30 feet = 1d6 HD damage.
Every 10 feet beyond 30 feet = +1 HD damage.By default, there is no roll to spot traps. So, how do Meatheads detect traps? Depends on the trap and its conditions! Poking about and prodding, throwing sand, feeling for drafts, listening carefully and generally looking for details. When a party completely searches a room without specifying exactly what they’re doing, roll for any traps to trigger. Listen to players, if they are actively looking for a trap they more often than not find it. Don’t forget that dwarves always have a 2-in-6 chance to notice traps and hidden things (you should roll this in secret).Meatheads are prone to use their brawn to get out of traps, so let them! Most traps are avoided by making saving throws, but if a Meathead wants to tackle one using Strength just be sure to make the consequences clear.

TESTING METTLE

When a foe is losing the fight, suffers an embarrassment, or is expected to keep their cool, they test their mettle by making a saving throw. Failure means running away or yielding. Confidence can be bolstered by numbers, guts, good meals or recklessness, granting bonuses ranging from +1 to +4 at your discretion. More intelligent creatures will surrender or deceive if flight isn’t likely to work.

COMBAT OPTIONS

For ‘Boss’ foes, in lieu of regular initiative, the Meatheads decide who acts in what order each turn. Only thing is the boss gets to act after every Meathead. Likewise, some creatures may have supernatural HD. Instead of rolling and tracking HP, each attack causing 6 or more damage subtracts one HD from the monster. Anything less, has no effect. When their HD reaches zero or below, the monster is defeated. Any being with supernatural HD treats 1s rolled during a grapple as 2s instead.If combat matrices are not to your taste, you can easily swap it out with the traditional 1d6 damage from OD&D, the WutC method, the d4–d30 DCC dice chain or any combination. So long as the foes follow suit then everyone is on the same playing field. As HD is the constant, combat is entirely a matter of taste.Combat matrices can be encouraged to be experimented with, as each result on the table is a chance for a quirk or ability, not just a hit point damage number, and is especially useful for creating swingy enchanted weapons.A note on weapon qualities. Bashing, splitting and long-shafted are not the only defined qualities. Weapons such as maces and flails already reflect their bonus against armor type in the to-hit table, while signature moves encourage experimentation and risk. As such, these qualities reflect their use as tools. Hammers are good at bashing, an axe’s wedge lies in the strength to split, and the defensive stance of a braced spear is the simple use of the ground beneath you. It is the author’s opinion that these three qualities are strong alone, and that not every weapon needs a “trick” or ability to it.

STARTING WITH A FUNNEL

Generate four Meatheads per player, but don’t roll for initial gains, just base Strength and 1d6 HP. For all purposes you have HD 0 (see Hit Dice table). HD-0 Meatheads start completely broke with nothing but a loincloth and sack, armed only with their fists. Obviously, shrimps cannot enamor any toadies until they gain their first HD with a mighty feat and survive their first session of play.Gaining their first HD with only base Strength scores means a lot of painful failure. Most aspiring Meatheads won’t make it. Those that do however, go up to HD 1 and gain +1d3 Strength without any risk of injury. Hell, even escaping the meat funnel unmaimed is worthy of praise. Insead of a mighty deed to gain their first HD, you may simply rule that all surviving characters gain their first HD, and roll for potential gains as in base character creation. Players can control multiple characters or use them as toadies.HD 0, No Bonuses, Saving Throw 11+

THE DUNGEON DICE GAME

Meatheads sometimes play games, either with coins or betting drinks. Most dungeon dwellers are familiar with this game, as well guests at inns and taverns picked up from adventurers.Each player has a pool of 6d6. To begin, all players roll 3d6 and look at the results in secret. Those who suspect they are closest to or on 18 out of everyone “knocks”, signaling that they have it. This need not be true. Any result over 18 is a bust, but can be bluffed.Next, go around the table clockwise to see who backs out or raises the stakes. After matching raises, each better rolls another d6. This roll is visible to all. This can be done up to the number of remaining d6s left in the player’s pool.If someone's knock is called out as being a bluff, they and the person who called them out must compare dice results, closest to 18 wins. If both players tie, then the pot is surrendered and the next round begins with that wager in the pot.

EXTRA TIPS

2in6 is a good chance for most anything to occur.
2d6 is a good amount of anything to appear.
Anything worth doing takes at least 10 minutes (1 turn) to do it.
Days can be split up into four easy chunks: Morning, Noon, Evening, Night. Resting or long activities like hunting, building something or football can be done in those chunks.
You can tell your players the enemy info if it won't hurt your fun.
There are three stats when you think about it: Strength (duh), the HD itself, and even Language Slots. It’s all an illusion don’t you see that yet?
Cut or bulk until you’re happy!

USEFUL PLAYER ROLES

Big Man
The Big Man is the caller for the group. They inform the Referee of the actions that the party has agreed upon, in an orderly and clear fashion. They might be the biggest Meathead, the prettiest face, or the most literate. Whatever the reason, they call the shots. The Big Man is The Big Man regardless of their gender, but also do call them by whatever they want. Don't get it twisted, pipsqueak.Mapper
Graphs and junk, pen and paper and whatever’s at hand. Just don't lose track of where you’re going or how to get back. Keeping spatial awareness is key for dungeoneering and combat. Simple as that.Supplementer
The person that keeps track of time, goals, shots fired, potions imbibed, powders snorted, salamanders chewed, etc, etc. They note the benefits or penalties affecting a party, how long they last and how much time has passed. It’s called discipline, cupcake!Bookie
Someone has to spend time with the toadies and track the loot. Keeping note of names, toadie pay, their location, inheritance, marching order, and any safehouse costs. If all toadies are accounted for, they can’t be sitting around staring at paint dry all day now can they?

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Also make sure to visit The Twelve Shoes Inn!

First Floor General Description
Doors are circular with a central knob, iron and wood, with warded locks. Doors are unlocked and shut unless otherwise noted.
Low stone ceilings, motifs of spirals, 8 pointed stars, feet, fish and fishing, shells, waves, hounds. Stoney dirt floors. Unlit unless otherwise noted.
Locked doors have a -1 to being bashed.
One way and rotating doors have a -2 to being bashed.Wandering encounters, roll 1dd6:

Notes & Reminders
Saves asking for specifics (i.e. Save vs Poison) are resolved as you would any saving throw, but specificity is mentioned for bonus possessed by characters.Descriptions of smells and noises should be given freely. Players choosing to Listen Carefully should be able to glean more than from what is just obvious. As Referee, provide them with extra info hinting as to a room’s contents or what’s far around the hallway corner.Gem Value
.25 - 50 coins
.50 - 100 coins
.75 - 150 coins
1 - 200 coinsArt Objects
1d6x100 coinsHidden things are found if the room is completely searched for 1 turn. Dwarves and sometimes others have an immediate 2-in-6 chance to see Hidden things as soon as they enter the room.

1. Entrance
Atop a lonesome hill, a pit drops 20ft onto the stone floor, large enough for a prize pig to fit through. The chamber below is lined with wood murals carved to depict boxy hobbs doing daily village activities: fishing, coral diving, shellfish farming, weaving and dying fabrics.

2. Spider Pit
Heavy webs that stick to anything they touch, alerting the giant translucent spider nesting here, having a 4-in-6 chance to surprise the party.Giant Translucent Spider
HD 5, Act 4 Mv 10, AC 7, ST 7+ Attack Bite, as a Battleaxe
Net: Flings a web net over the surprised groups. Tangles between limbs decrease the actions of those caught by 1. This effect lasts until the web is broken by a Strength test or spending an entire turn cutting it away with a blade.In the room’s center, a 12 feet pit sinks into the floor. 1d6x10 coins are found strewn amongst the webs and bones below. 2-in-6 chance a .25ct emerald is found. The most recent corpse, a roguish type, is nothing left but a desiccated corpse with a toothy gasp. He carries a set of 1d6 thieves tools.

3. Luck Altar
A stone dais rises a meter up from the floor. Shafts of sunlight pierce the earth above. A cairn altar with a flat stone slab is built atop the dais, carved with spirals and stars. An 8 pointed star in the center, 8 divots in the star’s arms where 1ct emeralds used to be. Replacing these emeralds re-enchants the altar, casting full moonlight down from the ceiling above during night time, even on nights when the moon is not full.A bronze hobb blade lays atop the altar its hilt the shape of twisting branches.Blade of Woe. As an Enchanted shortsword. Cursed! While dungeon crawling, wandering encounters increase by +1 chance, to a max of 5-in-6. Additionally, foes gain a +1 bonus to hit against you. If discarded, the blade will always find itself returned to the previous wielder during the night until death, unless left back on the altar in room 3.The blade’s curse can be removed by sacrificing eight 1ct emeralds to the Luck Altar in a ritual performed by a sage. Afterwards, the blade is remade, plucked from a different fate. The blade is then remade was a new enchanted shortsword, its thread in the weave of fortune having been redirected.Under the stone slab are d3 1ct emeralds and a blue poultice that adds 1d3 to Strength to tests. Culminating 1-in-6 chance it rubs off after each test.

A. TRAP
The side chamber door is stuck. Inside is a stone chest trapped with itching powder: a sack filled with pollen tied to the lid of a chest bursts in the entire room. Pass a Saving Throw vs Poison or breakout out in itchy welts.Itchy Welts: Anytime a Strength test is made, roll your first die twice and take the lower result as the welts plead to be scratched. Lasts for 1d3 days. Washing with water doubles the duration, but alcohol will wash it away no problem. Hobbs are naturally immune (and know the alcohol trick).

Inside the chest are d666 coins, a single 1ct emerald and a silver goblet embedded with turquoise stones. On three sides are written in the old hobb "Water" "Moon" and "Silver" - any sage will reveal that under a full moon any salted water in the cup will turn to liquid silver and harden to form the next morning.1d6 large burlap sacks of coarse salt slump along the southern wall. Each weighs 50 lbs.

4. Stone Alcoves Shrines
Once offering shrines to departed families, these sandalwood alcoves have been pinched of treasure and left with crude goblin graffiti of buttholes and unmentionables. There is enough space underneath to hide.Goblins have left a fake, but well forged, treasure map on one of the alcoves. It promises a big pile of emeralds in room 19.There is always a 2-in-6 chance 2d6 goblins hide under the alcoves, ambushing the party if their odds are good.

5. Locked Chamber
The key to open this door is held by the ghouls in room 22. A stone chest contains 6d6x10 coins, 2d6 .25ct emeralds and d3 1ct emeralds.

6. Star Mural Room
Depictions of hobbs following the 8 pointed star of the sky depicting the 9 directions (N, S, W, E, NW, NE, SW, SE, and HERE in the center)A cool mist permeates along the stone floor. Waving away the mist has a 2-in-6 chance of finding a snail with an opalescent shell. Placing the snail anywhere besides this chamber causes it to slowly crawl back to this chamber at a pace of 6 spaces a day. Its slime trail is luminous, staining the stones as it crawls. This glowing slime trail lasts for 2d6 days. When outside crawling back to room 6, there is a 1-in-6 chance the misty snail will be plucked up by a creature from the wander encounter table (without slightest clue as to who done it!).

7. Boulder Chamber
A 5x5' stone boulder sits in the center of the room, the floor underneath cracked from the weight of it having fallen from the ceiling above, leaving a 5' deep hole. Pushing the boulder requires a Strength test. It can be rolled 2 spaces with each Move, or further to combat/stealth pace if lifted with a combined Strength score of 50. Underneath it is a long dead squished goblin, carrying a sack of 30 coins and a single 1ct emerald.There’s a 2-in-6 chance of 1d6+2 goblins cramped together in the ceiling hole hiding, ambushing if odds are good.

8. Wet Room
The floor gathers several inches of standing water, dark from the mud underneath. Multicolor toads hop around and croak mindlessly. Unbothered by being held, their swirling eyes betray their zonked minds.Licking the toads causes one to trip. Hard. Save vs Spell. Success learns one spell from the table below. This spell is unknowingly granted by the patronage of the goop imprisoned in room 13. Everytime a meathead casts this spell, a whisper jostles their mind and beckons to be set free.Refusing the spell or failing the test bends one's mind like bars which cannot be mended straight again. Hellish scolding scrapes their brain with barbed tongues, sending madness shivering through spines. A segmented horror wraps around you, feeling that it now claims you. You gain a permanent head injury (-1 to ST) culminating with each failed lick and roll on the table below.Roll d6
1: You barf 6d6 toads and die (death save).
2: You bite the person nearest you, as an unarmed attack.
3: You spew multicolored slime and lose 1 HD.
4: You sit and wail for one turn, having a 4-in-6 chance to attract an encounter.
5: You sweat profusely and stink horribly for 3d6 days.
6: You run to the dungeon exit and refuse to return for 1d3 days.D6 Spells offered. Can all be collected, just be prepared to explain the toad licking.
1-Break
2-Sticky Fingers
3-Belch
4-Leap
5-Hydrate
6-Color Gas

9. Slimerat Nest
Behind a stuck door is a stinking chamber of muck, dripping water and refuse gathered into a fetid nest. 3d6+2 rats have grown to hulking mad monstrosities. They possess a taste for flesh as green slime pumps through their veins.Slimerat
HD 2, Act 2, Mv 8, AC 4, ST 8+, Attack: Bite, as shortsword
Spicy Blood: Sharp weapons made of metal have a culminating 1-in-6 chance to break with each hit. Wood and stone does not melt from the green slime, but metal dissolves into brittle rust in a manner of minutes. Blunt weapons do not incur such a chance.The southern chamber is behind iron bars, a stone chest behind it, overgrown with moss and lichen from moisture. Are 2d6 .25ct emeralds, a single 1ct emerald, a meerschaum pipe carved like a mermaid (art object worth 200 coins) and a wavy steel war pick with a ivory hilt carved with seashells and starfish.Claw of the Coast. As enchanted handaxe, but counts as a bashing weapon instead of wedged. Can shoot jets of water from the end, attacking as an enchanted heavy crossbow. It can shoot 12 times before needing to be soaked in water overnight to replenish its “reservoir”.

10. Crabmen Mural Room
Depictions of hobbs arriving from the south, fighting crabmen along the cliffs.

11. Bone Room
This chamber's western wall and ceiling are open air. Climbing out is treacherous, requiring a Strength test without proper climbing equipment to cling to the wind swept cliffs.Wind blows in from the sea, whipping violently around the room. There is a 2-in-6 chance of torches being extinguished immediately when entering.Stinking piles of sticky green bones and slimy feathers, pellets regurgitated by the crowmen of the western cliffs, their nest is in the next room south, blocked by slime piles but accessible to them by flying. There is 3-in-6 chance they are present when entering, appearing as 2d6.Crowmen
They love bread and shiny things, +2 to reaction rolls when offered such.
HD 2, Act 2, Mv 6 (12 fly), AC 4, ST 9+, Attack: Claw and bite, as a Spear.
The Drop Off: Two crowmen grapple together as one, combining their grapples vs their foe. If successful, they lift and move the target 10 feet per action. Victims are often dropped right over the cliffside, but may attempt to grapple free.
Spew: Single crowmen that successfully grapples a target vomits forth their stomach contents. Target takes 2d6 acid damage.A warrior’s corpse, picked and pulled apart. Her plate armor has been melted, as if struck by lightning. She holds a magic sword, Seethe, its name written on the blade in elvish.Seethe. As an enchanted longsword. +2 damage vs wizards and monsters. Before being struck down in death, the wielder of this sword may make one attack for free with a +2 bonus, even when not currently in hand, in hopes of enacting retribution upon their slayer.It is too noisy in the room to hear the other side of any door without a successful listen carefully test.

12. Gaol Entry
Slimy steps behind a false wall turn southwards and descend rapidly. A solid iron door, a single keyhole in its center. This door is opened by the Ornate True key held by the abused hobb skeleton in room 20.Beyond the iron door, icy darkness lingers, a coldness creeps outwards. 4 Big-Boned Skeletons guard this upper chamber, 2 with long spears and 2 with axes all rushing outwards to chase off any intruders. One skeleton possesses the Ornate False Key to room 13. Their bones reform after 2d3 nights if not destroyed by fire or doused in holy water.Two long stairwells flank the southern wall, both descending downwards 20 feet into the wet, cold earth. A mural above the southern passage depicts 5 brave hobbs in their duty of guarding this solemn chamber, two on the end holding the two ornate keys.Big-Boned Skeleton
Skeletons simply just don't rise on their own accord. Any experienced adventurer knows that their Master is in close vicinity.
HD1S, Act 2, Mv 4, AC 8, ST 9+, Attack: as Weapon
Bony Frame: Slashing damage rolls against Skeletons are at a -1, while blunt and wedged weapons damage rolls are at +1.TRAP B
Stepping down either stairwell has a 3-in-6 chance to activate their traps. Metal balls pour from grates over the steps, pass a ST or fall down the stairs and into the spikes revealed at the bottom for 4d6 damage. This trap does not reset.

13. Slime Gaol
Still water gathers at the low chamber. Cave bugs and slime festers along the cracks in the stone.The stone slab requires great strength to move, laying behind it is a massive clay jar, grimed with congealed gunk, gurgling belches heard from within. A name in an old hobb is written on the jar: “Smork”. The old hobbs say that their village elders dealt with a warlock in the village decades ago by that name.A voice speaks to you from under the lid, a voice you heard before in toad dreams. It will demand you to feed it, slipping morsels of meat under its lip. When 20 HD of flesh is fed to it, it offers a taste from under its lid. Pass a ST or die, otherwise become immune from poison forever.Smashing the jar releases the goop. Pass a ST or lose 1 HD and have a random body part per the injury table be dissolved by slime as a permanent injury. A dissolved head means instant death, naturally. If this kills you, your body congeals into the pool of green slime.Leaving the jar, it will offer no begging or pleading. It will simply wait. After 2d6 days a group of 2d6 goblins will succumb to the will of the jar. Their blood will turn to green slime as per the rats in Room 9 and they each gain 1 HD.Slime
Wishes to grow.
HD 6s, Act 1, Mv 2, AC 2, ST 6+, Attack: as +1 Mace
Corrosion: Dissolves metal rapidly 1 round after contact.
Engulf: Grapples as +4d6. On winning, slurps up a target absorbing 1d3 HD damage each round. Those in Mail or Plate take Crush damage from melting armor.
Melt: Weapons made of metal have a culminating 1-in-6 chance to break with each hit. Wood and stone does not melt as such.Green slime can be collected and made into a Slime Rub supplement by a sage.

14. Fetid Nest
The putrid nest of rotting carcasses carried in by gorey talons or puked out of acrid stomachs. 2d6 crowmen dwell here at any given moment, their nests dotting the room among stone pillars, opening westward to the cliffside. 4d6 eggs are kept from dangers in the dungeon, guarded by 1d3+3 crowmen with 2d6x100 coins strewn about.Wind blows in from the sea, whipping violently around the room. There is a 2-in-6 chance of torches being extinguished immediately when entering.Carvings of a hobb plugging their ears with moth wax. Room was once a colony for wax worms and moths. The pillars are dirtied with birdmess, but have the potential to be cleaned and repopulated.A stone boulder blocks passage to the south that crowmen can easily fly. It leads to a small chamber that is the nest of Nastya the harpy, her red feathers stinking of carrion and perfume. She will bargain with the party if offered treasure. If she is appeased with the value of 1000 coins or more she allows the party to pass safely through Rooms 14 and 11. She will, however, become more greedy, asking for 1d6x50 more coins each time the party passes through. Additionally, there is a 1in6 chance she will instead demand to be brought to a man as payment. This man is taken and made into a new crowman through a profane feather sticking ritual within the night. Those stuck with 222 harpy feathers turn into crowmen and pledge their undying love for the harpy.Nastya The Harpy
HD 5, Act 3, Mv 6 (12 fly), AC 7, ST 6+, Attack: Long reaching talons, as a Polearm.
Stank: Being next the Nastya requires a ST or else you lose an action. Plugging your nose negates this.Counts herself as cunning but her avarice shows plainly.In her chamber are 2d6 1ct emeralds plus a single 5ct emerald. Additionally, a bright object* can be found gleaming through the gunk pile. D666 harpy red feathers are found here.*Dwarven Volcano Gun: As a Pistol, with being a +2 bonus in the hands of a dwarf. 1 HD damage and Immolates target (as Ongoing damage) on failed ST.

15. Fish Wet Chef
In the open windy air is the stench of boiling fish. A small, lumpy toadman stands near a boiling cauldron, stirring its frothy contents. Benoit speaks in a thick, slow drawl, and is reluctant at first to sell the party soup.“This some water with a smack of fish to it. I call it “Fish Wet”. No no no, this here fish wet is too flavorful for your tastebuds. No no no. You wouldn’t like these flavorful profiles. No no no.”After brief convincing, he will sell small bowls or fill a vial for 60 coins. The water is just that, boiled fish water. However, astute party members will notice that even after hours of having left this room, their boiled fish water is still piping hot.The cauldron from which the toad merchant, Benoit, is enchanted and anything cooked in it will count as a Modest Meal and stay hot for 7 days. Benoit does not know this, he is just confident in his cooking.

16. Great Well Chamber
Ceiling mural depicts the sun rising in the east with birth, rising over the ceiling, at the zenith the sun smiles gazing down into a great well, and sets in the west into the paint sea, into darkness and death. The well has a lip of 2ft, carved stone of waves and seashells. The opening is 12ft in diameter.Shattered glass and rusted, dented metal pieces litter the floor, raising the chance of being detected if sneaking by 1. When revealed, the Stuck Giant in the well will reach out its hand to chase off any intruders.Stuck Giant
HD 9, Act 3, Mv X, AC Lg, ST 6+, Attack: Long reach, blinded -1 to hit, Damage as Greatsword.
Squish: Grapple bonus of +4d6. When grappled, deals Crush damage every turn. If killed while grappled, you’re brought into the well and eaten. Each body eaten bestows +1 HD.The far west and east walls are out of its grasp, retreating back into the well if unable to reach anyone. Luckily, it has a big stick to jab and smash those out of reach, allowing him to continue attacking with a further -1 to hit and dealing damage as a +2 Maul.There is a 2-in-6 it will be asleep (after first encountering) when re-entering the chamber. Snoring deeply “mi-mi-mi-mi-mi”, it awakens on failed stealth checks. However, it will pretend to still be asleep, then act to catch the party surprised (4-in-6 chance).Four stone carved pillars reach from floor to ceiling, 30ft high around the well. Each time a pillar is broken, there is a 2-in-6 chance the ceiling collapses, increasing in chance by +1 for each pillar broken. Pass a Saving Throw to avoid being crushed for 2d3 HD damage by the collapsed ceiling. This cave-in blocks the top of the well, but does not slay the stuck giant. In fact, the giant will forever be hostile to the meatheads upon meeting them again, being truly stuck now.The giant is distrustful, knowing well the cruelty the little-folk inflict on it and its kind. It is a prisoner of its own doing, becoming stuck here and kept as a mockery to Ur-Nol.Giant’s turn color depending on their emotion.
Fuscia - Anger
Chartreuse - Shame
Indigo - Sadness
Xanthous - Joy
Jade - Guilt
Violet - Fear
Maroon - Love

17. The Withered Arm
In a low stone ceiling chamber (as a narrow space, tallfolk will need to crouch and move at stealth speed), a dirt floor has nothing but a withered gray skinned arm, desiccated and gnarled. Moving into the room causes the arm to leap and grasp at the nearest target (grapples as 4d6).If successful, it latches onto the flesh with an avarice grip. The target immediately has 1d3 Strength sapped away and faints. A small bulb of flesh begins to grow on the arms end.After an hour the host awakens. Each following day the host loses 1d3 STR, where the arm absorbs it, becoming bigger and morphing into its own humanoid form. Once the arm saps 14 points, the parasitic arm fully grows into the form of a buff wizard. If the host ever reaches 0 Strength they are absorbed into the growing wizard.Although Mortagetames is not very sorry about absorbing your comrade, he will act as a sage for Meatheads, just asking for a place to set up shop.Burning or dissolving the arm destroys it completely.

TRAP B
A rope dangles from the ceiling, a sign scrawled “YANK ME”. If pulled, the entire ceiling in that space collapses for 2d3 HD damage and begins to crush anything underneath for ongoing damage. There is no Saving Throw. This blocks off passage beyond room 17 unless the stone is lifted or propped into place.

18. Glow Beetle Room
Beetles the size of pint glasses glow like lighting bugs, greenish blue. Their spit paper nest droops in the rooms center, bright wet and squishy. Squirming when held, distressingly shining their rump. as a torch. if hit, 3-in-6 chance it is squashed, it's glowing goo splatter on holder, staining them and causing them to glow for 1d6+2 hours.

19. Goblin Gambling Den
A hide curtain blocks the northern passage of this chamber, there is a 3-in-6 chance of the two goblin patrols from both factions playing knuckle dice with the bones of a hobb. There are torches alit, comfy rocks to sit on, and a hidden cask of ale. A circle is drawn in the dirt where the dice are played gobbo style. D66 coins are in the pot. Distracted by the game, they have a 4in6 chance of being caught surprised unless hearing the slam of Trap B up north.One of the goblins wears a bloodied beard and possesses a dwarven-made axe!Beardface
HD 3, Act 2, Mv 8, AC 6, ST 8+, Attack: as BattleaxeGoblins
HD 1, Act 2, Mv 10, AC 3, ST 10+, Attack: as Handaxe or Club
Impress beardface: +1 to hit and mettle when around Beardface.
If befriended, the goblins will request that you help them clear out the ghouls from room 21, splitting the treasure to add to their gambling pot.
If no goblins are present, or are chased off, a hobb skeleton will animate, its bones written in a scrimshaw of goblin curses. It cannot speak, but will show passages if treated well. It has hidden the True key to the Poison Gaol (room 13) within the room.A priest can obliterate the skeleton and permanently banish its spirit to damnation. A sage can uncurse it by rubbing moth wax into the bones. If the latter is done the hobb’s spirit will do one last favor and guide the party a single time safely out of the dungeon.

20. Dale’s Tomb
This chamber’s ceiling tents upwards, small shafts of light shine through on sunny days onto the stone slab tomb of Dale Rhinenail the gemsmith. Lifting the stone lid reveals Dale’s corpse underneath, buried with his ancient, humble gem cutting tools.Buried with him also is the Octet Gemstone Brooch, 9,000 coin value. It can remove curses 8 times, each time corroding an arm of the star, devaluing it by -500 coins. Placing this star in the Altar of Luck in Room 3 allows you to remove a curse or haunting once per day indefinitely with the help of a sage.An additional treasure of 2,000+d6666 coins are found stacked along the inside of the tomb. 3d6 pieces of fine hobb jewelry line the stone coffin, each acting as an art object.

21. Ghoul Nest/Olva’s tomb
The funeral stone for this tomb has been toppled outwards and split. The star nosed mole on the front cracked into two pieces.2-in-6 chance 3d6 Ghouls reside here at any given moment. The floor is strewn with hobb bones (+1 chance to detect in stealth). A stone funeral slab blocks the passage east to room 15, piled with cold and gnawed bones. It doesn't matter what you were before, the eating of flesh changes you. Their bodies grow long and pallid, teeth elongate, gums always itching for the chewing of flesh. The ghouls are craven scavengers with nothing left to eat, having picked out all the easy hobb tombs years ago. They have survived by eating the stringy flesh of scrawny dungeoneering parties.On a non-hostile reaction, the ghouls grovel and implore the party to open the remaining hobb tomb (room 20) so they might feast on the ancient flesh. They promise to let the party keep whatever treasures may be inside, caring only for the sweet dead flesh.This promise however is shaky. Once a tomb is opened, reroll their reaction to determine how true they are to their word. A 6 or lower they can’t help but rush in and devour the corpse before turning on the meatheads emboldened by ravenous gluttony.The ghouls swear that you gain the strength of people you eat. Through a ritual they can teach you. Simply begin by eating the body of a warrior braver than you.Technique - First Taste
Eating flesh of foes nets you a temporary +1 to Strength for the day, but your hunger becomes more ravenous. Everytime you increase your Strength in such a way, you must eat an additional 10 pounds of unsullied flesh a day, untouched by flame or smoke or salt. Raw and bleeding, the heartbeat felt in blood.This room once belonged to the tomb of Olva Mollioliolioli, a hobb folk hero who befriended the giant star-nosed moles to root out the treacherous wyrms that infested the outlying hills. Depictions of her taming moles with moth grubs, in turn she appeases the wax moths with a special bespeckled mushroom.100+d66 coins are found scattered if fully searched. 2-in-6 chance of finding 1ct emerald.Starved Ghouls
HD 3, Act 2, Mv 9, AC 5, ST 8+, Attack: Long Claws, as Shortsword. Paralyzing Bite, as Dagger.
Paralyzing Bite: On bite, in addition to damage the target must pass a ST or become paralyzed for 2d6 hours. When paralyzed, they go limp and may take no actions but are fully aware and feel everything. All paralyzed targets are dragged to room 21 and slowly skinned. Unless they are rescued within 1d6 hours, they will die without chance of a death save. When saved from the ghouls, they start at 1 HP. Elves are naturally immune.

22. Troll Chamber
An enchanted slab blocks this chamber. Those trying to move it must pass a Saving Throw. Of those who fail, one is randomly chosen to bear the full weight of the stone slab. A fate beset upon the individual, they must defy the accursed stone cast upon them. The chosen must pass this Mighty Feat or are crushed to death.The stones of this chamber are especially hefty and wide, impressively stacked into cairns. Atop the cairns the fabled Blerggin Stone. Wrapped around in a silver band is inscribed a phrase in old hobb “Those who cannot carry on will be crushed and forgotten.”The Blerggin Stone can only be lifted as a Mighty Feat. Failing your test requires a saving throw vs death. Passing this saving throw means you avoid death by the falling stone, but you may never attempt to pick it up again. The carrier of the stone moves as a Heavy Foot (as per lugging stones in Killnerd). A strength test is required after each movement to hold the stone. Failure means death, you being fated to be crushed to death by the stone.Carrying the Blerggin Stone further than 200ft (generally 20 spaces) will grant incredible leg strength, gaining a +2 bonus to Strength score and are forever able to move as 1 Movement Class better, no matter terrain, weight, or enchantment. The new record is magically inscribed onto the silver bands of the stone, along with your name.d666 coins. 2d6 pearls (50 coins each) 2d6 .25ct emeralds, 1d3 .5ct emeralds and two 1ct emeralds.The troll of the hill dwells here, leading a stubborn and lonesome life. His skin grows pebbly, his frowning face hard set like the cliffs. You will be hard pressed to win him over, but should you he will tell you his name (Benni).Troll
HD 4s, Act 2, Mv 4, AC Lg, ST 7+, Attack: as +2 Unarmed or Great Weapon
Hardy: Cannot be killed unless exposed to sunlight or their thick nasty tail is severed.
Regeneration: Once defeated will regain all HD at the beginning of next round unless properly slain.Trolls are familial creatures, forming little families in the wilder places. When a troll feels they are deeply embarrassed or insulted by a family member, they become antisocial unless bad blood is amended quickly.

Trap D
There is a 2-in-6 chance of a boulder falling from above, blocking the passage. Pushing the boulder requires a Strength test. It can be rolled 2 spaces with each Move, or further to combat/stealth pace if lifted with a combined Strength of 50

24. Seance Chamber
The aftermath of some profane ritual: candles, broken salt circle, spooky skulls. Yup, has the stink of wizards all over it. Or is that the goat demon they summoned?This chamber holds a number of great artifacts: 1d6+1 Art Objects, 10,000 coins, 6d6 .25ct emeralds (50 coins each), 3d6 .5ct Emeralds (100 coins each), 1d6 1ct emeralds (200 coins each). 2d6x10 pearls (50 coins each)Potion of Hallsight - Pass a ST to reveal the path forward into the dungeon by 2d6x3 spaces. Failure makes one temporarily blind for a single day.
Birchwood scroll of Protection from Unliving - Unliving creatures must stay 6 spaces (60 feet) away from the reader of this scroll.Goat Demon
HD 3s, Act 2, Mv 4, AC 8, ST 8+, Attack: as Greatsword
Headbutt: Bashes 4-in-6 chance, shoving you 1d3 spaces. It can launch a Target straight into the air with its horns instead, falling for 3d6 damage unless catching onto something.
Weak Nerves: Will faint if scared.

25. Dyldo’s TombBehind the stone slabs a long chamber contains a stone coffin to the western side and slopes upwards to the eastern side.Dyldo’s coffin is particularly taller than others, inside it stands his famous magic wheel barrow, of rich brown wood untarnished by age or the dankness of the tomb. In its bed lies Dyldo Samjee. Even his long dead corpse smiles proudly, holding withered, dried red flowers which do not grow along the coast.A wooden stele shows Dyldo marrying a circus strongwoman who brought him red flowers from the south.If the flower petals are brought to a sage they can be crushed and distilled into a crimson potion granting +2 Strength. Toadies who follow the imbiber never have to test mettle in the presence of their meathead, their fidelity for them becomes unwavering.The Magic Wheelbarrow can hold 60 slots worth of items and be pushed easily by even a hobb child as fast as they can run. It can be swung as a weapon too, acting as an enchanted club. When bashing with the wheelbarrow, foes that fail their ST are instead bonked into the ground, becoming stuck and unable to move until taking a full turn to wriggle out.D6666 coins, 1d6+1 art objects and 3d3 .50ct emeralds lay in the wheel barrow with Dyldo, his skull seemingly smiling with two 1ct emeralds placed above his eyes.This side chamber holds a number of great artifacts: 1d6+1 Art Objects, 10,000 coins, 6d6 .25ct emeralds (50 coins each), 3d6 .5ct Emeralds (100 coins each), 1d6 1ct emeralds (200 coins each). 2d6x10 pearls (50 coins each)Potion of Hallsight - Pass a ST to reveal the path forward into the dungeon by 2d6x3 spaces. Failure makes one temporarily blind for a single day.
Birchwood scroll of Protection from Unliving - Unliving creatures must stay 60 feet away from the reader of this scroll.

Trap C
Sliding the stone slabs violently snap shut, crushing the next passerby for 1d3 HD damage.

26. Workout Chamber
Brass plates and weights carved with hobb spirals. This chamber no doubt saw many warriors train within its walls. All left now are the Oath-Sworn Statues that mill about.Oath-Sworn Statue
A good man is hard to find, especially one with a job. These ones are not only loyal and exquisitely chiseled, but working too! But, there's a problem. They're not men. Once flesh and bone, now preserved at their physical peak by their master. Skeptical, inquisitive and not about to let you pass.
HD 8, Act 1, Mv 1, AC 8, ST 7+, Attack: as Spear
Stony: Can only be hurt by Blunt Weapons.Atop a pile of d6666 coins is the Cyclopean MaulCyclopean Maul. As enchanted maul. Deep green metal with a sickly sheen, a bulging eye atop a plain shaft. Foes that are struck must pass a ST or see stars, taking a -2 to hit penalty for 1d3 rounds.

The Twelve Toes Inn

A smokey roadside burrow some kilometers south of Kilnerd, new faces pass through its door each night. The innkeeper, Sweet Delilah, is considered one of the best chefs this side of the Grey Sea. Her stern expectation of fine quality draws people to detour from their nitpicked planned trade routes for a single meal. She rents warm and roomy beds for 5 coins a night in the sleeping chamber and 20 coins a night for a private room with lock and key (4 available).Sweet Delilah offers the following gear and meals:
Hard cheese, brown bread and salt flakes. Served with wine. As meager meal - 5 coins.Slow roasted pork served on flatbread with parsley jam, mushrooms and onions. Served with ale or stout. As modest meal - 10 coins.Whole roasted goose spiced with caraway seeds and cider vinegar, plump with a bread stuffing of apples, cheese and walnuts. Served with an aperitif and digestif. As magnificent meal - 30 coins.Spam Sandwich - 12 coins.
A special modest meal. Familiar to any hobb traveling the road by foot, most inns have their own version sizzling underneath their burrows. An amalgamation of meat cheeks press in a salty gelatin patty, topped by a fried egg and coleslaw served on toasted bread. The melt in your mouth bite sings praise upon the tongue. You’ll find yourself more eager to speak with strangers. Gain a +1 to reaction rolls for the day (+3 if offering a sandwich) and treat any half known languages as being fully known for the purposes of speaking. However, the salty sandwich weighs heavy in your stomach. Pass a ST or move as one Movement Class lower (-2 Move Space if already at Heavy Foot).Ailing Helmet - 25 coins.
A souvenir that proudly displays the Twelve Toes Inn logo. As a helm, but can hold 2 vials, both of which can be drunk together as a single action.Traders offer all wares found on the weapons, armor and gear lists, with the exception of guns. Instead, each day there is a 2-in-6 chance of a gun trader arriving at the tavern.Toadies:
The Mighty Guys, adventurers for hire - currently janitors at the inn - will toadie after a Strength test or for 50 coins.
Rodge - Grumpy human good at impressions.
Stanjer - An old but fit elf with a bad memory.
Gabers - Always shirtless lizardman who enjoys a smoke.Jobs
Drink Slinging: Sweet Delilah needs help at the bar so she can focus on making bombastic meals. Lend her a hand for the night!
During your shift, begin by rolling 3d6. Multiply this result by 8. This is the number of coins you would make at the end of your shift. You can however bump this number up by pushing drinks onto customers. Roll another 1d6 to add to the pool. If the result ever goes over 18, the inn gets too rowdy and a brawl breaks out! Not only do you have to settle it, you’ll also end up owing 2d6x50 coins to Sweet Delilah for bar repairs.Bussing: When flagons and tankards pile high they need the shit boy to pick up the slack. During your shift for the night, pass a Strength test to not drop the dishes. That's it, any big galoot can do it and earn 2d6x6 coins while doing it. But if you drop them, it's coming outta your pockets! Sweet Delilah will expect a 2d6x100 coin value as amends or ban you from the inn.Trade Interpreter: What? A Meathead can’t be verbose? Those with a knack for language can act as an interpreter for traders seeking to be on the same page. To interpret you must first be able to speak both languages in need of interpreting (at least ½ point). Then, roll a d6 under your total language score. As a result of 6 is always a failure. You - and really no one - won’t be seeing any coins from a botched job.2d6 languages, roll twice to pair then add their coin value for the payment. Reroll on repeats.
2: Demonic = 666 coins
3: Dragon = 500 coins
4: Elf = 100 coins
5: Hobb = 60 coins
6: Dwarf = 40 coins
7: Colloquial = 30 coins
6: Orc = 50 coins
9: Goblin = 120 coins
10: Imp = 180 coins
11: Troll = 260 coins
12: Fae = 1000 coins

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