Dragon Bane Player Aid Cheat Sheet by Goudy

Rolling a one (1) on D20 means that you are partic­ularly succes­sful. This is called rolling a dragon. In combat, a dragon roll has specific effects – increasing the damage of an attack, for example. Outside of combat the GM decides the effect.

✦ You impress everyone around you.

✦ The action is performed faster than usual.

Rolling a 20 on D20 is called rolling a demon and means that the roll fails regardless of your skill level and other circon also means that the roll cannot be pushed . Demon rolls can have additional effects in combat and during spellc­asting.

✦ You damage yourself, someone else, or an item.

✦ You make a lot of noise.

If you fail a skill or attribute roll, you can choose to push the roll, which means that you make another attempt. The new result applies, whatever it is. If you have boons or banes, you must re-roll all dice. You can never push a demon roll (a natural 20). Whenever you push a roll, immedi­ately after the re-roll, you suffer a condition. This means that you get a bane on all rolls for skills based on a certain attribute, and rolls against the attribute in question. Each attribute is linked to a certain condition.

✦ Sickly – CON

✦ Angry – INT

✦ Dishea­rtened - CHA

✦ You cannot choose a condition you already have.

Once you have all six condit­ions, you may no longer push your rolls. In addition to their effects, conditions provide inspir­ation for rolepl­aying. Mark conditions on your character sheet.

NPCs and Monsters: Only the player characters can push their rolls, not NPCs or monsters.

Lost HP and WP are recovered by resting. There are three kinds of rest – round rest, stretch rest, and shift rest. While resting, you cannot perform any actions that require die rolls or WP.

Stretch Rest: A short rest that only lasts for one stretch of time. During a stretch rest you heal D6 HP, or 2D6 HP if someone else is tending to you and succeeds with a HEALING roll. The caregiver cannot rest during the same stretch and can only heal one person during the rest.

Shift Rest: A shift rest lasts one full shift of time and can only take place in a safe location where there are no enemies nearby. During a shift rest you recover all your lost HP and WP and heal all condit­ions. If a shift rest is interr­upted by combat or hard work it has no effect.

Life as an adventurer brings many challe­nges, and if you survive you are sure to change and maybe even learn a thing or two along the way.

✦ Did you partic­ipate in the game session?

✦ Did you defeat one or more dangerous advers­aries?

✦ Did you give in to your weakness?

Teacher: A shift of intense training with a teacher whose skill level is 15 or higher and exceeds your own gives you an a skill in question. Make the roll immedi­ately, without waddit­ional advanc­ement roll to improve theiting for the session to end. However, a teacher can only raise a skill level by one – after that you must improve the skill through experience before you can get more help from a teacher. Teachers, especially those with high skill levels, are usually very expensive.

Heroic Abilities: You can earn new heroic abilities during play in two ways:

✦ After a grand heroic deed, the GM or the adventure can reward you with a heroic ability. This should be a rare event, never more than once per standa­rd-­length adventure.

Overcome Weakness: If you during the session acted in a way that clearly goes against your weakness, you get two advanc­ement marks (instead of one mark for giving into it). You have now also overcome your weakness and must remove it. You must then play a full session without a weakness. After that, you may choose a new weakness, preferably based on something that has occurred in the game.