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Table of Contents
Your Character 4
Playing the Game 6
Character Advancement 8
Enterprise and War 9
Arcana 10
Example of Play 14
Running the Game 17
Encounters 18
Monsters 19
Treasure 20
Traps, Obstacles, and Hazards 21
The Odd World 22
The Iron Coral 24
The Fallen Marsh 28
Hopesend Port 32
Oddpendium 34
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Your Character
Who Are You?
Roll 3d6 for each Ability Score. 10 is average. Tools (1s each): Crowbar, Saw, Glue, Magnifying
You may swap any two of your scores. Glass, Manacles, Animal Trap, Lockpicks, Mirror,
Writing Set, Fishing Pole, Shovel, Grappling
Strength – Fighting, fortitude, and toughness.
Hook, Collapsible Pole, 20ft Rope, Spikes, etc.
Dexterity – Stealth, athletics, and reflexes.
Willpower – Confidence, discipline, and charisma. Luxuries (1g): Clockwork Items, Thermometer,
Elaborate Clothes, Jewellery, Ornaments,
Characters start with d6 Hit Points, a measure Spyglass, etc.
of their ability to avoid life-threatening Damage.
Flashbang (10s): Momentarily blinds anyone
Starter Package that fails a dex save.
Consult the Starter Package Table on the facing Fire Oil (10s): Sets an area alight. All inside take
page to find your starting equipment and any d6 Damage each round.
special information about your character. As
Bomb (20s): d12 Damage to all within the blast.
well as individual equipment, an expedition
always has lanterns, basic climbing, mapping, Rocket (20s): d12 Damage and a colourful explosion.
camping equipment, and rations. Smoke-bomb (10s): Fills a room with smoke when lit.
Attacks through the smoke are Impaired.
Companions
Poison (20s): Lose d20 str if consumed.
For small player groups, each player may create
Ether (10s): Inhaled, str save or pass out for an hour.
one or more companions. Roll their Ability Scores
in order and give them 1 hp and a sword. Acid (10s): d6 Damage, burns through most materials.
Antitoxin (10s): Neutralises most toxins.
Equipment
Board (per week): Bed in a Dormitory (1s), Room
One-Hundred Pennies (p) make a Shilling (s). One-hundred
in a Boarding House (10s), Town House (20s).
Shillings make a Guilder (g).
Food and Drink: Bread and Broth (10p), Bottle of
Unarmed Attack: d4 Damage.
Gin or Rum (50p), Pie and Wine (50p), Fine Meal (1s).
Hand Weapon (2s, one hand): d6 Damage. Dagger,
Beasts: Mule or Llama (5s) to Horse (1g). +1 to rider’s
bow, pitchfork, sword, pistol, club etc.
Armour. Mutt (5s) to Hound (50s), str d10, d6 Bite.
Field Weapon (10s, two hands): d8 Damage.
Musket, pistol brace, sword and dagger, halberd, etc. Birds: From parrots and ravens (10s, str d6, d4 claws.)
to kestrels and hawks (50s, d6 claws).
Noble Weapon (30s, one hand): d8 Damage. Finely
made sabre, duelling pistol, rapier, etc.
Hirelings
Heavy Gun (1g, two hands) d10 Damage. Cannot
(cost per day, d6 hp and Ability Scores 10 unless noted)
move and fire. Elephant gun, long rifle. etc.
Lighter Boy (1s): str 2d6, Lantern, Club.
Shield Armour (10s, one hand): Armour 1. Outdated
armour requiring a shield (included) to be effective. Mercenary (5s): 2d6 hp, Musket, Sword.
Modern Armour (50s): Armour 1. Breastplate and helm. Expert (10s): Pistol, Expertise in a Specific Area
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Your Character
What Do You Have?
Match your highest Ability Score against your Hit Points to find your starting package. Weapons
have their damage roll listed. Arcana are rolled randomly (see page 10). If two characters would have
the same equipment, the second character takes their starting package from the column to the left,
or right if this is not possible.
Starter Package Table
1 hp 2 hp 3 hp 4 hp 5 hp 6 hp
Sword (d6), Musket (d8) Musket (d8) Pistol (d6), Blunderbuss (d8) Musket (d8)
Pistol (d6), Sword (d6), Club (d6) Knife (d6) Hatchet (d6), Mutt Hatchet (d6)
3–9 Modern Armour Flashbang Immunity to Telepathy if Dreams show your Flashbang
Sense nearby Sense nearby extreme heat target fails wil undiscovered Iron Limb
unearthly beings Arcana. and cold. save surroundings Arcanum
Rifle (d8), Musket (d8) Musket (d8) Claymore (d8) Pistol Brace (d8) Rifle (d8)
Bayonet (d6) Hatchet (d6) Protective Pistol (d6) Steel Wire Mace (d6)
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Lighter Boy Hawk Gloves 2 Acid Flasks Grappling Hook Eagle
Arcanum Arcanum Arcanum Arcanum Arcanum Poison
Rifle (d8) Hatchet (d6) Musket (d8) Musket (d8) Machete (d6), Club (d6),
Modern Armour Pistol (d6) Mallet, Marbles Bayonet (d6) Pistol Brace (d8) 3 Bombs
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Hound Bolt-Cutters Fancy Hat Mutt with Talking Parrot Rocket
Arcanum Arcanum Arcanum telepathic link. Never Sleep Darkvision
Club (d6) Musket (d8) Pick-Axe (d6) Pistol (d6), Harpoon Gun (d8) Maul (d8)
12 Throwing Knives Mule Manacles Toxin-Immune Baton (d6), Acid Dagger (d6)
Arcanum Arcanum Arcanum Rocket Slightly Magnetic Chain
Pistol (d6), Sword (d6), Pistol (d6), Musket (d8) Bolt-Cutters Longaxe (d8)
13 Ether, Poison Pistol (d6) Smoke-bomb Portable Ram Blunderbuss (d8) Rum
Arcanum Modern Armour Mutt, Shovel Game Set Fiddle Bomb
Cane (d6), Acid Pistol (d6), Bell Longaxe (d8) Pistol (d6), Saw Pistol (d6), Grease Dagger (d6),
14 Spyglass Steel Wire Throwing Axes Animal Trap Hand Drill Fire Oil
Arcanum Smoke-bomb Fire Oil Spyglass Drum Mirror
Pistol Brace (d8) Longaxe (d8) Club (d6), Ether Bow (d6), Sword & Dagger (d8) Pistol (d6),
15 Canary Ferret Crowbar Knife (d6) Magnifying Glass Knife (d6),
Ether Fire Oil Flute Rocket, Fire Oil Lost Eye Bomb, Saw
Musket (d8) Staff (d8) Hatchet (d6), Pistol (d6), Pistol (d6), Acid Pistol (d6)
16 Pocket-watch Tongs Net, Fire Oil Whip (d6), Animal Repellent Bomb, Shovel
Bomb Glue Burnt Face Cigars, Lost Eye Prosthetic Hand Glowing Eyes
Halberd (d8) Pistol (d6), Net Club (d6), Paint Musket (d8) Sword (d6) Staff (d8)
17 Fake Pistol Prosthetic Leg Crowbar Accordion Steel Wire Throwing
Artificial Lung Trumpet Loud Lungs No Nose/Scent Ugly Mutation Knives (d6)
Garotte (d6) Pistol (d6), Pistol (d6), Sword (d6) Sword (d6), Ferret Mace (d6)
18 Musket (d8) Grease, Hacksaw Cigars, Poison Shield Armour Tattered Clothes Pigeon
Mute One Arm Fugitive Illiterate Debt (3g) Disfigured
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Playing the Game
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Playing the Game
What Do You Need to Know?
Saves: A Save is a roll to avoid danger from a risky This can lead to vastly different uses. For example, a
action or situation. Roll d20. If you roll equal or character using their Heat Ray to thaw a frozen
under the appropriate Ability Score you pass. 1 is ally must pass a wil save to succeed. If they fail, the
always a success and 20 always a failure. Heat Ray blasts the unfortunate ally for its
normal Damage.
Turns: On your turn a character can move and perform
an action. When it is unclear which combat side Ability Score Loss: If a character has their str
should act first, the character at the head of the score reduced to zero they are dead. If their dex
group must pass a dex save to secure the first action. or wil are reduced to zero the character is
paralysed or mentally broken respectively, and
Actions: An Action can be anything from negotiating,
cannot act until they have a Full Rest. They must be
to attacking, to fleeing. Attacks are detailed below.
carried to safety.
For other actions the Referee calls for the
character at risk to roll a save. For example, an Death: When a character dies the player creates
attempt to trip an opponent might force them to a new character and the Referee finds a way to
pass a str save to stay on their feet, while an have them join the group as soon as possible. Here,
attempt to trick an opponent into surrender may quickness is required over realism. Alternatively
force them to pass a wil save or lower their arms. the player may take control of a Hireling or other
ally.
Attacks: An attacker rolls a die dictated by their
weapon, and subtracts the opponent’s Armour score. Reaction: All people and creatures you
Their attack causes this much Damage. Attacks encounter have their own wants and needs, which
that are Impaired, such as firing through cover, or drive their reaction to the group. If an encounter
fighting while grappled, roll d4 Damage regardless of is at risk of turning nasty, the character at the head
weapon. Similarly, attacks that are Enhanced by a of the group must pass a wil save to keep things
risky stunt or a helpless or vulnerable target, roll d12 civil.
Damage. Morale: Groups require a wil save to avoid
Damage: When an individual takes Damage they being routed when they lose half of their total
lose that many Hit Points. If they have no Hit Points numbers. Groups with a leader may use the
left, they are wounded, and any remaining Damage is leader’s wil score in place of their own. Lone
removed from their str score. They must then combatants must pass this Save when they are
pass a str save to avoid Critical Damage. reduced to 0 hp. This applies to opponents and
allies but not player characters. Fleeing to safety
Critical Damage: A character that takes Critical
under pursuit requires a dex save.
Damage is unable to take further action until they
are tended to by an ally and have a Short Rest. If they Short Rest: A few minutes of rest and a swig of
are left untended to for an hour, they die. water recovers all of a character’s lost Hit Points.
Resting may waste time or attract danger.
Using an Arcanum: A character can use an Arcanum’s
power as a normal action, without risk of failure. Full Rest: A Full Rest requires a week of rest and
If a character tries to use their Arcanum in an unusual relaxation at a comfortable location. This restores
way they require a wil save to bend it to their will. all Ability Scores and cures any other ailments.
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Character Advancement
What Do You Do Next?
Most often, the goal of an Expedition is to find out
about a mysterious environment, evade a powerful
threat, or seek out mysterious Arcana.
A successful expedition is simply one that returns
to Civilisation with something to show for it. This
could be a lost artifact, a terrible secret, or just a
good story.
Experience Levels
When a character has completed the requirements,
they move to the next Experience Level.
Each time they advance a level, they gain d6 hp
and roll d20 for each of their Ability Scores. If the
roll is higher than the score it is increased by 1.
Reputation: As they advance through Experience
Levels, characters may be treated differently by
people they encounter.
Novice
You are ready to go on an expedition.
Professional
You have survived at least one expedition.
Expert
You have survived at least three dangerous
expeditions since reaching Professional Level.
Veteran
You have survived at least five expeditions since
reaching Expert Level, and have taken on an Apprentice.
Master
You have an Apprentice of at least Expert Level, and
have survived a dangerous expedition with them
since reaching Veteran Level.
Beyond
Even upon reaching Master Level, a character may
have greater ambitions. This could be a desire for
a legacy, immortality, or cosmic transcendence.
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Enterprise and War
How Do You Join or Run a Large Organization?
Between expeditions you can try your hand at Sample Leaders
business, or muster a military force. Yuren Spinner, Leader of Black Star Group
Detachments and Enterprises each cost 10g to str 8, dex 10, wil 12, 13 hp, 5g
establish. Detachments demand a further d6g in Driven to get rich and overthrow tyrants.
upkeep each month, or else they revolt. Revolutionary Detachment: 7 hp, Muskets (d8)
Income: New Enterprises generate d4g of Income Underground Distillery (d4g Income)
Smuggling Ring (d6g Income)
each month. They also face a Threat that will cause
d4g in Losses unless dealt with. If an Enterprise
Queen Essa IX, Deposed Aristocrat
cannot pay its debts, it collapses.
str 14, dex 14, wil 11, 8 hp, 20g
Growth: If an Enterprise ends a month with Profit,
Driven to extend her bloodline and eat delicious creatures.
its Income moves up to the next type of die, to a
Royal Guard Detachment: 10 hp, Horse, Armour,
maximum of d12. However, this larger die also
Axes (d8)
applies to losses from Threats.
Footman Detachment: 7 hp, Halberds (d8)
Battles: Detachment attacks against individuals Reptile Cult (d10g Income)
are Enhanced. Detachments are not harmed by Hidden Vineyard (d6g Income)
attacks by individuals unless they are explosive or
suitably large-scale. Risky gambits may require a Ships and Structures
wil save from the Leader.
Cannon (2g): d12 Damage
Casualties: When a Detachment takes Critical House (10g): 10 hp, Armour 1
Damage they are broken and cannot act until Factory (100g): 14 hp, Armour 1
rallied. At str 0 the Detachment is wiped out. When
Fort (200g): 15 hp, Armour 3, Cannon Detachment
half of a force is broken, the remaining Detachments
Rowboat (50s) 4 hp
must pass a wil save or be routed. Hit Points and
Galleon (100g): 10 hp, Armour 1
Ability Scores are recovered with Short and Long Rests
just as with individuals. Warship (500g): 15 hp, Armour 2, Cannon Detachment
Flagship (1,000g): 20 hp, Armour 2, 2 Cannon
Improvements: Equipping a Detachment costs
Detachments
twenty times the individual item cost. Detachments
Ironclad (2,000g): 16 hp, Armour 3, 2 Cannon
start with 1d6hp and advance in Experience Levels
Detachments
just as individuals do.
Ships & Structures: Ships and Structures ignore
attacks weaker than a cannon, and are destroyed
at 0hp. Regaining lost hp takes a day of repairs.
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Arcana
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