hc_rules_player.md

title: HAMMERCRAWL! RPG Player's Guide
subtitle: Book One: The Player's Guide to Crawlin' Hammers
author: N. Phillip Cole
last updated: 2022-07-28

A Player's Guide to HAMMERCRAWL!

This document serves as a Player's guide to staying alive during the HAMMERCRAWL! process. There is more behind-the-scenes data in the Smith's Guide, while this document focuses specifically on your role at the table.

For the most part, the general play of the game is handled according to the rules of the game system you are playing. This document details specific overrides put in place to better facilitate randomized old-school play.

Characters

Naming Your Character

We've discovered that the absolute most fun is had by having other players name your character. So once you've drawn up your random character, pass them to the left, right, or anywhere really, and have a different player give them a name.

Determine Party (Player) Roles

Hopefully the rest of your group has been making your characters alongside one another, and you've now all reached this point together. It's time to determine the party roles, which are mainly for administration and also for the use of the special new Party Actions.

The Roles to Assign:

• Party Leader: This player is responsible for choosing Initiative orders, and for informing the Hammersmith when the party moves on or takes any of the Party Actions.
• Mapper: This player is responsible for translating the Hammersmith's descriptions to a map that the party can use, in whatever artistic fashion the player sees fit.
• Timekeeper: This player tracks the passage of game Beats, and keeps track of who is carrying what light sources (and how much time is left on them). Dyson's Torch Cards might come in handy here.
• Lootkeeper: This player records all the loot found on the adventure.

Your Character's Inevitable Demise

When you die, your gear becomes party loot. Each item has a 50% (use a d6) chance of being made worthless and useless by your death, however!

Draw a new character from the pile! You arrive either one Turn or one Round later, whichever makes more sense or seems more exciting.

For added fun. draw a tombstone on the back of your character sheet, and give the character a fitting epitaph.

If the dead character was party leader, the group needs to elect a new leader! If this is instantaneous, then move on. However if there is any debate or argument on the role, it takes one turn of game time - mark off those lights!

Don't forget Food and Lights!

Before you head off on your trek, you should make special note that Food and Lights are extremely important to survival in the HAMMERCRAWL! experience. Dungeons are dark and scary places, and most characters can't see in the dark. Without light, you can't act, nor can you camp! Similarly, Food is required in order to camp as well. No food? No camp action. Camping in this system is an extremely beneficial resource for the party, so be sure to manage your light and food accordingly!

To better keep track of your light sources, I highly recommend making use of the awesome custom Torch Cards from Dyson Logos. There are lanterns there too! They make great tools for tracking the countdown of lights.

Managing Loot and XP

The characters will gain XP from encounters they defeat, and hopefully loot as well. XP earned from encounters is immediately applied to the character sheet.

Using some traditional old school game rules, monetary loot also counts as XP - but in HAMMERCRAWL!, that XP is only applied after the heroes make it back to town with the loot. So when loot is acquired, write down the loot and its value, but do not count it as XP just yet. Heroes can also convert a fraction of the loot to XP as a Camp Action, but this wastes the vast majority of it.

Using Skills

Skills are handled as one would expect in the base game being played. Since HAMMERCRAWL! is written primarily with "old school" games in mind, this means that the method expects the same kind of old school mentalities to apply when using "skills" in play.

If you are new to this concept, I recommend starting with the "Quick Primer for Old School Gaming" as a good introductory read.

In short, in "old school" style play, the characters are all assumed to be able to do a great number of things that aren't otherwise specifically written on their character sheets, provided they have a reasonable amount of time to do so. For just a few examples, given a low-stress situation (as in "not being actively stabbed by murder trees and melted by acid goblins") and appropriate time to accomplish, the following assumptions can be made:

• Fighters and Thieves can climb a wall or barrier with assumed handholds.
• Wizards and Priests can decipher ancient tomes through extended study.
• A character from a woodsman background can tell if a plant is poisonous or not.
• Anyone unencumbered and without clanky bits can walk slowly and silently for a bit.
• ...and so on

Again, these are just some basic examples of assumptions that can be made. When there is a question of complexity and/or added danger, use one or more (or all!) of the following basic guidelines:

Is time a factor worth considering in this moment?

If so, let them perform the task without a roll, but let them know it takes one or more turns of time to accomplish. This can diminish light sources and spell durations, and also affect the exploration dice pools!

Is there a chance of a dangerous complication?

This includes things such as "they might hurt themselves" or such. If so, incorporate a basic Ability Check (d20 roll-under). Either way they succeed at the task, but with a failed roll they also suffer a setback, such as:

• HP loss (1 to 1d4 points maybe)
• Equipment loss
• Injury or such resulting in Temporary penalty to near-future die rolls
• an added challenge die to the next exploration pool
• alerting nearby enemies
• some other appropriate environmental response

Is there a chance of failure?

This one's a tough call, because again, these are supposed to be capable adventurers. If you truly feel that the feat is a tough enough that they might not succeed, first let them know this in your own preferred DM narrative way. Try to encourage them to offer new strategies to overcome the task, fall-back plans, or complete reassessment of the situation.

If they still persist, as above have them roll an associated ability check. With a failed roll, they both fail the task and suffer some complication from above. Sucks, but they knew the risks before they rolled!

"Thief Skills"

However, certain characters (Thieves, Specialists, etc) get very specific skills written down on their character sheets. The general approach to these skills is to only require them to be rolled against when the situation seems otherwise impossible, when the odds are visibly and obviously stacked against them. Each Thief skill has built into it the assumption that something really bad might happen if it fails. If you're not willing to make that bad thing happen, then what's the point of making the thief roll in the first place?

Other Skills (Proficiencies, etc)

If your flavor of game has skill proficiencies built into it for all characters, the assumption here is that simply having the skill in the first place means that you can just do it most of the time, no roll needed. You would only need to roll for those skills when you wanted or needed to do something truly spectacular with them.

Fighting Things (Combat Rounds)

Combat flows as normal for the base game's rules. HAMMERCRAWL! adds the following new special action(s):

• Loot Fallen Ally

New Personal Action: Loot Fallen Ally

During active combat, a character can take any one readily-accessible item from a fallen ally as an action. Any more in-depth looting must wait until the action is over and the danger clear.

After combat, multiple PCs may wish to loot their ally at the same time. Handle this as a special kind initiative. Roll off as usual, and then on their turn a PC may take either one specific item or 1d4 random items.

Money loot from fallen allies is always split evenly among the survivors, unless they otherwise work something else out among themselves.

HUZZAH! (The Explore Action)

Each dungeon will likely consist of multiple levels, with many rooms among them. Each room can contain numerous horrible dangers, but also a good chance at wondrous loot as well. Moving from room to room requires exploration, which invites danger but also creates opportunity for new treasures and rewards!

In order to continue exploring the Dungeon, your party leader must tell the DM that your group is moving on to the next Room - be sure to discuss tactics and approaches before you move! Moving to the next room in this fashion initiates the Explore Action and tells the DM that it's time to roll the dungeon die and the Divining Pool. The rules for divining the Explore Action are in the DM's Document.

TIME: The Explore action requires a minimum of 1 turn of time, so have light sources ready!

Camping (The Camp Action)

The party Leader can choose to take a Camp Action at any location deemed a Safe Haven. These are discovered when the DM announces them as such, usually through the roll of net Falcons in the Divining Pool. This requires Light and Rations, however.

To take a Camp Action

TIME: The action takes a minimum of 6 Turns (1 hour; light is required and spent accordingly unless the entire party can see in the dark)

REQUIRES: 1 Ration Each (expended)

First, EACH CHARACTER DOES THE FOLLOWING FOR FREE: (based on Dark Dungeons character classes)

• Cleric, Magic-User: Re-memorize 1 daily spell.
• Dwarf, Fighter, Halfling, Mystic, and Thief: Recover half (round up) of currently-lost HPs.
• Elf: Either re-memorize 1 daily spell or recover half (round up) of currently-lost HPs.

System Note: If using a different system, adjust accordingly, giving primary spellcasters a spell back, and hybrids a choice.

Then, EACH PLAYER PICKS ONE additional camp action:

• Rest: Recover half (round up) of currently-lost HPs (or the second half, if doubling up from the free action above), but also use one additional Ration.
• Re-Memorize: Recover one previously-spent daily spell use per character level.
• Invest: Convert one-fourth (rounded up) of their current financial loot value to immediate character XP (1GP = 1XP exchange), marking that loot off of the character sheet. Leveling up requires a separate action, however...
• Craft Ammo: Add 2d4 normal arrows for your bow/crossbow, or collect as many stones for your sling.
• Level up!: If the hero has enough XP to reach the next level, they can apply the effects of that level as a Camp Action. This adds a Hit Die, as well as any other new-level bonuses. Note that it does not heal existing HP loss or restore used spells or abilities (those are separate Camp Actions, above).
• Stand Watch: Add a Green Die to the next room explored, and -1 to GM's camp encounter roll (below).
• Scout Ahead: Roll Search (or other system-appropriate check). If successful, add one Yellow die to next 1d4 new rooms explored. If failed, add Black dice instead.

Finally, DM ROLLS 1d6:

• Subtract 1 for each party member Standing Watch
• Add the current Dungeon Level

If total is 6+, an encounter happens while they camp! Roll as usual to generate a standard encounter. If none of the PCs chose to Stand Watch, then they are also surprised!

If an encounter occurs during camp, the Time and Rations are still spent, and all other chosen Camp Actions still occur. Resolve them before beginning the encounter initiative checks.

Returning Home (The Town Action)

When the heroes finally return to town (which likely involves backtracking through the dungeon to their original exit), the following happens, in order:

• Restore HP to Max, and relearn daily Spells and Powers.
• OPTIONAL: Each player can choose to spend any amount of their loot to acquire better goods at the DM's allowance. This could take time, though, so you might want to skip it in Con and One-Shot games.
• If their loot value is enough to level them up, apply just enough to level them up and discard the rest as having been spent on R&R and upkeep.
• Apply any effects of character leveling.
• If their loot value is not enough to level them up, apply half of it as XP and discard the rest as having been spent on R&R and upkeep. You shouldn't have left the dungeon so soon!
• Restore their standard starting equipment list to full original capacity.
• Return to the Dungeon!

APPENDICES

APPENDIX R: Random Character Components

The following lists of random traits and skills and such have been a growing and well-loved component of my HAMMERCRAWL! games for years now. The lists' contents are a hodge podge of things take from books, programs, and our own continued additions as they arise in play. They add an element of silliness that isn't for everyone, so I've included them here in the appendices as an option.

Random Character Tags

Roll 1d400 (figure it out) once and consult the table below. If you're feeling adventurous, roll twice and keep both.

Roll	Trait	Roll	Trait	Roll	Trait	Roll	Trait
1	Accusative	101	Educated	201	Liar	301	Reverent
2	Active	102	Elitist	202	Likable	302	Rigid
3	Adventurous	103	Emotional	203	Loud	303	Risk-taking
4	Affable	104	Enigmatic	204	Loving	304	Romantic
5	Affectionate	105	Enthusiastic	205	Loyal	305	Rude
6	Aggressive	106	Ethical	206	Lucky	306	Sadistic
7	Agreeable	107	Excited	207	Lust	307	Sarcastic
8	Aloof	108	Expressive	208	Malicious	308	Sardonic
9	Altruistic	109	Extroverted	209	Mean	309	Sassy
10	Amazed	110	Faithful	210	Meddlesome	310	Savage
11	Analytical	111	Fanatical	211	Melancholy	311	Scared
12	Angry	112	Fatalistic	212	Melodramatic	312	Scolding
13	Animated	113	Fearful	213	Merciless	313	Secretive
14	Annoying	114	Fearless	214	Merry	314	Seeker
15	Anxious	115	Feisty	215	Meticulous	315	Self-destructive
16	Apathetic	116	Feral	216	Mischievous	316	Selfish
17	Apologetic	117	Fierce	217	Miscreant	317	Selfless
18	Apprehensive	118	Flamboyant	218	Miserly	318	Senile
19	Argumentative	119	Flippant	219	Modest	319	Sensible
20	Arrogant	120	Flirtatious	220	Moody	320	Sensitive
21	Articulate	121	Foolhardy	221	Moralistic	321	Sensual
22	Artistic	122	Foppish	222	Morbid	322	Sentimental
23	Attentive	123	Forgiving	223	Morose	323	Serene
24	Beautiful	124	Friendly	224	Mournful	324	Serious
25	Bigoted	125	Frightened	225	Mousy	325	Servile
26	Bitter	126	Frivolous	226	Mouthy	326	Sexual
27	Blustering	127	Frustrated	227	Musical	327	Shallow
28	Boastful	128	Funny	228	Mysterious	328	Shameful
29	Bookish	129	Furtive	229	Mystical	329	Shameless
30	Bossy	130	Generous	230	Naive	330	Shifty
31	Braggart	131	Genial	231	Narrow-minded	331	Shrewd
32	Brash	132	Gentle	232	Needy	332	Shy
33	Brave	133	Gloomy	233	Nefarious	333	Sincere
34	Bullying	134	Goofy	234	Nervous	334	Slanderous
35	Callous	135	Gossip	235	Neurotic	335	Sly
36	Calm	136	Graceful	236	Nihilist	336	Smug
37	Cantankerous	137	Grave	237	Noble	337	Snobbish
38	Capricious	138	Greasy	238	Nonchalant	338	Sober
39	Careful	139	Greedy	239	Nurturing	339	Sociable
40	Careless	140	Gregarious	240	Obdurate	340	Solemn
41	Caring	141	Grouchy	241	Obedient	341	Solicitous
42	Casual	142	Groveling	242	Oblivious	342	Solitary
43	Catty	143	Gruff	243	Obnoxious	343	Sophisticated
44	Cautious	144	Guilty	244	Obsessive	344	Spendthrift
45	Cavalier	145	Gullible	245	Obstinate	345	Spiteful
46	Chaste	146	Happy	246	Obtuse	346	Stern
47	Cheeky	147	Hard working	247	Odd	347	Stingy
48	Cheerful	148	Harsh	248	Off-putting	348	Stoic
49	Childish	149	Hateful	249	Optimistic	349	Stubborn
50	Chivalrous	150	Heartbroken	250	Organized	350	Stylish
51	Clueless	151	Helpful	251	Ornery	351	Submissive
52	Clumsy	152	Hoarder	252	Orphan	352	Sultry
53	Cocky	153	Honest	253	Ostentatious	353	Superstitious
54	Comforting	154	Hopeful	254	Outgoing	354	Surly
55	Communicative	155	Hostile	255	Overbearing	355	Suspicious
56	Complacent	156	Humble	256	Overconfident	356	Sycophantic
57	Condescending	157	Humorless	257	Paranoid	357	Sympathetic
58	Confident	158	Humorous	258	Passionate	358	Taciturn
59	Conformist	159	Hungry	259	Pathological	359	Tactful
60	Confused	160	Idealistic	260	Patient	360	Tattooed
61	Conservative	161	Idiosyncratic	261	Peaceful	361	Tawdry
62	Contentious	162	Ill	262	Peacemaker	362	Temperamental
63	Contrarian	163	Imaginative	263	Pensive	363	Tempestuous
64	Controlling	164	Imitative	264	Pessimistic	364	Thief
65	Conventional	165	Impatient	265	Philanderer	365	Thorough
66	Cooperative	166	Impetuous	266	Philosophical	366	Thrifty
67	Courageous	167	Implacable	267	Phony	367	Timid
68	Courteous	168	Impractical	268	Pious	368	Tolerant
69	Cowardly	169	Impulsive	269	Playful	369	Transparent
70	Coy	170	Inattentive	270	Pleasant	370	Treacherous
71	Crabby	171	Incoherent	271	Poised	371	Troublemaker
72	Cranky	172	Indifferent	272	Polite	372	Trusting
73	Critical	173	Indiscreet	273	Pompous	373	Truthful
74	Cruel	174	Individualist	274	Pondering	374	Understanding
75	Cultured	175	Indolent	275	Pontificating	375	Unfriendly
76	Curious	176	Indomitable	276	Practical	376	Unhinged
77	Cynical	177	Industrious	277	Prejudiced	377	Uninhibited
78	Daring	178	Inexpressive	278	Preoccupied	378	Unpredictable
79	Deceptive	179	Insecure	279	Pretentious	379	Unruly
80	Defensive	180	Insensitive	280	Promiscuous	380	Unsupportive
81	Defiant	181	Insomniac	281	Proper	381	Vague
82	Deliberate	182	Instructive	282	Proud	382	Vain
83	Deluded	183	Intolerant	283	Prudent	383	Vapid
84	Depraved	184	Introverted	284	Prudish	384	Vengeful
85	Discreet	185	Irreligious	285	Prying	385	Vigilant
86	Dishonest	186	Irresponsible	286	Pugnacious	386	Violent
87	Disingenuous	187	Irreverent	287	Punctual	387	Vivacious
88	Disloyal	188	Irritable	288	Quiet	388	Vulgar
89	Disrespectful	189	Jealous	289	Quirky	389	Wanderlust
90	Distant	190	Joking	290	Rascal	390	Wanton
91	Distracted	191	Jolly	291	Rash	391	Wasteful
92	Distraught	192	Judgmental	292	Realistic	392	Weary
93	Docile	193	Jumpy	293	Rebellious	393	Well-travelled
94	Dominating	194	Kind	294	Reckless	394	Whimsical
95	Dramatic	195	Know-it-all	295	Refined	395	Whiny
96	Drug-addled	196	Lawful	296	Repellent	396	Wicked
97	Drunkard	197	Layabout	297	Reserved	397	Wisecracking
98	Dull	198	Lazy	298	Respectful	398	Witty
99	Earthy	199	Lethargic	299	Responsible	399	Youthful
100	Eccentric	200	Lewd	300	Restless	400	Zealous

Random Age Table

Roll 3d6 and check the table below:

Roll	Age
3	Early Teens
4-5	Late Teens
6-8	Young Adult
9-12	Adult
13-15	Middle-Aged
16-17	Elder
18	Ancient

Random Attire Style

How does your character dress usually? This determines the style of your starting clothing. Roll 1d10:

Roll	Attire
1	Drab
2	Threadbare
3	Fancy
4	Filthy
5	Disguised
6	Common
7	Skivvies
8	Antiquated
9	Anachronistic
10	Slovenly

Random Backgrounds

To determine your character's background, roll 1d200 (figure it out) and consult the table below:

#	Background	#	Background		#	Background	#	Background
1	Accountant	51	Coppersmith		101	Laundress	151	Ratcatcher
2	Acrobat	52	Counterfeiter		102	Lawyer	152	Roofer
3	Actor	53	Courier		103	Lead smith	153	Rope maker
4	Alchemist	54	Courtesan		104	Leather worker	154	Runner
5	Animal seller	55	Courtier		105	Librarian	155	Saddler
6	Animal trainer	56	Custodian		106	Linen maker	156	Sail maker
7	Apiarist	57	Demagogue		107	Locksmith	157	Sailor
8	Apothecary	58	Doctor		108	Maid	158	Scavenger
9	Architect	59	Engineer		109	Marine	159	Scholar
10	Armourer	60	Engraver		110	Mercenary	160	Scout
11	Artillerist	61	Exotic Dancer		111	Merchant	161	Scribe
12	Artist	62	Explorer		112	Midwife	162	Sculptor
13	Astrologer	63	Falconer		113	Miller	163	Servant
14	Author	64	Farmer		114	Miner	164	Server
15	Baker	65	Fence		115	Minstrel	165	Sharpener
16	Banker	66	Fisher		116	Moneylender	166	Shepherd
17	Barber	67	Fletcher		117	Musician	167	Shipwright
18	Barkeep	68	Flower seller		118	Navigator	168	Shopkeeper
19	Beggar	69	Food seller		119	Net maker	169	Silk trader
20	Blacksmith	70	Forester		120	Noble	170	Silversmith
21	Boat builder	71	Forger		121	Nurse	171	Soap maker
22	Bodyguard	72	Fortune teller		122	Official	172	Soldier
23	Bookbinder	73	Fruit seller		123	Outfitter	173	Spice trader
24	Bounty hunter	74	Furniture maker		124	Page	174	Squire
25	Bow maker	75	Furrier		125	Painter	175	Stabler
26	Brewer	76	Gambler		126	Paper maker	176	Stevedore
27	Builder	77	Gamekeeper		127	Pawnbroker	177	Steward
28	Butcher	78	Gardener		128	Peasant	178	Stonemason
29	Calligrapher	79	General		129	Peddler	179	Student
30	Candle maker	80	Glass maker		130	Perfumer	180	Tailor
31	Captain	81	Goldsmith		131	Pharmacist	181	Tattooist
32	Caravan driver	82	Governess		132	Photographer	182	Tax collector
33	Carpenter	83	Grave digger		133	Physician	183	Taxidermist
34	Carpet maker	84	Groom		134	Pilgrim	184	Teacher
35	Cart maker	85	Guard		135	Pilot	185	Thief
36	Cartographer	86	Guide		136	Pimp	186	Thug
37	Carver	87	Haberdasher		137	Pirate	187	Tile maker
38	Cavalry	88	Hatter		138	Playwright	188	Tinker
39	Cheese maker	89	Healer		139	Plumber	189	Trader
40	Chef	90	Herald		140	Poacher	190	Trapper
41	Clerk	91	Horse trader		141	Police	191	Undertaker
42	Clock maker	92	Hosteler		142	Porter	192	Vagrant
43	Cloth dyer	93	Hunter		143	Potter	193	Veterinarian
44	Clothier	94	Illustrator		144	Priest	194	Vintner
45	Clown	95	Innkeeper		145	Printer	195	Water seller
46	Coach driver	96	Jailer		146	Professor	196	Weaponsmith
47	Cobbler	97	Jester		147	Prospector	197	Weaver
48	Composer	98	Jeweller		148	Prostitute	198	Wheelwright
49	Cook	99	Judge		149	Purser	199	Wine seller
50	Cooper	100	Labourer		150	Ranger	200	Woodcutter

Random Character Class (and stats)

Want to randomly pick your class, and then also ensure that you at least have some stats that match it? Use this system. Note that this is still using data from the prior HAMMERCRAWL! game system. It will eventually be updated for other games.

Roll 3d6, and then consult the following table:

Roll	Class
3-4	Elf Exemplar
5-7	Dwarf Defender
8-13	Human*
14-16	Halfling Burglar
17-18	Half-ogre Berserker

*If human, roll 1d4 to determine your actual class:

1. Cleric
2. Fighter
3. Magic-User
4. Thief

Note: These tables are for a primarily humanocentric fantasy setting, such as that established in The OG. Adjust these as needed for your campaign setting.

Now roll 3d6 seven times, and write them down in order (NOTE: The previous game system added a seventh stat for Social Status, or SOC).

Example: Darla rolls 3d6 seven times and writes them down in the order she rolled them: 9, 14, 11, 10, 5, 17, and 6.

First assign your highest rolls in order of their rolling to the Prime Stats of your character class. Most classes should have two Prime Stats, some only one, and maybe others three. However many, take the highest rolls from your set in the order they were rolled, and assign them to the Prime Stats in the order they appear on the character sheet.

Example: Since Darla rolled a Fighter in the first step, she notes that her class's Prime Stats are STR and CON. Darla's highest-rolled stats are 14 and 17. Assigning them in the order rolled, she notes that her new Fighter now has a STR of 14 and a CON of 17.

Next assign the remaining rolls in order of their rolling to the remaining empty stats on your character sheet.

Example: Darla's remaining rolls are 9, 11, 10, and 5. She assigns them in order to her Fighter's remaining stats, which results in a final spread of: STR 14, DEX 9, CON 17, INT 11, WIS 10, CHA 5, SOC 6.

Finally record the stat mods next to each one, using the following table:

Stat	Mod
3	-3
4-5	-2
6-8	-1
9-12	0
13-15	+1
16-17	+2
18	+3

Random Languages

Some characters begin the game knowing additional bonus languages. Roll 1d30 for each, and consult the following table. If you double up on a language, you speak that language as if you were born to it. If you triple up, you also know all rare dialects of it, should they come up in play.

Roll	Language	Roll	Language
1	Celestial (Law)	16	Goblin
2	Dragon	17	Grimlock
3	Drow	18	Halfling
4	Druidic	19	Infernal (Chaos)
5	Dwarf	20	Kobold
6	Elemental, Air	21	Manticore
7	Elemental, Earth	22	Medusa
8	Elemental, Fire	23	Naga
9	Elemental, Water	24	Ogre
10	Elf	25	Ophidian
11	Esperanto	26	Orc
12	Giant	27	Pidgin (special)
13	Gibberish	28	Pigeon
14	Gnoll	29	Sylvan
15	Gnome	30	Teenager

Pidgin: If you roll Pidgin, randomly roll two more languages (reroll if you get Pidgin or a language you already know). You now speak both of them very badly.

Random Money and Gear

(NOTE: Originally inspired by The Nightmares Underneath, this sub-system is based on the previous incarnation's SOC stat.)

Multiply your rolled SOC score by its associated multiplier, and that's how much money you have to spend. Use the Equipment section of this book to purchase anything you can afford.

SOC (3d6)	Coins	Status
3	x0*	Scum
4-5	x10	Peasantry
6-8	x15	Poor
9-12	x20	Middle Class
13-15	x25	Lesser Nobility
16-17	x30	Greater Nobility
18	1000*	Royalty

A Note on Royalty

You read that right, Royalty is rich as fuck and starts with 1000 coins. Enjoy the comforts of a shitload of money, buy all the things you want, and see how long that works out for you down there in that awful, horrible, no-good dungeon...

A Note on Scum

If you are lucky enough to roll into Scum as your social status, do not dismay, for you may have just lucked out. Enjoy three completely random rolls on the 'Smith's magic items tables. These are guaranteed to not survive your character's final death, and as such cannot be looted from your body.

Random Skills

For groups that want to randomize everything, use this table for skill choices. Roll 1d150 (figure it out) for each skill, and consult the table below:

Roll	Skill (Stat)	Roll	Skill (Stat)	Roll	Skill (Stat)
1	Accounting (INT)	51	Etiquette (Choice of Culture) (CHA)	101	Musical Instrument (DEX)
2	Agriculture (INT)	52	Feline Husbandry (INT)	102	Nature Lore (INT)
3	Anger management (WIS)	53	Finding your happy place (WIS)	103	Navigating (WIS)
4	Animal Handling (INT)	54	Fire-building (DEX)	104	Never getting the joke (INT)
5	Animal Training (INT)	55	First Aid (WIS)	105	Oh no you didn't (INT)
6	Appraising (INT)	56	Fishing (WIS)	106	Painting (DEX)
7	Arcane Lore (INT)	57	Fly fishing (DEX)	107	Performance (Choice of Medium) (CHA)
8	Armorer (STR)	58	Food Cart Management (INT)	108	Pivot Tables (INT)
9	Art Criticism (INT)	59	Food Tasting (CON)	109	Playing Spoons (DEX)
10	Artistic Ability (CHA)	60	Forgery (DEX)	110	Poison-Making (INT)
11	Astrology (WIS)	61	Freestyle Beats (CHA)	111	Pottery (DEX)
12	Balance (DEX)	62	Funny Walks (DEX)	112	Pouting (CHA)
13	Ballet (DEX)	63	Gambling (CHA)	113	Puppetry (DEX)
14	Base jumping (DEX)	64	Gaming (INT)	114	Religious Lore (INT)
15	Being Drunk Before Noon (CON)	65	Gem-Cutting (DEX)	115	Riding (Choose Animal) (DEX)
16	Being Forgotten (CHA)	66	Geography (INT)	116	Rope Use (DEX)
17	Being Mistaken for Someone Else (CHA)	67	Getting Picked Last (CHA)	117	Running (CON)
18	Birdcalls (CHA)	68	Gourmand (INT)	118	Seamanship (WIS)
19	Birding (INT)	69	Healing (INT)	119	Seamstress/Tailor (DEX)
20	Birdwatching (WIS)	70	Heraldry (INT)	120	Selfies (CHA)
21	Blacksmithing (STR)	71	Herbalism (INT)	121	Sense Motive (WIS)
22	Blathering (CHA)	72	History, Ancient (INT)	122	SEO (INT)
23	Bluff (CHA)	73	History, Local (INT)	123	Set Snares (DEX)
24	Bobsledding (STR)	74	Hollerin' (CON)	124	Singing (CHA)
25	Bonsai (DEX)	75	Horsehair Braiding (DEX)	125	Skiing (STR)
26	Bovine Husbandry (INT)	76	Hullabaloo (CHA)	126	Skydiving (STR)
27	Bowyer/Fletcher (DEX)	77	Hunting (WIS)	127	Social coordination (INT)
28	Brewing (INT)	78	Ice fishing (CON)	128	Spearfishing (DEX)
29	Busking (CHA)	79	Intimidation (STR or CHA)	129	Spotlight Stealing (CHA)
30	Butchery (DEX)	80	Jackassery (CHA)	130	Spreadsheets (INT)
31	Caber Tossing (STR)	81	Juggling (DEX)	131	Squaredancing (DEX)
32	Calling Dibs (CHA)	82	Jumping (STR)	132	Stonemasonry (STR)
33	Calling Shotgun (CHA)	83	Landscaping (STR)	133	Stone-Skipping (DEX)
34	Carpentry (STR)	84	Laws (Choice of Culture) (INT)	134	Sunbathing (CON)
35	Cat Facts (INT)	85	Leatherworking (DEX)	135	Surfing (DEX)
36	Charioteering (DEX)	86	Limbo stick (DEX)	136	Survival (WIS)
37	Chess (INT)	87	Limericks (CHA)	137	Swimming (STR)
38	Cobbling (DEX)	88	Lip Reading (WIS)	138	Sword-Swallowing (CON)
39	Cooking (WIS)	89	Looking awesome (CHA)	139	Tanning (CON)
40	Cribbing (INT)	90	Looking Conspicuous (CHA)	140	Tightrope-Walking (DEX)
41	Curing hiccups (CON)	91	Magical Engineering (INT)	141	Totally Making out (CHA)
42	Dancing (DEX)	92	Making an entrance (CHA)	142	Tumbling (DEX)
43	Diplomacy (CHA)	93	Making an exit (CHA)	143	Ursine Husbandry (CON)
44	Direction Sense (WIS)	94	Mansplaining (INT)	144	Useless Card Tricks (DEX)
45	Disguise (WIS)	95	Milk (WIS)	145	Ventriloquism (CHA)
46	Dog Grooming (DEX)	96	Mime (DEX)	146	Weaponsmithing (STR)
47	Doomsaying (WIS)	97	Miniature Equine Aficionado (INT)	147	Weather Sense (WIS)
48	Engineering (INT)	98	Mining (INT)	148	Weaving (DEX)
49	Equine Husbandry (INT)	99	Mountaineering (WIS)	149	Xtreem luge (STR)
50	Escape Artist (DEX)	100	Multi-Level Marketing (INT)	150	Yodeling (CON)

Random Weird "Item"

Roll 1d50 to determine what your random weird item is. Some of these may not make sense as items, but trust me, they are. Keep them wherever you like, they require no encumbrance, and they can be looted (sometimes unwillingly!) upon your death. Have fun with them.

Roll	Weird Item
1	crippling apathy
2	twitchy eyes
3	a Certain "je ne sais quoi"
4	a love of horrible puns
5	a feeling of general loathing for everyone around you
6	a case of the wiggles
7	wanderlust in your heart
8	an independent streak
9	the first love letter anyone every wrote you
10	a sack full of bandit ears
11	a regrettable haircut
12	chronic silent but deadly gas
13	curious pocket lint
14	all of your nail clippings, ever
15	an irritable tabby cat
16	a map to an island that doesn't exist
17	a pure white badger pelt
18	a set of pornographic goblin trading cards
19	a single strip of slightly used sandpaper
20	a petrified dragon egg
21	a lock of hair from your mother or father
22	a fake beard
23	rusted nipple clamps
24	two weird puppets
25	1D6 commemorative plates
26	a bottle of freshly-harvested llama milk
27	a free drink coupon for the Inn, but it expires soon...
28	a tendency to insert yourself into conversations
29	unsettling memories from last night
30	a strong distrust for the government
31	an unsettlingly sexy facial scar
32	a free spirit that cannot be shackled by despair
33	an obviously fake accent
34	a feeling like you forgot something very important before heading out...
35	a case of the wiggles
36	a letter of recommendation from someone important
37	a tourist brochure for the dungeon
38	a signed Maseym's Bears Base-Ball
39	an undislodgeable wedgie
40	a very nice fitted suit
41	a scrap of finely-groomed gnoll hair
42	a visible tattoo that you deeply regret
43	a massive debt of back rent
44	an unbreakable padlock that can never be opened once clicked (currently open)
45	shame, so much shame
46	the constant doting of your parents
47	the knowledge that you recently betrayed someone in the party
48	a conspicuously dead parrot
49	a rock in a sock
50	a student loan disbursement check (requires Bank)

Random Wizard Weapons

(These are rules from the previous incarnation of the game, and will need to be adjusted to fit yours).

Magic-Users (and only Magic-Users) have access to a special class of "common" magic items commonly referred to as Wizard Weapons. Owing mainly to their renowned squishiness in adventuring parties, wizards across the known world have developed specialist weapons that allow them a chance of contributing more to their adventures than just a handful of spells each day.

There are two specific types of Wizard Weapons in HAMMERCRAWL!: battle wands and battle staves. A Battle Wand is a custom-crafted piece of short-range artillery that functions almost identical to a sling in basic combat mechanics. They are Medium one-handed weapons that do normal Hit Die-based damage at 80/160 range, and use INT as their attack modifier. They have effectively infinite ammo, but on an attack roll of natural 1 they fizzle out. To recharge a fizzled battle wand, the magic-user must "sacrifice" one of their currently-known spells to empower the wand, forgetting that spell until rememorized.

A Battle Staff is meant as more of a defensive item. It functions as a basic Staff for purposes of combat attacks. If a magic-user take a Defensive Action (see Combat rules) while wielding a Battle Staff, their Defense is raised by their current XP level until their next action (in addition to the normal Banes applied by the action). If hit by a natural 20 attack, the staff is drained of defensive power, and must be recharged using a method identical to that for charging battle wands.

Each battle wand and staff is a unique item, from the base components of its crafting to the energy it exudes. Use the table below to randomly determine the properties of yours.

Note: The base lists of options below were originally provided by Grey Knight on Google Plus (RIP), used with their permission (CC0).

Random Rolls

My wizard weapon is a:

1d2	type
1	wand
2	staff

My weapon is made of:

1d30	components
1	animal bone
2	birch wood
3	brass
4	bronze
5	copper
6	delicious candy
7	gnarled vines
8	granite
9	green glass
10	hazel wood
11	human bone
12	iron
13	ivory
14	mahogany
15	maple wood
16	marble
17	oak wood
18	pine wood
19	petrified wood
20	reforged blades
21	rowan wood
22	rusted iron
23	sandstone
24	steel
25	terracotta
26	tin
27	twisted and bound tentacles
28	welded chains
29	wicker
30	wrought iron

My weapon is decorated with:

1d20	decorations
1	boxes
2	bulbous lumps
3	chains
4	curlicues
5	demonic faces
6	dots
7	edging
8	flowers
9	hexagons
10	rings
11	runes
12	thin wires
13	scales
14	smooth panels
15	spikes
16	spirals
17	stars
18	streaks
19	vanes
20	webs

...which are made of:

1d20	materials
1	aluminium
2	amber
3	animal horn
4	coral
5	gold
6	jade
7	jasper
8	lead
9	mirrored glass
10	mother-of-pearl
11	obsidian
12	onyx
13	platinum
14	porcelain
15	quartz
16	shell
17	silver
18	tortoise shell
19	titanium
20	zinc

It is tipped with "feature" "type" (roll on both tables below):

1d20	tip_features
1	an agate
2	an amber
3	an amethyst
4	a brass
5	a clear glass
6	a diamond-studded
7	an emerald-studded
8	a garnet-studded
9	a golden
10	an ivory
11	a jade
12	a mirrored
13	a mother-of-pearl
14	a pearly
15	a peridot
16	a porcelain
17	a rusty
18	a sapphire-studded
19	a silver
20	a turquoise

(type:)

1d20	tip_types
1	acorn
2	conch
3	cube
4	egg-shape
5	eyeball
6	fan
7	feather
8	fist
9	fork
10	geometric cage
11	grape-like cluster
12	hand
13	orb
14	point
15	prism
16	pyramid
17	skull
18	snake
19	spiral
20	star

When I hold it, I alone notice:

1d24	effects
1	a burning smell
2	a distant buzzing noise
3	a faint glow
4	a goosing in your skin
5	a shimmering haze
6	a slight vibration
7	a soft murmur
8	a tickle in your palm
9	an occasional popping noise
10	an occasional twitch
11	an oily sheen
12	an unnatural feeling of arousal
13	intermittent puffs of smoke
14	it balances easily on its end
15	it is cold to the touch
16	it is damp to the touch
17	it is warm to the touch
18	it rotates slowly by itself
19	it writhes in your grip
20	the scent of minty herbs
21	the scent of old books
22	the scent of old leather
23	the smell of sulphur
24	the distant stink of rotting flesh

It attacks/defends with:

1d20	energy_forms
1	a field
2	a wavefront
3	an intense point
4	arcs
5	blasts
6	bolts
7	bursts
8	clouds
9	curling tendrils
10	discs
11	forking lines
12	geometric lines
13	orbs
14	pulses
15	runic shapes
16	shooting stars
17	skull shapes
18	waves
19	webs
20	wisps

which are made of:

1d20	energy_types
1	actinic sparks
2	arcane energy
3	burning plasma
4	choking sand
5	concussive force
6	crackling energy
7	dripping blood
8	eldritch goo
9	explosive flame
10	fearful darkness
11	flensing particles
12	foul venom
13	freezing cold
14	frothing water
15	iridescent air
16	potent acid
17	rainbow light
18	spatial distortion
19	throbbing sound
20	vibrant lifeforce