Table of contents

1. Summary
2. Character Creation
   1. Behaviour Setup
3. Allies
4. Omens
5. Source Book as Oracle
6. Combat
7. Combat Maneuvers
   1. Damage
   2. All-Out Attacks
   3. Additional Notes
   4. Enemy AI
8. Morale
9. Dungeons
10. Enemy Generator
    1. Traps

Summary

• Core Rules from MORK BORG
• GM Emulator from Mythic
• General Oracles from Ironsworn
• Moves from Solitary Defilement
• NPC Generation from UNE
• Dungeon Generation from Ironsworn: Delve
• Supplementary Tables from Feretory

Character Creation

• At the start, distribute 0 1 2 3 amongst the stats.
• Start with max HP and 10 Grit.
• Start with a chosen/rolled Unheroic Feat.

Behaviour Setup

• Personality-based behaviours (At least 5)
  • Example: I read any book I can get my hands on.
  • Example: Undead are an abomination - I always kill them if I can.
  • Example: I’m a horrible liar.
  • Example: I try to find a logical reason for everything

Allies

• Allies get -2 0 0 2 distributed amongst their stats.
• Allies have max HP and 8 Grit.

Omens

• Start with max Omens (class/character dependent)
• Allies do not get Omens
• Omens can be used to:
  • Deal maximum damage with one attack
  • Reroll a dice roll (yours or someone else’s)
  • Prevent damage
  • Neutralize a crit or fumble
  • Lower one test’s DR by -4

Source Book as Oracle

Roll d6 for tens place and d10s for ones place, and flip to that page.

Combat

• No rolls are required to hit - combat is taken mostly from Into the Valley of the Unfortunate Undead, an Into the Odd/MORK BORG hack.
• Armor tier x 2 is added to Grit. Shields count as a +1.
• If attacking from a position of weakness (such as through cover or with bound hands), attack is Impaired. Roll d4 for damage.
• If attacking from a position of advantage (such as against a helpless foe or through a daring maneuver), attack is Enhanced. Roll d12 for damage.
• For enemies, Grit is DR to hit - 4.
• The enemy automatically applies its special once it damages HP.

Combat Maneuvers

To use a maneuver, instead of rolling for damage, test DR Strength/Agility/Presence, where the difficulty is 10 + enemy Grit.

Damage

If you fail, you can do half damage (rounded up).

You can also choose to do 0 damage on failure, in which case the difficulty is reduced by -4 (meaning difficulty starts at 6 + enemy Grit)

All-Out Attacks

All-Out Attacks are a special kind of maneuver. Deal double damage on success.

Additional Notes

Maneuvers cannot be done when the player is at 0 Grit.

Apart from All-Out Attacks, maneuvers cannot directly do damage - environmental attacks (eg throwing someone out a window) are okay, though.

Feel free to add to the difficulty modifier if it feels like enemies will wise up. Do this in increments of +2.

Difficulty ±4 depending on relative advantage/disadvantage.

Enemy AI

Enemies can try to do maneuvers if they are above 0 Grit but the player is at 0 Grit.

Morale

If an enemy is at 0 Grit, regardless of if it’s in a group, it checks morale.

Dungeons

First, decide Threat Level (T) of the Dungeon, from 1-10.

Enemy Generator

If an enemy is listed as a Common/Rare Encounter with a specific number, before fighting it, roll a 1d6.

• 1: -1 Threat Level (Minion)
• 6: +1 Threat Level (Elite)

Otherwise, add 1d4 to the Threat Level. (Grit starts at 8, additional Grit means armored opponent.)

Roll a d12 for enemy modifiers: (meant to be rolled for each individual monster, but can be rolled for groups as well)

1. Confused: Skips the first round
2. Easier to hit: -4 Grit
3. Harder to hit: +4 Grit
4. Prevents escape: Escape DR +4
5. Blood crazed: Will not flee/surrender if any player is at 0 Grit
6. Calls for backup: 1 in 6 chance every round of combat for another enemy to join the fray
7. Fast: Roll damage dice twice, pick highest
8. Coward: -4 Morale
9. Fights to the end: Will never flee/surrender
10. Clumsy: 1 in 6 chance every round that the enemy trips, and loses his turn
11. Frantic: Attacks with +2 Damage at 0 Grit
12. Boring: No modifiers

Traps

To evade a trap, do a DR12 Presence check.

The trap damage is the closest die under T + d4. For example, if T is 5 and you get a result of 4, then the number is 9 and the closest die is d8.

Roll for trap effect. (Trap damage is dealt alongside trap damage unless otherwise stated)

1. Lose a random item.
2. Cause infection.
3. The player is trapped. A Common Encounter occurs in d4 turns unless player can free himself (DR(8+T) Strength Check per turn)
4. Gas fills the room. D2 damage every round until trap is disarmed. (DR(8+T) Presence Check per turn)
5. Roll on rare effects.
6. No additional effects.

Rare effects

1. Causes a mutation. If they can pass a DR(8+T) Presence Check, it’s a positive mutation (+2 to random stat), otherwise it’s a negative mutation (-2 to random stat). Determine the mutation based on the stat affected.
2. A random scroll is used against the player. (If the rolled scroll doesn’t make sense, there is no additional effect)
3. An Arcane Catastrophe occurs to the player.
4. A Rare Encounter appears and gets initiative!