Editing FailStatesRPG:FQR

== Why bother? ==

I loved playing Avalon Hill's Magic Realm. I want to reimagine the setting and rules, thereby restoring the Realm to glory in a way that is less constrained by chits and map tiles.

== Daily Actions ==

The game of Fae Queen Restored is played in days of action. In each day, a character may plan three major actions; two of these may be Move Along or Return actions, further discussed under Traversing the Kingdom. Other possible actions are Search, Rest, Forage, Trade, or Recruit. Typically, a character may not do the same task three times in a day.

Minor actions include combat and using magic Songs.

=== Traversing the Kingdom ===

The Kingdom is eerie, ever-changing, non-Euclidean and different for every player. It also is finite. Every player can visit the same locations. Its layout is procedurally generated for each player, so that everyone has a different path. Players can lead each other, but without a guide or map, each player knows only the path they personally have trod.

{|
! d6,d6 !! 1                 !! 2          !! 3             !! 4              !! 5             !! 6       
|- 
| 1     || Bounteous Village || Birch Wood || Grim Heath    || Jagged Hill    || Hot Caves     || B       
|- 
| 2     || Silent Village    || Elm Wood   || Gloomy Heath  || Cold Pass      || Salt Caves    || L       
|- 
| 3     || Goatkin Village   || Ash Wood   || Pale Heath    || Sentry Peak    || Deep Caves    || I       
|- 
| 4     || Furnace Village   || Oak Wood   || Moaning Heath || Golden Cliffs  || Glowing Caves || S       
|- 
| 5     || Porcelain Village || Beech Wood || Howling Heath || High Seat Crag || Grottoes      || S       
|- 
| 6     || L                 || O          || S             || T              || Threshold     || Durance 
|}

Each time a player Moves Along, roll on the table above for where they end up. Note the new location as adjacent to the previous location. Each location on a player's path can have only five adjacent locations. Any of those five can be LOST!, BLISS, or Durance. Once all five of a location's adjacent locations are filled, a player can only Return to that location from a known adjacent location; if the "filled" location is rolled when they Move Along, they must re-roll.

A LOST! result fills one of the adjacent locations but returns the player to where they started. From Durance, a player can only Return to an already known adjacent location; they cannot Move Along. From BLISS, a player can only Move Along; once all five of the adjacent locations are known, the player cannot leave Bliss unless someone else guides them to a new location. When a player enters Threshold, they already know that Durance is one of the adjacent locations. They can Move Along from Threshold to three other locations.

Being guided to a location does not add that location to the player's path. Having a map does add its locations to the player's path - even if the player has not yet been to any of those locations, and even if this would violate the maximum number of five adjacencies to any given location.

When a player arrives in a new location, roll on the Denizen table for that location to learn who greets them.

=== Forage (WIT) ===

To gather fruit from the land, a character may spend a daily action to make a WIT roll. The potential reward and the risk of the roll depend on the type of terrain. For example, foraging is very difficult (-2) and dangerous in a cavern, is easy (+1) in a forest, or is difficult (-1) on a heath or mountainside. Generally, "best result" increases the reward by half as much. If the roll is bad, check the location's hazard table to learn what went wrong.

=== Recruit (CHA) ===

Any denizen might be willing to aid a character. Make a CHA roll to learn whether they'll do so for the price listed under their description. "Best result" means a 10% discount. "Progress" means a 10% markup. "Suffer" means you pissed them off. At any time, a character may employ a total number of denizens equal to their CHA.

=== Rest ===

When a character rests, they may roll to recover their discarded Hit Dice and Song Dice (further discussed below under Combat and Magic).

=== Search (WIT) ===

When a character wants to find hidden treasure, they must search for it - or use Witch Sight or Earth Speaks to see it. To search for treasure, roll WIT using the Pair Method (discussed below, under Dice Mechanics). If the roll is a success, roll on the location's treasure table to learn whether any treasure was present to be found. If the roll was "best result," roll twice on the location's treasure table. If the roll is bad, check the location's hazard table to learn what went wrong.

=== Trade (CHA) ===

Dealing with denizens can lead to profit or sorrow. For each daily action that is directed to trading, make a CHA roll to learn whether your character gets a fair price for what they want to buy or sell. "Best result" means a 10% discount; "progress" is inconclusive; "suffer" means a 20% markup; the worst outcome is that you can't buy what you want at any price.

== Dice Mechanics ==

There are three ways to roll dice: as a pool for melee combat; as a pair for checks/saves; and as a pool against a pair for magic and missiles. 

=== The Pool Method (melee) ===
Each of the combatants picks up a number of dice based on their Hit Dice and armaments and then rolls them. Starting from the highest result and working down, the owner of that die discards one other die from the table. Repeat this process until the lowest remaining die has no other die to discard. Then re-roll the remaining dice.

=== The Pair Method (for Saves, Reactions i.e. rolls other than hitting things or casting Songs) ===
In this method you roll two dice and then compare to the reaction chart. The dice may be different sizes depending on your Skills or Abilities.

The default is to roll 2d6. For every point of Skill or Ability, increase one die by 1 size. A penalty reduces the dice in the same way. This easily handles -4 (2d3) up to +6 (2d12). 

Some traits allow to re-roll the lower die. This means that you can re-roll doubles.

=== Pool and Pair (magic and missiles) ===
When casting a Song, roll your available Song Dice. This roll sets the magic number for that casting of the Song. The target of the Song then rolls dice using the Pair method (modified by an Ability or Skill, if applicable). If their roll is less than or equal to the magic number, they suffer the Song's effects.

Discard the lowest die that you rolled until the next Birdsong. If you discard your last Song Die when casting a Song, then you forget the Song.

Similar rules apply to shooting weapons like bows or slings. The shooter rolls their Hit Dice to set the target number for the shot. The target then rolls dice using the Pair method (modified by GRA). If the target rolls higher than the target number, they avoid injury. Otherwise, they suffer according to the Reaction Table.

If you roll all odd dice when shooting, you run out of ammunition.

=== Reaction Table ===

There are a lot of different cases and situations here from traps to magic to the actual encounter reactions that this table was originally for. Generally it's called a Save when there are bad things about to happen to you unless you succeed. A Reaction or Loyalty check are different in that they generally range from bad to good news but with a Save it's awful to nothing such as when you get hit with dragon breath. There’s no upside to that, you just hope for nothing. 

Modifiers: Most often it's one of your Ability Score Modifiers plus a second factor based on whether you have more or fewer HD than the source of the danger (traps and such use their dungeon level as their HD, otherwise wing it). 

{|
|-
| Dice result || Consequence || 0 HD (STR)<br>Missile (GRA) || Trade (CHA)              || Recruit (CHA)  || Forage (WIT)   || Search (WIT)   
|-
| 2-3         || Worst.      || Death.                     || Can't buy it or sell it. || Battle.        || Angry denizen. || Angry denizen. 
|-
| 4-5         || Suffer.     || Need Restoration.          || 20% markup or discount.  || Can't recruit. || Hazard.          || Lose 1 HD.     
|-
| 6-8         || Progress.   || Need 1 week rest.          || 10% markup or discount.  || 10% markup.    || Nothing.       || Nothing.       
|-
| 9-11        || Success.    || Need 2 days rest.          || Fair price.              || Fair price.    || 1 day food.    || One treasure.  
|-
| >11         || Best.       || Not scratched.             || 10% discount or markup.  || 10% discount.  || 2 days food.   || Two treasures. 
|}

=== Discard vs. Set Aside ===

The rules for combat and for magic specify events for discarding dice. Discarded dice cannot be used until they are restored by rolling them successfully at Birdsong or during a Rest action. On the other hand, some effects cause dice to be set aside. Set aside dice may be used again immediately after the end of the effect that caused them to be set aside.

== Melee (close) Combat ==
When the swords come out, pick up your Hit Dice and roll them all at once. Your opponent(s) do the same. Starting with the highest die result, the owner of that die picks one other die to remove. Repeat this until no more dice can be removed. Then break from combat, or re-roll the remaining dice.

=== Example ===
The Knight Errant rolls 9, 8, 3. Three goblins roll 7, 6, 6. Starting from 9, the Knight Errant removes the goblins' 7; at 8, the Knight Errant removes the goblins' first 6; at 6, the goblins remove the Knight Errant's 3.  

In a second bout, the Knight Errant rolls 7, 5. The remaining brave goblin rolls 4. At 7, the Knight Errant removes the goblin's 4. The goblins have been vanquished. 

If the Knight Errant had been reduced to 0 HD, he would roll STR on the Reaction table.

=== But how many Hit Dice do I have? ===
A normal person has a single Hit Die. This includes normal soldiers and scholars alike. Soldiers are far more dangerous due to their armaments and physical ability scores, but they still only get 1 die when rolling for their combat results.

Your character may start with 1 to 4 Hit Dice depending on how much they have focused on combat. They also may have Song Dice, which are discussed further on.

=== How big are my hit dice? ===
Look at this table:

{|
|-
| Min STR || Armaments            || Hit dice 
|-
| any     || Unarmed              || d4       
|-
| any     || Light (or STR +3)    || d6       
|-
| any     || Moderate (or STR +6) || d8       
|-
| 0       || Heavy                || d10      
|-
| +3      || Tremendous           || d12      
|}

Light armament is a light weapon or light armor. Moderate armament is a light or medium weapon or armor plus a medium weapon or medium armor. Heavy armament is a medium weapon or armor plus a heavy weapon or armor. Tremendous armament is a heavy weapon plus heavy armor.  

Small creatures (STR less than 0) can be moderately armed at most. Medium creatures (STR 0 to +2) can be heavily armed. Only large creatures (STR +3 or more) can be tremendously armed. Most humans are medium.

STR affects the size of Hit Dice both at the low end (by limiting how much a character can be armed) and at the high end (creatures with +3 STR always roll at least d6 Hit Dice, creatures with +6 STR always roll at least d8 Hit Dice).

=== How do I regain discarded Hit Dice? ===
At Birdsong (right before dawn), or if someone sings Birdsong for you, you may roll all your discarded Hit Dice. Any that come up even are restored.

If someone sings Restoration for you, you may roll all your discarded Hit Dice. Any that do not come up "1" are restored.

== Magic ==
A character who has Song Dice can cast songs. None of the characters in the Fae Kingdom are "research wizards". They only can cast songs that they acquire by purchase, theft, or "discovery".

Songs that should have a duration endure until next Birdsong. Songs that may benefit their target still require a Reaction Roll to resist them.

=== How big are my song dice? ===
Look at this table:

{|
|-
| Raiment                       || Song dice 
|-
| Skyclad                       || d4         
|-
| ONE of ring, rod, or robe     || d6         
|-
| TWO of ring, rod, and/or robe || d8         
|-
| Ring, rod, and robe           || d10        
|}

=== Holy Chants ===
**Birdsong:** Enable the target to immediately roll to regain discarded Hit Dice (evens are restored).
**Exorcism:** Banish spirits from current location.
**Quell:** All but one of the target's Hit Dice are set aside. 
**Repair**: Restore the target's damaged arms to full Hit Dice.
**Restoration**: Enable the target to immediately roll to regain discarded Hit Dice (all but 1s are restored).

=== Bittersweet Ballads ===
**Faelight:** Target is LOST! - strike out target's entire list of locations adjacent to this location, target may not Return from here but must Move Along.
**Golden Tongue:** Target rolls Reaction Rolls as if +5 CHA.
**Lightness of Being:** Target gains the Strider trait.
**The Earth Speaks:** Target discovers all treasures in current location.
**The Tangled Vine:** Target may not leave current location. 

=== Hymns of the Rose ===
**Bitter Seed:** Target discards highest Song Die when rolling for magic.
**How Sweet the Scent:** Target gains the Peaceable trait.
**Leaf Blight:** Switch target's Hit Dice or Song Dice for one size smaller.
**Petals Shake:** Target rolls all available Hit Dice and Song Dice, discard any matches.
**The Beautiful Broken Thorns:** Instead of using the pool-and-pair method, roll target's Hit Dice. Discard any Hit Dice that are less than caster's highest Song Die.

=== Nightshade Lullabies ===
**Fading Twilight:** Target gains the Elusive trait.
**Fog:** Current location becomes obscured by fog; occupants who fail their WIT Rolls cannot Search, Forage, Trade, Recruit, Move Along, or Return.
**Gust of Wind:** Target object is moved as if by a hand of STR +4.
**Sweet Berry of Knowledge:** Target gains a map of three random locations.
**Witch Sight:** Target sees all hidden things. 

=== Periwinkle Jingles ===
**Beast Speech:** The target may converse with any animal. Make Reaction Rolls.
**Drowse:** The target sleeps.
**Hidden Star:** The target illuminates their location as if they are a star.
**Pandemonium:** All in target's location lose the rest of their Daily Actions in a cacophany of laughter and screaming.
**Shield:** Target rolls an extra d12 in melee combat or when shot at. Set aside (do not "discard") any dice less than the d12. 

=== Violet Tunes ===
**Darkness:** All lights are extinguished. No lights may be lit.
**Eternal Dance:** Target must immediately Move Along, and cannot Return to current location.
**Fiery Ring:** In current location, all others than caster must make a GRA Reaction Roll as if the caster's Song is a missile attack.
**Silence:** No sound can be heard in the current location.
**The Mighty Flower:** Target barrier is breached. Wooden barriers roll 2d6, metal barriers roll 2d8, stone barriers roll 2d10.

== Characters ==
Here are the possible characters to play:

{| 
| Character         || STR || GRA || WIT || CHA || HD  || SD  || Arms || traits                        
|-
| Amazon            || +1  || +2  || 0   || 0   || 3   || 1   || M    || Bowmaster; Enduring          
|-
| Barbarian         || +4  || 0   || -1  || 0   || 4   || 0   || H    || Berserker; Tough             
|-
| Bittersweet Magus || 0   || +1  || +2  || 0   || 2   || 2   || L    || Cunning; Ballads             
|-
| Captain           || +1  || +1  || 0   || +1  || 4   || 0   || M    || Spearmaster; Leadership        
|-
| Dwarf             || +3  || 0   || +2  || 0   || 4   || 0   || H    || Bones of Stone; Short Legs   
|-
| Elf               || 0   || +2  || +1  || +1  || 2   || 2   || L    || Elusive; Strider             
|-
| Harper            || 0   || +1  || +2  || +1  || 2   || 2   || L    || Affable; Any Songs           
|-
| Knight Errant     || +3  || -1  || 0   || +1  || 3   || 1   || T    || Honored; Chants              
|-
| Knight Renegant   || +2  || +2  || 0   || -1  || 4   || 0   || H    || Bowmaster; Fearsome          
|-
| Monk              || +1  || +1  || +1  || +1  || 2   || 2   || *    || Disciple of the Hand; Chants 
|-
| Nightshade Magus  || *   || 0   || +3  || 0   || 0   || 4   || *    || Ethereal; Lullabies          
|-
| Periwinkle Magus  || 0   || +1  || +1  || +1  || 1   || 3   || L    || Lucky; Jingles        
|-
| Rose Magus        || 0   || 0   || +2  || +1  || 1   || 3   || L    || Peaceable; Hymns             
|-
| Swordsman         || +1  || +2  || 0   || 0   || 4   || 0   || L    || Swordmaster; Cunning         
|-
| Violet Magus      || 0   || 0   || +3  || +1  || 1   || 3   || L    || Aura of Power; Tunes         
|-
| Woodfolk          || +1  || +1  || +1  || +1  || 3   || 1   || L    || Beast friend; Tracker        
|} 

=== Amazon ===
{|         
|-
 STR || GRA || WIT || CHA || HD  || SD  || Arms 
|-
 +1  || +2  || 0   || 0   || 3   || 1   || M    
|}

Bowmaster: You may re-roll your lowest Hit Die (keep the higher result) when using the given weapon in combat. You may choose this trait multiple times to re-roll multiple low dice, or to choose additional weapons.

Enduring: You may use all of your daily actions for the same task.

## Barbarian
| Character               | STR | GRA | WIT | CHA | HD  | SD  | Arms |
| ----------------------- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---- |
| ![[Barbarian.png\|300]] | +4  | 0   | -1  | 0   | 4   | 0   | H    |

Berserker: You may enter a battle rage that lasts for one bout, and allows you to re-roll any number of your Hit Dice one time. You may choose this trait multiple times to extend the rage.

Tough: You may take an extra Rest each day. You may choose this trait multiple times.

## Bittersweet Magus
| Character                       | STR | GRA | WIT | CHA | HD  | SD  | Arms |
| ------------------------------- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---- |
| ![[Bittersweet Magus.png\|300]] | 0   | +1  | +2  | 0   | 2   | 2   | L    |

Cunning: You may re-roll your lower die (keep the higher result) on any Roll that uses WIT.

Ballads: You may use any Bittersweet Ballad that you've learned.

## Captain
| Character             | STR | GRA | WIT | CHA | HD  | SD  | Arms |
| --------------------- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---- |
| ![[Captain.png\|300]] | +1  | +1  | 0   | +1  | 4   | 0   | M    |

Spearmaster: You may re-roll your lowest Hit Die (keep the higher result) when using the given weapon in combat. You may choose this trait multiple times to re-roll multiple low dice, or to choose additional weapons.

Leadership: You may have +1 more Henchman than normal. Increase the Loyalty and Morale of your Henchmen and Followers by +1.

## Dwarf
| Character           | STR | GRA | WIT | CHA | HD  | SD  | Arms |
| ------------------- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---- |
| ![[Dwarf.png\|300]] | +3  | 0   | +2  | 0   | 4   | 0   | H    |

Bones of Stone: When rolling to recover discarded Hit Dice, you may turn half of the dice to an even number and roll the rest.

Short Legs: When attacked in melee combat, or when shot at, set aside (do not "discard") each of your opponents' highest rolled Hit Die. You may Return or Move Along only once per day.

## Elf
| Character         | STR | GRA | WIT | CHA | HD  | SD  | Arms |
| ----------------- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---- |
| ![[Elf.png\|300]] | 0   | +2  | +1  | +1  | 2   | 2   | L    |

Elusive: You generally are un-noticed. If someone is looking for you, you may make a Reaction Roll to avoid being found, without making any effort to deliberately hide.

Strider: You may Move Along or Return an extra time each day.

## Harper
| Character            | STR | GRA | WIT | CHA | HD  | SD  | Arms |
| -------------------- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---- |
| ![[Harper.png\|300]] | 0   | +1  | +2  | +1  | 2   | 2   | L    |

Affable: Treat each result on a Reaction Roll as one level better (e.g., a "3" would be "abashed"). However, a roll of 2 still results in getting assaulted: not everyone appreciates good humor.

Any Songs: You may use any Song that you have learned. Each time that you learn a new Song, you must allocate your Song Dice among the different types of Songs that you know. For a given Song, you may only roll the Song Dice that are allocated to its type.

## Knight Errant
| Character                   | STR | GRA | WIT | CHA | HD  | SD  | Arms |
| --------------------------- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---- |
| ![[Knight Errant.png\|300]] | +3  | -1  | 0   | +1  | 3   | 1   | T    |

Chants: You may use any Holy Chant that you have learned.

Honored: You may re-roll doubles on a Reaction roll. Keep the higher result.

## Knight Renegant
| Character                       | STR | GRA | WIT | CHA | HD  | SD  | Arms |
| ------------------------------- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---- |
| ![[Knight Renegant b.png\|300]] | +2  | +2  | 0   | -1  | 4   | 0   | H    |

Bowmaster: You may re-roll your lowest Hit Die (keep the higher result) when using the given weapon in combat. You may choose this trait multiple times to re-roll multiple low dice, or to choose additional weapons.

Fearsome: You may re-roll your lower die (keep the second result) on a Reaction roll.

## Monk
| Character          | STR | GRA | WIT | CHA | HD  | SD  | Arms |
| ------------------ | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---- |
| ![[Monk.png\|300]] | +1  | +1  | +1  | +1  | 2   | 2   | *    |

Chants: You may use any Holy Chant that you have learned.

Disciple of the Hand: Regardless of what you carry, you roll Medium (d8) Hit Dice.

## Nightshade Magus
| Character                      | STR | GRA | WIT | CHA | HD  | SD  | Arms |
| ------------------------------ | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---- |
| ![[Nightshade Magus.png\|300]] | *   | 0   | +3  | 0   | 0   | 4   | *    |

Ethereal: You may interact with the world only through Songs. You start with Witch Sight and Gust of Wind as Songs that you can use. Only magic may end you.

Lullabies: You may use any Nightshade Lullaby that you have learned.

## Periwinkle Magus
| Character                      | STR | GRA | WIT | CHA | HD  | SD  | Arms |
| ------------------------------ | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---- |
| ![[Periwinkle Magus.png\|300]] | 0   | +1  | +1  | +1  | 1   | 3   | L    |

Lucky: You gain +1 (one die larger) to all Saves.

Jingles: You may use any Periwinkle Jingle that you have learned.

## Rose Magus
| Character                | STR | GRA | WIT | CHA | HD  | SD  | Arms |
| ------------------------ | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---- |
| ![[Rose Magus.png\|300]] | 0   | 0   | +2  | +1  | 1   | 3   | L    |

Peaceable: Denizens let you pass by default.

Hymns: You may use any Hymn of the Rose that you have learned.

## Swordsman
| Character               | STR | GRA | WIT | CHA | HD  | SD  | Arms |
| ----------------------- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---- |
| ![[Swordsman.png\|300]] | +1  | +2  | 0   | 0   | 4   | 0   | L    |

Swordmaster: You may re-roll your lowest Hit Die (keep the higher result) when using the given weapon in combat. You may choose this trait multiple times to re-roll multiple low dice, or to choose additional weapons.

Cunning: You may re-roll your lower die (keep the higher result) on any Roll that uses WIT.

## Violet Magus
| Character                  | STR | GRA | WIT | CHA | HD  | SD  | Arms |
| -------------------------- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---- |
| ![[Violet Magus.png\|300]] | 0   | 0   | +3  | +1  | 1   | 3   | L    |

Aura of Power: Do not discard the lowest die when rolling Song Dice.

Tunes: You may use any Violet Tune that you have learned.

## Woodfolk
| Character              | STR | GRA | WIT | CHA | HD  | SD  | Arms |
| ---------------------- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---- |
| ![[Woodfolk.png\|300]] | +1  | +1  | +1  | +1  | 3   | 1   | L    |

Beast friend: You may recruit beasts. They work for food. You get +1 die larger to Reaction Rolls with beasts.

Tracker: You can Return along the path of any character who has visited your current location. This trait "defeats" the BLISS prohibition on Returning.

## Larger than Life 

Most people and creatures are average and have 0 for STRength, GRAce, WITs, and CHArm, with no great traits. They have 1 Hit Die and thus are felled by one solid hit. Particularly hardy individuals might have 2 Hit Dice. People with 2HD are uncommon, those with 3 or 4 are rare and often well known. Those with 5 or more are in a league of their own: heroes. 

Players' characters are special. Each archetype has a distinct array of Abilities and traits.

## How do I "level up"?

You gain a Hit Die or a Song Die, or add +1 to an Ability, during your downtime after each adventure. Every third Die that you gain (e.g., 3 HD, 2 HD + 4 SD, etc.), add a trait. You can choose any of the traits that other characters start with (except those of the Dwarf or Elf, which are special to their kind), or any of the Other traits below.

## Other traits

Learned: You may re-roll your lower die (keep the higher result) on a roll related to knowledge. You may not re-roll doubles.

Puissant: Choose Melee or Missile. If you have any Hit Dice that have not been discarded, you may roll 1 extra Hit Die for the given category of combat. You may choose this trait more than once for each category.

(Weapon)master: You may re-roll your lowest Hit Die (keep the higher result) when using the given weapon in combat. You may choose this trait multiple times to re-roll multiple low dice, or to choose additional weapons.

# Economy

Historically gold was worth about 20 times that of silver and silver was about 12 times that of copper. All prices are in silver pennies, shillings, and £.

1 pound (£) = 20 shillings 

1 (s)hilling (weighs about as much as four U.S. quarters stuck together) = 12 pence 

1 (p)enny (weighs slightly less than a modern U.S. dime) = 4 farthings

This means a gold coin that weighs as much as a shilling is worth a pound and a copper/bronze coin that size is worth only a silver penny.  

## Lifestyle and Upkeep

A person can subsist off very little and many people do just that by earning about 3 pennies per month for a total of 3 shillings in a year. This hand to mouth existence is additionally supported by festivals and feast days where the sponsor of that event foots the bill and hands out alms to the poor. 

A simple lifestyle can be obtained with 6p per month.

|Lifestyle|Cost/mo|Max lv|Examples|
|---|---|---|---|
|Meager|3p|0|Unskilled laborer, conscripts|
|Simple|6p|1|Skilled labor, light infantry, archers|
|Decent|1s|2|Specialists, heavy infantry, crossbowmen, cavalry|
|Good|2s|3|Knights, guild leaders|
|Rich|5s|4|Aristocrats, rich merchants|
|Wealthy|10s|9|Barons, bishops|
|Extravagant|1£+|14|High lords|
  
A meager lifestyle isn’t pleasant but so long as you are largely sedentary it brings no other penalties. Beneath this level starvation is a real concern.

Most adventurers will live a Simple lifestyle at first and eventually seek to spend more freely. If you live at the level of your Status or above you gain XP equal to half the difference in the cost of your lifestyle. Your Status is either social such as shown in the examples, or by character level as shown in the max level column.

## Provisioning

| Creature               | Cost/wk | Enc (pounds) |
| ---------------------- | ------- | ----------- |
| Human (or smaller)     | 2p      | 14/wk        |
| Horse (or other large) | 6p      | 42/wk        |
| Larger than horse      | 11p     | 98/wk        |

The cost of provisioning a horse assumes available grasses to supplement fodder. Without this add an additional stone of weight and 2p per week. Beings that must eat only meat are x2 the cost.

Feeding an Ogre would cost 16p per week (8 for being large and not able to eat grass, x2 for being an obligate carnivore). 

A mule or pack horse can carry 300 pounds in packs as a light load. It can bear up to 550 pounds at half speed. More weight than that requires sharing the load with men, beasts or carts.

## Things Worth Buying

|Mounts|Safe load (lb)|Cost|Upkeep/mo|
|---|---|---|---|
|Draft|300|4s|1s|
|Pack|500|5s|1s|
|Riding|200|1£|2s|
|Hunting|200|5£|3s|
|War|300|10£|4s|
|Mule|300|5s|6p|
|Donkey|200|3s|6p|
  

| Arms       | Cost | Lifestyle min | Examples                                                      |
| ---------- | ---- | ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Unarmed    | 3p   | Meager        | Gambeson, dagger, sling                                       |
| Light      | 1s   | Simple        | Maille shirt, axe, spear or arming sword, short bow           |
| Moderate   | 5s   | Decent        | Hauberk and cap, shield, axe, spear or arming sword, long bow |
| Heavy      | 15s  | Good          | Haubergeon with bracers and helm, great axe or sword          |
| Tremendous | 2£   | Rich          | Full maille and closed helm, great sword or axe                    |

  If you are beneath the lifestyle minimum of your arms, then each month make a WIT roll to learn whether they degrade (Hit Dice get one size smaller).

# Locations
The locations of the Kingdom include villages, forests, heaths, mountains, and caverns as well as the special locations of Bliss, Threshold, and Durance.

## Villages
Villages have no treasures, but do have commerce and possibly a Traveling House of the Great Old One. In a typical village, you can buy or sell provisions and common equipment. You may be able to hear the songs of Repair or Restoration. You may be able to learn various songs. You could sell treasures, but at a lower price than you could obtain in Bliss.

Village denizens include the Ruffians, the Watch, and Travelers. Visitors also come to villages fairly often.

| Village   | Provisions | Repairs | L arms | M arms | Denizens |
| --------- | ---------- | ------- | ------ | ------ | -------- |
| Bounteous | 1p         | 5p      | 1s     | 6s     | d6       |
| Silent    | 2p         | 5p      | 1s     | 5s     | d4       |
| Goatkin   | 2p         | 1s      | 1s     | 5s     | d8       |
| Furnace   | 3p         | 2p      | 10p    | 4s     | d6       |
| Porcelain | X          | X       | 2s     | 8s     | d10      |

| Die roll | Denizens        |
| -------- | --------------- |
| 1        | Traveling House | 
| 2        | Visitor         |
| 3        | Watch           |
| 4        | Travelers       |
| 5        | Ruffians        |
| 6        | Watch           |
| 7        | Travelers       |
| 8        | Ruffians        |
| 9        | Visitor         |
| 10       | Traveling House |

### The Traveling House
When you enter the Traveling House, you hear Birdsong. Other songs may be learned for 1s each. Part of learning a song is having it sung to you as its target. This is why the Traveling House does not teach Hymns of the Rose.

| Die roll | Available to learn     | 
| -------- | ---------------------- |
| 1        | Restoration            |
| 2        | any Holy Chant         |
| 3        | any Bittersweet Ballad |
| 4        | any Nightshade Lullaby |
| 5        | any Periwinkle Jingle  |
| 6        | any Violet Tune        |

### Village Visitors

| Die roll | Visitor |
| -------- | ------- |
| 1        |  Monk       |
| 2        |  Rose Magus       |
| 3        |  Bittersweet Magus       |
| 4        |  Knight Errant       |
| 5        |  Harper       |
| 6         | Swordsman        |

## Forests
Forests may have hidden treasures, and offer chances to hunt or forage for provisions. Forests also have denizens, which may include Ogres, Goblins, Wolves, Woodfolk, Elves, and Travelers.

| Forest     | Denizens | Hazard | Treasure |
| ---------- | -------- | ---- | -------- |
| Birch Wood | d4       | d6   | d8       |
| Elm Wood   | d6       | d8   | d10      |
| Ash Wood   | d8       | d4   | d6       |
| Oak Wood   | d10      | d6   | d6       |
| Beech Wood | d12      | d8   | d4       |

### Forest Denizens, Hazards, and Treasures
| Die Roll | Denizens  | Hazard          | Treasure |
| -------- | --------- | --------------- | -------- |
| 1        | Wolves    | Poison ivy      | none     |
| 2        | Goblins   | Angry bees      | none     |
| 3        | Elves     | Smoldering fire | 10s      |
| 4        | Travelers | Rutting deer    | L arms   |
| 5        | Woodfolk  |                 | 40s      |
| 6        | Visitor   |                 | M arms   |
| 7        | Ogres     |                 | ring     |
| 8        | Woodfolk  |                 | 100s     |
| 9        | Travelers | -               | rod      |
| 10       | Goblins   | -               | H arms   |
| 11       | Wolves    | -               | robe     |
| 12       | Ogres     | -               | T arms   |

## Heaths
The open heaths may have hidden treasure. They are frequented by Dragons and Travelers.


|               |
| ------------- |
| Grim Heath    |
| Gloomy Heath  |
| Pale Heath    |
| Moaning Heath |
| Howling Heath |

## Mountains
In the mountains, you are likely to find treasures and ruins, as well as Giants, Dragons, and Dwarves.


|                |
| -------------- |
| Jagged Hill    |
| Cold Pass      |
| Sentry Peak    |
| Golden Cliffs  |
| High Seat Crag |

## Caverns
The caverns hold treasures. The caverns also are home to Trolls, Goblins, and Scorpions.


|               |
| ------------- |
| Hot Caves     |
| Salt Caves    |
| Deep Caves    |
| Glowing Caves |
| Grottoes      |

# Denizens
Denizens are not hostile by default (unless you get the Angry Denizen result on the Reaction table). Some may be hungry (dragons, wolves, and ogres especially). Those that can speak (including dragons) may choose to converse rather than attacking outright.

| Denizen   | Number<br>Appearing | HD  | SD  | Arms    | Traits / Songs                       |
| --------- | ------------------- | --- | --- | ------- | ------------------------------------ |
| Dragons   | 1                   | 7   | 2   | H (d10) | Fearsome / Tunes              |
| Dwarves   | d4                  | 2   | 0   | H (d10) | Short Legs, Bones of Stone           |
| Elves     | d4                  | 1   | 1   | L (d6)  | Elusive /  Ballads       |
| Giants    | 1                   | 6   | 0   | T (d12) | Tough                                |
| Goblins   | d10                 | 1   | 0   | L (d6)  | Elusive                              |
| Ogres     | 1                   | 5   | 0   | M (d8)  | Tough, Puissant (melee)              |
| Ruffians  | d6                  | 1   | 0   | L (d6)  | -                                    |
| Scorpions | d4                  | 3   | 0   | M (d8)  | Puissant (melee)                     |
| Travelers | d4                  | 1   | 2   | L (d6)  | Strider / Chants                |
| Trolls    | 2                   | 4   | 1   | H (d10) | Elusive / Lullabies         |
| Watch     | d6                  | 2   | 0   | M (d8)  | Puissant (melee), Puissant (missile) |
| Wolves    | d8                  | 1   | 0   | L (d6)  | -                                     |
| Woodfolk  | d4                  | 1   | 1   | L (d6)  | Beast friend, Tracker                |