Deathtrap Games Rules Cyclopedia

Spellburn Description : Spellcasters may perform some form of self-sacrifice to convert some of their life energy into magic. This translate...

Spell Fatigue Description : When casting spells, a magician takes an amount of non-magical damage based on the level or intensity of the Spe...

Spell Points A.K.A. Inner Strength Points, Psi Points Description : Characters have a pool of magical energy that they spend to cast their s...

Free-form Magic Description : Rather than using pre-defined spells characters describe a desired magical effect, and are assigned a level  t...

 Metamagic Components Description : In lieu of the standard spell component for a magic item, a rarified and exotic item with the right reso...

 You, Not Your Gear Description : Characters receive less treasure, especially items that grant special abilities. Instead, they gain more r...

Simplified Early Firearms Description : Match-, wheel-, or Flint-Lock weapons take too long to load to be reloaded in battle without a hirel...

Frightening Firearms Description : Used primarily in settings where firearms are rare and a new innovation. The sound of a firearm being dis...

Component Advancement Description : Instead of gaining entire levels at once, a character earns one component of their next level at once. F...

Roll the Body Description : When a character is knocked out of commission (such as at 0hp), their status is unknown unless an ally checks on...

Choose the Unlucky Description : When lacking any other tool for decision making as to which character is attacked, targeted, or hit by a tr...

Lucky Escape Description : Used in TTRPGs that use a Luck Scores . When a party of PCs is attempting to fled a battle they make Luck Checks,...

Survival Economics Description : As well as a standard value in coin, gear is valued based on its survival utility as an abstract trade unit...

Weapon Depletion Description : Through heavy use, a weapon can become damaged, weakened, or harder to use, resulting in lower accuracy or le...

Gear Quality Description : Equipment has a means of tracking its quality and state of Repair. As it wears down it lowers in its quality rati...