Deathtrap Games Rules Cyclopedia

Boosts Contributed by: McChuck  Description: Characters have Boosts which passively grant bonuses to certain actions. Actively using the bo...

Progressive Damage Contributed By: McChuck Description :  Characters have few hit points, which are easily recovered outside an encounter. W...

Wine Recovery / For Medicinal Purposes  Description : Characters may once per day recover from a small amount injury by drinking alcohol. Fo...

Evolving Magic Items Description : Magic items are exceedingly rare. They begin with a single ability, but gain more abilities as their wiel...

Pact Magic Description : Spells are replaced by relationships with spirits that have broad spheres of influence. The spirit may be called on...

Failing Forward Description : Task resolution rolls that do not indicate success do not mean simply failure that halts forward momentum; ins...

Abstract Coin Description : Treasure is abstracted from numbers of coin, gem, jewels, and artifacts into a Wealth statistic that a character...

Panic! Description : Characters trapped without light underground experience extreme terror that can cause confusing, trauma, or even death ...

Simplified Wounds  Description : Hit points are abstracted either into the number of Wounds that the target can take (in OSR games this is e...

Player-Facing Defense Description : Game masters do not roll for attack, instead PCs have a defense ability they roll when attacked to beat ...

Zones - Subjective Description : Movement, reach, attack ranges, and spell effects are measured in zones:  close, near,  and  far . Each is ...

Zones - Objective Description : Distance is abstracted into either three zones:  near, far, and close  or into two zones:  here  and  there ...

Timed Initiative Description : Players have a limited time to declare their action. If they do not have one to declare, they default to a de...

Simultaneous Initiative Description : Players declare their actions without establishing initiative; the GM resolves all events in a phase o...

Carousing Description : Characters may spend a randomized amount of treasure to go on a bender, earning XP or other rewards. Causes a roll o...