This supplement provides new character options for the Shadowdark RPG including the Plague Doctor, Witch Hunter, and Chaos Sorcerer. It provides talents, equipment, spells, and titles for these classes.
This supplement provides new character options for the Shadowdark RPG including the Plague Doctor, Witch Hunter, and Chaos Sorcerer. It provides talents, equipment, spells, and titles for these classes.
This supplement provides new character options for the Shadowdark RPG including the Plague Doctor, Witch Hunter, and Chaos Sorcerer. It provides talents, equipment, spells, and titles for these classes.
This supplement provides new character options for the Shadowdark RPG including the Plague Doctor, Witch Hunter, and Chaos Sorcerer. It provides talents, equipment, spells, and titles for these classes.
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Special Thanks to Dan DeFazzio of Dungeoncraft for his Deathbringer rules and the inspiration for this supplement
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Cover Art by Yuri Perkowski Design and Layout by James Melo Graphic Design by Olivia McCargar Plague Doctor Wearing beaked masks and long the following. Vials can either be coats, the infamous Doctor deals in drank or thrown (Far) to cause their life and death in a cold and uncaring effect. Potions expire after 1 Day. world. Armed with putrid concoctions, the Plague Doctor can Heal just as D6 Potion well as Harm. 1 Acid Splash: 1d4 damage per round for 1d4 rounds Weapons: Knives, Axes, Clubs 2 Sleep: Test CON DC14 or sleep for 1d4 Armor: Leather Armor rounds Hit Dice: d4 3 Bomb: 1d10 damage in a Burst
Physic: Advantage on stabilization 4 Healing: Heal 1d6
checks or checks related to medicine, 5 Hallucination: Mistake friends for en- biology, or chemistry. emies for 1d4 rounds
Potions: Each morning brew 1d4 al- 6 Fear: Disadvantage for 1d4 rounds chemical Vials, randomly chosen from
Plague Doctor Talents
2d6 Effect (Reroll duplicates of 2 and 10-11)
2 Test INT DC20 to revive a DEAD creature within 1 round of their death
3-5 Create one additional Potion per day
6-9 +2 to Dexterity or Intelligence
10-11 When you brew potions, you select half and choose the other half randomly
12 Choose one option or 2 points to distribute to stats
Witch Hunter Pitiless. Merciless. Implacable. Those Anathema Arcanum: ANY spells cast who hunt Witches cannot afford the against you are cast at disadvantage. luxury of compassion. Their sworn duty, to find and slay the enemies of Hunters of the Damned: mankind, to protect the Lawful from the forces of Chaos, and to burn any You in- who oppose them. nately sense the Weapons: Daggers, Rapiers, Maces, presence Crossbows, Firearms or ab- Armor: Leather Armor sence of Hit Dice: d6 magic Requirement: Lawful within Near of you. Purge the Unclean: Deal an extra damage die against a Chaotic enemy (use a number of times per day equal to your level).
Witch Hunter Talents
2d6 Effect (Reroll duplicates of 2 or 10-11)
2 Attacks against Chaotic enemies are critical hits on 18+
3-5 +1 Damage against Demons, Outsiders, and Spellcasters
6-9 +2 to Strength, Dexterity, or Wisdom
10-11 Adv on checks to track, gain information, or recall lore about your quarry
12 Choose one option or 2 points to distribute to stats
Chaos Sorcerer With dark robes and ancient chants, Spellcasting: You can cast Wizard the unknowable power of Chaos itself spells you know, using either Intelli- suffuses and empowers these mysteri- gence or Charisma when you make ous mages. Unpredictable and dan- spellcasting tests. gerous, none can truly say if their ul- You know two tier 1 spells of your timate goal is one aligned with the choice from the Wizard spell list on forces of good, or if they seek to un- pg. 52 of the Shadowdark Rulebook. make the world entirely.
Weapons: Daggers, Staffs
Armor: None Hit Dice: d4 Requirement: Chaotic
Chaos Magic: You choose your spells
randomly from the Wizard spell list at the start of each session.
Touched by Chaos: You critically
succeed on spellcasting checks on 19+, but miscast your spells on a roll of 3 or worse.
Spawn of Chaos: You gain one ran-
dom Chaotic Mutation, and gain an additional one each time you roll a Natural 1 Spellcasting check. Wizard Spells Known Spells Known by Spell Tier
Level 1 2 3 4 5
1 2 - - - -
2 3 - - - -
3 3 1 - - -
4 3 2 - - -
5 3 2 1 - -
6 3 2 2 - -
7 3 3 2 1 -
8 3 3 2 2 -
9 3 3 2 2 1
10 3 3 3 2 2
Chaos Sorcerer Talents
2d6 Effect
2 Recover 1 lost spell on a DC15 spellcasting check (1/day, 1 additional use per reroll)
3-5 Gain Advantage on casting one spell you choose per day
6-9 +2 to Intelligence or Charisma
10-11 Choose a spell tier. You can choose one spell of that tier when randomly determining your spells
12 Choose one option or 2 points to distribute to stats
Titles Plague Doctor Titles Level Lawful Neutral Chaotic
1-2 Apprentice Student Barber
3-4 Adept Medic Butcher
5-6 Healer Practitioner Sawbones
7-8 Physician Expert Quack
9-10 Chirugeon Doktor Mad Doctor
Witch Hunter Titles
Level Lawful Neutral Chaotic
1-2 Acolyte - -
3-4 Inquisitor - -
5-6 Sergeant - -
7-8 Captain - -
9-10 General - -
Chaos Sorcerer Titles
Level Lawful Neutral Chaotic
1-2 - - Initiate
3-4 - - Magister
5-6 - - Ascendant
7-8 - - High Sorcerer
9-10 - - Lord of Chaos
Equipment Weapon Cost Type Range Damage Properties
Flintlock Pistol 20gp R F 1d8 VL, MF2
Flintlock Rifle 35gp R F 1d12 VL, MF3, 2 Slots
Clockwork Pistol 40gp R F 1d8 VL (6), MF5
Clockwork Rifle 65gp R F 1d12 VL (4), MF6, 2 Slots
Rapier 10gp M C 1d6 F
Bomb 15gp R C/F Variable B
Misfire (MF): When you attack with this weapon, if you roll to Bomb Types hit below your Misfire Value, the weapon misfires, and the user Smoke Obscure targets in Close for 1d4 rounds. All attacks must use an action to ready it to fire again. On a roll of Natural are made at disadvantage. 1, the weapon Catastrophically Misfires. It deals its damage automatically to its user, and is broken and unusable until re- Fire Ignites an area Close for 1d4 rounds. Creatures in paired by a Gunsmith. the flames take 1d4 damage each round.
Variant Loading: Variant Loading weapons are complicated to Explosive Instantaneous 1d10 damage to any creature within load, and require attention. It takes an action to reload them. Close. Can test Dex DC14 for half damage.
Burst (B): This weapon effects ALL targets within Close to where Gas Poison gas within Close, creatures disabled (cannot it was detonated. take actions) by coughing for 1d2 rounds. Optional Rules Corruption D10 Minor Mutation Each time a spell caster roles a natural 1, or any time 1 Eyes change color any character comes into direct contact with a strong source of corruption (or performs a sufficiently evil 2 Lose one digit of hand or foot deed), they gain 1 Corruption Point. When they 3 Become exceptionally gaunt reach 10 Corruption, roll on the Chaotic Mutation 4 Animals shriek when you come near tables (or select a thematically appropriate option). If 5 Plague-like buboes a character reaches 6 or more mutations, they meet a random Gruesome End. 6 Scales, concealable at first
Corruption can only be removed by powerful Holy 7 Hair changes color
rituals, and require players to seek out NPCs to aid 8 Develop a craving for Raw Meat them. 9 Strange Odors follow you 10 Roll on the Major Mutation Table Group Initiative
At the start of each round of combat, one player rolls
initiative. They and the GM each roll a d12. If the D10 Major Mutation player rolls equal to or higher than the GM, the play- 1 Grow a Prehensile tail ers declare their actions, be-ginning with the player 2 Your face resembles a Skull that rolled and preceding clockwise. Once all PCs have declared their actions, EVERYONE rolls their 3 Grow an extra mouth with razor teeth d20 simultaneously to determine success or failure. 4 Grow an extra eye in a random place This rep-resents the scrum of battle being inherently 5 One of your body parts begins to rot un-predictable, but the GM can make some allowanc- es for adjudicating certain actions before others de- 6 Age 1d20 years instantly pending on the actions declared. 7 A shriveled head grows on the shoulder
If the GM wins initiative, the enemies act before the 8 Insatiable hunger for Human Flesh PCs do, following the same method as above. 9 Grow d4 tentacles! 10 Devilish horns grow from your head Dual-Wielding Fighters and Thieves can wield a Finesse weapon in D6 Gruesome End your off hand. When you do, you roll the damage dice 1 Become a living vessel for a Chaos God of both weapons, and use the higher result. 2 Devolve into subhuman cannibal monster
3 Transform into a giant insect
Secret Death Timers 4 Body erupts, birthing a unworldly creature When you are reduced to 0hp, the GM will roll your 5 Flesh melts from your body over d4 days Death Timer. You never know exactly how much time you have left! 6 Mind shattered by Chaos
