Modes of Play 111 Random Encounters 112 Traps 114 Hazards 115 The Gauntlet 116 Awarding XP 117 Something Happens! 118 Rumors 120 Adventures 122 NPCs 124 Rival Crawlers 126 NPC Names 128 Shadowdark Maps 130 Overland Hex Maps 132 Settlement Maps 134 Taverns 136 Shops 138 Random Encounter Tables 142 Arctic 142 Artisan District 144 Castle District 146 Cave 148 Deep Tunnels 150 Desert 152 Forest 154 Grassland 156 High District 158 Jungle 160 Low District 162 Market 164 Mountain 166 Ocean 168 River and Coast 170 Ruins 172 Slums 174 Swamp 176 Tavern 178 Temple District 180 Tomb 182 University District 184 Monsters 187 Monster Attributes 189 Monster Generator 190 Make It Weird 191 Designing Monsters 192 Monster Statistics 194 Treasure 267 Treasure Overview 269 Treasure 0-3 270 Treasure 4-6 272 Treasure 7-9 274 Treasure 10+ 276 Mundane Items 278 Boons 280 Magic Item Attributes 282 Armor 284 Potions 286 Scrolls and Wands 288 Utility 290 Weapons 292 Item Personality 294 Designing Magic Items 296 Magic Items 298 Join The Dark 323
Contents Introduction 5 Shadowdark 7 The Basics 8 Characters 11 Overview 12 Starting Level 14 Stats 15 Ancestry 16 Fighter Class 18 Priest Class 20 Thief Class 22 Wizard Class 24 Background 26 Alignment 27 Deities 28 Titles 30 Languages 32 Starting Gear, AC 33 Gear 34 Character Names 38 Level Advancement 39 Random Characters 40 Magic 43 Casting Spells 44 Wizard Mishaps 46 Scrolls and Wands 49 Spell Attributes 50 Priest Spell List 51 Wizard Spell List 52 Spells 54 Gameplay 75 Adventuring 77 Rolling the Dice 78 Luck Tokens 79 Using Stats 80 Making Checks 81 Time 82 Turn Order 83 Crawling 84 Resting 86 Stealth and Surprise 87 Combat 88 Overland Travel 90 Downtime 91 Carousing 92 Wizards and Thieves 94 Example of Play 96 Game Master 101 Your Role 102 The Players 103 Core Ethos 104 On Balance 105 Running the Game 106 Not the Enemy 108 Set the Tone 109 Let There Be Darkness 110
