tsr01103 - AD&D - Masque Of The Red Death and Other Tales

Chapter 1V:

The materlsls required to make slides for viewing manufactureRCW items. it b urcdmodswcedWy
under the rnlcmscope accompany the device when by a character wlth the Talior proficiency.
purchased.
[itareocope: Thls Is a hand-held dcrlca und fci
O p m Chases: These are omate. less powerful vlewblg photmgraphat.¶keilWt(h aI1.IW)c-I it
versions of common binoculars. Opera glasscs Is made of thin wood and fragile -1 partrnd b
generally magnify at a power of 2 or 3 times, themforefairly delicate.
limiting their use outdoors.They are very fragile and
make all savingthrows undcr the hesdlngfor glsss. Firearms

Photographk PWS:Early photography is a Bythe 189O’s, handguns and rN?eshdevolved
to become quke accurate and muon&ly d e
challengingpursuit.Photographersan Gothlc Earth tothe user. Mass production made them
readily avallable at low prices. As such,thsy
must use heavy, fraglle glalrr plates treated wlth became the mast popular weapon of the day.
chemicals In order to take photographs. The
chemkals for developing the plate after a picture Is Any sdvcntumrwhohopastorwvRrevhm
taken are included In the photographic klt.
confrontlngminlona dtha Red Desm w d d do wal
Photographic Kit:This k% contains all the
chemicals neededto produce good quality to keep a weapon loaded and in goodamdkbn.
photographs, including flash powder and the various
chemicals used In developing and printing pictures. Firearm Descriptions
Only a character wlth the Photography profktency Is
abk to produce photographs with this equlprnmt. AcrossOothkbRh,hundredsofIypwdfkelm~
exlst. A mmprehenrive list of all suchweaponr
Physkbn’s Bag: Thls Includes bandages. gauze, would easily All th4 bwk but wmkoddllltk to the
cotton, carbolk acid, ether, silk thread and needles flavor o f h game setting. For thb lwam,
for a r e a , a &ethoscope.and an aasutmmt of and rifles have all been grouped Into broad
medlcatians common to the pew.it Is Intended to categories. The DM and players are hrc to d n e thin
serve a physiclan for dlagnosls and treatment in 1*t acW ~ l f lwceapons If wch detail suits W r
emergencies. A physician attemptlng to practice his taste.
art wkhout thlsor equivalent suppiles suffers a -4 R k The rifle Lthertsndudbng arm on Gothic
penalty to all proflclency checks. Using the drugs In Earth.It exists In a variety ranglng from the
this kit w m u t the Medlclne proficiency Is Illegal. mUlWy deat#nsabthoseused *hunting, tar@
shooting, and law enforcement.
w,Sewing Kit:Thls handy kit includes a thimble, A rifle is a breech-loading weapon,In which a
.hell is Inserted manually into the base of the b a d
small scissors, emery medlcr. thrsad,;buttons,
patches, hooks and eyes.tailor’s chalk, and other
usefulthlnga to k b p clothing and other fabric lterns
in gbodmpalr. These supplka may be suf&!entto



targetsin a can-ahaped M.that beglna at the endd
the bandand-to a width of 15 ket at the Urn-
ltsofthe gun's rangc. The person^ the samrgun AnexploshradevkeIsgenerallydslollatedw&a
rolls a apsrste attack dk for all tamIn that olea. blasting up ccmwckd to a l@&d fwe. Other

Lplosives medmdmm,iwth mundwwand ma@at, can be
used to sat diexplodons. The mort conmum d
Explosrve davlces are intcndcdprlmarlly for use these Is a plunger daonstor (a dwxipUmf d h ) .
In demouuOnr and slmlhr engineedng pmults.
but they are metlmes premed into service as Succedukuseofa hue ordetombxrequhsa

combat weapons. Whlle thla is gemrally not a aafe proflclency check when the devke Is uk If the rdl Ls
tactic. desperafon can often make such s u c c ~ h r lt,he charge explodes as ucpectrd.In Ieas
than Meal conditions. panaltlea or add#knal rdIs
considerakns secondary. may be required.

Grpbrlves Descriptions Fume: Thls Is a length offlammable cord that Is
wbed to a bktltlg cap. when t h s o o r d ~ c k * m
In Masque of the Red h t h , three types of to the cap, the cap Ignites and aetsdfrn mploa4w
devke. It is by farthe moat c ~ ~ lmy enhuid
expbslves are commonly available:dynamlte, triggahg dcmditlonchargea becwrs It k aafeto
m e r , and nltroglymtne. All have apecwC transport end faMy nUsbk to use.
uses, advantages, and hazards. Only a character
with the DcmollUon proflchncy should attempt to Becausesuch fuses bum uncvanly and @ dlffe+a
rates, precision timing of M explodon Is not
ea,especlany In a crlsls sltuatlon. posrlble. A.a general rule. a one-yard lengthof fuse
burns In OM round (owmlnute).A deyiatkm ofplus
tbeams,explosives have a blast radius or minus 10%Is considend average. A csreful
demditknist will plan for this variance.
that can potentially InJureor kill several peoplc. To
reflect thls,each ofthe three explosivesis ratedfor Plungar Debnukw When precision tlmlng Is

b&* mdatMhast r.a*d hof. AdsnyroanMeacnausaifhtetmwithin the

d-ge. victimd are &owed a a d n g throw vs.
breathwr~wnto suffer only half damwe.

Oothic Earth advartursn.it Is f W y stable, meanlng
that It Isnd wily daonated by accldenc It dellvers

a Q& kkk when exploded;and It Is fairly easy to
m c e a l and@@yqmrt.In combat, a char- Is

allowed to Ilgh &#throw one SWC of dyndlYs per

gunpowder iscmpbysd hhe-pcynd wooden keg8.
-.It Is more-c and le#eSbknt than
dynamite, but Ish m h a Qunpowder is
too clumsy to be&*rambat,
lnbrss$wal
preparations have b@ taken fn &aq.

will use it except in -rate few odclanturen
SituStblvi-Ws of
nitroglycerine may trc used as -.gcanbat,
but this presenta marly as much- to the user
as to the victim. p#boglycerlne is susceptible to
exploding In extnme temperatures or whenjostied.

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shot-filled,canvas pouch wlelded like a bludgeon.
A skilled user (Le.. anyone proficlentwith the
weapon vrho alsOha6the Bs-ing prdtdarey)
can try to knock a mprlaed enemy unconsclw. If
the attacker staathlr atempt,the vtctbnfs cntitkd
to a saving throw versus parely&. Fsllws lndlcattr
that the victim has ken knockedWl' 1~uoczss
means thevktlm slmply wffsrs appropriate danuge.

Bnra Knuckles: Thls Item adds 2 points to unarmed
melee damage vs. small or medium creatm. It
adds I polnt to unarmed melee damage v5. large
creatures.

D w r / e o v k KnUe: These are far heavier than the
knlvea foundin workshops or kltchens. They are
Intended for hunting, selfdefense, and wildern-
survival. The blades are 8 to 12 inches long and
may be double edged, wlth cme them serrated.

Knife, Pocket:Thls knife Is d l y regarded as a
tool rather than a weapon. Blades average slx Inches
in kngthand fold into an enclosing handk. The
casing is often omate. Although such a Mfe can be
used for self defense, this is not its primary purpore.

ntdd canturles ago, masses. Few paapk recognize that vlctdhy df such
magic was cornmon legends are roottd Ink t . Adepts snd ntgrrtics. the
on acthic Earth.In tts two player character C ~ ~ S MsbSk to harness
Infancy emla past, magical power, are the last of a dylng brad
maglc existed In tts Atthough countkss evU crtat~~raes,~w d t r t h e
punst, moQt Fent. mysterbw Vbtanl, saem.blttowieldsp&b, Ievr
most reliable state. mortal men hto do so.
The evdutlon of
rnagk over time Is
Importantto the Undamtanding the Supernatural
Gothlc Earth Is InfusedwIth many energb.
conditions on Gothic Most, such as light and heat,arraari)r

Earth. supemmsehatsrusrlewdmangdieosb,[email protected]. hnakn.
Ancknt man lived In
a WWM of mysllcIsm
and maglc that can Only the efforta of a rare few @roe4rnlnBsa sbk to
hardly be undentood hsmessthea foreasand dlrectthemtocreate
by peopleofthe maglcal efieas.
modem world. Indeed. so alien a n the tenets of this For the most part, sdentlsts snd the v r a l
world to the clvlllratlon of Gothic Earth that they are
popufnceof&thk Earth scoffsltheancept o f h
supernatural. The 1890's are an sge of scfcnocand
regarded as mere legends and myths. Only a few enlightenment wlth We room for the outdaad
enlightened individuals recognize the truthof the
matter. supent#lons of the primitive past.
Thousands of years ago. the ancient Egyptlans In m e circles. dabbllngs In the supanrsbml,
unwlttlngly allowed an unspeakable evll hto the
such as seances, have become a fashlonsMe
world. It was not thelr Intention to tamlsh the maglc pastime. These activities. while regarded(umere
they sought to perfect or to deliver an evll force parlor games by those who pertlcIpot8, ppsrsnp a
unto rnanklnd. As Is too often the case, however, dangcr of Incakulabk msgnilude--sresairyr the
their noble Intentions were not enough to protect attsntbns of the RedDeath.
them. Those r a n lndlvlduals who know better, however,
Already banished from the netherrealms It called see more deeply Into the supematml. They know
home for its acts of unspeakable darkness, the entity that magk is not only possible. but actwuypnwnt
that learned men now call the Red Death found Itself on Gcthk Further,t h 9 acknowledge that two
trapped mewhere between life and death. When types of ma& cxia: wtaadw ahd mysaidsm
ancient priests of Egypt attempted to sunder the Although SknlbrmuIta can be created WW, both
barriers between those realms, the diabolical forms, the ways Inwhkh thesespelts W e power
creature slipped through the temporary rift and Into and msnifest dkas an very dtfferrnt.
Gothic Earth.
As the powers of the Red Death grew in the w d d ,
magic became corrupted. Accomplished General Guidelines
spellcasters foundthemselves confrunted wlth
unexpected and often disastrous results. Eventwlly, Nagk Is the most wondrous of dl fmca.
the use of rnaglc became so dangerous Mst no .sane M w g h ItS use thnatenr(Ireet p d , k C M
person would attempt to use It. Those who dand to create results thst schce cannot begin60
practlce the arcane arts were forced to work onlythe explain. Whether used for good or evil, msek: a
most minor of spells lest they fall vlctim to the force that &serves attention.
corruption of the Red Death.
In sthtoeri1e8s9o0f 'a5n,mcleangticwIlsraardloasltikaendMfaolrlgn&oernmaarLt still, magk is not all powehl. h has hitatlow,
The and no mature, noeven the R e d m rtwlt.can
socktks llke Atlantls are dhmissedMRctlond bendIt toward every deslndresult. Tharrton, some
stories meant to dellght chMren and enter%& the guidelines have been created that should a h y a be
conrldsred when evaktstlng theuse of magk on
G&hiCEw&.

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Pluw tma:Unlikethe lands of Ramloft$ Castinq a Sped
seated In thuDemlplam of Dread, Qoulic Ea&
spins throughthe @me motedal plane. When

lmhotep openedthe dDor through whlch theRed
Death entered, he foravu sttacd tkc magic& Nhri*
oftheworld. Slnce that fateful &y, travel fmm
Gothic Earth to other planes of cxtlrtencahas been
all but impossible. Whlle certaln creatllreacan travel
to Gothlc Earthtram these nether regkns, they
Invariably Rnd themselves permanently trapped. No
spell that alloars creaturesto travel to an- p l ~ t
of existence functions on QotMc Earth.

The only exceptron to these lnrmesslbtephnu
the Border Ethereal,whlch may be reached by use
of certain spells. Charactera on theBorder Ethereal
cannot pass beyond that realm, however, and may
exlt only to Gothlc Earth.

D l v h t b m Uke the evll pcmnatingthe domsfas
ofRavenloft, the radlsnt energy of the Red De&

canpktety prevents the rn of spells for ds(cctlarof
good or evil. Law and chaos can k sensed
magically, but only canful obscrvatbn of a ab)ad

can nvedwhether It is good orevll.
PowersCheck.: As many w b e adepts have

observed. the magicof thb world is arrayed Uke a
grest .pMwweb. At the he& of thb web, wai(lng to
strike Ike e mvdlxM spider, crwchcsthe Red
Death. Any use of magical energlea sends mkurc
vlbretkns through the web that CM k sensed by
thls mystcrkuspmence. The cutkyl of any spell.
eapeclany OM used forevll ff MtRshrasultr. hr a
chmnee ofdrawhg Um attenthdthe Red Death.
The mmmagic antndMQ.lurC., thematarthe
chancesdbcomlng a n d pawn under the mid@-
nant hand of the Gmat EvtlIts&. Powen checks

demand speclal atenuonIn thb campdgn rrcttlng.
Necmmancy and the (Indead Aspects of magic

thatdeal with the undead and theb slnlster p o w e p
have been enhanced by the arrlval of the Red Death.
All such spalb cany WmetMng of an cv# t w l s t w
If d k r kneRcislpupwes, and requlrathe
caster tomake an cspcoia(ly dJcy powem dudc
when using them.

RH hemy's Lair: In theland8 of Ravenbit, no

magkusedby player charactemcan m t e q r u l the
SpeCtRc powen of a doMfn lord. Gothlc hrth.
however, Isnot dlvkkd lnto darucIsand does mt
have lords.

Thls is certalnly not to w y masdcomptlon
do not exbt on the planet. The most powarid.& Ube

II the apeu was WI attack .pall,It boomerangs Tomst end, thc canting of any spell (wen
onto the caster's party. The DM selects the I??W
so~asm*=cm~-)
@.requlmsa paurar check wlth a parcwrt.gcchanCe
r anr ehofrtphSensWpelMl or raddlsslraarnrdskoammlyto de,tkc0rmpOlnWe eItn. offaikusequal to the level ofthe If. .pelt b
d
are reversed 80 as to make the caster more CastfOIOIlevllOC.inistarpurposc,~ttWlpe#k
vulnerabk to attacks by enemies. from the Necmmmcys c h d or the NucmmanUc
Al other spells have thek dleas pervew In nome
sphere, this cham la doubled. Aa a rdc d thunb,
most of the spells cast by characters durlng the
manner determinedby the DungeonMaster. For course of an adventure for defense, infomutkn
example,a crratebod and drinkSpau mlghtp-e
a meel that is putrldand lnedibleorm poisonxls. gathering, or other passive effects are wwmad to
require thc apell-level powers chcdu
powemcheck
Thus.a ch.ractercastlng a Ist.kvcl Mcsss@l to
aid an ally In COmM ag.M an evil crastur must
In the dread domalns of Ravenloft, all spells roU a 1% pwrencheck. H the @wars a 9th-M
require the caster to make powen checks. Thls Is adonernentcastwith the Intent d-essh$a pcpmnt
person's &rhg over ( r o ~InT-, the
especially trw of maglc from the Necromancy check wroutd be made et 5%.On the& W,an
ochool and NecmrnanUc sphere, or any magk used attampttocrnpby the 7th-kwd crdeplng&xfit*
for an obviously evil purpose. for cvll or s&sh ends would resiI&bra14%pavan
check used thc 7th-level Fsgofdmur ape& (han
On Qothk Earth, no one cants a spell wlthout the Necromancyrchod)f o r dpqimes Muld
alerUng the RedDeathto his praenca to somc nsuk In a 2N6 pornm M.
degree. In most c a m , that malevolententity will not AfailsdpowcnfbsckIrdktWslh.lthehahbs
reapcadto the vibrationswlthln Its web. Still, the drawn the ettentbnofthe RsdDc*h. WIlb each
danger aamclatedwlth magk Is wer present and
must be considmd each t h e a spell Is ca.t.

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if the PCs obtaln some sllver bullets, they should thistype mlghtbe found in a lceal mt~cmor
have a reasonable chance of wlnnlng In combat. antiquestora,tutthePCswUlhsvetopd*
They may get a little scratched up before they lem some effort to purchase, bomrw, cfothcrur*e obtain
exactly whlch type d weapon thay'U meed to defeat them. Maklng such an esMntisl waspa! difficrJt to
a certain monster, but that's what this typed obtain is part of the game, but such an item should
adventure Is all about. not be Impossible to reach, and sdkknt evidence
must be provided for the players to deduce the
If a creature has no secondary weakness. the DM correct weapon. Unique weapons ahodd ba mmrved
may nted to introduce one In order to gtve the PCs a for long-tcrm campdgna agalnst praninant or
fairchance. The best vulnerabJlllties have some tie to lmpoltant cnatures.
the hlaory d the creature. For example, a bmshee
There's always a chance that a DMwill be caught
haunting a castle In Ireland might be vulnerable to o f f g u d b yan unusual situation.A good rule of
weapons fashioned while k was alive. Weapon8 of

thumb Is thls. don't put monstera Into a game if tl w 4Wizardrc
PCs have no way to battle them.This may seam Irar&ry referstothern@c empbyedby
obvbus,but novice DMs (andeven a few adepts. It Is fuelad by the caster's own Iyc
experiencedones) may overlook this fact. force and d l n a e d by the atrength of his Y

the force of his Intellect. When M adept cash
spell. he ir commmdhgthe unhrarsct o a m h
On Gothic Earth, there is noauchthlnga~ some way, and fueling thla reactionwlth a amall
dagger +I; that Is.a gmerk deggerof unknown fragment of hla own life.
orlgln that provldes a ccinbat bonus. Thta Is not to I?& pmcess obvhusly posesa rlsk to the llfeof

my that there are no magical doggem that provWe a the spellcaster.Wlth each rpllcad, theadept
+ I bonus to attack and darage rob. such wrespo~
exlst; however, no two such weapons are alike. Each mbeacaotemreeds.gIrnatdhueaellnydc.2hcme mwmaydhbayvetheenramt(sgucpbcemaht-rJ
haa its own hlatory and spacial cheracterIstka. ural p e m , but WUI be physically weak and
Every m w a l weapon W be d d g d
indlvhlly. The hIstory and aMllties can be aa Th*&QJ=td.daptmaglcbmPnpataa
, rbnpla or complex aathe DM deshs. The pcs
whar a rhsreaar attemp& tokun a new rpdl. At*
should learn about auch a weapon only through
reMarch. It doe8notmatterht h e i s s s t ~ t h e
weapon Is ruearched andthen diacovd, aif the t o h anewspell, aSyawnShak
weapon is Mquked and then nscNched. Mcrd madc.iflhedfsp*the.ddptksr
Mormatkn about auch a weepon are Wcelytorsa CfC~.~plsyaUnW#Xt*allleuls
the PCa amahout their sdvanturlng career. reduceor can ~rard0m)ytodCddc.
As a Sample, ccmskkr a weapon of oriental -4
ddgIl.kd#htbeknovnMflnOfhG~sM;
acme ruearchmight m a l thet It is n l d tohave
be~tothcRntEmparordJsp.n.Eva,thh
MlsHbkoft6re lnekesthewe6prmmamorab*to
the pleyan. Ythe DMgwr rutthcrpul sddr & fsw
rpechleflcas, rdoemruac+htahbcobmegttetr.wFeodrs*xrlalhmbprlkh,athe
ml@ c
bada of Mcknt Japan or h t h e w of a
JspMccle*~.
h is$ls
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Jut ea Ipenr have beencMNpled by the
pnaanccofthe RedDeath, ao too b e rnaakd
Item8 beentsmbhed. Any weapon. w e n the dylgw
prraented In UK laat persgaph, carrks a Hll@&lg
curse. l?~Ismight be aa s h p b asforcfngthe
wcspon's owner to wake sbnrpuy et aunriae every
morning. For more powerM weapona, the
conaequencea could be codderably worse.

An hpoitmtexceptkm tothis rule exlab for ttar
cnltsd beforetheMIfvd oftha Red Death. Such *

anckntob)cctshwcnotb?mn~bythesvR

pnscnce. Of come, such utibcts are extnrncly
rare, and a player character wR1 have to bok
and hard to find one.

1D6 mndw wD d e d V e lnltial shcdks
Rdl ws When a character hcreated,the player must
Alalm select a 1st-level spell for the character to m a r c h .
1 Burnlng hands The research and mastery of thls apdl is .uMntdtcr
2 Charm person Armor
3 Chill touch Detect undead
4 Shocklnggrasp Holdportal
5 Sleep Rutection pnn evil
6 spook ShfeLI

A Dungeon Master is free to kt a character be& dominate the chsrscter's fiee ttme.When nd
with addltlonal spdis as might suit the campalgn or exptorlng the world and facing the o v b ofthe Red
background established forthe character. It is Death, thecharacter should be readlyl s l u n e
recommended, however, that no character begln the books. atudytneiMsatsn-Ws,
game with fewer than Rve spells. and
undeltsklng Investigations of m@cWhen thc
character attainssecond kvel. he m y record tbe
spell In his spellbook and cast it in the IIWMW of
any other spell he knows.
Role-playinggames are built around the concept
of character darelopmcnt.Adept and my* Subseguent studies
characters usually advance by leamlng new spells.
MagM studies once u w c h s r s c t c r ~ C h t ssecu?dkvcl. 0 new
spell is relectcd for study. Tha new spdl bacMla
Whenweran edept character clltalns a new -1. he the object of the character's devotbn aal remaah.
gains the aMllty to coat a new spell. This is attributed As each submpmtlsvd b attahrad, a new apeU b
seleaed for study.

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Thespcusdectcdh~torramctkns,ltmuabe Effects of the SpH. only when a chsrIl&m casts tl
rpell will the preciscnature of Its mask be weah
from a levelM d a achooIthat thecharacbahss acces 3bvlously, thls can be hazardow.
to at the timethe choke b madc. Thus, a 2nd-kvd
adegtwoddnot be able to study a 2nd-level spell. even Copy the Spell Once a character hm attempm
though he would gain the ablllty to weave such M to understand the newly discowed ape#, he m y
enchantment when he reaches 3rd level. Thc spell recordIt In his spellbook. The translatlat of the
selectedforresearch cwld only be a 1st-belSpelE. formula into a format that Is usable by the characl
Dlseowlng Spells is not dlfflcultIn game terms, but it represents a
g m t &ai of &ne and effort on the part ofthe
As charactersexplore Oothlc brth, they will be character. As such, It b generally not
forcedto confivnt things man WM never meant to during the course ofan advanuc
face. In the courae of these edeawn, they wlll
occasionally discover mystical tomes and arcane in order to recorda new spell In
lore. In rare cases, they will encounter magkal PC must carefully copy Hs cestlng
formulasthat teach the casting of new spells. takes one day (16 hours) of uninterrupted work per
Learnlng an &/sting Spell level of the spell. At the end of that time,

For a character to leam a spell discovered In a makes a proflclency check to detmnb,wl
spellbook, three steps are necessary: formula was copkd accurate&.

A proficiency check must be made for the c b r a c - A character who f a Wthe LnKial IUU to evaluate
ter to determlne the spell’slevel and school. the spell wffers a penalty to the proficiency &ocb
The PC must copy the spell Intohis own
spellbook,then roll a profkkncy check to forcopying It. The penalty is equal to the laral d t k
determinewhether the spell was copkd comctly. spell. Thus,an adept who copies a 5th-kvelspeH
if the spell was copied successfully, the character after fdlng the Initial profichmcy roll suffen a -5
penalty to the roll that Is made af&r #e formwh.l,
smriJutkripwaRqIpcthteocckassat wthleys.pell;all n o m ~
w

nature of a spell, a SpllcraR profichcy c W k

&’.% Thhwell producesm ardtble e l m whah

copying the spell. Thb Is &ailed inthe nsxt sealon. dsreribedhthe player’s Handbcok.
ffthe roll Ls succesa@I,ttac ccutcr teamstheLavel
ofthe.pll and the schoolto which it b e l o n ~I~(c. ludlble Qlamer
amount ofmclarch or shrdywrll m i meexact The volume of noise produced by this spell is

llmlted on Gothic Earth. The caster can ploduce -re
Thls spell functha ardasnibadIn thcFiE&fe&
only 10decibels ( d k ) of sound per kvd. Sound
above 120 declbels are painful to the human ear. Handbook,wlth one exceptlon. On Qothk Earth, aU
targets of the spell must make System Shock
Examples of sounds and thelr approximate decibel checks when it is cast. Those who fail dk dudng the
levels follow.
tra&omatlon,hsccondSyrUnrShock~L.
dBs Sound Equlvalent
10 Whispering volce made at the mdofthespaU's dumtkn.Thcsewho
20 Quiet conversation fall die In the reversion to their orlghal fomr.

30 nushed conversation FestAw Fall
This spell affects only a slngle man-sired crwbn
40 Average conversation
50 Loud conversation or argument (the caster or a designated target) and any objects
60 Shouting carrled by that lndlvldual (up to thamukmtm
70 Screamlng
80 CiUnRre capacity of the spell). If that llmlt is excacded,the
90 Rallroad englne
100 Dragon roaring spell falh.
120 Sound kcomes painful
140 Sound c a w s temporary hearlngloss ptndF.mllkr
200 Sound can cause deafness
Burnhg thnda This spell functlons on Gothic Ew(h w
Thh spell causes the caster's hands to become in the Rager's Handbook,not as descrhd In the
very hot, but does not allow the caster to send forth RAVENLOFT Campaign Settlng. Farnlllsrs are s h y .
a sheet of flames. Damage caused by the spell Is nonmagkal crew- d no epstar thanranl-
calculated as llsted In the PH (ld3+2per level), but lntelllgent status. and are I n d m totbe a m In
the vlctlm must be touched to suffer Inlury. An whlch the summoning spell was cast.
attack roll may be requlred to determinewhether the
caster successfully touches the victim. Gam Refkctkn
Thls spell functlonsas described In the playa's
ChUl Touch
Thls spell hmctlons as described in the Handbook, but its physical manlfclltattarisdgrd

RAVENLOFTCampalgn Setting. A victhn of the touch Insteadd producinga mirrorlike pbts int6womd
between the caster and his enemku, ttr*Speu
who falls a savlng throw vs. spell suffers Zd4 points causes the adept's eyes to become gleamlng dlver
of damage and loses 1 point of both Strength and orbs that appear to be perfect rsflectora. This
Constltutlon. If the save Is successful. the target change does not affectthe adept's Vision.
suffers I d 4 pohts of damage and loses 1 point of
Strength. Lost ablllty score polnts return at the rate mm

of 1 per hour. This SpeU a&cts only OM target when castal

Color Spray Oottrk Ea&. If the CaaW has the MeMwhm
Thls spell functlons as described In the player's
profkiurcy, the vMLm mud apply a 4 p e n e l t y t o
Handbwk, wlth one important difference that affects his saving throw In addttionto the mcdWers
only onlookers. Only the adept and his vlctkns descrlbed In the PH.
actually see the fan of vlvld doss produced by thls
spell. To everyone else, no effectIs vlslble. UeM
Detect Undead
Thlr VU must be cast on a phyalc.labJactnd h
Thls spell funftlons as described In the RAWWIT unabte to &ect king matcr on oalhlc iEas8h. The
Campalgn setting. targctdthe sp&musbbe a sdld; Hcamot kcast
on air or a pod d water. BecMDeofthrre
Ilmltstlans.theap&cnmot be usedt0blhd.n
enemy as described In the PHunkrs the ap& b cast
on a vtctbn'c halrnor hat.

onceanltemIb!mbaauIuRIM(Ld,the~d(rcct

rurnahlOntheObJectregardlessof where lth d.

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Ma& MLsrils Detect Evil
Thls spell does not exist on 0-c Earth.
ms spell h a i o n s
Mount
Thls spell does not conjure a mount for the c a m Campaign sauly .:'?

to rlde. W e v e r , when a sultable anlmal is present, This spell functionsa5 described in the
the spell may be cast u p it w* the effect$ Campalgn sating.
Flaming Sphere
described In the PH. At the end of the spell's
This spell does not
duratlon, the animal reverts to Its original state,
although the spell may be cast agaln to contlnw the dard formofcurrency may reduce Its usefulness.

ts. Forget
Phantasmal Forre This spell affectsonly one terget when cs8t on
Gothic Earth. kwever, thb rsdudbnb Ibsamlanc,ethdeby
This spell functions as described in the Playa's whan thisapeU
Handbook, but the image created may not be larger an increase in duratlon. spell eoqr uftdr@toth*Elru'r1
target must succeed a save turns
than man-slred. Any physical contact with the has happened for a number VI.
phantasm causes it to vanish, as does any disruption level of the caster.
of the adept's concentration. of

Shkld Know Allan-
This spell functions normally. It provldes Armor Thls spell can dacsct lswful Dt chsollc tendenc

Class 4 versus firearms. but not g w d or evll when CMon GotMc

Tenser's Floating Disc hvltate
This spell does not exist on Gothic Earth.
magic Mouth
Unseen Servant This spell has no phydce1 manifestationem
This spell's duration is reduced to 1 m d per
Earth. The words spoken by the mgk nmwh
level, but is OtherwIae unchanged. tocome hwn n o r u k .
MImr Image
Second-hevd S$S
On Gothic Earth, only a slngle duplicate image
Alter &If created by w-spell.
This spell allows the caster to assume the extaMl
Ray of.I M d h m n t
appearance of any man-sized c r e a m . However, it Rdsiayhell mvlsfble ckmsnt whemiwt
does not grant the adept any spcial powers (fllght,
for instance) whlch the lmHsted creature mlght Gothic Earth.

poSSeSS. *ttW

Continual Light The ecreated by this apell are m high-
Thls spell must be cast on a physical object and Is
pitched that normal men cannot hearthern.Soma
urubk to affca llvlng matter on Gothlc Earth.?ha
target of the spell must be a solid object; It cannot
be east on air or a poolof water. Beenuse of these

llmitatlons, the spell cannot be uaed to bllnd an

enemy as dcscrlbed in the PH unleaa the speU is cant

on a vlctkn's helm 6r hat.
Once an Item has been illunlnated. the spell effect

remelnsonthe object ngsrdlem o f w h m it

m0Ved.

anlmals, however, mlght be alertd by the sound of Hdd (Indud I

this spell If the DMdeslres. WhaR C a d an Ciothicaml, thiBrpdlopem&ca
Spectral Hand dcrribsd inmt RclvatoA Campaign-.

Thls spell functions as descrlbed In the R~wmopr l.eommd’s*Hut
Campaign Setting.
’ M a d p H & e s not Cxid an MEarth.
Third-bevd SpeJs
LloMnlnsm
Cldnudknce
This spell functions as described htheft~writopr Althougt! similar to the spell d c s c r b d Im the

Campaign Setting, except tha(110 p h y r W pbb(a’sHaradtDdcsancminOrchwogmudbe
manifestation occurs.
Clairvoyance noted for Oothlc Earth.The source ofthe bolt must
always k the caster’s ouMie@edhnd, it CIYMO(
This spell functions as descrlbed in the RrrWfLwr orlglnste at a distance. In add&,.llgfitnlrtg bdls
coat on G d c Earth do not rlcochet when I h y
Campaign Settlng,except that no physical S&#U E WHd d a - .
manifestation occura.
Monster Summoning I
FllUbd
Thk spell and its higher level counterpats do nat
Thls spell Is less effectlve on Gothic Earth than in exhtmG&icEsctk.
other realms. When cast In a Masqueof theRed
h t h CanPgR.the cxptosron Rus only a IO-foot pmtaetlonP m Normal MIulhs
cube per k v d of the caster.
w-pkte-*
normal &re, Justas It dwr fw mmne mddRs
mlsslles.
I

63



Ei-qhth-Led Spells always loll hit)athnindivklwdty, even If the DM UTS

The following spellsdo not exlst on Gothic Earth. thegrouphitWvendes. I n a m h c ~ t h me yrticb
Blgbyb cknehed Fbt essentially a third party.
Monster Summonlng VI
Otiluke’s Tekkinetk Sphere omarThe spellsof Oothic Earth’s myatla, like UW
spellsad pkstcr InRAvENLoFr and AwANaD
Otto’s lmaistlbk Dance DunownsE DRAGONcSampstgnl, aragmuped Into
(krten’a spell Immunity

spheres. These groupingsare Identical for Masque cf
the Red Death games.
Becarntmystks are devotedtmthestudy dthe
Succor transccndeaCs)world lngeneral and notto any sh&e
This spell functlons as descrlbed In theRAmm supenururalbeing, they are not 4lmltad toaccess to
a spcdAe Sa of spheres. Each chuocter b freeto
Campaign Settlng and cannot be used to escape follow whatever arms are most appealing.
from Gothlc Earth.

The following spells do not exlst on Gothic Earth. sInitial p k
Astral SpeU
BLsby’s Crushing Hand Mystic characters do not keep spellbodtr. They
Monster Summoning VI1 depend upon rituals and CeFammkstoCrsae
Mordenkslnen’s Dlaunctlon meglcalaffect..Itisthckn~ofthacrlhrh
that glves them their power OM the aupcmatunl.
The fdlowlng spells function as descrlbed in the
RAWLOFT Campaign Setting. AU mystic characters begin the game with minor
Energy DraIn access to the All shere. At first level. this enables
Gate
ESIwish
sticiim by mYs*
ysaqim is the branch d
chanacrs.When such a asts a

spell, he draus uppn snda lore and long
forgottencomrnan&tmtorccthaunseenlplritrof
the dto obey hb wdtng. As .uclsa myatic
expends none dhla o w life force to menifwt spell
effects.
Atthou* mya#cs do not run the rlsk of physical
k o y that adepb bcc,t h y do tend to become less
and b~ -to what we perceive as the mate.
del Wo*. realm of the ap*itworM kcomcs
to a mystic, that character’s
more and
attenticmtar& @be &awn away from the w d d ,
making Nn rlow bmctto suddm threats and
c h ~ g c rIn. tbe emlmnment. To reM thia, a my*
character wBsrs a p e d t y eqwl to his level every
time he r o h br htglatlve.Thus, a 5th-level mystic
man
rolls.

if the character mseadzd (Inew q h m , h Date&EvB
ThlS spell daeasonly law w
€h.sraeargaimmim.nastQth.trplras.tQ Earth. ...
next experience level.
,.
Thls pmcedure Isfollowed every time a character
goins a new level. The player must dedde whether FMrk pke ? W
the mystic will research a new sphere in order to ThlS spell affects up to Orn -
galn minor access to it,01whether the PC wlll level of the caster.
researcha @era to whkh he has rnbwaccess, in
order to gain major acQR w
BrMldng off studks Thls spell functions as the Ist-kvel
the.arncnanu.
If a mystic dlaccontkunsstudy of a rpeciac
-w
qhm,he can never lhrdy that .phwa pulrturr. obAfema.ystic can cast thls speH on any bludgeoning
Thus,If a characteropts not to puraw study ofthe -Second Lev$ S+ . ..
All sphere whIk s d v m h g from 1st to 2nd levd
and chooses inateod to galn mlmn access to chum Parson
another sphere, he can never attempt to study the Thls spell funaions os the adept spdl ofthc s8nm

AI1 sphere further. He will never gain malor accesr name.

to the All sphere. ... . , ,
Following b a Iht of priest spells fmm the PIayds

J4andbokelongwlth kutructlonsfor moaylng
these splb for mysUeson (iorhicEarth.

Know Allgnment
When cast on Gothic Earth,this spell reveals only

cham. law, or neutrality.R does not enable the
mystlc to detect good or d i .
The following spells do not exist on Gothic Earth.
FLme B W

Splrltual Ha-

Wyvem Watch

wmwm Sixth-Level Spells

This spell f u n c t h ~as dwm&md Inthe RAVENLOFT Anlmd 6)ummonlngUI
Campalgn Settlng. Thls spell has the same llmitatlon as anlrnal

Conttnual Li@t summonfng 1.
Thir 5pdl functim a5 the adept spell of the same
Blada B.nhr
MmC.
Thls spell does not exist on Gothk M.
Fowdt-he~elSpds
pkd "he Path
A*=
This functbns as described in the RAVENLOFT This spell functionsMI described In the RWEMDP?
Campaign Setting.
Campaign SdtUng. It cannot send a creature to
another plana; the nend is teieported to a randomly ssventh-Level S p d S
da(cmrlncd point on Gothlc Earth.
wAstral
Animal Summoning I This spll does not exist on Goulle Earth. lt would
The anlmals summoned by thls spell do not fail wen If Imported by a planar traveler.

magkaily appear. Rather, they Journeyto the caster ch.rbtol&Istsm
throughiheir normal means of locomotion.
Cell woodlnd Beings Thls spdl does not exist on Gothic Earth.

This apdl does not udst on Gothic Earth.Even if it plns t m
existed, its use would be Umited.
Thls spcli hvlakns as describedInthe player's
Fii-Levd Spells Handbook, with the f o l h l n g exception: the area of
effectIs reduced to one 5-foot cube per bevel of the
ALWW caster.
When cast on Gothic Eartb, this spell cannot affect
The following spelhfunctkm asdacrlbed Inthe
any creature larger than man-size. RAvEtucwrcMn*sctung.

Mmal Summoning II Gata
This spell operates In the same manner as anfmal
Holy yyord
summoning1.
ReIncamath
Commune -R
When cast on Gothic Earth,this spell functionsas -R
succOr
dcscrlbedin the pkyr'sHan&uA, not as in the

ombat in the Mssgueof the

RedDeath8euhg fdlowsthe
same gamai pIocadues

given in the player's Hand-
book and DUN(IEMIEbLwER

IGuide. Whik melee canbat is
virtually unchanged, the
advant of modern€iceam
and the de& of armor man-
dates some modiflcstfonsto
the existing rules.
The time Incrementsret
down in the ADGD cue Rllac
the one-rninuteround and the
ten-minutetUrrmmaInthe
basis for orchestrating combat
in Masque dthe Red Death.

Firearms

I3y the 189Os, flrearmsimproved signiflcsntly
over the ancient arquebuses introduced
centuries earlier. Older weapons such as the
flintlock, matchlock, and wheel lock SUIexist In this
decade. but these flrearms are owned mainly for
antique value rather than for regular we.

In a one-minuteADGD game combat mud, a t y p
ical handgun or M e CM k flred many times.The
rules for combat on GotMc Earth a-ht a char-
acter can empty a pistol in one round, making all
manner of flrearmstruly dangerous wcspfms. whyc
such quick shots might not be entirely accurate, the
gun user is likely to hit the target at least once.
In order for combat to realistically reflect the use
of f l r e m s , the combat round is Spva Into two parts.
Characters make half their attacks (roundeddown)
based on thelr Inltlatlve,then make the remaining
attacks at the end of the round.
Thus,a character with initiativewho panic-flres a
navy prstol could discharge the gun three times at
the beginning of the round, ltKnthree the$more
after all enemy characters have acted. The enemies
would then complete their shots at the end ofUx
round. If the character had lost initiative.Ihe
enemks could flrethree shots, then the PC could tire
t h m shots. followed by another three ehot.from&
enemy, followed by another three ah& from thePC.

&at.. OF Fire and (doedinq Rapld Flre
The most common attack mode for repeating
Modem flnsrms can be dlschorged and reloaded
qulckly. The rate of reloadlng depends upon the rlflea and rrvolvem is rapld An.TMs slbrr a
number of shots held by the weapon and the type of
loading mechanism In the weapon. charactertotakerws~labksimudRrethe
weapon three thms over the courw d the antlre
Breech Loading Rifles E Carbines round. Two shots are made durlng the character’s
In most cases. a breech loading rifleor carblne initiative. and the remaining shot is made In the

h o k only one shot and Is therefore able to flre only second haw ofthe round.
once per ranA Thls allows a character to r e h d the AH shot8 me made with no modMiertothe attack
weapon In the asma roundthat It has been flred. As
such, a charecter with a breech loading M e Is able roll. A chracler m p b y i n g raptd fimmoymove up
to fire his weapon each round without penalty. t o w d nvDvement before OT albrdkk@ng
the weapon.
Afrned Flre
A character using a b m c h loadhg dfle or carblne Panic nn?

can elect to use almed Ire. The character spends In desperate sltuatbns. a chatsclercan mpeat&y
the entlm round llnlng up the shot for maxhnum pull the trigger of a weapon end fUi thed,w&a
accuracy. When thh Is done, the attack mll Is made shower of lead. When this optlon Is taken. the
with a +4 modlfler. The shot Is timed accordlng to character can Rre a total of SIXrounds. Such shots
the character’s normal Initiative. are not .ccuratc; a 4 penalty h appvsd lo Sll.prdc
flre attack rdh. h eddtuonto h t penshy, a
On the next round, the character must reload the character uslng pank flre loses any bonua he m y
gun. If he wlshes to flre on that round, the shot must have for a hlgh Dexterityscore.
be rushed and the PC suffersa 4 penalty to the
Before or aRer fully discharging the weapm, a
mundyw-csn character using pank flremay move up to hatf the
noattadrmadi&r)or normal rate with no penalties on the attack roil. A
take.nolheralmsdshot.

-.ad satterguru
Bc4hshotgunr Snd scattergun8M double-

bwelkdwaspo~a,nd can ehw IheW e before

wah sws maybe ~ l s din a

CanBatIinmdwith nomobtBcatlonwaa&k dls.
TMs routbw includes rrloadlng tHne sothe weapon
can be used freely on the next round. Shotguns and
scatterguns galn no bonus for almed flre.

W-hlIYb.
AdPneosr-lm-
a c a n t e r a n d b y t 4 B e t & l a l r x v QrsplQ or

flrearthemdadettBcklormdrand

AknedFkc
MrnednfehvobnrubeWlaedorYydatOmbat

wry. a shot can bemude, butthe bonus k,Iwle)ted.

Q

In additlon to thelr hlgh rate of fire, the power of -M f u r nRange
guns is so great that several changes to the noma1 Armor has reduced efleairancss agelnstL)raam
rules for combat rasdution are necessary.
used atmedhrm range. Atthja range, the disctl*e
Armor
The most Important change mandated by the O~darsd~ytypcd-lBraduccdby3

lntrcductkm ofguns into the ADCD combat system -(to a mlnlmwnAC 10).Thw, a aultdfidd
Involves the physical pcotecticnoffered by ennor. plate armor (normally AC 2)&vea ita AC 7
FomJdabk defenses such as plate m o r and chain against guns at rnedlum range.
mail offer little or no protectlon against bulleta The
Long Range
effect of armor Is based upon the range from which a Gwsthat8nuSedetlongmmgekse]wtenagh
weapon Is flled;these effects are descrlbedbelow.
W ~ p o rnanges are listed in Chapter IV under the pomrtobeaffectetl by annor. At UIir rarg,
amor class d any typed uma bmdammMy4,
descriptionsfor flream. pobnts. Thu, fiald plateo m s bvmwu MCB
agalnst shots flred from long range.
Short Range
k m o r offerano protection whatsoever agalnat Ws

firearms used et short range. Thur, a character W S , like armor, provlde dmost m pro(sctkn,
wearhg field plate armor (Armor Class 2) Istreated agalnst modemflesrms.
as AC 10 (as if wearing normal llght clothing) when
attscked at short range wMh a g m . If the DMfsdsthst a G4Mmcw IS abk to *e
shleldeffectively, the shlald pmvkie~mi bonuv&
clW range, Md a I-@It AC b0nW 8t msdtumOC
long range.

- 5; damage now totals 14 points. On& &all &
Duteritr- ha~kcRrdkd~&totakdlsthc-1modllkr
When a ddsnderisuwarethsthe is the target of appllcdto lndkstea damage t0t.l of 13.
gunRra d is ebk to dodge cd8cctive4y. normd
Dexterity modifion apply. Covering F i i
E\.gkd-
Any magical protectiondevke that would Instead of shootlng &racUy at an onemy during a
normally Improve a character's A m r Clsss combat mmd. a ctuv.cta wtth a bxukatfkann 01
functions equally as well against firearms es it das o t h t r mngeriweapon c ~ ~ f o v earb".ga The e m
against other attacks.
weapon 'Fyps VI. Armor lvloaRars Interpremkm d a "tar#& Isup to the Dunpla,
If this optlonal rule is d.the DM should note Master;the.ituaionin whkhtkc-dvenhmrflnds
that all firearms are conddared piemhg weapons.
However, MYmodifiers from these charts are himself Is an impoltsnt coddemth. In gemtat,
applied only at medium or long range.
two thlngBmay be cover& a psnarorapka.
i
coverklg a PLm
The damage caused by a gunshot can vary In many cases, a character Vitl WW to tdrsup a
greatly. A bullet that grazes the skin is generally llttk defensive posltlon and keep a carefuleye on a
more than patnM. whlle a shot to the arm or leg can specific area. For example, an adventurer miphc hidq
be debll)tsthg:a head wound m y well provefatal. In the beckof a tool dnd,kceplng hlsguntdned
While this Is also true of blows landed in mdae on the door- as to l i n a t s n y o n r b o ~ @
combat. the nature ofADGD combat aswmes that enter. A character who dmosestocovu a phw
those attacks am averaged ovu a aK-mlnutc (often a door or whdow) Is a d to t6ke m
combat mum+. other actbn (evenwhen hls tnklath comclsup)nd
CMvlotIIEOve.
To nRcathis. dsmage kanfirsarms Isd v e d
in a Specral fashlcn. when a target is hlt by a bullet, If a target moycIlinto the C o v a n d w s balaathat
the attacker rdls damage dke appropriste forthe
character's inttlstiv+.the nonnrdcomb8t r s q ~ c be
type of weapon. For example, a shot fked fmm an
lnlemptsd; the charactnmsy sttack bhc west
army pistol inflicts 2d6+1 points of damagc. hunediatay. Thia attack oia ah&
when the dice are rolled. any die that shows a 6 is fro mmowdwMcnmsprprlyrtanmr .s pont h e ~ h a sp~b .
flrlng alack. €mce(h*mu!k
added to the damage total and Is then rmikd. The Is rewlved, the m a l combst seqwme b famed
reault is added to the damage total. If the second roll and the coVcI(II0 c h . n d a w n eQMLplshbiwn.
of a die also c o r n s up a 6. the die Is added and For e m p k , Rupert trainshb rtfle on the cellar
rolled again. Thus, dice that continuously show 6's door while his comrades fight zombks. When hir
can be rerolkd any number oftimes. If all the party has initistive, Rupert m k e s no attack; his
original rolls come up 6's. they are alltotsled and actlon h CovadngthecaHsr door. s3conds lat,
rolled agaln. how-, a zombie burststhrvughthe allsr Qor. AU
othereombabtempor€lriIyfrcnenwhikRupert'S
ModWcntothe damage roll. wch as the + I
applied tothe m y pbbDl'Itwodamrgedke. sre attack is radved. then00mb.t ncfandly.
figured In only after all damage &e haw been H a d the zombie burst tluough the mOr bclbpc
rolled and (If necessary) mulled. Rupert's initfetive, Rupcrt still c&dh.pe firsd at-

C o n s f d c r t h e ~ e x a m p kJ:oMthanHark= zombie. Then, on his initiative, he cadd decideto
is under attack fmm a p b o f t h ~ i n t h secrvicc of .attack a rombk or to continue to c m r t h e c e k
Cwnt Dracula. He draws his navy pistol (-1) dO0lWy.
andfires, hMngthe nearest thug. Hsrkcr's @ayat
rolls the h a g e &e: a 3and a 6, far a totel d 9 . Ifmorr4hmoMchua&$iacowrlngekEl*bn.
The die that rhovedtlie 6 is rolledagain, y*wng a all am SdYwtDnm 6thmwlyplmmstdtrpt
A charactawhoiscovdngmananrurt~m*
aaMgr KataClnd.ndh.nnmdlnar)r.way. ore
0therwi.chanpSadadhtr~Thraue

interpaMbnofthkisldttotheDM.

71

Cowlring a h s o n dynamite comes prlmsrlly lrom the mMLxlot ',
theMat.Wharasticimf--it
A character may m r another p c m (ora small causes ld6 pohtsd dracrpr twolrvc*gervryrln5
feet. A saving throw vs. breath-.par b&t@me&&
group of people lfthls-8 reasonsbktothem). half damage. Doublingthe number of sticks htht
As 8oon as the covered person takes an action (such charge increases the blast radius by 5
as drawing a weapon or moving Into view). the Id6 to theamount d -e-. ThsftwBW
fdlows sumnmrize5 the effect0 d -sag**:
covering character can Interrupt the normd combat 8
sequencetoRre on that iRdividusi.
dynamite charges.
Like tht Ntcs forccwerirga place, the atrsckimg
characteris allowed a rhrgie shot vith no fkhg Number of BlMt
m d h to the a t h k or damage roils. Ifthe Stlcks
character Iscoveringmare than one paron,only h
one lndMdual can be Rnd on. 1

A character who Is covering a person must tbop 42--73 .I5feet 3d6 ,,
dolng so If he is attacked and harmed In any way, or 45da6 :"
otherwise hampered or distracted. The enact 8-15 20 tea
IntcrpntsUon of this Is kR tothe DM. 16+
' ' 25d'
Explosives

0n Qothlc Earth. threetypss o f e x p l o s h are
commonly avdlable: dynamlte. gunpowder,
and nitroglycerine. All haw specificuses,

adventagcs. and hazards. As a rule, only a character

with the Demolltlon proRcIency should try to handle
exphkea, cspdaliy in a crlsIs situstlon.

AU 6xplosiweshave a bbst rsdk* and CM
potentiaHy i n J m or kill several people. To SLnUlate
this. each exprorive Is rated for damage andMM

radius. Any- caught intMs zone a dctonstlon

must make a savingthrov va. breathweapon or
suffer* approprbte damage. Asucmsfu) save
indicates a victim s u f f e ~on~ly half damsge.

Mii

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Number of BiUt DoImda6gs slmulste the ablllty of tha expbxlven e r p a to place
V*l. Radlus 2d6 the charge for maxlmun effect,a bonusto tha dam-
5 feet 3d6 age dia dl is posable. Whenwar a dam.gadb for a
1 10 feet set charge comes up a 6,It Is addedtotJmdsngc
15 fcct 4d6 total and then m l l e d for addltkmal demeeu. A
2-3 20 feet M6 charge that b not placed in advance, michara
25 feet thrown stick of dynamite. do0 not gain thls bonus.
4-7
Example: A charge of elght Ncks of dynamite is
ai5 placed by an exploslvesexpert and Is set off when a
ghoul wanders near It. The ghoul falls Ita sa*
16+ throw and suffers full damage (4d6 points). The &e
come up 1,2,6, and 6, for a totel of 15 pointsof
Whlle gunpowder and dynamite are fairly safeto damage. Because the charge was well @aced (the
transport and we. nitroglycerine is incndibly
dangerous. Whenever a character carrying character succeeded the Demolltion profklency
nltrcglyccrlneIs subJectedto any physical shock
(thrown from a hone, punched, shot or the like), a check) and packed with stones to provide lots of
savlngthmw must be made for each vlal carded. For
every save that fails, a vial detonates. possibly shrapnel, the 6s are rerolled and come up 3 and 4.
setting off a chdn reactlon of the other vials. For seven points are addedto t h e o m of mto
every vial that detonates. a new savlng throw is
required for each survlvlng vlal. provide a total of 22 polntl of damsee.

Demdltlon Proficiency structud hmage
A charge of explosives that is placed by a charac-
Explodves Mprimsrlly Intended [or lma a8
ter who has made a successful check wlth the placed charges. When employed Inthlsfarhbn, hey
Demoliuar proficiency has the potential to cause far are efhdve at rhstrsringwall., 00Haprhe brldgn,
nmre damage than a charge placed by a novice. To
and OtheW.Ke destfoyiw pmpsrty.

Ifan uploelon b wd to eoHapeea ntrucIum, the thls will Involve only a s l a g b s t k k d8ynamllc,still,
DM must determine the minimum charge raqulred larger chsneg could concak.bly be assembhd.Th+
for theJob. The table that followsUSCI the mlnhnum DM will needto rule on the t h e Involved In
charges (rated Instlcks of dynamlte) mqulred to assembllng such a charge. 5hc bundle Willceuse
breach three i n c h of various materlsls. damage as indicated on the chart for dynamite
mlnes listed prevbuc.ly.
If a rumsrhrl DemdiUon proRcimcy check b Predlctlng the exact Instant when a lighted
made, the quantity of expldve raqulnd Is haived. charge will explode Is Imposdble. Therefore, most
thmwn charges of dynamke a n aslrwmdto
Tarpt Mhlmum 8s- bounce, rolt, or drlff beforetbey explode. A m 1
Ch.w attack roll I# msde when tks- isthrovca oaly
Material WOW onardldenunmodY*d.z0doasb~
SoR Wood 1 ucpl&onj&Intendcdgrgld.If~ha~
Hard Wood 20 wrrwds, the site ofthe apbrion irdcuhtkd
Earth 1 18 uslng the scatter dm.If the mlf f&s, the
SoR Stone 2 15 boumea and scsttcn twtcethe normsl&tonw.
Hard Stone 2
Metal 3 10
4 8
5

Once a chatgo has been aet and detcmated. the COlllpkt4ruk.brdsosmJnbgrrhncaCbW@
obJect Is entitled to a saving throw as Indicatedon lands are presented In Chapter 4.Gnnbat d (hr
the table. The charge can be muitlplled to provide a DUNOEOMNASTERGukie, under the heading
penalty to the target's savlngthrow.With each "Grenade-LikeMissiles."
doubllng of the charge, a 4 penalty is applkdto the
Chraaafimsy~to##htair*.a,e~d
Savhgthrow.
gunpovda Ond R#ngit at an e m m y a d Y * l a * r r a
lf the explosive charge used is klow the minbnum Riclht of stelrs. but thb Is r& slkaivl.tika
(but no l e a than half of It).the rsvlngthrow is made
with a 4 modlfier. C h a w of less than half-strewth

made of wood.althoughclay pam
anndcetshuesrefaglol otoddtchtaotnaatkce;gawUlU break
I m keg
aeving throw vs. fdl or break open. Y
the M r g e does not explode and no
darrmgc L Cmsed. If the save Is succedd. thew

the DunaEon MWERQulde. If the attack roll is an Conlmntad.
unmodiRed 1 , the nitroglycerine detonates as R is
being thrown. A normal scatter roll is madewlth the rlHealing
thrower hlmsdf as the Intended target. The position ules regarding wounds
h~fOIG&iCECl
indicated by a mil of 8 to 10 indicates the bearing of standard ADCD games. Adv-
medicalsdence, as reflectedI
the Intended target. pmfklency, &e nonmagical heal

NTurning Llndead aspect of ttn csmpalgn. Adventuring
ystrcs have Ute ability to turn undead in the include a doctor will be in a much better poritionto
manner of priests in the ADCD game. The
mailgnant energies with which the Red Death survlve the adwnturlqj life.

has infusedthe world make turning a s diffcult on A wounded character traveling in thecompany a#
a sWiied doctor recovershwnwounds faster than
Qothic Earth as It Is In Ravenloft. Because of this, all normal. Details on thb are found in ChapterIll:
attempts to turn undead (orcommand them, In the
prdlclmcles under the PhysicIan prcfkiency. The
case of evli mystics) are resolved as described in the general cost of mcdlcd wpplb for an injured
RAVENLOFT Campaign Setting. character is $1 .MIper point of damage recovemi.

Commanding Ljndead In M urban envkorarant. an InJumdcharacter
mlghtbeplsccdlna hospltdorothermedlcal
Evil mystics have the aMllty to seize control of facility. If thi.~is the case, Ute cost ofcam is $lO.aO
undead creatures. This Is resolved In acco&nce per point of damage healed whlle in thefaculty.
wlth the rules presented in the RA- Campaign
setting. Any attempt to control undead creatures



Charles and Mystic Rivera. Bostonis me of the and turtikl. With ita ccmbinstbnofweaith end
con- polwtsl philosophy, Emton bac.au
oldcst citks In North America and has a long and known as the Athens oftheAtne&aa

historic p ~ tB.oston is very much the heart of New Prior to the American Civil War, thecity became a
hotbed of abolitionist movement. The clty's
England. conrrlbutlon to the efforts of the Unlon Army during
Boston was foundedin 1630 by Puritan colonists that great conflict cannot be overststed.

fleelng represslon in England. As Europeans llmugh&the I* Cantury, Boston served as
migrated to the New World, Boston became a host to a large wave of h d g m m s b u m ~ ,
cultural center, although it never completely lost It8 espccl* trankrshwn Msnd.ThbLRRaknd
purbnkal phUomphy.
people (enda -e of labor) hclpadto csnlantthe
In 1635. thc clty saw the opening of the Boston city's statusasan induSmal metropdh=wen en a
Publk Lstln School and, one year later, the founding major port and center of c u h d and educdoml
of Harvard Unlverslty. These were the flrst formal
schools establlehed In the Americas. development.
Por#dQn &re
Boston is best known forIts role in the Amerkan
RevolutionaryWar. By that Utne, the city had grown The clty ofaosta,and the lands amud It am
Into a malor harbor and trade center. when the 13 steeped Inhlstoy. DungumHutenwlllfhd
colonies rose up and threw off the yoke of British countleas advcntun ldLss b a d on thcbxedthe
rule, Boston was in the forefiunt.
Salem Witch Trials of 1692 or the Revoluhury
In the years lollowing that war, Boston continued
to grow in power and prrsuSc Duringthat time, War.
prominenr famllkslike the Cabots, Lodges. and The back mads and andat housesof New
Lowells made fortrnnsIn tndurMes such as shipphg
England (uc InfuKd with the ghosts ud.plrits of h a
restless dead. For m e r e a m , this arm d the

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world Is unusually hospitableto the lncorporesl Because of th bNeInwROucrnlecaen, tshaerdearurkmaonrdedotvoshgarvpem
undead. Would-be ghost hunters wlll not have to areas outside
search long for evidence of the supernatural In and of
around Boston. large numbers dthe I I h g dead lutkhg&out. A
group of characters exploring these regions Is lbbk
to encounter things ranglng from a handful of ghouls
on a hunt to a Foul zomble master at the head d o
New Orleans pack of walking dead.

Near the mouth of the majesticMisslssippl River Son Francisco
and not far from Lake htchartraln lies the great
Located on a penlnsula sandwkhd be4wwnthe
clty of New Orleans. One of the world’s largest ports, Paclfic Ocean and San Francisco Bay. thI8 Crry b
one of the most important pMts on the Pacific Cwrt.
New Orleans provides a link betweenthe central
Unlted States (via the Mississippi) and the Atlantlc History
Ocean (via the Qulf of Mexico). This regbn was Rntexplond by Europeans In

History 1579. when Slr Francis Drake vlrlted the on hb
Named For Phllippe II, Duke of Orleans, thla city voyage around the urorld. It WM not until 1776,
was Founded in 1718 by Slew de Bknville. Less than however, that a permanent European sethment was
half a decade later. It became the capital of French established. Known OS lu\hdon Dolores,thb
Louisiana, and in 1762. fell under the control of communlty (andIts a c c o m m fort) w m
Spaln whlk remaining culturally a stronghold of founded by Juan Batlsta de Arm, A#the y a w
passed. the populatim oftha regbnsrew. The city
French values and customs. In 1800, the territory
was returned to the control of the French, but was eventually assumed the name Yerba thema.
s d d to the United States as part of the Louidana
Purchase in 1803. In 1846, during the Mexican War, forces OF the
As a UnitedStates city, New Orleans,developed

into a ms)brcottonand dare uadhgcenter.
FdiowingAridrcwJedmm’rdelartdh&1(8h
hereealtytn 1815, the clty flourished and became
knownar aaenter of trade and cultural degance.

MmwhtheCrry waa conquered and occupkeby
(htla,taccbdurina#E American Civll War, New
Odeam retained it. abehgFrench tradition. Whlk
the perloddrewabwtkahss been slow to restore
the clty to Itr,pmvtousgrandeur, New Orlean#
mwLIL.anlmpoltnaport (uwell as a major

pmdutardw.

PorblWenLars ofchblmecame to tht
Thc R m t imagesthat come to mlnd wtan one a C o m n % & bsirn.

thinks of New Orkans are the mat swamps offhe #ith.theegnpletiond.;nPvayLWr hbtkeeod

lvisdssipprDeb Snd the dark comcm ofthe dty. cmoasiotr*y‘F8t69,thtie cidtykcborcqrtwhsditsosdoimsl. op fntoth2
Over the centuries, many supernaturalfci?cestmve
ken drawn to this gmat port. PauddanLdas
The atolilstddby i & J m u I & h e d . k e r ~
Perhapsthe m t dominant of the my- pnvcn
in New Orleans mtheancknt, hiddmprsartkncn dSa,Fr.ncbto’.~mbhtcsrllylesdonato
of long togottan magks. For the most part. these
are adeptsurn0pncaethe arts.-fo
WhlleeverymelnthereglonknowrtheschYl)(rldr#b
exM. only a rere few can d.Lmtohare seen

evidence of thdr dark IUO&C.

the preying drome kde(M1basrt or the prew can change drape,taking an thesppcsrsnceof
gangs of the mmy ships that pass throughtka local hdkmor even Europeansettkm.
harbor Is imposslbla to my.
Indeed. the &e hcrlcans. w h #vedin this
Still. the Chinese who have settled In San Fmn- area for centuries:beforethe arrlval d the
clsco throughoutthe 19th century claim that more Eumpeana, speak only In hushed tonawhen they
than one ancient evil crossed the Pa~iRcwith them. talk ofthe wild, howling splrttg of the fonetr. To hear
Whether these stories are true is unknown, but wise their stories, one would think that the whole area
lndivlduals are not qulck to discountthe traditions was infested with diabolical creatures ddhrarlng
and storks of these M e . Thdr civilhation has
anclent and w k as any on Gothic Earth. madness and death upon any whodktwb them. Of
course, the pcopk of Vancouver know bettesthan to
vencower believe these primIUve people. I
Located on an expanse of flat land alongside the
Central America a
Burrard Inlet on the Strait of Georgla, this city lles
opposite and Is sheltered by Vancouver Island. I n ancient the%ulh.re@mwa8 the home of the
Althoughfarto the no&, the climate Is fairly mild mighty Mesosmertcmampha: t h e h and &e
and the harbor remains fm of Ice year round. Mayens. Followingthe&dbaovay by thc
thennth clvilbatlrra,vnrt
mtoy ruthlessly Qmlnstad. ForhmateAy, try.aa2hcymi&
In 1778, the famous explorer James Cook was the the Euro(sesnr, have been unabla.todearoy the
p c w d t i c o~fthee ancient people.
Rrst Europeanto vlslt the land maas that would
eventually be called Vancouver Island. Not until Mexico City
1792, however, dld George Vancouver explore the
Burrard Inlet and claim the region for England. The w,m.&The current capital of Mexico, thisgreat cky we5
firut settlement, called Qmnvllle, was not estabhhqd wi& plaln that w q a n w a I&?-A.
u d1 8 7 5 . F ~ l b e ~ d t 4 I t
Canadian PacifktmRscoattnentd mUway in 1886. fWttm. a. qr&W llas br a tmpkd wgksn, its

the city than@ ita name to Vsncolanr.

Vacower's po$&tkm aRd iap&mce *.&w3mty was swndsdty nem&nGatcaIn
13at:.s3limhgthe ofthe c.p#s(
~.m,whuethe*wdd~*~ t'tltlln. Priorto bd.vasratkm,Tp&!ttmh
-ofthe mostlmpa(wt InCanada, it Is very much wm the &seat city& RJltby .&n-
aLaadkrtomatthettmsinvmkh
RrdQrath advmtums MSeL

Tbckrgesttl&st&shhhea
IhMng.althorlgh the clty's arowlng LnpolZsnce as a

patcmwothcundenta(ed.

FwUddanLam wap?Litasl:oFf QthpaidWoet.2kaml:$db.eowAw*7lu3O2I,tW~5v.edasthe
I h c P d r(0rthWad IS 4 -hd
Of EuFopaaw,spanbh.

tampMas-Md~n#r*dns.
V~Vercsl(.inhheuf~.cnwtplOred
davlcercyarctbthop.b'lJ9l;itwdwmitywu
tcnltory tikern irlwdkthcndd.rd m . e a . founded hi4A@@y. ont dthe dde*nrb

Wy.~datmgacmtweshrWqb#e

wow. somc 'wltmssca" even

The heartdtheclly Is a gecrt comnm known LT
the &a10 or Plaza de la Conbtltuci6n.M M y impor-
tantbuildhg., indwhgthe Natkmdpshce, ere
located here. The 16thcefhy cmtk of olspae-
pec, tradMmal homc dthe Pmldent of-, lies
southvcst ofthe dty alongthe Parco de la Reforma.

Forbiddm Lorc
The ancient hcritagc of the k t e c s and
TenochtI€l6nts far from dead In Mexlco Clty. Of
course, the modem government wwld like the
inhabitantsof this thriving city to believe that all is
calm and quiet, but that is far from true.
The natlve population. many of whom can trace

their mesby back b t h e great khgdoms of
Mesoamerica,wlH never forgetrtortse of the
sufferlng of thelr ammstcu atfhehsndsd C o r m
and the ConquMdm centwksd l e r . Nany sea&
socictlel anddsrk hSn NIIlOredsO keep dlvc
the magk ofthe sAuatne,ccra,ncsbpeetc,balnldy the myrtrc
devotions of the
westhcr
Countlessstorks exist of underground chambers,
lost temples. and nmerousforgotten treasures of
the Aztecs. To the ancestral inhabitantsofthese

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With a climatewell suited to growing sugar cane, abandoned a k r extenslve native attacks in 1541. h
1580. t h e m was m d a b k k d by Juan de
Saint Dominique became home to thousands of Caray, SwIOugh it was l a w neglcacdby Sp.h
slaves imported from Africa by the French colonial untll1776.Atthat tlme, Buenos Mtas heme the
government. Whm word of the French Revdutlon capital ofa Spenirh vice-royaltythah l u d e d
reached the island In 1789. a violent civil war modem Argentha. Paraguay, and onyluay.
erupted. In 1803. with the help of Britishtroops,
Jean Jacquea Dessallnes drove the French from the Early In the 19th century, the people of B u e m
island. He declared the colony an independentstate Air- and the mounding hnds pained
and gave It the name Haitl, or mountainousplace. IndependetkcefromSpain. Although the region

Sal imbued with the atmosphere of the French successfully reslated Britishattempts to mpiace the
pirates who came to the Island two centurks earlier, d i n g Spanish, dispute. between the agrkukml
Port-au-Prince1s a wlld seaport. Wlth extensive
coffee, sugar cane, and cotton crops providing barons of the provinces and the urbanp w e r d
valuable exports, the island Is strugglingto survlve
as an Independent state. B u e m Akes prevented Argentban unity. Indeed,
not untll1Bf)o was the natJon of kgentha finally
Forbidden Lore unitcd wlth the great port clty Mita cspitsl.

The ancient maglcs of Africa stlll survhre among In recent years, Buenos Alres has become an
the peopk of Port-au-Prlnce.The adepts who live In important center for meat packlng and dripping. in
the city are rumored to have the power to sap a
1BZ thc fbst lrtsONIc0 (meat reWemW W )
man’s wlll and c a w himto serve wlthout question.
was established In the city, end by 1887. needy 60
These maaters of enchanhenta and charms are said refrigerated ships carrkd meat from southAmerica
to have sources of information cloned to others of to Britaln.
Forbidden b e
their ilk. and nothlng that transpires in Port-au-
Prlnce can be assumed to escape their notice. As In Mexico City, the Europeanswho founded
Buenos Alres dld everythhg in thcltp w e r to mtamp
HSouth firnerica out the culture ofthenatlve peoples. whlk they may
ome of the Chhnu, Narcs, and eventually the have been successful on the surf-, they mdd no(
Inca clvillzstlons, South Amarica fell under dcstroythe rootsof a sockty u r s t e s s i I y ~ &
spenirh and Portugee conbd following its Christisnlty.
explorstlon by Europeans In the 16th century. A vast
Rumors abound of men In the wild tomb around
contlnent covered with great mountain ranges, lush Buenos Alres who can assume the shapa of eltfgm
raln forests. and the remains of many ancient
the mighty Jaguar. Tales of winged serpents and
culture#,much of South America remains
other horrors datlng back to the days of the Inca
unexplored by the Europeans who brought disease
and suffering to the Indigenous people. and aven Chlmu clvlllrationspermeate Scuth
America, but many seem to focus on thta Sprsvung
Busnos Fires port city.

Buenos Alres was originallyfoundedby the kiis
Spanish M a convenient lamling poht at the 45-
h a t e d on the hcmc coast of mAmerica,
kilometer-wideestuary of the Rhrer Pbte. With a
the city of Uma lies at the base d the Ccma Ssn
mild and hospitable climate all year rwnd. Buenos Bartolome filnge and on the left benk of the river
N r e s Is easily one of the most important ports in the Rimac. Urn ta hot and dry throughaathe year,
southern hemisphere.
Mng a I#tk manthan 10’ south ofthe equator.
Hfstory
Although the first European settlement In this city Hlstolr

was founded by the Spanish In 1536, It was Prior to discoveryby the Europeans, all We area
that Is now Prru was sa(tlcal bythewealthy Inca
civll)zstion. .Ill8 earltest enwUnteIs bshvcen these
people and the Spanish invaders were far from

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congdal. Earlyin the 1- celtlny, thaspsnIah
explorrr Francko P i z m summonedthe IMM king
Atehualpa to mntwlzhhhr When Atahwlpa

arrived, Pkamsk@temd thethouaanda d menh
the king’s Wnue and took hbn hostage. Eventua!&,
he ordered At~hualpa’sdeath and coaqwrrdthah

capital of Cwco without resistance.
Founded on Epiphsny k 1535 by P L m . Uma

was odglnallyMnradCludad de lo6 Reyeaor CfQ of
the (riuce) Kings. The current name ofthe city b a
derivst[anof the name of the river thst ft0M nearby.
The site was chosen fora settlement because of its
good food supply (dueto i r r i b~m,h d ) and
the shelteredportof C.Uao/ust north ofthe city.

In 1543,the clty WM made the capital ofthe vice-
royalty of h,and In 1545 It became an
archbishopric. In 1551, the Unlvemlty of Sen hrrps
was estsbllshcd by &xme of EmpemCharks V. At

the Urn, )t waathe fint auch facWityin Sc&h

Amerka a n d d y t h e wcond In Laun knarfca.
In the early 19th century, with most of South

Amerlca struggling forindependence from European
powers, h a was one ofthe last Spanish
stmqholda to wrrsnder to naUonaUst fortes.
Finally, In 1821, thecity wbmmcd and Joa de Sen
M n stood in the plsrs de hmrss and d e c k e d the

lndapardcnccofprm.

The city d Uma standsema dangerour,fault Hnc
and is often shaken by earthquakes. Whlle Uww are
usustly minor. the city W&aU butdembyed by
disasWu tmmols In 1687 and 1746.
ForblddenLorr

The conquerineoftheIncar left the Iandaamund

Llma sodudin blood. Uke much d the rest of
South and Central America, the herltage of the
Mesoamerican Empires is not lost In Peru.

The supernatural remnants of this fallen
civilization are not the only metaphysicalperils that
advanturn wlll face In h a . hs 4kssdy noted. the
Paciflc coast d Scuth Amerka ia an UMMYland
subject to sarthqudra,and &anoea. Many
accoune, oArn from rdbbbwitacucs, tellof
strange creatures here that haw dwedtheir way Lo
the surface of the earth from deep h e a t h ICs crust.
Some describe these horrors as great splrlts of h.
W h l k &em tell dthem Mgwtbamats dU*

stoncormagna.~the~,y(tkdoubt
W~thstthcra~SrrdkMY~
known to man.

82

Early In the 19th century, Mehemet Ali (the mankind's flnt dedlnga with the Red Desth orrumd
Vlccroy of Egypt from 1805 to 1840) began efforts In the ancient lkoisntgpdoowmerofa-.maywelWl whialekhdidldsecnovey
to restorsthe cltytoa podtbn ofaconomk power In treasure8 d
thereglon.WiththeOpcningoftheSuezCmalln In Alexandria, the danger of grwt d l and
1869, the dty regained evm more of Its mlght. overwhelming c o ~ p U o nlo a h y s near at kmd.

Followinga massive slaughter of Europeans In Cape Town
1882,the clty was bombarded by an Anglo-French
naval unlt. Shortly thereafter, It was occupled by the Nestled beneath Me&aUncUve plateausof Tsbk
Brltlsh, who later moved in and took control of all Mountain on the shores of Table Bay, Cape Town Is
Egypt.In 1890, boththe cky ofAluc~drlaand the some 31 miles north of Africa's Cape of Qood Hope.
whole OfEgypt are d l under &MSh Nk.
HMW
Forbldden lore
Much of modem Alexandria has been built atop Cape T o m was founded in A@ OT I652by Jan
van Riabeeck as a bOSe OfopCrStiaafor thc Dutch
the anclent ruins of the orlglnal clty. Countless tales Easthdla Company. Overhe next fewyd.n. the
settlement expanded rspidly.
speak of lost catacomba beneath thk mew@S,
houslng the lort secrets of the anclent pharaohs. ThIOU&Outtke leth Md 19th cenfWh, the
majority of Cape Town's economy mvdved a&
Indeed. some clalm that the moat valuable bIts of the provlaIonlng of &Ips b o w d hEuropsto the
lore from the famous llbmry of Alexandiia w m Far East and back again. The ope- diMsSuez
removed fromthat Ill-fatedplace even as it burned. Canal in 1869 dlvertedmuch of thkmfflc, hovcuer.
and were hidden away for safe keeplng. Whether thls sending shockwavesthmgh the cny and gre6tly
Is true remains unknown. dlsruptlng Its commerce.

Whatever secreta might be hiddm in the darkness
beneath Alexandria. It is worth nmcmhrlng that

In 1890. the city is In the process of rekdldlng ita Brisbene
economy and looking toward a futurewhen it will
serve as one of the most important seaports on Posltloned on both banks of the &l.bsna river
Africa's southem coast. The city serves as a crucial some 19 d e s from ita mouth at MombmnBey, the
point fortravel and trade inland. city of Brbbana is roughly 500miles north of
Sydney.
This is a time of political tension in the region
around Cape Town. The Boers and the British are mory
struggling for domination of the area, and the Boer Named for Thomas Brirbsne, the G o v e m d Iycu,
W a n are less than a decade away. South W e b , Brisbane began as a panSr colony in
1824. Slightly Over a dcosde later. in 1838, ryxmd
Forbidden Lore settlement began. in 1839, the convicts were
As in the Americas, incursionsof Europeans on withdrawn and the city became the csprtal d
Queendand in 1859. By 1861, the population hed
the ancient cultures of Africa have not been subtle. reached roughly 6,000.
With the deplorableslave trading of the past several
~risbamcontinuesto gmw mpidy in the 1890's
decades and a general disregard for the traditionsof thanks 00 ita booming ship bulldln& meat pedtlng.
and wool scouringind-. The city.stsa-as
their so-callcd coionks. the European nations have a secondary port and trading partner to mlghborlng
greatly disrupted the lives and ways of the entire Sydney.
African continent. in so ddng. there is no teiilng
what ancient spiritsand horrors these sctlvftles may Forbidden Lore
have angered, or what new spiritshave been added Bllsbane is an unusual place thstiuseame.ta
to these numbers.
play host to some dlstlnethnand unkjue typea of
While the deepcst jungles ofAMca remain supernatural activity. The arrival of the E~ropcans
unexplored by Europeans. many expeditionsare
being mounted to venture into these dark and
mysterious places. From time to time, stories of
creaturer long m h t to be exthrcttridrk at dthe
junglesof MIcaE Whether theaerapolbare tM wlll
ramdnyrkmvrnunulsome herdy sraupof
wpkfem mmna wi& Win@= proof one way or the
other.

In addlttar to thesemysteries, onecannot
overbdr the hportmx of Cape Town's katbnIn
theCarlBaStbn of ita lupamehrral side. Thc clty Is
not far fianthe Cape ofooodHope, the b.dltlonat
hornsof the infamoucFl@g Dutohman. Few sellom

M 118 f d h with& phsllblllShbS Ofthe B M S M
thoocwhomskethairhbmwlnCspcTown.

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were laid out in a clean grid pattern by At that time,it was the seat of the Waladdan
princes. In the years since then, Bucharest has been
Estdr*w rd Jollk, much of the architectureimitated the varloudy contrdkd by the Turks,serbr,Russians.
BrltYh Isles. Examples can be found In the dedgn of
the Qity’sgreat cathedral and other buildlngs; the and Austrians.
stredt names (whkh are largely Engllsh Blshoprlcs): In 1859, Bucharest became the caPl(a1 d

Eand the abundance of plantlife imported fmm Britain. Walachla. Two years later, when that state united
In ddltlon to I t s Importance as an agriculturalport
that rvices the farms of the Canterbury Plalns, with Moldah to form Rumanla, Buchsnstbscsme
the capltsl of that newly-formedrrplbllc.
Chri church is an important part of New Zealand’s
rail Jystem. The area arorad Bucharest ha. long ken a mgbn
of confllct and strife. While thereare many chuthes
PoMdden Lore dating back several cenMes, thcK were the only
buildlngs sturdy enough to survive se@. The
salThe seas of the South Pacificare rough and msJomyofbuHdhgnInthecltyan r r w w l y
modem. Despite massive fortWcationsbuHt to
dangerous. Only the best ships and hardiest of protect the city, it repeatedly fell to invada$over the
can survlve for long on this endless expanse centuries.
Forbldden Lore
of bl e. The people of Chrlstchurchhave seen more
than their share ofships leave port, never to be The lands around Bucharest are some of the most
hea fromagain. feared in all the world. In this region, the moot
infamous of vamplns, Dracula, is sold to nuke hir
may be the reason that storles of strange home. Certainly, the scattered bltsof Infamation
that have come to light abcut this sinister creshvs
creatures lurking beneath the waves and phantom all point In thls dlractlon. but so cunning &that
ship+running in the night come 80 readily to mind in master ofthe undead that extreme care must be
Chrl8tchurch. Seldom is there a nlght when lookouts

coast fail to spot dlstant lights at sea that
and fademysterlously, leavlng one to wonder

19th cenhuy is a time of colonbl ucpannlon snfik,w canmtmeaslly dimntm.the
the tr.dltlonal poararS of Europe.ltaly and
aupCmshadhwMgeaftheahmdu.ltbsdd(ht
beenmving lor Untficstion,
isintkciwtstnpsda evcryrupcnwlonewrtomanilcl9b€lbbraid*
IepreaantedrqAIcwhsreh*-.
Earth. still, lor all iDs not without mmonor muse.Even If
with the minions o f a e Red is not to be foudhere, c e W y other cnkluk Lrr
and around Buchamff.
standards. Bucharest & a relntlnly
back to roughly the 15th century. Dublin
Situated at the mouth dthe river Llffey an W h

Bey, thhbdty‘s true G a e k name is Balk Atha CUSm
or town Mehe hurdle ford Its more familiar, modem
nmne canemfrom the Oaelic Dubhh n , whkh
mew bfackp a l . By whatever name it is k-,
D&h b om d the most Important clties In Mend.

Hwon ks t roots dthls clty can Wkraced back to

The d
the VlkIngs of the 9th century. In 1170. hc Anglo-
Normsnl drovaolJIthe Dams, snd in 1172, the city

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woa award4 mum mm d&*tslby tbtayU.bAt

ulstttmm,um city was rha rcstof Englbh

gowmmnt and the cenkr of the Me,a fo&kd
area controlled by Anglo-Normanb a r n

For all ita hl6tory. l t w ~ a n l ywlththe tinwnlngd
the I& ccntuy that the a r a a m to greatly
incmam In popuWon and Lnportsnce.By 1841, tha

city of Dublin woa the cepitai d a col.lbg mora
than eight and a half mlllbnInh.bitwtk At the Mme

tbne,thegovsmmantbegantamktnrhrge~
of the bay,providing new lsnds forthe dty&
expand upon.

In the 1890’s. DubUnb very much the s e c d d t y
of the Britbh Ern*. Semmdoniyto Lmdonin
hpmtawe, urir ma@kentc#y is noted for Ita wi#e
stne(s and beautiful Gcorglan houses. Few tmvekrs
to this place can avoid being chamed by the p p k
and character hen.

w a t l o n ataMiahed shortly a h the Romsns slnlsterJack the Ripper hem visited thta city In
camp to Britain in A.D. 43. From these beglnnIngs, recent yearn.
the qlty of hdlnlum grew to become the largest In the paat decade,the city has begm bnpc#ng
city In Roman Brltain. Serving as M lmportent port, archeologkaltreasures from a11-R of the globe.
~ ~ d l n e x uasnd, mllitary center, the city wm While thew RIi museurns and shops wlth any
number of wonders and delightthe city's m-,
by a wall in about A.D. 200. they brlng with than the aupemahnd bre of Wr
er the Romans tdt Brltain In A.D. 410, the city homelands. There can be no do&& for example,
that the t n ~ ~bromught to London humthe tanba
abandoned for a time. The Saxon of Egyptaretelntedby the evli that cameIntothe
grew on the sIte wm destroyed by world in the land of the pharaohs so many canMks
inva#ng DanesIn the 7th century, but wm rebuilt by
Kind Alfred In 886. Slnce that time. the d t y has egloh.e city is not without I t s defenden. Few paopk In
grow and prospered contlrmwsly. the westem world have nol heard of the rebnths
Fdliowlng the dlscovery of the New World and the S h e W Hdmas or the tnQmltsble Rdemau
subsequent creatlon of countless new trade routes, Challenger. Wlth men such as Umae ksspkea
n's Importance increased drastically. Dwhg constant vigil over the foggy stnar of Lonrbn, It
seems rnrllkely that any Rend who canes tothe city
(1558-1603),thepopulStlon will flnd hkvlctory amred. Still, -men ofthis ilk
of thp city rnfrom 1oo.OOo to nearly 25o.OOo.

In Septemberof 1666, a great flre -through

cannot be dependad uponto standagainal the many
horror8 of the Red Death. They may have been
spad to this poht only becausethey have -yet
seriously inconvenknced the dark and
ofthe world. ethings

metropolithat it is in the 1890's. paris
demands ofthe growing city called forthe Locatedon the River Seine,this great city of
co of several a c m theThemes.
the city to such communitks as France rests some 230m k hum Le Hawe, where
Kennington. and Vauxhali. In 1750. the that historic waterway empties Into the Auantk. The
landon which the city stand8 to a low bash that rhea
iLmap msspive Wesbnlnster bridge was bulk. and In gradually to a ringof low hills that mark the
1769. Blackfriars Brldge was added. In the early part boundarksof the metropolis.
ofthb next century, the Vauxhali, Waterloo, and
Southwark bridges were also built. History
early 19th century, the population of The earliest inhabitantsof thisr e g h were the
had grown to roughly four and a half milliar
Cettk Parldt. Around the 3rd century B.c., they
rpaeilowdbey.sWyaItthemtheIndtehveeleoaprlmyeanntdofmainddinkex18pOenOs'hs,re fortified thehe de la cttc and c d k d the site Lutatla.
class suburbs sprang up and the city spread in 52 B.c., the Parlstl set flreto thelr lsland fort and
with& from the area, leaving It to be cbkned by
F o r b p e n Lon the advancing legions of Rome.

We can easliy lmaglne the draw that a metropdls To the Romans, this city became knownas Civitas
Parislorum or. more simply, Parts. Locataiin Roman
don would hold for any 4 1 cmhue.Wkh Ita Gaul, thls city war m e r d g m t lmpvtance tothe
swith the rest ofthe world, there might Empin.

be better hunUng @roundthan thk mighty city. Chrlstlan Naory tells that St. Dents, the city's R n t
F o r q b reason, such hormrs (u Dracula and the bishop, btuught the faith to the cIty In the 3rd
century A.D. Other bre clatms that 8 Osnvicve,
the clty's patron saint,InspiredMsbn defense
against the Huns h A.D. 451.

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of an Iron vlllage on Palatme Hlll llvlng ccdittons among the lower clasa.
to the mlddle ofthe 8th century B.C. By the 4th century A.D., the clty could Iu) IOIlgW
serve Mthe cspltal ofthe Roman Empire. In &to
The earllest true Romsn culture was dlvlded Into function effectively, a new slta needed to be &own
two Ulstlnct classes: Patrlcians (nobles) and that was nearer to tha state’s borders. To that end,
Ple#lans (commoners). All were ruled by a senate, Emperor constanuns moved the caprtsl to the newly
call& the Councll of Elders, and thelr elected created Con&mUnopls.The hrstoryoPthb dty,
monarch. whlch he called the Christian New Rome, Isdeteikd
elsewhere In this c h a m . Also durhg Wtlrne,the
the 7th to the 6th century B.c., Rome was
the Etruscan Kings. At the end ofthat

pr eepwq l,cthweams eosntaarbclhlsyhweda.sFoovlleorwthirnogwtnhiasnhdisatotrricue first of the major Chrlstlan Basliicas (hrdudkyl the
original St. Peter’s) were built In Rome.
eveqt, Rome began to spread and absorb For Rome,Mwas the bwlnnhgofa bng period
suwundlng settlements. The Servlan Wall was bulk of harddrlp and decllne. In 410 and 455, the clty
to defend the clty foilorring a Galllc Invasion In the was safked by Germanlc tribes. Dcsp#eeltunpsto
early years of the 4th century. bolster the city, lt WM c I ~ ~ F II&Y. Inthe 6th century,
In1312 B.c., the clty built the flrst of Its famous
aasquqjdeuVcI.taA. Aptptlhae(osramApephlaen , the great road known Rome was occupied by the 0.bogOthr. Eventud
Way), llnked the city reoccupstlon by the Byzantines and c c m m
wlthlsouthem Italy. Even the Punlc Wars (264-146 destrucUon brought about a terrtble perlod of chaos
and decllnc.
B.c.~did nat stop the expandon of this great city, Stlll, for all these hardahlps, Rome remainedthe
seat of the Papacy and, as such. the heart ofthe
whlqh continued to amass economlc, military, and

cult ral power. Roman Catholk church. Despite a valiant a-pt
F$lowlng the assassination of Tlberlus and Galus by Pope Qregory I to halt the decllne of the clty, M y

k a m e a battteground agsln In the 9th century.
that cllmaxed In a great clvll war. By With the comlng of Arab raiders, the cky reached a
1st century B.c.. Julhts Caesar had cataclysmlc low that lasted untll the Middle Ages.
Indeed, at thls tlme, only one of the city’s great
succ@aor, Augustus, was the flmt to clalm the tltk aquedufts SUI1 hmctioned.
Rome’s fortunes began to Improve In the 1Ith
“E”rp”’of Rome.” century. While thk advancement woa halted at the
start of the 14th century when the pspffy movedto
v o t e d at the nexus of a great road network and Avignon, it resumed anew when the hpsl scst
by ftr the heart of Imperlal culture, Rome was, for all returned to Rome In 1377. After the mMd* of Ur
15th century, Papal patronaec ofthe arts was 10
purposes,the center of the world. great that Rome eventually supplanted Florence as
h great clusters of low Incomc houslng the heart of the Renaissance.
The relgn ofPope Nlcholas v saw the
flre hazard, the clty continued to mcommctkn of the city’s defcnrlvewall. end the
to combat thls problem, Augustus c o n s h c t h of numerous churches and pakces.
the ulgllls, a group offlre fighterswlth Even the sack of the dty by Hapaburg mercendea
Desplte thls end other In 1527 could not halt the reblrthof theEternal City.
Durlngthe 16th century, altlstswch 8s
the city was swept by a great Michelangelo, Raphael, and Bramsntc hbondto
much of the Inner clty. To Improve the clty. While some worked wllllngly for
the church, others did so under threat ofreprissls or
Nerd, emperor at the tlme, thh trsaedy was merely even excommunicatlon. In any event, the wonders
portunlty to build his great Golden House. that they bfOugMtothedty cannot be dhputad.
e end of the 1st century A.D. saw Rome under The nJe ot Pop S mV (1585-1590) MrOdUCed

the Flgn of the Flavisn dynasty. whldr Implemented modem city planning to the anelantmatmpdl. New
a gqat serles of public works programs deslgned to

the populace. These projects
the construction of the gmat amphltheater
today as the Cdoscum. Ac?lvltlesIn the

as well as bane of food, were
keep the people of Rome happ)

1

major sheets was createdto provldc access tothe
center of the city from the plaaa dd Fbpda In
sdditbn. S i o v e m the repair of the squeducts
and compklkn of St.Peter'sh e , which
domtnste8the skylln of the city to thin day.
In the 17th century, the city was enrichedby thc
Work ofrculpton and archltecta libc(i*o Lonwo
Bemlnl and Fr-o Borranhi.Thh conthucd
the lw CantUry Mthe City m)oyed0 -of
quiet orda under papd Nte.
In 1797, Napoteon earSparte sLamed Rome md
6eIzedmMly of Ita artbsscum. Wtlhthe Congmm
of V h a In I815SmV the city naorsd0 the
papacy. Napdeon's0rrupatiDnsthed up
sentlmwrtlthroughout Italy. Indeed, the Houseof
savoy sctsduparth* mood and ranitedthe
fragmented counby in 1861. The papal d e n of
Rome ratstcd8bsoWoninto the state, andthe city
had to be forcibly taken In 1870.At this time, the
P O P hWlldncdopposcdtothe hvsdan and
declared hlrrwlf a prisoner of the VaUcan
A.the capHal of the rsuniRcdM y , Rome gmv at
a frsntlc pace. W e new qusrtenwm addedto
the city. In the age ofthe 1890'11,Rome Is again the
mostbnportantcity In souulemEufcQe.

PorMddcnLorr
No one can be certain of the hollwsr'--'ave

been drawn to a city old endmajestb Lome. In
the past, thbcity hascutnlnly seen all m e r o f
creatures,funn horribkfkmbtosdphues and
paintings animated by the feverish will of their
cre~.Manyofthecity'sddest~anMld
to be bwn(adorcuraedwith the poamfvlrplrltr of
their long-forgotteninhabltants.

In consideringthe ~ t wofc Ronla'smscsbre
forces, one must remember the longhlrtay ofthls
city. Many modem buudh@ale built uponthenlb
ofstrvztwusbuutlong beforethefomdhgdmany
m o d c m ~Ah. nostcertaInly,thekbylinthhe
ChamknthatHcbeneaththe~ofthlScity

contain wondcn (and hornus) the likes of whwl no
modammanhssseen.

vi

Speculations have been offered to explain the long traditions of ao many diffemnt cultwcsao well
and varied list of supernatural events linked with the
pastiof this great city. The moat likely theories represented.
sug st that one or more of the ancient qabsis had
hea quarters here. There are ulosc who clalm that Constantinople
suC Tan organiratlon might well be headd by an
anti nt and undying wizard who has mastery over Originally known as Byrantiurn, this great city
den$.
stands on both banks of the Bosporus, a narrow
Sgne have speculated that this supernatural stratt that divides Europe from Asla. At thetlme d
presence is the most terrible of evils-the Red Death
itselh Thls seems unlikely, though, for the idea of Masqueofthe Red Death c s m p s C~onstantlnapk
that elusive entity anchoring itself to one physlcal
localion is difficult to accept. While it might be true is the capital of the Ottoman Empire aa well (M a
that Vienna hosts aome great minion of thls fiend, It ma& scsport with ready accean to both the Black
is a b o s t certainlyjust that-a minlon-and nothing Sea and the Sea of Momarb. The city's Qdden Hun
m o d for ail Itspower.
is a magnificent natural harbor carved by the w s t e n
W+m Psia of the BospoNs.

rapped between two worlds-the sprawling Hbtory
colonial states of Europe and the stoic Russian The modem hlstory of ConataMnopk beganIn
Ernpin-Westem Asla is a land of great
conttssts and a melting pot of cultures. Only in the A.D. 324when the R O ~ Memperor caurt.nthc
natiqns of the New World are the values and selected the site ofthe mcht clty of Byawrivn (ll~
the new capltal d the Roman Empire. Thc mwons
for his choke were many, but the proxkntty of
Byrantiurn to the lmpcrlai frontierswa8 by f.r the
most Important. Like Rome-, C ta buut
on an area of e v e n hlllsand, &one the, was

surrounded by maslhnwails. The otdcllt scctjonof Saint Petemburg
the city Is Stambul, which stands west and south of
the Golden Horn and was built on the very rulns of Built on the site of an enckntSwedishkntresa that
ancient Byzantium. commanded the appmches tothe Wvw, the
city sprawls on bath rtdce ofthe rlver and OrmPlQs
Among the many splendors of the city is the the Ldsnds in its middle. Sa& Pettccsburg I5 a major
imposing Hegia Sophla (HolyWlsdom),built a5 a port wlth access to the C M ~ ~anMd W e Seu,the
church in the 6th century and convertedto a Dnepr and Volga Rivers, and the Gulf of Finland. The
mosque in the 15thcentury. Other i m p n ~ i v e harbor ir, gsmratly h e n over from Novarnber to
struchrrrs include the Mosquesof Sukiman the April.
Magnificent and Bayazid 11. These structures, and
History
many others in the clty. are a halon of the classical
architectureof the Romans and the unique styihgs In 1703, Peter I captured thls site andbul# the
of the OItOman Turlcs. FO-M of Peter and Paul and the fortma8st

Throughoutthe centuries, this city has provided K r o n s h d t . He fulthcrordandthata Crsy be rabd,
the world with many great cultural innovations. The
importance of Constantinopie's influence on Roman which he named Saint Petersbug after Ms paba,

law, Greek philosophy and art, and thethaology of saint. He vowed that the city would have a westem
the Christian faith cannot be overstated. As the
headquarters of the Patriarch of the Eastem flavor, and looked upon it as hls wlndw on Europr

Orthodox church, the city is a stmnghoid of In 1713, the royal family moved to Saint Peteraburg,
Christian faith end has nearly 200 Christian bringing with them the M n capitsl.
churches.
In the 18th century, the popubtlonoftha clty grew
Over the c o w of history, Cmtantinopk was rapidly. As Peter would have wished, Saint

one of the most &-besieged cities in the world. Pe€emburgbecameoneoftheadhnslcaasnof
Before falling to the Turks in 1453, it was attacked
by the Arabs fmm 673 to678 and again in 717 and Westem Europe. Emperor Alaxsndcr I orderedmany
71& by the Bulgarhm k713 and 813; andbytha of the marshes in the area drained. Thb expansion
amdss d t h e F&Cn*sde. who todrthe dty in
b-m=w*mofhclty
1203 and 1204. Thlahg end tardble hwap
ha8 bltits mrrk cultha *In msny weys.

ForwlsnLora WorkeRbdtounmL Thlrw&aoncofthemrln
Tothe European mbd, CmstsnUnopk sands at
the trmtkr of the world. Beyondthis great city ~d-wl~--rymavemcnf
rpcadr the vastaxpsruc d M a . in whkh unkwnm elhUmbrMwri~of1~.
hommabound. While thisis certainly an exampled
paranola on the part of Europsns, it Is Whtk Peter I may have sought to forge a wrsstem
undentandable. After all, the customs of the Ar*n clty In the focmding d Saint Peterskug, he mJdnot
world differ greatly hanthose of the so-called escape the Rudan hemoftha psopk who
dvluKd world. d d Lhra &re. WMIb he m y have wiatied W city
Thc wlldr of the Ottoman Empire In Westun A.la
Mm o d to be full d w-lves, vampires, and to be hlr utlnd0W Onappej he may
r ~ t othber h~o r n . Thc pmmtRence of gypsy
trlks,a m q t h e m one known a5 the Vistani, in ~WRdownallOv~~~
ttleaere#oIu may well play lyxlM part in the
fcumWkmandspread of these m o r s . Even the n%ht,mwtttresIn the darkna csnmdDuwua
most rsssomd of adventurerscmnot help being thpws,(hsm.while thoreinJc*lrrdtenblind0
swayed by the air of myatery and darkness that
hangs about these eyples. wtut &&ires beyond the
Thc homm d t h e Russiannight, many dt&m

dark sad shister maturm deacrlkd only In the
acettemd mantr off m c n and p.swtr.have

C O m U t o S a h t p c t e ~ . M Iaranthm,hops to

gain accem to therea of tha world.

also tell that the Russian nobility came to Sinyapom

RTlive I Saint Petemburg not becauseof a desire to Nestledonan
andtheWd
brln prosperlty and Importance to the young clty, most fadnathg In

but I an attempt to escape MHncthhgt a m e in exactlyontheequakir(loaorth
has a hc4cllmMa hwghout
4Mo ow.Varlous accounts would lndkatethat the ralns quite common. the

helrq of Peter I are haunted by g h W or stalked by Hlstcuy
vamplres, but who can say for certain? The ruling Once known ea sinespun, the grealdtyd
familyof any natlon has enemies in its past, but
whe$er those of the Russlan court are supernatural lion, this m a prospedin the 13th and 14tb
remqlns to be seen. centurks. After that the, however, it sadr into a

TFar East long periodof gmat dcclkra. when
o many residents of Europe and the Americas,
the oltent Is a mysteriousand Mghtening attenth dtheE\rropean Thomas
land. E m as the colonlal powers spread and In 1819,ltwesnothlngmorethana
consplldated theIr Influence In this region, the roughly 150persona Lessthan half a year after
ancl nt hWorles of these dlvene nations remalned R a W founded hls neltknmt an the Island, the
.Id+ In myzhy. populatlon had grom to 5,000, and withln fhn
years, lt had =ached 10,OOO.
Sdndlng near the Gulf of Slam on the east banks
of thf Chao Phraya Rlver, Bangkok Is a major In the decsdesdnce, Singapads locstkn at the
cominerciai and rallroad center. The clty is laced junction of the h d l a~nd Paclfk oeeans,a slte of
with /canals and is known for its many beeutihrl Wats great military and commercial hp&ance, has
resulted In unmdlnggmWh. In* wmlng years of
or te ples. The most impresrhreof these is certslnly
the irat Phra Kaeo or Chapel of the Emerald the 19thcentury,thepopulstionst.ed.at~ly
200,000. Most d Singapore's b h b b n t s ansof
Buddha, which was completed In 1785 and stands Chinese descent.
with+ the walls of the Royal Palace.
Hlstdly Porblddan bra
The r e a m for the decline of SLRgapura's
Modem Bangkok (originally K M g Thep or the
was founded when ChaM assumed population ha0 never been adequately undentood.
Thon Burl on the west bank of Numcnxlclinlnwlve.uehthhIpea
lt had been since 1767. economics, culhvst changes. and rta*e. Thevm
certainly the genera@ accepted e x p h d m s . l l m
around a network of canals. truth. howwer, Is far more rinistw.

Interesting architecture The scuonS of a rencg.de sdeptor myztic
appeared to c a w this area to become Infested
ant+ capltal of Slam. wlth some manner of thy. but very deadly,
supernatural creatures. The preyhg of thcra kMta
Porb/ddenLon resulted in the rapid depcqndaion of the urea tn tha

hidden terms d (ioullcEarth are found not 15th century. Without a large human popukcc to
the lands of western cultures. Indeed, the feed upon,these creatures appesred to entu a

dormant state. With the return d a ktacnumber d
people to the area, they will in atl NkcHhood

become actlve sgaln.

33

c

providc~~of~mkpblme-
Eacbkk~hdutastabkofhfumtkm

at the baghnhgdttle enby. Moltdthb dwl h d f -
explanatory,buta few Itemsmust b e e ~ @ h d b t b r .

Attack as,Saveas, Muancea%These cntrlss
&the pbyerto the appmpdatechartforaaack
rolh. ~ v h tghmws,end level a d m m m n t .
Depcndlng on the nshraofa kit, a chanctar might
exhiby traits hwnmore than one charscteclass.
For examp*, the dmdy Lufdk laQlthe
tradeaman class, but the dandy Is a poor 5hter and
makes atracks as an adept. He makes ~ v l n tghrows
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Description: I ne great fleets or tne woria are a Spec&i Hindrances: A sailor must allocate one
major force In the late 19th century. The United weapon profkkncy slot to the navy pistol and one
States and the great nations of Europe malntaln nonweapon proficiency slot to the Rope Use skill.
large navies to protect their interests at home and
abroad. The backbones of these armadas are the Sallon lack the physical training that other
iron men who crew these majestic ships. characters of the soldier class possess. As such,
they are llmlted to a maximum of+2hlt points per
Role-Playing: The sailor is a multitalented Hit Die, regardless of Constitution score.
Individual. In addition to his knowledge of the
seaman's trade, he must be a rugged and hardy Tradesman r(its
individual. At any moment, he may face an attack
by an enemy craft or be confronted with the savage Dandy
fury of a hurricane. Whether he serves aboard a
majestic windjammer or a rugged Ironclad, few folk Class: Tradesman
In the world are as robust the sailor. Ability Reqs: Cha 14
Prime Reqi Dexterity
Special Benefits: The sailor is assumed to be a
skilled seaman, and receives that proficiency without Hit D k d4
allocatlng a slot to it. Additional dots may be Attack as: Adept
devoted to improve this skill. Save as: Tradesman

In addition. the sailor Is accustomed to the rolling Advance 8s:Tradesman
and pltchlng of a ship. These "sea legs" give a bonus ExcStrength? No
3f +2to any Dexterity check or saving throw that spell Ability? No
requires agility when on a ship. Exc Constltution? No

Startlng Cash 6d6

Roflckncies 3 Detective

M4 CbM: Tradesman
Norlprollebncy Penalty: 3 R w Int 14

6 PrlmeReq: Dextedty
3 Hit D b
d6
General Attack as: Tradesman
I Prufessbnalor Rogue (choose one) Saw as: Tradesman
AdvuKc arTrad-n
B Q M S Rdklancy: uDiqa-ncing ExcStmngth? No
Reqmmended Pruficlancbs: Gamlng SpSii No
ExcConatYutbn? No
rlptlon: The upper crust of society has more 8t.rthgl2dx
share of people who have no experience ProRciencies 2d6
with ekeryday llfe In the real world. These pampered
folk have spent their days In the lap of luxury, never Weapon Slots 3
knowi(lg work, want, or suffering.All too often,they Addltlonsl Slot: 4
Nonproflckncy Penalty: -3
xare iiqe more than spoiled children with bottomless Nonwcapoa Slots: 6
ccounts and unending narclssisticdesires. Addtlonal Slok 3
-P*ylng: Characters of thls kit are best Aval*us -8: C3enerai
portra ed as vain and perhaps foppish. They will Educationalor Rogue (pick one)
devot their energies to enjoying themselves and
expe ncing the many pleasures that the world has Bonua Relldcncy: Crbnhdoey
Recommendad Prufkbncbs: 9c-
to offyr. Serious work, especiallyof a physical h h a n s h l p , PugilLun. aulck Draw

nature, should be avoided at all costs. These DeacrlpuOn. Tha detective kit re- dl
c h a r a p r s mlght be portrayed as harmless m a w d law enforcement agents, horntha
eccentrka, parasitic leeches, or socially worthless constabb aboNlngthe foggy banks of theT h s m to
the sheriff on the dusty s t r e of Bdge Crry. Thh
Sloth€+/ kit serve8 dflclsl polke officers as well aa thair
unofficial counterparts, like the much-renowned
S p d d Bsnalits: The dandy Is assumed to come Sherlock Holmes. In short, any person whme oenbal
wealthy famlly, and as such. to draw a occupation is tracking criminals may fall intothe
Income from a tnut fund or slmilar source. detective kit.
Role-Phylng:The actions of a detective are
At thelbeglnnlng of each month, the character dictated by the desire to end the careers ol CrkrLgis
receives a cash stipend equal to that rolled for and law breakers. h e detecthrm am lntac and
startirig wealth. dedicated. perhaps seeking vengeance for a wrong
mmltted in the past. Others pursue crtminak as
In addition, the DM should remember that the an lntsllectual matter, matching their wits against
dandfls famlly is almost certainly well connected
and *petted. Once per month,the dandy can use those of their enemies. Stili others maintaln a
this inpuence to acquire some favor or exert some vigilante approach.
influeflcein official matters. The DM should carefully
consider the request and, if it seems reaaonabk,

player to make a Charisma check. A

Spec*l &oaflta: The detective character is
Intimately familiar with the criminal mind and
thedore automaticallyw i n s the game wtth the
Cdmlnolosy sklil.
Characters based on thls kit are assumed to have
close ties to local hw enforcement agenck.. As
such, they will h a w some level of access to polke
fliesand similar sources of information. Once per

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I month, the player may make a Charlsma check to Rob-Playlng: Joumallst characters are comtm#y
obtaln some speclal favor from the poke. The
speciflcs of this contact may be limited by the DM. on the watch for events that can be
The DM may also require the detectlve to pay back reported. Most recognlre thelr place as hkkwinnr,
such favors, posslbly at inopportune times.
.-recording every Incident so th.totha can
Spechl Hlndrances: An afflllatlonwlth the police
can llmlt a character’s ability to take actions that are vlcarlously expand thelr knowledge .ad
A good journalist Is dqged and relsnhg hthr
agatnet the law, even In the pursuit of great evll. To quest for a story.

reflect this, all detective characters must choosc a A joumallstmlght be mouVated by a desire for
lawful alignment. personal fame, the noble bellef that he Is scrvfiylhls
fellow man, or the slmpk joy of revwbgh a t wWh
In addition, as a character’s fame grows, he Is others would prefer to keep secret.
likely to become known to the criminal element. As
time goes by, he wlll galn more and more enemies, SpecfatBenefks: The journalist has a dhrerse
lncludlng some of great power. Thus, any successful netwuk of contacts who can ngpLy hfomMtbntm
detective will have a price on hls head. a g m t variety of topics. To nlieathk theplayer
should select a clty to serve as home base for the
Journalist character. Whenever the character conducts

Class: Tradesman research In hts home bsrc, he receives a A bonus
Ability Reqs: Int 12
Wls 12 to all related ability or proRcbncy k b .
PrlmeReq: Dexterlty Specbl Hlndrances: The jwmdtat Isaubject to
HltM
d6 the whim and deslrea of his employer. Even a
Attack as: Tradesman freelance wrlter must h a w a mket In w i W t~o
Save as: Tradesman sell hls work if he Is to earn a Hvh.Tht DM e m
Advance as:Tradesman UK this dependence to motivate a character or
E X c S t ~ ? No start adventures. After all, the most lntarrrting
span Ability? No news storks will come out of the most dangerous
ExcConatlMbn? No places.
StalSingCaah 4d6
Pmflclencles W e the DM shouldn’t start every adventwe by
weapon sbts: 3 assigning the journalist to cover a mystery, it Is
Addltbnrl slot 4 certainly a wlM technique. fwthenncm,wMk
newspapera WIII buy storlcs about brddngjnw,
Nonproflclency PanaIty: -3 most publlshws will not accept Inccmpke rtaba
Joumallsts an expected to learn every dadiof a

story.

Nonwmpon Slots: 6 Parson
Addwonrl slot 3
Ami*bls Categories: General, Pmfessional &sa: Tradesman
Journalism hbiUty Reqa: Wls 12
Bonus Prokkncy:
Recommended Proklendes: Ac&rnlclan
Photography Cha 12
P h n R e q : Charlsma
Hlt Dk.
Deacrlptlon: The popular press Is a rapidly bloom- d6
Ing Industry In the 1890’s. Every malor clty has at
least one newspaper; monthly magazines brlng Attack ma: Adept
Save as: Tradesman
storles of global events to an eager p u b k and the Advsacs as:Tmdesman
excstmlgth? No
works of popular novellsts are purchased as qukkly
as they can be prlnted. The world’s aulhors, whether SpS~Abwtr? No
they be newspaper reporten,flaionwrlten,or pocts, Excconstkutkm? No
document all that happens on Gothic Earth. StartingCash 2d6