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monsters.adoc

@@ -151,8 +151,7 @@ Combine a bug and a bear.
 * Evil type of gnome
 * A bit like Rask Gar.
 * Dark vision.
-* Not very fond of gnomes.
+* Not very fond of gnomes. * Cowards.
-* Cowards.
 * Power cycles:
 ** Males are intelligent, cunning, and fierce.
 ** Females are physically very strong and tough.
@@ -177,6 +176,11 @@ Golems
 * Fortress Mimic: A mimic the size and shape of a fortress, and with all
   of the armaments too.
 
+=== GIMIC
+
+* Subspecies of Mimic. Useless and short lived, but can be quite dangerous
+  (glass cannon? 🤔)
+
 == MISC
 
 Haggis (Hag, slime ??)::

resources/style.css

@@ -17,15 +17,6 @@
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@@ -219,15 +207,20 @@ html{
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+    text-decoration:none;
-    font-style:italic
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+    background: none;
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+    color:#1d4b8f;
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+    cursor:pointer;
+}
+ a:focus{
 }
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@@ -752,10 +745,10 @@ html{
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rules.adoc

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 =  The Rules Doom & Destruction & Stuff
-// {{{ DO NOT MESS WITH THIS HEADER LINE. DO NOT ADD BLANK LINES AROUND IT!
+// {{{ DO NOT MESS WITH THIS LINE. DO NOT DELETE IT OR ADD BLANK LINES AROUND IT!
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 :icons: font
@@ -51,6 +51,20 @@ should now have a score between 7 and 12.
 TIP: The skill scores are likely to change before you're done creating the adventurer,
 so write them on a piece of paper rather than on the adventurer's sheet for now.
 
+
+[sidebar]
+.Raising and Reducing Skills
+--
+Your <<ancestry>>, <<foundation>>, and other factors can change your skills.
+Keep an eye out for the words _increase_ and _reduce_, as they have special
+meaning.
+
+* Raising a skill cannot lower it; for instance, if your Skulduggery is 12, and
+  your ancestry, foundation, etc. _raises_ it to 10, then nothing happens.
+* Reducing a skill cannot increase it; for instance, if your  Grit is 4 and
+  your ancestry, foundation, etc. _reduces_ it to 6, nothing happens.
+--
+
 [[ancestry,ancestry]]
 === {counter:creation}. Ancestry
 
@@ -75,8 +89,6 @@ Perks when you level up later on.
 //---|---------------|--------------------------------------
 |===
 
-NOTE: Raising a skill that is already 10 or higher has no effect.
-
 [[foundation,foundation]]
 === {counter:creation}. Foundation
 
@@ -718,13 +730,35 @@ cross out any unusable Item Slots.
 
 === Weapons
 
+There are four types of weapons. Basic Weapons (fists, daggers, and clubs),
+Light Weapons, Heavy Weapons, and Weird Weapons. 
+
+Anyone can use Basic weapons, no matter which proficiencies, foundations, or
+perks they may or may not have.
+
+[sidebar]
+.Weapon Proficiency
+--
+If you use a non-basic weapon you are not proficient at using, you can still
+use the weapon, but the following penalties apply:
+
+* You have <<disadvantage>> on your attack rolls.
+* You cannot <<crit>>.
+* You do not trigger the weapon's special effect.
+--
+
+.Basic Weapons
+[%header,cols="^2,^3,^2,^2,^2,6"]
+|===
+//-------|-------------------|-------|----|--------|----------------
+| Range  | Weapon            | Hands | IS | Damage | Special Effect
+//-------|-------------------|-------|----|--------|----------------
+| Any    | Dagger            |   1   | ⅓  |   4    |
+| Melee  | Club              |   1   | 1  |   4    |
+| Melee  | Unarmed Combat    |   1   | 0  |   2    |
+//-------|-------------------|-------|----|--------|----------------
+|===
 
-//---------------
-// SIMPLE WEAPONS
-//---------------
-==== Simple Weapons
-All adventurers can use simple weapons, regardless of <<foundation>> or
-<<perks>>.
 
 .Light Weapons
 [%header,cols="^2,^3,^2,^2,^2,6"]
@@ -732,56 +766,64 @@ All adventurers can use simple weapons, regardless of <<foundation>> or
 //-------|-------------------|-------|----|--------|----------------
 | Range  | Weapon            | Hands | IS | Damage | Special Effect
 //-------|-------------------|-------|----|--------|----------------
-| Any    | Dagger            |   1   | ⅓  |   4    |
-| Any    | Javelin           |   1   |    |        | Better than spear, somehow
 | Any    | Spear             |   1   | 2  |   5    |
-| Melee  | Battleaxe         |   1   | 8  |        | Mini cleave?
-| Melee  | Claymore          |   2   | 8  |        | Something cool that the Zweihänder doesn't have
-| Melee  | Club              |   1   | 1  |   4    |
-| Melee  | Falchion          |   2   |    |        |
 | Melee  | Flail             |   1   | 1  |   6    |
-| Melee  | Greataxe          |   2   | 10 |        | Cleave
-| Melee  | Halberd           |   1   | 11 |        | Pull
 | Melee  | Handaxe           |   1   | 1  |   6    |
-| Melee  | Longspear         |   2   | 3  |   9    |
-| Melee  | Longsword         |   1   | 8  |        |
-| Melee  | Mace              |   1   | 2  |   7    |
-| Melee  | Morning star      |   1   | 2  |   8    |
 | Melee  | Quarterstaff      |   2   | 2  |   6    |
-| Melee  | Rapier            |   1   | 6  |        | Fast: attack again?
+| Melee  | Rapier            |   1   | 2  |   6    | Fast: attack again?
-| Melee  | Scimitar          |   1   | 7  |        |
+| Melee  | Short Sword       |   1   | 2  |   6    |
-| Melee  | Short Sword       |   1   | 6  |        |
 | Melee  | Sickle            |   1   | 1  |   4    |
-| Melee  | Stiletto          |   1   | 4  |        | Fast: attack again?
+| Melee  | Stiletto          |   1   | 1  |   4    | Fast: attack again?
-| Melee  | Warhammer         |   1   | 2  |   6    |
+| Ranged | Javelin           |   1   | 1  |   5    | Better than spear, somehow
-| Melee  | Zweihänder        |   1   | 10 |        | Push
+| Ranged | Shortbow          |   1   | 3  |        |
-| Ranged | Large Crossbow    |   1   | 10 |        |
-| Ranged | Longbow           |   1   |    |        |
-| Ranged | Shortbow          |   1   |    |        |
 | Ranged | Sling             |   2   | 1  |   4    |
 | Ranged | Small Crossbow    |   2   | 2  |   8    |
 //-------|-------------------|-------|----|--------|-----------
 |===
 
+.Heavy Weapons
+[%header,cols="^2,^3,^2,^2,^2,6"]
+|===
+//-------|-------------------|-------|----|--------|----------------
+| Range  | Weapon            | Hands | IS | Damage | Special Effect
+//-------|-------------------|-------|----|--------|----------------
+| Melee  | Battleaxe         |   1   | 3  |   8    | Mini cleave: deal a bit of damage to one adjacent foes.
+| Melee  | Claymore          |   2   | 3  |   8    | Something cool that the Zweihänder doesn't have
+| Melee  | Falchion          |   2   | 3  |        |
+| Melee  | Greataxe          |   2   | 4  |   10   | Cleave: deal a bit of damage to ALL adjacent foes.
+| Melee  | Longsword         |   1   | 2  |   8    |
+| Melee  | Mace              |   1   | 2  |   7    |
+| Melee  | Morning star      |   1   | 2  |   8    |
+| Melee  | Scimitar          |   1   | 2  |   7    |
+| Melee  | Warhammer         |   1   | 3  |   6    | Push
+| Melee  | Zweihänder        |   1   | 3  |   10   | 5 extra damage.
+| Ranged | Large Crossbow    |   1   | 4  |   10   |
+| Ranged | Longbow           |   1   | 3  |        |
+//-------|-------------------|-------|----|--------|-----------
+|===
+
 
 ==== Weird Weapons
 [%unbreakable]
 --
 In order to be able to use one of the weird weapons on this list, an adventurer
-must have a <<foundation>> or <<perks,perk>> that allows them to use that
+must have a <<foundation>> or <<perks,perk>> that gives them the specific
-specific weapon. For instance, an adventurer who has an ability to use the Kosh
+proficiency that allows them to use that specific weapon. For instance, an
-can use koshes, but not any of the other weird weapons.
+adventurer who has the "Kosh" proficiency use koshes, but not any of
+the other weird weapons.
 
 
-[%header,cols="^2,^3,^2,^2,6"]
+[%header,cols="^2,^3,^2,^2,^2,6"]
 |===
-| Range    | Weapon            | Hands  | Damage | Special Effect
+| Range  | Weapon            | Hands | IS | Damage | Special Effect
-//---------|-------------------|--------|--------|----------------
+//-------|-------------------|-------|----|--------|----------------
-| Melee    | Bastard Sword     |   1    |   10   | None - high base damage
+| Melee  | Bastard Sword     |   1   |    |   10   | None - high base damage
-| Ranged   | Blowgun           |   1    |        |
+| Melee  | Halberd           |   2   |    |   11   | "Ranged Attack + Pull"
-| Ranged   | Bolas             |   1    |   8    |
+| Melee  | Kosh              |   1   |    |   8    | Knock-out
-| Melee    | Kosh              |   1    |   8    | Knock-out
+| Melee  | Longspear         |   2   | 3  |   9    | "Ranged Attack"
-//---------|-------------------|--------|--------|----------------
+| Ranged | Blowgun           |   1   |    |        |
+| Ranged | Bolas             |   1   |    |   8    |
+//-------|-------------------|-------|----|--------|----------------
 |===
 --
 
@@ -808,12 +850,12 @@ can use koshes, but not any of the other weird weapons.
 //----------------------|-----|-------|---------------------------------
 | Armor                 | HP  | Sneak | Notes
 //----------------------|-----|-------|---------------------------------
-| Scale Mail            |  4  | Yes   | Metal scales, noisy
+| Scale Mail            |  4  |  No   | Metal scales, noisy
-| Chain Shirt           |  4  | Yes   | Metal rings, worn under clothes
+| Chain Shirt           |  4  |  No   | Metal rings, worn under clothes
-| Brigandine            |  5  | Yes   | Plates riveted inside a jacket
+| Brigandine            |  5  |  No   | Plates riveted inside a jacket
-| Lamellar Armor        |  5  | Yes   | Laced metal or leather plates
+| Lamellar Armor        |  5  |  No   | Laced metal or leather plates
-| Ring Mail             |  4  | Yes   | Rings over padded base
+| Ring Mail             |  4  |  No   | Rings over padded base
-| Hardened Leather      |  3  | Yes   | Boiled and shaped for stiffness
+| Hardened Leather      |  3  |  No   | Boiled and shaped for stiffness
 //----------------------|-----|-------|---------------------------------
 |===