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Dicey Dangers, Core Rule

Game by Joel Hills

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Items

There are four basic categories of items in Dicey Dangers. They are: Apparel, Accessory, Handed Weapons, and Bag Items. There are a small number of Quest Items in the game, so they will be detailed later. The rest of the items follow a few simple rules that determine the abilities of items you find while adventuring.

Each item (except quest items) can have multiple modifiers to it. It is possible to find a Silver Tower Shield, or a Blazing Long Sword, or a Ring of Dragon Breath, or you will possibly find a Blazing Silver Long Sword of Dragon Breath.

There are five parts that make up Items. They are:

Category:Element	Category:Material	Category:Attribute	Category:Base Item	Category:Spells

An item consists of a Category:Base Item, and if randomly generated one or more of the following:

Naming Convention

When an item has multiple modifiers, its full name always follows the same order:

Element : Material : Attribute : Base Item : of Spell

Any modifier the item doesn't have is simply left out. The remaining parts close up around the gap rather than leaving a blank spot in the name. For example, a Long Sword with only a Material and a Spell suffix would read "Silver Long Sword of Dragon Breath" (Element and Attribute are skipped entirely, not shown as empty).

Element

Element and Material modifiers only have a mechanical effect on items that carry an Attack or Defence value (Weapons and Armor). The effect is tied to which combat stat the Base Item actually has, not to a "Weapon" or "Armor" label.

Each Element modifier carries two separate values, shown on the modifier's own page (e.g. Blazing): a Replace amount and a Add amount. If the item has an Attack value, Replace exchanges that many White Attack dice for the Element's colored die, and Add grants that many additional colored dice on top. If the item has a Defence value, the same Replace and Add amounts apply to the item's White Defence dice instead. A single item never gets both Attack and Defence bonuses, only whichever stat the item actually has.

If an item doesn't have enough White dice to fully cover the Replace amount, replace as many White dice as the item actually has. The Hero still gains the full number of Element dice the modifier grants.

An item with neither an Attack nor a Defence value (most Accessory and Bag items) gains no mechanical effect from an Element modifier. There are six different elemental modifiers. They are Fire, Electric, Cold, Acid/Poison, Energy, and Magic.

Material

Like Element, a Material modifier's mechanical bonus is tied to whichever combat stat the Base Item has. If the item has an Attack value, the Material's Attack bonus (and Success Bonus, if any) applies. If the item has a Defence value, the Material's Defence bonus (and Success Bonus, if any) applies instead. A single item never gets both. The Success Bonus is not a separate, independent bonus; it rides along with whichever of Attack or Defence the item carries. Additionally, a Material modifier contains a cost multiplier for the base item. For example, a Silver item that costs 15 gold pieces normally would be multiplied by 5 for a total cost of 75 gold pieces. Items with no Attack or Defence value (most Accessory and Bag items) still take the cost multiplier. They are just worth more, with no other mechanical effect.

• Rare Material
• Success Bonus
• Precious Material

Attribute

Equipping an item with the Attribute modifier increases the specified Attribute of the character, regardless of the item's type. A Lucky Long Sword, for instance, would increase the Hero's Luck by 4.

Category:Base Item

The base item type and name.

• Random Base Item

Spells

Any Category:Base Item can carry a Spell modifier (Suffix). Casting that spell requires having the item equipped, and the item has a limited number of Charges before the spell can no longer be cast.

Casting-focus items always carry a Spell suffix when generated as loot, with three exceptions. Orb, Rod, and Wand have no purpose without a spell attached, so a plain (spell-less) version of any of these three Base Items should never be generated as loot. Fairy Dust, Potion, and Scroll are usually spell-suffixed too, but may instead carry only an Attribute modifier with no Spell, granted as a simple tonic, charm, or note rather than a spell vessel. Every other Base Item follows the normal rule and may or may not carry a Spell suffix.