BASICS

Contents

• Carrying, Movement, & Exploration
• Carrying Capacity - Encumbrance rules determine how much a character's armor and equipment slow him or her down.
• Exploration
• Movement - There are three movement scales, as follows.
• Core Mechanics
• Ability Scores
• The Abilities - Each ability partially describes your character and affects some of his or her actions.
• The Basics
• Planes
• Alignment Traits - Some planes have a predisposition to a certain alignment.
• Elemental And Energy Traits - Four basic elements and two types of energy together make up everything.
• How Planes Interact
• Magic Traits - A plane's magic trait describes how magic works on the plane compared to how it works on the Material Plane.
• Physical Traits - The two most important natural laws set by physical traits are how gravity works and how time passes.
• Planar Traits - Each plane of existence has its own properties-the natural laws of its universe.
• Plane Descriptions
• What Is A Plane? - The planes of existence are different realities with interwoven connections.
• Special Abilities & Conditions
• Conditions - If more than one condition affects a character, apply them all.
• Special Abilities - A special ability is either extraordinary, spell-like, or supernatural in nature.
• Traps
• Designing A Trap
• Elements Of A Trap - All traps-mechanical or magic-have the following elements: trigger, reset,...
• Magic Traps - Many spells can be used to create dangerous traps. Unless the spell or...
• Mechanical Traps - Dungeons are frequently equipped with deadly mechanical (nonmagical) traps.
• Sample Traps - The costs listed for mechanical traps are market prices; those for magic traps are raw material costs.
• Types Of Traps - A trap can be either mechanical or magic in nature.
• Treasure
• Monsters With Treasure - Every monster has a treasure rating (indicating how much treasure it has, although for some creatures the rating is "None").
• Table: Mundane Items
• Wilderness, Weather, & Environment
• Dungeon Terrain
• The Environment - Environmental hazards specific to one kind of terrain (such as an avalanche,...
• Types Of Dungeons - The four basic dungeon types are defined by their current status.
• Wilderness