Bombs

These alchemical creations explode in a variety of ways when expose to air, or when the mix of strange blackpowder within it is ignite, causing the clay jars or pots holding the mixture to shower upon the enemies. It takes a Strength test (3d6 + Strength) to make a good throw, and it at most can go up to 8 yards.

Bombs in the CRPG does good damage at the beginning (the Prima Strategy Guide lists them as doing 80 points of damage), but become lackluster towards the end of the game. As characters in the CRPG starts with 90 to 110 Health, and the PnP version starts with 20 to 35 Health, the bombs all do 3d6 points of damage.

As this is a PnP RPG game where stuff can be more flexible, I have added some side-effects of using those bombs.

Acid Flask: 3d6 nature damage within 4 yards, all targets take 1d6 points of damage next round, and 1d3 the round after. Double the AR for reducing damage from the Acid Flask.

Fire Bomb: 3d6 fire damage within 4 yards, will set flammable substance on fire

Freeze Bomb:3d6 ice damage within 4 yards, puts out fire, creates a thick alchemical fog which gives -2 penalty Attack to those within

Shock Bomb: 3d6 electricity damage within 4 yards, make a Constitution roll with the TN as the damage done or else loses major action

Soulrot Bomb: 3d6 spirit damage within 4 yards, all those who takes more than 12 points of damage suffer -1 penalty to Magic for 1 minute

Arrows

Those arrows are either coated with a susbtance that does elemental damage, or weaved with magic to achieve their effects. Enchanting items is usually left to the Tranquil (or in some cases, a very talent Dwarven savant), and hence it is not possible for PCs to craft their own enchanted items within the constraints of Freleden.

Andraste’s Arrows: Target suffers -2 Magic for one turn if hit
Arrow of Filth: +1 Nature damage
Elf-Flight Arrow: +3 Attack, use 3 Stunt Points to make a target unable to perform a major action
Fire Arrow: +1 fire damage
Ice Arrow: +2 ice damage

Shortbows

Scout Bow: 1 in 6 chance of Aim being  free action*
The Dark Moon: +1 Will Power, AR 2 against Nature damage, Ignore 2 points of AR
The Fox’s Bow: +2 Defense vs. ranged attacks
Whitewood Bow: +2 damage, +1 Stunt Point
Wilds Bow: AR 2 against Nature damage

Longbows

Antivan Longbow: +1 Stunt Points
Bow of the Golden Sun: +2 Attack
Dalish Longbow: 1 in 6 chance of Aim being a free action
Falon’Din’s Reach: +1 damage, 1 in 6 chance of Aim being a free action
Far Song: +2 damage, 1 in 6 chance of Aim being a free action, +1 SP, +3 Attack, add damage from the Dragon die on hit
Mage’s Eye: add damage from half the dragon die on hit, +2 Attack
Marjolaine’s Recurve: +2 Cunning, +2 damage, 1 in 6 chance of Aim being a free action
Spear Thrower: 1 in 6 chance of Aim being a free action, ignore 1 point of AR
Wolf-Killer: +2 damage against undead, +3 damage against beasts

* As a way of balancing the item, the second Aim action (if the player chooses to take it) will not have a chance of being free.

Until Green Ronin comes up with the various steel and metal used to forge weapons in the game, assume the enchanted weapons does base damage as usual. Generious GMs can give damage bonuses based on the material (for example, Iron -1, Grey Iron +0, Steel +1 and so on).

As the PnP system uses a curve instead of a linear system from the CRPG, I halved all stat bonuses by 2, always rounding up (lest some items become useless)

Daggers

Beastman’s Dagger: +1d3 backstab damage
Crow Dagger: +1d6 backstab damage
Darkspawn Dagger: Requires minimum dexterity +1, reduces AR by 1 for this hit
Enchanted Dagger: +2 Attack
Fang: +6 Attack
Gift of the Grey: +1 Stunt Point
Noble’s Dagger: +1 electricity damage
The Rose Thorn: +1 Dexterity, restores 1 HP every 2 round, +1 damage, +1 Stunt Point, +2d6 backstab damage
Thorn of the Gods: +1 damage, reduces AR by 3 for this hit
Thorn of the Dead Gods: +1 damage, reduces AR by 1 for this hit
Varathorn’s Dar’Misu: reduces AR by 2 for this hit, +3 Attack

Shortswords/Longswords

If a name of an item below doesn’t have the word ‘longsword’, whether it is a shortsword or a longsword is up to the GM to decide.

Darkspawn Longsword: Minimum Dexterity +1, reduces AR by 1 for current hit
Dwyn’s Sword: Messy Kills (GM describes death in the most gory manner possible?), +1 to resist rolls vs. spells
Cousland Sword: +1 Damage, +2 Attack, Warrior/Rogue only
Fine Dwarven Blade: +1 Attack
Imperial Edge: +1 damage, +1 Stunt Point, +3 Attack
Keening Blade: Reduce AR by 2 for this hit, +3 Attack, +2 cold damage, Warrior only
King Mairc’s Blade: AR 1 against cold damage, restoratve spells grant +1 Health per die rolled, Warrior only
Oathkeepr: Reduces AR by 2 for this hit, restorative spells grant +1 Health per die rolled
Saw Sword: +1 damage, 1 additional SP if dragon dice is odd
The Green Blade: AR 1 against natural damage, +2 damage against beasts
Topsider’s Honor: AR 2 against natural damage, +1 damage against spirits

Talents, Focus and Equipment

The rules basically extend the game by adding a new talent – the Poison talent, and the Poison ability focus. The focus is a Cunning based skill, and as in the game, it requires at least the Focus to use poison (without accidentally harming yourself). Poison typically works best on edged weapons, and unlike the CRPG, you can apply it on bolts and arrows.

Components for crafting poisons should be rare to come by – no price is listed (yet), and if the players are foraging, a Cunning roll against a difficulty of 11 should be made (if the character is in an environment where such things could grow) to locate the crafting component needed. A downtime of one day minimal is needed for a single flask of poison, which is good for 3 doses. Poison expires within a minute – exposure to air quickly cause them to lose their effectiveness.

Deathroot Extract

Equipment: Deathroot, Flask
Requires: Cunning 1, Novice Poison talent, Poison focus

Attack deals +1 Spirit damage, and you can use 4 Stunt Points to stun the target for 1 round.

Venom

Equipment: Venom Extract, Flask
Requires: Cunning 1, Poison novice talent, Poison focus

Attack deals +1 Spirit damage, and you can use 4 Stunt Points to reduce target’s Speed by 2 and Initiative by 2.

Concentrated Deathroot Extract

Equipment: Deathroot, Flask, Distillation Agent
Requires: Cunning 2, Novice Poison talent, Poison focus

Attack deals +2 Spirit damage, and you can use 3 Stunt Points to stunt the target for 1 round.

Concentrated Venom

Equipment: Venom Extract, Flask, Distillation Agent
Requires: Cunning 2, Novice Poison talent, Poison focus

Attack deals +2 Spirit damage, and you can use 3 Stunt points to reduce target’s Speed by 2 and Initiative by 2.

Crow Poison

Equipment:  Toxin Extract, Deathroot, Distillation Agent, Flask
Requires: Cunning 3, Journeyman Poison talent, Poison focus

Attack deals +3 Spirit damage, and you can use 2 Stunt points to stun target for 1 round.