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Four Against
Darkness
A solitaire dungeon-delving pen-and-paper game
Four Against Darkness
Revised rules, version 4.0
Written and illustrated by Andrea Sfiligoi
Some art by Heather Shinn and J.M.Woiak of the STINKYGOBLIN
Some art by Jack Badashski
Edited by Craig Whiting
Dungeon flowchart by Victor Jarmusz
Pocket booklets by Wes Camp
Shorthand symbols: Christine Rigby
Playtest and helpful comments: Samuele Mariotti, Andrea Sfiligoi, Craig
Whiting, Victor Jarmusz, Diego Chisena, Diego Riccitelli, Massimo
Moscarelli, Amaury Fourtet, Sophia Brandt, Stephan Beal, Erik Indigo,
and many others.
Cover painted by Andrea Sfiligoi. Reference pictures and models:
fantasystock, valentine_fov_stock, mjranum stock, castock, liancary
stock, phelendavion, minotaur queen, valerianastock, dragon orb
For more rulebooks visit
www.ganeshagames.net
For miniatures visit
www.songofblades.com
Questions? Suggestions? Contact the author at
andreasfiligoi@gmail.com,
via our Facebook (www.facebook.com/ganeshagamesfantasy/), via the
Song
of Blades
Yahoo! Group or the
Song of Blades and Heroes
Facebook group.
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Four Against Darkness
Contents
Credits 2
Contents
3
Treasure table (d6)
34
Magic Treasure table (d6) 34
Vermin table (d6) 35
Minions table (d6)
Boss table (d6)
37
36
Introduction 5
Why Four?
5
Length of the Game 5
Monsters Roll No Dice
Dice Codes 5
Explosive Six Rule
Other Dice
The Party
6
7
7
6
5
Weird Monsters table (d6) 38
Quest table (d6) 39
Epic Rewards table (d6)
40
Moving Through The Dungeon 41
Running out of Paper?
No Room for a Room?
Retracing Your Steps 41
The Final Boss
Time Limits 43
Let’s Get Outta Here! 43
Splitting the Party
44
43
41
41
Creating Your Party
Warrior 8
Cleric
Rogue
9
10
Wizard 11
Barbarian
Elf 13
Dwarf
14
12
Fallen Heroes
44
45
Characters Turned to Stone
Leveling Up 46
Maximum Levels 46
Increasing Life with Level 47
16
Experience Summary 47
Spells
Scrolls
49
49
Halfling 15
Equipment 16
Buying Equipment
Crushing or Slashing? 18
Selling equipment
19
How To Attack Monsters 20
Fleeing Monsters 23
Monster Reactions
Entrance Rooms 25
Room Generation
26
31
23
Encounters 51
Random Spell Table (d6)
Marching Order 51
When Do Monsters Attack?
Defense Roll Modifiers
Who is Attacked? 53
Running Away From Combat
When Monsters Flee 55
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52
50
Room Contents Table (2d6)
Special Feature table (d6) 32
Special Events table (d6)
33
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When Does a Combat End?
Looting 56
Carrying Loot
56
55
Magic Treasure table (d6) 86
Vermin table (d6) 87
Minions table (d6)
87
87
Searching Rooms56
Empty Room Search Table (d6) 56
Wandering Monsters 57
Secret Door 57
Hidden Treasure 58
Clues
58
Random Spell Table (d6)
Hidden Treasure Complication (d6) 87
Boss table (d6)
88
Weird Monsters table (d6) 88
Quest table (d6) 89
Hatred Summary Table
90
Hidden Treasure Complication (d6) 58
Clues and Dying Characters
Traps
62
60
Traps table (d6) 62
Rogues Disarming Traps 63
Locked Doors
Save Versus…
63
64
Things to Remember 65
The RPG-Lite Option 67
Frequently Asked Questions
69
Shorthand Symbols for Room Content
75
Play Sheet
81
Monsters Killed 82
Quick Reference Sheet
84
85
Room Contents Table (2d6)
Special Feature table (d6) 85
Traps table (d6) 85
Special Events table (d6)
Treasure table (d6)
86
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