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The Riddle of Steel:
Companion
Brian Leybourne
The Riddle of Steel Companion
The Riddle of Steel:
Companion
Written by: Brian Leybourne
Voices and Prophecy by: Jacob Norwood
Norse Trolls and Variant Damage by: George Thompson
Fine Weapons by: Jean Henri Chandler
Concept Based World Building by: Seth Pease
Followers and Animal Companions by: Shawn Michael Kelley
Developer: George Thompson
Editor: Donald Clarke
Assistant Editor: Brian Leybourne
Cover Painting: David O. Miller
Logo: Rick McCann
Design, Layout: David O. Miller
Illustrations: Christian N. St. Pierre, Colin Throm, David O. Miller
Proofreaders: Andrew Dillon
Dedication
This book is dedicated to John Goff (who put my name in print for the very fi rst time),
Jake Norwood (who put it back in print), and George Thompson (who is currently keeping
it there). And of course to my loving family and friends for all of their support, and to
everyone on the TROS Forums for making this so damn fun.
-Brian Leybourne
Playtesters
Donald
“I thought it was a good idea”
Clarke, Andrew
“NEVER SPLIT THE PARTY!”
Dillon,
Christopher S.
“Sorry that my character attacked you Don. Hey, if I kill him George, can I play
the next Sorcerer?”
Harvey, Ken
“The important thing is, I did it with style!”
Hlavac,
Allan
“I better get back my sword Andy!”
Keane, James
“Red Die!”
Memoli, Adam
“You mean
my character actually survived?”
Packard, George
“You want to do WHAT?”
Thompson
Thanks to Andy Kitowski for his idea of Meta-Priorities
Visit us on the Web at: www.theriddleofsteel.net
Discuss The Riddle of Steel at: www.trosforums.com
The Riddle of Steel, Weyrth, Bladeslingers, The Flower of Battle, Of Beasts and Men, and all
associated names, characters, logos, and marks are trademarks of Driftwood Publishing.
All artwork is © 2005 Driftwood Publishing or the respective artist of each piece thereof. All rights reserved.
The Riddle of Steel Companion
Written by: Brian Leybourne
Contents © 2005 Driftwood Publishing. All rights reserved.
Contents
Oath 47
Passion 47
(Luck) 48
Spending Spiritual Attributes 48
Changing Spirtitual Attributes 52
Drama 52
Introduction 1
Book One:
Character Additions 3
Book Two:
Rules Expansion 55
Character Creation 4
Character Creation (Priority Pick Methods) 4
Character Creation (Priority Allocation) 4
Character Creation (Priority Point Allocation) 5
Character Creation (Random Priority Allocation) 6
Option: Gift/Flaw Selection 7
Character Creation (Character Point Allocation) 8
Option: Racial Selection 11
More Than Human 11
Extending the Racial Priority Chart 12
Option: Epic Priorities 15
Gifts And Flaws: New and Old 17
Gifts 17
Flaws 23
Gift or Flaw 28
Combat Strategy Guide 56
Using Less Common Maneuvers 56
Clever Use of Terrain 57
Use of Stances 58
Weapon Selection 58
Using Skills in Combat 59
Swapping Styles and Weapons 60
Wearing out your Opponent 61
Pick your attack location carefully 61
Missile weapons during melee 62
Attack as a form of defense 63
Evasion as a form of defense 63
Re-attacking old wounds 64
Don’t over-invest dice while attacking 65
Two-weapon combat 66
Skill and Attribute Checks 29
Buying, Managing, and Rolling Skills 29
Rolling Skills 29
Die Pool Modifi ers 30
How many Successes are Needed? 31
Simple Checks 31
Contested Checks 32
Extended Skill Rolls 33
Crafting skill Rolls 33
Extra Degrees of Success 34
Skill Specializations 34
Specializations at Character Creation 36
Skill Defaults as Specializations 36
Attribute Checks 36
New Skills 36
Skill Packets 38
Social Skill Packets 43
Variant Damage System 67
How the New System Works 67
Damage Threshold 68
New Gifts/Flaws to use with this System 69
Encumbrance and Fatigue 70
Encumbrance 70
Fatigue 71
Voices and Prophecy for
The Riddle of Steel 73
Step One: The World Before 73
Step Two: Descent into Hell 74
Step Three: Visitation and Conversion 75
Step Four: Spreading the Word 77
Lesser Saints and TROS: Chosen of the Gods 79
Spiritual Attributes 44
What are Spiritual Attributes? 44
Conscience 45
Destiny 46
Anti-Destiny 46
Drive 47
Faith 47
Followers and Animal Companions 81
Followers and Devoted Servants 82
Acquiring Followers 82
Morale 84
Running Followers 85
The Riddle of Steel Companion
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