Skills in Necrocarcerus

From the Necrocarcerus document:

Skills

PCs in Necrocarcerus use Skills: The Middle Road. Tasks succeed on a roll of 5+.

Level of Proficiency	Roll
Unskilled	D6
Skilled	D8
Expert	D10
Master	D12

Starting Skills

PCs start off knowing one skill at Skilled proficiency, plus one additional skill (also at Skilled) for each maximum additional language their intelligence would grant them (per Swords and Wizardry Complete). e.g. a PC with an INT of 12 starts knowing four skills.

Skill Descriptions

Alchemy – Identify and brew potions.
Appraisal – Evaluate the worth of treasure items.
Arcane Lore – Identify magical effects and items
Athletics – Climbing, jumping, running and swimming
Decipher – Break codes, decipher unknown scripts, and understand strange languages
Devices – Disable traps
Disguise – Disguise one’s self or imitate another
Engineering – Analyse features of structures such as slope, height or depth, traps
Foraging – Harvest supplies while traveling
Geography – Avoid getting lost
Healing – Restore HP; Stabilise dying characters
Law – Know the details of and exploit legal systems
Listening – Discern what is out of sight
Pilot – Operate and repair vehicles
Religion – Identify religious artifacts, perform ceremonies
Stealth – Surprise enemies; avoid wandering monsters
Tracking – Identify monsters and animals; follow trails

Training Skills

Level	Roll	Cost for Training	Training Time
Unskilled	D6	0	None
Skilled	D8	1,000	1 month
Expert	D10	5,000	3 months
Master	D12	10,000	6 months.

Petards Stuffed in Cows: A Necrocarcerus Armoury

Here's an extraction of the weapon expertise, feat and training rules, and the weapon tables from the Necrocarcerus house rule document. Parts of this are inspired by Courtney Campbell's Numenhalla weapons tables, as well as the BECMI weapon mastery rules. It is meant to be compatible with Swords and Wizardry Complete. All costs are in obols, the Necrocarcerus equivalent of gold pieces.

Weapon Feats

Each level beyond Proficient provides a cumulative +2 to hit and on damage rolls. Characters using a weapon they are unskilled with deal 1d4 points of damage on a successful hit.

Weapon	Proficient	Skilled	Expert	Master
Broadsword	1d8	Deflect	Bleed	Keen
Claymore	2d6	Disarm	Deflect	Vicious
Club	1d6	Delay	Stun	Knockout
Composite Bow	1d8	Skewer	Vicious	Swift
Crossbow	2d6	Delay	Stagger	Skewer
Dirk	1d4	Swift	Bleed	Keen
Falchion	1d6	Bleed	Keen	Vicious
Francisca	1d6	Delay	Stagger	Swift
Halberd	2d6	Trip	Skewer	Vicious
Lance	1d8	Delay	Skewer	Vicious
Long Bow	1d8	Swift	Skewer	Keen
Maul	2d6	Stagger	Stun	Knockout
Musket	2d6	Stagger	Delay	Stun
Pistol	1d6	Delay	Stagger	Vicious
Quarterstaff	1d8	Trip	Deflect	Swift
Rapier	1d8	Deflect	Disarm	Riposte
Sling	1d6	Stagger	Stun	Knockout
Spear	1d8	Delay	Skewer	Keen
Sparr Axe	1d8	Bleed	Delay	Vicious
Thrown Knife	1d4	Swift	Bleed	Skewer
Warhammer	1d8	Deflect	Delay	Knockout

Expertise Feats

Bleed – Target suffers 1 HP damage / round until they save.
Deflect – Wielder may save to negate one attack / round
Delay – Save or lose initiative next round
Disarm – Save or lose weapon
Keen – Critical hit on natural 19 or 20
Knockout – Save or fall unconscious
Riposte – Wielder may save to counterattack immediately
Skewer – Next round target takes the same damage again
Stagger – Save or can’t move for one round
Stun – Save or can’t attack / cast spells for one round
Swift – Wielder makes two attacks / round on one target
Trip – Save or fall over
Vicious – Wielder rerolls damage, takes higher result

Training Costs for Weapon Expertise

Level	Cost for Training	Training Time
Untrained	0	None
Proficient	1,000	1 week
Skilled	5,000	1 month
Expert	10,000	3 months
Master	20,000	6 months.

Melee Weapons

Weapon	Cost	Wt.	Special	Hands
Broadsword	50	1.5kg	-	1H
Claymore	100	3kg	-	2H
Club	5	0.5kg	Light	1H
Dirk	2	0.5kg	Light	1H
Falchion	50	1kg	Light	1H
Halberd	50	4kg	Reach	2H
Lance	50	2.5kg	-	1H
Maul	100	5kg	-	2H
Quarterstaff	2	1.5kg	Reach	2H
Rapier	50	1kg	-	1H
Spear	5	2kg	Reach	1H
Sparr Axe	50	2kg	-	1H
Warhammer	50	2.5kg	-	1H

Ranged Weapons

Weapon	Cost	Wt.	Rng.	RoF	Special
Composite Bow	100	2kg	100m	1/1
Crossbow	50	3kg	75m	1/2
Francisca	5	0.5kg	10m	2/1	Light
Long Bow	100	3kg	100m	1/1
Musket	100	4.5kg	40m	1/2
Pistol	50	1.5kg	10m	1/2	Light
Sling	2	0.25kg	100m	1/1
Spear	5	2kg	10m	1/1	Reach
Thrown Knife	2	0.25kg	10m	2/1	Light

RoF is number of shots / round. e.g. 1/2 is one shot every other round. 2/1 is two attacks per round.

Other Weapons

Other weapons than the ones listed above cannot be mastered. All characters are proficient in using them.

Weapon	Cost	Damage	Wt.	Rng.	Special
Bolas	2	1d4	0.5kg	10m	Entangles
Blowgun	2	1d4	1kg	10m
Blunderbuss	100	2d6	4.5kg	20m	Cone
Flamethrower	250	2d6	30kg	20m	Burns, Cone
Grenades	10	2d6	0.5kg	10m	Explodes
Holy Water	10	2d6	0.1kg	10m	Burns
Net	5	-	3kg	5m	Entangles
Petard	50	4d10	3kg	-	Explodes
Petrol Bomb	5	1d8	0.5kg	10m	Explodes, Burns
Whip	10	1d4	1kg	-	Entangles, Reach

Ammunition

Type (# of shots)	Cost	Weight	For
Arrows (10)	3	1kg	Bows
Bolts (10)	5	1.5kg	Crossbows
Gasoline (5)	25	5kg	Flamethrowers
Shot & Powder (10)	10	2kg	Guns
Slingstones (10)	1	1.5kg	Sling

Weapon Qualities

Burns - Target suffers 1d6 automatic damage / round until they save
Cone - May attack up to three side-by-side targets simultaneously
Entangles - Target must save or become helpless
Explodes - Everyone within (# of damage dice x 2)m is hit. Save for half
Light – Can be wielded in off-hand
Reach – Can attack from behind someone else