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Less Rules, More Imagination!

Prepare to be introduced to the

old style of free form gaming!

Swords & Wizardry: WhiteBox is

inspired by the original 1974

fantasy role-playing game created

by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.

These rules are flexible and open

to interpretation - designed not to

cover all conceivable situations,

but to allow good Referees and

Players the freedom to create and

play games of their own design.

Published under license from Mythmere Games.

and Marv Breig and is the property of Mythmere Games.

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EDITION

WhiteBox

BOOKS I–IV

By Marv Breig

Based upon the Swords & Wizardry: Core Rules by Matthew J. Finch

Kann, Jef Preston, and Chad horson

Design and Typography: Jesse Rothacher

Editors: Jason Cone, Allan T. Grohe, Jr., Jerry Mapes, and Jesse Rothacher

Additional editing and prooing: Scott Casper, fandomaniac, Eric Norred,

Lord Kilgore, Kuburanar, Lee Reynoldson, and the Swords & Wizardry forum

With special thanks to Jason Cone, Allan T. Grohe, Jr., and Jerry R. Mapes

Dedicated to Dave Arneson (1947–2009), E. Gary Gygax (1938–2008), and

Jerry R. Mapes (1965–2009)

Published by Brave Halling Publishing

Second Print Edition—1 January 2010

MYTHMERE GAMES™

www.swordsandwizardry.com

Table of Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i

Chapter 6: Spells

Cleric Spell List. . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Magic-user Spell List . . . . . . . . . 26

Spells (alphabetical order) . . . . . . 27

Chapter 1: Getting Started

Rule Number One . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Dice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Character Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Attribute Scores . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Universal Attribute Bonus . . . . 2

Experience Bonus. . . . . . . . . 3

Hit Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Starting Gold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Chapter 7: Running the Game

Designing an Adventure . . . . . . . 4 9

Creating a Campaign . . . . . . . . . 50

Experience Points . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Scale of Advancement . . . . . 51

Chapter 2: Character Classes

he Cleric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

he Fighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

he Magic-user. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Chapter 8: Monsters

Reading Monster Entries . . . . . . . 5 3

Monster Attack Table. . . . . . 55

Monster Descriptions . . . . . . . . . 55

Better Monsters . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Monster Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Creating Monsters . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Chapter 3: Character Races

he Dwarf. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

he Elf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

he Halling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Alignment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Character Retirement . . . . . . . . . 12

Chapter 9: Treasure

Treasure Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

5,000 gp Trade Out . . . . . . . 85

1,000 gp Trade Out . . . . . . . 85

100 gp Trade Out . . . . . . . . 86

Magic Potion Descriptions . . . . . . 87

Protection Scroll Descriptions . . . . 8 9

Unusual Weapon Descriptions . . . 9 1

Unusual Armor Descriptions . . . . 9 1

Greater Wand Descriptions . . . . . 93

Ring Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Staf Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Misc. Magic Item Descriptions . . . 98

Cursed Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Chapter 4: Items and Equipment

Equipment Weight. . . . . . . . . . . 13

Calculating Armor Class . . . . . . . 15

Comparing Armor Class Systems . . 16

Hiring Assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Chapter 5: Playing the Game

Gaining Experience . . . . . . . . . . 17

Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Movement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Combat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Determine Initiative . . . . . . 18

he Attack Roll . . . . . . . . . 19

Speciic Situations. . . . . . . . 20

Ascending AC Combat. . . . . 23

Turning the Undead. . . . . . . . . . 22

Gameplay Example . . . . . . . . . . 23

Publishing Your Own Material . . . . . 105

Introduction

SWORDS & WIZARDRY: WHITEBOX is a fantasy role-playing game. he

rules are extremely short compared to the multi-paged rule libraries required

to play most modern games. Yet, this game contains within itself the soul of

mythic fantasy and the kindling of wonder. he game is powerful because it’s

encapsulated by such a small formula—like a genie imprisoned in the small

compass of an unremarkable lamp. his game serves as a good introduction for

those learning how to play fantasy games, and is the ultimate tool for the expert

Referee who customizes his worlds with variant rules (as it’s always easier to

add rules than to untangle them away).

And remember, with SWORDS & WIZARDRY: WHITEBOX, you are free to

publish your own adventures, house-rules, and any other sort of materials de-

signed for this game. Guidelines and requirements are at the end of the book.

– Matthew J. Finch

Like an archaeologist unearthing ancient ruins, my task was to uncover and

preserve the very essence of what made role-playing so great during the genesis

of the hobby. hese rules are designed to maintain the spirit and philosophy of

the oldest of gaming models, back in the days where rules weren’t supposed to

be “complete”—because half of the fun was making up your own!

I have been playing role-playing games since 1975, when I irst discovered a fun

game in a little white box, and I enjoy giving the reader of this book the oppor-

tunity to discover the lavor of what I found so many decades ago. I would like

to thank Matthew Finch for giving me the opportunity to do this, Jason Cone

for his wonderful suggestions, and, to quote Sir Isaac Newton: “If I have seen

further it is only by standing on the shoulders of giants.”

– Marv Breig

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