Slay

Slay is a dungeon-crawling adventure game for 3-5 players that blends old and new school sensibilities. In this download you will find a complete 9-page game of dungeoneering goodness. 

In a sea of old-school inspired TTRPGs, what makes Slay so special? 

• Slay has a unique d6 combat system. Roll a red effort die along with your white task dice. Make a decision to either add the effort die to your attack or convert it to a dodge die and keep it to improve your defence. This makes every attack roll a decision: do you go in for damage but potentially leave yourself open? Do you play defensively even though you could potentially deal damage? 
• Tracking turns and light in OSR can be a hassle, so Slay streamlines this. Whenever you take an explore action or a rest your torch dies down. Once you're plunged into darkness things get a whole lot more difficult. 
• There are no levels and no classes. Create the character you want quickly with skills, descriptors and equipment. 
• Death isn't the end! Become a ghost and possess others to continue adventuring.
• Anyone can choose to start with spells with the freeform spell sphere system.
• The GM has a pool of dungeon points that can be spent on room effects, re-rolls or random threats. The dungeoneers making things look easy? Create a gust of wind that blows out their torches, or resurrect a downed foe.
• Factions are key to the game, with each dungeon faction having a rank that the players can help increase or decrease based on their actions as they vie for supremacy in the dungeon.