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7.0 Environment

June 10, 2026

Basics

The environment can have a significant effect on combat. For simplicity environmental effects are broken down into three categories: Cover, Light level, and Verticality. 7.1 Cover Cover is any obstacle between an attacker and a target. Cover is expressed in three levels. Each increasing level of cover makes attacking a target more difficult. To determine…
6.0 Magic

April 20, 2026

Basics

6.1 The Rules of Magic Some characters have access to powerful magic that allows them to deal damage, buff their allies, hinder their enemies, or change the battlefield around them. Some characters will gain access to magic through class advancement, while some were just born with the gift. There are two branches of magic subdivided…
5.0 Weapons & Armor

July 28, 2025

Basics

5.1 Melee Weapons Weapons deal physical damage and can be used as part of the attack action. Every weapon has three primary stats: Attack DC, Damage, and Range. Weapons are grouped into three general categories – Light, Medium, and Heavy. Light WeaponsLight weapons are easy to wield and conceal. They are the easiest to hit…
4.0 Combat

May 18, 2025

Basics

4.1 Basic Rules of Combat Combat Order Combat order in Delver’s Deep progresses in rounds where every creature takes turns in order. At the beginning of a round, each combatant makes a Reflex check. The combat order proceeds in order of highest result to lowest result. In the case of a tie, the combatant with…
3.0 Basic Rules

March 14, 2025

Basics

Dice Delver’s Deep is played with six sided dice (d6’s). When rolling a d6 to determine the result of an attack or action, an unmodified 1 is always a failure and an unmodified 6 is always a success. Stat Checks Most events require a character to make a stat check using a d6 against a…
2.0 Premise and Structure

January 11, 2025

Overview

A core theme of Delver’s Deep is the setting, which is assumed to be a world where the night is full of terrors and the land is full of ruins. Monsters and brigands alike await in the darkness and those few brave (or foolish) enough to take up the sword against them are rewarded in…
1.0 Beginnings

January 7, 2025

Overview

Welcome to Delver’s Deep, a project that aims to develop a combat-focused, rogue-like, tabletop roleplaying game. I have been a Dungeon Master (DM) for Dungeons & Dragons for 15 years, from the time of writing, spanning through 3.5e, 4e, 5e, and now 5.5e. As a personal organizational tool and to enhance clarity for the reader,…