d20 Vigilance Clash of Stone.pdf

Introduction

Written by: Charles Rice

Layout: Chris Davis

Playtesting: Paula Rice, Corey Hodges,

Edward Lennon

Cover: Standard Stock Art: Issue 3

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Welcome to Clash of Stone , a supplement to let you take

your d20 fantasy game out of the middle ages and into the

Stone Age. Class modiﬁcations, skill advice and a complete

Stone Age weapons and armor list give you everything you

need to take your game back to primordial pre-history.

Variant Stone Age

Races

Primitive Dwarves

Primitive dwarves are identical to standard dwarves except

as noted below.

+2 Constitution, -2 Charisma

Stone afﬁnity: The dwarf’s afﬁnity with stone is a huge

advantage in a world where it is one of the primary building

materials. Dwarves gain a +1 attack roll bonus when

wielding a stone weapon.

Favored Class: Barbarian

To enhance the differences of gaming in the Stone Age, the

following primitive and savage variants on the standard

races are presented. The game master might only use one in

the campaign or she might use both, allowing the players to

travel a world where two stages in evolution walk side by

side, competing for territory and resources.

Primitive Elves

Primitive elves are identical to standard elves except as noted

below.

+2 Dexterity, -2 Constitution

Wood afﬁnity: The elf’s afﬁnity with wood is a huge

advantage in a world where it is one of the primary building

materials. Elves gain a +1 attack roll bonus when wielding a

wood weapon.

Favored Class: Ranger

Primitive Gnomes

Primitive gnomes are identical to standard gnomes

except as noted below.

+2 Constitution, -2 Strength

Fire afﬁnity: Primitive gnomes were

the ﬁrst race to harness ﬁre and use it with

extreme skill as a weapon. Delving deep

into the earth, they have found special

tars that allow their wood weapons to burn

hot for a long period of time. When wielding

a wooden weapon he has had time to prepare with tar, a

gnome can light the weapon on ﬁre, inﬂicting +1d6 damage

on a successful attack. After 10 rounds (1 minute) or at the

end of combat, this weapon becomes unusable.

Favored Class: Bard

Primitive Halflings

Primitive halﬂings are identical to standard halﬂings except

as noted below.

+2 Dexterity, -2 Strength

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Stalking afﬁnity: Though small, halﬂings quickly realized

that stealth and ambush were keys to survival. They inﬂict

+1d6 damage on a target denied his Dexterity bonus for any

reason.

Favored Class: Ranger

Barbarian

The Barbarian is the warrior of the Stone Age world.

Where the Ranger of the Stone Age world represents

the hunters (and Fighters and Paladins do not yet exist),

Barbarians represent the closest thing to a professional

soldier possessed by a Stone Age tribe. This is usually a

matter of disposition more than anything and most warriors

in a Stone Age tribe will have levels both of Ranger and of

Barbarian.

The Barbarian is for those times when subtlety is not

required. No stalking, no ambush, just unleash the savage

side of man and attack. When one tribe needs to attack

another, in a raid for supplies or to drive a tribe from prime

hunting territory, it is the Barbarian who will lead the attack.

Modiﬁcations: The only adjustment needed for this class

is the elimination of the Illiteracy ability, since all classes are

effectively illiterate (since written language has not yet been

invented).

Primitive Half-Elves

Primitive half-elves are identical to standard half-elves

except as noted below.

Loner: Half-elves are outsiders, often forced to survive

alone, at least for a time. They gain a +1 bonus to all attack

and skill checks when operating alone, with the nearest ally

more than 30 feet away.

Favored Class: Any

Primitive Half-Orcs

Primitive half-orcs are identical to standard half-orcs except

as noted below.

+2 Strength, -2 Charisma

Bone Afﬁnity: Half-orcs love to use the bones of fallen

enemies as weapons. When using a bone weapon from a

creature he killed, a half-orc gains a +1 morale bonus to

damage rolls.

Favored Class: Barbarian

Bard

The Bard is the keeper of oral history in a world without

writing of any kind. He is the tribe’s link to their past, a

teacher and keeper of knowledge.

Modiﬁcations: The Bard loses the following skills from

his skill list: Decipher Script and Disguise. He gains the

following skill: Survival.

Spell list modiﬁcations: The Bard loses the following

spells from his spell list: calm emotions, comprehend

languages, detect secret doors, erase, prestidigitation, read

magic, sepia snake sigil, summon monster (I through VI).

He has the following spells added to his spell list:

1st—calm animals, detect snares and pits, endure elements,

summon nature’s ally I; 2nd—bull’s strength, pass without

trace, summon nature’s ally II; 3rd—snare, summon nature’s

ally III; 4th—insect plague, summon nature’s ally IV;

5th—commune with nature, summon nature’s ally V; 6th—

creeping doom, reincarnate, summon nature’s ally VI.

Primitive Humans

Primitive humans are identical to standard humans except as

noted below.

Territorial: Humans are noted for being particularly

protective and willing to ﬁght over what they see as their

territory. When ﬁghting on ground where they have lived for

at least one month, humans gain a +1 morale bonus to attack

and damage rolls.

Favored Class: Any

Savage Races

Savage races represent one small step back on the

evolutionary ladder and are even more savage and primitive

than the races present above. Savage races almost never have

control of ﬁre or the ability to domesticate animals. They

are larger and more brutish than their more evolved cousins.

A savage race is identical to a primitive race except that

Strength is increased by +2 and Intelligence is reduced by

–2.

Cleric

The Cleric does not exist in Stone Age societies, because the

class is a product of organized religion, something not found

until classical societies such as the city-states of Persia and

Greece.

Druid

On the other hand, Druids deﬁnitely exist in Stone Age

societies and are very important members of the tribe.

These teachers and wise men are thought to be the ones who

delivered the secrets of ﬁre and animal domestication from

the gods (or possibly the wise men in the tribe are credited

with making these discoveries themselves).

In extremely primitive civilizations, where making ﬁre has

not yet been discovered, a Druid will likely be the keeper of

Variant Stone Age

Classes

Rather than present new classes, Clash of Stone modiﬁes the

existing classes. This section will provide the mechanical

modiﬁcations necessary to represent Stone Age gaming.

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the ﬂame, that member of the tribe who ensures that a source

of ﬁre is always available, tending the campﬁre and then

removing a small ﬂame and keeping it alive when the tribe

has to move.

damage from any fall).

The ability listed above is gained in addition to the ability

score increase and also has a duration of one minute per

Druid class level.

Totem Shape: At 8 th level the shaman gains the ability to

shape change into his totem animal three times per day.

Totem Quality 2: At 10 th level when the shaman calls on

his patron totem he gains an improved ability: Bear (hands

become natural weapons that inﬂict 1d10 points of damage;

the character does not provoke attacks of opportunity when

attacking unarmed), Rabbit (movement increased by +20 ft.

per round), Ox (the shaman is immune to critical hits), Fox

(the shaman is immune to any attempt to Bluff or Feint),

Eagle (the shaman suffers no falling damage).

Wood/Bone Talker: At 11 th level the shaman can call on

the spirits in wood and bone. He gains 2 Damage Reduction

against all Wood and Bone weapons.

Totem Quality 3: At 12 th level the shaman can call on his

totem animal twice per day.

Totem Quality 4: At 13 th level the shaman can call on his

totem animal three times per day.

Totem Shape 2: At 14 th level the shaman gains the ability

to shape change into his totem animal three additional times

each day.

Stone Talker: At 15 th level the shaman can call on the

spirits in stone. He gains 2 Damage Reduction against all

Stone weapons.

Totem Shape 3: At 16 th level the shaman can shape

change into his totem animal at will, an unlimited number of

times each day.

Spirit Talker: At 18 th level the shaman’s damage reduction

against wood, bone and stone weapons increases to 5.

Spirit Talker 2: At 20 th level the shaman’s damage

reduction against wood, bone and stone weapons increases

to 10.

Druid Variant: Shaman

The shaman is a druid primarily concerned with the health

of his tribe, both physical and spiritual. He serves as an

intermediary between his tribe and spirit world, insuring

that they can live in harmony with the sometimes-dangerous

forces of that unseen world. The shaman is sometimes called

a medicine man but this is not an accurate description of

his true role in the tribe (not to mention the fact that many

“medicine men” are in fact women).

Song and dance are often important components of a

shaman’s ability to communicate with the spirit world and

many shaman will have levels in the Bard class as well as the

Druid class.

Class Skills: The shaman adds the following skills to his

class skill list: Perform (dance, drums, singing).

Class Features

The shaman has all the standard druid class features,

except as noted below.

Wild Shape: A shaman does not gain the ability to change

shape. This not only includes all abilities with Wild Shape

in the name but also the Thousand Faces and Timeless Body

class abilities.

Mediator: At 1 st level the shaman has completed his

training and commands a special respect from those around

him. His insight grants him a bonus to all Diplomacy skill

checks equal to his Druid class level.

Sleep Walker: At 5 th level the shaman gains the ability

to transfer his consciousness from his physical body to his

spiritual while he is sleeping. This allows the shaman to

make both Listen and Spot skill checks at no penalty while

sleeping. Essentially, the shaman’s spirit could be seen as an

extension of himself, standing over him while he is asleep.

This spirit extension allows the shaman to see and hear

anything he could if he were awake.

Totem Animal: At 6 th level the shaman gains a patron

totem, based on his highest ability score: Strength (Bear),

Dexterity (Rabbit), Constitution (Ox), Intelligence (Fox),

Wisdom (Owl), Charisma (Eagle). Once per day the shaman

can call on his totem animal to increase the listed score by

2d4 points for one minute per Druid class level.

Totem Quality: At 7 th level when the shaman calls

on his patron totem he gains an additional ability: Bear

(hands become natural weapons that inﬂict a base 1d6

points of damage; the character does not provoke attacks of

opportunity when attacking unarmed), Rabbit (movement

increased by +10 ft. per round), Ox (the shaman cannot be

grappled or tripped), Fox (the shaman gains bonus to Hide

and Move Silently skills equal to his Druid class level), Owl

(the shaman gains a bonus to Spot and Listen checks equal

to his Druid class level), Eagle (the shaman suffers minimum

Fighter

The Fighter does not exist in Stone Age societies. The

Fighter is a professional warrior, an occupation Stone Age

societies cannot afford. When warfare occurs it is usually

incidental or very brief, with a speciﬁc objective in mind,

such as raiding a rival tribe for supplies or defending a

valuable hunting ground.

Monk

The Monk does not exist in Stone Age societies. Like the

Fighter and the Cleric, the Monk requires a society capable

of supporting non-hunter/gatherers. Even Druids, the closest

thing a Stone Age society has to a priest, are expected to aid

the tribe in obtaining food and protection from the elements.

Paladin

The Paladin does not exist in Stone Age societies. This is

a specialized career that leaves no time for hunting and

gathering. As such it is not something a Stone Age tribe will

have enough food to support.

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Ranger

The Ranger is the master hunter of the Stone Age world and

is a necessary member for any Stone Age tribe to prosper. All

males in a Stone Age society (and many women) will possess

at least one level in this class.

gains a bonus to his movement of +10’ per round. Also, a

hunter with this ability provokes no attacks of opportunity

from movement when ﬁghting favored enemies.

If the hunter’s hit points are 50% or less, he gains an

additional +10’ per round to his movement.

If the hunter’s hit points are 25% or less he gains an

addition 10’ per round to his movement, cumulative with the

standard bonus and the bonus for being less that 50% (for a

total movement bonus of +30’ per round).

This bonus is cumulative with the Barbarian movement

bonus if the hunter is multi-classed.

The hunter only gains this improved movement bonus if he

is wearing light or no armor.

Animal Companion: The hunter gains an animal

companion at 4 th level but his initial selection is limited to

creatures that can assist the hunter in tracking prey. Typically

this means the hunter is restricted to a dog, hawk or wolf

though the game master can allow any creature from the

usual list at his discretion.

Spells: The hunter does not learn spells as a Ranger does.

He spends too much time hunting and defending his tribe to

study with the shaman.

Tribal Defender: The hunter is a defender of his tribe and

at 4 th level he may treat anyone or anything that attacks his

tribe as if they were one of his favored enemies. Should the

creature actually be a favored enemy, the hunter gains double

the usual bonus to skill checks and damage rolls.

Stalker: At 4 th level and above the hunter gains a +2

bonus to Hide and Move Silently checks against his favored

enemies.

Improved Combat Style: At 6 th level the hunter gains an

additional ability based on the combat style he selected at 2 nd

level.

Fight: If the hunter chose ﬁght for his combat style at 2 nd

level he can make a Feral Strike against any creature that

is ﬂat-footed or ﬂanked. This use of the Feral Strike ability

does not count against the once per day the hunter can use

that ability with any attack.

Flight: If the hunter chose ﬂight for his combat style at 2 nd

level gains the following abilities:

+2 Dodge bonus to AC in any round where the hunter

moves a distance equal to his normal movement (this applies

if the hunter attacks a target then moves away, makes a

charge attack at a target, or even if he is just moving).

The hunter no longer provokes attacks of opportunity due

to movement from anyone.

The hunter does not gain this ability in armor heavier than

light armor.

Combat Style Mastery: At 11 th level the hunter gains an

additional ability based on the combat style he selected at 2 nd

level.

Fight: If the hunter chose ﬁght for his combat style at 2 nd

level any critical threat rolled while making a feral strike is

automatically conﬁrmed.

Flight: If the hunter chose ﬂight for his combat style at 2 nd

Ranger Variant: Hunter

The hunter is the master of the wild, a hero to his tribe

because he brings in food and also protects the tribe from

dangerous predatory animals. His skills keep the tribe alive

in both ways, in a world where mankind is both hunter and

hunted.

Class Features

The hunter has all the standard Ranger class features,

except as noted below.

Wild Empathy: The hunter does not gain this class ability.

He spends too much time combating animals to empathize

with them.

Hunt or be hunted: The hunter gains the ability to

intimidate an animal, either causing it to avoid an area

entirely (making it safer for his tribe) or herding it to a

speciﬁc location (where he has companions in wait, a trap set

up, or to a naturally dangerous area such as a cliff or bog).

The hunter rolls 1d20 and adds his Charisma modiﬁer as

well as his Ranger class level. The animal resists this with

a level check. If this fails, the animal will avoid the area for

24 hours or move in the direction the hunter wishes for 1-4

rounds.

To use this ability, the hunter and the animal must be

within 30 feet of one another (for herding an animal) or the

animal must come within 30 feet of the protected area.

Herding an animal to a speciﬁc place thus usually requires

several checks.

The hunter gains a +2 bonus to this check if he has a ﬁre

source, or a +4 bonus if he a fur belonging to a creature size

Large or larger (these bonuses do not stack). If the hunter

is protecting an area, this fur must be within 30 feet of that

area.

Favored Enemy: The hunter must choose animal as his

ﬁrst favored enemy. Subsequent to 1 st level this ability is

gained normally.

Combat Style: Instead of the combat styles depicted in the

Ranger class, the hunter gains the ability to choose from the

following combat styles: Fight or Flight.

The Fight combat style focuses on ending ﬁghts quickly,

while the Flight style focuses on movement and living to

ﬁght another day.

Fight: If the hunter selects ﬁght as his combat style, he

gains the ability to make a Feral Strike once per day. This

attack has an attack bonus equal to the hunter’s Wisdom

modiﬁer and a damage bonus equal to his level.

If the target of a feral attack is one of the hunter’s favored

enemies, he gains an additional +2 bonus to his attack roll

when making a Feral Strike.

Flight: If the hunter chooses the Flight combat style, he

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