The Unlit Spires
无光之峰 · a Dungeons & Dragons world
A thousand stone towers. One moment of light each morning. And someone putting the towers out, one by one. 一千座石峰。每天早晨只有一瞬间的光。还有一个人，正在一座座地把它们熄灭。
无光之峰 · a Dungeons & Dragons world
A thousand stone towers. One moment of light each morning. And someone putting the towers out, one by one. 一千座石峰。每天早晨只有一瞬间的光。还有一个人，正在一座座地把它们熄灭。
Read this first. It is the one idea everything else comes from. 先读这一段。其他所有内容都源于这一个想法。
A thousand stone towers stand in a green valley. They are made of limestone. Warm rain cut them over millions of years. They are the tallest things here. So the sun touches them first. 一千座石峰矗立在绿色的山谷中。它们由石灰岩构成，是温暖的雨水在数百万年间雕刻而成的。它们是这里最高的东西，所以阳光最先照到它们。
Then something strange happens. For one short moment at dawn, the light carries information. It is not just bright. It has a pattern, like speech. Dwarves, elves and halflings can read that pattern. It is how they talk to the Creator. They call it First Light. 然后，奇怪的事发生了。黎明时分，在短短的一瞬间，光携带着信息。它不只是明亮，它有一种像语言一样的图案。矮人、精灵和半身人能读懂这种图案。这是他们与造物主交谈的方式。他们称之为晨光。
Humans hear nothing at all. Nobody knows why. It is the oldest question in the world. 人类什么也听不到。没有人知道为什么。这是这个世界上最古老的问题。
English narration. Turn on 中文 above for Chinese subtitles. 英文旁白。点击上方的「中文」按钮可显示中文字幕。
Four kinds of people live in this world. If these words are new to you, read this first. 这个世界上住着四种人。如果你对这些词还不熟悉，请先读这一段。
They are not animals and they are not magic creatures. They are people. They talk, work, cook, argue and fall in love. They are just built a little differently from each other. 他们不是动物，也不是什么魔法生物。他们就是人：会说话、会工作、会做饭、会争吵、会相爱。只是身体构造彼此稍有不同。
| People | 中文 | How tall | Lives about | The light |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halfling | 半身人 | 3 ft · 90 cm | 150 years | hears it |
| Dwarf | 矮人 | 4 ft · 120 cm | 350 years | hears it |
| Elf | 精灵 | 6 ft · 180 cm | 700 years | hears it best |
| Human | 人类 | 5½ ft · 170 cm | 80 years | hears nothing |
Halflings are small people. A grown halfling is about three feet tall. They are adults, not children. 半身人是身材矮小的人。成年半身人大约三英尺（90 厘米）高。他们是成年人，不是小孩。
They have round faces and curly hair. Their feet are big and hairy. They do not wear shoes. 他们脸盘圆润，头发卷曲，双脚宽大且长着毛。他们不穿鞋。
They love food, gardens and home. They are quiet and brave. They are also famously lucky. 他们喜爱美食、花园和家。他们安静而勇敢，而且以「运气好」闻名。
Dwarves are short and very strong. A dwarf is about four feet tall. They are wide and heavy. 矮人身材矮壮，力量很大，大约四英尺（120 厘米）高，身体宽厚结实。
Most dwarves grow long beards. They live about 350 years, so a dwarf of 68 is still young. 大多数矮人会蓄长胡子。他们能活约 350 年，所以 68 岁的矮人还很年轻。
They cut stone and work metal. They build cities inside mountains. They are stubborn, they keep promises, and their jokes are very dry. 他们开凿石头、锻造金属，在山体内部建造城市。他们固执、守信，讲的笑话极其冷。
Elves are tall and thin. Their ears are pointed. They look young for hundreds of years. 精灵身材高瘦，耳朵尖尖。他们能在数百年间保持年轻的外貌。
They live 700 years or more. They do not sleep. They rest for four hours with their eyes open. 他们能活 700 年甚至更久。他们不睡觉，而是睁着眼睛休息四个小时。
They see and hear better than other people. They are patient, and they are slow to change their minds. 他们的视觉和听觉都优于其他种族。他们很有耐心，也很难改变主意。
Humans are people like you and me. They are the most common people in most worlds. 人类就是像你我一样的人。在大多数世界里，他们是数量最多的种族。
They live the shortest lives — about 80 years. So they hurry. They build fast, learn fast, and change fast. 他们的寿命最短，大约 80 年。所以他们总在赶路：建造得快、学习得快、改变得也快。
In other books halflings are sometimes called hobbits. It is the same idea. D&D says halfling. 在别的书里，半身人有时被称作霍比特人，指的是同一类人。D&D 里的说法是「半身人」。
New to the game? Start here. You can learn it in ten minutes. 第一次玩？从这里开始。十分钟就能学会。
Dungeons & Dragons is a game you play with friends. People say D&D. You do not need a board. You need dice, paper, and your imagination. 《龙与地下城》是一款和朋友一起玩的游戏，人们简称它 D&D。你不需要棋盘，只需要骰子、纸和想象力。
One player is the Dungeon Master. People say DM. The DM describes the world. The DM plays every person you meet. The DM is not your enemy. 其中一位玩家担任地下城主，简称 DM。DM 负责描述这个世界，并扮演你遇到的每一个人。DM 不是你的敌人。
Each other player controls one hero. In this world, that is Austin, Bruce or Enoch. You say what your hero does. The DM says what happens next. 其他每位玩家控制一位英雄。在这个世界里，就是奥斯汀、布鲁斯或以诺。你说出你的英雄做什么，DM 说出接下来发生什么。
When something is hard or risky, you roll dice. Nobody wins the game. The group makes a story together. 当事情困难或有风险时，你就掷骰子。没有人会「赢得」这个游戏，大家一起创造一个故事。
D&D uses seven dice. The number says how many sides it has. A d6 has six sides. A d20 has twenty sides. D&D 使用七种骰子。数字表示它有几个面：d6 有六个面，d20 有二十个面。
The d20 is the important one. You roll it for almost everything. d20 是最重要的一种。几乎所有事情都用它来掷。
Almost every action uses the same rule. It is very simple. 几乎所有行动都用同一条规则。它非常简单。
The target number is called the Difficulty Class. People say DC. The DM chooses it. 这个目标数字叫做难度等级，简称 DC，由 DM 决定。
| Task | DC | 中文 |
|---|---|---|
| Easy — climb a low wall | 10 | 简单 · 爬上矮墙 |
| Medium — pick a good lock | 15 | 中等 · 撬开好锁 |
| Hard — climb a wet spire | 20 | 困难 · 爬上湿滑的石峰 |
| Very hard — read dead light | 25 | 极难 · 解读死去的光 |
Bruce wants to climb a spire. Pick a difficulty and roll. 布鲁斯想爬上一座石峰。选择难度，然后掷骰。
Sometimes you roll two d20s instead of one. With advantage you keep the higher one. With disadvantage you keep the lower one. 有时你要掷两个 d20 而不是一个。拥有优势时保留较高的那个；处于劣势时保留较低的那个。
In a fight it works the same way, but with 2d6. You roll 3d6 and keep the best two, or the worst two. 在战斗中道理相同，只是改用 2d6：掷 3d6，保留最高或最低的两颗。
Austin has help from the light at dawn, so he rolls with advantage. A hero in the dark rolls with disadvantage. 奥斯汀在黎明时得到光的帮助，所以他以优势掷骰。身处黑暗中的英雄则以劣势掷骰。
Every hero has six numbers. Each number gives a modifier. That is the number you add to your roll. 每位英雄都有六个数值。每个数值对应一个调整值，也就是你掷骰时要加上的数字。
| Ability | 中文 | It means | Who uses it here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strength (STR) | 力量 | How hard you push and lift. | climbing, forcing a door |
| Dexterity (DEX) | 敏捷 | How quick and quiet you are. | Bruce — hiding, daggers |
| Constitution (CON) | 体质 | How tough you are. | cold nights on the river |
| Intelligence (INT) | 智力 | What you know and work out. | Enoch — his spells |
| Wisdom (WIS) | 感知 | What you notice and feel. | Austin — his spells |
| Charisma (CHA) | 魅力 | How well you talk to people. | Auntie Pim's teahouse |
| Score 数值 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modifier 调整值 | −1 | +0 | +1 | +2 | +3 | +4 |
A saving throw is a roll to avoid something bad. Poison, fire, a fall, a trap. Same rule: d20 plus a modifier against a DC. 豁免检定是为了躲避坏事而掷的骰：毒药、火焰、坠落、陷阱。规则相同：d20 加调整值，对抗一个 DC。
Spells do not use saving throws. A hostile spell is a contest against your Ward. See the fight rules. 法术不使用豁免检定。敌对法术是一次对抗，对抗你的抗魔值。参见战斗规则。
A fight happens in rounds. One round is about six seconds. Everybody gets one turn each round. 战斗以轮进行。一轮大约六秒。每一轮里每个人都有一个回合。
First, everybody rolls 2d6 and adds their DEX modifier. The highest number goes first. You keep that order every round. 首先，每个人掷 2d6 并加上敏捷调整值。数字最高的人先行动。之后每一轮都保持这个顺序。
On your turn you can move and take one action. Some heroes also get a bonus action. Bruce gets one. He can hide as a bonus action, which is why he is hard to hit. 在你的回合，你可以移动并进行一个动作。部分英雄还能进行一个附赠动作，布鲁斯就有。他可以用附赠动作躲藏，所以很难被击中。
| Action | 中文 | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Attack | 攻击 | Swing a weapon at an enemy. |
| Cast a Spell | 施法 | Use one of your spells. It costs magic points. |
| Dash | 冲刺 | Move twice as far. |
| Dodge | 闪避 | Your Parry and Dodge go up by 2. |
| Hide | 躲藏 | Try to be unseen. Roll Stealth. |
| Help | 帮助 | Give a friend advantage on one roll. |
| Disengage | 撤离 | Move away without being hit. |
An attack is a contest. You roll 2d6 and add your attack score. The defender rolls 2d6 and adds their defence score. 攻击是一次对抗：你掷 2d6 加上你的攻击值，防御方掷 2d6 加上他们的防御值。
The higher total wins. A tie goes to the defender, so a tie is a miss. 总数高的一方获胜。平局算防御方赢，所以平局就是落空。
There are three attack scores and three defence scores. Each one is built from your class, your level and your traits. The fight rules page has all six formulas. 共有三个攻击值和三个防御值，它们由你的职业、等级和属性构成。六个公式都在战斗规则页上。
| You attack with | 中文 | They defend with | 中文 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melee Attack | 近战攻击 | Parry | 格挡 |
| Missile Attack | 远程攻击 | Dodge | 闪避 |
| Magic Attack | 法术攻击 | Ward | 抗魔 |
When you win, you roll your weapon’s dice. Then the defender takes off their absorb. Armour soaks damage here. It never stops a hit. 获胜后，掷你武器的伤害骰。然后防御方减去自己的吸收值。在这里护甲吸收伤害，从不阻止命中。
Take what is left off the enemy’s hit points. People say HP. A hit always does at least 1. At 0 hit points the enemy falls. 把剩下的伤害从敌人的生命值（简称 HP）中扣除。任何命中至少造成 1 点伤害。生命值降到 0 时，敌人倒下。
Bruce attacks at +5. The zombie parries at −2 and has 22 hit points. Bruce does 1d6+3, and sneak attack adds 2d6. The zombie attacks at +3 against Bruce’s Parry of +5, and his leather absorbs 1. 布鲁斯以 +5 发动攻击。僵尸格挡值 −2，生命值 22。布鲁斯伤害 1d6+3，偷袭额外 2d6。僵尸以 +3 攻击布鲁斯 +5 的格挡值，而他的皮甲吸收 1 点。
At 0 hit points your hero falls down. They are not dead yet. On each of your turns you roll a d20. This is a death saving throw. 生命值降到 0 时，你的英雄倒下，但还没有死。此后每个回合你掷一个 d20，这叫死亡豁免检定。
| You roll | Result | 中文 |
|---|---|---|
| 10 or more | One success. | 一次成功 |
| 9 or less | One failure. | 一次失败 |
| Three successes | Your hero is stable. | 英雄稳定下来 |
| Three failures | Your hero dies. | 英雄死亡 |
A friend can help. If Austin heals you for even one hit point, you stand up. This is why the party does not leave him behind. 同伴可以施以援手。只要奥斯汀为你治疗哪怕 1 点生命值，你就能站起来。这就是队伍绝不丢下他的原因。
The places and the people. Tap 🔊 to hear a name, or more to read about it. 这里是地名和人物。点击 🔊 听发音，点击「more」阅读详情。
North is up. North is also where the spires are already dead. 上方是北方。北方也正是石峰已经死去的地方。
Shanmu is not a spire. She is far bigger than all of them. 山母不是一座石峰。她比所有石峰都大得多。
Shanmu is wide enough that her top holds farms. She is tall enough that her shoulders sit in cloud. She hears the light before anyone else in the world. Three peoples share her, stacked one above the other. 山母宽阔到山顶可以耕种，高耸到山肩常年浸在云中。她比世上任何人都更早听见光。三个民族分层共享着她。
Not everyone in the Shadow Side is human. Dwarves, elves and halflings live there too. And something quiet happens to them. 暗巷里并不全是人类，也住着矮人、精灵和半身人。而在他们身上，会悄悄发生一件事。
They work at night. They sleep in the day. They stop going outside at dawn. They miss one morning, then a week of mornings, then a whole season. The light does not punish them. It just gets quieter. One day it is not there at all. 他们夜里干活，白天睡觉，渐渐不再在黎明时走到户外。他们错过一个早晨，然后是一周，然后是一整季。光并不惩罚他们，它只是越来越安静。直到某一天，它彻底消失了。
People call them the Dimmed. They are not evil. They are not dead. They are Listening Kin who cannot hear any more. 人们称他们为失光者。他们不邪恶，也没有死。他们只是再也听不见的聆听之民。
This is the part outsiders get wrong. A halfling rogue is not in Nine Lanterns to get rich. A rogue is there to find the Dimmed and take them back to the lit side of the world. 这正是外人误解最深的地方。半身人盗贼来到九灯城，不是为了发财。他们是为了找到失光者，把他们带回世界有光的那一边。
It works like this. The rogue goes into the Shadow Side and finds one of them. They get that person out of the alleys, out of the city, and out to a valley where a living spire still stands. Then they wait together for sunrise. Halflings call this a Dawn Walk. 过程是这样的：盗贼潜入暗巷，找到其中一个人，把他带出小巷、带出城市，一直带到还有活着的石峰的山谷。然后两人一起等待日出。半身人把这称为晨行。
Most of the Dimmed only drifted away, and what drifts away can be walked back. But some gave the light away on purpose. Those ones hear nothing, and the rogue walks home alone. 大多数失光者只是慢慢飘远了，而飘远的东西可以被走回来。但也有人是主动交出了自己的光。那些人什么也听不见，盗贼只能独自走回去。
Bruce has a long, funny, well-practised speech about why taking from a smuggler is not really theft. He gives it to anyone who asks. He has never once mentioned the other thing he does. 关于「从走私犯那里拿东西算不上偷」，布鲁斯有一套又长又好笑、早已滚瓜烂熟的说辞。谁问他都讲。可他从来没提过自己做的另一件事。
A cleric who hears the light, a thief who moves in the dark, and a sage who worked out how the light works. 一位听得见光的牧师，一位穿行于黑暗的盗贼，还有一位弄懂了光之原理的贤者。
He has heard First Light from the highest town in the world every morning of his life. He has never got used to it. He makes tea, asks after your mother, and notices when you have not eaten. 他一生中的每个早晨，都在世界最高的小镇上聆听晨光，却从未习以为常。他会泡茶，会问候你的母亲，也会注意到你还没吃饭。
“I don't think it's frightened of us. I think it's just very old, and nobody has sat with it.”
Bruce knows the gaps. In this country you cannot climb over anything, so every road is a puzzle of holes and caves. He is one of six people who can take you north. In winter he works the Shadow Side — and he has walked nine of the Dimmed back to the lit side of the world. 布鲁斯熟悉每一处缝隙。在这片土地上你无法翻越任何东西，所以每条路都是洞穴与缝隙的谜题。他是仅有的六个能带你北上的人之一。冬天他在暗巷讨生活——而且他已经把九位失光者带回了世界有光的那一边。
“Six days over the top, and you'll be alive at the end. Or a day and a half under. — Right. I'll pack the extra rope.”
Enoch asked the wrong question in public and paid for it for eight years. He said the spires are the machine, and that a machine can be broken. The Archive called it alarming and shelved him. He was right. 以诺在公开场合问了一个不该问的问题，为此付出了八年。他说石峰就是那台机器，而机器是可以被破坏的。档案馆称之为「危言耸听」，把他束之高阁。他是对的。
“The tower isn't catching the sun. The tower is handing it on. … We should go now, I think.”
He is not angry. That is the frightening part. 他并不愤怒。这才是最可怕的地方。
He was an elf. His name was Wei Lan. He read First Light better than anyone alive. He was gentle. 他曾是精灵，名叫伟岚。他比任何活着的人都更懂晨光。他曾经很温和。
Then his sister died in a winter, and the light gave no warning. He asked the dawn why. He asked every morning for forty years. He got the same patient silence. 后来，他的妹妹在一个冬天死去，而光没有给出任何警告。他向黎明发问，四十年来每天早晨都问。他得到的始终是同样耐心的沉默。
So he asked something else. A power that lives where light does not reach. It answered him at once, in words. That is the whole trap: it replies. 于是他转而询问别的东西——一个栖身于光照不到之处的力量。它立刻用言语回答了他。这就是全部的陷阱：它会回应。
The deal took his light. He did not understand the price until the next morning, when the sun came up and said nothing to him. It has said nothing since. 这笔交易夺走了他的光。直到第二天早晨太阳升起、却对他一言不发时，他才明白代价。从此，它再没说过话。
So he kills towers. He grows a rot in the caves below a spire until its stone goes black. Eleven valleys have gone quiet. The dead in them wake the next morning and follow him. They walk in daylight without trouble, because they are already unlit — the sun has nothing left to say to them. People call that army the Grey Tide. 所以他杀死石峰。他在石峰下的洞穴中培育一种腐败，直到岩石变黑。已有十一个山谷陷入沉寂。那里的死者在第二天早晨醒来，跟随着他。他们能在白天自如行走，因为他们本就没有光——太阳对他们已无话可说。人们称这支军队为灰潮。
Sections 04 and 05 taught you the idea. This is the reference you keep open while you play. 第 04 和 05 节讲的是原理。这一节是你游戏时随时查阅的速查表。
Six steps. It takes about twenty minutes the first time. 六个步骤。第一次做大约需要二十分钟。
| Step | 中文 | What you do |
|---|---|---|
| 1 · People | 种族 | Halfling, dwarf, elf or human. This changes your size, speed and a few gifts. |
| 2 · Class | 职业 | What you do in the party. See the table below. |
| 3 · Abilities | 属性 | Six numbers. Roll them, or use the standard set: 15, 14, 13, 12, 10, 8. |
| 4 · Background | 背景 | Your old job. Austin was an acolyte. Bruce was a guide. Enoch was a sage. |
| 5 · Numbers | 数值 | Work out your hit points, your six combat scores and your skills. |
| 6 · Kit | 装备 | Take your class's starting gear. Write down your weapon's damage dice. |
Your proficiency bonus is +2 at low levels. You add it to anything you are trained in: your good skills, your weapons, your spells. 你的熟练加值在低等级时是 +2。凡是你受过训练的项目都要加上它：你擅长的技能、你的武器、你的法术。
| Class | 中文 | What they do | Main ability | Hit die |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleric | 牧师 | Heals, blesses, and burns undead. | WIS | d8 |
| Rogue | 盗贼 | Sneaks, opens locks, strikes once and hard. | DEX | d8 |
| Wizard | 法师 | Studies spells from a book. | INT | d6 |
| Fighter | 战士 | Fights better than anyone, all day. | STR or DEX | d10 |
| Ranger | 游侠 | Tracks, shoots, and knows the wild. | DEX + WIS | d10 |
| Bard | 吟游诗人 | Talks, helps friends, knows a bit of everything. | CHA | d8 |
Every roll in the game is one of these three. Two of them use a d20 against a number. The third is a contest, and both sides roll 2d6. 游戏中的每一次掷骰都属于这三种之一。其中两种用 d20 对抗一个数字，第三种是对抗检定，双方都掷 2d6。
| Roll | 中文 | You use it to | Against |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ability check · d20 | 属性检定 | Do something hard: climb, listen, lie, lift. | a DC |
| Saving throw · d20 | 豁免检定 | Avoid something bad: poison, fire, a fall. | a DC |
| Attack contest · 2d6 | 攻击对抗 | Hit an enemy. | their 2d6 + defence |
A skill is just an ability check you are good at. Each one belongs to an ability. 技能其实就是你擅长的属性检定。每项技能都归属于某一项属性。
| Ability | Skills | 中文 |
|---|---|---|
| STR 力量 | Athletics | 运动 |
| DEX 敏捷 | Acrobatics, Sleight of Hand, Stealth | 杂技、巧手、隐匿 |
| INT 智力 | Arcana, History, Investigation, Nature, Religion | 奥秘、历史、调查、自然、宗教 |
| WIS 感知 | Animal Handling, Insight, Medicine, Perception, Survival | 驯兽、洞悉、医药、察觉、生存 |
| CHA 魅力 | Deception, Intimidation, Performance, Persuasion | 欺瞒、威吓、表演、说服 |
Do these in order and you cannot go wrong. 按这个顺序进行，就不会出错。
| # | Step | 中文 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roll initiative | 掷先攻 | 2d6 + DEX. Once only, at the start. Highest goes first. |
| 2 | Move | 移动 | Up to your speed. You can split it before and after your action. |
| 3 | Take one action | 一个动作 | Attack, cast a spell, dash, dodge, hide, help, disengage. |
| 4 | Bonus action | 附赠动作 | Only if something gives you one. Bruce hides with his. |
| 5 | End your turn | 结束回合 | Next person in the order goes. |
| — | Reaction | 反应 | One per round, on anyone's turn. Usually an opportunity attack. |
| Rule | 中文 | How it works |
|---|---|---|
| Opportunity attack | 借机攻击 | An enemy walks away from you. You get one free attack, as your reaction. |
| Disengage | 撤离 | Use your action to move away safely. No free attack against you. |
| Half cover | 半掩护 | Behind a low wall or a friend: +2 to Dodge. |
| Three-quarters cover | 四分之三掩护 | Behind an arrow slit or a thick tree: +4 to Dodge. |
| Total cover | 全掩护 | Fully hidden. Cannot be attacked at all. |
| Shooting in melee | 近战中射击 | An enemy within 5 feet? Your missile attack takes −3. |
| Attacking a prone enemy | 攻击倒地目标 | Close up: +2. From far away: −2. |
| Standing up | 起身 | Costs half your movement. |
| Grapple / shove | 擒抱／推撞 | Instead of one attack: your Athletics against their Athletics or Acrobatics. |
| Helping a friend | 帮助 | Use your action. Their next roll has advantage. |
| Thing | 中文 | How it works |
|---|---|---|
| Hit points | 生命值 | Your health. Damage takes them away. They never go below 0. |
| Armour absorb | 护甲吸收 | Take the defender’s absorb off every damage roll. A hit always does at least 1. |
| Clean hit | 干净命中 | You beat their total by 10 or more. Add 2 damage. |
| Double six | 双六 | Always hits. Roll your damage dice twice, and armour absorbs nothing. |
| Double one | 双一 | Always misses, whatever your score is. |
| Falling to 0 | 降至 0 | You drop, unconscious. You are not dead. |
| Death saving throw | 死亡豁免 | d20 each turn. 10+ is a success. Three successes: stable. Three failures: dead. |
| Any healing | 任何治疗 | Even 1 hit point puts you straight back on your feet. |
| Stabilise | 稳定伤势 | A friend uses their action and a Medicine check, DC 10. You stop dying. |
A condition is a bad thing that sticks to you. These are the common ones. 状态是附着在你身上的负面效果。以下是最常见的几种。
| Condition | 中文 | What happens |
|---|---|---|
| Prone | 倒地 | You are on the ground. Melee attacks on you have advantage. |
| Grappled | 被擒抱 | Your speed is 0. You cannot move. |
| Restrained | 被束缚 | Speed 0, your attacks have disadvantage, attacks on you have advantage. |
| Frightened | 恐慌 | Disadvantage while you can see the thing. You cannot move closer to it. |
| Poisoned | 中毒 | Disadvantage on attacks and ability checks. |
| Blinded | 目盲 | You cannot see. Your attacks have disadvantage; attacks on you have advantage. |
| Stunned | 震慑 | No actions at all. Attacks on you have advantage. |
| Unconscious | 昏迷 | Prone, helpless, and hits from close up are critical hits. |
| Rest | 中文 | Takes | You get back |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short rest | 短休 | 1 hour | Spend your Hit Dice to heal. You get back 10 magic points per level step. |
| Long rest | 长休 | 8 hours | All your hit points, all your magic points, half your Hit Dice. |
| Thing | 中文 | How it works |
|---|---|---|
| Cantrip | 戏法 | A small spell. Level 0, so it costs 0 magic points. Cast it as often as you like. |
| Magic points | 魔法点 | One pool. A spell costs 10 points for each of its levels. They all come back on a long rest. |
| Magic Attack | 法术攻击 | Every hostile spell is a contest: your Magic Attack against their Ward. |
| Concentration | 专注 | Only one such spell at a time. Take damage and you must make a CON save, DC 10 or half the damage, whichever is higher. |
| Ritual | 仪式 | Some spells can be cast slowly, ten minutes longer, for no slot. |
Clerics and wizards prepare spells differently. Enoch chooses from his spellbook. Austin does not read anything — he listens at dawn, and takes what the light gives him. 牧师和法师准备法术的方式不同。以诺从他的法术书中挑选；奥斯汀不读任何东西——他在黎明聆听，接受光给予他的一切。
When the DM says you level up, four things happen. You roll your hit die and add hit points. You may get a new class feature. You work out your magic points again. Every third level, your level step goes up by one, and all six combat scores rise with it. 当 DM 宣布你升级时，会发生四件事：掷生命骰并增加生命值；可能获得新的职业特性；重新计算魔法点；每三级等级级距 +1，六个战斗数值随之上升。
Many tables do not count experience points at all. The DM simply says "you all go up a level" after something big. That is called milestone levelling, and it is easier. 许多牌桌根本不计算经验值。DM 会在重大事件后直接宣布「大家升一级」。这叫做里程碑升级，更为简便。
| Question | Answer | 中文 |
|---|---|---|
| Can I do this? | d20 + modifier ≥ DC | d20 + 调整值 ≥ DC |
| Did I hit? | your 2d6 + attack > their 2d6 + defence | 你的 2d6 + 攻击值 > 对方的 2d6 + 防御值 |
| How much damage? | weapon dice + trait − their absorb, at least 1 | 武器骰 + 属性调整值 − 对方吸收值，至少 1 |
| Did I dodge it? | saving throw ≥ DC | 豁免检定 ≥ DC |
| What can I do on my turn? | move + one action (+ bonus action) | 移动 + 一个动作（+ 附赠动作） |
| I rolled double six | hit, double the damage dice, armour ignored | 命中，伤害骰翻倍，无视护甲 |
| I rolled double one | miss | 未命中 |
| How much can I cast? | 10 magic points per spell level | 每环法术 10 点魔法点 |
| I'm at 0 hit points | down, then a d20 each turn: 10+ good | 倒地，此后每回合掷 d20，10 以上为成功 |