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Table of Contents Book One: Stock-in-Trade 5 1:7 Cloth Patterns 45 Armor 8 1:8 Furs 48 Weapons 18 1:9 d20 Lodging & Board 55 Measurements 40 1:11 Ship’s Cargo 62 The Bazaar 43 2:1a Type of Rain & Visibility 64 The Tavern 56 2:1b Rainfall by Hour and Day 65 Transport 60 2:2 Ice Strength 66 2:3 Type of Snow & Visibility 66 Book Two: Geographics 63 2:4 Wind: Beaufort Wind Scale 66 Geography 64 2:5a Wind Pressure 67 Flora 82 2:5b: Wind Pressure on Sea 67 Fauna 100 2:6 Land Productivity 71 2:7 Water Spring Production 73 Book Three: Dwellings 103 2:8 MOH’s Hardness Scale 75 Materials & Construction 104 2:9 d20 Birth Stones Planet, Luck 76 Buildings 117 2:10 d20 Birth Stones 77 Rooms & Furnishings 127 2:11 d20 Metal/Stones/Gems 78-79 Populace 139 2:12 LA Metal/Stone/Gems 80-81 2:13 d20 Magical Affects of Herbs 97 Appendix A Random Generator 147 2:14 d20 The Horse 102 Appendix B Human Generator 155 2:15 d20 Other Common Animals 102 Appendix C Structures Generator 163 3:1 Tensile Strength Metals 105 Appendix D Colors 163 3:2 Melting Points Metals 105 Appendix E Light from a Flame 165 3:3 d20 Magical Metals 106 Appendix F Unusual Names 166 3:4a d20 Metals Value 107 Appendix G Gems 167 3:4b LA Metals Value 107 Appendix H Crimes Defined 174 3:5 Workmanship Value Addition 107 3:6 Hardness Scale (Extended) 108 Index 177 3:7 Common Uses for Wood 109 OGL 180 3:8 Materials Resistance to Crush 109 3:9 d20 Door Composition 110 Tables 3:10 d20 Weight of Things 112 1:1 d20 Armor 16 3:11 d20 Randomiz Concealment 114 1:2 d20 Head Covering & Helmets 17 3:12 Rope Strengths 114 1:3 d20 Shields 17 3:13 Construction Costs 115 1:4 d20 New Weapons 34-37 3:14 Computations 116 1:5 LA New Weapons 38 3:15 Person Based Measurements 120 1:6 LA Identifying Weapons 39 3:16 Cistern Capacity 124 3:17 Noble Coronets 140 Gary Gygax’s World Builder ARMOR PIECES AND GARMENTS Chausses: The close-fitting leg pieces of a suit of plate mail. Ailettes: Upright metal pieces worn on the shoulder of Coat of plates: A knee-length cloth garment of several plate mail, usually square, but possibly of other shapes. layers between two of which there are sewn and riveted Aketon (underpadding): A quilted garment for plates of metal, usually steel. The rivet heads show through protection, the padded armor of the infantry soldier, the the outer layer. underpadding for other armor in regards to knights and Courdiere: The segment of armor covering the elbow. nobles. Held with a tight band. Avant-bras: Armor for the forearm, typically as part of a Cuirass: The combined backplate and breastplate suit of plate mail. covering the wearer from shoulders to waist. Backplate: The solid metal plate protecting the back, Cuissards: Added defense for the thighs made of heavy typically the rear piece of a cuirass, the two hinged to form quilted cloth armor or cuir bouille, the pieces worn above that. chain. Later versions are of lames or solid steel plate and Bazu bands: A pair of curved plates that cover the outer become a part of the suit of plate mail. arms from wrist to elbow, fastened to a pair of narrow wrist Demi-Brassarts: Half armor for the upper arm. or arm bands by mail, or hinged to a smaller inner plate at Demi-Jambarts: Half armor for the front of the leg. the wrist. Demi-Vambraces: Half armor for the upper arm. Brassard: The plate armor for an entire arm. Epaulieres: Small shoulder plates that cover the front and Breastplate: See backplate above, this plate the front top of the shoulder, fasted to the hauberk by lacing or armor. points. Byrnie: An aketon (q.v.) with reinforcing pieces sewn Gambeson: An aketon (q.v.) with reinforcing pieces of within it, the latter of horn, leather, or rings. small plates of metal sewn within it. Camail: Chain mail that covers the neck and shoulders of Gauntlets: Glove-like metal armor for the hands, the wearer, generally fastened to the helmet. consisting of overlapping plates for the fingers, a solid Chain mail shirt: The upper portion of a suit of chain mail. plate covering the back of the hand, this riveted to a wrist guard. Brassart Camail Ailettes Chausses Byrne Cuirass Coat of Plates Aketon Backplate Breastplate Chain Shirt Cuissarts 10 Gary Gygax’s World Builder Hook-fauchard: Wooden hafted weapon, about 7 feet in Partizan, ox-tongue: As partizan but with a broader spear length, with a metal hook and a scythe-like blade. point and usually side-mounted axe-heads reduced in size, and with their upper portions pointed outwards in curved form. The weapon is about 6 feet in length. Korseke (spetum-like): A spear-like weapon of c. 8-foot length with side blades to block and catch opponent weapons. Pike & Awl Pike: A sharp spearhead on the end of an 18 to 21 foot pole, good only as a thrusting weapon. These weapons are long and unwieldly and generally best used in Kwan dao: A broad thin blade with a small crossguard large units of troops. placed on top of a thick wooden shaft. The bottom of the shaft is capped in metal which can be used for striking an opponent, but also works as a counter weight when swinging the weapon. Ranseur (bohemian ear spoon, chauves souris, runka): A type of spetum or partisan.. Lucerne hammer: A polearm with a relatively small, usually three-pointed hammer head at right angles to the shaft, usually backed by a slightly hooked back-spike. Over Saber-axe (curved glaive-and pole-axe like): A heavy, 9 feet in length. saber-like blade of perhaps two-and-half foot length with a small head at its base, set on a wooden haft of four or so feet length. Man-catcher: A polearm with two crescent-like blades set so that when thrust they encircle the opponent, the blades spring back to make escape difficult. Scorpion (bill-guisarme-like): A halberd with a long and thick dagger blade at its top end, and two or three back- spikes. Monk cudgel: A large mace-like metal head on top of a wooden haft five feet in length. Spear-guisarme: A spear to which is affixed at the base of the head a large hook of guisarme-like sort for catching opponents, and pulling mounted ones out of the saddle. The spear-guisarme has reach. You can strike opponents 10 feet away with it, but you can’t use it against an adjacent Monk spade: A small bladed spade on one end and a small foe. crescent-shaped blade on the other end of a thick wooden shaft for a six foot length. Spetum (korseke): A type of ranseur with a unusualy long and slender blade and fork spikes. Partizan: A long spear, about six feet in length, to the base of the head of which are small axe-like side blades for striking or catching the weapons of an opponent. Spontoon (c. 5’ - 7’): A type of pike with a shorter haft and a thicker head. Not used in mass formations. Tiger fork: As a trident. 24 Gary Gygax’s World Builder Peninsula: A body of land surrounded on three sides by sedges, which are grasslike flowering plants. water and connected to mainland on the fourth side. Marshland/Wetland: A marsh is a treeless region that Plateau: A broad, elevated, flat area of land, usually with a can be freshwater or salt, its emergent vegetation typified steep, rocky cliff composing at least one side. by grasses, reeds, cat-tails, and sedges, their roots satu- Prominence: A raised section of land. rated with water if not in soil, their leaves held above the Ridge: A long, narrow elevation, especially in hills or moun- murky water. Freshwater marshes form when lakes and tains, with steep vertical sides and at least one side extend- ponds become filled with sediment, or develop along the ing down. shallow margins of slow-moving rivers. Salt marshes oc- Rise: A long, broad area of raised land that climbs gently cur on coastal tidal flats. from its surroundings. Moor: A tract of rolling, marshy wasteland, its open, roll- Rolling Land: An expanse of relatively flat land that has ing lands usually covered with heather. small peaks and valleys reminiscent of small waves, some- Peatlands: More common in northern regions, partially what resembling the calm surface of the ocean. decomposed plant material, called peat, accumulates be- Tor: A prominent, rocky peak or hill. cause plants are produced more quickly than they can Upland: A relatively high area of land, especially compared decay. to lower surrounding areas such as a valley or lowland. Swamps: Swamps occur in a variety of flooding condi- tions; along shallow lakes, along river floodplains, and Mountains along tropical to subtropical coasts. The dominate veg- Dome Mountains: The surface is arched by a deep-seated etation are trees or shrubs, usually growing in standing intrusion of igneous or molten rock. water, which can be present all year, or just a short part of Fault-Block Mountains: The crust of the earth is lifted the year. Where considerable tree growth is present, the vertically in great blocks, caused by the movement of rock result is a “jungle swamp”.
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