A Creature catalog for the Chronicle System

MOUNTAIN
TERRORS

A Compendium of Chronicle Creatures

for Mountain Terrains
Author: Mark Bristow, James Cook, Brian Dudolevitch, Adam Easterday, Wojciech Gruchala,
John C. Hay, Alyc Helms, Gustavo Martinez
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 INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the first Chronicle Creatures compendium:
Mountain Terrors. The Chronicle Creatures series is a col-
lection of individual monsters of varying power levels, de-
signed for use with the Chronicle System. The Chronicle System
is the name weve given to the mechanics engine that runs
A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying. While the rules of this
system were designed specifically for George R.R. Martins
Westeros, they will work just as well for any other setting.
In order to facilitate such game play, we are developing a
series of modules under the Chronicle System name, provid-
ing new elements and ideas for use with the system that
might not always fit into the established world of A Song of
Ice and Fire. We feel this will give Narrators more options
and plenty of flexibility to make their games truly their own,
whether they are adapting the system to a homebrew set-
ting, or simply providing their players with a Westeros that
diverges in some way from the accepted canon.
Mountain
Terrors Beast-Haunted
This product is a bestiary for the Chronicle System, divided
into four sections, focusing on some of the creatures one
might find living in and around mountainous areas.
The Animals section expands the game stats for nor-
mal animals, with an emphasis on mountain-dwelling
creatures. These animals are perfectly suited for the Ani-
Chronicle System
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Woodland Creatures, the precursor to the
Chronicle Creatures series, featuring Beasts, Hor-
rors, and Legends of the woodlands and forests.
Out of Strife, Prosperity, a sourcebook that pres-
ents a vast selection of new Wealth Holdings for
your House.
Chronicle of Sorcery, a sourcebook that lays the
groundwork for the addition of sorcery and magic
for characters use in the Chronicle System.
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mal Cohort Benefit, as well as those instances where they
might be encountered, such as on hunting trips. This sec-
tion also expands on the rules for training animals.
The Beasts section focuses on creatures of roughly animal
intelligence and capability, although they are not found in
our modern real world. Creatures of dire size, strange (but
plausible) physiology, and weird niches in their environ-
ment all fall into this category.
The Horrors, on the other hand, are explicitly fantastic
and quite monstrous. Many of these things have the faint-
est touch of magic to them, or are otherwise far more intel-
ligent that one might expect such creatures to be. Horrors
are usually quite rare in low-magic, gritty fantasy settings,
but more common in high-magic tales.
And finally, the Legends. These creatures are overtly magical
or otherwise fantastic. In low-magic, gritty fantasy settings,
they are the subjects of legends and stories, often fearful ones.
Whole bodies of superstition and myth may crop up around
them, and they may have been more common at some point
in the past or perhaps becoming so once again.
Domains
Because of the scale the Chronicle System operates on, the
terrors in this book might not just threaten individual
characters that encounter them, but also entire domains
unfortunate enough to be near or even within the high-
lands that the creatures call home.
With the Narrators permission, players may purchase
the following Domain Drawbacks. Purchasing a Domain
Drawback grants a small pool of points that may be di-
rectly added as bonus points to other Resources at do-
main generation. These points may not be added to any
Resources that are penalized by the Drawbacks, however.
Beast-Infested 2 points
The mountain domain of choice is infested with a beast of
some kind, chosen from the Beasts chapter of this or other
Chronicle Creatures bestiaries. Attacks against individu-
als traveling through the mountains are common, and even
travel in groups is no guarantee of safety.
Gain a -1 to House Fortune rolls. Population Resource
decreases due to a House Fortunes roll are increased by 1.

Horror-Prowled (4 points)
Something unwholesome and hungry haunts your peaks
and vales, chosen from the Horrors chapter of this or other
Chronicle Creature bestiaries. You lose smallfolk to it all
the time, and occasionally patrolling soldiers run afoul of
the horror as well.
Gain a -1 to House Fortune rolls. Population and Power
Resource decreases due to a House Fortunes roll are in-
creased by 1.
Legend-Haunted (6 points)
Tales are told of your gloomy mountains, and the mystical,
accursed thing therein, chosen from the Legends chapter
of this or other Chronicle Creature bestiaries. Your people
have generations of tales about it, and probably a handful
of superstitious protections supposed to protect against it.
So fearful are those tales, and widely spoken of, that many
merchants refuse to enter your domain.
Gain a -2 to House Fortunes rolls. Population, Power
and Wealth Resources decreases due to a House Fortunes
roll are increased by 1.
Other Dangers of
the Mountains
The creatures in this bestiary are not the only dangers that
threaten those who venture into the mountains. The Nar-
rator is encouraged to keep some of these dangers in mind
for encounters that occur in highland terrains. They usually
apply to Step One: Battlefield of any Combat encoun-
tersee Chapter 9: Combat, in A Song of Ice and Fire Role-
playing (SIFRP) core rulebook for more details.
Weather
The heights of the mountains often create severe weather
patterns unseen in lower vales.
Extreme Cold
Colder seasons can become extremely frigid in the moun-
tains, and even warmer seasons may find nights colder in
the mountain passes. The Narrator is encouraged to use
the Extreme Cold rules in Chapter 11: The Narrator of the
SIFRP core book for both night and day in winter, and in
Chronicle Creatures: Mountain Terrors
Introduction
Attacking
Small Targets
As a reminder, any target in combat that is signifi-
cantly smaller than its attacker gains a +2 to Combat
Defense due to the discrepancy in size. A solid ma-
jority of the creatures in the Animals section qualify
for this bonus if they are attacked by an opponent of
adult human size.
Likewise, any target that is significantly greater in
size than its attacker receives a -2 penalty to Combat
Defense due to its great size. This generally includes
creatures of horse-size or larger against an opponent
of adult human size.
Throughout this work, we have included the
modified Combat Defense for creatures fighting
adult human-sized opponents in parentheses. Thus,
a badger has a Combat Defense of 7 (9), reflecting
the +2 Combat Defense bonus it gains against larger
opponents.
many nights in both early spring and late autumn. There
are even some mountains so high that they remain snow-
capped and frozen year-round.
Precipitation
Mountains frequently serve as a barrier against which
heavy clouds are thrown, releasing their precipitation. As
such, mountains can often see precipitation even in other-
wise more arid lands. In even normal situations, these can
affect Visibility and the Terrain negatively when determin-
ing Step One: Battlefield. As these situations continue,
they can lead to mudslides and avalanches in treacherous
areas (see below).
Debris Falls
The height of surrounding terrain presents particularly
unique dangers in the mountains. Unstable materials
whether earth drenched by rains, unstable rock formations
or a pile-up of snow and ice from a heavy snowfallcan
become dislodged and come down atop the heads of those
passing beneath them.
Avalanches, rockslides, and mudslides have an Intensity
rating ranging from 1 to 5. A 1 indicates a light fall of mud
or snow that may injure but rarely kills or causes more than a
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slight obstacle to travel. In contrast, an Intensity 5 avalanche
likely buries those caught under them in tens of feet of snow
and ice, trapping those it doesnt kill outright, and a mudslide
of Intensity 5 carries with it tons of rock and other debris.
Avalanche
There are four main concerns to deal with when dealing
with avalanches: detecting the avalanche, seeking shel-
ter, the moment of impact, and being buried. Generally
speaking, the center of the avalanche has four degrees of
success, and is a number of yards across equal to double
the Intensity. For each step of equal area away from the
avalanches center, reduce the degrees of success in the
avalanches attack by one. So, an Intensity 4 avalanche is
8 yards across at its center. For each 8 yards in either di-
rection away from its center, reduce its innate degrees of
success by one: 3 degrees at the 8 yard point, 2 degrees at
the 16 yard point, 1 degree at the 24 yard mark, and then
a lot of loose but relatively harmless powder cloud for a
distance out from that.
Detecting the Avalanche
The faint rumblings of an avalanche can often be detected
beforehand by those who are paying attention and know
what to look for. This is a Survival test, with bonus dice from
the Notice specialty of Awareness applying to the roll. This
is a Formidable (12) test for Intensity 1 avalanches, Chal-
lenging (9) for Intensity 2 and 3 avalanches, Routine (6) for
Intensity 4 avalanches, and Easy (3) for Intensity 5.
Seeking Shelter
Those who become aware of the avalanche before it hap-
pens may run to seek cover. This is a Survival test, with
a Routine (6) difficulty for those who detected the ava-
lanche themselves, rising to a Challenging (9) difficulty
for those who are warned by those who actually noticed it.
Moment of Impact
The Narrator must decide how many degrees of success
the avalanche has at the point where characters are located.
An avalanche inflicts Damage equal to its Intensity multi-
plied by the degrees of success in that spot. So, being in the
3-degree zone of an Intensity 3 avalanche inflicts 9 dam-
age. These degrees of success are reduced by the number of
degrees of success rolled by the character in the Seeking
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Shelter action, above. This can reduce the damage to noth-
ing, as a character finds shelter between an outcropping
and the oncoming impact, for example.
If the amount of damage inflicted is equal to or greater
than a given characters passive Endurance, that charac-
ter is also rendered unconscious by the strike. This uncon-
sciousness lasts for one minute at one degree of success,
plus one minute for each degree of success scored above
the characters passive Endurance.
Being Buried
Characters buried in the snow are in real danger. Narra-
tors should use the Suffocation & Drowning mechanics
in Chapter 11: The Narrator of the SIFRP core book. Only
conscious characters may hold their breaths per those
rules. Characters whove been buried by an avalanche
must also make an immediate check against Extreme
Cold, in the same chapter. Even those dressed warmly
are in danger of cold shock from sudden submersion in
piles of snow.
A character is buried beneath a number of feet of snow
equal to the Intensity of the avalanche multiplied by the
number of degrees of the avalanches force after the char-
acters Seeking Shelter degrees of success are factored in.
Thus, a character struck by an Intensity 4 avalanche with
3 degrees of success would be buried beneath 12 feet of
snow, ice and stonepotentially quite deadly. Gaining
even 1 degree of success on the Seeking Shelter roll previ-
ous would reduce this to 8 feet of burial.
If a character is conscious, he may dig himself out with a
Routine (6) test using either Athletics (Strength) or Sur-
vival (Strength from Athletics applies). Such a test takes 1
minute of work, and for each degree of success, the char-
acter extricates himself from 1 foot of snow and ice. A
character that is not buried may make similar rolls to dig
another character out of the snow, but must know where to
dig in order to lend a hand.
Finding a character is an Awareness (Notice) or Sur-
vival (Notice from Awareness applies) test. The difficulty
is Routine (6) if the character in question is moving, and
under 5 feet or less of snow. It becomes Challenging (9)
if the character is buried under more than5 feet of snow
but still moving, and Formidable (12) if the character is
unmoving. Each roll requires a minute of searching to
find someone, and if successful locates someone in the area
whose situation meets the Difficulty of the searchers test
result.

To find a specific person, the searcher must have an idea
of where they were when the avalanche struck, and make a
Cunning (Logic) test, at a Difficulty of Routine (6) for In-
tensity 1 and 2 avalanches, Challenging (9) for Intensity
3 and 4 avalanches, and Formidable (12) for Intensity 5.
Mudslides
Mudslides happen when excess rain or spring melt satu-
rates the soil atop the bedrock of a mountain, causing it
to slide downslope in a torrent of mud and rock. These
debris slides can bury people in multiple feet of mud, po-
tentially suffocating them. For all intents and purposes, the
mechanics of a mudslide are identical to those of an ava-
lanche, save for the following differences:
BB Extreme Cold mechanics are not used.
BB The Difficulty to dig oneself out is increased by +3.
BB The Difficulty to find someone buried in mud is in-
creased by +3.
Rockslides
Rockslides occur when something shifts in the mountains
core, such as during an earthquake, or when accumulations
of fallen boulders and scree give way, tumbling downslope.
Those caught in their path are in tremendous danger from
the crushing wave of stone. Fortunately, rockslides tend to
be the rarest of these forms of debris slides. For all intents
and purposes, the mechanics of a rockslide are identical to
those of an avalanche, save for the following differences:
BB The Difficulty to Seeking Shelter is increased by +3.
BB In the Moment of Impact, rockslides inflict double
damage; thus, a three-degree Intensity 2 rockslide still
inflicts 12 damage. Additionally, anyone who takes
more damage than their passive Endurance is consid-
ered to have the Maimed Drawback until they have
received medical attention and at least one week of rest
per degree of success the damage is over their passive
Endurance.
BB As part of Being Buried, rockslide victims are in dan-
ger of suffocation only if they end up buried beneath
four feet or more of stone and dirt.
BB Digging oneself (or someone else) out of a rockslide is
extremely hard work, increasing the Difficulties to do
so by +6.
Chronicle Creatures: Mountain Terrors
Introduction
Mountain Terrain
Qualities
The following Battlefield Qualities might easily apply to
any encounter in the mountains. Each one is noted if it
applies to Combat Battlefields, Warfare Battlefields, or In-
trigues.
Treacherous Terrain Combat
The kinds of treacherous terrain discovered in the moun-
tains usually involves mud flats from a recent mudslide or
hard raid; fields of scree, tiny rocks and pebbles that make
footing unsure; and areas where snow has piled up to in-
hibit movement.
Boulder Field Combat
A wide area filled with large, rocky protrusions. It is easy
enough to find cover in such an environment, and there
are plenty of places to hide behind as well. This area quali-
fies as Treacherous Terrain (see Terrain, under Step One:
Battlefield, in Chapter 9: Combat of the SIFRP core book),
costing 2 yards of Movement for each single yard of dis-
tance. It is also littered with Obstacles (in the same section),
requiring a Lesser Action to move around or through large
boulders or rock piles, and providing cover of +5 for us-
ing a boulder, or a full +10 by hiding behind an outcrop-
ping and taking no other action. Those inclined to do so
are considered to be in a situation that allows the use of
a Stealth (Sneak) test the entire time they are within this
area.
Destiny Point: By spending a Destiny Point, you can
gain any of the following benefits:
BB Move over or through the boulders as part of your nor-
mal movement and without need to take a Lesser Ac-
tion to get through the obstacles.
BB Increase the bonus you gain from cover by an addi-
tional +5.
BB On a successful attack, you may spend a point of Des-
tiny to also cause your target to trip, falling prone, or
even over a cliff.
BB Use the terrain to hide without using a Lesser Action
to do so; it is considered part of your normal Move-
ment.
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Cliff-Top /Narrow Mountain Road Combat, Intrigue
This area presents a narrow fighting space, with a tremen-
dous fall on one or both sides of the battlefield. Fighting
tests are performed at a -2 penalty due to the limits of
space. Any attack that causes a target to fall prone or trip
can result in a fall. In such an instance, the one falling must
make a Challenging (9) Agility (Balance) test to avoid
plummeting off the space.
In an Intrigue, any close interaction comes with the un-
spoken threat of a simple shove off the cliff, granting +2 to
all uses of the Intimidation Technique in an Intrigue.
Destiny Point: You may spend a point of Destiny to
cause your target to trip. He receives no test to avoid the
plummet, but may spend a point of Destiny (assuming he
has any) to avoid such a fate.
Footcatch Crevices Combat
This terrain is filled with cracks and crevices, providing
plenty of space for the unwary to twist an ankle or worse.
It is considered treacherous terrain, per the Terrain rules in
ANIMALS of the MOUNTAINS
Even in a setting that might be called high magic, the
mountains are usually populated mostly by normal ani-
mals. Though they are usually quite shy of the people who
tromp through their home, it is not uncommon to encoun-
ter these creatures, whether as chance encounters, as the
prey of a nobles (or poachers) hunt, or even serving at the
side of those with the skill to train them.
This chapter presents a set of expanded training rules for
domesticating and teaching animals of a variety of tricks
and roles, including a set of Benefits for those characters
who specialize in that task. It also includes a set of stats for
Training Difficulty
Animal Will Difficulty
Will 1 Routine (6)
Will 2 Challenging (9)
Will 3 Formidable (12)
Will 4 Hard (15)
Will 5 Very Hard (18)
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Step One: Battlefield of Chapter 9: Combat in the SIFRP
core book A character may choose to throw caution to the
wind, dashing at his normal Movement. Doing so requires
a Challenging (9) Agility (Balance) test to avoid tripping
and twisting an ankle. Failing this test causes the character
to fall prone; a Critical Failure causes the character to bad-
ly injure their ankle or leg, taking the Crippled Drawback
until they have had a chance to rest and heal for a number
of days equal to (10 - Endurance).
Destiny Point: You may spend a point of Destiny to
cause a target to trip.
Majestic Vista Intrigue
The site offers an impressive sweeping view, breathtaking
to behold. It grants a +1B to all attempts to use Charm or
Seduce Techniques.
Destiny Point: You may cause the target to be swept up
in the beauty of the location, increasing his Disposition
toward you by one step for the rest of the Intrigue. This
may only be countered by the expenditure of a Destiny
Point by the target.
normal animals that might be found in a mountainous set-
ting, adding to the animals found in Chapter 11, A Song of
Ice and Fire Roleplaying (SIFRP) core book.
Expanded
Training Rules
Training an animal to perform a single task or role requires
an Animal Handling (Train) Extended test, requiring a
number of successful tests equal to the animals Will mi-
nus Cunning (minimum 1). Each test assumes a week of
regular training, working with the animal for several hours
every day.
The Difficulty of this roll is based on the animals Will
rating:
An animal may learn a number of tricks equal to its
Cunning. After that, training each additional trick increas-
es the Difficulty of the task by +3, cumulative.
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Training Non-Standard Animals

Fantasy is rich with animal companions, often trained to a degree that is actually impossible with such animals
in the real world. The Tricks and Roles described in this section include mention of those animals most often
trained to such tasks.
The Narrator, of course, has the option of adding animals to the lists for any of these tasks to reflect the realities
of her setting. Additionally, if a character wishes to train an animal in a task not normally available to an animal
of that type, the Narrator who wishes to allow it (but not make it standard) might increase the animals effective
Will by +1 or +2 for the purpose of that training.
Generally speaking, insects and reptiles (with some exceptions) cannot be trained.

Tricks could reasonably bear. No roll is necessary to have the ani-

These individual Tricks can often be learned by a variety of
animals, each performing them somewhat differently from
one another. Commanding an animal to use one of these
Tricks is an Animal Handling test, with the Charm Spe-
cialty, unless otherwise noted in the Trick.
Some animals may find themselves in situations where
they may try and throw off the training in order to re-
act according to their instincts, e.g., a dog wanting to bark
at something when hes been ordered to be silent, a horse
wishing to flee from fire when it has been ordered to stay
and the like. When the master is present, it is a simple
Animal Handling test against the animals passive Will; if
the master is not present, it is the animals Will test against
the masters passive Animal Handling.
Agility Tests Dogs, Horses
The animal is trained to perform a variety of leaping and
agility tricks. For dogs this is usually leaping through hoops,
and for lighter animals, tumbling and flipping. For horses
this is often course navigation, leaping fences and the like.
mal perform this function, although all commands given
while in the saddle use the Ride Specialty.
Bear a Burden Dogs, Horses, Ravens
The animal is trained to bear burdens on their backs or
pull wayns and sleighs as appropriate for their size. Ravens
trained to this will carry messages tied to their legs without
trying to rid themselves of it. All commands given with
this skill use the Drive Specialty.
Charm Dogs, Horses
The animal will perform any number of trained actions
that most people find entertaining or endearing: bows,
counting tricks, eliciting sympathy by drooping ears and
sighing and the like. The animal can also perform basic
dance steps to music, and animals with both this trick
and the Agility Tests Trick can perform quite advanced
dances.
Come Dogs, Horses, Raptors, Ravens

Attack Dogs, Horses, Ravens
With this command, the animal will attack any individual
that is currently menacing its master. Horses trained to
this will lash out with hooves, which is rarely a natural
inclination. A rider giving this command from horseback
may use the Ride Specialty.
Bear a Rider Dogs, Horses
The animal is trained to bear a rider, with or without sad-
dle. The rider must be of a size and weight that the animal
The animal is trained to come when called. Dogs, horses,
and ravens will answer to their names or a whistle; raptors
usually are trained to a bell or whistle.
Fetch Dogs, Ravens
The animal is trained to fetch either something that is
thrown by the master, or retrieve a specific kind of item,
such as food, shiny things, pieces of paper and the like. An
animal may be trained to this Trick multiple times, each
time adding another kind of item it will fetch.

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Guard Dogs, Horses
This command causes the animal to either remain in one
spot and guard it against everyone it is not familiar with,
or to remain with and protect an individual, designated by
the master placing that persons hand on the animals flank
while giving the command. An animal with this training
issues a vocal warning to those getting too near to it.
Harry Dogs, Raptors
Some animals can be trained to harry an opponent, dis-
tracting them from their tasks. Hounds will bark and snap,
sometimes even grabbing onto limbs and pulling, while
raptors flap in a targets face with wings and talons. An op-
ponent who is harried is -1D on all tests until the animal
is recalled or stopped.
Heel & Stay Dogs, Horses, Raptors, Ravens
With this command, the animal remains calmly beside
the master, remaining with him when either walking or
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standing still. The animal can also be commanded to re-
main in one place. Raptors and ravens will follow a mas-
ter from the air, but cannot be commanded to stay in one
place.
Silence Dogs, Horses, Raptors
With this command, the animal refrains from making its
normal vocalizations. Dogs and horses with this command
also actively employ their Stealth to keep from making un-
due noise by their passage.
Speak Ravens
Though all ravens pick up the occasional word here and
there, this training teaches a raven a small vocabulary of
words that it can use to communicate certain concepts
such as hunger, a warning and the like.
Terrain Traveling Horses
With this training, a horse is trained to navigate through
terrain that it would normally find difficult, such as wet-

lands or mountains. When in that terrain, the horses
movement is calculated as though it were in one category
of terrain better (Deserts, Hills and Light Woods become
as Plains, and Mountains, Wetlands and Dense Woods
are treated as though they were Deserts, Hills, and Light
Woods). There are no rolls involved in the use of this kind
of training, which becomes second nature to the mount.
Track Dogs
When given a strong scent to follow, the dog can follow
the trail left by that scent with a Survival test. Each mile
of trail requires an additional test. Situations that might
throw off or confuse the scent, such as moving into a heav-
ily populated area, a body of water or stronger scents like
fire or blood can all force re-tests as well, often at higher
Difficulties.
Wear Barding Dogs, Horses
The animal is trained to bear armor that is sized and fit-
ted for its shape. There are no rolls involved in the use of
this kind of training, which becomes second nature to
the animal.
Roles
Unlike other Tricks, these are a specific function for the
animal, rather than an individual limited command. These
are jobs, as it were, training the animal to the numerous
commands and situations necessary to function in this ca-
pacity. Each role is considered a single Trick, and each roll
to teach a Role counts as two weeks. No animal may be
trained to more than one Role.
Entertainer (+3 Difficulty) Dogs, Horses
The animal is trained to perform in one of many ways: as
a show animal of some kind, or performing alongside an
entertainer. The animal is assumed to know the Agility
Tests and Charm Tricks, and either the Fetch or Speak
Trick.
Falconry-Trained (+3 Difficulty) Raptors, Ravens
Birds trained thusly can be used for hunting. Hawks and
ravens are launched from the fist to fly out and attack game
birds flushed from the surrounding wilds, while falcons
and eagles are launched from an aerie and follow the mas-
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Introduction
ter, watching carefully for any game birds or small game
like rabbits that they can strike. These animals are assumed
to know the Attack, Fetch, and Heel & Stay Tricks.
Farmer (+0 Difficulty) Horses
The animal is trained as a farm animal, for the myriad pur-
poses to which horses are put on the farm. The animal is as-
sumed to know the Bear a Rider and Bear a Burden Tricks.
Guard (+6 Difficulty) Dogs
Trained as guardians, these dogs are often used as house-
hold defense, and are ssumed to have the Attack, Come,
Guard, and Heel & Stay Tricks.
Herder (+3 Difficulty) Dogs
The animal is trained to assist with corralling a herd animal
of some kind, patrolling their edges to keep them together
and defend against predators. The animal is assumed to
know the Come, Guard, and Heel & Stay Tricks.
House (+0 Difficulty) Dogs
The animal is trained to live indoors, well-socialized, quiet
and tending to its wastes outdoors rather than inside. The
animal is assumed to know the Heel & Stay and Silence
Tricks.
Hunter (+6 Difficulty) Dogs
Dogs with this training are taught to be hunting compan-
ions, remaining near the master until they are given word
to flush out the prey. They range outward, barking to drive
larger prey back towards the hunting party. The animal is
assumed to have the Attack, Fetch, Heel & Stay, and Track
Tricks.
Warrior (+6 Difficulty) Dogs, Horses
The animal with this training has been accustomed to the
chaos, blood, and pain of battle, and will not spook in such
situations. Such animals are considered to have the Attack,
Guard, Heel & Stay, and Wear Barding Tricks for dogs, or
the Attack, Bear Rider, Guard, and Wear Barding Tricks
for horses. These animals qualify as war-trained for the
purpose of those rules that require it in the SIFRP core
system.
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Animal Trainer
Benefits
The following Benefits are for characters with a notable talent
for training animals. Such individuals may find a place in any
lords retinue as a Master of Horse or Master of Kennels, or
may undertake their skills for their own benefit and profit.
Master Trainer (Ability)
Your wealth of experience means animals trained by
you learn their tasks quickly and efficiently.
Requirements: Animal Handling 3 (Training 2B)
The time to train an animal is halved when you do the
training. You gain either two rolls per week to teach Tricks,
or one roll every week to teach a Role.
Way with Beasts (Ability)
Animals seem to trust and favor you.
Requirements: Beastfriend
Your affinity with animals is almost legendary. Reroll all 1s
on all Animal Handling tests. Additionally, animals you train
are considered to have one additional point of Cunning for
the purposes of determining how many Tricks they can learn.
Animal Traits
The following creatures are considered normal animals,
and adhere to the rules for such creatures from Chapter 11:
Narrator, in the SIFRP core book.
Creatures have rank 0 in the following Abilities:
Animal Handling, Deception, Healing, Language,
Knowledge, Marksmanship, Persuasion, Status,
Thievery, and Warfare.
They can never take tests related to these abilities and
automatically fail when called to do so. Certain uses of
other abilities may be impossible. Creatures can make
Fighting tests with their natural weapons only.
Some animals may have access to a Fly specialty in Ath-
letics, the equivalent of the Run specialty for animals ca-
pable of flight.
Abilities not listed for an animal, but not forbidden, are
assumed to be at a rating of 2.
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Badger
Badgers can be aggressively territorial, and are equal adept
at scavenging and killing their own prey.
Bobcat, Lynx
A mid-sized hunting cat, bobcats are short-tailed with
pointed and tufted ears. They are between 2-4 feet in
length but will attack a human in self-defense.
Catamount, Puma
The largest of the great cats, the catamount can weigh in ex-
cess of 200 lbs and grow longer than 9 feet. They are stealthy
predators, and more than a match for a human opponent.
Coyote
Smaller dog-like beasts related to both wolves and dogs,
coyotes are scavengers in more arid terrains. Though they
do move in packs as feral dogs and wolves, they almost
never engage large animalsto say nothing of humans
directly. In places where coyotes live, they often have a
reputation as tricksters for two reasons: the way their
yips and howls sound somewhat like human laughter,
and their stealth. Coyotes are known to actually move on
their tiptoes when desiring to be sneaky, and are masters
of stealth.
Deer
The stag (or hart) is a common target in noble hunts, and
a popular meat on the feasting table.
Elk
Larger and more likely to fight back than deer, elk antlers
have been known to gore a hunter.
Falcon
Extremely smart and easy to train, falcons are one of the
preferred hunting birds for nobility. They are known for
their exceptional speed and ability to take down larger birds
while on the wing. Males may also be known as tercels.
Fox
One of the smallest wild canines, foxes are popular for
hunting because of their exceptional cunning and stealth.
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BOBCAT, LYNX
Mouuntain Animals
Agility 3 (Balance 2B, Dodge 1B, Quickness 1B),
Athletics 3 (Climb 2B, Jump 2B, Run 2B, Swim 1B),
Awareness 4 (Notice 2B), Cunning 1, Endurance 3, In addition to the animals detailed in this chapter,
Fighting 3, Stealth 5 (Sneak 2B), Survival 3 (Hunt 2B) the normal animals detailed in these sourcebooks
can readily be found in mountain environments.
Combat Defense: 10 (12) Health: 9
Natural Armor: AR 0 Movement: 8 yards SIFRP: Bear, Eagle, Hound (wild packs), Raven, Wolf
Woodland Creatures: Badger, Bobcat, Catamount,
Bite 3D 2 Damage Vicious
Deer, Elk, Falcon, Fox, Hawk, Owl, Snake (Ven-
Claws 3D 3 Damage Fast emous), Vulture, Weasel, Wildcat, Wolverine
Attack from above: Bobcats use positional height to give them
an advantage that their small size might other prohibit. A bobcat
attacking from surprise will leap out of a tree to attack larger prey, BADGER
allowing it to use both its claws and bite on the first round of Agility 3 (Contortions 1B, Dodge 1B), Athletics 2
combat. (Climb 1B, Swim 1B), Cunning 1, Endurance 2 (Resilience 1B),
Fighting 3, Survival 3 (Forage 1B, Hunt 1B), Will 3
COYOTE
Combat Defense: 7 (9) Health: 6
Agility 4 (Balance 1B, Dodge 2B, Quickness 2B), Athletics 2 Natural Armor: AR 0 Movement: 4 yards
( Jump 1B, Run 2B), Awareness 3 (Notice 2B), Cunning 1,
Fighting 3, Stealth 4 (Sneak 3B), Survival 3 (Forage 2B) Bite 3D 2 Damage

Combat Defense: 9 Health: 6 Tremendous Digger: Badgers can dig with great speed. A badger
can dig through normal soil at a rate of 3 yards a minute.
Natural Armor: AR 0 Movement: 8 yards
Bite 3D 2 Damage CATAMOUNT, PUMA
Agility 4 (Balance 2B, Dodge 2B, Quickness 2B), Athletics 4
DEER
(Climb 2B, Jump 2B, Run 2B, Strength 2B), Awareness 5
Agility 4 (Dodge 2B, Quickness 2B), Athletics 4 ( Jump 2B, (Notice 2B), Cunning 1, Endurance 3, Stamina 1B, Fighting 4,
Run 3B), Awareness 3 (Notice 2B), Cunning 1, Will 3 Stealth 5 (Sneak 1B), Survival 4 (Hunt 2B)

Combat Defense: 11 Health: 6 Combat Defense: 13 Health: 9

Natural Armor: AR 0 Movement: 8 yards Natural Armor: AR 0 Movement: 8 yards
Antlers 2D 2 Damage Bite 4D 4 Damage Vicious
Claws 4D 6 Damage Powerful
FOX
Leaping Charge: When it charges, the catamount can make two
Agility 3 (Contortions 1B, Dodge 1B, Quickness 1B), attacks once with its bite, and once with its claws.
Athletics 2 ( Jump 1B, Run 1B, Swim 1B), Awareness 3
(Notice 1B), Cunning 2 (Memory 1B), Stealth 4 (Blend-in 1B, ELK
Sneak 2B), Survival 4 (Forage 1B, Hunt 1B)
Agility 3 (Dodge 2B), Athletics 4 ( Jump 2B, Run 2B,
Combat Defense: 10 (12) Health: 6 Strength 2B), Awareness 3 (Notice 2B), Cunning 1,
Natural Armor: AR 0 Movement: 7 yards Endurance 3, Fighting 3, Will 3
Bite 2D 2 Damage Combat Defense: 10 (8) Health: 9
Escape Artist: Foxes are lithe and evasive opponents, expert at Natural Armor: AR 0 Movement: 6 yards
fleeing from threats and predators. If a fox breaks out of combat, it
Antlers 3D 4 Damage
does not trigger a free action attack.
Stomp 3D 6 Damage
FALCON Knockdown: Whenever an elk gets at least 2 degrees of success
on a Fighting test with its antlers, it can forgo the extra damage
Agility 5 (Quickness 3B), Athletics 1, Awareness 4 (Notice 3B),
to knock its opponent to the ground. It may immediately make a
Cunning 1, Endurance 1, Fighting 1, Survival 3 (Hunt 2B)
follow-up Stomp attack on a felled enemy.
Combat Defense: 10 (12) Health: 3
Stomp: Against prone opponents and animals significantly smaller
Natural Armor: AR 0 Movement: 1 yard / Fly 10 yards than it (like hunting dogs), an elk may use its weight to stomp rather
Talons 1D 1 Damage than gore with its antlers. An elk must knock an opponent of adult
human size or larger down first with its antlers.

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GOAT, MOUNTAIN
Goat, Mountain
Agility 4 (Balance 3B, Dodge 1B, Quickness 1B),
Athletics 3 (Climb 3B, Jump 2B, Run 1B), Awareness 3, A large hoofed beast with the beard, shot tail and long
Cunning 1, Endurance 3, Fighting 3, Will 3
black horns of other goats, mountain goats are known for
Combat Defense: 10 Health: 9
their feats of phenomenal climbing and balance. Males
Natural Armor: AR 0 Movement: 8 yards
(called billies) can stand as much as three-and-a-half feet
Horns 3D 3 Damage at the shoulder, and can weigh as much as 300 lbs. Moun-
Charge: The thick skull of a mountain goat makes its head a fairly tain goat hooves are cloven and can be spread wide for
efficient bludgeoning weapon. When a mountain goat charges, it support, have inner pads that provide traction, and the tips
gains an additional +1 to its horns damage.
of their feet have sharp dewclawsthese all combine to al-
Knockdown: When a mountain goat gets at least 2 degrees of low mountain goats to achieve footing in seemingly sheer
success on a Fighting test with its Charge, it can forego the bonus
damage from the Charge to instead knock the target prone. This can
be especially dangerous to foes in the mountainous terrain that is SNAKE, VENOMOUS
the home of these creatures. Agility 2 (Quickness 2B), Awareness 3 (Notice 1B),
Cunning 1, Stealth 2 (Blend-in 1B)
HAWK
Combat Defense: 9 (11) Health: 6
Agility 3 (Quickness 2B), Athletics 2 (Strength 1B), Natural Armor: AR 0 Movement: 3 yards
Awareness 4 (Notice 2B), Cunning 1, Survival 3 (Hunt 2B)
Bite 2D 2 Damage Venomous
Combat Defense: 9 (11) Health: 6
Venomous: Snake venoms act in a variety of fashions, but can be
Natural Armor: AR 0 Movement: 1 yard / Fly 6 yards represented generically with the following toxin:
Beak 2D 2 Damage
Snake Venom Injected
Talons 2D 2 Damage
Retrieve: Because of their size and hunting style, hawks can be Virulence: 3 (normal) 4 (deadly) Frequency: 1/hour
easily trained to retrieve certain objects, whether its prey or a key Toxicity: 2 (small snake) 3 (large snake) Diagnosis: Routine (6)
ring. Hawks can carry an item of up to 5 pounds without difficulty.
Snake venoms affect the blood and central nervous system of the
Larger prey and items (up to 10 pounds) can be borne for a round,
victim, causing bleeding and in the most deadly cases, respiratory
but not longer.
paralysis. On a successful attack, the victim takes 1 Wound as the
toxin spreads and cripples the victim.
VULTURE
Recovery: Wounds can be recovered normally, once the toxin has
Awareness 4 (Notice 2B), Cunning 1, Endurance 3, run its course.
Fighting 1, Survival 3 (Forage 2B)
Combat Defense: 8 (10) Health: 9 OWL
Natural Armor: AR 0 Movement: 1 yard / Fly 5 yards Agility 3, Awareness 5 (Notice 3B), Cunning 1,
Stealth 4 (Sneak 2B), Survival 3 (Hunt 2B)
Beak 1D 2 Damage
Combat Defense: 10 (12) Health: 6
WILD DOG Natural Armor: AR 0 Movement: 1 yard / Fly 4 yards
Agility 3 (Dodge 1B, Quickness 1B), Athletics 3 Beak 2D 2 Damage
( Jump 1B, Run 1B, Strength 1B, Swim 1B), Awareness 3
Talons 2D 3 Damage
(Notice 1B), Cunning 1, Endurance 3 (Stamina 1B),
Fighting 3, Stealth 4 (Sneak 1B),
Survival 4 (Forage 1B, Hunt 1B, Track 1B) WEASEL

Combat Defense: 9 (11) Health: 9 Agility 2 (Contortions 2B), Cunning 1, Endurance 2

(Resilience 1B), Fighting 2, Survival 2 (Forage 1B, Hunt 1B)
Natural Armor: AR 0 Movement: 6 yards
Bite 3D 3 Damage Combat Defense: 8 (10) Health: 6
Natural Armor: AR 0 Movement: 4 yards
Knockdown: Whenever a wolf gets at least 2 degrees of success on
a Fighting test, it can forgo the extra damage to knock its opponent Bite 2D 2 Damage
to the ground.
Trainable: Weasels are very clever, and take training easily. Treat
them as Will 1 for the purpose of Animal Handling (Training) tests.

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cliff-faces and other precarious perches in the mountains. WILDCAT

Stats for the mountain goat can be used for similar ani-
Agility 3 (Balance 2B, Dodge 1B), Athletics 2 (Climb 1B,
mals, such as bighorn sheep and tahrs. Jump 1B, Run 1B), Awareness 4 (Notice 2B), Cunning 1,
Stealth 5 (Sneak 3B), Survival 3 (Hunt 2B)
Hawk
Combat Defense: 9 (11) Health: 6
Hawks, like falcons, are easy to train and favored by nobil- Natural Armor: AR 0 Movement: 6 yards
ity for hunting small ground animals. While not as smart Claws 2D 1 Damage
as a falcon, they are still possessed of a high intellect and Knockdown: Whenever a wolf gets at least 2 degrees of success on
keen eyesight. a Fighting test, it can forgo the extra damage to knock its opponent
to the ground.
Owl
WOLVERINE
Seldom trained, owls are easy to identify by their barrel
Agility 3 (Contortions 1B, Dodge 1B, Quickness 1B),
shapes and wide eyes. Adaptations of wing and feather al- Athletics 3 (Climb 1B, Run 1B, Strength 1B),
low them to fly silently and sneak up on their prey. Awareness 3 (Notice 1B), Cunning 1, Endurance 3
(Resilience 2B, Stamina 1B), Fighting 4,
Snake, Venomous Survival 3 (Forage 1B, Hunt 1B), Will 3 (Courage 2B)
Combat Defense: 9 (11) Health: 9
Venomous snakes are common in the woodlands, but sel-
Natural Armor: AR 0 Movement: 6 yards
dom attack humans unless threatened.
Bite 4D 3 Damage
Claws 4D 4 Damage Powerful
Vulture
Implacable: Wolverines can take Injuries to reduce damage to their
The largest of the birds of prey, vultures are primarily scav- Health.
engers with a sense of smell as keen as their eyesight. They
have tremendous endurance, gliding and flying long dis-
Wildcat
tances to find fresh carrion to consume.
The smallest of the hunting cats, this can also be used to
Wild Dog represent a domestic cat.
Large dogs tend to hunt in packs, allowing them to support
Wolverine
each other and take down even large opponents or prey.
The largest natural member of the weasel family, wolver-
Weasel ines are aggressive, foul-tempered and nearly fearless. They
Weasels are small, clever predators that can be trained to regularly drive wolves and even bears away from kills to
perform simple tricks. These statistics can also represent claim the meat for themselves.
stoats and ferrets.

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