TEXT: AGENDA 
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  Make the world fantastic 
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  Fill the characters’ lives with adventure 
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  Play to find out what happens 
  QUESTIONS 
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  How were you captured by the goblins? 
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  What do you plan to do if you survive? 
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  Why do you loathe Greebak? 
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  Have you made prepaid arrangements for a funeral 
  service if fortune proves fickle? 
  IMPRESSIONS 
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  The roar of the Underdark crowd 
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  The crunch of sand beneath your feet 
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  Sound of goblin horns 
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  The feeling you are being watched by the gods 
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  Distressing sight of a crushed corpse being taken away 
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  The squelch of your boots in a puddle of blood 
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  Blazing torches above 
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  Scrawl on a wall: “Die Surface Weaklings!” 
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  Greebak gazes at you with indifference 
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  Crowd cries out “Rock, Rock, and Rock!” 
   
  GOBLIN COMBAT PITS V1.0D 
  A Dungeon Starter by Mark Tygart 
  For Sage LaTorra and Adam Koebel’s 
  Dungeon World 
  www.Dungeon-World.com 
   
  GOA LS 
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  Establish details, describe 
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  Use what they give you 
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  Ask questions 
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  Leave blanks 
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  Look for interesting facts 
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  Help the players understand the moves 
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  Give each character a chance to shine 
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  Introduce NPC’s 
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  Fill out your worksheet 
  DU NG EON M OVES 
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  Change the environment 
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  Point to a looming threat 
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  Introduce a new faction or type of creature 
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  Use a threat from an existing faction or type 
  of creature 
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  Make them backtrack 
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  Present riches at a price 
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  Present a challenge to one of the characters 
   
   
  “Are you not entertained?” 
   
  -film Gladiator  
   
  “Two men enter-one man leaves!” 
   
  -film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome 
    
   
  CUSTOM MOVES 
   
  Combat Pit  
  When you first step into the combat pit, Roll+Dex. On a 
  10+, gain both. On a 7–9, choose 1: 
  • You are able to notice an adversary’s weakness (+1 on all 
  combat rolls) 
  • You catch the eye of Greebak the Greedy, owner of the 
  Combat Pit 
  Less than 6: The horns sound and you are unprepared! 
  If you lose your contest and are reduced to zero hit 
  points, Roll+CHA:  
  On a 10+, gain all. On a 7–9, choose 1: 
  • You are healed by the pit staff (Avoid Last Breath roll) 
  • You avoid being enslaved as a loser by Greebak 
  Less than 6: Thumbs down! (Roll Last Breath; if succeed 
  you are enslaved) 
   
   
  
  THINGS 
                                                                                                 
  Greebak’s Amulet                                                                   
  Allows wielder control of the Magma Golem. 
  Pit Fighter Diary                                                                        
  Notes of a fallen warrior that allows reader a +1 bonus on 
  all rolls in the Combat Pits.                  
  Monsters 
  Angry Underdark Mob                                                  Solitary             
  A flurry of blows (2d8 damage)           16 HP                       
  Close, Reach, Far                                                                    
  Special Qualities: 3x normal health. Every health lost kills a 
  civilian. -1 dmg for every civilian lost.                                       
  An angry group of combat pit fans who will have blood. 
  Mostly Goblins, a few kobolds, maybe a dark elf or 
  morlock among the horde. Armed only with daggers and 
  other concealed weapons. They seem to wearing a few 
  pieces of armor.                                                                     
  Instinct: To kill the cheaters and cowards! 
   
  Hobgoblin Guard                         Group, Intelligent, Hoarder                                   
  Mace (d8+1 damage)                   6 HP                          1 Armor 
  Close 
  These guards ensure the efficient management of victims 
  and staff.  
  Instinct: Enforce the rules! 
   
  Greebak, Bugbear Overlord           Large, Stealthy, Cautious  
  Morningstar (d8+4 damage)                            10 HP, 2 Armor 
  Close, Forceful 
   
   
  Bugbears take whatever they want and bully others into 
  doing their work. They hunt for food, eating any creature 
  they can kill, including other goblins. Bugbears stand 
  between 7 and 8 feet tall and weigh in as the largest and 
  burliest of the goblins at 500 pounds. Bugbears are 
  surprisingly sneaky for their size. They sometimes send out 
  their smaller kin to lead overeager adventurers into a trap. 
  If they can’t achieve surprise, bugbears look for chances to 
  flank their foes.  
  Instinct: To bully or eat the weak 
   
  Dominates lesser goblins 
   
  Ambush or flank 
   
  Destroy pit slaves with the Magma Golem 
   
  Magma Golem                                             Solitary, Construct                        
  Smash (d10+2 damage 2 piercing) 12 HP                   3 Armor 
  Close, Forceful 
  Special Qualities:   Relentless, Immune to fire  
  Magma golems are powerful magical automatons created 
  from the raw material of magma. Hard rock on the outside 
  with a core of lava inside; they may breathe fire.  
  Custom Move: When a magma golem breathes his mystic 
  fire at you, ROLL+WIS. On a 10+, you find suitable cover. 
  On a 7-9, you dodged but choose 1 anyway:  
  Your weapon melts on your hand.  
  Your armor burns and leaves you breathless for a while (-1 
  on all rolls until you next make camp)  
  Say goodbye to your backpack.  
  On a 6-, take 2d6 in fire damage. 
   
   
  “There are as many different types of pit 
  fight as there are venues, from small 
  fistfights in an old barn or a back alley, to 
  huge conflicts with many heavily armed 
  combatants. There are vast amounts of 
  money to be made by the illegal gambling 
  cartels and on the sly by the merchant 
  guilds from the pit fights."   
   
  -Zenop the Wanderer 
   
   
  Inspired by the arena scene in the film Galaxy Quest 
   
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  Mongol General: What is best in life?   
   
  Conan: To crush your enemies, to see them driven before 
  you, and to hear the lamentations of their women.  
   
  -Film Conan the Barbarian 1982 
   
  
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