Dračí doupě

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Dračí doupě
Designer	unknown
Publisher	ALTAR
Publication date	1990 (1st edition) 2004 (plus edition)
Genre(s)	Fantasy
System	Custom
Czech only

Dračí doupě (literally translated: Dragon's den) is a popular Czech role-playing game, very loosely based on Dungeons & Dragons. It was created by the publishing company ALTAR.

[edit] Rules

Each player plays typically one character (warrior, ranger, wizard etc.), except for one player - the gamemaster (called Pán jeskyně in Czech, which can be translated literally as Lord of the cavern or more freely as dungeon master). He/she prepares a map and then describes to the players what their characters see and hear. The players say what the characters do and the Lord of the cavern says what was the result of their actions.

There are rules for most actions (fighting with monsters, spellcasting, buying equipment, opening a chest with an arrow trap, speed of a movement, point of tiredness, trying to frighten an enemy to run away etc.), but the characters can try to do anything, even if it is not described in the rules. The Lord of the cavern uses his fantasy to determine what happens.

[edit] Profession

Each player chooses one of seven races and one of five professions. On a higher level every character has to choose one of two possible specializations for his profession. The professions and specializations are:

Warrior - a strong person with fighting abilities
- Fighter - a powerful hero, strong especially against giant animals
- Fencer - strong against humanoids

Ranger - also strong in battles, but with abilities like healing, speaking to animals, tracing other beings etc.
- Strider - strong in fighting and finding information (inspired by Aragorn)
- Druid - a forest spellcaster

Wizard - weakest in fight, but able to cast spells
- Sorcerer - practical magic of all kinds, inventing new spells
- Mage - mental magic, understanding the "fundamental conflict" of the world (between good and evil etc.)

Alchemist - able to prepare magical potions, explosives, poisons, enchated weapons etc.
- Theurg - contact with astral spheres, casting elementals, enchanted weapons etc.
- Pyrofor - magical potions, flying torpedoes, rockets, poisons

Thief - able to move unseen, convince people, climb walls etc.
- Robber - noteless in a crowd, good at knife throwing and martial arts, estimating a value of a jewel etc.
- Sicco - estimating intentions of people, building a "net" (organized band)