The Hit Die Hack

The Hit Die Hack

Hit Dice are at the top of every character sheet and every monster stat block. But when we get to the table, this important stat gets ignored.

No longer.

Enter the Hit Die Hack: a compendium of rules modifications to make your favorite dungeon-crawling game hit-die forward.

Don’t call it a comeback.

The Hit Die never left.

What's in the Hack?

• A brief history of Hit Dice
• A fully playable, micro-OSR ruleset 
• New rules for attacking, damage, death that can slot into any OSR-style game.

7 New Classes

• The strong Fighter
• The agile Hunter
• The mischevious Scoundrel
• The powerful Channeler
• The bold Crusader
• The wild Berserker

Complex Monsters

• A monster organ system to bring depth to monster hunting
• Thirteen classic foes, designed with the organ system.

Magic Items 

• Thirteen magic items that make Hit Dice matter
• Including Five Sentient items and a system for running sentient items

Domain Play and Rules for Fantastic Battles

• Rules to use Hit Dice in high-level domain play
• Rules for rallying and commanding troops into battle