Errata

10 – Under Immediate Action, a Lesser Wish will also work, restoring the victim fully.

     Under "Heroic Magic Revival," the fifth paragraph states that these methods (Greater Wish, etc.) must be tried within an hour of death. The actual time limit is one day of game time.

24 – Add: A Magic Rainstorm creates 84 gallons of ordinary drinkable water, if you can catch it.

25 – Under Repair, last sentence, the spell referred to should be Restore Device; there is no such thing as Repair Device.

27 – Lightning – Maximum of 3 points per casting.

28 – A giant has MA 10.

30 – To clarify: It does not cost 1 ST to make a physical whack with the staff. The ST is spent when the staff's occult damage is to be done.

33 – Wizard's Wrath – Maximum of 3 points per casting.

33 – Zombies – They retain their combat skills (but no other) at their -2 DX.    

39, 176 – The Talent name is Remove Traps, plural.

44 – We will be referring to "common" now instead of "human tongue," just to get rid of silly-sounding situations like the Goblin who only speaks "human."

49 – In entry 9 of the last table, the distance of "13 megahexes" will be easier to use on the labyrinth map.

78 – A Giant has MA 10.

82 – An octopus has eight arms, not eight legs.

92-93 – The fur of the giant wolverine stops 2 hits.

95 – A giant snake or monster snake has IQ 4.

96 – A crabman has one big set of pincers on each arm.

99-100 – Rats may stack at two per hex; they must still be attacked individually.

100 – Some text is missing in Scuttles. The second paragraph should begin "Hand-sized when they attack, Scuttles jump onto their prey and bite like giant ticks. They drink blood, swelling to balloon-size, and drop off when sated."

103 – Option (s) should be "Shift one hex (or stand still) and attempt to disbelieve one figure."

103 – Add the following – it will be in a box in the new printing:

104 – Two things. You must pass directly through an item's hex to scoop it up during movement, and if you get it, it becomes ready immediately.

106 – In the third paragraph under facing, the diagram referred to is above, not below.

106 – An enemy does not literally have to be armed in order to engage you. We hate to say this, but Use Common Sense. For instance, a wolf, a martial artist, and a wizard are all dangerous foes and all of them engage you.

106 – There is one shaded hex too many in the diagram in the right column. The leftmost full hex in the bottom row should not be shaded. The diagram makes much more sense that way.

106 – Add "You cannot disengage by crawling unless your opponent cannot move at all."

109 – Change the 2-handed bastard sword damage to 3d-2.

110 – The DX penalty for a main-gauche should be -1.

111 – Add new sentence after the first one. "Like a small shield, it carries a -1 DX penalty."

114 – Replace the third and fourth paragraphs of Thrown Weapons with "Murphy's Law rules the battlefield when you are rolling to miss. If you are trying to miss a friend but fail, the weapon strikes them point first – roll damage normally. But if you are rolling to miss a foe but fail, you hit them . . . with the wrong end of the weapon. It falls harmlessly to the ground."

115 – A failed attempt to miss an enemy with a fired arrow results in a broken arrow.

117 – See the article in Hexagram #3 for some well-made points about the current Defend rules. There are no official changes yet, but it's a subject open for discussion and consideration.

117 - The first sentence of the third paragraph under Defending and Dodging should read "Defending is effective only against non-missile physical attacks." No, you cannot Defend against a spell.

118 – Delete the last sentence under Forcing Retreat. We may need more development on the Retreat rules – look for a Hexagram article.

119 – More about the effects of relative height on combat can be found in Hexagram #2. tl;dr Steps are a half-yard each. There is no penalty for striking at someone one step higher or lower. There is a +2 bonus for striking at someone two steps lower, if you can reach them, and a -2 for striking at someone two steps higher.

124-125 – The arquebus and blunderbuss are flintlock weapons; they don't require a lit torch. A grenade requires a source of fire (usually a torch). So does a petard, but it may have a long, slow fuse. When used as traps, grenades and petards are triggered by flintlock mechanisms.

135 – Delete the last sentence of the 4th paragraph of Missile Spells.

143 – A Lesser Wish cast on a dead figure within an hour will return them to full health and strength.

143 – A Greater Wish cast on a dead figure within a day will return them to life, but they are at ST 0 and will lose a total of five attribute points.

147 – Elves' toenails cost $16/pound.

148 – Mana can also be spent to restore fatigue.

152 – Delete the second sentence in the Ingredients column for "Bound Small Demon."

155 – Add at end of first partial paragraph on page: If a wizard does nothing but eat, sleep, cast, and rest, they could generate at least 50 ST/day. Most GMs would disallow such a "has no life" character!

175 – Add Food, 41, 67.

176 – Under Scrolls, add an entry for 30. Under Shield Rush, add an entry for 112. Under Staff spell, add an entry for 30. Add new entries for Subdual and Taking Prisoners (they are the same thing), both pointing to 126, 147.

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Throughout - "Axe" should be spelled with an e.

89 - To get a warhorse foal of great intelligence, roll exactly 7 on 6 dice, That gives very close to the stated 1/500 chance.

89 again - An Indri does not kick. It tramples for 3d damage.

91 - "Chupacabra" is not supposed to be capitalized, regardless of what Microsoft Word thinks.

96 - In the second paragraph under Stonemasons, the reference should be to Stonemasons, not Stone Beetles.

97 - An Am Bush has MA 0, and because it is immobile and has no front hexes, any attack on it gets a +4.

131 - On any turn where a rider moves 8 or more hexes, their weapon does an automatic +2 damage.

174 - The first reference to Amulets should be to p. 160.

174 again - Add an entry for Dire Wolf (94).

Sigrun has a Halberd listed as 2d-1 damage. Halberds do 2d in the weapon table.

Sirocco has ST9/DX15, but wears cloth armor. She does not have the proper adjDX 14 listed.

Mad Olly has a saber listing of 1d+1 damage. Sabers are listed as doing 2d-2 damage in the weapon table.

Meg also has a saber listing of 1d+1 damage. Sabers are listed as doing 2d-2 damage in the weapon table.

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Reference pages, p. 5 – a Giant has MA 10.

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Under OPTIONS: Option (s) should be "Shift one hex (or stand still), taking no other action, and attempt to disbelieve one figure."

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I am advised by Brett Slocum that the first edition of Champions was earlier than Forrest Johnson's Space Gamer article, which would make Champions the first published instance of disadvantages in a RPG.

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