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title: 'HOSR Core Rules: Referees Only'
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date_pub: 2023-04-23T00:04:00-04:00
section: rules
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### Creatures and NPCs

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|  HD   | Death | Wielded | Paralyze | Blasts | Spells |
| :---: | :---: | :-----: | :------: | :----: | :----: |
|   0   |  14   |   15    |    16    |   17   |   18   |
|  1-3  |  12   |   13    |    14    |   15   |   16   |
|  4-6  |  10   |   11    |    12    |   13   |   14   |
|  7-9  |   8   |    9    |    10    |   10   |   12   |
| 10-12 |   6   |    7    |    8     |   8    |   10   |
| 13-15 |   4   |    5    |    6     |   5    |   8    |
| 16-18 |   2   |    3    |    4     |   3    |   6    |
| 19-21 |   2   |    2    |    2     |   2    |   4    |
|  22+  |   2   |    2    |    2     |   2    |   2    |

[Creature Saving Throws]

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| Max HD | Mod | Max HD | Mod |
| :----: | :-: | :----: | :-: |
|   0    | -1  |   9    | +7  |
|   1    | +0  |   11   | +8  |
|   2    | +1  |   13   | +9  |
|   3    | +2  |   15   | +10 |
|   4    | +3  |   17   | +11 |
|   5    | +4  |   19   | +12 |
|   6    | +5  |   21   | +13 |
|   7    | +6  |  22+   | +14 |

[Creature Attack Modifiers]

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Creatures with bonus hit points (ex: HD X+1) attack as one HD higher.

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| Creature HD | Base XP | + XP per \* |
| :---------: | :-----: | :---------: |
| Less than 1 |    5    |      1      |
|      1      |   10    |      3      |
|     1+      |   15    |      4      |
|      2      |   20    |      5      |
|     2+      |   25    |     10      |
|      3      |   35    |     15      |
|     3+      |   50    |     25      |
|      4      |   75    |     50      |
|     4+      |   125   |     75      |
|      5      |   175   |     125     |
|     5+      |   225   |     175     |
|      6      |   275   |     225     |
|     6+      |   350   |     300     |
|    7(+)     |   450   |     400     |
|    8(+)     |   650   |     550     |
|    9(+)     |   900   |     700     |
|    11(+)    |  1100   |     800     |
|    13(+)    |  1350   |     950     |
|    17(+)    |  2000   |    1150     |
|    21(+)    |  2500   |    2000     |

[XP Awards for Defeated Creatures]

For creatures greater than 21+ HD, add 250 XP for each additional HD.

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### Gems

Jewelry is worth 3d6 x 100 gp.

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|  d20  |         Gem Value          |
| :---: | :------------------------: |
|  1–4  |            10gp            |
|  5–9  |            50gp            |
| 10–15 |           100gp            |
| 16–19 |           500gp            |
|  20   | 80%: 1,000gp, 20%: 5,000gp |

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|   Size (Diameter)   |                   Weight                   |        Value        | # in 1 cu ft |
| :-----------------: | :----------------------------------------: | :-----------------: | :----------: |
| 6" (ex: grapefuit)  |          31,000 carats / 14 lbs.           | Base value x 50,000 |      8       |
| 3″ (ex: large fist) |           4,856 carats / 2 lbs.            | Base value x 5,000  |      64      |
|  2″ (ex: cue ball)  |           1,133 carats / 1/2 lb.           | Base value x 1,000  |     216      |
|  1″ (ex: eye ball)  |    145 carats / 0.064 lbs. (16 = 1 lb.)    |  Base value x 100   |    1,728     |
|  1/2″ (ex: marble)  |    18 carats / 0.008 lbs (125 = 1 lb.)     |   Base value x 10   |    13,824    |
|   1/4″ (standard)   |    2 carats / 0.001 lbs.(1,000 = 1 lb.)    |     base value      |   110,592    |
|     1/8″ (tiny)     | 0.3 carats / 0.000125 lbs. (8,000 = 1 lb.) |   base value / 10   |   884,736    |

_Adapted from https://olddungeonmaster.com/2012/06/10/gems/._

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#### Types of Gems by Value

10 gp

-   agate (banded, eye, or moss )
-   azurite
-   hematite
-   lapis lazuli
-   malachite
-   obsidian
-   pearl (freshwater / irregular)
-   quartz (blue)
-   rhodochrosite
-   tiger eye
-   turquoise

50 gp

-   bloodstone
-   carnelian
-   chalcedony
-   chrysoprase
-   citrine
-   iolite
-   jasper
-   moonstone
-   onyx
-   quartz (clear, rose, smoky, or star rose)
-   sard
-   sardonyx
-   zircon

100 gp

-   amber
-   amethyst
-   chrysoberyl
-   coral
-   garnet (red or brown-green )
-   jade
-   jet
-   pearl (white, golden, pink, or silver )
-   spinel (red, red-brown, or deep green)
-   tourmaline

500 gp

-   alexandrite
-   aquamarine
-   garnet (violet)
-   pearl (black)
-   peridot
-   spinel (deep blue)
-   topaz (golden yellow)

1,000 gp

-   emerald
-   opal (white, black, or fire )
-   sapphire (blue, star, or yellow)
-   ruby (star)
-   corundum (fiery yellow or rich purple)

5,000 gp

-   diamond (blue, blue-white, brown, canary, or pink)
-   jacinth
-   ruby (clear red)
-   sapphire (black)

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