Glossary of Four Against Darkness Rules
While the whole game of Four Against Darkness only takes up 90 pages of an A5 sized book, I still find the placement of some of the rules a little off. Or more exact, I always have to look twice for a rule if I've not used it in a long time. That said, I've put together a glossary of rules for 4AD, so that you can hopefully lookup rules more quickly. I've purposefully not listed the actual rules, as I feel like that is property of Andrea Sfiligoi and Ganesha Games. Just buy the rulebook, its super cheap and they should get their sales
These page numbers relate to revised rules version 4.0
Attacking Immediately 51
Backtracking 41
Bandages 16
Bashing Doors 63
Bear Traps 62
Blessing Spell 16
Boss Table 37
Boss Treasure when met as Wandering Monsters 72
Bosses 22
Bow 16
Buying Equipment 16
Carrying Capacity 56
Chopping Up Monsters 69
Clues 58
Corridor Fighting 53
Crushing Weapons 18
Dart Traps 62
Defense Roll Modifiers 52
Disarming Traps 63
Doors, Locked (Optional Rule) 63
Drawing Limitations 41
Dwarf Characters 14
Elf Characters 13
Encounters 51
Entrance Rooms 25
Escape Spell 49
Equipment 16
Equipment - Exchanging Between Characters 69
Epic Rewards Table 40
Escaping 43
Experience Points Summary 47
FAQs 69
Fallen Heroes 44
Falling Stone Trap 62
Fight (Monster Reaction) 23
Fight to the Death 23
Final Boss 43
Fireball Spell 49
Flight from Combat 55
Fleeing (Monster Reaction) 23
Fleeing Monsters 23
Fleeing if Outnumbered 23
Giant Stone Trap 62
Halfling Characters 15
Hand Weapon 17
Hidden Treasure 58
Hidden Treasure Complications Table 58
Holy Water Vial 17
How to Attack Monsters 20
Lantern 17
Levelling Up Wounded Characters 71
Light Armour 17
Light Hand Weapon 17
Lightning Bolt Spell 49
Lockpicking 64
Locked Doors (Optional Rule) 63
Looting 56
Loot - Carrying 56
Magic Treasure Table 34
Marching Order 51
Max Level 46
Minions 20
Minions Losing 50% of their Numbers 22
Monster Reactions 23
Monsters - Fleeing 55
Offer Food and Rest 23
Potion of Healing 18
Peaceful 23
Poison Gas Traps 62
Protect Spell 49
Puzzle 23
Rescuing Characters 45
Resurrection Spell 18
Retracing your Steps 41
Revisiting Rooms 41
Rogue Characters 10
Rogue Disarming Traps 62
Room Contents Table 31
Rotating Rooms 41
Running Away From Combat 55
Saving Throws 64
Scrolls 49
Secret Door 57
Selling Equipment 19
Shield 18
Sling 18
Sleep Spell 49
Slashing Weapons 18
Spear Trap 62
Special Events Table 33
Special Features Table 32
Spells 49
Splitting the Party 44
Stone - Characters turned to 45
Time Limits 43
Trapdoor Traps 62
Traps & Traps Table 62
Traps - Disarming 63
Treasure Table 34
Twp-Handed Weapons 18
Wandering Monsters 57
Warrior Characters 8
Weird Monster Table 38
What is a Corridor 25
Who Is Attacked 53
Wizard Characters 11
Wizards - Picking Up Weapons 69