The Secret War

Player Quick Reference Sheets:

Character Sheet, Skill Rolls and Wounds, Combat Basics,
Common Weapon Statistics, Players Guide, Partisan Rules of Thumb,
Military Skills, and Sample Magical Effects.

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Name Wounds

Concept 2 or 12: Head

1 9 Glance, Stun 5 9 Slow Mortal
2 9 Flesh W ound 6 9 Fast Mortal
3 9 Concussion 7+ 9 Dead
4 9 Incapacitated
Ethnicity 3 or 4: Right Leg
1 9 Bruised 4 9 Incapacitated
Knowledge ____ 2 9 Flesh W ound 5 9 Slow Mortal
Administrator ____ Linguistics ____ 3 9 Flesh W ound 6+ 9 Fast Mortal
Computer ____ Medicine ____ 5: Abdom en
Engineering ____ Scholar ____ 1 9 W inded 5 9 Slow Mortal
Gadgetry ____ Scientist ____ 2-3 9 Flesh W ound 6 9 Fast Mortal
Heavy W eapons ____ Tinker ____ 4 9 Incapacitated 7+ 9 Dead
6: Right Arm
1 9 Bruised 4-5 9 Incapacitated
Perception ____ 2-3 9 Flesh W ound 6+ 9 Slow Mortal
Artist ____ Scrounging ____
7: Chest
Finance ____ Second Sight ____
1 9 Flesh W ound 5 9 Slow Mortal
Investigation ____ Sensor Ops. ____
2-3 9 Cracked Ribs 6 9 Fast Mortal
Larceny ____ Spot ____
4 9 Incapacitated 7+ 9 Dead
Saboteur ____ Stealth ____
8: Left Arm
1 9 Bruised 4-5 9 Incapacitated
Physique ____ 2-3 9 Flesh W ound 6+ 9 Slow Mortal
Athletics ____ Melee ____ 9: Groin
Carousing ____ Recovery ____ 1 9 Stunned 5 9 Slow Mortal
Crafting ____ Survival ____ 2-3 9 Flesh W ound 6 9 Fast Mortal
Endurance ____ Throwing ____ 4 9 Sterilized, KO 7+ 9 Dead
Harvesting ____ Unarmed Combat ____ 10 or 11: Left Leg
1 9 Bruised 4 9 Incapacitated
Reflexes ____ 2 9 Flesh W ound 5 9 Slow Mortal
Acrobatics ____ Maneuver ____ 3 9 Flesh W ound 6+ 9 Fast Mortal
Drive/Pilot ____ Projectiles ____
Evasion ____ Reaction ____ Description
Firearms ____ Shielding ____
Forgery ____ Sleight of Hand ____

Social ____
Connections ____ Politics ____ Specialities, Weapons, and Notes
Empathy ____ Reputation ____
Intimidation ____ Socialize ____
Leadership ____ Status ____
Persuasion ____ Trick ____

Spirit ____
Astral Projection ____ Spatial Awareness ____
Animal Handler ____ Streetwise ____
Faith ____ _____________ ____
Mana Handling ____ _____________ ____
Resist Magic ____ _____________ ____

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Skill Rolls
All skill rolls use (3d6 + Attribute + Skill). Simple
taskd require a total of 8, Common tasks (such as
shooting someone who isnt aware that theyre a
target) require an 11. Difficult tasks (e.g. shooting
someone who doesnt want that to happen) require a
14. Heroic (17) and Legendary (20) tasks are virtually
unheard-of.
Difficult circumstances, such as a target being
behind cover and/or being of somewhat uncertain
location, trying to make a called shot to a specific hit
location, trying to track in a rainstorm, and similar
situations inflict a -3 penalty on skill rolls.
You only get one shot at any particular roll until
either 1) the situation changes in some major way, or
2) you take more time. Unless otherwise specified,
the relevant time intervals are a round, 2d6 rounds,
2d6 minutes, an hour, and 2d6 hours.
Optionally, if a character succeeds by a margin of
3 or more (one difficulty level), the Game Master may
decide to reduce the time required by one level.
Wounds:
When someone hits you, they roll 3d6; two are
read to get the location, apply the weapon and armor
modifiers to the third and check off the relevant
damage box. If its already full, move up the list. The
special effects of the various wounds include:
Bruised. Youll feel uncomfortable later, but can
ignore this injury during combat. Recovery 8+ to heal
each day.
Concussion. You suffer a +3 penalty. Recovery
11+ to heal each day. Magical treatments will help,
not much else does.
Cracked Ribs. This will hurt for some time, but
can be ignored during combat after the first round,
during which youre stunned. Recovery 14+ to heal
each day.
Dead. You die. Swift medical attention or magic
may be enough to save you (Medicine 14+ AND
Recovery 14+). If both succeed, reduce this to a Fast
Mortal wound.
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Fast Mortal. You take a +3 target number
modifier on any actions involving the affected body
part and will die within the next few minutes without
help or exceptional stamina. Recovery 14+ in 2d6
turns to drop down to Slow Mortal. Otherwise you die.
Flesh Wound. Anything from a graze to a nasty
cut or puncture in non-vital flesh. Painful and bloody,
but this can be ignored during combat. Recovery 11+
to heal each day.
Glance, Stun. A dazing impact against the skill.
You cant take actions. Roll Recovery 14+ to recover
each turn, but Medicine generally isnt any help.
Incapacitated. The affected body part is virtually
out of action until healed. Any actions involving it
suffer a +3 modifier and, if strenuous, automatically
fail. Incapacitating head wounds may put the
character out of action entirely if they cant make a
14+ Endurance roll. Incapacitating wounds require a
weekly Recovery roll of 14+ to heal.
Slow Mortal. You take a -3 penalty on actions
involving the affected body part and will die within
the next few hours or days without help or a strong
constitution. Roll Recovery 11+ to heal to the
Incapacitated level at the end of that period.
Otherwise drop to Fast Mortal status and roll for that.
Sterilized, KO. Due to damaged genitalia you
may no longer father or bear children (as
appropriate) and will be incapacitated for 2d6 turns
due to shock. Recovery 14+ to regain sexual function
rolled once, after a week. Otherwise the effects of
this injury are permanent.
Winded. You cant take actions. Roll Recovery
11+ to recover each turn, but Medicine and Magic
generally isnt any help.
Remember that Bruises, Concussions, Cracked
Ribs, Flesh Wounds, Glance/Stun, Incapacitation,
Sterilized/KO, and Winded wounds go away
completely when the recovery check succeeds.
If a result of Dead is reduced to Fast Mortal, a
Fast Mortal wound to Slow Mortal, or a Slow Mortal
wound is reduced to Incapacitated and that box is
already full, the wound level is not increased again.
Such characters are in enough trouble already
anyway.
Combat Basics
Turn Sequence
! Make Reaction checks. Count down from the
highest results: everyone acts once in order. Anyone
whos surprised suffers a -12 roll, on a 0 or less they
dont get to act in the first round. Characters usually
get a Spot check to avoid this penalty, however.
! When your action comes up you can do two
simple things or one complex thing - move into cover
and shoot, take a few steps and open a door, run or
crawl, try to get a vehicle into motion, reload your gun
or fire a mortar.
! If you attack someone, youll need a total of 14
to hit them.
! Each positive circumstance - attacking by
surprise from ambush, attacking the flank or rear of
a vehicle, using a sticky grenade against a vehicle,
attacking an immobile vehicle, firing a full burst
against a single target, or using an area-effect
weapon - provides a +3 bonus to your attack.
! Each negative circumstance - the target having
a good hard cover (such as being in a prepared
position), being beyond the appropriate range for the
weapon in use, trying for a called shot (e.g. to the
head without having to roll a location), or trying to get
off a second shot in a single action with a
semiautomatic weapon, poor visibility, really bad
weather, trying to hit someone when youre not quite
sure of their location - inflicts a -3 penalty on the
attack.
! If a random hit occurs in an unlikely location
simply reroll the location once. If the location is still
unlikely, well, lucky shots, ricochets, and fragments
happen.
! Characters may save their actions for later, but
if they want to interrupt someone elses action theyll
need to resolve that like any other tie.
! Characters may also roll Reaction 14+ to act out
of order in response to something else - kicking away
a grenade, diving for cover, taking a shot at someone
who exposed themselves, or lashing out at someone
who comes too close. Each character can only try
this once per turn however.
! After the count gets down to 0, start over.
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Range Categories
The ranges for hand weapons are Melee, Close,
Moderate, and Long. These represent the usual
effective range of a weapon. Weapons may be used
at +1 range category (maximum of Long) at +3
difficulty.
Encounters usually start off at Long range in open
areas, Moderate range in most areas, and at Close
range in difficult terrain.
Indirect Fire Weapons
Indirect Fire weapons are always area effect and
take a one-level penalty on the first shot with line of
sight. Hitting a general area without line-of-sight
takes a two level penalty. This can be reduced by
one level after the first shot if you have a forward
observer who makes a successful Sensor Operations
check and by another if the operator then makes a
successful Engineering check to correct the
trajectory. Kind GMs may allow exchanging these.
Armor
! Most armor provides one point of armor for the
area covered (Helmets cover the head, Flak Jackets
cover the Chest, Abdomen, and Groin).
! Heavy armor, such as classical jousting plate,
provides two points of armor for wherever it covers.
! Every 3 points of armor worn - totaling each
location - inflicts a -1 penalty on Reflex checks.
! Every 6 points inflicts a -1 penalty on Physique
checks.
! The first 1-3 points worth of advanced armor,
using high-tech materials or magically-enhanced
physical armor, doesnt count when computing
penalties. Nonphysical protective spells dont count
at all.
! A holy book or medal carried by any character
with Faith +2 or better MAY provide +1 point of armor
to the chest, abdomen, and groin. (Whether or not it
does is up to the Game Master). This doesnt cause
armor penalties and stacks with other effects.

Common Weapon Statistics
Weapons in Baba Yaga have three basic ratings:
Range, Accuracy and Damage. Some have a special
note or quality as well.
! Accuracy modifies your attack roll. It only
applies to aimed shots and is listed before the /.
! Damage modifies the damage die roll. Its listed
after the /.
! Armor-Piercing halves the targets armor value,
rounded up. Its rarely useful against characters.
! Area-Effect weapons only require an 11+ to hit
the specified area. Those within the area are entitled
to make Evasion checks to avoid injury, requiring an
11+ if theres useful hard cover available and theyre
in it or free to move or a 14+ if theres no cover or
their movement is restricted.
Artillery, Mortars, and Rockets
Artillery/Mortar: Light (Extreme, -2/+3, Area
Effect), Medium (Extreme, -2/+4, Area Effect), Heavy
(Extreme, -3/+5, Area Effect), and Superheavy
(Extreme, -3/+6, Area Effect). Speciality munitions
include Smoke, Antivehicle (additional -2 to hit, trade
Area Effect for Armor Piercing), and Gas.
Infantry-Antitank Weapons: Recoilless Rifle, PIAT,
Rocket Launcher, or Bazooka (Moderate, -1/+3).
Explosive Devices (Normally Area Effect)
Grenades and Charges: Antipersonnel Grenade
(Close, +0/+1), Anti-Tank Grenade (Close, -1/+1,
AP), Satchel Charge (Close, -1/+2), Demolitions
Charge (Melee: set and run before the fuse goes off.
-3/+4. Armor-Piercing with a successful Engineering
check).
Firearms
Single-Shot or Semi-Automatic: Pistol (Moderate,
+1/+0), Carbine (Moderate, +1/+1), Rifle (Long,
+0/+1), Shotgun (Moderate, +1/+1), and Antitank
Rifle (Long, -1/+2).
Full Automatic: Submachine Gun (Moderate,
+1/+2), Light Machine Gun (Long, +0/+2) and Heavy
Machine Gun (Long, +0/+3). All may be fired as Area
Effect).
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! Semi-Automatics may be fired up to three times
in a single turn. Each shot after the first takes a
cumulative -3 modifier.
! Full-Automatic weapons may have several firing
options available:
Most may fire a single bullet, acting as a standard
pistol (machine pistol), carbine (SMG), Rifle (BAR or
other light machine gun), or antitank rifle (heavy
machine gun).
Short bursts (normally 3-5 bullets for weapons
with magazines, 25 for belt-fed weapons) use the
base statistics for the weapon in question.
Long bursts (normally a half clip for weapons with
magazines, 50-100 for belt-fed weapons) may either
gain a +3 bonus to their accuracy OR may be used
to attack an area. In either case roll damage twice
against non-vehicular targets on a successful hit.
Incendiary Devices
Flamethrower Splash (applies to those near
impact but not directly hit on a failed Evasion check,
NA/-2),Molotov Cocktail (Close, -1/+0), Flamethrower
(Close, +2/+1, Area Effect), and Flame Rifle (Close,
+1/+1).
! Flame weapons are considered Armor-Piercing
and their effects continue for (1d6-2) rounds past the
first unless extinguished. Putting yourself, or
someone else, out requires a Reaction check of 11+.
Melee Weapons
Small Knife (+1/-1), Club (+0/+0), Combat Knife
(+1/+0), Entrenching Tool (+0/+0), Axe or Sword
(+0/+1), Sap (-1/+0 Stun: will not take a character
past Incapacitated), Mace/Maul (-1/+1), Bayonet (-
1/+1), Spear (+1/+0), and Garotte (-1/+2, but only
effective from behind and with surprise).
Projectile Weapons
Hand-Hurled: Rock (Close, -1/-3), Dart (Close,
+1/-3), Shuriken (Close, +1/-2), Knife (Close, +0/-1),
Javelin or Spear (Close, +0/+0).
Unarmed Attacks (All have Melee range)
Human: Unskilled Unarmed (-1/-2) and Skilled
Unarmed (e.g., Unarmed Combat 2+, also known as
Martial Arts. +0/-1).

Players Guide
Baba Yaga is set in the midst of the largest and
most destructive war in history. Its set in an area
where 25% of the population was wiped out. Even
worse, it assumes that the characters will
intentionally seek out even greater than normal risks
and has a lethal combat system to reflect the reality
of war.
Characters will die in Baba Yaga - and they
generally wont be coming back. Even a single bullet
has a significant chance of killing someone.
There are ways to improve the odds a bit. Every
group should have at least character with a Medicine
score of 3+: a skilled doctor is invaluable. A bit of
cover or a single point of armor covering a vital
location - a helmet or protective spell - can easily
save your life.
You cant get hit if you dont get shot at. Stealth,
speech, and spells improve your odds immensely
you cant get hit if they dont know to shoot you. Use
the natural terrain to your advantage by collapsing
passes and setting traps. In Baba Yaga, you must
use every skill you possess to its fullest degree.
If you must attack directly strike from cover, strike
with surprise, and strike when you both outnumber
and outgun your target. Youre not at war for honor,
for glory, for loot, or for power. Youre at war to
protect your friends and family from the most ruthless
conqueror since Attila the Hun - and if you die there
may be no one else to protect or avenge them. Dont
fail them.
On the other hand, if you act like a berserk killing
machine, your character wont make it past one
session. This is Baba Yaga, not Bombs and
Barbarians.
Language skills are important. Every group should
have someone who understands Russian and
German. Indeed, you may find that knowledge of
Goethe gets you much farther than knowledge of
Gatling. Characters who know German can
understand captured documents, spy on the enemy,
and interrogate prisoners.
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While your village may hold a priceless secret,
youre not alone. There are villages all around you
filled with people who want the invaders out. There
are allies across half the world waiting to help you if
they can. And last, but hardly least, strange creatures
of mystic power may well be willing to aid you. Do
everything you can to take advantage of that. A small
illusion or spell of misdirection may serve you better
than a division of troops. Soldiers know how to deal
with a division of troops, but they cant fight what they
dont even know exists.
Always remember the saddest, most terrible, and -
just perhaps - the most hopeful thing about the
German forces in WWII.
They were mostly fairly ordinary people. Whether
out of fear, blind obedience, or a simple
unwillingness to admit that they had expended so
much effort, taken such risks, and sacrificed so much
in the service of an unworthy cause, they followed a
madman and did terrible things.
They were not the first, and they will not be the
last, to do so.
But there were truces, kindnesses, acts of nobility,
and acts of compassion on every side. Even in the
pits of the death camps there were acts of heroism
and pity, along with treachery and brutality.
They were all human beings. And when the
zombie horde is coming under the direction of a
bloodthirsty lunatic do you really need much more in
common than that? Few German soldiers like being
led by occult-obsessed Bloodmages. They didnt sign
up for weird experiments: they signed up to fight a
war.

Partisan Rules of Thumb
1) Establish a network of contacts and ways for
them to pass on information. While casual support -
the occasional meal or place to hide, nursing care for
the injured, recruit, or package of supplies - is
valuable, with a little work you can turn every farmer
in the fields, child on the streets, or woman hanging
washing into an informant. You should know what the
enemy is up to almost as quickly as they do.
2) Always be prepared to fall back, no matter how
many defensive lines youve prepared or how certain
you are that an attack will succeed. Make sure that
youve planned to scatter to multiple escape routes -
preferably ones under the control of friendly groups -
with multiple rendevous. Remember: once the
location of a base or safehouse becomes known to
the enemy, it will almost invariably be taken if
deemed worth bothering with. Partisans must be
prepared to abandon their base of operations at any
time.
3) Cover is your friend. Forests, hills, caves, and
night are your allies and open territory is an invitation
to disaster. Remember: you might be under
observation at almost any time from the air, by
scouts, or from a distance.
4) Scout throughly. Remember that children,
elders, and other obvious non-combatants also make
excellent scouts and often have better odds of
escaping with some excuse if caught.
5) Locate other partisan groups and external
backers or suppliers. Such support is vital in diverting
the enemy when theyre getting too close, in
obtaining munitions, and when you need backup. Be
prepared to supply such assistance to other groups.
Conversely, if there are no other groups and no
external source of support, it may be time to either
give it up and go home or to pull off some great
propaganda coup to stir some up.
6) Know the country. Your movements should be
hard to follow, whether by observation, by vehicle, or
on foot. Hidden trails, impassible gullies, skis, and
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dangerous ground are your greatest defensive
advantages.
7) Dont make the enemy preferable to you. The
people of your country are your sources of supplies
and recruits, your camouflage and informers, and
your friends and relatives. Keep them that way.
Military Skills
Green Soldiers - just out of boot camp - can be
assumed to have a +1 in whatever theyre supposed
to be doing and a +0 in other speciality jobs.
Blooded Soldiers - those whove been through a
battle or two - will have a +2 in whatever theyre
supposed to be doing and a +1 if theyre filling in for
someone in another speciality. They can also be
assumed to have a +1 in Endurance, Recovery, and
Reaction. Most of the rank-and-file opposition that
the characters face will be at this level.
Veteran Soldiers - those whove survived for much
of a campaign - will have a +3 in whatever theyre
specialities are and a +2 in other military skills. They
can also be assumed to have a +2 in Endurance and
Recovery and a +1 in Reaction. Veteran soldiers are
relatively scarce, and are usually only assigned to
important missions or to leaven a group of green or
blooded soldiers.
Elite Soldiers - specially trained veterans whove
concentrated on particular skills - will have a +4 total
(due to high skills, specializations, or a few better-
than-average attributes) in their specialities and a +2
in other military skills. They can also be assumed to
have a +2 in Endurance, Recovery, and Reaction.
Elite soldiers are quite rare, and are normally only
assigned to special missions.
If you dont have time to be checking skills, simply
assume a +3 with their primary weapon and a +2 in
everything else.
Yes, combative player-characters are generally a
match for Elite Soldiers - or even better.
Sample Magical Effects
Trivial Effects/Knacks (8+)
-Modify a single 3d6 roll by 1, casting the spell before the roll
is made.
-Strike a mystical blow in HTH equal to a light melee weapon
- or create such a weapon for a few moments.
-Provide effects equivalent to the use of simple tools or
equipment - warm clothing, a wrench, a prybar, or similar - for a
few hours.
-Weave a small and limited illusion. Disguise your clothes or
face, produce phantom whispers, or render a small object
invisible.
-Alter your fingerprints, hair and eye color, or other small
physical details via Shapeshifting.
-Raise a light breeze or keep toxic gas out of an area for a
little while, raise a dust devil or snuff a candle.
-Move small, light, objects around. This includes keys, dice,
pistol and rifle cartridges, triggers, grenade pins, and similar
items.
-Remove warts, scars, and blemishes. Cure colds and sore
throats, relieve pain, and reduce fevers. Substitute magic for a
first aid kit by halting bleeding and holding tissue together. .
-Break a bowstring, cause a misfire, ignite easily-flammable
materials, or otherwise cause small, common, accidents.
-Implant a thought in someones mind. They are likely to
accept it as a passing thought of their own, but need not act
upon it.
-Influence a domestic animal.
Minor Effects/Talents (11+)
-Modify a single 3d6 roll by 2 or a small group of 3D6 rolls by
1, casting the spell before the roll is made.
-Add +1 to a damage roll casting the spell before the attack
is made.
-Provide +1 level of personal armor for a brief period
-Make a ranged magical attack roughly equal to using a pistol
or a melee attack equal to a heavy melee weapon.
-Enhance a sense - see in the dark, track like a bloodhound,
or listen in on a whispered conversation.
-Minor shapeshifting - sprouting claws, fangs, or fur, altering
your facial features, squeezing through a spot thats just a bit too
tight.
-Raise a fog or mist, gather clouds, summon a breeze or a
powerful gust of wind.
-Communicate with someone or something who is nearby but
absent, channel the powers of an ordinary Fey spirit, engage in
short-range divinatory scans.
-Move objects weighing up to 50 pounds
-Cure minor diseases, bruises, and strains.
-Break a rope, ignite an explosion, snap a supporting ring, or
otherwise cause significant breakdowns and accidents.
-Disguise a vehicle or person with an illusion, cover up a door
or small trunk.
-Counterspell a Knack or Trivial Effect.
Notable Effects/Powers (14+)
-Modify a single 3d6 roll by 3 or a small group by 2, casting
the spell before the roll is made.
-Heal one level of damage if the Blatant Magical Healing
option is in play or Stabilize a Fast Mortal wound. Cure serious
diseases, such as pneumonia, and neutralize dangerous toxins.
-Add +2 to a damage roll or +1 to a group of damage rolls,
casting the spell before the rolls are made.
-Briefly provide +2 levels of personal armor or +1 level of
armor to a vehicle. Provide +1 armor to an individual for several
hours. Create a short-term barrier which will (probably) detonate
incoming shells before they get close enough to kill everyone in
the group.
-Make a ranged magical attack roughly equal to using a hand
grenade, SMG, or similar weapon.
-Locate and/or communicate with someone you know or have
a personal link to at long range (this includes communicating with
the dead or with distant fey).
-Increase an attribute by +1 for a brief period
-Summon or dismiss rain, heavy wind, and weather effects
within reason, steer bolts from an existing thunderstorm.
-Move objects weighing as much as a person
-Transform into another mammal of roughly the same size.
Non-mammals, and larger or smaller creatures, remain out of
reach.
-Summon minor Fey or supernatural monsters for a brief
period.
-Animate a statue, group of skeletons, or similar target for a
brief period.
-Produce short-range clairsentient effects, analyze a sample
of material, read surface thoughts.
-Briefly compel victims to do something theyre moderately
opposed to, get them to do anything which is fairly reasonable.
-Sculpt earth and stone, collapse a small cave, or otherwise
reshape modest amounts of materials.
-Render yourself invisible, change to look of an area, alter the
taste, scent, and apparent texture of foodstuffs, create a horde
of translucent specters or cloak a swiftly-moving vehicle in a
terrifying illusion.
-Temporarily acquire a language or other specific skill
enhancement.
-Rearrange organic rubbish into soft goods and/or edible
foodstuffs permanently.
-Counterspell a Talent or Minor Effect.