4 Dice Against Evil

Adventurers: Warrior — +1 to Danger Tests, matches Minion Monsters. Thief — +2 to Magic Item Search, matches Deadly Traps. Cleric — +2 to Damage Save, matches Horrifying Undead. Wizard — roll an extra Danger Test die and take the best, matches Magic-Using Monsters.

Encounters 1–5: Roll 4 Hazard dice: 1–3 Minion Monster, 4 Deadly Trap, 5 Horrifying Undead, 6 Magic-Using Monster. Match adventurers to hazards one-to-one. Hazard Strength = 3 + 1 for each unmatched hazard, capped at 6.

Danger Test: Roll an Action die (two dice, best result, if you have a Wizard; +1 if you have a Warrior). If the result equals or exceeds Hazard Strength, the encounter is overcome.

Damage Save: If a Danger Test fails, roll an Action die (+2 if you have a Cleric). On 5+, no one falls. Otherwise you must choose one adventurer to remove. Then try the Danger Test again — and if that adventurer matched a hazard, that hazard is back, so Hazard Strength goes up.

Magic Item Search: After an encounter is overcome, roll an Action die (+2 if you have a Thief). On 5+, you find a Magic Item. A Magic Item die can be rolled with or after any roll, after you know the result, to add its result to that roll. Any number can be used, one at a time. Once spent, it is gone. In this web version, when a roll fails you will be offered “Roll a Magic Item” before you accept the failure.

Evil: After five encounters, Evil’s Hazard Strength is always 6. You must win the chosen number of Danger Tests (3 standard, or more for a harder game), surviving Damage Saves along the way, to win. If all adventurers fall, the village falls.

Interpretation notes, so nothing is hidden: Warrior/Cleric/Thief bonuses apply if at least one of that type is still alive. The Wizard bonus is an extra Danger die, best result only, not a sum. A Magic Item adds its rolled face to the roll it is spent on. No Magic Item Search happens between Evil victories — Evil is one encounter, won in stages.