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SECOND EDITION
G.P. Davis
BABYLON
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SECOND EDITION
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Babylon, On Which Fame and Jubilation Are Bestowed
and related products are
© 2016-2020 G. P. Davis and Šukāmu Press. All rights reserved. Reference to other
copyrighted material in no way constitutes a challenge to the rights of respective copyright
holders of that material.
All non-map images used in this work are in the public domain. Most are courte-
sy of Karen Hatzigeorgiou. Many of the images compiled by Karen are available for free at
karenwhimsy.com; the remainer are licensed from christianimagesource.com. Several oth-
er images, including the cover art, are via Wikimedia Commons.
The cuneiform typefaces
Assurbanipal, Santakku,
and
SantakkuM
used in this
work are available at http://www.hethport.uni-wuerzburg.de/cuneifont/. They were creat-
ed by Sylvie Vanséveren.
SP2001
ISBN 978-0-9981394-1-8
Table of Contents
Author’s Note
1.0. Housekeeping
Choosing the Cover Image
Use of Singular
“they/their/them”
On Dating and Historical
Authenticity
Overview
2.0. Character Stats
The Three Stats
Generating Stats
3.0 Character Demographics
City-state and Tribe
City-states, Towns,
and Villages
Ethnicity
Social Status
Gender and Family
Pastoral Characters
Tribal Society
Noteworthy Tribes
The World Beyond
Mesopotamia
Age, Height, and Weight
Languages
Names
4.0 Professions
Choice of Professions
Slaves
Pastoral Characters
Profession Descriptions
5.0 Talents
Choosing Talents at
Character Creation
Using Talents
General Talent Descriptions
Spells and Rituals
Penalties to Spells
and Rituals
Spell Descriptions
Ritual Descriptions
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6
6
7
7
8
10
10
11
12
14
14
18
20
21
22
23
24
27
30
31
32
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48
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48
49
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83
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87
88
90
6.0 Equipment
Weapons
Armor and Shields
Magical Arms and Armor
Clothes and Gear
Animals, Tack, and Transport
Rentals, Slaves and Services
7.0 Advancement
8.0 Checks
Attempting a Check
Assigning Penalties
Impossible Checks
Success without Checks
Critical Success and Critical
Failure
Checks and Timing, or
the Action Economy
Contested and Avoid Checks
9.0 Combat
Armor
Lack of Professional
Knowledge
Timing
Benefits of Positioning
Melee and Ranged Weapons
Distance
Summary of Suggested
Combat Penalties
Automatic Successes
on Attacks
Combat Damage
10.0 Damage and Injury
Injury
Interlude: An Example of
Combat and Injury
Recovery and Healing
Damage Recovery
Healing Injuries
11.0
Rēḫātum,
“Left Overs”
Movement and Distance
Illumination and Lighting
98
99
102
102
103
104
105
107
109
109
110
111
111
112
114
115
117
117
117
117
117
118
118
119
119
121
121
125
129
129
129
131
131
132
Damaging Objects
and Structures
Dehydration and Starvation
Falling and Drowning
Burns and Exposure Injuries
Disease
Posion
12.0. World and Culture
Appearance
Architecture
Belief and the Gods
Babylonian Cosmology
Petitioners and Petitioned
Important Gods and Goddesses
Demons and Other Spirits
Militaries of the City-States
Specialized Forces, Support
Personnel, and Camp
Followers
Pronunciation Guide
Cuneiform Writing
The Babylonian Calendar
Old Babylonian Units
of Measure
13.0. The Kingdom of Babylon
in 1767 BCE
The Geography of
the Kingdom
The City of Babylon
Noteworthy Features
by District
133
136
137
137
139
143
145
145
146
148
148
149
149
159
161
Important Persons
of Babylon
Other Cities Subject
to Babylon
184
193
14.0 Cities Outside the Kingdom
Of Babylon
211
15.0 Bestiary
Example “Monsters”
Monstrous Talents
Mundane Animals
Humans
Humanoids
Undead
Magical Beasts
Spirits and Demons
Experience Points for
Adversaries
16.0 Artifacts
Identifying and Using
Artifacts
Artifact Armor and Shields
Artifact Weapons
Artifact Rods
Artifact Rings
Other Artifacts
17.0 Closing Matters
Partial Glossary
Bibliography
Near East Timeline
236
237
238
238
243
252
257
259
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