The Canting Crew: The Essential Handbook for All in the Fantasy Rpg Underclass!

by Gygax, Gary

• ISBN13: 9781931275088
• ISBN10: 1931275084
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-06-19
• Publisher: Troll Lord Games

Summary

In The Canting Crew, volume I of the Gygaxian Fantasy Worlds, Gygax explores the underworld of city life. Theives, their guilds, organization, a complete dictionary of the language they speak, the signs they use, everything a player or DM may want or need to know about the underclasses, new weapons and more this book is a must have.

Table of Contents

``The Canting Crew Society'' The Canting Crew	8	(65)
Introduction	9	(6)
The Fantasy World	11	(3)
The Principal City	14	(1)
City & Suburban Political & Socio-Economic Details	15	(3)
City Architecture	18	(11)
Suburban Architecture	29	(7)
City Political Divisions	36	(3)
City Policing	39	(1)
City Arms Laws	40	(1)
City Revenue	41	(1)
Social Environments	41	(4)
Communications between the City & Country Canting Crew	45	(2)
The Brotherhoods	47	(25)
Assassins	47	(2)
Thieves	49	(17)
Vagabonds	66	(3)
Beggars	69	(3)
Afterward: on Magic	72	(1)
``Cant''	73	(62)
The Names of Food & Drink	74	(1)
Names for Money & Gems	74	(2)
Names for Weapons & Armor	76	(1)
Names for the Canting Crew	77	(6)
English to Cant Dictionary	83	(15)
Cant to English Dictionary	98	(37)
Conversational Canting	115	(1)
Greetings	115	(1)
Amenities	115	(1)
Identifying Oneself	115	(1)
Observances & Questions	116	(1)
Directions	116	(1)
Money	117	(1)
Food & Drink	117	(1)
General Instructions/Responses	118	(1)
Warnings	118	(1)
Operational Instructions	118	(2)
At the Play House	120	(1)
On the Street	120	(2)
At the Inn	122	(2)
On the Street at Night	124	(1)
At the Gaming House	124	(1)
Gambling	125	(10)
Signs
Pictograms
``d20 Cant''	135	(18)
Prestige classes	136	(12)
Spells	148	(4)
d20 Details of the Canting Heirarchy	152	(1)
``Lejendary Adventures''	153	(17)
New classes	154	(16)
Appendix A Guilds & Orders	170	(1)
Appendix B Inns & Taverns	171	(3)
Appendix C Equipment List	174	(2)
Appendix D Crimes & Punishment	176	(4)
OGL	180