Dungeon World

Dungeon World is a tabletop RPG by Sage LaTorra and Adam Koebel that applies the Powered by the Apocalypse (PbtA) engine, originated by D. Vincent Baker’s Apocalypse World, to fantasy dungeon-crawling. Instead of a GM adjudicating a rules simulation, players and GM narrate the fiction first; when a character’s action fits a move’s trigger, the player rolls 2d6 and the result (10+, 7-9, 6-) determines the outcome in evocative, fiction-forward language. The GM never rolls dice — instead they make moves of their own, following an explicit agenda and set of principles.

Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0). Attribution: Dungeon World is created by Sage LaTorra and Adam Koebel. Content sourced from the authors’ own GitHub repository (Sagelt/Dungeon-World), the canonical text of the book.

Rules

Getting Started

Introduction — What Dungeon World is, per-class flavor, how to use the book, setting up a session
Playing the Game — Ability scores, making moves, harm and healing, magic, leveling up, bonds, alignment, hirelings
Basic Moves — Hack and Slash, Volley, Defy Danger, Defend, Spout Lore, Discern Realities, Parley, Aid or Interfere, with worked examples
Special Moves — Last Breath, Encumbrance, Make Camp, Take Watch, Undertake a Perilous Journey, End of Session, Level Up, Carouse, Supply, Recover, Recruit, Outstanding Warrants, Bolster
Character Creation — The 13-step process, ability score modifiers, worked example

Classes

Bard — Arcane Art, Bardic Lore, Charming and Open, A Port in the Storm
Cleric — Deity, Divine Guidance, Turn Undead, Commune, Cast a Spell, full spell list
Druid — Born of the Soil, Shapeshifter, Spirit Tongue, Studied Essence
Fighter — Bend Bars Lift Gates, Armored, Signature Weapon
Paladin — Lay on Hands, I Am the Law, Quest
Ranger — Hunt and Track, Called Shot, Animal Companion, Command
Thief — Trap Expert, Tricks of the Trade, Backstab, Poisoner
Wizard — Spellbook, Prepare Spells, Cast a Spell, Ritual, full spell list

Running the Game

The GM — Agenda, principles, GM moves, dungeon moves, dealing with common situations
Fronts — Dangers, grim portents, impending dooms, stakes, a worked example front
The World — Steadings, campaign maps, steading tags, making villages/towns/keeps/cities
First Session — Prep, getting started, the first adventure, GM goals
Example of Play — An annotated play transcript from a goblin ambush
Advanced Delving — Hacking the game: custom moves, new classes, compendium classes, adventure moves, monster hacking

Equipment

Equipment — Tags, weapons, armor, dungeon gear, poisons, services, magic items

Bestiary

Monsters — Monster tags, making monsters, treasure, the nine monster settings

Appendices

Adventure Conversion — Converting published adventures and other-system monsters to Dungeon World
Instant NPCs — 100 instincts, 100 knacks, and a name list for improvised NPCs
Teaching the Game — Pitching the game, presenting classes, running a first session
Character Sheet — Blank character sheet (printable) with interactive generator

Machine-Readable Data

Structured JSON, sourced from Sagelt/Dungeon-World (CC BY 3.0).

classes.json — Full class data: starting moves, advanced moves (2-5 and 6-10), races, alignments, bonds, gear, names
moves.json — 21 basic and special moves with triggers and outcomes
cavern-dwellers.json — Goblins, ankhegs, gargoyles, purple worms, and other cave and tunnel dwellers
lower-depths.json — Aboleths, dragons, minotaurs, nagas, and the deep-dwelling terrors of ancient ruins
twisted-experiments.json — Chimeras, golems, manticores, owlbears, and other creations of arcane hubris
folk-of-the-realm.json — Bandits, knights, nobles, spies, and the ordinary (and not-so-ordinary) people of the world
ravenous-hordes.json — Formians, gnolls, orcs, and tritons organized for war and conquest
planar-powers.json — Angels, devils, djinn, and the other creatures that slip through from beyond this world
swamp-denizens.json — Basilisks, hydras, lizardmen, trolls, and the rot and ruin of the fens
undead-legions.json — Ghosts, liches, vampires, zombies, and the many shapes death’s magic takes
dark-woods.json — Centaurs, dryads, treants, werewolves, and the sylvan monsters of the ancient forest