Skulduggery (role-playing game)

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Skulduggery is a role-playing game by Robin D. Laws, published by Pelgrane Press in 2010.

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Description

Skulduggery uses a variant of the system from The Dying Earth Roleplaying Game .

Publication history

Skulduggery was published by Pelgrane Press in 2010.

Reception

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