49 Pages

These are no 49 ordinary pages.

This is a plan for 18 point text, graphic modular house-rules pages for the first three character levels of a classic d20 medieval fantasy adventure game. They are in four sections corresponding to what players and GM will be doing in a typical campaign: Characters (white); The Village (yellow); The Adventure (orange); The Town (brown). The format forces conciseness, as regular readers here will have already seen. I usually end up liking what this does to the final products.

Let's be real. Nobody's going to use it who doesn't know what a roleplaying game is. The kids have played enough computer games, and anyone our age who is getting into this stuff has at least one person in the group who knows what it's all about.

So #1 will not be the usual thing. And #49 is downright heretical, but, I think, necessary as a starting point. Especially for the people approaching from computer gaming.

I expect some pages will split, and others merge, and I'll keep it to 49. Bold pages are already completed, with links to the posts if they've been posted (but expect some revisions).

Hey, if I even complete a third of these, starting from the most interesting first, it will be worth it. So, anything obviously missing?

1. What Is This Game?
2. Vital Statistics (definition of stats and basic mechanics for characters and beings)
3. Who Are You? (rolling a character and choosing a character class)
4. The Adventuring Character (charts of character stats and skills for the first 5 levels)
5. Adventuring Fighter Powers: Force, Finesse and Followthrough
6. Adventuring Priest Powers: Restore HP, Faith Healing, and Abjure Evil
7. Adventuring Rogue Powers: Ambush, Distraction and Skill Mastery
8. Adventuring Wizard Powers: Spell Casting
9. Spells for level 1
10. Spells for levels 3-5
11. Powers of the Adventuring Dwarf and Elf
12. The Adventuring Gnome: Dabbler's Magic and Loser's Luck
13. Going Shopping 1: Weapons
14. Going Shopping 2: Armor
15. Going Shopping 3: Equipment
16. Going Shopping 4: Domestic Animals
17. Who Else is Out There? (interactions with NPCs explained)
18. First Meetings (morale and reaction tables)
19. Companions (hirelings and henchmen) 
20. Everyday Life (living costs, travel, etc.) 
21. Adventure Environments
22. Light and the Senses
23. Moving Around
24. Breaking Things
25. Hazards: Fire, Falling, Water, Poison
26. Traps
27. Enemies: Animals
28. Enemies: Humanoids
29. Enemies: Monsters
    
30. Enemies: The Weird
31. Enemies: The Unholy
32. Combat: The Encounter
33. Combat: Time and Space
34. Combat: Initiative and Actions
35. Combat: Missiles and Powers
36. Combat: Melee
37. Death and Damage
38. Critical Hits and Fumbles
39. Recovery and Healing
40. Treasure
41. Magic Items I
42. Magic Items II
43. Experience and Advancement
44. Travel through Civilized Lands
45. Town Services
46. Town Goods
47. Carousing
48. Town Encounters
49. Winning The Basic Game