FEAR RPG is a free and complete
pencil-and-paper fantasy roleplaying game.
Last updated on 8 October 2011.
Download the rulebook for free here!
Rulebook available in print on www.lulu.com
Check out the review of FEAR at thefreerpgblog.blogspot.com
Why?
Some
roleplaying games are so simplistic that any realism is lost. Ever played a
game where:
- only thieves can pick locks?
- rapiers do the same type of
damage as clubs?
- each combatant makes one attack
every ten seconds, and can only wear one type of armour?
Other roleplaying
games are so complex that they become unplayable. Ever played a game where:
- each character has hundreds of
different skills?
- keeping track of damage in
combat requires a qualification in accountancy?
- you have to buy twenty
rulebooks to get a decent set of rules?
FEAR RPG
was born out of frustration with these types of roleplaying games, and has been
designed from scratch to be realistic yet flexible. The rules can be adapted to
any fantasy world you care to use. Hopefully there’s enough depth to satisfy
experienced roleplayers, and enough explanation to get novices started too.
Sadly, I’m not an artist so there are no pretty pictures to break up the text
and tables. If anyone has fantasy artwork they don’t mind me using, please
contact me!
What
do you get?
FEAR RPG
provides:
- 12 classic fantasy PC races;
- 100+ detailed monster
descriptions;
- 250+ spells in 12 schools of
magic;
- a simple and flexible skill
development system;
- a realistic second-by-second
combat system.
FEAR RPG can
be adapted to virtually any fantasy world invented. Just add dice (1d20s) and
imagination…
Authorship
and Contact Information
FEAR RPG
was created by Paul Jeffcoat, with suggestions from Dale Broadbent, James Lowe
and Chris Murtagh.
It has been
published on the internet to get feedback from other roleplayers. If you have
any comments or suggestions, please email them to:
Last
Rule Update
8 October 2011 – Fifth Edition!
A new system for damage makes combat deadly – and has required a full rewrite of most of the game’s mechanics. Amongst the big changes:
- Hit Points have been scrapped and replaced with a new system for injuries;
- revised attack skills and types of armour;
- revised Healing magic and herbs;
- new adrenal skills;
- new creatures – the Fey (replacing elementals) , corpse candle, rapier midge;
- 20 fully worked example NPCs;
- new materials for treasure – mithril and adamantium.
Previous updates are listed on the Rules page.