Wandering Monsters by Chris Gonnerman, Release 3 -- September 8, 2010: More monsters are filled in, now including most of the "normal" monsters for dungeon levels 1 to 8+. Also, new contributor mingus has provided some bandit parties. Click here to download a copy! Wandering Monsters by Chris Gonnerman, Release 2 -- September 5, 2010: This second release of the Wandering Monsters supplement includes most of the "regular" dungeon monsters, lacking only the 8th level monsters. A few NPC parties have been added, though the names of most NPCs should change before the final release. Old Monsters as New Races: A Basic Fantasy Supplement, Release 2 -- July 19, 2010: This supplement, formerly the Monsters as Player Characters supplement, has been updated! Click here to download a copy. Necromancers: A Basic Fantasy Supplement, Release 3 -- July 19, 2010: This supplement, formerly titled "Grave Masters," has been updated, adding new magic and a new monster. Click here to download a copy! The Basic Fantasy Field Guide, Release 2 -- June 16, 2010: Here's the next version of the Field Guide, including many additional monsters. Thanks to Robert Smoot for updating this. Click here to download it! Pyromancers: A Basic Fantasy Supplement, Release 1 -- May 13, 2009: I know Jason and Chris were thinking I'd never get this published, but here's the first release of the Pyromancer Supplement. I haven't reviewed it extensively yet... feel free to jump in, and comment on it in the forum. Click here to download a copy! Grave Masters: A Basic Fantasy Supplement, Release 2 -- May 13, 2010: R. Kevin Smoot has updated his Grave Master class, and I've finally uploaded it. Click here to download a copy! The Basic Fantasy Field Guide, Release 1 -- February 12, 2010: Here is the first release of the Basic Fantasy Field Guide, compiling all the monsters from the original monster supplement as well as many new monsters previously only seen on the Dragonsfoot forums. Click here to download it! The Olde Dungeoneer's Almanack, Release 5 -- February 3, 2010: This release includes the Druid and Illusionist classes, and removes the monsters (which will be getting their own supplement, hopefully soon). Click here to download it! Wandering Monsters by Chris Gonnerman, Release 1 -- January 31, 2010: Here's the first release of the Wandering Monsters supplement. Click here to download a copy! JN2 Monkey Isle by J.D. Neal, Release 1 -- January 28, 2010: Well, it took a while to get done, and it's all my fault, but here's Joe Neal's Monkey Isle module. Click here to download a copy! 0 Level Spells: A Basic Fantasy Supplement, Release 1 -- January 27, 2010: Here's the first playtest release of the 0 Level Spells supplement by Sidney Parham, Nazim Karaca, R. Kevin Smoot, Chris Kutalik, Steveman, Felipe Suárez, and Chris Gonnerman. Click here to download a copy! Monsters as Player Characters: A Basic Fantasy Supplement, Release 1 -- January 27, 2010: Finally, the Monsters as Player Characters supplement by Sidney Parham, Omer Golan-Joel, R. Kevin Smoot, and steveman has been released. Click here to download a copy! Illusionists: A Basic Fantasy Supplement Release 2 -- January 27, 2010: The Illusionists supplement has been updated by R. Kevin Smoot, incorporating additional descriptive text from the Core Rules so that it is not necessary to refer back and forth when creating an Illusionist character. You can get it from the downloads page. New Races: A Basic Fantasy Supplement, Release 1 -- January 27, 2010: Finally, R. Kevin Smoot's New Races supplement has been released. Click here to download a copy! Quasi Classes: A Basic Fantasy Supplement, Release 1 -- January 27, 2010: Finally, R. Kevin Smoot's Quasi Class supplement has been released. Click here to download a copy! AA1.6 Shepherds of Pineford, Release 4 -- January 27, 2010: This new version of AA1.6 contains a bit of new artwork by J. D. Neal, who also contributed the maps. Click here to download a copy! BF1 Morgansfort: The Western Lands Campaign, Release 21 -- January 27, 2010: One more try. There was a misplaced piece of artwork in the Nameless Dungeon section, which I have moved to a correct location. Click Here to Download! BF1 Morgansfort: The Western Lands Campaign, Release 20 -- January 27, 2010: Okay, so maybe THIS is the final release. I found, and fixed, a couple of formatting errors. Hopefully I won't find any more. Click Here to Download! BF1 Morgansfort: The Western Lands Campaign, Release 19 -- January 25, 2010: With any luck, this version is the final print release. There are few changes other than formatting. AA1.8 Vault of Eihort, Release 2 -- August 29, 2009: This new release of Vault of Eihort has been updated with revisions based on Chuck Schoonover's playtest. It was prepared by new editor John Payne, with a new selection of open (i.e. free) fonts. Click here to download it! Basic Fantasy RPG Character Sheet 2006.0 Hebrew -- August 18, 2008: Many thanks to Bug for translating the standard character sheet to Hebrew. Click here to download it! The Olde Dungeoneer's Almanack, Release 4 -- August 2, 2009: This new Almanack release includes the missing Familiar spell, as well as editing by new editor/layout man John Payne. He's also added a new Table of Contents. Note: I seem to have skipped a release number this time. Click here to download it! Thief Options: A Basic Fantasy Supplement, Release 1 -- July 30, 2009: This is Luigi Castellani's new supplement, detailing various optional rules for Thief-class characters. Click here to download it! AA1.8 Vault of Eihort, Release 1 -- July 3, 2009: This is a new module in the Adventure Anthology series. It's still very rough, but feel free to take a look. Click here to download it! BF1 Morgansfort: The Western Lands Campaign, Release 18 -- June 17, 2009: This release includes many revisions courtesy of koga305 on Dragonsfoot, as well as an art piece by new contributor Nathan Nada. Click Here to Download! Quick Character Generation: A Basic Fantasy Supplement, Release 1 -- May 8, 2009: Here at last is Chris Kutalik's Quick Character Generation supplement. Click here to download a copy! JN1 The Chaotic Caves by J.D. Neal, Release 3 -- May 4, 2009: J.D. has added a few new pieces of artwork, and a revised exterior map of the Fort, to this new release. Click here to download a copy! Basic Fantasy RPG Creature List, Release 2 -- April 29, 2009: J.D. Neal has updated Mike Roop's Creature List spreadsheet to include columns of "stat strings" in the format used in modules. Click here to download a copy! Background Skills: A Basic Fantasy RPG Supplement, Release 1 -- April 29, 2009: Here's Omer Golan-Joel's alternative background skills system. Click here to download a copy! JN1 The Chaotic Caves by J.D. Neal, Release 2 -- April 23, 2009: J.D. sent me this revised version of Chaotic Caves, including an updated cave-area map. I've tossed a bit of artwork in, and here it is! Click here to download a copy! AA1.4 Beneath Brymassen, Release 3 -- April 22, 2009: This release rearranges the rooms, putting the "extra" 13 into room 2 instead. Also, many formatting errors have been corrected. There are still rooms to be filled, so this module is still under construction. Click here to download a copy! AA1.2 Merilla's Magic Tower by Rob Pinnell, Release 3 -- April 22, 2009: With this release, I'm updating this mini-module to Playtest status. Click here to download a copy! JN1 The Chaotic Caves by J.D. Neal, Release 1 -- April 21, 2009: Here's the first release of J.D. Neal's new module. This is a very generic adventure setting, consisting of a group of monster-infested caves and an abandoned manor-fort, for beginning player characters. Click here to download a copy! AA1.2 Merilla's Magic Tower by Rob Pinnell, Release 2 -- April 19, 2009: This revised version includes many edits, including corrections to several of the monsters, and some formatting changes. This one is still "under construction." Click here to download a copy! BF1 Morgansfort: The Western Lands Campaign, Release 17 -- April 19, 2009: Chuck Schoonover's playtest of Cave of the Unknown has resulted in some changes therein, particularly in the toughness of the Zombie Displacer and in the workings of the arena. Also, a rumors table (also courtesy of Chuck) and an intro for Olde Island Fortress written by DF user MtBlack have been added. Click Here to Download! The Olde Dungeoneer's Almanack 2008-2009 -- April 12, 2009: Here's a new release of the Almanack, with all known issues resolved. Still needs art and more proofing before we can go to print with it. Click here to download it! AA1.7 Deathcrypt of Khaldun, Release 1 -- April 12, 2009: This is a new module in the Adventure Anthology series. Click here to download it! Sentient Weapons: A Basic Fantasy Supplement, Release 1 -- April 10, 2009: This supplement provides rules for sentient (i.e. intelligent) magical weapons. Click here to download a copy! BF5 Megadungeon, Release 7 -- April 10, 2009: For this release, I've completed the third level and started on the fourth. Click here to download a copy! Backgrounds and Specialties: A Basic Fantasy RPG Supplement, Release 1 -- April 9, 2009: This is the initial release of the Backgrounds and Specialties supplement, by James Roberts and Shayne Powers. Click here to download a copy! BF1 Morgansfort: The Western Lands Campaign, Release 16 -- April 4, 2009: With this release, the Garrison is complete, save only for stats for the Baronet himself; thanks Greg Schabert for your excellent work on Morgansfort! Also, a few formatting errors have been corrected (hopefully most of them). BF1 Morgansfort: The Western Lands Campaign, Release 15 -- April 1, 2009: More garrison detail has been added, and additional proofing work done. BF5 Megadungeon, Release 6 -- March 11, 2009: The second level is now almost done, and I've started on the third. BF5 Megadungeon, Release 5 -- March 10, 2009: More details have been added; about half the second level is keyed now, and the first level is almost done. Click here to download a copy! BF1 Morgansfort: The Western Lands Campaign, Release 14 -- March 9, 2009: This release adds more details for the garrison by Greg Schabert, and a bit of additional description for the keep. Click Here to Download! Equipment Packs: A Basic Fantasy RPG Supplement, Release 1 -- March 8, 2009: Here's the first release of Shayne Powers' Equipment Packs supplement. Click here to download a copy! BF5 Megadungeon, Release 4 -- March 6, 2009: This release includes wandering monsters for the 1st level, guidance on using the NPC encounters, and a few room details for the 2nd level. Click here to download a copy! Grave Masters: A Basic Fantasy Supplement, Release 1 -- March 6, 2009: Here's the first release of R. Kevin Smoot's Grave Master class. Click here to download a copy! BF5 Megadungeon, Release 3 -- March 5, 2009: More details for the 1st level... it's almost done! BF5 Megadungeon, Release 2 -- March 5, 2009: This second release includes some detailing of the 1st level rooms, including a couple of "specials." James D. Jarvis' Character Sheet -- March 5, 2009: James has submitted a revised, 2nd Edition compatible version of his excellent character sheet for download. Get It Here! BF5 Megadungeon, Release 1 -- March 3, 2009: The first sketchy release of my ongoing megadungeon project is now available! BF4 Ruby Mountain, Release 1 -- March 3, 2009: The first, very rough, release of the collaborative dungeon under Ruby Mountain is now available! Click here to download a copy! AA1.6 Shepherds of Pineford, Release 3 -- January 6, 2009: A new release, with edits by the author and maps by new contributor Joe Neal. We leapfrogged a release due to two revisions coming in very close. Click here to download a copy! AA1.6 Shepherds of Pineford, Release 1 -- December 24, 2008: Another module in the Adventure Anthology series. Note that this module is still under construction. AA1.5 Ruin of Darkfir Castle, Release 1 -- December 24, 2008: Another module in the Adventure Anthology series. Note that this module is still under construction. Click here to download a copy! BF1 Morgansfort: The Western Lands Campaign, Release 13 -- December 24, 2008: This new release includes some additional details about Morgansfort, provided by new contributor Greg Schabert Click Here to Download! BF1 Morgansfort: The Western Lands Campaign, Release 12 -- December 22, 2008: Finally, a new release of BF1 Morgansfort! This release includes some very minor textual changes, as well as new art by Cory Gelnett. Druids: A Basic Fantasy Supplement, Release 2 -- August 5, 2008: Here at last is a new release of the Druids supplement. This document is still in need of a lot of work, ironing out the d20isms and cleaning up the text, but it is now substantially complete. Click here to download it! Core Rules 2nd Edition (Release 75) -- July 15, 2008: This release clarifies monster hit dice and the Elven bonuses for detection of secret doors. Please jump in and nitpick: Click here to download. Then, join us on the Dragonsfoot.org forums to discuss it further: Click here. Core Rules 2nd Edition (Release 74) -- July 11, 2008: The saving throws for the Giant Roc were corrected, and a discrepancy between the Light spell and the description of torches was resolved. AA1.1 Gold In The Hills by Ray Allen, Release 2 -- July 4, 2008: I have edited the module, reformatting the statblocks to be the same as in BF1. I've addressed a few grammatical issues; however, I have not made a comprehensive review of the text yet. Click here to download! BF3 Dream of the White Hawk: The Nevermore Campaign, Release 2 -- July 2, 2008: At the behest of a fellow who emailed me, I am releasing for the first time the current text of megamodule BF3. Mostly, this is to prove just how little of the module is complete. Far too much is still handwritten on paper. Of what is here, much needs revision (because I used these adventures originally with another game system). But if you are still interested, click here to download. Core Rules 2nd Edition (Release 73) -- June 28, 2008: The No. Appearing figures for three monsters were corrected in this release. Not much else has been changed. Core Rules 2nd Edition (Release 72) -- June 27, 2008: This release fixes a flow error in R71. Also, the No. Appearing figures for all monsters have been standardized and clarified. Core Rules 2nd Edition (Release 71) -- June 26, 2008: Here's another shot at a 2nd Edition release. This version includes last-minute changes to Harm (the reverse of Heal) as well as a few more minor edits and formatting changes. Core Rules 2nd Edition (Release 70) -- June 22, 2008: Yes, another release candidate. Many more small changes are in this release, but nothing too significant. Core Rules 2nd Edition (Release 69) -- June 17, 2008: Here is yet another release candidate. This version adds a missing piece of artwork, the Skeleton by Brian DeClerq, and restores the omitted Dwarf Zombie by Martin "Wulfgarn" Siesto. Also, a few very minor corrections have been made. The only "rules change" is a correction to the die results in the spell scrolls table. Core Rules 2nd Edition (Release 68) -- June 15, 2008: Another day, another download... This new release is changed very little from Release 67. The flow error that messed up the end of the Spells section has been resolved, and some artwork has been rearranged in the Monster section. Click here to download. Core Rules 2nd Edition (Release 67) -- June 14, 2008: Well, the nitpickers did their duty, and here are the results. This is the second Release Candidate for the 2nd Edition Core Rules. Click here to download them! Core Rules 2nd Edition (Release 66) -- June 11, 2008: The addition of twenty-nine new pieces of artwork, a corrected Table of Contents and an updated Alphabetical Index are the only changes between releases 65 and 66... well, that and updating it to read "2nd Edition." That's right, this is the first release candidate for the 2nd Edition core rules! Nitpickers, jump in now and find all the little things I've screwed up... I'm particularly interested in text flow errors, which have plagued this project since about day one. Illusionists: A Basic Fantasy Supplement Release 1 -- April 22, 2008: Thanks to the tireless efforts of Serge Peticlerc, the Illusionists Supplement is at last ready to playtest! You can get it from the downloads page. Character Sheets by Ray Allen -- April 19, 2008: Many thanks to Scott Abraham for creating a "fillable" PDF of Ray Allen's excellent landscape character sheet. You can get it from the downloads page. Basic Fantasy RPG Character Sheet 2006.0 Swedish -- April 13, 2008: Many thanks to Ola Berg for translating the standard character sheet to Swedish. Click here to download it! Alignment Creator's Kit: A Basic Fantasy Supplement Release 1 -- April 12, 2008: Guidelines for creating an alignment system for your campaign world. Click here to download it! Core Rules 1st Edition (Release 65) -- April 9, 2008: This release includes "personality descriptions" for many of the monsters, as well as details about the powers of Djinn and Efreet that were omitted from prior releases. Also, the Table of Contents is correct, again. With this version, I am announcing a "feature freeze;" no rules changes will be made between this release and the next. I plan to fix the index and possibly add a little artwork before Release 66... which may be, officially, the first 2nd Edition release candidate. The Olde Dungeoneer's Almanack 2008 -- March 22, 2008: Well, I've done it... the "completed" supplements have been compiled into the first volume of the Olde Dungeoneer's Almanack. Click here to download it! Basic Fantasy RPG Character Sheet 2006.0 Italian -- March 22, 2008: Many thanks to Simone Felli for translating the standard character sheet to Italian. Click here to download it! Druids: A Basic Fantasy Supplement, Release 1 -- March 21, 2008: I have finally prepared a new revision of this supplement, compiling many spells developed in the Dragonsfoot.org thread. Click here to download it! Basic Fantasy RPG Character Sheet 2006.0 French -- March 21, 2008: Many thanks to Serge Petitclerc for translating the standard character sheet to French. Click here to download it! Basic Fantasy RPG Character Sheet 2006.0 Portuguese -- March 13, 2008: Many thanks to Antonio Marcelo for translating the standard character sheet to Portuguese. Click here to download it! BF1 Morgansfort: The Western Lands Campaign, Release 11 -- February 21, 2008: This new revision includes textual updates to the Olde Island Fortress, as well as extended encounter tables for that dungeon, done in the same style as the later dungeons of the module. Click Here to Download! AA1.4 Beneath Brymassen, Release 2 -- February 21, 2008: This module was originally planned as a sample adventure for the Core Rules, but now is being released as part of the Adventure Anthology series. Note that this module is still under construction. Click here to download a copy! AA1.3 The Zombraire's Estate by Russ Westbrook, Release 1 -- February 21, 2008: Thanks to Russ for this contribution to the Adventure Anthology series! The Zombraire's Estate features a couple of monsters from the New Monsters supplement. Note that this module is still under construction. Click here to download a copy! AA1.2 Merilla's Magic Tower by Rob Pinnell, Release 1 -- February 17, 2008: Here is the second in our series of small adventures, the Adventure Anthology modules. This module is still under construction. New Monsters Supplement, Release 2 -- February 17, 2008: Already, a new version of this useful supplement, now including ghasts and rot grubs. Get it from the downloads page. New Monsters Supplement, Release 1 -- January 28, 2008: Finally, I have collected the new monsters from the Dragonsfoot.org thread and assembled them into an Almanack article. Get it from the downloads page. New Spells Supplement -- January 27, 2008: It has been brought to my attention that the New Spells supplement hasn't been updated in a while; so, here it is! Get it from the downloads page. BFRPG Charts and Tables by Simone Felli, Release 1 -- January 21, 2008: Simone has submitted this handy reference compiling tables from throughout the Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game rules. Click here to download it now! AA1.1 Gold In The Hills by Ray Allen, Release 1 -- December 27, 2007: Ray has graciously allowed me to use his module as the first Adventure Anthologies submission, and you can now download it from our website... just click here! BF1 Morgansfort: The Western Lands Campaign, Release 10 -- November 24, 2007: This is the complete playtest edition of this campaign module. All rooms are finished and ready for action. Click Here to Download! BF1 Morgansfort: The Western Lands Campaign, Release 9 -- November 13, 2007: This new release includes Labyrinth LordTM and OSRICTM support. Also, several rooms are now complete (including a couple of rooms in the Olde Island Fortress and all the laboratory rooms and the altar room in Cave of the Unknown). I believe the next release will be entirely complete, though still not ready for print publication. Click Here to Download! Core Rules 1st Edition (Release 64) -- November 8, 2007: I decided it was high time to release a new version of the Core Rules. This release includes a new revision of the Stronghold rules by Nick Bogan, as well as revised wrestling rules as discussed in the Dragonsfoot.org Workshop. Also, some corrections to the maneuverability of vehicles have been made (related to the previous simplification of those optional rules). Gnomes: A Basic Fantasy Supplement, Release 2 -- November 8, 2007: These new revised rules for the Gnome race now include a new combination class, the Magic-User/Thief. Click Here to Download! Half Humans: A Basic Fantasy Supplement, Release 1 -- November 8, 2007: This supplement provides details for players of Half-Elves, Half-Ogres and Half-Orcs. Click Here to Download! Combat Options Supplement -- October 22, 2007: Here are the long-promised optional combat rules, ready for playtesting at last! Get them here! Secondary Skills Supplement -- October 18, 2007: I have finally formatted Ray Allen's Secondary Skills article, and here it is: Jump to the downloads page. Simone Felli's Character Sheet -- September 11, 2007: Simone Felli has submitted a nice landscape-format character sheet, in PDF and OpenOffice.org Draw format. Get It Here! Phil Morris' Character Sheet -- August 5, 2007: Phil has submitted his very old-school double-sided character sheet for download. Get It Here! New Spells Supplement -- July 11, 2007: Already, a new revision of the New Spells supplement. Get it from the downloads page. New Spells Supplement -- July 10, 2007: Here are many of the new spells created in the Dragonsfoot.org forums. Also included are the rules for 7th level spells for Magic-Users and Clerics. This is an early draft version! Get it from the downloads page. Revised Character Sheets by Ray Allen -- July 7, 2007: Ray "maddog" Allen has updated his character sheet and Cleric and Magic-User spell sheets. Get them from the downloads page. James D. Jarvis' Character Sheet -- July 6, 2007: James has submitted his excellent character sheet for download. Get It Here! Core Rules 1st Edition (Release 63) -- July 5, 2007: Well, here are the new "final" rules. This release contains a great many very small changes; omitting the basic grammar and spelling corrections, here's what has been corrected.
All the changes listed above were provided by one proofer, Benedict. Also, Nick Bogan supplied a new version of the maneuverability rules, and I revised the monsters section to be consistent with the new rules. New Forms by Scott Abraham -- July 2, 2007: I've just uploaded four new form PDF's created by Scott Abraham: an Adventure Log, an Adventure Sheet, a Creature Sheet, and a Game Master's Screen. Click Here to Download! Core Rules Cover Source and PDF -- February 22, 2007: I've posted a source document (OpenOffice.org ODT) and a PDF for the covers, front and back, for the core rules. These covers have been reduced to leave a half inch left and right margin (and proportional top and bottom margins) to accomodate printing on standard home printers. Core Rules 1st Edition (Release 62) -- February 17, 2007: That's right... these are the FINAL rules! (For some definition of "final...") This core rule set contains a few minor changes, and a few more signatures. Really, not much has changed, and that's good... because, if nothing significant is found in the next week, this version goes to Lulu.com! Click Here to Download! Core Rules Release 61 -- February 11, 2007: A correction has been made to the Combat text, courtesy of new proofreader Benedict Wolf. Proofreader Serge Petitclerc found a bunch more errors, which are all corrected now; this includes the missing rules for item saving throws. Dragonsfoot user Eldrad Wolfsbane suggested variable natural weapon damage for dragons, which I have implemented in this version. Click Here to Download! BF1 Morgansfort: The Western Lands Campaign, Release 8 -- February 5, 2007: This new release includes details of the standard version of the Tomb (the last room in the Old Island Fortress), as well as two alternate versions (to keep players who have read the intro story guessing). The alternate versions were suggested by Chuck Schoonover and Mark Goss. Click Here to Download! Core Rules Release 60 -- February 3, 2007: This release includes only minor changes, mainly the insertion of additional public domain artwork. Click Here to Download! Core Rules Release 59 -- February 1, 2007: New contributor Arthur Reyes has provided additional explanatory text for the Saving Throws section. New contributor Nazim N. Karaca carefully analyzed the price, weight, and damage figures of a number of weapons, and provided well-considered changes to the price and weight of some of them. Playtester Chuck Schoonover pointed out several errors in the rules, including serious errors in the Wall of Stone and Wall of Iron spells, which I have corrected. New proofreader Serge Petitclerc found a few more really annoying little errors, which are now fixed. This release is being presented "Lulu.com ready" with covers removed and resolution set to 300dpi. This makes the files a lot bigger... you've been warned! Owing to stability issues related to that size change, the OpenOffice.org download has been broken into two sections; I'm using a PDF merge tool to put the resulting PDFs together. This is the last major change before the print version! (yay!) Jesters: A Basic Fantasy Supplement, Release 2 -- January 29, 2007: Brendan tells me this is the final version of the Jesters Supplement. Enjoy! Click Here to Download! Assassins: A Basic Fantasy Supplement, Release 1 -- January 27, 2007: Here at long last is Eric C. Medder's rules for Assassin class. Click Here to Download! Gnomes: A Basic Fantasy Supplement, Release 1 -- January 27, 2007: After a few questions on the subject, I have put together a "first cut" at Gnomes for BFRPG. I don't consider this finished, but it is good enough to playtest. Click Here to Download! Jesters: A Basic Fantasy Supplement, Release 1 -- January 26, 2007: Here is the first version of Brendan Falconer's rules for the Jester class. I have included his notes at the end, with my commentary added in red. Please post your own commentary in the Dragonsfoot.org thread in the Workshop (The Olde Dungeoneer's Almanack). Core Rules Release 58 -- January 11, 2007: The Halfling Fighter/Thief has been eliminated from the rules, as there is little or no good reason to play one. Numerous small corrections have been made, thanks to the able proofing of Daryl Burns. New dice photos have been inserted, courtesy of Kevin Cook at dicecollector.com. We are another small step closer to print publication... Core Rules Release 57 -- January 2, 2007: Many, many small changes in this revision, courtesy of Daryl Burns. In particular, the missing details for the Black Pudding are now present. This release is also the first to use the new release numbering system. Core Rules Release 2006.56 -- December 27, 2006: This release incorporates numerous corrections suggested by James Roberts (in the Spells section) and Daryl Burns (in the Treasure section). Also included is the new Magic Jar text, clarified after extensive discussion on Dragonsfoot, and a few other items also hashed out there. With this release, I'm freezing sections 1-3; no text appearing prior to the Adventure section will be touched, excepting only the most egregious of errors. The Treasure section is, in my opinion, pretty solid, but as Daryl has indicated that he plans to do some further work there, I'll hold off on freezing it until next release. Core Rules Release 2006.55 -- November 29, 2006: Many, many changes:
BF1 Morgansfort: The Western Lands Campaign 2006.7 -- November 7, 2006: Yet another release with Old Island Fortress updates from Mark Goss and myself. Most of the rooms are filled in now; I have just a few more to complete and this part will be complete! Click Here to Download! BF1 Morgansfort: The Western Lands Campaign 2006.6 -- October 15, 2006: Another release with Old Island Fortress updates from Mark Goss... you'll just have to read it if you are curious. Mike Hill's Character Sheet Updated -- October 15, 2006: Mike submitted an updated version of his A4 character sheet (revised after his players used it for the first time). Click Here to Download! Mike Hill's Character Sheet Posted -- October 8, 2006: Mike Hill has submitted a nice PDF character sheet; it's A4 rather than letter, but of course Acrobat will scale it to fit your paper (and if you use A4 paper normally anyway, all the better). Core Rules Release 2006.54 -- September 27, 2006: New explanatory text for saving throws has been added at the behest of Dragonsfoot user olaberg. Remaining monster XP values have been filled in, and the Elementals are completed at last. This is it, guys... this text is final. I won't accept any more complaints of "this is broken" without replacement text being provided; put your money where your mouth is, so to speak. This is the version that will be printed. Of course, proofing comes first... New Domain Name: BASICFANTASY.ORG Yes, I did at last register a domain name for the Basic Fantasy rules. Here's hoping someone likes them besides me. Update: In a fit of stupidity I failed to collect the download statistics file correctly; thus, download stats for all BFRPG projects from late February on are lost. Sometimes I can be really stupid... Update Part II: Some of the stats have been recovered; the numbers are at least a reasonable approximation of facts now, except for a few of the newest items. BF1 Morgansfort: The Western Lands Campaign 2006.5 -- September 23, 2006: Still more of the Old Island Fortress filled in by Mark Goss, including a couple of rooms with nasty surprises... BF1 Morgansfort: The Western Lands Campaign 2006.4 -- September 19, 2006: A few more updates to Morgansfort proper, including the missing smithy as well as names for some of the NPCs, all courtesy of Mark Goss. I've also completed the reformatting of the wandering monsters section of the Nameless Dungeon, so that it no longer requires landscape format. Fighter Subclasses: A Basic Fantasy Supplement Release 2006.0 -- September 17, 2006: This article by William Smith provides "basic" versions of the Barbarian, Paladin, and Ranger. Alignment: A Basic Fantasy Supplement Release 2006.0 -- September 17, 2006: This is Todd Roe's revision of the d20 SRD alignment system, for use with BFRPG. Sorcerers: A Basic Fantasy Supplement Release 2006.0 -- September 16, 2006: Here's Ray Allen's version of the Sorcerer class for BFRPG. BF1 Morgansfort: The Western Lands Campaign 2006.3 -- September 16, 2006: Several more areas on the Morgansfort key have been detailed, courtesy of new contributor Mark Goss. Check out the Bank, the Gambling House, the herbalist and the semi-retired magic-user; also the common warehouse is now detailed. The Fine Art of Monster Conversion 2006.2 by Ray Allen -- September 4, 2006: Ray's been busy! Here's the latest revision of his conversion article. The Fine Art of Monster Conversion 2006.1 by Ray Allen -- September 3, 2006: Here as requested are Ray's instructions for converting d20 monsters to BFRPG. Enjoy! Illusionists: A Basic Fantasy Supplement Release 2006.0, and Druids: A Basic Fantasy Supplement Release 2006.0 -- August 31, 2006: As discussed on Dragonsfoot, I've decided to move away from the Basic Fantasy Companion idea and instead release a number of short articles describing specific optional rules. I'm also open to submissions of such works by others; as sufficient material becomes available to make self-publishing cost effective, I'll compile the articles together into one or more issues of the Olde Dungeoneer's Almanack. At any rate, to start the process rolling, I've decided to release these (very unfinished) articles for the Druid and Illusionist classes. Anyone wishing to submit articles for BFRPG should download at least one of these articles, and use it for a template. Core Rules Release 2006.53 -- August 31, 2006: Dragonsfoot user olaberg pointed out some spell discrepancies, which have been resolved. Another piece of art, a "generic" dwarf by Dan Dalton, graces the character races section. Now we just need to illustrate elves... everyone ought to know by now what a human looks like, right? The missing disease details for rats and giant rats is now included, as well as new rules for Constitution loss and recovery (in the Encounter section). Finally, a new set of rules for magical research, combining material from Luigi Castellani with some of my own ideas and a few bits from the forum thread, has been added (in the Game Master section). Companion Release 2006.0 -- August 7, 2006: This is the first release of the Basic Fantasy Companion, and boy, there's not much here. Hopefully this seed will sprout... New Character Sheets by Ray Allen -- July 31, 2006: Ray "maddog" Allen has provided us with a landscape character sheet, along with Magic-User and Cleric spell sheets. Get them from the downloads page. BF2 Fortress, Tomb, and Tower 2006.0 -- July 31, 2006: This is the first release of the combined module, and the first appearance of the new cover art by Steve Zieser. The module includes the last released version of Fortress of the Iron Duke as well as the first ever release of Tomb of Karsma Megalos. Crooked Rock Tower isn't even started yet... just a pile of old paper maps and a hard-to-read (handwritten) key on my floor right now. Core Rules Release 2006.52 -- July 29, 2006: This version includes additional artwork by Luigi Castellani; I'm especially pleased with his rendition of the magic sword known as the Star of Avault (on page 45 in the Encounter rules, above the Combat heading). New instructions for spell acquisition are now included in the Game Master's section. The Sleep spell has been revised due to discussion in the Dragonsfoot forum thread. Core Rules Release 2006.51 -- July 17, 2006: This version has been proofread by Daryl Burns, who pointed out many details that needed clarification. He also supplied descriptive text for the player character races. Changes have been made to the damage figures for the light and heavy crossbow, as a consequence of the discussion of the subject on Dragonsfoot. Luigi Castellani provided rules for wrestling; after some discussion on Dragonsfoot, a revised version of his rules have been included. Luigi also supplied some new artwork (check out the giants). Dan Dalton provided a weapons rack drawing to decorate the Equipment section, as well as a picture of a Halfling; I understand he plans to draw additional character-race pictures for the core rules as well. Core Rules Release 2006.50 -- June 24, 2006: This version has been proofread by Tonya Allen (thanks!) as well as myself, and is much improved in many places. The only substantial change is that Elves now receive a +2 saving throw bonus on Magic Wands as well as Spells; I thought it strange that, in many cases, an Elf might have a better Spells save than his or her Wands save, so I extended the bonus to cover both. BF1 Morgansfort: The Western Lands Campaign 2006.2 -- June 21, 2006: Several areas on the Morgansfort key have been detailed, including the gatehouse, the inn, the "Square" and the chapel, with key NPCs added. BF1 Morgansfort: The Western Lands Campaign 2006.1 -- June 18, 2006: I've made a pass through the entire document, standardizing the monster layouts mostly; I also noticed a few "Glainisms" that I removed, making the dungeons more generic. The intro to the Cave of the Unknown has been revised to fit the Morgansfort area better. Core Rules Release 2006.49 -- June 16, 2006: Many thanks to Ray Allen for indexing the document; he found and corrected a few errors along the way. This release also includes three new pieces of art from Steve Zieser. Not much else changed, but the index and the art is so cool I had to release a new version right away. BF1 Morgansfort: The Western Lands Campaign 2006.0 -- June 13, 2006: This is the "initial" release of this module, but of course as it is a combination of the original BF0 Morgansfort, BF1 The Nameless Dungeon and BF2 The Cave of the Unknown, it's really not the first time after all. Very few changes in this edition vs. the original documents... mostly formatting issues, which will be a constant job for some time. Core Rules Release 2006.48 -- June 10, 2006: New artwork by Matt Finch serves to decorate the now-written City, Town and Village Encounters section. I've eliminated the Castle Encounters section... that sort of wandering around an uncharted (by the GM, even!) wilderness doesn't appeal to me, but if someone else wants to write it, I'll put it back in. What that means is... by my measure of the project, it's COMPLETE. Yes, you read that right. I'm changing the "unfinished" list into a "nice to have" list, to show the things omitted that aren't necessary to the project but would be, well, nice to have. If those things never appear, I won't miss them. With proofing, editing, and possibly a little more artwork, this edition could be published! Release 2006.47 -- June 3, 2006: Antonio Eleuteri pointed out an error in the saving throw category for the Gold Dragon, which I've corrected; then he took on the job of adding class and level to each and every spell. In the process, he also found errors in two spells, Dispel Magic and Read Languages, which he corrected. Nick Bogan suggested a wording change in the Stronghold rules, which I've implemented. Eldrad mentioned the lack of any text describing the personalities of the various dragon types; I've added such text, and in the process sorted the dragons into alphabetical order. The previous order was rather arbitrary. There are some layout "anomalies" in this version, but I'm releasing it anyway. I hope to get them straightened out before releasing the next version. New "Standard" Character Sheet Posted -- May 31, 2006: This morning I've posted a first "cut" at a standard character sheet for the game. It's available now on the downloads page. Steve Zieser's Character Sheet Posted -- May 30, 2006: Steve "Carjack" Zieser has submitted a PDF version of the character sheet he used at the CRGCon (see the May 27, 2006 item below), and it is now available from the downloads page. Thanks, Steve! Release 2006.46 -- May 29, 2006: Nick comes through again with complete wilderness encounter tables, removing one more item from the "unfinished" list; he's also added a bit to the Fighter class description. Playtesting revealed some deficiencies in the Turning Undead rules, which I have hopefully corrected, and Jason Schmidt pointed out a misprint in the description of the spell Quest, which I have also corrected. I also discovered deficiencies in the description of the Web spell, and after some consideration I've made a few minor changes therein. This edition contains more new artwork courtesy of Steve Zieser, depicting a Kobold, an Orc and a Goblin; take a look at them in the Monsters section. Lastly, the Giant Tarantula was missing a substantial part of its description, and that has been corrected. CRGCon Spring 2006 Mini-Con -- May 27, 2006: This was the first game convention of any sort I had attended in more than 15 years, but it was the best I've ever attended. Despite my status as a "gatecrasher" (from another state, mind you), I was made very welcome indeed. I ran BFRPG with a version of Eric Holmes "Tower of Zenopus" for the morning session, and was able to play in Steve Zieser's BFRPG "Crypt of Doom" game in the afternoon. A good time was had by all, and furthermore I found (or had pointed out to me) several rules errors and deficiencies which I am correcting for release in version 2006.46 of the core rules document. I hope to be able to attend this event again next year. For those in the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area who might be interested in this event or other events by these fellows, here's the link to their Yahoo! group page: http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/CRGCon Thanks again to Steve Zieser and Doug Wilson for making me welcome at their mini-con, and to all the guys who played in the events listed above for making the games fun. You'll all be listed as playtesters starting with 2006.46... if you don't see your name on the title page, email me. Release 2006.45 -- May 24, 2006: Nick Bogan has provided much-needed additional detail in the "Designing a Wilderness Adventure" section of the rules. Brawling rules have been added, and some more new Steve Zieser artwork is in there. The maneuverability class and attack bonus information previously missing from the Monsters section has been filled in. There is very little remaining to be finished... Release 2006.44 -- May 20, 2006: So now I've rearranged again. Tactical Movement no longer has its own "section;" I've rolled those rules into the regular Encounter rules. The Giant Barracuda has been added to the Monsters section, courtesy of new contributor Emiliano Marchetti. Specialists and mercenaries are now detailed. Vehicles have been moved just after Equipment, along with Siege Engines; I've simplified the siege engine details in this version. Some vehicle information is not yet filled in, but it's really close now. Also, new artwork has been added courtesy of Steve Zieser, depicting all four of the "iconic" characters from the intro story. Release 2006.43 -- May 9, 2006: I've rearranged the Vehicles, moving them to the Equipment section; many details for several types of ship are not given yet, as I'm working them out right now (and some details that are written down may change). I've also added eight spells: Blade Barrier, Cure Critical Wounds, Feeblemind, Heal, Reincarnate, Telekinesis, True Seeing, and Wall of Iron. Missing descriptive text has been added to the Green Slime. Some work has been done to the vehicles (particularly waterborne vehicles). Release 2006.42 -- May 7, 2006: Morale and Reactions are now explained in the Encounter section. The NPC party rules are now complete, but need to be extensively reviewed. Release 2006.41 -- May 2, 2006: I've corrected the treasure types for the humanoids; turns out only the Hobgoblin and Urgoblin entries were messed up. The Narwhal is now complete, and missing descriptive text has been added to the Elementals. I've dropped the Giant Rockfish... I'm not even sure which of several "rockfish" it's supposed to be. Both types of Salamander are now described, as are the Bull Shark, Great White Shark, Mako Shark, Giant Rattlesnake, Pit Viper, Spitting Cobra, Sea Snake, Giant Black Widow Spider, Giant Crab Spider, Giant Tarantula, Pterodactyl, Pteranodon, Giant Rhagodessa, Giant Shrew, Giant Tuatara and Giant Horned Chameleon. In other words... ALL the monsters are done! Release 2006.40 -- April 30, 2006: Filled in the descriptive text for the Giant Crab, Giant Bass, Giant Piranha and Giant Leech (hmm, a pattern) as well as Living Statues, Rock Baboons and Sea Serpents. I've dropped the Giant Sturgeon after a brief "discussion" on Dragonsfoot. All references to "hull points" have been removed, in preparation for the revised structure damage rules (already partially implemented in the Stronghold rules). The wilderness adventure guidelines are now complete; I can't help but think this section could use some extra help, but nothing comes to mind just now, so I'm calling it done. Last, but far from least, a version of the Tactical Movement rules Nick Bogan proposed are integrated into the rules. These rules are largely irrelevant in ordinary dungeon adventures, but are handy as heck in tactical situations in the wilderness. Release 2006.39 -- April 23, 2006: Fixed an error in the Web spell (no area of effect). Finished the Retainers section, and added a substantial amount to the Specialists and Mercenaries sections. Release 2006.38 -- April 12, 2006: One thing that was missing but not noted anywhere was information about "normal men," that is, zero level or non-classed characters. I've corrected this omission. I have also included a new table for monster attack bonuses; the previous AB equals Hit Dice progression was just too much compared to the player character attack bonus table. Some related introductory text for the Monsters section has also been corrected. Per previous notes on the Dragonsfoot thread, I've replaced the Giant Oil Beetle with a very similar Giant Bombardier Beetle. The Giant Tiger Beetle and Giant Cave Locust are also completed. Additional descriptive material has been added to the Giant Centipede, finishing that entry (I've also updated their movement, as I believe that these "fast moving" creatures should move at least as fast as an unarmored man). Release 2006.37 -- April 10, 2006: I've reformatted the encounter tables; I'm not certain I like them yet, but they do fit better now. The "Becoming Lost" subheading is now filled in. I've detailed Bandits and Buccaneers, and removed Berserkers (not sure what they're good for; if you miss them, send me text and I'll put them back in). Release 2006.36 -- April 8, 2006: More work has been completed on the Wilderness Random Encounters, and the introductory text for the Treasure section is complete (though I'm not entirely happy with it, I believe it's adequate). I've also filled in the description for the Roc, Killer Whale and Giant Weasel. After some research, I've combined the Giant Ferret and Giant Weasel entries... the two creatures are too similar, being of the same family, and in my judgement both are not needed. Release 2006.35 -- April 5, 2006: I've added a monster: the Alicorn (see the entry for Unicorn for details). Information about NPC Adventurer parties has been added, and work has been done on the Wilderness Random Encounters, both with regard to rules as well as the tables themselves. Release 2006.34 -- March 28, 2006: I've finally filled in the Judging Wishes section, and I believe the formatting of the Game Master section from that point on is now stable. The Explanation of Equipment section is complete as far as I'm concerned. Also, the Charging rule has been missing for some time, but has now been added to the Encounter section. Release 2006.33 -- March 25, 2006: A Rate of Fire subsection has been added, mainly to clarify the use of crossbows. Additional equipment descriptions, including the Tinderbox, flint and steel (courtesy of Stuart Marshall, who I've added to the Contributors list), have been added. Also, rules for repeated Turn Undead attempts have been added. Lastly, I filled in one more subheading in the Creating a Wilderness Adventure section in the back. Release 2006.32 -- March 23, 2006: Text has been added for the Giant Frog/Giant Toad, Insect Swarms, the Cyclops and the Giant Fly. Candles are on the equipment list, along with the missing weight for the 10' pole (10 pounds) and descriptive text for the lighting items in the Explanation of Equipment section. Release 2006.31 -- March 22, 2006: I've completed the descriptive text for the Mastodon and Mountain Lion; I set out to fill in the Panther, but after some research I discovered that Panther is a pretty broad descriptive term. Mountain Lions, it turns out, technically are Panthers, as are leopards and all sorts of great cats. I didn't know how many there were... but after some further research I chose to replace the Panther entry with Jaguar, as they are a distinct type of great cat with unique behaviors. Anyway... I moved the Pony information into the Beasts of Burden entry (an oversight from earlier) and added candles to the Adventure/Light section. Now I need to put them on the equipment list... Release 2006.30 -- March 19, 2006: Additional monster descriptions have been added, including the Troglodyte and Bugbear by Evan Moore as well as my own adaptation of the Yellow Mold, Green Slime, all the Giants except the Cyclops, and the Gnomes. Also added is text in the Adventure section under the Traps and Random Encounters headings. Release 2006.29 -- March 18, 2006: Another Strongholds update by Nick Bogan, a re-arrangement of the GM's section, and a couple of new monsters (the Blood Rose and the Hangman Tree) are the main additions in this update. Release 2006.28 -- February 26, 2006: This release includes updated Stronghold rules, Evasion and Pursuit rules (filled in at last), capacities for backpacks and sacks (in the Explanation of Equipment section), and two additional Clerical spells: Regenerate and Restoration. Well, actually, the description for Regenerate is absent, but Restoration is filled in. Elsewhere in the rules I state that negative levels can be restored "by magic" but no such magic was actually in there; Regenerate is included to fill the 6th level spell list out to an even die size. Release 2006.27 -- February 21, 2006: This release contains Stronghold rules by Nick Bogan; that's the only significant change in this version, but I wanted to make sure Nick and I were on the same page. Release 2006.26 -- February 16, 2006: Okay, now the dungeon creation guidelines are done. They take up just two pages including a small dungeon map illustration... I'm real happy with it. Release 2006.25 -- February 16, 2006: Call this release the "Magic-Items-Are-All-Done!" release. I dropped one more item along the way: the Wand of Metal Detection. It's not one I've ever used, and it's way different from anything in the spell rules. I kept the other detection wands, though I had to write a few from scratch. Also a little of the text for the dungeon stocking section is in there; I hope to get that part done next. Release 2006.24 -- February 14, 2006: This release adds more magic item descriptions (the staves are done!) but drops the Staff of Withering; it appears it does not exist in the SRD, and I've never used it enough to go to the trouble of reinventing it. Wilderness movement rates are now given, as well as preliminary rules for traveling by land, sea and air. Release 2006.23 -- February 12, 2006: This version adds two monsters I need for a module: the Blood Rose and the Hangman Tree. Also, I've added many more magic item descriptions, as well as correcting an error on the Miscellaneous Magic table. Release 2006.22 -- February 9, 2006: This version contains the last three missing spells, courtesy of William Smith, who also submitted text for the Oil and Holy Water parts of the Encounter section. This forced me to nail down rules for Grenade-Like Missiles. Also, this version contains descriptive text for the Tentacle Worm. Release 2006.21 -- February 8, 2006: This release adds three more spells from William Smith: Invisible Stalker, Projected Image, and Snake Charm; the only other change is a rewrite of the Movement rate rules. Release 2006.20 -- February 5, 2006: Many more magic items added with this version, as well as dungeon wandering monster tables and the "bones" of the wilderness tables. I've also added a bit to the intro story (in the Wandering Monsters subsection). Finally, this version contains my first cut at changing movement over to a more d20-natural single figure; the movement rules haven't been revised yet, but all the movement stats should have been fixed in this version. Release 2006.19 -- February 4, 2006: Several new spells from William Smith have been added: Find Traps, Growth of Plants, Protection From Normal Missiles, Speak With Animals, Speak With Monsters, Speak With Plants, Striking, and Ventriloquism. In addition, I've added about a page of material to the magic item section, including descriptions of about half of the potions as well as notes about magic items in general. I realize this release is REAL soon after the previous one, but with so much added I just had to get it posted! Release 2006.18 -- February 4, 2006: All the monsters have stats! The Unicorn and Vampire entries are done, as far as I'm concerned, and a good start has been made on several more of those unfinished to this point. I've eliminated the Thoul (as I'm uncertain of its copyright status), and included the "replacement" monster: the Urgoblin. Release 2006.17 -- February 2, 2006: The main addition for this version is three new spells from William Smith: Conjure Elemental, Floating Disc and Spiritual Hammer. Also many more monster stats (some even with additional descriptive text) are now included, and the document is still under 100 pages! Release 2006.16 -- January 31, 2006: The main thing changed in this version is the layout... I've gone with mirrored margins, as suggested by Stuart Marshall, so as to make the whole thing print out a lot nicer. An added bonus is that the document is now under 100 pages again! Several errors noticed by William Smith have been corrected also. I've cleaned up and simplified the treasure generation tables and added an optional rule for Magic-Users preparing spells from memory (short answer: don't do it if you don't have to!). Content-wise, that's about all that's added. Release 2006.15 -- January 29, 2006: Okay, now I have statistics for the monsters up through the Gorgon. I was surprised to find out how much the SRD "nerfed" the Dragon Turtle compared to older versions; I've restored the biggest draconian to something resembling its former glory. I spent some time working on descriptive text for the golems, also; I've included some golem types that come from the SRD as well as my own personal versions of the Amber, Bronze, Wood, and Bone Golems. They vary somewhat from their original versions, as I felt I should integrate the two different "visions" of golems. Release 2006.14 -- January 28, 2006: I've added statistics for the monsters up to and including the dragons. I've also added a lot of text in the dragon section; I think they are pretty well complete. I made some textual corrections (particularly in the Open Game License section) and added more of the introductory story (in the Treasure section). Release 2006.13 -- January 26, 2006: Numerous additions. Most of the spells are there now; only those not represented in Ray Allen's document, and not already rewritten by myself, are missing. Rules for spell preparation are in there now, but I'm not entirely happy with them... I'm sure they could be more brief and/or clear (I'll take clarity over brevity, but I like both). The document is currently 98 pages long, including the cover. I have high hopes that I'll be able to keep it down to no more than 129 (128 plus cover). Release 2006.12 -- January 23, 2006: Many little changes... some table reformatting, rules for Turning Undead, some explanatory text in the Monsters section as well as stats for all the A and B monsters; they're effectively done. Also a few more spells from maddog's spellbook. Just a lot of stuff. I printed a few pages (the early pages that look pretty well done to me) and I'm not happy with how that font looks in print; it aligns badly vertically on the printer. I'm not sure if Souvenir would be better, as I haven't tried it yet... I really need Souvenir Demi before I can do that (I have Souvenir Light, Souvenir Light Italic and Souvenir Demi Italic but not the upright Souvenir Demi). Release 2006.11 -- January 22, 2006: Additional "introductory" text as well as more rules in the Encounter section; this includes Surprise rules and the Clerics vs. Undead table. I chose to put it into the Encounter rather than Character section as it seems more appropriate, and less confusing to a newbie generating his or her first character. Also added the missing Sneak Attack rule for Thieves. Release 2006.10 -- January 21, 2006: Several spells added courtesy of Ray Allen, and many more of those to come. I've also added some additional introductory text, which my daughter has announced is "Cool!" She followed up by saying, "You wrote that?" Thanks, sweetie. Release 2006.9 -- January 20, 2006: I've added a little bit to the introduction, and mined substantial text from my Project 74 rules, particularly the Encumbrance section. I've had to rewrite quite a bit that came from Project 74; I wrote those rules for expert RPG players, but Basic Fantasy is, well, basic. Frankly I'm beginning to see Project 74 mutating into a few pages of add-on rules for Basic Fantasy... This will be the first public release. I'm adding Basic Fantasy to the directory on my home page, and announcing it on Dragonsfoot. Release 2006.8: Not much new in this one, but I've finally written an introduction. Release 2006.7: Still more monster descriptive text copied. In some cases there isn't enough actual description; I'm going to have to go back over the text and embellish it, probably when I add the missing statistics. I'm through the "S" monsters at this point. Release 2006.6: Many more monsters descriptions copied, plus some minor text edits. Also added a rule for ability rolls that get easier as the character gains levels. I'm going to use that later... Check out the Mermaid entry... I'm rather proud of it. Release 2006.5: It turns out that the 3.5 SRD is a much richer source of monster descriptive text, even though much must be ignored. I have filled in descriptive text for many monsters, though some is still incomplete; the material in the Dragon section is from my own campaign materials, and not from the SRD at all. I've also completed the thief ability table, and added the optional thief customization rule (in the GM section). Release 2006.4: I've completed my "mining" of the C&C Monsters PDF, and frankly I didn't get much. Roughly half of the monsters in the document aren't in the list I'm trying to fill, and of the ones that are, a lot of work was needed to match them to the rules and to my conception of those monsters. That's not a slam on the Troll Lords... they just aren't playing the same game I am. I have inserted empty statblocks for all the monsters. I've also written the basic character generation rules and the optional rules section (except for alternative thief abilities since I haven't yet written the thief ability table). Release 2006.3: The "bones" are all there, and I've written the character generation instruction page (except for the sample character sheet referred to in the text). All monsters are now listed by name, though there are stats for only the Skeletons and Zombies. Likewise, there is now a listing of every magic item and spell by name. I'm eliminating alignment from the system, and as a result I am removing the Know Alignment spell. I need to choose another spell to fill out the list for Cleric Second Level spells; I'm thinking of recreating the spell "Spiritual Hammer" for that purpose.
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