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There is now a facebook contest to win free copies of Red Box books. Like and share for a quick single entry, or post a review of one of the free books to get multiple entries. https://www.facebook.com/redboxfantasy/

Hi everyone, new book available and it is a big one. http://www.lulu.com/shop/paige-oliver/red-box-fantasy-unfinished-unedited-and-unofficial/paperback/product-23768626.html This book is basically an info dump of all surviving material written for the system and world that had any use at all...

Lulu must have expired the sale at some point. PDFs of the main books are free again. If you buy a physical copy of Triple Threat and email me your receipt from Lulu then I will send you the mostly completed 276 page advanced character creation system. paigeoliver at gmail If you post a...

Just wanted to announce that the PDF versions of all 3 of the existing Red Box Fantasy books are now free to download. http://www.lulu.com/shop/search.ep?contributorId=292230

I really enjoyed running the system, although my players thought it was a little too bland. There are actually quite a few adventures for it that you can buy. It is also basically stat block compatible with pre 3rd edition D&D.

There is a very good reason there is no ranged power attack in the game. I mean, it isn't like no one ever thought of it. The fact is that it is simply too good. A fighter's power attack is balanced out by the fact that he has to actually go up and melee the creature, and power attacking for...

The Gestalt characters would be fabulously more powerful at the HIGHER levels. A gestalt Fighter/Rogue is no match for even a straight druid, much less a druid who is also a (insert anything at all). Only way I would let it fly is using the "Partial Gestalt" option from the "Tier System for...

Same way as all multipliers. It multiplies the base damage and any +'s to damage, but not any extra dice. QUOTE=emoplato;5374986]How is the charge multiplier applied? Just to the lance, all physical damage, or what?

The caster was probably a gnome or halfling to begin with, making them tiny size. I saw that a lot in the rules heavy Living Greyhawk environment a few years back, so it must work.

Yeah, it was difficult not to just automatically give heroic characters a 20 strength since the derived stats gained from it were worth more than the 20 strength even cost. And a 33 percent boost is conservative if the campaign uses powers. Just intelligent use of multipowers and the like can...

The main problem with Hero is that the 3d6 system it uses (particularly with heroic characters) requires combat values to stay artificially close to each other and makes bonuses extremely valuable. A standard 10 DEX Orc needs to roll a 6 or less to hit a PC with a DCV of 8 (which is pretty...

It doesn't surprise me since his goal seems to be building an archer character to kill his buddy's archer character, which well, makes me think that nothing at all would surprise me. Anyway, there are a zillion super powerful archer builds out there. If you are just looking to defeat him then...

From the Rules Cyclopedia I would say it takes much of the character generation system. You don't select a race and class, you just select an archetype, which defines both. It is also possible to multi-archetype. The included archetypes are Human Brawler, Human Berzerker (optional), Human...

A charge requires a direct move to the closest square that you can make an attack from. This will often result in a given square being a valid charge for multiple enemies. Simplest scenario, just imagine all the figures on the battlemat as the figures on a chessboard before any moves have been...

There were several different versions of Car Wars over the years that were similar to the basic D&D sets. The Batman RPG was sort of like a basic set for the DC heroes rpg (IIRC), although not officially. I am not sure if I would actually count Marvel Supers Heroes as a "Basic" product. There...