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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GMMichael" data-source="post: 6082131" data-attributes="member: 6685730">I've seen oodles of for-sale RPGs, and plenty of homebrew RPGs that are fully fleshed out.  But with the announcement of D&D Next, I think it's time for an open-source RPG that doesn't fit the dreams of a single designer; it should have modularity to meet EVERY user's dreams.So this is what I've started, and would appreciate help getting it to a sturdy, end-user phase.  It's tentatively dubbed P&P (for the website where I started it), and here's the basic outline:1 - Uncertainties are resolved with opposing d20 rolls: versus a player, or versus the GM.2 - Characters start with three abilities, Physical, Mental, and   Metaphysical, rolled with 3d6 each, which influence their activities.3 - Ability scores also act as hit points, measuring the most damage a character can take of that type.4 - Characters have Levels to show their general superiority to other characters.5 - For things that have levels of progress, a character has Skill Points that can't exceed his level.6 - For things that don't progress, or exceptions to rules, a character has Perks.7 - To turn characters into heroes, characters can use a Hero point,   which is a free daily 1d6 bonus to any roll, per character level.8 - The GM adds situational difficulty to rolls if it's not an automatic success, from +0 (easy) to +20 (divine).9 - A player or GM can always take a roll result of 10, provided he announces it before rolls are made.10 - Skills and Perks can be whatever players want them to be, as long   as the whole game-group agrees.  In general, each one should have the   most narrow, yet useful, scope possible.  They can build on each other   from there.And the full rules-in-progress are posted here:<a href="http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/p-p-rpg" target="_blank">http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/p-p-rpg</a>It has good compatibility with D&D and Pathfinder right now, but I'd also like to make it adaptable to other systems as well.</blockquote>

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