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Basic Roleplaying: Universal Game Engine - Leatherette

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Create. Explore. Play.

Basic Roleplaying (BRP) is a system of core rules for tabletop roleplaying. Whether you’re a seasoned roleplaying veteran or new to the hobby, Basic Roleplaying has everything you need for years of entertainment.

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What's Inside

Basic Roleplaying: Universal Game Engine is the complete guide to BRP—the same system that powers Call of Cthulhu, RuneQuest, PendragonRivers of London, and countless others.

BRP’s Universal Game Engine is available royalty-free for personal and commercial use under the ORC license. Use these rules, and focus on creating your worlds, scenarios and even books to sell!

This book contains the core system rules, as well as character creation, advancement, monsters and antagonists, as well as GameMaster advice.

A Seamless Core Mechanic

BRP Character Sheet Example

In BRP, success and failure are always determined by the roll of a D100. Comparing that roll to the relevant Skill, Characteristic, Ability, or Power, you succeed if you roll under the target number.

This means every stat on your character sheet clearly indicates to you the likelihood of success.

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Natural Character Growth

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Characters in a BRP game evolve based on what they do in-game. If you fire a gun, that skill may increase.

If you want your character to learn magic, get better at driving cars, lassoing horses, or even repairing a spaceship, then your character will do so by using those skills!

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Deadly & Tactical Combat

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The core BRP rules present easy-to-learn and equally easy-to-teach combat mechanics that allow players to react to attacks—you don’t just have to wait for your turn in order to have an impact on combat!

Conflict in BRP can be deadly, and every roll (attacking, fighting back, dodging or otherwise) is integral. This makes for a thrilling, high-octane experience with a system that does not slowdown the overall flow of play.

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Build The Game You Want

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With mechanics for magic, psychic powers, mutations, superpowers, weapons, equipment, and vehicles applicable to any setting and genre, Basic Roleplaying: Universal Game Engine is adaptable to any world of your choosing—either previously established, or created from scratch.

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Fillable Character Sheets

 
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NPC Sheet (Fillable)
 
Vehicle & Mount Sheet (Fillable)

Blank Character Sheets

 
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Additional Handouts

 
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Character Generation Chart

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Publisher:
Chaosium
Year Released:
2023
Ruleset:
Basic Roleplaying
Format:
Full Color Leatherette
Page Count:
264
Author(s):
Jason Durall, Steve Perrin
Cover Artist:
Loïc Muzy
Interior Artists:
Loïc Muzy, Grzegorz Bobrowski, Giorgio Baroni, Manuel Castanon, Charlie Creber, Antonia Doncheva, Shen Fei, Andrey Fetisov, Piotr Foksowicz, Matt Forsyth, Mark L. Gambler, Ossi Hiekkal, Chris Huth, Tomasz Jedruszek Michelle Lockamy, Phu Thieu Mac
Interior Artists (2):
Lionel Marty, Loïc Muzy, Simon Roy, Dimitar Stoyanov, John Sumrow, Cory Trego-Erdner
Layout:
Adam Szelążek
Producer:
Neil Robinson
ISBN:
978-1-56882-470-3 (Hardcover)
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    Great physical version of a great book

    Posted by Chris on 14th Oct 2023

    This Deluxe version of BRP:UGE is presented in a well constructed, beautifully bound leatherette cover with heavy, durable pages. The book looks and feels deluxe, with strong binding to make it last. The contents are the same as the standard version and the PDF: a cleaned up, well laid out improvement on the big gold book BRP rules.