| The many members of the Basic Fantasy Project are believers in sharing. They have created a lot of material, and much of it is shared here on our website. Our materials are broken up into three categories: The Downloads Page The Showcase The Workshop Yes, there is a lot of stuff here; in some cases, we have more than one set of supplementary rules for a given situation. Don't panic. We recommend that beginning (or returning) Game Masters start with the core rules and one or more of the adventure series modules. Add supplementary materials and house rules later, after you and your players have experience with the game and know what you want from it. In the spirit of Open Source development, wherever possible we use truly free programs such as LibreOffice to create our materials. Most items below are distributed in LibreOffice as well as in PDF (Adobe Reader) format. If you just want to print out and use the rules, the PDF is probably what you want, but if you'd like to make changes you'll want the LibreOffice version. Some items have been submitted in other formats; such items are noted below where they appear. |
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Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game Core Rules
3rd Edition (Release 107)
This is the Core Rules 3rd Edition.
Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game Beginner's Essentials
Release 13
by Tom Hoyt
This is a stripped-down rules booklet for beginning players.
The Basic Fantasy Field Guide of Creatures Malevolent and Benign
Release 42
Herein are compiled many new monsters for the Basic Fantasy RPG.
R29 is the print release.
The Basic Fantasy Field Guide, Volume 2
Release 43
Herein are compiled even more new monsters for the Basic Fantasy RPG.
The Basic Fantasy Monster Index
Release 7
With all the creatures detailed in the Core Rules and two Field Guides, sometimes it's hard to remember where to find a monster's statistics. This book is intended to help with that. The Monster Index lists every monster found in all three books, grouped and ordered by hit dice as well as by name, and gives the book and page where the monster's information can be located.
The Basic Fantasy Equipment Emporium
Release 24
The Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game core rules provide a handy list of weapons and equipment to get your party started. But what if it's just not enough, and you need more? Look no further! Here in this one volume you will find extensive lists of equipment, including weapons and armor, adventuring gear, vehicles, animals, and all sorts of trade goods. Also provided are optional rules for the use of some of these items, to further enhance your game.
BF1 Morgansfort: The Western Lands Campaign
Release 30
An Adventure Series For 2-8 Beginning Characters
This campaign module combines: The Western Lands, a briefly sketched campaign area; Morgansfort, a detailed "home base" for an adventuring party; The Old Island Fortress, a two level dungeon suitable for beginning adventurers; The Nameless Dungeon, a tough three level dungeon; and The Cave of the Unknown, a dungeon controlled by an evil magic-user.
This campaign module is highly suitable for starting a new group, even a group of new players!
R28 is the print release.
BF2 Fortress, Tomb, and Tower: The Glain Campaign
Release 22
An Adventure Series For 2-8 Characters, Levels 2-6
This adventure series from the World of Glain includes three distinct adventures, suitable for characters of various levels: Fortress of the Iron Duke, Tomb of Karsma Megalos, and Crooked Rock Tower.
R21 is the print release.
BF3 Strongholds of Sorcery: The Glain Campaign
Release 45
An Adventure Series For 4-8 Characters, Levels 4-8
This adventure series from the World of Glain includes four adventures featuring the fortresses of some of the most powerful wizards in the world: Castle D'Angelo, a fortress full of mad wizards; Tower of Light, a ruined fortress-laboratory in the Great Desert; House of Coldarius, an adventure featuring the home of a very old, very dangerous wizard; and Thaumerion's Tower, once home to a powerful wizard who long ago disappeared.
JN1 The Chaotic Caves
Release 26
by J.D. Neal
This is an excellent traditional adventure setting, consisting of a group of monster-infested caves and an abandoned manor-fort, for beginning player characters.
JN2 Monkey Isle
Release 21
by J.D. Neal
A "lost world" setting on a remote island, where dinosaurs and stranger things lurk...
JN3 Saga of the Giants
Release 14
by J.D. Neal
This is a huge, indeed giant-sized, multi-adventure module featuring all the major sorts of giants. This adventure is aimed at high-level characters played by experienced, crafty players. Don't think that this is the same-old, same-old... it's full of twists and surprises!
AA1 Adventure Anthology One
Release 21
by Chris Gonnerman and Contributors
This multi-module work contains fourteen short adventures (over 80 pages of material!) for beginning to mid-level characters.
AA2 Adventure Anthology Two
Release 33
by James Lemon, Chris Gonnerman, and Contributors
This multi-module work contains fifteen short adventures (over 100 pages of material!) for lower to mid-level characters.
AA3 Adventure Anthology Three
Release 8
by James Lemon, Chris Gonnerman, and Contributors
This multi-module work contains twelve short adventures (150 pages of material) for lower to mid-level characters.
DC1 Tales From the Laughing Dragon
Release 22
by David Gerard
This is a starter module for a group of beginning player characters, presented as three sequential adventures set in the Dragonclaw Barony.
DC1-Cover.pdf — Tales from the Laughing Dragon Cover PDF — 1.1 MB
CS1 Castle by the Sea
Release 23
by Chris Gonnerman and Contributors
This multimodule is the first release of the Basic Fantasy Contest Series. It presents a two-level castle laid out on a single set of compact maps (just twenty-two rooms total) as well as six different adventures designed for those maps. Five are the submissions from the Castle by the Sea contest, led by the winner, Caer Mortling.
CS2 The Dark Temple
Release 9
by Chris Gonnerman and Contributors
This multimodule is the second release of the Basic Fantasy Contest Series. Contestants keyed a three-level dungeon, following this writing prompt: A temple, ancient and crumbling, haunted by some eldritch horror. All six adventures submitted to the contest are presented herein, with The Children of Zewlac, winner of the contest, leading the pack.
SP1 The Endless Tunnels of Enlandin
Release 5
by Stefan Poag
Endless Tunnels of Enlandin is a classic from Dragonsfoot, recently revised and detailed for use with Basic Fantasy RPG! Enlandin presents a tough three level dungeon full of monsters, traps, and treasure, and more than a little Old School atmosphere.
SP1-Cover.pdf — The Endless Tunnels of Enlandin Cover PDF — 8.3 MB
KH1 The Blackapple Brugh
Release 16
by Kyle Hettinger
Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game Charts and Tables
Release 3
by Simone Felli
Charts and tables for use with Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game.
Ultimate Character Charts
Release 4
by John Fredericks and Sean D. Spencer
Convenient, consolidated charts for the standard character races and classes.
Basic Fantasy Creature List Spreadsheet by Mike Roop
Release 3
This spreadsheet, presented in both OpenOffice.org Calc and Microsoft Excel format, lists all the monsters from the current core rules in tabular form.
BFRPG Game Master's Screen by Scott Abraham
Release 2
Here's Scott's Game Master's Screen, in landscape orientation for letter-sized paper. This one is only available in PDF format. Both the original five-panel layout and the new four panel version with artwork for the reverse side are available below.
Assassins: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 5
by Eric C. Medders and Chris Gonnerman
Supplementary Rules for the Assassin class in BFRPG.
Barbarians: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 4
by Luigi Castellani
Druids: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 11
Supplementary Rules for the Druid subclass, including the spells and powers of the class.
Illusionists: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 8
Supplementary Rules for the Illusionist subclass, including the spells and powers of the class.
Necromancers: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 10
Supplementary Rules for the Necromancer subclass, including the spells and powers of the class.
Quasi Classes: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 2
by R. Kevin Smoot
Rangers and Paladins: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 4
by Chris Gonnerman and Wynter Sturtevant III
Scouts: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 4
by Jason Brentlinger
Spellcrafters: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 10
by Luigi Castellani and Mike West
Gnomes: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 5
by Chris Gonnerman
Supplementary Rules for Gnomes in BFRPG.
Half Humans: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 3
by Chris Gonnerman
Supplementary Rules for Half Humans in BFRPG.
New Races: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 2
by R. Kevin Smoot
Monsters as Player Characters: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 4
by Sidney Parham, Omer Golan-Joel, R. Kevin Smoot, and steveman
0 Level Spells: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 4
by Sidney Parham, Nazim Karaca, R. Kevin Smoot, Chris Kutalik, Steveman, Felipe Suárez, and Chris Gonnerman
Alignment: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 2006.0
by Todd Roe
Supplementary Rules for Alignment in BFRPG.
Alignment Creator's Kit: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 1
Guidelines for creating alignment systems.
Armor and Shields: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 3
by Jeff Johnson
Background Skills: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 2
by Omer Golan-Joel
This supplement provides an alternate approach to background skills.
Combat Options: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 4
by Chris Gonnerman
Additional optional combat rules for Basic Fantasy RPG.
Equipment Packs: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 1
by Shayne Power
An alternate, fast method of equipping new characters, replacing the standard roll for starting money and purchasing equipment with a few quick, simple choices and a little die rolling.
New Spells: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 9
New spells for Basic Fantasy RPG, including 7th level spells for Magic-Users and Clerics.
Quick Character Generation: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 2
by Chris Kutalik
This supplement combines abbreviated character generation rules and a random character backstory generator.
Secondary Skills: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 2
by Ray Allen
Secondary skills rules for Basic Fantasy RPG.
Sentient Weapons: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 3
This supplement provides rules for sentient (i.e. intelligent) magical weapons.
Spell Channeling Items: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 1
by R. Kevin Smoot
The Fine Art of Monster Conversion: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 2006.2
by Ray Allen
Rules and guidelines for converting monsters from other d20 based games to BFRPG.
Thief Options: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 2
by Luigi Castellani
This supplement adds many variations to the abilities of the standard Thief-class character.
Magic-User Options: A Basic Fantasy Supplement
Release 4
by Tom Hoyt and Chris Gonnerman
BFRPG Standard Character Sheet
Release 2
This is the "regular" character sheet, designed for US standard Letter paper (8.5" x 11"), though the PDF will probably fit on A4 paper just fine (let Acrobat do the "shrink to fit" thing). This character sheet is available in a large number of translations.
Release 2 of this sheet includes revisions by James Lemon. The original sheet is retained for those who prefer it.
BFRPG 8"x10.5" Notebook Paper Character Sheet
Release 2006.0
This sheet is designed to print out on ordinary notebook paper having 0.285" (or similar) rule widths. Probably it won't work for just any printer and just any paper... but you can probably tweak it to fit your paper and printer. In other words, some assembly required.
BFRPG Landscape Character Sheet by Steve Zieser
Version 1
Here's a nice ready-to-use character sheet by Steve Zieser, which prints out in landscape (sideways) orientation on standard letter-sized paper. Sorry, this is only available in PDF format at this time.
BFRPG Landscape Character Sheet by Ray Allen
Version 2
Here's another ready-to-use character sheet, this one by Ray Allen, which prints out in landscape (sideways) orientation on standard letter-sized paper.
BFRPG Landscape Cleric Spell Sheet by Ray Allen
Version 2.1
This sheet, provided by Ray Allen, lists all the BFRPG Cleric spells with checkboxes.
BFRPG Landscape Magic-User Spell Sheet by Ray Allen
Version 2.1
This sheet, provided by Ray Allen, lists all the BFRPG Magic-User spells with checkboxes.
BFRPG Character Sheet by Mike Hill
Release 3
Mike Hill submitted a new character sheet to replace his old one. Both are available below; the old sheet is only available in PDF for A4 paper, but the new one is also available in ODT source format as well as PDF.
BFRPG Character Sheet by James D. Jarvis
Version 5
Here's James D. Jarvis' character sheet, in portrait orientation for U.S. letter paper. This is a really handy sheet for play with kids, because the author has included page number references for each item. Versions compatible with the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Edition print releases are available below, as well as a source document in Gimp XCF format for both 2nd and 3rd Edition.
BFRPG Character Sheet by Phil Morris
Version 1
This is a really nice old-school sheet, in portrait orientation for U.S. letter paper. This one is only available in PDF format.
BFRPG Character Sheet by Simone Felli
Version 1
This is a very nice (and attractively decorated) landscape format sheet for letter-sized paper. Simone has graciously provided this sheet as an OpenOffice.org 2.0 Draw file as well as in PDF format.
BFRPG Character Sheet by Jason Brentlinger
Version 1
This sheet is very similar to Mike Hill's sheet. However, it is laid out in US Letter format, and is available in OpenOffice.org Draw format as well as in PDF.
BFRPG Character Sheet by Robin Dwyer-Hickey
Release 1
This landscape character sheet is laid out in 10"7.5" format, and should print nicely on either US Letter or A4 paper. This sheet is only available in PDF format.
BFRPG Character Sheet by Alexander-Lars Dallmann
Release 2
This character sheet is laid out in A4 size to be folded to an A5 mini-book. It includes brief notes on playing the game.
BFRPG Character Sheet by James Lemon
Release 2
Here is James Lemon's character sheet, in PDF and OpenDocument Graphic (aka OpenOffice Draw) format.
BFRPG Character Sheet by Scott Abraham
Release 1
Here is Scott Abraham's character sheet. A Publisher source document is now available, as well as PDF spell sheets for Cleric and Magic-User characters.
BFRPG Simple Character Sheet by Alan B (@ajbapps)
Release 1
Alan B has provided this stylistic and simplified landscape character sheet. Available as a high quality (300dpi) print ready JPG format for US Letter or A4, and for convenience as a PDF in US letter format.
BFRPG Landscape Character Sheet with Art by Dyson Logos
Release 1
This sheet was created, with the artist's permission, based on other character sheets by Dyson Logos.
BFRPG Character Sheet by James V. West
Release 1
This sheet is a modified version of James V. West's OSR character sheet posted on his blog at doomslakers.blogspot.com.
Practical Character Sheet by Jose Kercado
Release 1
Jose Kercado submitted this very nice, very complete character sheet. This one is only available in PDF.
BFRPG Accessible Character Sheet by Hawkes Robinson
Release 2
Hawkes Robinson of RPG Research created this excellent accessible character sheet.
BFRPG Character Sheets by Brian Scalise
Release 6
Brian Scalise submitted these nice looking character sheets, for printing on either letter or tabloid paper.
BFRPG Adventure Log by Scott Abraham
Version 1
Scott Abraham has provided this Adventure Log form, in landscape orientation for letter-sized paper. This one is only available in PDF format.
BFRPG Adventure Sheet by Scott Abraham
Version 1
Scott Abraham has provided this Adventure Sheet form, in portrait orientation for letter-sized paper. This one is only available in PDF format.
BFRPG Creature Sheet by Scott Abraham
Version 2
Here's Scott's Creature Sheet form, in portrait orientation for letter-sized paper. This one is only available in PDF format.
Hex Paper by Harry Schurr
Release 1
Harry has kindly provided this blank hex paper sheet, with numbered hexes. This one is only available in PDF format.
5/8" Hex Grid Sheets by Michael Sutherland
Release 1
Michael's hex grid paper with 5/8" hexes are available in several source format. Choose the PDF version if you just plan to print it out; the other formats are for those using the grid in a publication.
Quarter Inch Dungeon Mapping Paper by Chris Gonnerman
Release 1
This mapping paper is based on an old design from the 1980's. It provides a quarter inch square grid with doubled lines, so you can fill in walls between them.
Checkbox Sheet by Jason Brentlinger
Release 1
This sheet contains multiple rows of checkboxes, for use with random encounters. Just mark each monster's hit points by lining out the excess boxes (or in any other way that works for you), then check them off as they are hit the same as with any of our published adventures.
Source: https://basicfantasy.org/downloads.html
