Copyright © 2003-2005 Chris Gonnerman
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Revision 2005.5 corrects many errors (there is now just one rule for calculating monster CR instead of two conflicting rules, for instance). The Ability Roll rules have been clarified. Various formatting changes have also been made (for instance, the document is all old-school Century Gothic now).

Project 74 is a rules-lite (A)D&D compatible core rule system which I have prepared for use in my own campaign. I have decided to release it online due to interest in some of my house rules from some users on Dragonsfoot Forums.

If you are interested in more information about why and how I designed this system, click here.

You need one of the following to use Project 74:

• AD&D rules (at least the Player's Handbook) for 1st or 2nd edition.
• Classic D&D (i.e. the Holmes, Moldvay/Cook, or Mentzer version).
• Some other source of compatible monsters and spells.

Contributions are welcome! Email your comments to:

chris.gonnerman@newcenturycomputers.net

Contributed rules will be credited to you even if I make changes to them.

I am using OpenOffice.org 1.1.5 to create these rules. Below are links to the rules in OpenOffice.org format and in Adobe Acrobat format. I dropped the HTML version as it was rather a poor quality translation, and the Word DOC format as it was a pain to maintain two versions. Take the Adobe Acrobat PDF file if you don't have OpenOffice.org installed.

As a convenience to those trying to wean themselves away from the core rules, I am also posting my abridged (i.e. trimmed) version of the Great Net Equipment List (entitled Project 74 Generic Equipment List). It is available for download below, in both formats.

Last, but not least, you will find downloads for my Project 74 Treasure Generation document, which is based on the Cook edition of Expert D&D.

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Project-74-2005.5 Core Rules
Project-74-Equipment-2003.1 Alternative Equipment List
Project-74-Treasure-2004.0 Variant Treasure Generation System
Project-74-Character-Sheet-2005.1 Character Sheet