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Copyright © 2003-2005 Chris Gonnerman
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Project Status Update, 7/14/2009
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I was looking over the Tower yesterday, and I realized I had not
updated this page in almost four years. There's a reason for that:
I changed my mind.
I guess it's not as simple as that. Reading over the
list of complaints about AD&D,
I can see very clearly that my views on a lot of things have changed.
I've come to appreciate the design of the classic games much more than
I had before... there's a magic to the mechanics that tends to
disappear when the rules become too comprehensive.
Not long after the last release of Project 74, I created an entirely
different game: Basic Fantasy
Role-Playing Game. I recommend taking a look at it, if you are a
fan of the old-school games.
Of course, I'm still sharing Project 74; just because it no longer
works for me doesn't mean it won't for you.
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Project 74 2005.5 -- Updated 7/27/2005
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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).
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About Project 74
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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:
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AD&D rules (at least the Player's Handbook) for 1st or 2nd edition.
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Classic D&D (i.e. the Holmes, Moldvay/Cook, or Mentzer version).
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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.
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Downloading the Rules
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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
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Project-74-Equipment-2003.1
Alternative Equipment List
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Project-74-Treasure-2004.0
Variant Treasure Generation System
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Project-74-Character-Sheet-2005.1
Character Sheet
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Project 74 Role-Playing Game
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Last Updated 07/14/2009
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