Major Projects

If you are working on a major project which you expect to span 6+ pages, please enter it alphabetically in the appropriate section of this page. Use a level 3 header, so that you'll appear in the table of contents, include a link to your project's main page, then briefly describe your project.

Game Systems

This is a list of original game systems being developed at the RPGnetWiki.

Basic FANGS: Fantasy Adventure Network Gaming System

Page: FANGS

Version 1.6.1 of a classless skill-based RPG system, with some minimal compatibility with d20 modules. By Christopher Allen and Steve Perrin.

Fabuland

Page: Fabuland

A furry rpg aimed at children with a system based on the ideas presented in the Rough Quests RPGnet column.

Gangwars

Page: Gangwars

A classless d20 based system emphasizing skills and traits, with similarities to the shadowrun setting.

Irradiated Fur

Page: Irradiated Fur

A simplistic anthropomorphic apocalyptic one-shot game system.

Land of Xel

Page: Land of Xel

Under construction RPG system. The Land of Xel is a fantasy RPG with a mix of technology, magic, and metal. The land is divided into four different factions each with its own internal strife and outward aggression.

McMercenaries

Page: McMercenaries:Orientation

A game and setting of corporate warfare in the all-too-near future, under development now on the Roleplaying Open bboard! Input is encouraged!

OpenD20

Page: OpenD20

A classless skills based d20 derivative. Designed for elegant simplicity. The intention is to create a more universal RPG system by getting input from the online community (are you reading this? Then that means YOU!)

Red Sun

Page: Red Sun

An alternative system to D&D for playing in the Dark Sun campaign setting.

SAMSARA

Page: SAMSARA

A fairly rules-lite system of mechanics based around the resolution of contests. Designed to be modular and eminently tweakable.

Shattered Prism

Page: Shattered Prism

In-Development RPG series. Shattered Prism is intended to be a series of related RPGs using a unified rules system, set within a predominately Sci-Fi galaxy.

Symphony of Stars

Page: SymphonyofStars

An Experiment in Cooperative Game Design via Actual Play.

24 Hour RPGs

Page: List of 24 Hour RPGs by rating

A listing of all the quickie RPGs created as part of the 24 Hour RPG event/contest.

Avatar Stultus

Page: Avatar Stultus

The Universe of Avatar Stultus is home to the Fantasy RPG Kar Fero, and the SCI-Fi setting of Apox Void. All of which are open and in Wiki format.

Wiki RPG

Page: Wiki RPG

The goal of the Wiki RPG project is to create computer based role playing games collaboratively. Games are both edited in the browser (via this Wiki) and played in the browser (the Wiki HTML pages are downloaded and the game code is interpreted by a JavaScript game engine).

Generic Backgrounds

This is a list of generic backgrounds, not tied to any game system, that are being developed at the RPGnetWiki.

Across the Spiral Arms

Spiral arms is a space opera setting, designed to emulate many of the common Anime tropes. As such it's got a lot of drama, a lot of scope, and very little science included.

• Page: Across the Spiral Arms
  

Alvatia: Game Setting

Alvatia is a fantasy game setting originally developed for use with FANGS, however, is quite suitable as a generic low-magic fantasy setting.

• Page: Alvatia
  
  • Page: The Village and Manor of Ingsby
  • Page: City_of_Wedburgh

AMBER

Page: Amber RPG:_Main Page
A page open for game groups to provide details and resource on individual campaigns based on the RPG for the Amber Setting.

Athanatos: A Transhumanist Fantasy Setting

Page: Athanatos

A fantasy setting where powerful magics have allowed souls to stay connected to the material plane even after the death of the body.

Basilicus

Page: Basilicus

A massive open content wiki project featuring worldbuilding in several genres, free fiction, and other invaluable resources.

Chaos Diceless

Page: Chaos Diceless

Chaos, Rebma, The New Pattern and all these places you have never visited or re-invented a thousand times. They're here.

A repository of Courts and places for ADRPG.

Conan RPG Campaigns

Page: Conan RPG Campaigns: Main Page

A page open for game groups to provide details and resource on individual campaigns based on the sword and sorcery setting of Conan and the Hyborian world.

Contribute Your Eerie Event

Page: Eerie Event

Following up on the thread from rpg.net, this is a Wiki designed to collate weird events for use in a variety of horror games.

Encyclopedia Galactica

Page: Encyclopedia_Galactica:Main_Page

A hard sci-fi collection of solar systems, planets, lifeforms and sentient societies, suitable as a GM resource or as a subtrate for any sci-fi or fantasy campaign.

Eternal Empire

Page: Eternal Empire

Eternal Empire is a synthesis of Dark Fantasy and Science Fiction with a lenghty background that emphasizes the roles of religion, social structures, language, and race on both individuals and societies.

EverQuest rpg

Page: EQrpg Main

The EverQuest Role-Playing Game system is built on the d20 Open GL rules, and based in the world of Norrath, of the online rpg EverQuest.

Fantasy City Project

Page: Fantasy City Project

Shared development of a generic fantasy city, its locaions, NPCs, organizations and adventure seeds.

Meamnar

Page: Meamnar

A classic campaign setting constructed for the D20 game system.

Magipunk

Page: Magipunk

A weird fantasy game of urban dystopia and rapidly changing social conflict -- cyberpunk crossed with swords and sorcery.

Marvel Realtime

Page: Marvel Realtime

Extrapolating what the Marvel Universe might look like if time advanced normally.

Meanwhile, Back Home...

Page: Meanwhile, Back Home...

A (mostly) humourous Alien Contact setting focusing on Earth.

MIDNIGHT RPG Campaigns

Page: MIDNIGHT RPG Campaigns: Main Page

MIDNIGHT RPG Campaigns, is a wiki open for game groups to provide details and resource on individual campaigns based on the D20 Dungeons & Dragons MIDNIGHT Setting published by Fantasy Flight Games.

Post-Future

Page: Post Future

Your favorite setting, cast forward into a darker future.

Stardust & Aether Winds

Page: Stardust & Aether Winds

A simple little fantasy setting designed as a spin on the Swashbuckling Sailing Ships in Spaaaace!

Tekumel

Welcome to MAR Barker's gloriously baroque world of Tekumel, one of the oldest and most detailed FRP settings. This site will include some general background info, and material specific to 'The Shrine of Petrified Wisdom' campaign.

Page: Tekumel

Triptych: The Elemental Realms

Page: Triptych

A new mythology for modern magic games. Original elemental creatures wanted.
Encompasses three parallel worlds: The Great Gale, The White Waste, and the Blasted Lands.

GM Resources

Everything needed to make a GM's life easier

General Resources and Links

These are generic resources covering various topics that might be of use to game masters.

Page: Free Adventures
Page: Free RPGs
Page: Free Software
Page: Npcs
Page: Gaming Websites
Page: Non Gaming Websites
Page: Cool Fight Locations
Page: Stereotype List
Page: Great Quotes of RPGNet

How to Run Game X

A continuation of the thread of the same name from RPOpen--game-specific advice on how to GM. Additional contributions are welcome! The main page is here, and the category page is here.

Short Adventures

A resource page with short adventures that GMs can drop into games to fill a night of play.

Page: Short_Adventures

Campaign Setups

A resource page filled with thumbnail designs for campaigns, campaign ideas, and outlines to help jump-start a game.

Page: Campaign_Setups

War Stories

Page: War Stories

Tales of things that have happened during your gaming sessions which can amuse other gamers or serve as inspiration for GMs.

Game Meta-Info and Logs

This is where GMs can put information relating to their specific games, such as character sheets, logs, plot threads, et cetera.

Game Info Page.

MMORPG Guilds

Blacksky Company (WoW)

RPGnet Meta-resources

Overly Honest RPG Book Covers

Overly Honest RPG Book Covers: An archive of the hilarious images generated by the RPGnet thread of the same name.
View the thread created by "Neko Ewen" HERE.

RPGnet Thread Archive

Page: Forums Archive

A user created archive of classic threads, in the spirit of the old "Best Of Forums" page. Organized by forum, and alphabetics.

RPGnet Gatherings

Page: RPGnet_Gatherings

For information regarding any official meetups, gatherings and get togethers of RPGnet members.

Tangency Timeline

Page: Tangency Timeline

A timeline of important dates in the history of Tangency.

System Supplements

This is a list of supplements for specific game systems. Please be sure to list which game system your supplement is for if you include something in this section. (If you prefer to search by system then look at the Special:Categories page.)

Alia, Campaign Setting

Page: Alia
System: D&D 3.5

Alia is a land. A land of high fantasy where dragons scheme from their scattered fiefdoms, giants rule the great mountain ranges, and human empires struggle for dominance over the civilized worlds. It is a land where dwarves dream of recapturing the days of glory, elves fight to protect their forest homelands, and gnomes and halflings struggle under the oppression of empires. Amongst all the turmoil of the mortals, the gods of Alia are nowhere to be found, prayers are unanswered, the righteous fall to the tyrants and the world seems destined to end in ruin.

The heroes of Alia have much to accomplish. Everywhere there are wrongs to be righted, oppressive yokes to be broken and dreams to be recaptured.

Anime for HERO

Page Anime for HERO
System HERO System 5th Edition

A collection of anime and anime-inspired characters, mecha, vehicles, spells, powers and setting information for the HERO System.

BESM d20 Atlantis

Page: BESM d20 Atlantis OGC
System: BESM d20

Atlantis is a Magnum Opus Project currently being developed by me, Elton Robb. This page, a wikimedia page, is developed for users and readers to add OGC content to the setting. Everything developed there is to be creative commons licensed: meaning that anyone can use the OGC in most any project.

Blue Giant BESM

Page: Blue Giant
System: BESM

Blue Giant is a hard Science Fiction campaign setting for BESM set on the far side of the Milky Way at the dawn of the Fourth Millennium. Player Characters are Space Rangers who have to bring law and justice to the disputed territories between two vast interstellar nations.

Blue Planet

Page: Blue Planet

A general resouce project for the Blue Planet RPG

Devotions for Vampire: The Requiem

Page: Vampire_The_Requiem

A collection of Devotions for use with Vampire: The Requiem.

The Dungeoneers

Page: The_Dungeoneers_(A_D&D_Minisetting)

The dungeoneers is a minisetting for D&D 3.0. It may be more appropriate however to call it a game model as it can be dropped in almost any fantasy setting. It combines gritty low level play with a structured adventure model. In short, it’s “Regular Joes die their way through horrifying dungeons”.

Dungeonpalooza

Page: Dungeonpalooza
System: D&D 3.5 or other traditional fantasy setting

A wide-open world setting designed for neo-old school dungeon crawls. Includes a world map, descriptions of important locations, Prestige Classes, and a pantheon with contributions from a bunch of RPG.net collaborators. Dungeonpalooza is ideal for adventure-oriented parties that like quirky locations and don't take themselves too seriously.

Essence-Blasting Hits of the Seventies

Page: Essence-Blasting Hits of the Seventies
System: Exalted

A thematic conversion for Exalted, set in the modern day and involving the Exalted as rock musicians of various stripes instead of fantasy heroes. With Essence-infused heroin, a guitar that you carved out of Elvis Presley's coffin and a Malfean fragment as your agent, it's time to take to the streets. What do you do when you get there?

Exalted 101

Page:Exalted101:Main_page
System: Exalted

This is an attempt to create a resource for storytellers and players new to Exalted, covering everything they need to know to get a game going, as well as tackling any niggling questions that tend to come up often about the game. It's based on a big thread from RPG open.

Gamma HERO

Page Gamma HERO
System HERO System 5th Edition

Resources for running the original Gamma World background using the HERO System.

GURPS Annotation Project

Page: GURPS:Main Page
System: GURPS

A cross-referenced collection of advice, information, house rules, etc. for GURPS 4th Edition.

The Horizon: Virtual Project

Page: HorizonVirtual:Main_Page
System: D20_System

A re-working of the D20 System Reference Document to be more compatible with the Horizon: Virtual mini-RPG by Fantasy Flight Games.

Legend of the Five Rings

Page: L5R:Main_Page

System: L5R d10 or d20.

An open project for compilation of fan-created material for the Legend of the Five Rings RPG in any of its published versions.

M&M Serial

Page: M&M_Serial:Main_Page

System: Mutants and Masterminds

Serial adventures using the MUTANTS AND MASTERMINDS RPG.

More Than Human

Page: MTH:Main_Page

System: Storytelling System

Rules for playing superheroes and supervillains using White Wolf's Storytelling (nWoD) system.

Mutants & Masterminds RPG Wiki Resource

Page: Mutants & Masterminds RPG Wiki Resource

Mutants & Masterminds RPG Wiki Resource, is a wiki open for game groups to provide resources for Characters created with the M&M rules and campaigns ran in Mutants & Masterminds - "the world's greatest RPG" OGL D20 rules and settings. This wiki is intended as an example of characters, campaigns and resources for Super Heroic RPGs.

Necromunda in Space

Page: NiS
System: Necromunda

This is a conversion of Games Workshop's Necromunda that takes the player out of the hive and onto the Eastern Fringe. Choose your crew, create your ship, and shove-off to carve a living off the Fringe.

Paranoia Modulet 10Pak

Page: Paranoia_10pak
System: Paranoia XP or other Paranoia edition

This is a collection of 10 short modulets for the Paranoia game. They are arranged in the "Mission/Complications/Resolution/Staging notes" format from second edition. Each is about 500 to 1000 words.

Sorcerer: A Menu

Page:Sorcerer:_A_Menu
System: Sorcerer

A collection of RPGnet's favourite dishes from the Sorcerer Kitchen. Includes Chef's Specials (out-of-nowhere ideas), Dishes Inspired By... (ideas/settings based on other media) and Your Favourites Done Flambé Sorcerér (conversions of other RPGs). You can also sample the Wine and Dessert Menus for treats and flavours that will complement any meal. Finally, our chefs offer some Cooking Tips to help you get the most out of your own Sorcerer courses.

Spica Sector Project

Page: Spica_Sector_Project:Main_Page
System: Traveller
System: CT
System: MT
System: TNE
System: T4
System: GT
System: T20
System: T5

A Major project to re-develop the Spica Sector of space for the Traveller RPG system.

Star Wars for Mutants & Masterminds

Page:M&M_Star_Wars:Main_Page
System:Mutants_and_Masterminds

What will hopefully become a clearing house for converting Star Wars into Mutants & Masterminds.

Umbral Domains

Page:Umbral_Domains
System:Storyteller (mostly)

A collection of additional powers as well as alternate rules and setting elements for use with the old World of Darkness games. I intend to focus largely on Changeling: the Dreaming, Mage: the Ascension and their related suppliments, however other oWoD material is likely to be included.

Warhammer Fantasy Role-Play 1st Edition

Page:[WFRP:Main Page]
System: Warhammer Fantasy Role-Play 1st Edition

Realms of Sorcery Alternative version of the supplement

Lets Go Shopping Shop, service, and business gazetteer

Are You Mentally Divergent? Expanded Insanity Rules

Purring A Revolting Exhibition Among Imperial Citizens of an Imported Albion Article of Brutal "Sport."

Tomorrow’s forecast for the Old World is… Weather

Drinking Rules!!! Expanded rules for Alcohol Consumption

What Were They, Psychos? Alternative Rules For Vampires

Weapons of Space

Page: WeaponsofSpace
System: Weapons of the Gods

Weapons of Space attempts to retell wuxia stories in a more futuristic setting. This will also incorporate several modifications to the Weapons of the Gods system to streamline it to some extent.

Werewolf: The Forsaken Articles

Page:WtFArticles:Main_page
System: Werewolf:The Forsaken The idea of this page is serve as an index to various articles, stories and ideas created to enhance White Wolf's Werewolf: the Forsaken setting.

The Western Shores

Page: WS:Main Page
System: Hero System Fifth Edition

A high fantasy campaign setting for Fantasy Hero using the 5ER version of the Hero System.

WWE Know Your Role! Wrestlers

Page: WWE Know Your Role Main Page

Wrestler stats and other resources for the WWE Know Your Role! RPG.

Young Kingdoms Adventures

Page: YKAdventures:Main_Page
System: Stormbringer Fifth Edition or Elric!

This is a collection of story seeds for the Stormbringer roleplaying game, sorted by geographical locations. It includes notable people, places, items, and creatures for cities and countries all across the Young Kingdoms.

Terminology

These are guides to common rpg terminology.

Game title abbreviation

Page: Game_title_abbreviations

This is a collection of abbreviations used for various games and game lines.

RPG Lexica

A collection of Gamer Jargon--terms used by the players as opposed to the game's authors and designers. Still very much a work in progress... please contribute!

Page: Referee

This is a collection of various game master names for different games