FUDGE Introduction

Legal Notice and Index

Table of Contents

I have kept the table of content numbers from the original FUDGE, to allow easier comparison of Anna's Fantasy FUDGE with the real thing.

i. Legal Notice

  • Part One: Character Creation
    • 1.1 Character Creation Terms
    • 1.2 FUDGE Trait Levels
    • 1.3 Character Traits
      • 1.31 Attributes
        • 1.311 Qualities
      • 1.32 Skills
        • 1.321 Combat skills
      • 1.33 Gifts
      • 1.34 Faults
      • 1.36 Fudge Points
    • 1.4 Allocating Traits
    • 1.5 Subjective Character Creation
    • 1.6 Objective Character Creation
      • 1.61 Attributes
        • 1.611 Qualities
      • 1.62 Skills
      • 1.63 Gifts & Faults
      • 1.64 Trading Traits
    • 1.7 Uncommitted Traits
    • 1.9 Minimizing Abuse
  • Part Two: The Scale System
    • 2.3 Non-humans
      • 2.31 Strength and Mass
      • 2.32 Speed
      • 2.33 Scale Correlations
      • 2.35 Racial Bonuses and Penalties
    • 2.4 Legendary Heroes
  • Part Three: Action Resolution
    • 3.1 Action Resolution Terms
    • 3.2 Rolling the Dice
      • 3.21 Reading the Dice
      • 3.23 Success Rates
    • 3.3 Action Modifiers
    • 3.4 Unopposed Actions
    • 3.5 Opposed Actions
    • 3.6 Critical Results
    • 3.7 NPC Reactions
  • Part Four: Combat
    • 4.1 Combat Terms
    • 4.2 Melee Combat
      • 4.21 Story Elements
      • 4.22 Simultaneous Combat Rounds
    • 4.3 Melee Combat Options
      • 4.31 Melee Modifiers
      • 4.32 Offensive/Defensive Tactics
      • 4.33 PCs vs. NPCs
      • 4.34 Multiple Combatants in Melee
      • 4.35 Hit Location
      • 4.36 Fancy Stuff
    • 4.4 Ranged Combat
    • 4.5 Wounds
      • 4.51 Wound Levels
      • 4.53 Wound Factors
      • 4.54 Sample Wound Factors List
      • 4.55 Determining Wound Level
      • 4.56 Grazing
      • 4.57 Recording Wounds
      • 4.58 Non-human Scale in Combat
    • 4.6 Wound Options
      • 4.61 Damage Die Roll
      • 4.62 Stun, Knockout, and Pulling Punches
      • 4.63 Min-Mid-Max Die Roll
      • 4.64 PC Death
    • 4.8 Healing
    Part Five: Character Development
    • 5.1 Subjective Character Development
    • 5.2 Objective Character Development
    • 5.3 Development through Training
    • 5.4 Recording the improvement
    Appendix One: Willpower and Stamina
    • 8.1 Willpower
      • 8.11 Spending Willpower
      • 8.12 Losing Willpower
    • 8.2 Stamina
      • 8.21 Spending Stamina
      • 8.22 Losing Stamina
    • 8.3 Regaining Willpower and Stamina

    i. Legal Notice

    FUDGE - Freeform Universal Do-it-yourself Gaming Engine

    (c) Copyright 1992-1995 Steffan O'Sullivan. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means (including without limitation photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval), except under a limited, royalty-free license as follows:

    1. Copies of all or portions of FUDGE may be made for your own use and for distribution to others, provided that you do not charge any fee for such copies and further provided that each copy contains this Legal Notice in its entirety, whether distributed in print or electronically.

    2. You may create derivative works such as additional rules and game scenarios and supplements based on FUDGE, provided that (i) such derivative works are for your own use or for distribution without charge, or for publication in a magazine or other periodical, and (ii) you include at the beginning of each derivative work the following "ABOUT FUDGE" and "DISCLAIMER" paragraphs in their entirety: FUDGE is a role-playing game written by Steffan O'Sullivan, with extensive input from the Usenet community of rec.games.design. The basic rules of FUDGE are available on the internet via anonymous ftp at ftp.csua.berkeley.edu, and in book form or on disk from Grey Ghost Games, P.O. Box 838, Randolph, MA 02368. They may be used with any gaming genre. While an individual work derived from FUDGE may specify certain attributes and skills, many more are possible with FUDGE. Every Game Master using FUDGE is encouraged to add or ignore any character traits. Anyone who wishes to distribute such material for free may do so - merely include this ABOUT FUDGE notice and disclaimer (complete with FUDGE copyright notice). If you wish to charge a fee for such material, other than as an article in a magazine or other periodical, you must first obtain a royalty-free license from the author of FUDGE, Steffan O'Sullivan, P.O. Box 465, Plymouth, NH 03264.

    You must include at the beginning of each derivative work the following disclaimer, completed with your name, in its entirety.

    DISCLAIMER

    The following materials based on FUDGE, entitled [Anna's Fantasy FUDGE], are created by [Anna Simpson] and made available by [Anna Simpson], and are not authorized or endorsed in any way by Steffan O'Sullivan or any publisher of other FUDGE materials. Neither Steffan O'Sullivan or any publisher of other FUDGE material is in any way responsible for the content of these materials. Original FUDGE materials (c) Copyright 1992-1995 Steffan O'Sullivan, All Rights Reserved.

    If you wish to distribute copies of all or portions of FUDGE or derivative works based on FUDGE for a fee or charge, other than in a magazine or other periodical, you must first obtain written permission from:

    Steffan O'Sullivan
    P.O. Box 465
    Plymouth, NH 03264
    sos@io.com

    Anna's Fantasy FUDGE

    These fantasy role-play rules are derived from the wonderful FUDGE system developed by Steffan O'Sullivan. This is FUDGE flavoured for a heroic fantasy style and I have trimmed and re-worked the FUDGE rules extensively, especially in the area of prescribing mechanics and stats. THIS IS NOT THE OFFICIAL FUDGE. The basic rules allow any game genre to be run with complete freedom, with more options and choices than the biggest chocolate shop. To get the true taste of FUDGE, you should get a copy of the original rules, widely available on the WWW, or from RPG shops. For more information and links try the FUDGE page of Grey Ghost Press, the publishers of FUDGE.