Basic Roleplaying Universal Game Engine (Hardback)

Basic Roleplaying (BRP) is an award-winning tabletop roleplaying system, honed over decades of development. The system provides everything needed for thrilling RPG adventures, and is perfect for both experienced and new players. BRP is the foundation of award-winning games such as Chaosium's Universal Game Engine, bringing entire new worlds to explore.

Basic Roleplaying: Universal Game Engine is the complete guide to BRP—the same system that powers Call of Cthulhu, RuneQuest, Pendragon, Rivers of London, and countless others.

BRP’s Universal Game Engine is available royalty-free for personal and commercial use under the ORC license. Use these rules, and focus on creating your worlds, scenarios and even books to sell!

This book contains the core system rules, as well as character creation, advancement, monsters and antagonists, as well as GameMaster advice.
A Seamless Core Mechanic

In BRP, success and failure are always determined by the roll of a D100. Comparing that roll to the relevant Skill, Characteristic, Ability, or Power, you succeed if you roll under the target number.

This means every stat on your character sheet clearly indicates to you the likelihood of success.