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"Risus: The Anything RPG", designed and illustrated by S. John Ross, is a [[Universal System|universal]] role-playing game system that is (very) rules lite. Seriously. The rules are six pages long. And it's free. Download a free copy from the official page [http://www222.pair.com/sjohn/risus.htm here]. |
"Risus: The Anything RPG", designed and illustrated by S. John Ross, is a 1993 [[Universal System|universal]] role-playing game system that is (very) rules lite. Seriously. The rules are six pages long. And it's free. Download a free copy from the official page [http://www222.pair.com/sjohn/risus.htm here]. |
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Risus is meant to be a more comedic roleplaying game. As Risus happens to be Latin for "laughter", [[Incredibly Lame Pun|this should come as no surprise to those Latin professors out there]]. However, Risus can, indeed, be used for more serious games. The rules are very simple when compared to many other number crunching RPGs, such as ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' and ''[[RuneQuest]]'' (the latter of which is even more rules heavy than the former). |
Risus is meant to be a more comedic roleplaying game. As Risus happens to be Latin for "laughter", [[Incredibly Lame Pun|this should come as no surprise to those Latin professors out there]]. However, Risus can, indeed, be used for more serious games. The rules are very simple when compared to many other number crunching RPGs, such as ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' and ''[[RuneQuest]]'' (the latter of which is even more rules heavy than the former). |
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Characters may have any number of cliches, though, as in many other RPGs, you are limited by character creation points and character advancement. |
Characters may have any number of cliches, though, as in many other RPGs, you are limited by character creation points and character advancement. |
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* [[Actually Four Mooks]]: While originally a video game trope the game contains an odd subversion of it: a single group of enemies may represent either a single enemy or an entire group of enemies. This allows for encounters against enemies such as A Pack of Rats (3), A Pride of Lions (5) and even A Thousand Orcs (1). |
* [[Actually Four Mooks]]: While originally a video game trope the game contains an odd subversion of it: a single group of enemies may represent either a single enemy or an entire group of enemies. This allows for encounters against enemies such as A Pack of Rats (3), A Pride of Lions (5) and even A Thousand Orcs (1). |
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* [[Badass Normal]]: The game allows a Sous Chef (3) to stand a chance against an Angry Barbarian (4) (and even deal extra damage) in physical combat, as long as the player has an interesting roleplay to go with it. GM discretion. |
* [[Badass Normal]]: The game allows a Sous Chef (3) to stand a chance against an Angry Barbarian (4) (and even deal extra damage) in physical combat, as long as the player has an interesting roleplay to go with it. GM discretion. |
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