v2 Alpha by Chris Jokinen
Red Ash is a generic rules set for an RPG(Role Playing Game) and strategy game(in the future) that I have been working on for some time. My goals for this system is to design a complete rules set that can be used in any genre (but for now will focus on a fantasy setting). It is designed to be open, expandable, flexible and is still a work in progress.
What makes Red Ash different from other game systems is it is made from the ground up with a way to create custom races, creatures and classes. Tired of the same old Human, Elf, Dwarf selection of playable races? Make your own!
Levels progress from 1 to 100. At each step along the way character classes can spend skill points on a wide array of skills (Spells are skills!), unless they are restricted from the root skill of a particular branch. I did this to make it possible for a group of clerics, fighters or even wizards to have as much of an opportunity to adventure as a group as the "balanced" party (fighter, cleric, rogue, wizard).
You will find weapons and armor work differently in Red Ash as well. Plate mail does NOT make you harder to hit as in most game systems. Armor is designed to protect you when you get hit and it will absorb some if not all of the damage. Certain armors protect better against certain types of damage than others.
Weapons are not designed to do only one type of damage. This system does not limit a long sword to only doing slashing damage. It can also do piercing, bludgeoning and chopping damage. The damage you deal is based on how your character uses it during combat.
Even though the rules are at an alpha stage, I do believe that they are far enough along to allow an experienced DM/GM(Dungeon Master/Game Master) to design a campaign and have fun with their group.
License is simple, have fun with the system there is no charge for its NON COMMERCIAL use. I still hold my copyright on what you see here. I plan to make a larger game on top of these rules that will be a for sale product at a later date. The core rules of Red Ash is always going to be free to use for your personal enjoyment.
As I move forward with new rules and new systems to automate the site updates, I do not have time to do artwork (let alone pay for it), if your a budding artist and want to contribute work, drop me a post in the forum. I can not pay you but the site is growing and ranks well in the search engines.