Everyverse RPG

By Dennis J. Parizek

EVERYVERSE RPG is the COMPLETE role-playing gaming system.

It features:

Five Methods of character generation
Standard Distribution: The same scale for measuring real-world IQ for more meaningful info at a glance
Cascades: tree-like arrays for skill definition from general to specific
The Attempt: A single method is used to resolve all actions
System Conversion: convert from other game systems to EVERYVERSE RPG

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu Publishing Services
• Release date: Apr 20, 2016
• ISBN: 9781483450148

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Character & Planetary sheets designed by Brandon Perkins.

Lulu Publishing Services rev. date: 4/13/2016

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE: BECOMING A GAMEMASTER

GETTING STARTED

GENRE

SETTING

PLOT

DURING PLAY

PLAYING ROLES

USING EVERYVERSE RPG

IS THAT ALL THERE IS?

PART TWO: CHARACTER GENERATION

STANDARD DISTRIBUTION

STANDARD GENERATION

THE DETAILS

ATTRIBUTES

APPEARANCE CHARACTERISTICS

PROFESSIONS

SKILLS

LANGUAGES

SKILL LISTS

EQUALIZERS

ATTRIBUTES

EXTRA ATTRIBUTES

APTITUDES AND BLOCKS

SKILLS AND UNSKILLS

ABILITIES AND CHALLENGES

ENHANCEMENTS AND LIMITATIONS

ENHANCEMENTS

LIMITATIONS

SIDE EFFECTS

ECCENTRICITIES

CIRCUMSTANCES

FORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES

UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES

STUFF

MONEY

GOODS

SPECIAL

NONHUMAN CHARACTERS

EQUIPMENT

A WORD ABOUT PRICES

A WORD ABOUT TECH LEVELS

TECH LEVELS

PART THREE: RULES OF PLAY

WORLD CREATION

ANIMALS

MOVEMENT

ATTEMPTS

RELEVANT SCORES

TYPES OF ATTEMPTS

SPECIAL OUTCOMES

PLAYER OPTIONS

COMMENTS

REACTION AND INTERACTION

LANGUAGE AND COMPREHENSION

COMBAT AND DAMAGE

COMBAT

DAMAGE

HIT LOCATION

HEALING

DAMAGE TO OBJECTS

NONCOMBAT DAMAGE

INJURIES

POISON

ILLNESS

FATIGUE

INSANITY

THERAPY

MEDICATION

ADRENALIN

REST AND RELAXATION

PERIPHERAL ISSUES

THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL

THE PASSAGE OF TIME

NPC GROUP MEMBERS

CHARACTER IMPROVEMENT

WEALTH, FAME, POWER

SKILL TRAINING

APPENDICES

APPENDIX A: GLOSSARY OF TERMS

APPENDIX B: ALTERNATIVE GENERATION METHODS

QUICK GENERATION (QG)

REVERSE GENERATION (RG)

FIXED-POINT GENERATION

AS-YOU-GO GENERATION

APPENDIX C: SYSTEM CONVERSION

STANDARD DISTRIBUTION

ATTRIBUTES

EQUALIZERS

PROFESSIONS

SKILLS

APPENDIX D: EQUIPMENT LISTS

LOW-TECH EQUIPMENT

CONTEMPORARY EQUIPMENT

HIGH TECH EQUIPMENT

TABLES

Table 1: Standard Distribution (SD)

Table 2: Exponential Distribution (ED)

Table 3: Average Height and Weight

Table 4: R & R Costs As A Function of Apparent Social Class

Table 5: Terms Of Service

Table 6: Weapons Classes

Table 7: Defense Classes

Table 8: Hit Location

Table 9: Explosives

Table 10: Damage To Objects

CHARACTER and PLANETARY Sheets

INTRODUCTION

Roleplaying gaming has as many descriptions as it has players. To some, it is interactive fiction. To others, it is a shared daydream. For still others, it is a chance to play pretend, like a child, but with the brains of an adult.

Most importantly, it is an escape; a chance to cleanse the mind in the stream of another reality; to forget the cares of the daily grind; to realize facets of yourself that may never find expression in real life. Its structure is simple. One participant is the Gamemaster (GM). He is the moderator and final arbiter of the game. He creates a fantasy universe (one manageable piece at a time), and adjudicates the outcomes of events, usually with the assistance of a set of rules. Everyone else is a Player. Each player controls the actions of one or more Player Characters (PCs). These are people who live in the imaginary universe, much like characters in a novel. A PC is born by creating a set of defining attributes. Some are numbers, like STrength; and some are descriptions, like Hair Color.

Before play, the GM works to build a setting. It may be a city, an area of wilderness, a world, or just a single building - sufficient detail is much more an issue than size. To go with the setting, he visualizes a scenario, which is similar to the plot of a short story, but much more nebulous and open to change.

When play begins, the GM describes the setting to the players. The GM also plays the parts of any non-player characters (NPCs) the PCs meet. They will then ask questions, to fill out their knowledge in areas which are important to their characters.

Armed with this information, the players will announce the actions of their characters. Depending on the situation, an action may range from I’ll take a passenger liner to Vega, to, I’ll draw my blaster.

Based on his more complete knowledge, not only of the situation, but of the laws of nature, the GM will determine the immediate outcome of each of the PCs actions. It is incumbent upon him to be scrupulously fair in these decisions. Engaging in overly-adversarial or overly-cooperative GMing will drive the players away. However, if the GM is a beginner, he must be given time to learn this difficult skill. Patient players will speed his advancement significantly.

Roleplaying games (RPGs) are not won and lost in the traditional sense. Instead, PCs strive to achieve their goals while avoiding setbacks. In the beginning, they may not yet have formed any goals, or indeed be able to recognize some setbacks.

At first, it is enough to stay alive, in a universe that does not seem to want you that way. As time goes by, the sequence of events begins to show a pattern, as both GM and players evolve a grander perspective.

The struggle for survival becomes a struggle for a dearly-held principle, or against a long-time enemy. The players have goals that reach beyond the next moment, occasioned by the developing master plan of the GM, which he will try to convince them he had all along.

To assist them in their increasing challenges, the PCs have personal advancement. Not only do the players gain the knowledge that the PCs earn at such great cost, but the PCs themselves can improve with time. Lifting weights improves STrength, practice improves skills, study gains new ones. Who knows? Paranormal talents, like magic and psionics, might become available.

Where does it all end? Only when you want it to. A player may tire of a certain character, and wish for a new challenge. The GM may reach the end of his inventiveness, and no longer be able to fashion exciting adventures for the powerful PCs. Everyone may be itching to try a new game they just saw.

The book is closed on the present campaign, and a new chapter begins…

PART ONE: BECOMING A GAMEMASTER

GETTING STARTED

GENRE

The first decision a GM makes is the category into which his setting will fall:

LOW-TECH

Historical: A setting which adheres to known information describing a historical period. May be Stone Age, Ice Age, medieval, oriental, Amerindian, etc.

Fantasy: General term for any setting dominated by myth. Most feature monsters, magic, treasure, active deities, steel–thewed warriors, and the never-ending struggle between good and evil.

HIGH-TECH

Science Fantasy: The name given to settings that are really only Fantasy, with magic replaced by technology. Logic is not a requirement, so ships with off-center thrust not only work, they are standard.

Science Fiction: Consists of settings that make an attempt to comply with logical cause-and-effect. It respects the science we know, and endeavors to extrapolate reasonably. Since it is only a game, many GMs find this burden of veracity too much to bear.

CONTEMPORARY

These settings are within our own historical era, from the Old West to Post-Holocaust. They enjoy the advantage of unlimited