The Chimera RPG® Beta Rules
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The Chimera RPG Beta Rules is a lightweight roleplaying game framework designed to provide ultimate creative flexibility while saving you time. Turn whatever inspires your creativity into a playable table-top RPG in record time.
- Streamlined mechanics for fast action resolution
- 11 character classes you can translate to any genre or setting
- 20 universal abilities define anything (and everything) your character can do
- Player-defined advancement lets you shape your character's growth
- 50 perks and flaws you can use to customise the rules without breaking the system
- 52 powers to cover spells¸ miracles¸ psionics¸ or weird science
- Unique combat system provides realistic results with the speed of "old-school" games
- Create NPCs and monsters in minutes
- Sandbox development tools to let you create entire settings in a matter of hours
Fast and customisable¸ Chimera Beta is easy to learn and fast to play. Run the game you want - in any setting or genre - with minimum preparation so you can make the most of your precious gaming time.
The Chimera RPG Beta rules were first introduced as the "Chimera Basic Rules" in 2011. With the release of the revised Chimera RPG Basic and Core rules in 2018¸ we've renamed this ruleset to reflect its status as the published origin of the Chimera RPG . As such¸ it is no longer officially supported by the publisher¸ but in the interest of supporting existing players¸ we've opted to release this version under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license ¸ which allows authors to share and adapt the material in any medium or format for any purpose¸ even commercially.