L'Ultime Épreuve / The Ultimate Test / Der ultimative Test
A French-language fantasy genre RPG¸ the first French RPG. It is set in the largely open world of Linaïs¸ which is inhabited by six types of humans: mountain people¸ forest people¸ sea people¸ etc. The PCs have the defined goal to fight against the lords of destruction¸ become powerful enough to pass the ultimate test¸ cross the door¸ and join the lords of balance. It uses a skill-based system similar to Chaosium'sBasic Role-playing¸ with six attributes (determined by 3d6): Intelligence¸ Force¸ Dextérité¸ Pouvoir¸ Constitution¸ Charisme. There are also broad skills (only 10 in the original game)¸ calculated by the sum of two or three attributes. These are increased only be increasing the attributes themselves. Character advancement is done by buying training courses in schools that increase attributes. It includes a magic system based on your Magic skill rating¸ with choice and number of spells determined by your skill. The expanded second edition is entitled Les Chroniques de Linaïs. - A description fromdarkshire.netwith kind permission of John H. Kim