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Welcome to Fudge!

Welcome to Fudge, a fully customizable roleplaying game! If you’re new to Fudge, please be sure to visit the following

Fudge sites online:

fudgerpg.com -- home of Grey Ghost Press, Inc., publisher of the core Fudge rules and other Fudge products.

fudge.phoenyx.net -- the Fudge Guide, hosted by the Phoenyx, an internet service that also hosts the Fudge mailing list.

fudgefactor.org -- the premier online Fudge magazine.

What is Fudge?

Fudge is a rules-light role-playing game, concentrating on role-playing rather than endless dice rolls and tables and similar

detailed game mechanics. It also uses words rather than numbers to describe character traits.

For example, a character might be a Great Swordsman rather than a 14th level fighter. Combined with simple action

resolution, Fudge’s descriptive nature makes ideal it for novice players. Fudge is also flexible enough to satisfy experienced

role-players.

There are no artificial limits placed on character creation; any character the player can imagine can be described in Fudge

terms. (Of course, Fudge encourages players to consult with their game master when designing characters, since the GM has

final say over whether or not a character is acceptable in a given game.)

The basic Fudge rules contain no campaign world information (except for a few examples). But the game’s flexibility

allows it to be easily used with nearly any other role-playing game’s campaign world - and, of course, with game masters’

own personal creations.

What’s This Document?

This is a copy of the 1995 printed version of the Fudge rules, now in .pdf format for viewing with Adobe’s Acrobat Reader.

All of the text in this document is available for use under the 1995 “Fudge Legal Notice” license (see page 2). Please note

that as of January, 2005 Grey Ghost Press is the point of contact for the commercial license for this version of Fudge.

The Fudge game has also been released for use under the “Open Game License.” See www.fudgerpg.com/publishers for

details.

If you like what you see here, and would like to see more, please take a look at the Fudge 10th Anniversary hardcover book,

now available from many “favorite local game stores!”

Ann Dupuis

President

August 2, 2005

Publishers of Fudge, the Deryni Adventure Game,

and other Grey Ghost ™ Games

FUDGE

Freeform Universal Do-it-Yourself

Gaming Engine

A Role-Playing Game

by Steffan O’Sullivan

Editing and Typography by Ann Dupuis

Published by

Grey Ghost Games

PO Box 838

Randolph, MA 02368-0838

ghostgames@fudgerpg.com

F UDGE and F UDGE -related materials are

available on the Internet at

http://www.fudgerpg.com

Legal Notice

F UDGE — Freeform Universal Do-it-yourself

Gaming Engine

reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced in any

form or by any electronic or mechanical means (includ-

ing without limitation photocopying, recording, or infor-

mation storage and retrieval), except under a limited,

royalty-free license as follows:

1. Copies of all or portions of F UDGE may be made for

your own use and for distribution to others, provided

that you do not charge any fee for such copies and fur-

ther provided that each copy contains this Legal Notice in

its entirety, whether distributed in print or electronically.

2. You may create derivative works such as additional

rules and game scenarios and supplements based on

F U D G E , provided that (i) such derivative works are for

your own use or for distribution without charge, or for

publication in a magazine or other periodical, and (ii)

you include at the beginning of each derivative work the

following “ABOUT F UDGE ” and “DISCLAIMER” paragraphs

in their entirety:

DISCLAIMER

The following materials based on FUDGE, entitled

[your title], are created by [your name] and made avail-

able by [name], and are not authorized or endorsed in

any way by Steffan O’Sullivan or any publisher of other

F U D G E materials. Neither Steffan O’Sullivan or any pub-

lisher of other F UDGE material is in any way responsible

for the content of these materials. Original F UDGE materi-

Reserved.

If you wish to distribute copies of all or portions of

F UDGE or derivative works based on F UDGE for a fee or

charge, other than in a magazine or other periodical, you

must first obtain written permission from:

Steffan O’Sullivan

P.O. Box 465

Plymouth, NH 03264

ABOUT F UDGE

F U D G E is a role-playing game written by Steffan

O’Sullivan, with extensive input from the Usenet commu-

nity of rec.games.design. The basic rules of F U D G E a r e

available on the internet via anonymous ftp at

oz.plymouth.edu, and in book form or on disk from Grey

Ghost Press, Inc., P.O. Box 838, Randolph, MA 02368.

They may be used with any gaming genre. While an indi-

vidual work derived from F U D G E may specify certain

attributes and skills, many more are possible with F UDGE .

Every Game Master using F UDGE is encouraged to add or

ignore any character traits. Anyone who wishes to distrib-

ute such material for free may do so — merely include

this ABOUT F UDGE notice and disclaimer (complete with

F UDGE copyright notice). If you wish to charge a fee for

such material, other than as an article in a magazine or

other periodical, you must first obtain a royalty-free

license from the author of F UDGE , Steffan O’Sullivan, P.O.

Box 465, Plymouth, NH 03264.

You must include at the beginning of each derivative

work the following disclaimer, completed with your

name, in its entirety.

About the Illustrations:

Cover graphics and design by Jeff Koke. (Thanks,

rights reserved. Original “F U D G E Blocks” concept by

Dennis Harris.

The interior illustrations were scanned from clip art

books containing artwork from (primarily) the 19th

century. They may be legally photocopied and distrib-

uted as part of the F UDGE rules in accordance with the

above Legal Notice. The two clip art books used were:

The Clip Art Book, A Compilation of More Than

5,000 Illustrations and Designs; Research and

published in 1993 by Crescent Books, New

York/Avenel, NJ.

MEN, A Pictorial Archive from Nineteenth-Century

Publications, Inc., NY.

presented in the Legal Notice above. First printing (F UDGE “Limited Edition”) by Wild Mule Games August, 1994. Second printing

by Grey Ghost Games August, 1995. Grey Ghost Games is an imprint of Grey Ghost Press, Inc. Inquiries may be sent to Grey

Ghost Press, Inc., P.O. Box 838, Randolph, MA 02368, or via electronic mail to ghostgames@aol.com.

ISBN 1-887154-00-0

Table of Contents

1 Character Creation .............................................5

1.1 Character Creation Terms ...............................5

1.2 FUDGE Trait Levels.........................................5

1.3 Character Traits................................................6

1.31 Attributes.................................................6

1.32 Skills ........................................................6

1.33 Gifts .........................................................7

1.34 Faults .......................................................8

1.35 Personality ..............................................8

1.36 Fudge Points ...........................................8

1.4 Allocating Traits...............................................9

1.5 Subjective Character Creation .......................10

1.6 Objective Character Creation ........................11

1.61 Attributes ...............................................11

1.62 Skills ......................................................12

1.63 Gifts & Faults ........................................14

1.64 Trading Traits........................................14

1.7 Uncommitted Traits .......................................14

1.8 Random Character Creation..........................14

1.9 Minimizing Abuse..........................................15

2 Supernormal Powers .......................................16

2.1 Supernormal Power Terms ...........................16

2.2 Powers at Character Creation .......................17

2.21 Powers Available ..................................17

2.22 Associated Skills ...................................18

2.23 Combat Powers.....................................18

2.3 Non-humans ..................................................18

2.31 Strength and Mass ................................18

2.32 Speed.....................................................19

2.33 Scale Correlations .................................20

2.34 Cost of Scale .........................................20

2.35 Racial Bonuses and Penalties...............21

2.4 Legendary Heroes .........................................22

2.5 Magic..............................................................22

2.6 Miracles ..........................................................23

2.7 Psi .................................................................24

2.8 Superpowers..................................................24

2.9 Cybernetic Enhancements.............................24

3 Action Resolution .............................................25

3.1 Action Resolution Terms ...............................25

3.2 Rolling the Dice.............................................26

3.21 Reading the Dice ..................................26

3.22 Other Dice Techniques ........................27

3.23 Success Rates ........................................27

3.3 Action Modifiers ............................................28

3.4 Unopposed Actions .......................................28

3.5 Opposed Actions...........................................29

3.6 Critical Results ...............................................30

3.7 NPC Reactions ...............................................31

4 Combat, Wounds & Healing ............................32

4.1 Combat Terms ...............................................32

4.2 Melee Combat................................................32

4.21 Story Elements ......................................32

4.22 Simultaneous Combat Rounds .............33

4.23 Alternating Combat Turns ....................34

4.3 Melee Combat Options .................................35

4.31 Melee Modifiers ....................................35

4.32 Offensive/Defensive Tactics ................35

4.33 PCs vs. NPCs .........................................36

4.34 Multiple Combatants in Melee .............36

4.35 Hit Location ..........................................37

4.36 Fancy Stuff ............................................38

4.4 Ranged Combat .............................................39

4.5 Wounds..........................................................41

4.51 Wound Levels .......................................41

4.52 Damage Capacity..................................42

4.53 Wound Factors......................................43

4.54 Sample Wound Factors List..................44

4.55 Determining Wound Level ...................45

4.56 Grazing..................................................47

4.57 Recording Wounds ...............................47

4.58 Non-human Scale in Combat ...............49

4.6 Wound Options .............................................51

4.61 Damage Die Roll ..................................51

4.62 Stun, Knockout, and Pulling Punches .52

4.63 Min-Mid-Max Die Roll ..........................52

4.64 PC Death ...............................................54

4.65 Technological Levels as Scale..............55

4.7 Combat and Wounding Example .................55

4.8 Healing...........................................................57

Table of Contents

5 Character Development...................................58

5.1 Subjective Character Development ..............58

5.2 Objective Character Development ...............58

5.3 Development through Training ....................59

6 Tips and Examples ...........................................60

6.1 GM Tips and Conversion ..............................60

6.11 Conversion Hints ..................................60

6.12 Templates..............................................61

6.2 Character Sheet Example ..............................61

6.3 Character Examples.......................................61

6.31 Fantasy Characters................................62

6.32 Historical Characters.............................64

6.33 Modern Characters ...............................68

6.34 Science Fiction Characters ...................70

6.35 Miscellaneous Characters .....................71

6.4 Class and Racial Template Examples ...........74

6.5 Animal & Creature Examples........................78

6.6 Equipment Examples ....................................80

7 The Addenda .....................................................82

7.1 Fudge Magic ..................................................82

7.2 Fudge Miracles...............................................90

7.3 Fudge Psi .......................................................92

7.4 Alternate Rules...............................................97

Acknowledgements

The author would like to thank Andy Skinner for quality

input above and beyond anyone else’s. Andy’s contribu-

tions over the years have been both major and profound.

Other valued contributors include Reimer Behrends,

Martin Bergendahl, Peter Bonney, Thomas Brettinger,

Robert Bridson, Travis Casey, Paul Jason Clegg, Peter F.

Delaney, Jay Doane, Ann Dupuis, Paul Dupuis, Brian

Edmonds, Shawn Garbett, Ed Heil, Richard Hough,

Bernard Hsiung, John H. Kim, Pete Lindsay, Bruce

Onder, Christian Otkjaer, Bill Seurer, Larry Smith, Stephan

Szabo, John Troyer, Corran Webster, and others on

rec.games.design on the Internet.

I would also like to thank, most warmly, Ann Dupuis

of Grey Ghost Press for her strong support of F UDGE over

the years. Not only has she urged me forward with the

work when I got lazy, published F UDGE , promoted it, had

F UDGE dice made, and paid my way to many conventions,

she’s managed to remain a good friend during this time.

If you’ve ever tried to push a lazy, stubborn person into

doing what they should be doing, you’ll know this is a

difficult and usually thankless task. I’d like to break

precedent and actually thank her for it.

Groo the Wanderer™ is a trademark of Sergio

Aragones, and use of the name in this product does not

challenge the trademark status in any way.

Terminology:

To avoid confusion, “he, him,” etc., are used to

describe a player and PC, and “she, her,” etc., are used

to describe a Game Master and NPC.

F UDGE is divided into six Chapters plus the Addenda,

each of which is divided into Sections. The decimal

point in Section numbers is a true decimal. For example,

Section 1.35 comes between Section 1.3 and Section 1.4.

About the Author

Steffan O’Sullivan is the author of GURPS Bestiary,

GURPS Swashbucklers, GURPS Fantasy Bestiary and

GURPS Bunnies & Burrows. He lives in New Hampshire,

U.S.A., and has wide-ranging interests. He has formally

studied history, pre-med, theater and transpersonal psy-

chology. (GURPS ®

is a registered trademark of Steve

Jackson Games.)

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