Grim Tales

by Bad Axe Games

Overview

Grim Tales is the high adventure, low magic campaign sourcebook for fantastic roleplaying in your favorite pulp genres, from the dawn of Atlantis to the apocalyptic future of a dying planet. Players will enjoy nearly limitless combinations of classes, feats, skills, and talents to create their characters, while GMs can pick and choose from a wide variety of design mechanics, variant rules, and campaign trappings to create exactly the setting he wants to challenge and entertain his players. Grim Tales is a complete toolkit, allowing you to create exactly the game you want to play. It is designed to be completely compatible with your existing library of d20 products, allowing you to use feats, skills, equipment, spells, monsters, and even entire settings from nearly any source.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780972041690
Publisher:	Bad Axe Games
Publication date:	10/28/2003
Pages:	210
Product dimensions:	8.70(w) x 11.32(h) x 0.77(d)

Table of Contents

	Introduction	70
	What is Grim Tales?	1
	Characters	2
	Ability Scores	2
	Action Points	2
	Allegiances	4
	Backgrounds	4
	Reputation	6
	Character Classes	7
	The Strong Hero	8
	The Fast Hero	10
	The Tough Hero	12
	The Smart Hero	14
	The Dedicated Hero	16
	The Charismatic Hero	18
	Skills	20
	Skill Descriptions	23
	Feats	50
	Feat Descriptions	50
	Spellcasting Feats	62
	Firearms Feats	67
	Vehicle Feats	68
	Talents	70
	Economy and Equipment	84
	Economic Models	84
	Equipping The Campaign	87
	Combat	92
	Essentials of Combat	92
	Injury and Death	95
	Variant: Fewer Dead Heroes	97
	Saving Throws	97
	Visualizing Combat: Using the Battle Grid	97
	Action Summary	104
	Condition Summary	116
	Hazardous Environments	120
	Acid	120
	Cold	120
	Falling	121
	Fallout	121
	Fire and Heat	122
	High Altitude	123
	Overland Travel	123
	Suffocation	125
	Visibility	125
	Water Dangers	126
	Wind and Storms	127
	Spells and Magic	128
	Magical Traditions	128
	Availability of Spells	128
	Using Spells in Combat	131
	Magic Items	132
	Firearms	134
	Using Firearms in Your Campaign	134
	Designing Firearms	134
	Firearms in Combat	138
	Firearms Equipment	140
	Horror and Insanity	142
	Using Horror In Your Campaign	142
	Creating the Horrific Encounter	142
	The Horror Check	142
	Insanity	145
	Vehicles	153
	Vehicle Statblock	153
	Vehicle Combat	154
	Obstacles	159
	Passenger/Crew Actions	159
	Aerial Combat	161
	Fantastic Technology	162
	Cyberware	162
	Creature Creation	166
	Player Characters and Design Factors	180
	Gamemastering	182
	Encounter Level	182
	Awarding Experience Points	184
	Designing Serial Adventures	185
	Campaign Planner	186
	Appendix	188
	The Undead Campaign	188
	The Dragon Lords Campaign	193
	The Lethid Campaign	198
	Open Game License Version 1.0a	214