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''Basic Role-Playing'' (''BRP'') is a role-playing game system which originated in the fantasy-oriented ''RuneQuest'' role-playing game rules. A percentile skill-based system, ''BRP'' was used as the basis for most of the games published by Chaosium, including ''Stormbringer'', ''Worlds of Wonder'', ''Call of Cthulhu'', ''Superworld'', ''Ringworld'', ''Elfquest'', ''Hawkmoon'', ''Elric!'', and ''Nephilim''. However, ''Pendragon'' (acquired in 1998 by Green Knight Publishing, and 2005 by White Wolf), while related, has sufficiently different mechanics that it can be seen as a separate system. The ''BRP'' standalone booklet was first released in 1980. Two years later it became part of the ''Worlds of Wonder'' boxed set. The first edition boxed set of ''Call of Cthulhu'' included the booklet as its character creation rules. Greg Stafford and Lynn Willis are credited as the authors. ''BRP'' is similar to other generic systems such as ''GURPS'', ''Hero System'' or ''Savage Worlds'' in that it uses a simple resolution method which can be broadly applied, in this case an attempt to roll under a certain number with percentile dice. Each incarnation of the ''BRP'' rules has changed or added to the core ideas and mechanics, so that games are not identical. For example, in ''Call of Cthulhu'', skills may never be over 100%, while in ''Stormbringer'' skills in excess of 100% are within reach for all characters. In 2004, Chaosium published the ''Basic Roleplaying'' monographs (the hyphen was dropped in the later products). Books with a quick and inexpensive printed format of tape binding and printed cardstock covers, the four monographs (''Players Book'', ''Magic Book'', ''Creatures Book'', and ''Gamemaster Book'') were printed in order to assert Chaosium's copyrights in the run-up to the publishing and distribution of ''Deluxe Basic Roleplaying'', a game system that is essentially ''RuneQuest 3rd Edition'' but with additions to allow play in other genres. Chaosium released a new version of ''BRP'' on June 24, 2008 as single comprehensive book. Currently they are selling both a printed and pdf version of the game. == History == The core rules were originally written by Steve Perrin as part of his game ''RuneQuest''. It was Greg Stafford's idea to simplify the rules (eliminating such things as Strike Ranks and Hit Locations) and issue them in a 16 page booklet called ''Basic Role Playing''. Over the years several others, including Sandy Petersen, Lynn Willis, and Steve Henderson, contributed to their final form. The ''BRP'' was notable for being the first role-playing game system to introduce a full skill system to characters regardless of their profession. This was developed in ''RuneQuest'' but was also later adopted by the more skill-oriented ''Call of Cthulhu'' and the dark fantasy saga of Elric in ''Stormbringer''. ''BRP'' was conceived of as a genre-generic engine around which any sort of RPG could be played, much like ''GURPS'' and the d20 system have become today. In order to underscore this, Chaosium produced the ''Worlds of Wonder'' supplement, which contained the generic rules and several specific applications of those rules to given genres. ''Superworld'', specifically, began as a portion of the ''Worlds of Wonder'' product. The fantasy game supplement ''Thieves World'', based on the popular series of books by Robert Lynn Asprin, used both the system for ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' as well as the ''RuneQuest'' variation of the ''BRP'' for character statistics, representing the two most popular game systems of the time. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Basic Role-Playing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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