PANDARIA RULES! Fantasy Role-Playing rules for the World of Pandaria...

 

Experience System	Standard Skills, Special Combat Skills, Special Magic Skills, Sneaking Skills, Language Skills, Pandarian Languages.
Combat System	Actions, Combat/Damage, Combat/Weapons, Saving Throws, Grievous Injuries, Fumbles.
Magic System	Mage Spells List, (List by School). Magic Items, Magic Item Costs, Psionic Abilities, Spell Modifications, Spells Reference.
Miracles System	Cleric Spells List, (List by Religion). Pandarian Religions: Ammonites, Healers, Druids, Law, Chaos, Melkor, Hecate, Halea, Loviatar, Diabolic cults, Demonic cults. High Elvish, Dwarvish, Orcish, Barbarian Gods, Nomad Gods, Kymerian, Mercanian, Serenian, Emphidian.
Character Generation	Heritage, Inborns, Previous Experience. Character Sheet (sample). Character Catch-up
Equipment	Weapons, Armour, Standard Equipment, Special Equipment, Living Expenses.
Miscellaneous	Monster Conversion, Monster Stats, Name Generator, Treasure Generator, "FuryDice" Initiative Roller.
World of Pandaria	Heroes of Pandaria, Map of Pandaria, Adventure Diaries, Pandaria Gazetteer, Annals of History, Myths & Legends, Apocrypha. System Philosophy

 

WHAT'S NEW?
19th October 2007	Latest character generation details published (interim version).
24th September 2007	Spell lists added (Pandarian modified versions).
1st September 2007	Spell lists added (unmodified AD&D versions).
19th/20th May 2007	Skill training requires weeks; Characteristic training; Experience 1xp/session; Paladin Quests for Holiness.
10th May 2007	Spell-learning chances can accumulate, Spell Book hire fees as per equipment list (Magic System 6.3).
21st April 2007	Traits (Inborns), Fatigue, armour/encumbrance mods; Factor (SIZ) for height/weight generation.
8th April 2007	Psionic combat and abilities system published.
15th March 2007	Minor rewording/rearrangement throughout; Piety renamed Holy Power; example Cult Skill targets given.
13th March 2007	Stat/target saving throws; Hide/Sneak simplified; Open Hand two attacks; Combat/Magic ability tweaks.
26th February 2007	Magic item properties overhaul; modifications to Combat Special Abilities.
13th December 2006	Stats purchasable at character creation reduced.
12th December 2006	Spells overhaul: Cantrips & 1st level Spells (Mage Armour, Magic Weapon added); 1st & 2nd level Miracles.
8th December 2006	Magic Staffs and Familiars; minor mods to combat and magic special abilities and character creation.
30th November 2006	Tweaks to character creation (paladin/ranger skills, no language age limit for mages); skill renamed Evasion.
27th November 2006	Special Combat Skills and Special Magic Skills simplified and revised to include special abilities/feats.
3rd November 2006	Standard Equipment prices list added (including revised costs for magical items).
16th September 2006	Paladin special abilities revised; Clerical "Blessing" ability; Power/Piety formulae based on stat bonuses.
8/9th July 2006	Herb Lore skill; Bardic Voice etc; revised Golfball Effect for Grappling/Knockback; Fumble Tables.
1st July 2006	New weapon damages adopted; new weapon ranges adopted; new weapon types added.
29th June 2006	Half-benefit from miracles unless tithes are paid; Ranger 'Fury' bonus made optional; INT ticks maximum.
26th June 2006	Martial Arts can stack attacks & parries; Missile attacks are full/half/tenth chance at range x1/x2/x3.
24th June 2006	Sneaking system clarified (save v surprise, pre-rolls, save v no defence).
23rd June 2006	Amendments to various pages relating to new saving throws; Skills page formatted for printing.
22nd June 2006	Saving Throws overhaul, max. +10 level bonus; Failed casting gives half-effect spells (Magic System 6.0).
15th June 2006	Reformat some pages for printing; General rules shortened; Non-magic only subdues multi-planars.
17th March 2006	Fighter special abilities; Combat cribsheet updated (mounted shooting, shooting into melee, parrying).
9th March 2006	Paladin special abilities; Cure Serious/Critical Wounds spells improved; Ukko miracles list added.
2nd March 2006	Mage special abilities; Magic staffs store power; Elven chainmail modifiers calculated.
1st February 2006	(Minor tweaks to format nicely for printing).
5th November 2005	Added Magic Item Costs page, detailing prices of magic items, spells and miracles available for purchase in Pandaria.
10th September 2005	Added monster conversion system, character catch-up system, modified spells page.
3rd September 2005	RULE CHANGE: Thieves Sneaking rules revised for d20 saves; Backstabbing & Pick Pockets procedures simplified.
29th August 2005	RULE CHANGE: Clerical Cult Skill targets classified by complexity; Piety Points revised to WIS/4 x Max. (Magic System 5.9)
28th August 2005	RULE CHANGE: Saving Throws system overhauled (Saves revised to d20, with a target of 20+).
24th August 2005	RULE CHANGE: Max Ticks limit revised to 8 + Int Bonus; new Stat Bonuses apply to skills.
22nd August 2005	RULE CHANGE: New Stat Bonuses table published (in Character Generation)
20th August 2005	RULE CHANGES: Power/Piety improved (5.8); RQ2 armour adopted (chainmail up to 5ap); Initiative d20+Dex bonus; Max Ticks 10+Int bonus.
14th August 2005	Pandarian Religions list & write-ups added.
6th August 2005	Hit Locations table changed from d100 to d20.
9th July 2005	Pandarian Myths & Legends added. Magic Spells list added
14th Jun 2005	Heroes added. RULE CHANGES: Clerics gain Holiness by using cult skills, Piety Points reduced; Experience points are added only to Defence.
12th Jun 2005	Combat crib-sheet and general (I) rules updated to reflect the new actions/initiative systems.
11th Jun 2005	RULE CHANGE: Actions & Initiative system, to dexterity-order and turn-based combat based upon the D20 System.
12th Mar 2005	Character generation system based on 'Character Creation' points.
17th Feb 2005	RULE CHANGE: Power/Piety derive from main skills; Cantrips cost less to cast; Beneficial Clerical miracles have only half-effect on non-worshippers; Divine Intervention primarily for Clerics only and usually benefits worshippers only.
19th Oct 2004	RULE CHANGE: Skill increases relate to difficulty; no increase-rolls rqd for Defence; experience maximum added; specialist mages modified.
22nd June 2003	Experimental "FuryDice" Initiative Roller, Special Fighter and Mage Skills (draft versions); Language Skills listed in families.
16th Feb 2003	First-level Magic spells properly formatted and standard 1st/2nd-level Clerical miracles added.
1st Feb 2003	RULE CHANGE: Perception roll multiplier for sneaking reduced to x3 and negative modifiers reduced.
21st Dec 2002	Character Sheet template and example character added. (To fill-in, replace invisible white ?-marks and change their colour).
18th Dec 2002	RULE CHANGES: Starting skills for weapons reduced by 5% for most; Thieves Skills & Martial Arts rationalized.
14th Dec 2002	RULE CHANGE: Base percentages reduced to 10% for all weapon types.
1st Dec 2002	Weapons & Armour lists added - phew!.
30th Nov 2002	Language skills added; Pandarian Languages page & diagram reconstructed; Saving Throws added.
28th Nov 2002	Fumble formula revised (fumbles less frequent); scroll-reading rule reworded; general rules 1,2,3; sneaking rules, standard skills; spell lists formatting begun.
22nd Nov 2002	The Great Task of publishing the Pandaria Rules continues: Modified Criticals Table; Character Generation; Coats of Arms; Magic System 5.3; and placeholders for future publication.
28th Feb 2001	Combat crib sheet smartened up; Miracles lists added.
11th Feb 2001	Magic System: Casting Bonus; staffs store power & spells; spells require 1 memory per level. Miracles System: Inspirational Blessings
11th Feb 2001	This "Pandaria Rules!" index page added.