Fudge Planescape

Below are rules for playing a games in the Planescape setting using Fudge as the rules set.

Contents

• Overview and Assumptions
• Handy References
• Character Creation
• Magic
• Planes
• Monsters
• Omar's House Rules

Overview and Assumptions

Fudge Planescape is a project similar to my earlier GURPS Planescape. Specifically, it's a conversion of the Planescape setting (of which I am quite fond) to a rules system that I like better than D&D. I've GMed a couple of different GURPS Planescape games face-to-face; I'm hoping to start up a Planescape PBEM game at some point in the not-too-distant future, and I believe that Fudge is a system ideally suited to PBEM games. Also, I suspect that Fudge may turn out to be a better match for Planescape than GURPS; I'll have to try it and find out. In any event, Fudge is more naturally customizble.

This conversion is created for Planescape assuming a pre-Faction War Sigil. That's the setting that I prefer to use (indeed, I will probably never incorporate Faction War, but merely borrow elements from it for my games). It's also the setting which is best supported by published (if out-of-print) products. I'm assumping that the "Planescape cannon" includes everything published for the line during the days of AD&D/2e, but not including Warriors of Heaven or A Guide to Hell (neither of which I have, and which, as I understand it, were written as TSR/WOTC was trying to pull away from Planescape as the setting we had come to know and love, and move towards "planar adventuring" without the unique defining features of Planescape).

Handy References

Fudge

GMs and Players alike would benefit from either purcashing Fudge 10th Anniversary Edition, or by downloading Fudge for free in one of any number of formats from the Grey Ghost Press site, or from my own Fudge SRD page. If players don't want to bother with the full rules, they can get most of what they need to know from the 2-page "Fudge in a Nutshell" available from Grey Ghost.

Planescape

Everything in the line is out of print. Fortunately, you can get it all in PDF format from RPGNow.com, at the cost of about $5 per product. Not a bad deal!

For GMs, the more the merrier. Absolutely crucial is the Planescape boxed set. If you're going to run a game in Sigil, In the Cage: A Guide to Sigil and The Factol's Manifesto are both very highly recommended; Uncaged: Faces of Sigil will provide you with a wealth of well-fleshed-out and interesting NPCs. Beyond that, you should acquire and read the sets and books for the planes where you expect your game to go, and anything else in the series that interests you. GMs may also wish to borrow from some of the Planescape websites out there, notably Planewalker.com.

Players should read "A Player's Guide to the Planes" from the boxed set, at least if they are planar characters. If they want to know more about the setting (and are playing planars), The Planewalker's Handbook is a great one-book reference to a lot of the world. (That's also not a bad reference for GMs.)