Races and Classes (and Tech Level)

 RACES AND CLASSES

The World of Simvor has several strange races.  Your Race may grant you certain natural abilities, and determines which die you use to determine your Hit Points.

RACE                   HIT DIE         

Normal Humans        d8

Crystal Men              d8

Mutant Humans        d6

Mutant Plants            d6    

Mutant Animal         d6 or d8 (roll random)

    Birdmen                d6

    Catmen                 d8

    Dogmen                d8

    Reptars                 d8

    Zectalons              d6

You must roll to determine the Tech Level of your Home Community, this determines what Classes are available and the sort of equipment and cultural attitudes you begin the game with.

                                    1-5                6-10         11-15          16-20

CLASSES             Stone Age    Medeival    Modern    Advanced

ASTROMANCER                                            X                X

BARBARIAN            X                    X

ENGINEER                                                        X                X

FIGHTER                  X                    X                X                X

SCOUNDREL                                                    X                  X

THIEF                        X                    X                X

WITCH DOCTOR    X                    X

WIZARD                    X                    X                X

ZEALOT                                            X                X                X

Ability Scores

 ABILITY SCORES

So, inspired by various B/X and BECMI clones/variation (including Labyrinth Lord, Mutant Future, and White Star), we are going to have the normal 6 ability scores, and the normal bonuses/penalties that we are used to. 

Just like our Leauvalar game, please roll 3d6 a total of 6 times and assign these scores to the ability of your choice.  

PLEASE NOTE:  In this game, Race and Class are seperate and either one may have certain ability requirements.

That means that I can recycle these charts I stole from the Labyrinth Lord book:

What the heck IS the World of Simvor?

 Look, I've been enamored of Thundarr the Barbarian since I was a kid.  A few years later, I learned that Gamma World existed.  From its description, it sounded like D&D style adventure in a Thundarr-like world, sans magic.

I've always been drawn to the weird/dark fantasy toys, cartoons, and comics.  Things like He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (and their several lines of knock-off toys), The Other World, and Sectaurs to name just a few.

Simvor is a sort of celebration and amalgamation of all this weird crap.  There are men, mutants, and monsters.  There are swords, magic, lasers, and robots.  There are gold & jewels, but also forgotten magical artifacts and weird alien technologies.

So if you dig the idea of daring-do adventure in a mutated alien fantasy world, then the World of Simvor should be a Saturday Morning dream come true!