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The Basic Fantasy RPG by Chris Gonnerman
Keywords: genre fantasy traditional preview open-license
An "old school" variant of 3rd edition Dungeons & Dragons. 159 pages core rules (PDF).
The Cursed RPG by Michael Evans
Keywords: genre fantasy modern long
A low-powered urban fantasy RPG, where the PCs are practitioners of magic in the modern world. Resolution is by skill + (attribute / 2) + 1d20 versus difficulty. Character creation includes picking one of seven classes: Shaman, Mystic, Sorcerer, Summoner, Psychic, Blessed, or Changeling. Attributes are either rolling 2d4 five times or allocating 10d4 attribute points, while skills are bought spending 15 + (total attributes / 2). It includes a detailed magic system with several dozen spells and a selection of inhabitants of the secret world. 159 pages basic rules (PDF) plus HTML extras.
Five by Five (version 2) by Jeff Moore
Keywords: universal rules-lite
A universal system. Character creation is by defining three ranked Traits and one weakness. Traits are ranked in named levels with corresponding numbers (0/2/4/6/9/12/16). For dice, it generally uses a "d5" which is 1d6 where the 6 is counted as zero. Resolution is by rolling under 1d5 x 1d5 under the appropriate stat. 24 pages rules (PDF).
Prima by Hugo Garcia-Cotte
Keywords: genre fantasy long open-license
A French-language fantasy RPG released under Creative Commons 3.0 non-commercial, share-alike. The player characters are fledgling gods. Characters begin with one spell and one physical alteration, and after some scenarios you can decide your apperance. It includes two magic systems. 419 pages rules and background (PDF).

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