The Chimera RPG® Beta Rules

The Chimera RPG Beta Rules is a lightweight roleplaying game framework designed to provide ultimate creative flexibility while saving you time. Turn whatever inspires your creativity into a playable table-top RPG in record time.

• Streamlined mechanics for fast action resolution
• 11 character classes you can translate to any genre or setting
• 20 universal abilities define anything (and everything) your character can do
• Player-defined advancement lets you shape your character's growth
• 50 perks and flaws you can use to customise the rules without breaking the system
• 52 powers to cover spells, miracles, psionics, or weird science
• Unique combat system provides realistic results with the speed of "old-school" games
• Create NPCs and monsters in minutes
• Sandbox development tools to let you create entire settings in a matter of hours

Fast and customisable, Chimera Beta is easy to learn and fast to play. Run the game you want - in any setting or genre - with minimum preparation so you can make the most of your precious gaming time.

The Chimera RPG® Beta rules were first introduced as the “Chimera Basic Rules” in 2011. With the release of the revised Chimera RPG® Basic and Core rules in 2018, we’ve renamed this ruleset to reflect its status as the published origin of the Chimera RPG®. As such, it is no longer officially supported by the publisher, but in the interest of supporting existing players, we’ve opted to release this version under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license, which allows authors to share and adapt the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially.