The books
Orcus Heroes’ Handbook
Download the Orcus Heroes’ Handbook PDF or buy a print copy on Lulu.
Orcus Game Master’s Guide
Download the Orcus Game Master’s Guide PDF or buy a print copy on Lulu.
Basic Rules
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licensed.
Orcus SRD
- Rulebook (PDF)
- Player Options (ancestries, feats, deities) (PDF)
- Classes and Powers (classes, kits, disciplines, powers) (PDF)
- Monsters (templates, monster traits, monsters, threats, traps, afflictions and terrain) (PDF)
- Advanced Options (advanced options, species, combat maneuvers, magic items, backgrounds, arts, extended challenges, bonds) (PDF))
- Character sheet (XLSX)
- Open Game License (PDF) and Artwork Credits (PDF)
Other content
Campaign resources
- Fires in the Crypt (PDF) - first level adventure
- Ancestral Voices (PDF only) - second level adventure
- The False Necromancer (PDF) - second level adventure
- Death and Chaos (PDF) - third level adventure
Experiments
- House Rules
- 3-by-4 Sublime Classes (PDF)
- Tiles (PDF only)
- Monster sheet (PDF only)
- Warrior
Older versions
Related games
Background
Dedicated to the hobbyists, designers, developers and publishers who have released their work under the Open Game License.
Orcus is a work in progress. All feedback is welcome.
How to contribute
Join the discussion on RPGnet (most active), The Piazza, EN World or GiantITP.
Here’s some of the things that would help Orcus grow:
- People contributing homebrew material - either stuff they’ve already written for other games or stuff that they write especially for Orcus.
- Experienced players going through monsters, powers, etc., and tweaking the balance, even removing and replacing underwhelming powers.
- An En5ider-style ongoing crowdfunding campaign, creating new material every month that would get added back in to the Orcus database.
- An Orcus character generator, perhaps using PCGen.
- An Orcus online reference database.