Adventure Game. Lord of the Rings Adventure Game is a somewhat obscure RPG published in 1991 by Iron Crown Enterprises and was intended to be an introductory RPG for new players and a lead in to their complex Middle Earth Role Playing. The game is set in the time between The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Apparently, it is an excellent introductory game and captures the feel Middle Earth well but as a lead in to MERP it doesn't work so well. LoR is a simple 2d6 game whereas MERP is a much more complex percentile driven game in the Rolemaster family.
There are two editions of Simple Fantasy Adventure (SFA). I am using the first.
A character in SFA consists of 12 characteristics, five Attribute Characteristics and seven Skill Characteristics.
You start character creation by selecting your race. There are four: Humans, dwarves, elves and halflings. Each choice comes with bonuses and penalties. For example, elves are graceful and receive a +1 to their Dexterity and Speed Characteristics. However, they are more fragile and receive 5 less to their Vitality Characteristic.
Then you choose a class. There are four classes: Fighters, Rogues, Rangers and Mages. Unlike LoR, the races are free to be any class. Similar to race, class provides bonus to Characteristics and provides your base Vitality. So a Ranger receives +2 to Physical, +1 to Subterfuge, Melee and Ranged. A Ranger's base Vitality is 40.
The Attribute Characteristics are: Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, Wisdom and Speed.
The Skill Characteristics are: Physical, Subterfuge, Arcana, Melee, Ranged Defense and Vitality.
You are then gives 6 customization points to spend. You can spend up to two on your Attribute Characteristics. The rest can be spent on Skill Characteristics (except Vitality) or extra spells for Mages. No Characteristic can start higher than +3. A Skill Characteristic of 0 means the character is untrained in that area and receives a -2 on rol1s.
You then buy gear, give your character a name and background and you're ready for adventure!
The core mechanic is roll 2d6 +/- modifiers vs. target numbers. For combat it is subtract defense from attack bonus, roll 2d and consult chart.
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