Hello all!
Signing on to give a quick hello and introduction to everyone, as I am sure your all wondering who this Seth fellow is. While there is an interview over at http://www.stargazersworld.com/2010/03/13/microlite20-under-new-ownership/ with Andrew Modro, I figured I'd post some info up here and at the current forum. I want to give some assurance to everyone as to the general direction I will be taking things and what to expect in the future for Microlite20.

I am happy to announce that Microlite20 has a new owner. I received a whole load of enquiries regarding the rights to M20, and want to thank each and every person who took the time, thought and care to make an offer. If I could cut Microlite20 into tiny word-sized pieces so you could each own a part of it, I would.

Of course technically I could have done just that, putting Microlite20 into the public domain or granting shared ownership to the collective fanbase. I could, but feel that Microlite20 is a project which needs a leader. It needs a benevolent dictator who can control the core of the system and act as the centre for all the many directions which Microlite20 can take (indeed, has already taken). Any number of people who made offers could have taken on the role, and this made choosing one out of the many a particularly difficult decision. It's certainly not one which I took lightly.

So with immediate effect, Microlite20's new owner is Seth Drebitko. Through our back-and-forth emails, he impressed me by asking the right questions about the game and the microlite20.net site, and with the direction he wants to take the game. It's a fine balancing act to be able to keep something the same yet also improve upon it, and feel that Seth is able to do what's needed to make Microlite20 (the site, and the core) the best it can possibly be.

I trust you will wish him well and hope you look forward to the future. Now I can take a back seat and let someone handle the driving in my stead, I'm looking forward to it very much indeed.

Today I ran a one-shot for a friend using Eberron and Microlite74. It was a weird blend of conflicting designs that didn't end up running very smoothly.

Microlite74, of course, focuses on tweaking Microlite to resemble old-school brown-box OD&D -- about as old-school as you can get. I would describe it as almost of a gritty feel. Eberron, OTOH, is inspired by movies like Indiana Jones -- several steps beyond high fantasy into a sort of pulp and dark adventure feel.

From the pen of San Kim comes Microlite20 Psionics, a 'litified rendition of the SRD Psionics rules complete with the Psion and Psychic Warrior classes, Powers, Items and Monsters!

Download it here.

UPDATE: San has revised this document further, making it even smaller (in the best Microlite tradition), added additional credits and a shiny updated layout and logo. If you've already downloaded it, grab it again for the update!

UPDATE 2: Now available in handy pocketmod format!

Download the Psionics Pocketmod
Download the Powers Pocketmod

From bal3000 comes Apocrypha containing Cleric Spell Lists from 1st to 8th level in a 6 page (141k) pdf.

Merry Christmas!

Weighing in at 22 pages covering everything from Aboleths to Colossal Zomibes with appendices of Animals, Vermin and Lycanthropes, here's the Expanded Monster List by copycat042.

Enjoy!

Tooth and claw in the streets!

"Could you be just a little more quiet, Barkhead," growled Trom, the rat. "It's not like we're begging to get noticed or anything."

Barkhead snickered, "Sure... like there's anything awake in this alley in the middle of the night. Let's just go in, grab the ham and get out. I don't even know why I'm helping you guys. I don't even eat ham."

"Because, you, you, you're our friend," squeaked the little mouse sneak Keiter. "And, and, we smelled pine nuts. Promise."

Barkhead scrambled up the wall unto the windowsill. "Ok... grab this rope and get up here," he said, concentrating for a moment. "... ... ...," he appeared to scream. "... ... ...

Get the pdf here, by copycat042.

Gonzalo has kindly provided a Spanish translation of the Microlite20 Core Rules and well as a Spanish conversion of Dirk Remmecke's Character Sheet.

Download the Spanish Core Rules here.

Download the Spanish Character Sheet here.

Paul Lessack has kindly contributed a beautifully laid-out version of Microlite20. Weighing in at 17 pages, it's a 1.4Mb pdf that's as close to my vision of a complete professional Edition of Microlite20 as I've seen to date. It includes Character Generation, Combat, Advancement, Monsters, Equipment, Spells and the full Expert rules and GM Guide too!

Download it here.