Q3E System Reference Document

Unleash your imagination and forge epic tales with Q3E, a versatile game system designed for both immediate play and extensive customization. The Q3E System Reference Document (SRD) doubles as a Quick-Start rules guide, allowing you to dive right into the action. Q3E is built for hacking, with core rules that are simple and straightforward and lots of options that you can add to your game as needed. Instead of bending your campaign premise to fit the game rules, Q3E encourages you to tweak the system to fit the game you want to run.  

Q3E Gives You: 

• Simple but Robust Rules: The core rules are simple enough to learn in just a few minutes for a quick one-shot, but the optional rules allow you to add the kind of detail and crunch that most players look for in a longer campaign. 
• Organic Characters: Characters are defined using a combination of standard rules and player-defined elements, allowing players to create the character they want to play instead of the character the game rules allow, and the experience system is designed to encourage character improvement based on the story, not the rulebook. 
• Character-Driven Storytelling: Q3E is designed to encourage improvisation, character-driven drama, and bold player choices with rules that give players real agency in the game, then get out of the way so you can focus on the story. 
• DIY Friendly: The Q3E SRD is more like a toolbox than a rulebook, offering modular, plug-and-play rules that you can add to your game as needed. It’s released under a Creative Commons license, so you can use it to publish your own games, settings, and hacks. 

Q3E: It’s your game. Play it by your rules!