Character Codex is a supplement for fantasy role-playing games published by Judges Guild in 1979.

Character Codex
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GenreRole-playing game
PublisherJudges Guild
Media typePrint

Contents

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Character Codex is a players' aid, a book of character record sheets, each with an illustration portraying a character of the appropriate class. It also includes an equipment price list.[1]

Publication history

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Character Codex features art by Jennell Jaquays[a], and was published by Judges Guild in 1979 as a 96-page book.[1]

TSR extended Judges Guild's license to include Advanced Dungeons & Dragons in 1978, which allowed Judges Guild to produce many more products in that line, beginning with the Character Codex (1979).[2]: 196 

Reception

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Notes

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  1. ^ Credited as Paul Jaquays.

References

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  1. ^ a b Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 88. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.
  2. ^ Shannon Appelcline (2014). Designers & Dragons: The '70s. Evil Hat Productions. ISBN 978-1-61317-075-5.