Powers & Perils
elcome to Adventure! You are about to enter the world of Powers and Perils, a Fantasy RolePlaying Game. Powers and Perils (or P&P for short) was written by Richard Snider and published in 1983 by Avalon Hill. After the first publication, a number of extensions were published in the AH game magazine, Heroes. These are available from this site, as well as numerous extensions submitted by GMs from all over the world.
Main index
|
Background
Players
Rules
|
Tools
Adventures
Perilous Lands
|
|
Powers & Perils V1
-
Released in 1984, the original version of P&P is available in the rules section. This page also contains links to the extensions and background material released by AH and players over the years.
| |
Powers & Perils V2
- Early 2017 first versions of the v2 rules were released. In 2026 an updated version of the basic rules was released that contains all errata and extensions, as well as many changes originally proposed by Richard Snider and contains a lot more (full color) artwork. A second book, containing all material on the P&P background setting the Perilous Lands, has been released mid-2026 as well. The Books overview page provides links to high-res version and support material.
|
 
|
|
Where to find more information
|
Norwolf's Youtube Channel
- Norwolf has a great ongoing series of videos on character creation and a solo adventure. Check it out.
|
Discord
- The best place to ask questions or post content related to P&P at the moment is probably the Discord channel.
Mailing list
- The mailing list hosted on list.powersandperils.org is down for now. You can still read the archives and search through old posts.
|
Update
Magical Energies by Bess Hadley added. Updated the v2 rules and player handbook. Added Perilous Lands v2 book with full color artwork as well.
(26/08/26)
Update v2 Books
A large number of updates, added artwork and typos corrected in the PnPv2 Books. A number of new v2 spells have been edited to better fit in the P&P style, missing formulae added, etc. Portraits for all the gods added. Artwork in the spells section and the creatures section.
The v2 books are now available as Game Master (full) and Player Handbook (Books I, II and part of V only) versions. Both are available in a version using only the original b/w artwork, a version where that artwork has been redone and colorized, and a version with new and extended artwork. That last version is available in regular (ebook) and high-res versions.
(26/06/26)
Many Typo's Corrected
A large number of typos in Chapter 1 to 11 have been corrected in the PnP v2 Books. Missing initial known spells modifier added to Elf Sidh Magician.
(13/06/26)
Art for Creatures
Images for the animals and creatures of the Perilous Lands have been added to PnP v2. A version without remains available on the books page.
(02/06/26)
Typos in Combat - Shields
A number of OCR errors/typo's in section 8.2.2 have been corrected. New versions of PnP books are available.
(28/05/26)
History
Overview of site additions, updates and revisions.
