It does sound you''ll need a bit more experience before taking on a RPG (which is not as easy as you might think). But anyway, to get you started you could head over to

http://nehe.gamedev.net/nehegames/zelda/zelda.asp

And run + dig through it''s source. That''s assuming you''d like to do something in the veins of older Final Fantasy games (characters on scrolling maps)

Good luck!

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