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That sounds like you might want Earthdawn. You level up individual abilities instead of everything at once (increasing you level or "circle" only gains you extra hp and access to more abilities), and learning new abilities requires a trainer. You also may not improve any skill unless you ...

Great thread so far, I'm loving all of the responses. I'm going to address the question directed at me...and then maybe address some of the points brought up above? Who knows. This is a super weird take given you can change a rpg by busting out a notepad. People want organic advancement because work...

Because reading is haaaaaard , and finding TTRPGs which really do organic growth is hard too. Speaking of which, do you know of any? I've been fantasizing about how I'd write one recently, but haven't bumped into much that already exists, at least not with organic growth that actually makes charact...

What's with people obsessing over having 'organic' growth in D&D and being against having developments such as 'artifact sword', 'flying/swimming mount' or 'gets army' codified somewhere in the system? Or getting hung up on the fact that starting off as one class and then eventually developing i...

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Also, on roles and such, Solos are weird due to how hard CP2020's combat leans on going first. Solos have a particular habit of going first and a called shot is only a -4 penalty...and since they're a solo their combat stats are yes. The DC 10 hit range for pistols is piddly but for a submachine gun...

Man I need to stop wasting wishes on stupid shit like getting a Cyberpunk 2020 OSSR to happen.

This is why I hate it when people try to do grimdark settings for the sake of spiting D&D. It's just being needlessly edgy and fucking up a mediocre thing for the sake of 'muh realism'. And these guys can't even stick to their own ideas. Also, seriously, why the rules for a slave market? Come th...

Skills Skills are pretty much the same in the majority of d20 books, save for new skills and when someone feels like monkeying around with the system. For some reason, KoK has Knowledge (Military Logistics), Knowledge (Military Tactics), and Knowledge (Military Training). Fucking why?! Just lump th...

Not only does KoK not bother with a ban list for spells, they introduce some powerful new spells, as well. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/629192568462114816/669728286368071740/flork_of_crows_holy_shit_man.jpg So you're telling me that people who set out to make a low magic setting with a da...

Well if Libertad showing off their review wasn't a sign that this thread was only going to go down I've failed to delay the inevitable. I have to admit that I've read this book before and seen these classes, finding all of them wanting. That's a surprising amount of magic classes for a low magic boo...

I've always found such objections odd. D&D 3.5 is a high powered setting. This is like complaining that you can't kill Superman with an AK-47, it's a genre conceit. Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeh not really? Depends on what level you are in 3.5. Levels 1 through 3 are generally considered low fantasy, 4 throu...

Yes. For extra cheese a 1 level dip in Warlock (Pact of the Hexblade).

Well, consider that a Sorcadin can use armor and a shield, and if they two-level dip they can get dueling style, which means that they can have a set of +3 full plate and a +3 shield or at a minimum wear Adamantine Armor (Negates Crits) which all gives them a hefty amount of frontline presence. In g...

High saves, good spells, martial weapons and good armor, and the ability to smite for a fuckload of damage.

Warlock Multiclasses were problems for a while because it used to be that Warlock regenerated all spell slots. They still are if you have a Sorcerer player, because Sorcerer has probably the worst setup of any devoted caster when it comes to getting resources back, so what some people do is play Sor...

I recall that Kingdoms of Kalamar has a fetish for having as un-D&D like a D&D setting could possibly be. I mean in the sense that Kalamar is very clearly meant to be suited for a fantasy RPG where the PCs aren't supposed to have magic and a street tough's knife can kill a hardened warrior....

The only book to make a ripple in 5 years was an Eberron book and right after Wizards greenlight a book for Critical Role so I don't see any real progress on the game being made at all. XGtE and Rising from the Last War are the only 5e books worth anything and XGtE is only worth something because no...

In the Dragonlance books, it's revealed that Istar also tried to wipe out centaurs, who are mostly good-aligned. And although most here would disagree, kender are mostly good-aligned as well. And depending on whether or not you count subcultures and/or social classes as capable of being victims of ...

Okay not really just D&D but Pathfinder too. The alignment thread got me thinking why does it always seem like the Lawful Good gods or just Good gods in general are hypocritical douchecanoes? As an example, Corellon Larethian attempts to 'humble' his first herald Leraje after he and Leraje save ...

4.2: Life Events Now that we’re done with all that part of generation, it’s time to do life events. For every 10 years your character has been alive, you roll on the life event table. You roll a d10, 1 to 4 is a Fortune or Misfortune, 5 to 7 is Allies and Enemies, and 8 to 10 is Romance. There's so...

It's way in the back of the book. This is a big unnecessary headache for chargen. What's even worse is that it works differently from the standard lifepath mechanics and it's even more swingy than the normal lifepath. I'll hopefully be posting more of the normal lifepath later today, but no matter ...

Doesn't /tg/ do thread cleanup to delete old threads? I would think that isn't conducive to homebrewing in the first place, considering the onus of archiving is on the user, rather than just some feature of the board. Beyond that, the homebrew scene of 3.5 wasn't all that good outside of the TOMES, ...

The Not-Awaited Review Returns! This time with a vengeance! I’ve gotten my life back together and have a merry gift. We’re talking about Lifepath today! That’s right, the random character generation ripped straight from Cyberpunk 2020 is in this very game, as it’s actually a Cyberpunk hack that’s di...

Without wanting to sound like a shill I think Rising from the Last War is a step in the right direction for 5e, and to learn that the release of Eberron with little fanfare from Wizards is concern, especially with how much content is packed into the book itself. It has pages upon pages of adventure ...