So I got into Dungeons and Dragons almost a decade ago. It was when my dad bought me the Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition Box. I had heard of Dungeons and Dragons before. But now it was the chance to try it out for myself.
Fast forward seven years and I now have the 5th Edition core rules, 4th Edition core rules, Pathfinder, 2nd Edition Player's Handbook, AND a few lesser known OGL stuff. Out of the lesser known 3.5 stuff in my digital library, one of them stands out: Heroes Against Darkness.
What caught my eye was that drow and orcs were playable characters. Not like broken or shoddy characters but actually playable ones.
The classes were a different story.
They were just re-hashes of classes that we have seen before. Others were essentially the same class but a different focus (a mage with illusion powers vs. a mage with divination powers). I would want things like that to be a specialization or sub-class, so if the player wants to, they can choose to specialize in their class.
So I had a bit conundrum: I like HOD's races but not their class selection.
Meanwhile, I liked the class selection of nearly every other d20 based fantasy role playing game but did not enjoy some of the race selections. For example, I did not care for 4th Edition's eladrin race. Like at all. I was also a little upset that they did not include gnomes in the first core rules book but in the SECOND one. However, I did like the inclusion of the warlord and warlock classes.
So what I ended up doing is making my own fantasy role playing game. With blackjack AND hookers!
Okay, reference to Futurama aside, I am creating my own ideal fantasy RPG based on the races and classes that I am fond of throughout the history of Dungeons and Dragons, as well bits and pieces of the rules from D&D and OGL products.
I shall update you all with my progress.
Sunday, December 3, 2017
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