New Microlite20 thread

[joela]

well worth answering

Good question, and (at the risk of spinning this thread further off topic), well worth answering.

In our group, we find that 4e has certain elements that positively encourage and improve the whole role-playing experience. Things like Skill Challenges, quicker and simpler encounter and monster creation and the way that the game puts the trust back over to the GM are the kind of things I'm thinking of. In short, we feel there's a darned find story-based role-playing system hiding between the pages.

But.

The disjoint between imaginative play and figure-based play creates a reality bump during play that's hard to ignore. One minute you're immersion role-playing, the next you're pushing plastic figures round a table. That breaks the role-playing experience for us. You go from Bob the Fighter being me, in my head to Bob the Fighter being this little plastic dude on the table. Bye, Bob.

We've accepted the bump and recognise that 4e D&D is basically two games in one - a role-playing game and a table-top figure-based miniatures game - and accept that's how it's played. Partly that's because we've never played using figures in any other rpg before. Never felt the need. With 4e, that's not really an option.

Would I ever make a 4e version of Microlite20? Nope. It just doesn't suit the kind of philosophy and design goals I had in mind when I shrunk d20/SRD. Anyone else is free to try though, of course. But not me.

I stress - this is IN OUR EXPERIENCE. "No, you're wrong" is not a valid answer to this observation.

Thanks, greywulf!

 

[RandallS]

Ancient Auguries: A Microlite74 Version 2.0 Supplement Released

Ancient Auguries has four pages of completely optional rules that can be used with Microlite74 Version 2.0. My intent in writing this supplement was both to provide some interesting optional rule sections and to show how flexible and easy to modify the Microlite74 rules really are. Some of these optional rules will please old school grognards, while others will make the game more friendly to 3.x fans. Each section of rules in Ancient Auguries is independent and can can be used or ignored at the GM's option. Optional rule sections include:

* The Specialist class
* Special abilities for fighters, magic-users, and clerics
* A Skills system
* Ritual Magic and Metamagic
* Vancian magic in two forms, a "memorized spells" add-on to the standard M20-like magic system and a full fire-and-forget replacement magic system
* Combat variants: Simple and complex combat stunts, no initiative rolls, overwhelming opponents
* Hit points and body points -- a replacement damage and healing system

Ancient Auguries is a 5 page pdf file. It's a free download (about 105K) and is available from the Microlite74 page of the RetroRoleplaying.com website.

 

[SpyderTattoo]

Chase Rules

Hi all, I'm brand new to this forum, and to M20. I love this game and have been going crazy over it all week. I've read the entire thread over on rpg.net and through page 35 of the first thread here on enWorld. If this has been covered before, I appologise, but I haven't gotten through it all yet.

Have any chase rules been made/covered yet? I'm thinking about this for many genre's like Fantasy, Modern, "Star Wars" . I'm going to try to port M20 over to Star Wars (I have the SAGA Edition) because M20 is so much easier. And my kids like SW also.

Along the lines of Star Wars, any suggestions on how to make the Force work? It would use the magic rules, but I'm thinking that Force would be another skill.

 

[SpyderTattoo]

Damage Threshold

Anyone ever consider using the Star Wars SAGA Edition Damage Threshold rules? I'm planning on encorporating this into all my M20 games.

 

[Age of Fable]

There's more frequent discussion at forum.microlite20.net

 

[SpyderTattoo]

Unfortunately, that forum is locked to new registration so I can't participate in any discussion...

 

[Age of Fable]

Hm..that's weird. Maybe they had trouble with spammers. I'd PM greywulf (see a few posts up).

 

[SpyderTattoo]

Anything yet? I'm really interested in learning if any chase rules have been worked out. I'm mostly thinking this for being used in a modern and a Star Wars setting. Space ships controlled by characters...

 

[spaceLem]

I've just discovered Microlite d20, and I have to say I'm very interested. While it doesn't do everything I'd want it to, it certainly makes a good base to start from. I also just read the announcement across at the m20 forums

One question (I think the m20 forums would be a better place to ask this, but I'm not registered there...) : is it possible to obtain the pocket versions in A4 format, rather than US Letter? The pocket books don't print out properly on our printers here. I could just attack them with scissors, but that doesn't look as nice.

 

[booboo]

microlite20 for sale?

Greywulf's Lair - The big Microlite20 sale