D&D General Tell me about Birthright

[Haplo781]

I hear good things about it. Can someone give me a rundown?

 

[TwiceBorn2]

This is probably a good place to start... Birthright (campaign setting) - Wikipedia

 

[Quickleaf]

I hear good things about it. Can someone give me a rundown?

Never played in it, but there's a fan site: Birthright.net and they did a pretty extensive 3e conversion over here IIRC.

 

[Garthanos]

How about here

Birthright.net

This is the official Dungeon and Dragons website for the Birthright roleplaying setting

www.birthright.net

 

[Digdude]

Most epic level dnd game you can play in. Low magic frequency, but epic magic potential. Think Game of Thrones. 2nd edition had some gameplay issues but overall, a great setting.

 

[Alzrius]

Personally, I've always found this overview of the setting (which focuses on the domain management part more than anything else) to be amusing:

Domain Rulership, Part Four - Tribality

Two weeks ago, I covered domain rulership in the AD&D 2e DMG and The Castle Guide. Not too long after the latter came out, TSR released Birthright, which ignores it completely, operates on an unrelated set of assumptions, and presents rules for domains anywhere from the size of a small business...

www.tribality.com

 

[cbwjm]

Birthright has some cool ideas, I've only read some of the books recently, never played, but it seems like it would be a fun game as long as everyone is keen to really engage with the domain rulership and bloodline benefits. I believe Matt Colville did a video on birthright, but I was unable to find it. Probably in the running the game play list if you want to look through that.

 

[payn]

Great for Diplomacy meets D&D if that sounds appealing.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

So birthright has some good ideas and some that would be considered problematic, I am going to stick to positive (What I want from a new 5e or 6e one)

Bloodline powers. If you ever saw the TV show/Movies highlander imagine a more fantasy version where instead of you being immortal, you got other types of special powers (mostly spell like) but you can kill others with it and take there power... now since you aren't immortal you can pass this down to your descendants.

Army/kingdom building. You can play not just a character but part of a noble line (see above) and raise armies to do battle

Magic of the land (see MTG, how do we not have tap land for magic yet?) where not just druids but everyone can draw extra power from land they control.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

We are now in the age of virtual tabletop. I guess with the help of the right software for digital tools, Birthright could enjoy a second opportunity. Why not a Total War: D&D based in Birthright?