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D&D variants are games that vary from the rules (of some official edition) of D&D, and can be used in place of it. On the tight side...
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This is a fairly interesting question... honestly, "What is D&D?" carries as much philosophical weight as the Ship of Theseus. I've...
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Played Shadowdark at Origins and am now 100% sold on it! Was even able to pick up a copy of the core book in the dealer's hall the next day.
Jun 25, 2025
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I would quibble and say it goes the other way: Shadowdark is an old school style game that employs some 5E-isms in order to streamline...
Jun 25, 2025
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Here you go https://www.enworld.org/threads/what-makes-a-ttrpg-a-d-d-variant-to-you.713992/
Jun 25, 2025
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I'd echo class, levels, attributes, and d20+ mod rolls. This make Dungeon World not a D&D despite how much it really wants to be seen...
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Origins Game Fair just took place in Columbus, Ohio, and GAMA has announced the attendance figures for this year's event. Last year...
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That was certainly how it felt to us having played it - a lot of PtbA games have mechanical elements that could potentially add to the...
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Eh... you can clear stress on a short rest, so I'm not sure I would declare it a daily resource. The other factor is that the number of...
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Man, that's tough. For me, I'd place -PF2 as a D&D variant but on the outer fringe -Shadow of the Demon Lord is not a D&D variant...
Jun 25, 2025
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For me, it's at least got to use the same core mechanic--d20 + modifier vs. target number. 6 attributes (Str, Dex, Con, Int, Wis, Cha)...
Jun 25, 2025
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I started a thread specifically on this topic, in case anyone wants to continue the discussion without gumming up this thread.
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[NOTE: I tried to post this in the actual variants subforum but there was no appropriate prefix.] This has come up in a couple threads...
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I see Daggerheart as much more of a tactical/crunchy PbtA variant than a D&D variant. Honestly I think this game might address my...
Jun 25, 2025
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While I agree that gaming as a particular kind of social activity that works very well as escapism, I am suspect of the idea of the GM...
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