D&D General Besides Nimble, are there other stripped down versions of 5e...

jdrakeh

Front Range Warlock

• Wednesday at 5:33 AM

• #1

Besides Nimble are there other stripped down versions of 5e that aren't limited to covering levels 1-5 only (I own a few of those)?

 

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jayoungr

Legend

• Wednesday at 7:01 AM

• #2

Just use the PHB only, no supplements. Boom, done.

 

jdrakeh

Front Range Warlock

• Wednesday at 7:18 AM

• #3

jayoungr said:

Just use the PHB only, no supplements. Boom, done.

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That's plain old RAW 5e, not stripped down anything. Which is not what I'm looking for.

 

Distracted DM

Distracted DM

Supporter

• Wednesday at 8:34 AM

• #4

What would you consider stripped down, and what would you consider still 5e? Are you talking Nimble 1e or 2e?
Does Shadowdark count, for example? What about something like 5 Torches Deep or one of the other OSR-5e's?

 

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Tigris

Adventurer

• Wednesday at 9:51 AM

• #5

I was also thinking about shadowdark. It has some changes (mostly spellcasting) but to big degrees its just 5e stripped down (with more focus on dungeon crawling).

 

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Wolfram stout

Hero

• Wednesday at 11:52 AM

• #6

Thank you OP, I have been contemplating opening a thread like this myself.
Specifically I am looking for something inbetween Shadowdark and 5e. Something like 5e without subclasses.

 

TheWyrdOne

Villager

• Wednesday at 12:00 PM

• #7

It has built-in flavor (grimdark fantasy), but maybe Deathbringer fits your needs?

It's 5e-compatible. Definitely a stripped down ruleset. Quite brutal, though!

 

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Cruentus

Hero

• Wednesday at 1:00 PM

• #8

Bugbears and Borderlands by Rod Waibel is a rules lite take on 5e (levels 1-10). It is on its second edition. Written by @Sacrosanct here on ENWorld.

There is even a 2e starter box.

 

darjr

I crit!

• Wednesday at 3:27 PM

• #9

@mearls has something called Moldvay.

I think @SlyFlourish has a couple things. My memory is not working at the moment.

Ben talking about Nimble 5e, if people want to know more about it.

 

dave2008

Legend

• Wednesday at 4:20 PM

• #10

jdrakeh said:

Besides Nimble are there other stripped down versions of 5e that aren't limited to covering levels 1-5 only (I own a few of those)?

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Mike Mearls (@mearls ) is working on a stripped down version of 5e called Moldvay. You can download the working documents on his patreon page: Mike Mearls Games | Patreon