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I wrote a whole blog post about the mechanics of the +1 per level in all previous editions of D&D: Heroes Against Darkness: Mechanics of Attack Bonus progression in D&D and Heroes Against Darkness I'm intrigued by the flattening of the maths, but I think that they may have gone too far in the...

Nah, it's non-linear, because you only need one success from any of the dice and each has individually a 60% chance. My maths might be a bit wonky, but it seems right.

Time to be more helpful. Let's assume that the base success chance is 60%. The chance of one success from 1 dice is: 60% The chance of one success from 2 dice is: 84% The chance of one success from 3 dice is: 93% Something like that for each additional dice.

This effectively turns D&D into a dice pool system, with a bunch of other weird maths layered in as well. Seems like a very complicated mix.

+1, wow that's stingy. I don't get up in the morning for less than +2! In <i>Heroes Against Darkness</i> I give +2 for mounted attacks, and I think that higher ground would be the same.

Fair enough. I think that in isolation it's a cool mechanic, but in the D&D ruleset, it's redundant and confusing.

D&D doesn't care about how much you succeed by, it is a totally binary resolution system. My point, as you have demonstrated, is that having the two systems working side-by-side is just going to add confusion to running the game.

The advantage/disadvantage mechanic is wholly unnecessary. It does make me wonder whether they'll change the name of the system to dd20 now? My problem with the advantage/disadvantage mechanic is that D&D already has a bunch of mechanics for bonuses and penalties to attacks and ability...

I was looking forward to this, but after a read-through it looks a bit too regressive for me. My expanded thoughts on the rules: http://heroesagainstdarkness.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/d-next-early-thoughts-and-opinions.html I think they're deliberately avoiding any terminology from 4th Edition...

I totally agree with his post. And in addition to the option anxiety of all of the damned choices (which weapon, which build, which feats, which class features, which background, etc), the other problem with all of the 'choices' is that they usually introduce options that are strictly better...

I've got a ton of your episodes to catch up on already, but I'm looking forward to this one. Props for the podcast guys!

I (humbly) suggest Heroes Against Darkness, which seems to cover most of what you're after: • IT'S FREE! • It's self-contained (single 230 page PDF) • Simple and modern d20 ruleset • Martial powers and spells go to Level 10 but they never become obsolete, so higher level play is supported •...

I (humbly) suggest Heroes Against Darkness, which seems to cover off most of what you're after: • IT'S FREE! • It's self-contained (single 230 page PDF) • Martial powers and spells go to Level 10 but they never become obsolete, so higher level play is supported • Separate race and class •...

Strangely, my normal hardback Player's Handbook says: 'First Printing: July 2003, Special Edition October 2004'

Yes, you can print out the PDF, you can even re-host it at your site (as long as you don't change it and you attribute the game to its author). Here's my version printed out: The player and creature HP are a bit lower than 4E at the start, and a bit higher later on. But in play, the player...

My free neo-clone Heroes Against Darkness ticks most of those boxes (I'm not sure if 'In Print' counts or not). Here's the sell: Heroes Against Darkness is a free, fast, flexible, and fully-featured fantasy d20 RPG system. The game is quick to learn and play, while offering progressively...

The Exemplary GM is a good podcast for GMs: The Exemplary DM Podcast

While we're all gearing up for the public playtest of D&D Next/5th Edition, I wanted to let you know Heroes Against Darkness has released, it's a free d20 fantasy RPG. Heroes Against Darkness pulls from all of the editions and makes a whole new game. It's been described as a neo-clone, 'cos...

Yeah. I wouldn't want my daughter looking at that.

One of the problems I found with running the game for my daughter was that with only one character and only one baddie at a time, there isn't really any depth to it, and the end result (win or lose) is pretty much down to the dice, rather than decisions (not that I'm expecting deep strategic...