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<blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 5050972" data-attributes="member: 18280"><p>RCFG:</p><p></p><p>Likes from 2e D&D:</p><p></p><p>1. A single page character sheet </p><p>2. 5 minute leveling up and 10 minute character creation <span style="color: Red">CHECK</span></p><p>3. Meeting your character through random generation rather than crafting a character. <span style="color: red">Either/Or.</span></p><p>4. Playing without minis. <span style="color: red">CHECK</span></p><p>5. Faster combat <span style="color: red">CHECK</span></p><p>6. Capped attack bonus and AC <span style="color: red">CHECK</span></p><p>7. Rolling for exceptional strength (I wish I rolled for all other 5 abilities)</p><p>8. Magical items that do not exist to fill an equipment slot, but instead change the way you play your character. <span style="color: red">CHECK</span></p><p>9. Classes for newbies and classes for more experienced players (though the "Points of Light" blog did make a convincing case for why advanced classes suck.) <span style="color: red">CHECK</span></p><p>10. Different weapon speeds and different attack bonuses for certain weapons against certain armour. <span style="color: red">CHECK for the first</span></p><p>11. Racial ability requirements <span style="color: red">Not exactly</span></p><p>12. Secondary Skills and NWP <span style="color: red">Skill system</span></p><p>13. Henchmen <span style="color: red">CHECK</span></p><p>14. Strongholds and Followers <span style="color: red">CHECK</span></p><p></p><p>Dislikes from 2e D&D</p><p></p><p>1. Descending AC</p><p>2. Class and level restrictions for certain races. <span style="color: red">CHECK</span></p><p>3. Most of the racial abilities</p><p>4. Less and more powerful classes depending on level <span style="color: red">Potentially</span></p><p>5. Thieves suck and bards suck harder.</p><p>6. Multi-classing and Dual-classing <span style="color: red">3e-style Multiclassing</span></p><p>7. The Schools of Magic <span style="color: red">CHECK sorta</span></p><p>8. Level and Ability score draining <span style="color: red">CHECK</span></p><p>9. Resurrection Survival Rolls <span style="color: red">Sorta CHECK</span></p><p>10. Vancian spell system <span style="color: red">CHECK</span></p><p></p><p></p><p>Things I'd want to keep from 4e.</p><p></p><p>1. Racial abilities (though not the extra-planar and monstrous races)</p><p>2. Static Defenses to Ref/Fort/Will rather than saving throws</p><p>3. Conditions (unconscious, slowed, dominated, weakened etc)</p><p>4. Dungeoneering focused skill list (combined with NWP)</p><p>5. The Cosmology (Feywild, Shadowfell, Astral Sea, Elemental Chaos etc)</p><p>6. Healing Surges <span style="color: red">Sorta CHECK</span></p><p>7. Standard, move and minor actions <span style="color: red">Actions, Reactions, Free Reactions</span></p><p>8. Philosophy of choosing unifying mechanics over subsystems</p><p>9. Players can survive two hits from an orc at 1st level. <span style="color: red">CHECK</span></p><p>10. Level progression rate.</p><p></p><p>Things I want to grab from prior editions:</p><p></p><p>1. Named Levels </p><p>2. XP based on succeeding at objectives and gaining treasure <span style="color: red">CHECK</span></p><p></p><p>RCFG is free, and almost all OGC. You may use it to go to town when creating your own game.</p><p></p><p></p><p>RC</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raven Crowking, post: 5050972, member: 18280"] RCFG: Likes from 2e D&D: 1. A single page character sheet 2. 5 minute leveling up and 10 minute character creation [COLOR="Red"]CHECK[/COLOR] 3. Meeting your character through random generation rather than crafting a character. [COLOR="red"]Either/Or.[/COLOR] 4. Playing without minis. [COLOR="red"]CHECK[/COLOR] 5. Faster combat [COLOR="red"]CHECK[/COLOR] 6. Capped attack bonus and AC [COLOR="red"]CHECK[/COLOR] 7. Rolling for exceptional strength (I wish I rolled for all other 5 abilities) 8. Magical items that do not exist to fill an equipment slot, but instead change the way you play your character. [COLOR="red"]CHECK[/COLOR] 9. Classes for newbies and classes for more experienced players (though the "Points of Light" blog did make a convincing case for why advanced classes suck.) [COLOR="red"]CHECK[/COLOR] 10. Different weapon speeds and different attack bonuses for certain weapons against certain armour. [COLOR="red"]CHECK for the first[/COLOR] 11. Racial ability requirements [COLOR="red"]Not exactly[/COLOR] 12. Secondary Skills and NWP [COLOR="red"]Skill system[/COLOR] 13. Henchmen [COLOR="red"]CHECK[/COLOR] 14. Strongholds and Followers [COLOR="red"]CHECK[/COLOR] Dislikes from 2e D&D 1. Descending AC 2. Class and level restrictions for certain races. [COLOR="red"]CHECK[/COLOR] 3. Most of the racial abilities 4. Less and more powerful classes depending on level [COLOR="red"]Potentially[/COLOR] 5. Thieves suck and bards suck harder. 6. Multi-classing and Dual-classing [COLOR="red"]3e-style Multiclassing[/COLOR] 7. The Schools of Magic [COLOR="red"]CHECK sorta[/COLOR] 8. Level and Ability score draining [COLOR="red"]CHECK[/COLOR] 9. Resurrection Survival Rolls [COLOR="red"]Sorta CHECK[/COLOR] 10. Vancian spell system [COLOR="red"]CHECK[/COLOR] Things I'd want to keep from 4e. 1. Racial abilities (though not the extra-planar and monstrous races) 2. Static Defenses to Ref/Fort/Will rather than saving throws 3. Conditions (unconscious, slowed, dominated, weakened etc) 4. Dungeoneering focused skill list (combined with NWP) 5. The Cosmology (Feywild, Shadowfell, Astral Sea, Elemental Chaos etc) 6. Healing Surges [COLOR="red"]Sorta CHECK[/COLOR] 7. Standard, move and minor actions [COLOR="red"]Actions, Reactions, Free Reactions[/COLOR] 8. Philosophy of choosing unifying mechanics over subsystems 9. Players can survive two hits from an orc at 1st level. [COLOR="red"]CHECK[/COLOR] 10. Level progression rate. Things I want to grab from prior editions: 1. Named Levels 2. XP based on succeeding at objectives and gaining treasure [COLOR="red"]CHECK[/COLOR] RCFG is free, and almost all OGC. You may use it to go to town when creating your own game. RC [/QUOTE]
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