Best rules that game designers have made?

[JVisgaitis]

So we already have a thread on the worst rules designers have made. To sneak a little positive on EN World, I thought I would start a post on what you thought were the best rules in d20.

Me, I like a lot of the stuff that Monte did with Arcana Evolved. Spell templates, weapon templates, heighted and diminished effects for spells. I also really like the implementation of Psionic Focus in the Psionics Handbook.

 

[Nightfall]

Ritual Magic in Relics and Rituals.

True Rituals.

Ritual Casting.

Hags as templates

Uhm druids that aren't nature clerics!

Yeah think that about sums it up.

Oh almost forgot! Divine invocations for various gods and their portfolios.

That's it.

 

[JVisgaitis]

I am truly amazed/shocked you didn't say Scarred Lands...

 

[Nightfall]

JV,

Well I managed to restrain my self.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

d20 + modifiers.

Higher is always better.

AC goes up.

Any race can be any class generically (subject to DM-imposed setting restrictions).

 

[JVisgaitis]

JD? Lord knows I drink enough of it that it could be my initials...

 

[Nightfall]

JV,

I changed it! But in any case I did do my best to use Scarred Lands without actually referencing it.

Olgar,

Yep, that's why I play this game!

 

[catsclaw227]

Not that they were specific "rules" so to speak, but I have to say that the OGL and the d20 license were the thing that made the most impact for me (for better or worse).

Oh and it also made D&D so much more expensive that I originally anticipated.

 

[JVisgaitis]

But in any case I did do my best to use Scarred Lands without actually referencing it.

Yeah, I caught that. That's why I was so surprised. Might as well have just said it.

 

[Nightfall]

JV,

I figured I'd save it...

For now!

Scarred Lands!