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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scurvy_Platypus" data-source="post: 9838468" data-attributes="member: 43283">tl;dr A number of folks over the years have made comments to the effect of "if you don't like it, you can always build your own D&D". And they're right... you can. And since this is something that's been poking at me for the past 15 years or so, I've decided to do something about it.So, I'm on something of a schedule here and figured I'd try tapping into the collective...wisdom?... on ENWorld. My goal is to have this completed/play-testing by July of 26 (slightly less than 6 months from the date of original post).Towards that end, I figured I'd list my (initial?) sources and see if there were any additions/improvements.Note: I only want to use material that's within the Creative Commons environment. Why? shrug Maybe I want to publish it later (not really), maybe I want to see how practical it is to rely on open-source material (definitely), maybe I want to see what I wind up with only using open-source (CC) material (that's true), maybe it's just an interesting set of constraints for design (maybe? I dunno).Base: Black Flag SRD. Why? The general consensus seems to be that it's a solid base, with some definite improvements to the original 2014 rules. To this, I plan on adding the Exhaustion rules from 2024. Maybe some of the other stuff around procedures for running the game etc as well. I wanna try and make as complete of a "single book to run a game" as possible. I'm not sure if there's anything else from 2014/2024 SRDs that I should also include. Happy to be told what and why though.Spells: I think I'm gonna jack A5e/LevelUp spells wholesale for the spells. If there's individual instances of spells from other sources, again I'm happy to be told what and why. Where it's come up, the consensus seems to be that the A5E spells have been tuned to restrict/reduce problems.Monsters: Oooo...a favourite topic of discussion. sigh I think I'm just gonna stick with the Black Flag ones as a base, unless folks can offer a compelling reason to use a different CC-licensed source instead. My initial spin on them however, is gonna be that I rebuild all of 'em using the Forge of Foes rules. Why on earth would I punish myself like that? Consistency. Also, understanding the system better. Nothing like getting a grip on the rules, like tearing apart and rebuilding some of the foundations. FoF appears to provide a clean basis for establishing what to expect from monsters; a lot less "this or that monster is under/over tuned compared to its CR", at least in terms of their basic stats. And if someone else decides they wanna use 'em, they know exactly how to modify them or not, since they're all built from the same basic chassis. I do plan on posting my work, in part because I'm vain, and in part so that anyone else that feels like doing their own Vanity 5e can have something to look at and go from there. It's a lot easier to write when you're not staring at a blank page, believe me.I do also plan on doing more than just playing Lego with rules pieces. However, I need to lay the foundation before I can add my own spin to it.So... there you have it. Suggestions? I'm currently working on converting the Black Flag SRD over to an editable (sorry, still not edible) version. And then of course, I'll need to migrate the spells over as well. Possibly the monsters if enough folks offer a compelling reason.</blockquote>

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