D&D 4E Classless D&D 4e: A game designer's ramblings

[helium3]

Well some may not consider it D&D but I do, and I plan to use a classless system for my first-game of 4e. Which will benefit my game style greatly and I can finally more easily add the elements of WoD I like into it.

It's only going to work as a classless system if you adhere to whatever the conventions are regarding power 'strength' and how often powers of that 'strength' can be invoked. My guess is those limits are going to have to be fairly tightly constrained. So, I doubt you'll be able to have free-form magic in the manner of the Mage stuff. Not sure exactly what it is that you want to incorporate from WoD, but that seems like what would be the hardest to introduce into 3E.

 

[Fallen Seraph]

More simply the free-form nature of the characters. Also possibly better integrate the low-level magic/psychic abilities of Second Sight (it is a book for nWoD that give ordinary mortals small powers, but well below the level of Mage).

Also with in general the rules possibly being more open I could more easily include WoD morality into the alignment system.

 

[JRRNeiklot]

Classless D&D isn't.

 

[hong]

Classless D&D isn't.

Classless D&D isn't what?

 

[hong]

Yes, as Darkwolf71 said, this is a bit of an overreaction to what I said in the other thread. That was speculation, which perhaps wasn't clear in my first post.

So, while it's sort of cool to have like 15 threads with my name on them on EN World there's some overreaction going on.

Yeah, but don't forget, I had undying pee-pee love for you before it became fashionable!

 

[JRRNeiklot]

Classless D&D isn't what?

Exactly.

 

[hong]

Exactly.

Classless D&D isn't what exactly?

 

[Keefe the Thief]

Actually, at that point I think you could honestly say it's no longer D&D.

People say that all the time. There is no "certain point" to be reached to get somebody tell you "it´s not longer D&D". D&D has been so much in the past, that dropping anything will make it "stop D&D" for somebody out there.

 

[JRRNeiklot]

Classless D&D isn't what exactly?

Yes.

 

[hong]

Yes.

Classless D&D isn't what exactly, yes?