Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
White Dwarf Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Nest
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
EN Publishing
Twitter
BlueSky
Facebook
Instagram
EN World
BlueSky
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Twitch
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Upgrade your account to a Community Supporter account and remove most of the site ads.
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
D20 Modern vs. Spycraft: Tell me which one you like better
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="AscentStudios" data-source="post: 2976007" data-attributes="member: 11548"><p>The same could be said for D20 Modern, which is obviously very slanted towards magic and supernatural elements in campaigns by default. I would say it's nearly as easy to run a game that sits slightly outside Spycraft's "main genre" of cinematic ___ as it is to do the same outside of d20M's 'main genre" of magic in the modern era. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'd be remiss not to contend that. Every rule was carefully considered and definately not frivolous or just there to "be different." For example, some folks above have mentioned the damage types as an unnecessary change. SRD d20 has "fire" as a damage type only for the purposes of resistances/immunities/vulnerabilities, but otherwise it's the same. Fire damage in Spycraft 2.0 is actually <em>different </em> from electrical damage or acid damage or regular lethal damage - you can be set on fire from a fire attack, for instance, and may run around screaming when you do <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> It's a little more simulationism, but that does appeal to some folks. In fact, stuff like that was requested by our fan base.</p><p></p><p>Plus, with a codified system, when we list sneak attack damage in an ability, we don't have to reprint all its rules <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> That means less room that could be used for new mechanics is wasted on reprints...definately a win for you <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AscentStudios, post: 2976007, member: 11548"] The same could be said for D20 Modern, which is obviously very slanted towards magic and supernatural elements in campaigns by default. I would say it's nearly as easy to run a game that sits slightly outside Spycraft's "main genre" of cinematic ___ as it is to do the same outside of d20M's 'main genre" of magic in the modern era. I'd be remiss not to contend that. Every rule was carefully considered and definately not frivolous or just there to "be different." For example, some folks above have mentioned the damage types as an unnecessary change. SRD d20 has "fire" as a damage type only for the purposes of resistances/immunities/vulnerabilities, but otherwise it's the same. Fire damage in Spycraft 2.0 is actually [I]different [/I] from electrical damage or acid damage or regular lethal damage - you can be set on fire from a fire attack, for instance, and may run around screaming when you do ;) It's a little more simulationism, but that does appeal to some folks. In fact, stuff like that was requested by our fan base. Plus, with a codified system, when we list sneak attack damage in an ability, we don't have to reprint all its rules ;) That means less room that could be used for new mechanics is wasted on reprints...definately a win for you :D [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
D20 Modern vs. Spycraft: Tell me which one you like better
Top
