Excellent Uses of Existing OGC

[philreed]

So as I'm reading Iron Heroes I'm left thinking that it's nice to see the reserve point system from Unearthed Arcana built directly into a core rules system. And that leaves me wondering about other truly fantastic uses of existing OGC.

Any suggestions?

 

[Li Shenron]

Does Iron Heroes reprint the reserve points rules or do you need to have UA?

 

[Staffan]

Reprinted. It might be slightly modified from UA, but it seems to be pretty much the same: 1 RP can be exchanged for 1 hp in one minute, RP are restored at a rate of Con+level for 8 hours of rest (a full day of rest restores double that). There is a note thar unless otherwise noted, only creatures with levels in the Iron Heroes PC classes get RP, not monsters or creatures with levels in things like Commoner or Aristocrat.

 

[HellHound]

I've been a fan of those rules since they were first introduced in Omega World. Its one of the elements of UA that I was REALLY excited to see released.

 

[philreed]

Does Iron Heroes reprint the reserve points rules or do you need to have UA?

As others have said, reprinted. They are rewritten slightly but they're basically the same rules.

 

[Garnfellow]

I thought the Black Company Campaign Setting made excellent use of divers OGC elements, especially d20 Modern and Unearthed Arcana, to model the BC books.

Grim Tales also did a great job of cherry-picking good pieces from d20 Modern, d20 fantasy, Spycraft, Mutants and Masterminds, and several other sources, to create a coherent grim-and-gritty system.

 

[Ghostwind]

Have you looked at the Section 15's for books like Arms & Armor v3.5, Pale Designs: A Poisioner's Handbook, and Torn Asunder: Critical Hits?

 

[DaveMage]

Have you looked at the Section 15's for books like Arms & Armor v3.5, Pale Designs: A Poisioner's Handbook, and Torn Asunder: Critical Hits?

I think the Section 15 on A&A 3.5 is larger than some entire d20 products...

 

[Hjorimir]

I thought the Black Company Campaign Setting made excellent use of divers OGC elements, especially d20 Modern and Unearthed Arcana, to model the BC books.

Grim Tales also did a great job of cherry-picking good pieces from d20 Modern, d20 fantasy, Spycraft, Mutants and Masterminds, and several other sources, to create a coherent grim-and-gritty system.

Ditto.

 

[buzz]

I've been a fan of those rules since they were first introduced in Omega World.

The funny thing is that I remember, when OW first came out, Mearls posting (here, iirc) that (paraphrased) "reserve points are such a brilliant idea I can't believe no one has stolen it for use in another RPG yet."