Alzrius
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I wanted to post this here instead of in the House Rules forum because there's no actual new material here; rather, this is a shout-out to everyone who has gone out of their way to produce something great for everyone else, and expects nothing in return for it.
If the third-parties who use the d20 STL and OGL are the life of this industry, then surely the fans are the soul of it. And nowhere else is that better shown, I think, than when they make their own d20/OGL products and release them - totally free - to the community. Quite often, these are just as good, and sometimes even better, than the products that you can buy. Here's a sampling of some of the goodness that these people have selflessly made available:
OSRIC stands for Old School Reference and Index Compilation. Not d20 per se, it is rather an extraction and extrapolation of the AD&D First Edition rules, published under the Open Gaming License. Interestingly, this has begun to catch on, and third-party publishers have begun to publish products that use the OSRIC system.
Naruto d20 is a extremely comprehensive file (over six hundred pages!) of information for playing a Naruto game in the d20 system. It even has a tiny bit of material from similar anime as well!
The Legend of Zelda d20 is an excellent work, weighing in at over two hundred pages with beautiful formatting. It's perfect for capturing the feel of Hyrule (or other lands) in a Zelda d20 game.
Toho Kingdom d20 is a webpage, rather than a file, devoted to d20 incarnations of the kaiju icons of Toho's creation, such as Godzilla, Gamera, King Gidorah, and other related material.
Final Fantasy d20, called "Final Fantasy Zero" here, is still a work in progress (by our own Kamikaze Midget). Rather than try to capture a single Final Fantasy game in d20 form, it strives to give you the things necessary to create (or recreate) a Final Fantasy campaign. Only some of the files are out now, however, with more being released periodically. Follow the link to the thread, and click on the button in Kamikaze Midget's sig file to get the links to the files.
Resident Evil d20, called "The Umbrella Files," isn't the greatest d20 conversion in the world. It's several years old, and uses the Call of Cthulhu d20 rules, since d20 Modern hadn't been released when this was made - note that it just uses that rules set; it doesn't add any supernatural elements to the game.
Talien's Tower is the ENnie-nominated website of freelancer Michael Tresca. He's not only exceptionally talented, but has also produced free and original d20 conversions of many of his favorite fandoms (I even had the privilege of helping with a few of them), of which the d20 ones are listed below.
Aliens
The Evil Dead
Friday the 13th
Ghostbusters
Krull
The Matrix
Predator
The Terminator
The Thing
Serena Dawn Spaceport is a site that has several sci-fi fandoms converted to RPG systems. Only a few are for the d20 system, but all are very high in quality.
Amethyst
Ghost in the Shell
If the third-parties who use the d20 STL and OGL are the life of this industry, then surely the fans are the soul of it. And nowhere else is that better shown, I think, than when they make their own d20/OGL products and release them - totally free - to the community. Quite often, these are just as good, and sometimes even better, than the products that you can buy. Here's a sampling of some of the goodness that these people have selflessly made available:
OSRIC stands for Old School Reference and Index Compilation. Not d20 per se, it is rather an extraction and extrapolation of the AD&D First Edition rules, published under the Open Gaming License. Interestingly, this has begun to catch on, and third-party publishers have begun to publish products that use the OSRIC system.
Naruto d20 is a extremely comprehensive file (over six hundred pages!) of information for playing a Naruto game in the d20 system. It even has a tiny bit of material from similar anime as well!
The Legend of Zelda d20 is an excellent work, weighing in at over two hundred pages with beautiful formatting. It's perfect for capturing the feel of Hyrule (or other lands) in a Zelda d20 game.
Toho Kingdom d20 is a webpage, rather than a file, devoted to d20 incarnations of the kaiju icons of Toho's creation, such as Godzilla, Gamera, King Gidorah, and other related material.
Final Fantasy d20, called "Final Fantasy Zero" here, is still a work in progress (by our own Kamikaze Midget). Rather than try to capture a single Final Fantasy game in d20 form, it strives to give you the things necessary to create (or recreate) a Final Fantasy campaign. Only some of the files are out now, however, with more being released periodically. Follow the link to the thread, and click on the button in Kamikaze Midget's sig file to get the links to the files.
Resident Evil d20, called "The Umbrella Files," isn't the greatest d20 conversion in the world. It's several years old, and uses the Call of Cthulhu d20 rules, since d20 Modern hadn't been released when this was made - note that it just uses that rules set; it doesn't add any supernatural elements to the game.
Talien's Tower is the ENnie-nominated website of freelancer Michael Tresca. He's not only exceptionally talented, but has also produced free and original d20 conversions of many of his favorite fandoms (I even had the privilege of helping with a few of them), of which the d20 ones are listed below.
Aliens
The Evil Dead
Friday the 13th
Ghostbusters
Krull
The Matrix
Predator
The Terminator
The Thing
Serena Dawn Spaceport is a site that has several sci-fi fandoms converted to RPG systems. Only a few are for the d20 system, but all are very high in quality.
Amethyst
Ghost in the Shell
