Zardnaar
Legend
4e heroic begins closer to level 5 in 5e.
Yep. Can't just copy/paste from an SRD.
If you don't go that exta mile (10 levels), though, you're not cloning it like PF cloned 3.5 or OSRIC cloned 1e, you're just dashing off another fantasy heartbreaker. Which, hey, must be worth it on some level, so many people have done it...
OSRIC is what the other clones are based on though, isn't it? If a 4e clone were practical, legally, it /might/ lead to other games using it as engine, like that, too - or not.
If.
Nope each clone does it's own thing. No one's cloned BECMI, they are mostly B/X, OD&D or B/X going to level 20 instead of 36.
Something like C&C is not strictly a clone but you can use it to duplicate 1E and 2E as it's closer to them. You can also layer in some 3E including feats by any other name.
Other OSR games might use B/X as a basis and layer stuff on that. Most seem to dump CMI or cap at 20. A few use ascending numbers as well.
Rules cyclopedia is hard to get, Basic Fantasy $5.
90% of games don't go to level 10, of the remaining 10% I doubt 1in 10 would reach lvl 20.
Hence if you trimmed 10levels you're not really losing 10 levels but gaining more paragon and perhaps epic level stuff. Paragon Path level 8 or even 6 or 7 why not? How about unified power list where the striker part is baked into the base class, Tempests and Rangers can both use twin strike. Or just use 5E weapon styles and layer the power effect on them.
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