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<blockquote data-quote="Tales and Chronicles" data-source="post: 7391891" data-attributes="member: 6871653"><p>Can I suggest the OSR Beyond the Wall? Its a game that keeps the old school D&D feel, but cut those rules that were carried over from other edition for the sake of tradition over fun. The players create their characters through playbooks, meaning that they dont chose a race/class combo, they chose a concept like: The Adventurous Trader, the Village Hero, the Village's Bear, the New Guardsman, the With Prentice, the Assistant Beast keeper etc. Those playbooks make you roll on a bunch of tables that are going to give you your stats, class, skills etc. Also, all playbooks are rolled at the table and automatically creates link between each characters: no more brooding orphan with no ties to anyone. The games also encourages you to share world building and adventure building with the table. It really keeps the players engaged with the game.</p><p>Some strong points (mind you, these are based on my personal appreciation, YMMV)</p><p>- Fixed Initiative</p><p>- No move action: if you're near the target (in roughly the same ''room'') you can act with it on your turn.</p><p>- No spell slots: minor cantrips (no damage), spells (1/level/day, more or less lvl 1-2 classic D&D spells) and rituals (long to cast, costly to cast, classic D&D spells level 3-5). No world warping magic, fire ball is a siege spell that takes 6 hours to cast.</p><p>- 3 classes with each their domain of specialization fighter fights, rogues have a bunch of skills and mages cast (can mix arcane, divine and druidic magic without any problems)</p><p>- level 1-10 progression. No Epic levels.</p><p>- A big focus on friendship, hope, cooperation, the relation with the unknown world and their own place within it, the importance of the Village and how your relation with it once you've seen the world.</p><p>- Really easy to homebrew to fit your style.</p><p>- New player friendly, but the rules stay focused on fun. This is not a game of rule mastery, there's nothing to optimize or abuse.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tales and Chronicles, post: 7391891, member: 6871653"] Can I suggest the OSR Beyond the Wall? Its a game that keeps the old school D&D feel, but cut those rules that were carried over from other edition for the sake of tradition over fun. The players create their characters through playbooks, meaning that they dont chose a race/class combo, they chose a concept like: The Adventurous Trader, the Village Hero, the Village's Bear, the New Guardsman, the With Prentice, the Assistant Beast keeper etc. Those playbooks make you roll on a bunch of tables that are going to give you your stats, class, skills etc. Also, all playbooks are rolled at the table and automatically creates link between each characters: no more brooding orphan with no ties to anyone. The games also encourages you to share world building and adventure building with the table. It really keeps the players engaged with the game. Some strong points (mind you, these are based on my personal appreciation, YMMV) - Fixed Initiative - No move action: if you're near the target (in roughly the same ''room'') you can act with it on your turn. - No spell slots: minor cantrips (no damage), spells (1/level/day, more or less lvl 1-2 classic D&D spells) and rituals (long to cast, costly to cast, classic D&D spells level 3-5). No world warping magic, fire ball is a siege spell that takes 6 hours to cast. - 3 classes with each their domain of specialization fighter fights, rogues have a bunch of skills and mages cast (can mix arcane, divine and druidic magic without any problems) - level 1-10 progression. No Epic levels. - A big focus on friendship, hope, cooperation, the relation with the unknown world and their own place within it, the importance of the Village and how your relation with it once you've seen the world. - Really easy to homebrew to fit your style. - New player friendly, but the rules stay focused on fun. This is not a game of rule mastery, there's nothing to optimize or abuse. [/QUOTE]
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