Inheritors of 3.5 - An overview of what is out there

[Dice4Hire]

This was a very good idea for a thread.

 

[Krensky]

Crafty Games is known for Spycraft, their extensive overhaul of the d20 Modern SRD into their own modern spy game.

Point of Order:

The Spycraft Espionage Handbook (ie, Spycraft 1.0) came out before d20 Modern and was written solely from the 3.0 SRD (other then the Wound/Vitality system from Star Wars d20). It has evolved independently ever since.

 

[rkwoodard]

I add C&C

Hello,

Personally, I also add Castles and Crusades to this list. Some people say it is a retro-clone, but I disagree.

It is like taking 3rd edition and stripping out skills and feats, and adding a unified mechanic based on attribute checks. Each class has a favored attribute (called a Prime) and you get to chose one other (two for humans). Thus, if you want Suave McFights well, you take a Fighter and make Chrisma as prime.

It is a great game for the beginner, and the old hand who loves to tinker. You can add on your choice of skill or feat systems with little trouble.

And it is a lot more affordable than the other games.

RK

 

[CleverNickName]

Because, last time I checked (just the other day, in fact ) the second hand RPG book market was HUGE. Seriously, you can get just about anything for anything, and usually at a reasonable cost. If you don't mind second hand stuff, this is, of course.

Last weekend I was at Powell's, and I noticed that all three well-used copies of the 3.5E PHB were priced at $50. That's quite a mark-up from last year, when they were selling for just a few bucks below the cover price, and they were in a lot better condition.

If the PHB is any indication, it would seem that the supply and/or demand for 3.5E material has changed quite a bit from last year.

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

And it is a lot more affordable than the other games.

More affordable than a $10 Pathfinder PDF or $5 Trailblazer PDF?

More affordable than Ryan's Stoughton's FREE E6?

How's that work? Do they pay me to play C&C?

 

[rkwoodard]

I don't do PDF

More affordable than a $10 Pathfinder PDF or $5 Trailblazer PDF?

More affordable than Ryan's Stoughton's FREE E6?

How's that work? Do they pay me to play C&C?

Ok, not cheaper than free. But I don't consider PDFs at all (my bad).

I know a lot of people work off of PDFs. Just not me.

So for me, Pathfinder is more like $50. (EDIT, ok $32 per amazon, so not as bad).

RK

 

[Krensky]

More affordable than a $10 Pathfinder PDF or $5 Trailblazer PDF?

More affordable than Ryan's Stoughton's FREE E6?

How's that work? Do they pay me to play C&C?

He's probably a tree hater.

 

[Voadam]

Paizo, Bad Axe Games and Crafty Games are all larger rpg publishers that are all technically OGL 3rd party publishers, but with enough slick presentation and market presence to have their own presence in the rpg industry. Jason Kemp is the indie in this crowd and exemplifies the small press 3rd party designer.

Heh. Bad Axe is what, one guy? Two guys? More? I was surprised when Wulf kept saying "we" when referring to the work done on Trailblazer. I had thought he had done everything from Bad Axe himself (Actually looking it up Benjamin Durbin is listed as the author on Grim Tales and most of the Heroes of High Favor books, Trailblazer is him and another guy, but Slavelords of Cydonia actually has two other authors listed).

 

[rkwoodard]

Yes,

He's probably a tree hater.

Yes, yes I am.

And by the way, I love the E6 stuff. I think it plays well with my game of choice.

RK

 

[Voadam]

Fantasy Concepts sounds very interesting but I'm not really interested in signing up for yet another pdf distributor. I wish they were on your games now or another one I use frequently.