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<blockquote data-quote="Greg K" data-source="post: 6133643" data-attributes="member: 5038"><p>I should have specified toolkit for fantasy. Anyway, as for SW, these days SW is my go to for non-supers. However, when I run D&D:</p><p>1) Between variant spell lists (DMG), official class variants (in supplements), variant class abilities (Unearthed Arcana), spontaneous divine casting (Unearthed Arcana), and urban/wilderness skill swaps (Cityscape Enhancement 1), I have official methods to, pretty much tailor the classes to what I want them to be. The monk and Druid's are the exception, but I swap out the former for a variant of the OA Shaman and, for the latter, I just use a variant of the cleric. </p><p>From there, I increase the number of skills per per level and/or skills known for a few classes and add three of Green Ronin's Master Classes (i.e. Psychic, Shaman, and Witch) and a hybrid warrior/arcane class influenced by AEG's Myrmidon</p><p></p><p>2) I add the Book of Iron Might's Maneuver system </p><p>3) I fix (for my purposes) Hit Points by using either</p><p>a) the Injury variant from Unearthed Arcana; or</p><p>b) The UA Death and Dying Variant and a variant from Scrollworks in which HP loss leads to fatigue and exhaustion.</p><p>4) I change rules for poison using Poisoncraft (Blue Devil) and a web article by Sean K Reynolds;</p><p>5) I change the magic item creation rules using Artificer's Handbook (Mystic Eye Games)</p><p>6) I implement some of Sean K Reynold's Fewer Absolutes</p><p>7) I add action points (which work more like True20 Conviction/M&M Hero Points)</p><p>8) I drop Level Drain and 3e XP costs</p><p>9) I use the Slow Leveling Variant</p><p>10) I cull the spells (removing things like Rope Trick, Prismatic spells and Law/Chaos Spells)</p><p>11) I implement the DMG training variant</p><p>BAM! I pretty much used the toolkit to have D&D my way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greg K, post: 6133643, member: 5038"] I should have specified toolkit for fantasy. Anyway, as for SW, these days SW is my go to for non-supers. However, when I run D&D: 1) Between variant spell lists (DMG), official class variants (in supplements), variant class abilities (Unearthed Arcana), spontaneous divine casting (Unearthed Arcana), and urban/wilderness skill swaps (Cityscape Enhancement 1), I have official methods to, pretty much tailor the classes to what I want them to be. The monk and Druid's are the exception, but I swap out the former for a variant of the OA Shaman and, for the latter, I just use a variant of the cleric. From there, I increase the number of skills per per level and/or skills known for a few classes and add three of Green Ronin's Master Classes (i.e. Psychic, Shaman, and Witch) and a hybrid warrior/arcane class influenced by AEG's Myrmidon 2) I add the Book of Iron Might's Maneuver system 3) I fix (for my purposes) Hit Points by using either a) the Injury variant from Unearthed Arcana; or b) The UA Death and Dying Variant and a variant from Scrollworks in which HP loss leads to fatigue and exhaustion. 4) I change rules for poison using Poisoncraft (Blue Devil) and a web article by Sean K Reynolds; 5) I change the magic item creation rules using Artificer's Handbook (Mystic Eye Games) 6) I implement some of Sean K Reynold's Fewer Absolutes 7) I add action points (which work more like True20 Conviction/M&M Hero Points) 8) I drop Level Drain and 3e XP costs 9) I use the Slow Leveling Variant 10) I cull the spells (removing things like Rope Trick, Prismatic spells and Law/Chaos Spells) 11) I implement the DMG training variant BAM! I pretty much used the toolkit to have D&D my way. [/QUOTE]
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