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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kunimatyu" data-source="post: 3301254" data-attributes="member: 22057">Q: "First, how generic is True20?  Can it be used for any sort of fantasy-style campaign, or is there a lot of Blue Rose elements in it?"A: True20 is nicely generic -- I've seen it used for Cthulhu, Pirates of the Carribbean, standard fantasy, and scifi.Q: "Second, how exchangeable are the mechanics between True20 & D&D (esp. if you use the generic classes from UA, which IIRC are used in True20)?"A: If you use the generic classes, very very exchangeable - nearly every feat or class/PrC ability can be converted to a True20 feat.Q: "Third, how much stuff does True20 cover for fantasy campaigns?  Would it require a lot of work to stat up items, creatures, or the like that the books don't cover?"A: The True20 Bestiary covers most all of your standard D&D critters, and there are simple rules for converting creatures in the Bestiary as well. I find that converting a creature takes less time than statting up a multilevel NPC in D&D, if that's a decent guideline.(Making a new creature in True20 s so quick that making D&D statblocks makes me cry now.)Items are handled in Liber Artifactorum(which is 3rd party I think), but True20 does not require your players to have magic items unless you want them to have some.Q: "Fourth, how much of an investment am I looking at to get all of the True20 books I'll need for a fantasy campaign? "A: Assuming no Amazon discounts, $35 for the core rulebook and $30 for the Bestiary. Both can be purchased as PDFs for a substantial discount, and the pocket player's guide is around $15, I think.Hope that helps! I've enjoyed True20 immensely -- I've found it handles sword-and-sorcery in particular way better than D&D does.</blockquote>

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