Shadowdark looks so good!

[Jahydin]

Mostly finished reading the core book and I'm loving everything.
I think all my long term campaigns will be C&C, but for straight crawls, Shadowdark is it for me.

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

I have already started fooling around with making my own classes. I think that's probably the easiest way to do this.

I trying to motivate myself to post (here or in the 5e forum) an idea of project I have: The ShadowDarkening of 5e.

Like, redo the 12 classes of 5e in a Shadowdark style, with random progression and streamlining the whole game.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I trying to motivate myself to post (here or in the 5e forum) an idea of project I have: The ShadowDarkening of 5e.

Like, redo the 12 classes of 5e in a Shadowdark style, with random progression and streamlining the whole game.

That sounds like a really worthwhile project. Have you looked at the warlock in Cursed Scroll #1?

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

That sounds like a really worthwhile project. Have you looked at the warlock in Cursed Scroll #1?

To my shame, I havent bought the game (beyond the free quickstart). Money's a little tight right now, so I havent seen the higher tier stuff and the cursed scrolls.

 

[deganawida]

To my shame, I havent bought the game (beyond the free quickstart). Money's a little tight right now, so I havent seen the higher tier stuff and the cursed scrolls.

No shame! You’re not the only one.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

To my shame, I havent bought the game (beyond the free quickstart). Money's a little tight right now, so I havent seen the higher tier stuff and the cursed scrolls.

I am happy to get the ball rolling. Which classes would you like to see tackled first? Kelsey is doing the bard and ranger as stretch goals.

 

[DarkCrisis]

I am happy to get the ball rolling. Which classes would you like to see tackled first? Kelsey is doing the bard and ranger as stretch goals.

Fighter/Wiz or maybe a Bard. and Wiz/Cleric. Bard

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

I am happy to get the ball rolling. Which classes would you like to see tackled first? Kelsey is doing the bard and ranger as stretch goals.

I guess I'd start with the classic 4. With Talents that are a little closer to their 5e's features and a little less fragile.

I had a few idea for the others:

barbarian:
d10 HP
Proficiency with leather armor, shield, all melee weapon

• Reckless attack: Gain advantage on attack, give advantage to be attacked
• Berserker's Vigor: Gain half-level + CON THP when using reckless attack
• Mighty Strike: When dealing max damage on a die, roll one more damage die.

Talent (without the + stats)

• Great Mirth and Melancholy: +2 damage when frightened or charmed by a creature.
• Brutal Critical: When you roll a d20 on an attack roll, you add one more damage die to your damage roll.
• +1 to melee and thrown weapon attacks and damage.

Sorcerer:
d6 HP
Proficiency with daggers, club, staff, spears, mace and shields

• Volatile Magic: When you roll a natural 1 on a spellcasting die, roll twice on the Mishap tables and pick one of your choice.
• Metamagic: You roll a critical success while spellcasting on a roll of 19-20.
• Spellcasting: as a wizard, but one less spell known per level

Talents:

• Font of Magic: Can spend a spell slots to add its Tier to the roll of a check or attack roll.
• Gain advantage on the spellcasting roll of a spell you know
• Spellcraft: +1 to damage roll of a spell or change its damage type permanently.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Here's a thread for new classes. Posting a fighter/wizard class first.

OSR - Let's make Shadowdark classes!

The four classes in the core book and there are more exotic ones in the Cursed Scrolls and ranger and bard are being worked on as stretch goals, not to mention a ton of third party classes out there already. But making Shadowdark classes is fun and relatively easy. So let's do it!

www.enworld.org

 

[Krachek]

Actually I’m reading SD and the new playtest for 5ed, quite a difference in evolution.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Actually I’m reading SD and the new playtest for 5ed, quite a difference in evolution.

It's definitely interesting watching them diverge in complexity at the same time.

 

[kapars]

It's definitely interesting watching them diverge in complexity at the same time.

It’s especially interesting to see the convoluted approach WotC is taking to make Fighters better when it doesn’t approach the impact of what Weapon Master, Grit and Hauler adds to the SD Fighter on half a page.

 

[Autumnal]

Watching WotC’s ongoing troubles and debacles makes me freshly glad each time I can read more of Shadowdark. It’s making me happy in a way few RPGs do.

 

[Jahydin]

This book is bursting at the seams with great advice and useful tables. Has exceeded all my expectations.

Liking the Vornheim-ish way of generating dungeons, towns, etc. too!

 

[Krachek]

This book is bursting at the seams with great advice and useful tables. Has exceeded all my expectations.

Liking the Vornheim-ish way of generating dungeons, towns, etc. too!

It’s one of my crush for the book!

 

[Krachek]

I have been appealed with the game at first with small details,
like the mirror image spell, while there is is image the attacker hit an image.
So easy.
The zone of truth is brillant, Target cant speak lie. Not the usual maybe he succeed or not his save Or use another fooling magic.
I also thick on the succes of trained skil. thief find traps. at last!

 

[Mannahnin]

like the mirror image spell, while there is is image the attacker hit an image.
So easy.

And given that you have to roll to cast, the fact that it makes the spell more powerful isn't a big deal.

The zone of truth is brillant, Target cant speak lie. Not the usual maybe he succeed or not his save Or use another fooling magic.

This one I think is also related to the fact that you have to roll to cast. In D&D 5E spells which affect someone else almost always allow a save OR roll to hit. One roll to see if it works. Similar here. Since SD has roll to cast, there's no need to also allow a save.

5 Torches Deep does much the same.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Liking the Vornheim-ish way of generating dungeons, towns, etc. too!

I think the drop die method was something popular in the OSR G+ community. I would bet this is its highest profile appearance in a book, though, especially post everything regarding the author of Vornheim.

 

[deganawida]

Right. I’m in. Just did my $59 pledge. The ranger sold me on it.

Side note: This money would have spent on getting into BECMI, had Drivethrurpg offered a PoD option for the five sets. As that was not an option, and my wife and daughters are adamant that they want simplicity, Shadowdark won. Disappointed about BECMI, but not about Shadowdark.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Side note: This money would have spent on getting into BECMI, had Drivethrurpg offered a PoD option for the five sets. As that was not an option, and my wife and daughters are adamant that they want simplicity, Shadowdark won. Disappointed about BECMI, but not about Shadowdark.

I think you can probably pull in a lot of the DM-facing BECMI stuff, if that's part of the appeal of that system for you. For instance, Shadowdark doesn't have any domain-level rules like you can find in the Companion rules.

A lot of the BECMI weirdo monsters (THOULS!) would be easy and fun to adapt to Shadowdark.

And lordy, Karameikos would be an ideal setting for a Shadowdark campaign.