Shadowdark 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.