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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8109684" data-attributes="member: 29398">You're preaching to the choir! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Not just cut out, but also replace, augment, or design and add new.In my case, hitting only the major bits:Replaced and-or redesigned from scratch: roll-up mechanics, initiative system, Monks, Bards, Druids, Paladins, Half-Elves, Half-Orcs, magic item pricing, level-advance table, combat matrix, spellcasting mechanics, some spells, etc.Removed: xp-for-gp, weapon vs armour type, weapon speed, demihuman level limits, Human two-classing, PC psionics, some spells, gender-based stats for Humans,Augmented: Clerics v undead, multiclassing*, languages, secondary skills, level-driven stat advancement, a few spellsToned down or restricted: shapeshift and polymorph, multiclassing*, a few spellsAdded new: classes (War Cleric, Necromancer), genetic taints, 'attributes and quirks', fumbles, criticals, wild magic, some spells, death's-door mechanics, high-level feats, etc.After 40 years of our banging on it there's very little - if anything - left untouched of the original game. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />* - multiclassing is augmented in that anyone can do it and it's more flexible, but toned down in that most classes don't get quite the same benefits if multi-ed as opposed to single.Next on my radar: an examination and (probably) complete re-do of the saving throw matrix; at the very least I want to split out paralyzation, poison and death into their own categories rather than having them combined as now.</blockquote>

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