What's different about d20 Modern?
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ErichDragon
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Which is almost invariably what happens when two untrained people fight. I haven't had any playtesting experience with the system, but from what I have read here it seems totally playable.
Kid Socrates
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I like it. I find it a lot easier to run than 3rd-Ed D&D. I threw together a simple infiltrate-the-warehouse-and-kill-the-cult-leader-that-actually-is-a-mage for two 6th-level characters in hardly an hour, and ran off the fly most of the way. We had no problems, I had to stop and look up one or two things, and then we were golden. There's a lot more logic involved than in 3rd Ed, IMO; with magic so reduced, it's not like anyone can do ANYTHING. It works very well for a regular game as well with no magic. The monster types they give are fantastic, I like the class system in this a WHOLE lot, and it just seems cleaner and clearer than basic D&D. Plus, no splatbooks, and to me that a good thing. To each his own, though.
I'm modifying a good bit of it into a Final Fantasy d20 project based around materia, so yeah, I think it works well. Oh, and defense bonus friggin' rock.
This is Kid Soc.
I'm modifying a good bit of it into a Final Fantasy d20 project based around materia, so yeah, I think it works well. Oh, and defense bonus friggin' rock.
This is Kid Soc.
*whack whack whack* still no whelp from the dead horse? Considering the great design minds behind d20m and the couple years of playtesting. don't take my word for it, it works.
Still the topic is "what's the difference...?" the difference is that d20M provides Generic core classes that can fit into ANY genre from the Wild West to the Far Future. It provides the flexibility of plugging in a flexible and working Magic System and the includes several Advanced Classes to add flavor any Modern Era campaign. Toss in some special campaign specific Prestige and Adv. Classes and you essentially create your own game.
People are forgetting the the d20modern rules are CORE rules in the truest sense. You have to look at them as the Engine behind the Game. The Game is what the GM decides the world and campaign is like, and the Rules are d20modern. We can look at it in the PC 3rd Person Shooter Model. The "No One Lives for Ever" and "Thief". Two completely different Games. But all these games are powered by the same Engine, The Lithtech Engine.
The conclusion of my scatter brained and wordy essay? You can make any modern era RPG game you want from the d20 Modern.
The difference? d20 Modern is modeled after modern day Earth, while D&D is modeled after Tolkien's LotR.
Still the topic is "what's the difference...?" the difference is that d20M provides Generic core classes that can fit into ANY genre from the Wild West to the Far Future. It provides the flexibility of plugging in a flexible and working Magic System and the includes several Advanced Classes to add flavor any Modern Era campaign. Toss in some special campaign specific Prestige and Adv. Classes and you essentially create your own game.
People are forgetting the the d20modern rules are CORE rules in the truest sense. You have to look at them as the Engine behind the Game. The Game is what the GM decides the world and campaign is like, and the Rules are d20modern. We can look at it in the PC 3rd Person Shooter Model. The "No One Lives for Ever" and "Thief". Two completely different Games. But all these games are powered by the same Engine, The Lithtech Engine.
The conclusion of my scatter brained and wordy essay? You can make any modern era RPG game you want from the d20 Modern.
The difference? d20 Modern is modeled after modern day Earth, while D&D is modeled after Tolkien's LotR.
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