Who else is a maniac who cannot but tweak all gaming stuff?
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TerraDave
5ever, or until 2024
"do it yourself" has always been a big part of RPGs, going back to the early wide-open and wild days of D&D when you really didn't have a choice. Besides, we are hobbyist, not just consumers! It is our game...
But, there are downsides to constant tweaking to the point of totally re-writting. For what I am DMing now I have "restricted" myself to a page of house-rules...and all the stuff on the webpage in my sig...just that.
But, there are downsides to constant tweaking to the point of totally re-writting. For what I am DMing now I have "restricted" myself to a page of house-rules...and all the stuff on the webpage in my sig...just that.
barsoomcore
Unattainable Ideal
I am a rules bodger. A campaign kitbasher.
I make up magic systems at the drop of a hat. I write entirely new chunks of rules to handle new encounter types. I write up new classes whenever I feel like it, I use DM fiat as a FIRST resort, not a LAST resort, and I pretend the PHB says, "Player's SUGGESTION Book" on the cover.
I don't think any book or publication has ever made it into any of my campaigns or even one-shots without mammoth regutting on my part. I turned the very excellent Skull & Bones into a d20 Modern game, only with Call of Cthulhu Sanity and magic rules.
It's a very very large portion of the whole thing that's fun about this hobby.
I make up magic systems at the drop of a hat. I write entirely new chunks of rules to handle new encounter types. I write up new classes whenever I feel like it, I use DM fiat as a FIRST resort, not a LAST resort, and I pretend the PHB says, "Player's SUGGESTION Book" on the cover.
I don't think any book or publication has ever made it into any of my campaigns or even one-shots without mammoth regutting on my part. I turned the very excellent Skull & Bones into a d20 Modern game, only with Call of Cthulhu Sanity and magic rules.
It's a very very large portion of the whole thing that's fun about this hobby.
Tyler Do'Urden
Soap Maker
I usually tweak after three Red Bulls. Oh, wait, that's not what we're talking about.
When it comes to D&D, I am the tweak master, the tweak commander, and I showed my gaming group the way of the tweak. In 2nd edition AD&D, I made my own version- I mashed everything- Skills and Powers, ALL the class handbooks, everything from Dragon magazine that I could get my paws on, and Michael Morris' 2nd edition Dusk system- into one unified character-point based system. Which lead to craziness- LG Barbarians with super-high strength and con scores and Paladin abilities, CG Elven Cavalier/Enchanters with bladesong style and codes of honor, CE Drow Fighter/Necromancer/Assassins with three spell schools and innate casting abilities... they were all "balanced" according to the system I'd brewed up, but not according to any sane person's idea of balance...
In 3e, I was happy to put that behind me... "aha! Finally a version of D&D that doesn't need any tweaks..." That lasted, oh, about six months...
When it comes to D&D, I am the tweak master, the tweak commander, and I showed my gaming group the way of the tweak. In 2nd edition AD&D, I made my own version- I mashed everything- Skills and Powers, ALL the class handbooks, everything from Dragon magazine that I could get my paws on, and Michael Morris' 2nd edition Dusk system- into one unified character-point based system. Which lead to craziness- LG Barbarians with super-high strength and con scores and Paladin abilities, CG Elven Cavalier/Enchanters with bladesong style and codes of honor, CE Drow Fighter/Necromancer/Assassins with three spell schools and innate casting abilities... they were all "balanced" according to the system I'd brewed up, but not according to any sane person's idea of balance...
In 3e, I was happy to put that behind me... "aha! Finally a version of D&D that doesn't need any tweaks..." That lasted, oh, about six months...
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