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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 2706082" data-attributes="member: 7635">Now, as a version of D&D, your crazy.As a spin off? Perhaps. A simplified D&D-like game COULD be sold using a core book and decks. The core book tells you everything and gets you started. Cards contain monsters, spells, treasure and power-ups.The main set (revised every 2 years) is what you need to get going. Cards don't become obsolete per se, but tournies use the latest or saction approved. expansions (2 a year) and new stuff around a theme (Frostburn, Eberron, Libris Mortis themed expansions, for example).How do you play?Characters are generated out of the book using pretty standard char-gen. There are races and classes (fighter, cleric, rogue, wizard) You then get a "hand" of cards based on your level. You can choose what cards you want out of your collection, with certain restrictions. Cards are broken down into four types: Spells (one use magic effects), Monsters (foes and traps), Treasure (goodies) and Power-Ups (class abilities, feats, and one-shot abilities). DM's use All Four Types, players use Spell and Power Up (sold in PC/DM boosters?)You have a hand of cards equal to 3 + your char level. PCs may select from spells or power-ups. Each card has a requirement. This could be a race (elven silence), class (sneak attack), minimum level (fireball), or even alignment (evil strike). Don't meet that requirement? Can't use the item. Treasure has similar minimums. Thus, a cleric can use cure light wounds cards (min Clr1) but a rogue can't. The cleric can't use Cure Serious (Clr5) until he's 5th level.Common abilities (cure spells, basic feats) are common. Useful but higher level are uncommon (spring atk, cone of cold). Powerful or high level are rare (vampire slayer, disintigrate). DMs can tailor treasure cards and monsters to a dungeon or play them "randomly" buy using the monsters CR (on card) and treasure minimums as guidelines. Most common actions use standard d20 reslolution (attacks, skill checks, saves). Cards only come when you want to do something heroic (power atk: all your attacks next round do double damage) or cast a spell (cure wounds: heal your allies 8+Clr level hp).Hand regenerates at rest, so spellcasters and fighters BOTH have limited resources. XP levels you up as normal and increases your hand to give you more spells or powerups. Course, nothing stopping new rulebooks to introduce classes, settings, etc. A thriving trade/resell market for non-DMs would be great too. Its a start, and probably has alot of kinks to iron out, but it IS possible to incorporate random cards into an RPG and still keep the game an RPG.</blockquote>

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