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Corone
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February 1983. As we step into a new year of gaming Ian Livingstone wonders what might come next. With Treasure Trap starting (or at...
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Picture courtesy of Pixabay. Lately, my Saturday afternoons at the local library have become the third pillar of a massive...
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Odd, because of his "shapeshifting", I kept thinking he was a Transmuter. Which actually reminds me of an old D&D-related joke: "I'm a...
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I haven't been keeping up with the redesign, but I know one issue with the game as it originally released was that you couldn't really...
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Lots of great suggestions here, folks (including some I forgot that I already own). Thanks!
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What would you consider stripped down, and what would you consider still 5e? Are you talking Nimble 1e or 2e? Does Shadowdark count, for...
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I was also thinking about shadowdark. It has some changes (mostly spellcasting) but to big degrees its just 5e stripped down (with more...
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Mike Mearls (@mearls ) is working on a stripped down version of 5e called Moldvay. You can download the working documents on his patreon...
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Thank you. I have only been back at DND for the past few weeks but have been cramming as much as I can into my head. I have been...
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@mearls has something called Moldvay. I think @SlyFlourish has a couple things. My memory is not working at the moment. Ben talking...
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Bugbears and Borderlands by Rod Waibel is a rules lite take on 5e (levels 1-10). It is on its second edition. Written by @Sacrosanct...
Feb 19, 2026
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It has built-in flavor (grimdark fantasy), but maybe Deathbringer fits your needs? It's 5e-compatible. Definitely a stripped down...
Feb 19, 2026
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Thank you OP, I have been contemplating opening a thread like this myself. Specifically I am looking for something inbetween Shadowdark...
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Jousting lances are, but lances used in war are not. They're not designed to shatter on impact, though. And actually, historically in...
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I've been following Moldvay on Mike Mearls' Patreon and it's very interesting. There's a lot to like about it. Of course there are some...
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