D&D alternatives

[Jennkryst]

@Arkandel There is a setting-agnostic, generic version of the Numenera rules (cypher) and a different setting (the strange), so… it’s already not required to be a billion years in the future.

You can fluff up the mechanics in different ways. Force field… I think you mean holy symbol that needs fresh holy water to ward off attacks! Grenade? Alchemical bottle.

… hell, call everything a potion.

The trickiest part is character descriptors. ‘Replaced flesh with Cybernetics’ might not work 1:1 (but maybe clockwork?)

Also also, one of this is to say that there isn’t a corner of the Numenera setting that thinks it is a replica of Ravenloft, everything looks like it exactly, and now a cyborg arrives in a very GURPS fashion.

Edit for spelling and calling the one book by it’s actual name.

[Jennkryst]

More Bundles of Holding!

Shadowrun 3e if you are feeling nostalgic for a few editions ago from the time before smart phones. But it’s Shadowrun so it is pretty crunchy.

Numenera Bundle 1 for some fancy Numenera stuff, a billion years in the future where Earth has a single continent and it has slowed to a 28h Day.

Numenera Bundle 2 for moar Numenera stuff, mostly new books since Bundle 1 is a revived Bundle from 2021, but I think there’s some old kickstarter stuff in here, too?

There’s a couple Traveller Bundles and more, go forth, splurge.

[Rinel]

@sao said in D&D alternatives:

maybe i’ll go to pathfinder 2.0, i’ve heard it’s more slick, but mostly I’m probably just going to whine and cry a lot.

2e is wildly different to 1e, for what it’s worth, and essentially every change is an improvement. It’s still customizable and fun, but the three-action economy is such a huge leap forward in streamlined play that it makes it basically impossible for me to go back to pf1e or 5e.

Plus, archetypes. Being able to suplex a dragon (if your rolls are good enough) is supremely cool.