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Barebones Fantasy

Finally, a game that puts player skill first and removes AC as being the sole deciding factor of how difficult something is to hit. Finally, plate mail is not the ultimate 85% AC 18 armor solution. I know other games do this, which is basically a skill roll plus damage resistance mechanic. Still, the d00 System mixes this in with a multi-action economy which allows you to "bet" on your success, utilize high ability scores better, and ties defenses into how many actions you choose to take during a turn. This is a genius design, and it borrows some from actual gambling mechanics. It isn't a gambling game at all, but the concept of taking your first action at 80%, a second action at 60% (20% less each extra action), and holding at 40% and using that as your defensive roll is pure inspired genius. The more actions you take, the worse chance your next one has, and the worse your defenses become. Still, that 40% is pretty good; a 40% chance to block an attack that could have hi

Ultimate Barebones Fantasy

This is kind of against what BBF is all about, but I want more. I want the OSR monsters and magic items, more classes, more choices, and the skill specializations out of Frontier Space. And I know the answer to all this. Do it yourself! Nothing is really that hard to port in, and most magic items are fine with how they are. For weapons, give them a +10% chance to hit bonus and a +2 damage per "plus one" out of an OSR game, and for armor, raise the DR by +2 per "plus one" of OSR protection, and you are likely all set. All of the miscellaneous magic items convert in as-is. Items that give ability score bonuses should give a +10 bonus per item level, and remember to give all items drawbacks like in the BBF item design guidelines. Some people hate these "ad hoc" conversions, but honestly this is likely how D&D (and most roleplaying games) are and were designed. Also, not every orc in every world is the same - you will have weak ones and others who work out

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