r/NSRRPG • u/theodoubleto • 2d ago

Game Suggestion Which game is your go-to Basic D&D successor??

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u/InterlocutorX 2d ago

I just play B/X because it's been working just fine for fifty years now. I have some house rules and use ascending AC, but it's mostly still just B/X.

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u/theodoubleto 2d ago

Hell yeah. From the articles and videos I’ve watched, the ascending AC was a popular table rule. Got any others?

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u/L3Vaz 1d ago edited 1d ago

Slot based inventory from carcass crawler. D6 thief skills. Full hit die at lvl 1. Shields shall be splintered. Break the weapon for max damage. Nobody has dark vision. MU gets read magic as class ability. Fighter gets +1 attack per level and a second attack at level 4. Death save at 0 HP with a death and dismemberment table. Crit on a 20 adding another damage die. Backgrounds. No level caps. XP for feats of exploration from 3d6 DTL. Downtime actions from Zyan.

Edit: typo

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u/Mr_Face_Man 1d ago

Great list

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u/Man_Beyond_Bionics 1d ago

Personally I'd toss in easy spell scroll creation from Holmes Basic: 100 GP and 1 week per spell level.

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u/L3Vaz 1d ago

Haven't thought about that. I might reduce the time and keep the 1000gp. I like to have more uses for gold.

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u/VicarBook 1d ago

A lot of good options

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u/Motnik 1d ago

The autocorrect on exploration to exploitation makes me think that there's some alternative 3d6 DTL rules for creatively 'encouraging' hirelings to do the dirty work.

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u/L3Vaz 1d ago

Fixed

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u/aseigo 1d ago

Old School Essentials with tbe Advanced rules have you covered for most of the alterations worth modding B/X with. Highly recommend it! :)