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Lifetime · 01-17-2002, 05:09 AM

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Originally posted by StarVid:
What is this?

Is this even D&D?

Near the end of my PnP days, I played a few games in Planescape (it had just come out), and the system was nothing like that. PnP Planescape followed the same rules as any other world in D&D. What else is different?

Its DnD alright, but its different because of the context. Your character is immortal, but he loses his memory every time he "dies". That whole gaining stat points thing is to simulate him regaining all his lost powers. You get experience more from dialouge, where you recall past experiences, and conversations with people who knew about your past, than from combat, because there's nothing you really havent done before, so all you need to do is to trigger the memory to recall your past deeds.
Your NPCs however, are more traditional DnD characters, but each have special abilities associated with race, class and storyline..

01-17-2002, 05:09 AM	#4
Lifetime Red Dragon Join Date: March 3, 2001 Location: Scotch College, Melbourne Posts: 1,503	quote: Originally posted by StarVid: What is this? Is this even D&D? Near the end of my PnP days, I played a few games in Planescape (it had just come out), and the system was nothing like that. PnP Planescape followed the same rules as any other world in D&D. What else is different? Its DnD alright, but its different because of the context. Your character is immortal, but he loses his memory every time he "dies". That whole gaining stat points thing is to simulate him regaining all his lost powers. You get experience more from dialouge, where you recall past experiences, and conversations with people who knew about your past, than from combat, because there's nothing you really havent done before, so all you need to do is to trigger the memory to recall your past deeds. Your NPCs however, are more traditional DnD characters, but each have special abilities associated with race, class and storyline.. __________________ \'Cause its always raining in my head. Forget all the things I should have said..