Back of the Envelope

Many RPGs center around combat, so it's important to get it right. So I think my combat is going to blend ideas from Pathfinder 2e , D&a...

I could spend a lot of time on equipment, but I intend to keep this simple. Besides, the only equipment most people are interested in is wea...

Gruff underground dwarves, woodland elves, pastoral hobbits--we all know the stereotypes. Recent versions of roleplaying games have tried to...

Classes are an important part of Dungeons and Dragons. There are four basic classes, which have been around a while: cleric, magic-user, thi...

 In this post, I'm exploring magic systems in RPG, and what I want to borrow for my 2d10 system . Dungeons and Dragons 5e uses a variant...

In my first post on this topic , I talked about 2d10 as a variant for Dungeons and Dragons, and focused on the ways it interacted with its ...

Here, I'm considering how best to design a non-OGL role-playing game. See my other 2d10 posts . Abilities Dungeons and Dragons famously ...

The recent kerfuffle over the Dungeons and Dragons OGL has me wondering whether I can turn my 2d10 conversion of D&D into its own stan...

If you've played Dungeons and Dragons, then you know that the basic dice mechanic is a d20. You roll a d20, add a modifier, and compare ...