Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Heliomance 04-17-08, 04:23 PM	How many homebrew rules does it take before it can be reasonably claimed that the game you're playing is not actually D&D?
TheRealOrion 05-12-08, 03:44 PM	Why do you ask? Does it matter to you if you're game is "not D&D"?
backstabbist 05-12-08, 07:36 PM	I would say it matters how much of the normal activity has changed. A set number of rules would mean nothing, cause you could write a 3 volume economic system of capital investments in the fantasy setting, and if none of the players buy stocks then it wont really matter. But just 1 rule that eliminates HitPoints from the game entirely is a big change.
Heliomance 05-27-08, 05:04 PM	I ask mainly out of curiosity. My GM has a very heavily homebrewed world, and I was contemplating whether or not it could feasibly be called a separate game. I think it probably can - his next modification is going to be removing skill points and replacing them with a different system.
TheRealOrion 05-27-08, 11:06 PM	I suppose it depends on how you want to measure it. To measure based on rules, you could say that if it replaces two or three of a handful of major rule systems, like combat based on d20s, or spells being memorised at the beginning of the day, or removing/replacing the "feats" system, then sure, I'd say it's starting to be a whole different game. If you want to measure based on play experience, then you'd have to go by something like replacing all the classes or changing to a radically different setting. d20Modern isn't D&D primarily because it's in the modern world, for example.
crazy_monkey1956 05-28-08, 11:34 AM	For me, as long as it has dragons and dungeons somewhere in there, it could reasonably be called "D&D." ;)
Doomsought 05-29-08, 11:09 AM	Around here (http://forums.gleemax.com/showpost.php?p=15967353&postcount=16) Take it to D20 modern (mostly the same as 3.5) Ad phoenix superheroes supplement Remove levels