Hi to all those that may or may not hate me.
As i said in my former (and now gone) thread, DnD Modern is still alive.
With (at least somewhat) new content and lesser talent trees.
It will be under OGL not GSL due to the fact that GSL is a piece of .
DnD Modern isn't an Urban Arcana deal. It has mostly variant rules for characters (it has only six classes), different creature rules etc.
The name itself is an amalgram of Dungeons and Dragon's abbreviation and d20 Modern name.
And it lacks any sort of campaign materials.
#4yngthletJul 21, 2008 7:31:30
Here is my planning for DnD Modern 4th. I have posted on a previous thread,
but here it is and is uppdated.
Sorry, for updates haven't come as they should , i've been checking and rechecking my work so far and I have found that heavy work needs to be done.
And by the way, any questions so far?
#10yngthletJan 02, 2009 2:03:24
Happy New Year everybody!
Sorry for lack of progress for DnD Modern 4th ed.'s lack of progress.
I have no excuse for that. I'm still checking and rechecking the work so far.
#11yngthletJan 07, 2009 10:45:06
I'm considering to use DnD 4th ed. style stat boxes rather then the more stylistic ability texts in DnD 3.x
What shall i do
#12SteelMirrorJan 07, 2009 13:01:50
I love 4E, but honestly it seems to me that 3.5 was a better fit for modern settings than is 4E. A basic attack with a glock is all you need, you don't need to overlay the gunshot with special rules for whatever at-will you are using at the time. Conversely, spells and magic should feel different from the way a "mundane" person fights, and should feel more powerful and otherworldly as well.
About the only things I would take from 4E into a modern campaign are the looser guidelines for monster creation and the more player-oriented DMing style. Oh, and I might add feats for each character every other level instead of every three. But I think the old d20 modern hardly needs the overhaul, and actually fits nicely in 3.5.
Just my opinion, though- good job on all the work you've done so far!
#13yngthletJan 08, 2009 7:26:15
Thanks SteelMirror for the encouragement and for the opinion, but the miss one of mine points if making DnD Modern. The system is built to set in any "era" except for bronze and stone age (this due that rules for bronze and stone items are not OGL).
Once again thanks.
#14yngthletJan 21, 2009 10:13:17
It seems that i need to make a major rewrite of the entire skill section (skills and skill uses will be placed independently).
I will post the completed work I've done so far on the website (be warned, it may disapoint several of you)
I've just made a count on the skills and skill uses; I got 103 skills and 165 skill uses to write about so skill rewrite might take some time.
#17yngthletApr 12, 2009 8:04:35
Hi again
Sorry for the lack of notifies and progress, this is due to that my work has took over the last couple of months.
However some changes has been made
Martial powers has been renamed wuxia
Some skills have been added.
More to come when more gaming material have made.
#18backstabbistApr 12, 2009 11:49:24
Some contention on the Modern board has been on the way to implement technological weapons (Crossbows, Firearms, PlasGuns, ParticleRays, & Rockets, Explosives, Future HandHeldHurters) into a Modern4 system of ClassPowers
Will your rules say
a ranged weapon is a ranged weapon, using dd3x/Modern-Future damage for [w]
regardless of what year it was made?
How will your system deal with the really REALLY powerful personal weapons using technology (like Gunpowder/Gauss/Fusion or whatnot). If a Cossbow does d8, and a heavy crossbow does d10 cause it is a bigger/faster bolt, wouldnt we keep getting bigger [w] numbers for the same size bolt progressing from Mach0.3(hvyXbow) to Mach1(pl5Boltgun), then Mach2(pl6GaussBolter) and even Mach4(pl7 GravBolter) all shooting the same Bolt?
3.x/Modern: Longbow 1d8, .38 2d6, 44mag 2d8 for <+ MultiShot/DoubleTap> attacks
Your Rules: Longbow [?], .38 [??], 44mag [???] for a Ranger 3[w]AttackExploit
#19yngthletApr 12, 2009 13:20:02
To backstabbist
I uses the 3.x/modern damge dies for weapons in the DnD Modern 4th, however I do added a level based bonus on damage rolls (this is to reduce combat time).
I hope it is to your satisfaction.
#20backstabbistApr 12, 2009 13:44:35
I like what you did for the 3.x version,
(well, I like ~95% of what you did in that version )
and I cant wait to see what you have for the 4.x update
The M4 game you are making is not the game I would make,
different goals: 4e is tough to convert to a No Magic environment,
but I like the way you are making it and your concepts so far
#21yngthletApr 13, 2009 11:22:22
Thanks backstabbist
But I don’t use DnD 4th ed. as a base, I use DnD 3.x and d20 Modern as a base, this is due to fact that I really don’t like about 80% of DnD 4th ed.
#22yngthletAug 01, 2009 5:35:22
Sorry for the lack of uppdates, that is becuse my computer has been more of less down for about two months and has caused me to rethink the main concept of the game and giving me some new ideas. More on that in a later post
#23yngthletAug 10, 2009 7:53:31
Here is my work so far, it includes most of my recent design changes DnD Modern Source Book
Word of Note: I whould like that any downloaders of the file don't share it the file through Warez channels. Thank You in advance.
#24bone_nagaAug 10, 2009 11:53:15
Correct me if I'm wrong, since I just skimmed through it, but this doesn't seem to have much of 4e integrated into it at all. It seems more like a 3.75 version of d20 Modern.
#25yngthletAug 11, 2009 3:53:54
Correct me if I'm wrong, since I just skimmed through it, but this doesn't seem to have much of 4e integrated into it at all. It seems more like a 3.75 version of d20 Modern.
Acctually I don't use much of 4th edition, since it isn't a very good designed game.
And by the way, bone_naga, look at page 3 on the PDF.
#26bone_nagaAug 11, 2009 19:04:20
Acctually I don't use much of 4th edition, since it isn't a very good designed game.
And by the way, bone_naga, look at page 3 on the PDF.
Fair enough, like I said I just skimmed through it since I had to get back to work. I think its pretty misleading to call it D&D Modern 4e when it doesn't really have anything of 4e in it. Call it Modern Saga or 3.75 or something. I only complain because you really got my hopes up then dashed them against the rocks *grabs some cheese to complement the wine*.
#27bone_nagaAug 11, 2009 19:06:01
On that note, does anyone know of someone working on a modern game using 4e rules? I was working on a 4e MCWoD but got sidetracked.
#28yngthletAug 12, 2009 5:41:41
Fair enough, like I said I just skimmed through it since I had to get back to work. I think its pretty misleading to call it D&D Modern 4e when it doesn't really have anything of 4e in it. Call it Modern Saga or 3.75 or something. I only complain because you really got my hopes up then dashed them against the rocks *grabs some cheese to complement the wine*.
Hi, again bone_naga
The latest version of the DnD Modern game is technically in its 4th ed. i have partially released three other versions of the game before.
#29yngthletAug 29, 2009 8:03:26
I have updated the published sourcebook a little bit, its new download link is here:
I'm terribly sorry for not have posted for some time. Once again a down computer is to blame. I'm working to fix up the two links for the work so far, and move the most recent link to the webpage.
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