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Saving Throw Bonuses Modification Supplement?
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 3:23 pm
by JenniferRPG
To make them more in line with Moldvay page B26, could I write a supplement (to be added for download) that changes the saving throws of Dwarves, Halflings and Elves?
Roughly estimating they'd be changed to:
Dwarves/Halflings:
+2 Death Ray or Poison
+2 Magic Wands
+2 Paralysis or Petrify
+1 Dragon Breath
+2 Spells
Elves:
+1 Magic Wands
+1 Paralysis or Petrify
+1 Spells
(All of them approximately cut in half).
Re: Saving Throw Bonuses Modification Supplement?
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 4:08 pm
by Dimirag
Yes you can, in fact, you can do a supplement of whatever you wish for BFRPG as long as it respects the game and forum rules.
Re: Saving Throw Bonuses Modification Supplement?
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 4:10 pm
by chiisu81
There's a reason all clones are close to the classic game values/math, but not exact. It can't be done legally under the OGL.
Re: Saving Throw Bonuses Modification Supplement?
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 4:12 pm
by Dimirag
It can't be done if you put the Saving Throw tables as in the core source, but you can create a supplement that simply gives them as a separate bonus so the final value is the same
Re: Saving Throw Bonuses Modification Supplement?
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 6:06 pm
by JenniferRPG
chiisu81 wrote:There's a reason all clones are close to the classic game values/math, but not exact. It can't be done legally under the OGL.
Well, in this case there is no way to exactly match what Moldvay has done, so no worries. (He combined races and classes.) So the values I mentioned only get it closer but impossible to be exact (because BFRPG separates race from class), so I don't see any problems there with respect to copyright/OGL.
Jennifer
Re: Saving Throw Bonuses Modification Supplement?
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 7:05 pm
by JenniferRPG
I wrote up a supplement, using another as a template. I have it in odt and pdf format. How do I share a PDF here in the workshop? Or do I need to type it all out here in the message box?
Jennifer
Re: Saving Throw Bonuses Modification Supplement?
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 7:43 pm
by Dimirag
Attach both files when you are writing your message
Re: Saving Throw Bonuses Modification Supplement?
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 8:58 pm
by JenniferRPG
EDIT: Disregard the following and all I've talked about. Just found out that the Expert version of classic D&D really changed the saving throws quite a bit from the Basic/Moldvay book I've been reading. In the expert book the saving throw bonuses are about double for halflings and dwarves compared to the basic. Sorry! Didn't know they changed it in expert! Wonder why they changed it so drastically btw, but I guess it doesn't matter!
Okay here is my first draft of the "Race Balancing via Saving Throw Adjustments" supplement I just wrote. Let me know what you think.
Re: Saving Throw Bonuses Modification Supplement?
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 9:30 pm
by Dimirag
So, its basically halving the bonus, rounded down with a minimum of +0 bonus.
Don't know if it has enough "content" to be needed as a supplement rather than just a topic.
Once said that, it needs to be formatted properly, and added the legal stuff.
Re: Saving Throw Bonuses Modification Supplement?
Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 9:46 pm
by JenniferRPG
Dimirag wrote:So, its basically halving the bonus, rounded down with a minimum of +0 bonus.
Don't know if it has enough "content" to be needed as a supplement rather than just a topic.
Once said that, it needs to be formatted properly, and added the legal stuff.
Well I found out I was wrong anyways. I was just looking at the Moldvay book, not the expert book. The expert book changed things and BFRPG is already in line with the expert book. Sorry for bothering you all with this.