Comments on: Will we get Tommy Guns?

By: zib

zib — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:29:50 +0000

This review of Amethyst, a 4e GSL product from Goodman Games, talks about rules for automatic weapons.

By: ethan

ethan — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:26:36 +0000

I never thought of it that way, but you’re absolutely right. D20 modern is a setting that everyone can relate to immediately. It also lets you incorporate all your pop culture references and corny jokes at the game table into the setting.

By: Ktulu

Ktulu — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:21:47 +0000

I agree 100% that we need a Mode4n game. Star Wars SAGA was a nice move in the right direction; but it’s not quite there.

I don’t think guns would break the system, but entirely new classes would have to be designed. For one, the defender role works in close with enemies, locking them down. That would be a significant change from most of the defender builds in D&D (barring the swordmage, which covers ranged defending fairly well).

Other than that, I think a 4e modern would be a perfect fit for my table.

By: Campbell

Campbell — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:18:36 +0000

D20 Modern was, without a doubt, my favorite during my 3.5 gaming days. It had the fun that D&D had, as well as the modern day touch that gave me immediate fluency with the setting. In D&D, you could wind up running into something your character is supposed to know but you don’t, or worse, the other way around, and it would slow down the game or butcher the roleplaying process. (“Vecna? Who’s Vecna?”)

Fluency in setting meant that D20 Modern was an immediately recognizable game, letting you focus less on the setting and more on the characters and gameplay.