Comments on: What Is True20?

By: Bingham

Bingham — Sun, 23 May 2010 05:10:38 +0000

I enjoy the generalized classes, makes the game far more adaptable, but this wound system that Green Ronin favors is just unwieldy. I once played a character with a truly ridiculous healing factor, and one bad roll would still have killed him off. you can have a max level, nigh indestructible character, and roll a 3 on your save and he’s dead as a doornail to a minion that got in a lucky shot.
and keeping track of the wound levels rips you right out of the story, the adjustments that a wound makes to almost every score takes far too long to calculate.

By: Doc Ryder

Doc Ryder — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:23:31 +0000

I gave True20 a try, and I wasn’t happy with it. The combat mechanics are such that whoever hits first will win the entire combat, almost guaranteed. If you like death spirals, True20 is for you. I don’t so it wasn’t for me. I also *hate* the Wealth system, as I have yet to see it executed in a way that really works outside of an old game called “Swordbearer.”

By: Noumenon

Noumenon — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:52:52 +0000

Your article makes me want to learn more. I love the simplicity, but I want someone’s opinion on how it plays and whether the design works. For example, +5 to aim sounds easy to remember, but does it end up being all you ever do? Do the adepts outshine the experts?