Dungeons & Dragons

From AJS.COM

Dungeons & Dragons is arguably the original role-playing game. It derived from the original Chainmail miniatures combat system.

The game is based on a high-fantasy setting similar to that of J.R.R. Tolkein's Lord of the Rings, involving elves, dwarves, magic and very strictly defined parameters for good and evil as well as law and chaos. The game focuses on the advancement of a player character through combats in which opponents are vanquished. The more powerful the opponents, the more rapid the advancement.

Contents 1 House rules 1.1 Setting specific 2 Essays 3 See also 4 External links

House rules

House rules in use by AJS.COM-related games:

• Expanded d20 creature identification - More detail for your knowledge skill rolls!
• Arcane Spy prestige class - A slightly different take on the arcane + rogue character.
• Prestige of Legacy - A prestige class and alternate rule for the Weapons of Legacy book.

Setting specific

• Psionics / magic transparency house rules - Greyhawk lore-specific psi/magic transparency.
• Greyhawk Underdark - How to integrate the Greyhawk lore and the Underdark.
• Shackled City house rules - The house rules that I used in my Shackled City game.

Essays

• d20 treasure system - a 3d6-based die-rolling system for D&D.
• Aaron's Roleplaying Essays - More essays that I've written about D&D over the years.

See also

• Greyhawk - The first D&D campaign setting
• Dragon Magazine - A magazine for players of the game
• Dungeon Magazine - Monthly adventures for those running D&D
• Is D&D evil? - A rebuttal to an essay about the evils of role-playing and D&D

External links

• Official home page
• Dungeons & Dragons on Wikipedia