Custom Characters and D&D House Rules

Dungeons & Dragons: B/X, BECMI, and RC

The D&D Supplement provides a new way to use the "basic" D&D rules (whether it's B/X, BECMI, or Rules Cyclopedia). Race is separated from class and there are many more class options. In addition, variant rules are provided: smoother attack progression and saving throw tables, a system to make your own classes, an option to have players make most of the rolls in the game, and an overhaul of the weapon mastery system. A way to make multiclass and dualclass characters is detailed. Included is an alternate alignment system that makes all nine alignments from AD&D playable. Rules for an illusionist class with all spells is provided and other options as well.

Rules: TSR 2001 - TSR 2014 - TSR 2015 - TSR 1011 - TSR 1012 - TSR 1013 - TSR 1021 - TSR 1017 - TSR 1071

A supplement for the D&D basic rules: D&D Supplement: Core ----- B/X ----- B/X/RC

A few new classes (priest, templar, acrobat, jack, and monster): D&D Supplement: New Classes

Just what the players need from the rule book: D&D Players Manual

This provides the cantrips and orisons discussed in the D&D Supplement: D&D Cantrips

The basic character sheet with a few more areas to record things: D&D Character Sheet

A game screen that can be used with the D&D Supplement: D&D Game Screen

A great first dungeon: The Quintessential Dungeon

Mystara / Known World Atlas (Thorfinn Tait Cartography): https://www.thorfmaps.com/

Custom Characters

Custom Characters contains only "open" content and no illustrations. Click below to download!

Custom Characters (1.6 MB)

Here's a set of house rules that I developed for my group. From this, I created Custom Characters.

D&D 3.5E House Rules (7.2 MB)

Basic d20

Get back to the basics!

Drawing on concepts introduced in Custom Characters and my D&D house rules, I came up with a rules-lite set of guidelines that can be used with the above documents. These are really just notes; users should be extremely familiar with a wide variety of d20 games including D&D, d20 Modern, and Mutants & Masterminds. Familiarity with the M&M Mastermind's Manual will greatly aid a potential GM as a number of concepts are drawn from it.

The Basic d20 "Rulebook": Basic d20

A Basic d20 Character Sheet: Basic d20 Character Sheet 1

Or maybe you'll like this character sheet: Basic d20 Character Sheet 2

And if you like older versions of D&D (BECMI, AD&D, etc.), try this: Basic d20 for D&D

This document details four new broad skill areas for Star Wars campaigns: Basic d20 Force Skills

Here's a document to help you convert Basic d20 characters for Chaosium games: Basic d20 to Chaosium BRP

A different advancement system for Basic d20 reminiscent of the Chaosium system is detailed in this document: Basic d20 Natural Advancement

How to use fantasy races from the SRD in Basic d20: Basic d20 Fantasy Races

A generic magic system for Basic d20 that does away with class-based spellcasting: Basic d20 Magic Skills

A generic psionic system much like the above document: Basic d20 Psionic Skills

An easy way to quantify and track alignment for Basic d20: Basic d20 Alignment

Some notes on what rules from the Mastermind's Manual were used for Basic d20: Basic d20 Rules Checklist

An even simpler spellcasting system for Basic d20: Basic d20 Spellcasting

A review of skill checks and a new option for combat: Basic d20 Skill Rolls

All class special abilities adapted for use with Basic d20: Basic d20 Class Advantages

A social class system for your Basic d20 campaign: Basic d20 Social Class

Further clarification on Dodge, Parry, and Armor Bonuses: Basic d20 Defense

Yes, there's a way to make spellcasting more basic. This document details the Magic Skill, a broad skill that can be used as the basis for all spellcasting: Basic d20 the Magic Skill

Trait limits based on the campaign's maximum character level: Basic d20 Power Level Limits

Yet another magic system. This time, we get rid of Vancian spell slots and spell points in favor of spellcasting based on an increasingly debilitating condition known as Mindfog: Basic d20 Fairy Tale Spellcasting

Now there are just too many magic systems. Once again, we get rid of Vancian spell slots and spell points, but this time the limitation on spellcasting comes in the form of a temporary loss of spellcasting: Basic d20 Loss-Based Spellcasting