Novus Lite

[Rasyr]

I agree. I spend all day in front of a computer. I love having books. My daughter wants to learn how to play D&D so she can play with her friends. I took a pic of her in her bed with the platers handbook and a bunch of pieces of paper with character sketches and pencil and notes everywhere...that's the ROOTS of our hobby my friends. I think I mentioned a while back that I had a couple of game ideas - one of them would be a NOVUS light for kids for sure.

Opions -- what would you think Novus Lite might/should look like?

[witchking20k]

A "for kids" version would probably be different than a Lite version. IMO. A for kids version would probably use a really simple Stat + Level Bonus Vs. TN15 for everything. Fate Points with no open-ended rolls. I'd probably use an AC style defense & damage dice like D&D because kids like rolling the different dice types.

[witchking20k]

Just remembered this forgotten project.

[Rasyr]

Just remembered this forgotten project.

Oh, that was cool...

[witchking20k]

Hmmm...well, seeing as I have a willing play tester at home now (which I didn't in 2017 when I was playing with this) I may as well re-visit it, right?

[Rasyr]

Hmmm...well, seeing as I have a willing play tester at home now (which I didn't in 2017 when I was playing with this) I may as well re-visit it, right?

Sounds like a Plan, I would expand the tables to something like 20 levels.

Rather than just generic bonuses that are used on all the skills,  perhaps something like how  Arcanum did it

 

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Give the basic ranks likes before, and then each level, give some bonuses to various thing (even let the player choose perhaps)


I would also break combat down to 3 skills (Melee, Ranged, Unarmed), and then you got from there

casters could/would have Casting and Magecraft skills, and then the spell slots,but the spells don't have levels, so would have to figure out ways for that to work.