Open Legend Playtest Series (2nd Session)

Second open beta playtest (first is full) for Open Legend RPG (http://www.openlegendrpg.com)

Rules docs: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XDhMUCwyu4p8sNFN18jboK-KwpIx2sEEhiej9HWmoJ4/edit#

Some features of the system include:

• Instead of dice rolls being gradually undermined by stacked bonuses, rolling lots of dice is part of the fun, gradually enabling your character to make huge total rolls and generally kick ass
• Modularity is a built-in feature of the game system rather than being something that is reserved for the game designers to meticulously dole out and invent over time (e.g. what we've come to expect from D&D)
• Character creation is 100% custom, there are no rigid classes, rather the abilities of each class are feats with prerequisites that can be met and purchased by any character that chooses to invest in those abilities.
• There will be a living database of feats that can be searched, evolved, grow over time, the printed rulebook will be the foundation and public contributions of new feats (all class / racial / inherent abilities are covered)
• Status effects (e.g. a "Cone of Cold" spell that slows it's victims) are part of a separate group of abilities that have a prerequisite. They are similar to spells, but many of them can also be invoked through martial attacks, e.g. "slowed" could also be invoked with an arrow shot to the leg.
• Game will be open source, meant for contributions / discussion / and improvement by the people playing it. It is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) so others could add, modify, and hopefully contribute improvements back to the source.