Systems Reference Document 5.1

Comparisons

vs D&D

  • lacks "flavor" elements
    • no named gods, none of the spells have significant NPC names, there's no mention of Greyhawk or other copyrighted works by WotC
      • "Mordenkainen's Sword" becomes "Mage's Sword"
  • no rules for character creation, for advancing characters in level, calculating experience, or anything else related to the topics forbidden by the d20 System License
  • does not include "certain monsters - most notably Illithids (Mind Flayers) and Beholders" 1
  • "default setting... is a simplified version of the Greyhawk campaign setting"

References


Footnotes

  1. https://rpgresearch.fandom.com/wiki/System_Reference_Document˄