An RPG you can make your own! https://myrpg.ronhelwig.com/ 2026-04-04T19:47:14+00:00 https://myrpg.ronhelwig.com/ https://myrpg.ronhelwig.com/_media/logo.png text/html 2025-07-04T21:20:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://myrpg.ronhelwig.com/design_archive/aspect_rationale Aspect Web Rationale This page documents the reasoning behind replacing traditional skills and saving throws with a system of Aspects, derived from attribute pairings. The Problem with Skills The D&D skill list: * Is rigid and sometimes arbitrary text/html 2025-07-19T17:11:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://myrpg.ronhelwig.com/design_archive/dice_rationale Dice Pool Rationale This archive page preserves the reasoning behind the shift from the traditional d20 system to a d4 dice pool mechanic. Why Not d20? The d20 Test system (used in D&D 5e) is simple and widely recognized, but suffers from: * High variance text/html 2025-07-19T17:47:56+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://myrpg.ronhelwig.com/design_archive/domains_rationale Rationale for Domains When I first started thinking about what I wanted instead of Classes, my conclusion was that a Skill Tree was needed. The player would select a subset of the available root skills, and when advancing their character they would progress along those paths. text/html 2025-07-19T16:41:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://myrpg.ronhelwig.com/design_archive/start Design Archives This section contains pages that hold the thoughts and justifications for design decisions that have been made. Dice Rationale Aspect Web Rationale Domains vs. Skill Tree Rationale