Editing The-Boring-Hack (section)

== What is this? Why?[[#whats-this| ]] ==

The Boring Hack (TBH) is a traditional tabletop roleplaying game, played with paper, pencils and dice - it uses that Original 1970s Fantasy Roleplaying Game as a base. But it adds and takes away elements to make it a distinct streamlined flavour of the original roleplaying game.

=== So: why? ===

The design intent is to evoke the novels of H.Rider Haggard, A.Conan Doyle, Fritz Lieber, R.E. Howard, and Talbot Mundy: low or no magic, adventurous action, without the bits of high fantasy that I feel detract and distract from the drama of characters taking real risks.

=== And: what's different about ''this'' exactly? ===

* magic is OPTIONAL (liking the drama of adventure without instahealing or easy kills)
* if you do magic, anyone can use it, and there are no spell slots (don't liking special spellcasting classes or slots-by-level)
* Hit Dice are MENTAL (HEAD dice) and PHYSICAL (BODY dice) to represent effectiveness and resistance (liking Warriors who are sturdy and dangerous, but not so bright or sociable; Experts who are less sturdy but more charismatic and clever)
* Armor can block damage, but it can get broken (liking frangible protection)
* retaining d20 to-hit and to-avoid saves from Black Hack (because liking dodecahedra rolls)


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