# Welcome to My RPG Design Project

This site explores a new way to **create, manage, curate, and play** tabletop RPGs like *Dungeons & Dragons*—but without the baggage of legacy systems.

I’ve spent years imagining something more flexible, modular, and digital-native. Here, I document that evolving vision.

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## 🔥 What’s the Big Idea?

**D&D encourages homebrewing—but only within narrow limits.**  
What if we tore down those limits entirely?

- **No fixed classes** — Players build archetypes organically from a modular skill tree.  
- **No rigid race lists** — Create species collaboratively with your DM.  
- **No baked-in lore** — Languages, gods, and factions belong to the *setting*, not the *system*.  
- **No one-size-fits-all ruleset** — GMs curate what works for *their* table.

With modern tools, even radical flexibility becomes manageable.

 > _Think “GitHub for RPGs”—but simpler._

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## 🧠 Guiding Principles

The system I’m building is shaped by some key beliefs:

- **Modularity First** – Core rules are minimal. Everything else is optional and overrideable.  
- **Lore-Free Core** – Mechanics are cleanly separated from setting.  
- **Digital + Physical** – Great tools for online play *and* for print-at-table.  
- **Curated Systems** – GMs craft their own rulesets by picking, pruning, and extending modules.  
- **Player-Friendly** – Visual cards, simple mechanics, and a smooth learning curve.

See the full list of [Design Principles →](principles)

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## 🧰 Current Goals & Resources

### 🔧 Active Design Areas

- [Research Tasks](research_todo) — Open questions and inspirations  
- [Design Archives](design_archive:start) — Notes on past decisions and iterations  
- [System Technical Vision](system:start) — Plans for a digital rule curation system

### ✅ Todo Lists

- [Other Tasks](other_todo)  
- [Configuration/Website Tasks](config_todo)  

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## 📄 Paper-Friendly Tools

- **Character Sheet:** A5 (landscape) – universal layout, no per-character clutter  
- **Feature/Spell Cards:** A6 (portrait) – modular abilities and traits

This layout supports both digital and printed play, empowering players to only carry what they use.

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## 📌 Why Ditch Classes?

D&D’s class system was elegant in the 1970s. But today?

- It **locks players into archetypes** that often don’t fit modern playstyles.  
- It **requires endless subclasses** just to keep up with creative players.  
- It **struggles with edge cases** (like the infamous *Ranger*).

Other systems (like GURPS or Daggerheart) explore alternatives—but none have nailed it *and* stayed accessible. That’s what I aim to fix.

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## 🚧 What’s Next?

This site is a work in progress. As I continue to define the system, the following will grow:

- A complete curated example ruleset  
- Printable materials for tables  
- A prototype of the digital curation interface  
- Example curated worlds and modules

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## 🌱 Want to Explore?

Start here:

- [Design Principles](principles)  
- [Design Archives](design_archive:start)  
- [Research Tasks](research_todo)  

Or dig into [System Technical Vision & Plans →](system:start)