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Chromatic Dungeons is an OSR clone meant to emulate the feel of the 70s/80s era gaming experience while applying modern sensibilities and game design philosophies.  These include:

  • Streamlined and fast play
  • empowerment for rulings over getting stuck on rules (do what your table wants to do)
  • mechanically lethal system encouraging creative problem solving  
  • Ancestries and customizable heritages offer flexibility and get out of worn out racial stereotypes
  • Inclusive representation. 
  • Ascending AC and intuitive ability check mechanic. 
  • Easily compatible with adventures from the 70s/80s with minimal conversion needed.
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Ja D December 18, 2022 8:03 am UTC
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What is the difference between the 0422 PDF and the open dis PDF? I see one is about 70 pages longer but the page numbers don't line up so it's difficult to parse exactly what's different.
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Roderic W December 23, 2022 4:41 pm UTC
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The font is different. the open dis PDF is using the Open Disability font, which many have said is much easier to read for those with visual impairments or dyslexia.
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Ja D January 13, 2023 10:16 am UTC
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Ah, thanks!
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Pietro D December 09, 2022 9:30 am UTC
Hi, i'm curious about this product. Just some fast question, The POD is updated as the PDF? Any chance of a Softcover version? Any future updatescompanionsrevisionsGM screen :) Thanks
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Andrew S November 29, 2022 8:50 pm UTC
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Bought this book several days ago and a few things have made me raise an eyebrow:

Noticed there is no ROF for ranged weapons. Debating on using the rates from AD&D 1E but not sure if ROF was intentionally omitted or if it was an oversight.

Having Fey and Fairie as separate heritage traits seems redundant and I’m trying to figure out how to explain the separation to my players.

Many, many of the spells that have a Material component do not say what the component is in the spell description.

Lastly, the Subterranean ancestry grants Darkvision even though I don’t see any mention of Darkvision elsewhere in the book. Guessing that should have been changed to Infravision.
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Jose M October 13, 2022 2:50 am UTC
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hey, I really like chromatic dungeons but I run most of my games online, are there any plans for a roll20 sheet or any vtt support?
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Jeff S April 21, 2022 1:04 pm UTC
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Really enjoying my read through of this, seems like an excellent modernization of classic D&D. One issue: gnomes get 5% magic resistance, which has a reference to the How to Play section, but the actual mechanics for magic resistance aren't there. It is described in the Bestiary section though.
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Timothy Peter F November 30, 2021 7:55 am UTC
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Hi. I finally bought all three books and it looks like a very nice game!
I did however notice a couple of small errors.
1) On page 21, it says, "To be frank, there is no justifiable reason why there where would be those two mixed ancestries but no other mixed ancestry." Change to: "why there where would be" to "why there would be"
2) On page 328, the index refers to 3 kinds of men (Man, bandit; Man, berserker; Man, commoner). For this game, they should be listed as "Human, bandit; Human, berserker; Human, commoner."
3) Also, the unarmed weapon damage is listed for only a few Humanoids. I think 5E has a rule of 1 damage + Constitution Bonus - which I might go with for Humans. But... the Kobold has 1d4 and others others have their non-weapon damage listed, but not humans. What is the rule for that in Chromatic Dungeons? There are grapple rules, but what about a punch? At least by listing it in the Monster encounters, the DM might have something to...See more
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Timothy Peter F December 13, 2021 2:06 pm UTC
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Basic Fantasy does 1d3 for unarmed punching, and something like 1d4 for a kick, but a kick has a negative to hit....
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Nikolaos K October 11, 2021 12:54 pm UTC
Will a POD option become available anytime soon?
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Roderic W October 22, 2021 2:29 pm UTC
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Yes. Just waiting on a final round of editing/errata. PDF buyers will get a link for the updated version right away, since those are easily replaceable at no additional cost. Replacing books is much harder, and thus it was decided to wait on print copies until the final round was completed. Note, none of the rules are changing, and the game is completely playable in its current form. Just a few minor grammar errors and things like that discovered after it was sent off to fix. I am hoping to have this done by the end of the year, but of course it depends on how fast the editors get back. Sadly, that's the case with every RPG book---there are always minor clarifications and errata that were done as when you get a very large player base looking at it as opposed to a small group prior to publication, you always find additional minor things here and there.
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Andrew M October 01, 2021 9:36 pm UTC
Preview please!
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Roderic W November 02, 2021 2:25 pm UTC
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Unfortunately, since the file is a zip file (pdf and RTF versions), the software doesn't allow a preview. You can see plenty of preview images at www.izegrimcreations.com
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Andrew M November 03, 2021 1:07 am UTC
Thanks a bunch! Will check it out.
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