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From the tabletop madness of DM SCOTTY crawls EZD6!

A rules-light D6 RPG system that puts creativity over complexity, but delivers a suprising amount of variation and mechanical wiggle. 

Hey guys it's Hankerin from Runehammer. I have been in the DM Scotty cult for years. He's a great guy, and has a trillion hours at the table. All that creativity and table time really shines in this core book. You can just feel the Scotty-ness. So when this project came across my anvil, I had to throw down my best efforts!

That's when I found Sean Bova, who arted this book with such brilliance. 

Here's what you can expect:

-EZD6 Core rules: D6 dice pooling with a few key innovations like boons and banes, strikes instead of hit points and variable damage, and a fun player micro-resource called karma.

-9 Hero Paths: Scotty cooks the classics with his own spices. Each hero path is nicely separate from the next, with key roles to give you that MVP feeling in your group.

-20 classic monsters, 20 crazy ones: This is my favorite section of the book. Placing emphasis on a monster's narrative specialities, rather than numeric, seems too open-ended, but these horrors just nail it. The entries are tight enough to play cold, but weird enough to mod and enjoy from memory. 

-Tables: No RPG is complete without random ways to select baddies, treasures, NPC names, lair details, story twists, and more. We got those covered.

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To find out more, chase down DM Scotty on YouTube, Patreon, and Discord

Then there's me.. Runehammer.

I can't wait for y'all to dive in to EZD6. Now go forth and roll!

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A Note on EZD6 by Professor Dungeonmaster of Dungeoncraft...

The vermin stepped through a hole in the basement wall, skulking and sniffing. I leaped out and buried my axe in one’s skull. The thief skewered another from behind. The mage torched another, filling the air with the smell of burning rat hair…

That’s how I met DM Scotty. I had seen him, of course, on the DM’s craft, making purple worms out of toilet paper rolls and dungeonscapes out of corrugated cardboard. His YouTube channel, The DM’s Craft, was (and still is!) one of the inspirations for my own, and when he invited me to game with him over Zoom, I jumped at the chance—not just because he’s one of my YouTube idols, but because he was going to run his top-secret EZD6 system.

Some folks say you shouldn’t meet your idols—that it’s often a disappointing experience. But Scotty was just as enthusiastic and gregarious as he is onscreen, and EZD6 was even cooler than I could have imagined! When I received the beta rules, I was blown away. Within 10 minutes I completely understood the system and created a completely original, detailed character. Pretty soon my playtest group were furiously hacking our way through a sewer filled with rat men.   

EZD6 is immediately understandable to experienced gamers and accessible to new ones. You never need to stop to look up rules—everything is right there on your character sheet. Spells can be created on the spot. Karma and hero dice allow players lots of choices. Exploding dice mean you can potentially kill anything—and monsters can kill you.

To my mind, the fast, elegant EZd6 rules allow the game to be more immersive and intuitive—more like watching a movie than playing a TTRPG. So, grab a handful of d6s and let the fun begin!

                                                                                 --Professor DungeonMaster




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Panos G March 21, 2023 10:10 pm UTC
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Hi! Is there anyway we can play a monk in the current version of the game? Is the class going to be supplemented maybe in the future? Thanks a lot in regards from a fellow terrain goblin
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Scotty M March 22, 2023 12:05 am UTC
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I have a 'Monastic' pinned on my Discord server: https://discord.gg/hFaAjCSfMs
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Michael P March 04, 2023 12:10 am UTC
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Just one bit of feedback: you should put a blank page after the cover page on the pdf. I was able to do this myself with an editor. It fixes the page layout so the page numbers are on the outside edge when you're in 2 page view.

Otherwise it looks really fun! Can't wait to run a campaign with my group!
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Pesto P February 19, 2023 7:36 pm UTC
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I have not gotten a chance to read the book yet, however right from the start I have one issue.
The PDF does not have bookmarks, removing the biggest advantage digital has over physical.
So please for version 1.1 add them.
Thanks :)
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Twin S February 10, 2023 10:29 pm UTC
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I watched your videos about the system, and you said you've adjusted Precognition to have more limits, but I haven't been able to find any errata on that her or in the Discord. Do you have a central location for these types of updates?
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Scotty M February 10, 2023 11:48 pm UTC
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Update:
Can I use the Seer’s precognition
ability in combat?
No. Seer precognition only works if
you’re trying to avoid combat. You
need to maintain a calm mind to use
precognition. Inflicting intentional
violence prevents that calmness of
mind
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David M January 31, 2023 12:53 am UTC
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You can now join the EZD6 Facebook group
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Regényi M January 28, 2023 12:31 pm UTC
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In the pdf there is a picture of Cthulhu with a steam boat. Could ou please change it to a more fantasy picture! I really like Lovecraft, but here it is distracting. Thank you!
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Christopher B January 25, 2023 3:12 am UTC
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does this game support other settings other than fantasy? Are there rules for guns and modern weapons?
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Scotty M January 25, 2023 6:27 am UTC
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Not at the moment but in the future. The game is actually very easy to hack.
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Christopher B January 25, 2023 4:20 pm UTC
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I went ahead and purchased my copy and boy am I glad I did! Great Job! I really like the simple rules and easy character creation. I'm looking forward to playing this with my 12-year-old son who plays RPGs with me and my group. Thanks Again!
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Scotty M January 25, 2023 10:25 pm UTC
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Have fun making great memories with your son, and thanks for the support.
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Scotty M January 23, 2023 1:31 pm UTC
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Join the EZD6 discord:
https://discord.gg/hFaAjCSfMs
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Zenith C January 09, 2023 7:43 pm UTC
Does this have a Creative Commons or some sort of Open License? Very curious, in these dark times to be sure. :)
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Scotty M January 09, 2023 8:54 pm UTC
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Brandish and I at Runehammer are working on a couple more books then we fully plan to have an EZD6 OGL. When we do, there will be no foolishness that is plaguing other creators at the moment.
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Boo L January 14, 2023 10:31 pm UTC
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Is there any sort of subscriber list that will be alerted when an EZD6 OGL is finished?
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Scotty M January 25, 2023 6:50 am UTC
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Not at the moment
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Vladius M January 07, 2023 12:56 pm UTC
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I'm a little frustrated with this. For the cost and the page count, there isn't very much here. I feel like the people talking this up so much are just unfamiliar with the concept of a rules light game. I don't think there's a single original mechanic in here, which is fine, but I don't know why I paid 12.50 for an oversimplified d6 system, advantage and disadvantage, luck points, and most of the rules being replaced with "make it up yourself." The monsters and magic items are neat but not worth it.

I have to disclose that as a publisher I can't write an actual review and that this product is somewhat similar to mine and goes in a lot of the same directions. With that bias aside, I'm still disappointed.
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Scotty M January 07, 2023 2:05 pm UTC
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I will not try to talk you out of your opinion. I find this game runs incredibly well at my table, and many others have had the same experience. It is not the individual ingredients in the recipe but the whole dish that counts. And, of course, at this point, there are very few games out there that have mechanics not inspired by others unless they are really abstract.

Quick question, what is your game system?
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Fredrick R January 06, 2023 6:49 am UTC
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Not part of the OGL
Scotty you should market it that way
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Scotty M January 06, 2023 7:48 am UTC
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We plan to in the future.
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Scotty M January 05, 2023 4:43 am UTC
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This video does a great job of showing how approachable EZD6 is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIKWbOYsdH4&t=212s
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Shogen J December 20, 2022 3:19 pm UTC
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Wall of text. I want to like this game and throw it down on the table for a quick fun time, but the wall of text formatting is a real problem. Why the rules of the game can't get the same treatment as the classes of the game I just do not know. ICRPG is much better by contrast with different headings, bullet points, fonts, and even illustrations that help the rules stand out to you. Granted it's not that much information to absorb, but when I look at the rules I don't get excited like I should and instead feel tired daunted and bored. There is a good game there, I would just have to yawn my way through learning it and getting to the table, and I have so many (read most) games that don't make me do that to run them. The game definitely needs a second edition or revision to improve the formatting and layout to make the game rules easier to adopt and to get rid of these large double paragraph pages one after another after another. We need an EZ book EZD6 instead of Wall of Text Boring Book D6
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Patrick S December 22, 2022 3:00 pm UTC
I just want to be sure what this rambling means ... you're writing about a wall of text like this comment, right?
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Richard L December 08, 2022 3:57 am UTC
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I hope you publish a campaign soon!!
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Scotty M December 08, 2022 4:08 am UTC
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Your wish is about to be answered. Should be early 2023.
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Scotty M November 15, 2022 1:58 am UTC
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Want more EZD6 or have a question? Check out the Discord: https://discord.gg/hFaAjCSfMs
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