There are over 19 different occupations and each with its own restrictions, such as age. He or she may hold multiple occupations, but over time. Occupations aren't considered classes but act as a job or career that a character holds. In order to fit the d20 Modern setting, some skills and items are reworded and rebalanced, and both the feats and skills mechanics receive expansions.Īlso included are game statistics for both modern weapons and "archaic" weapons, such as swords, axes, and crossbows. However, through level advancement, he or she replenishes spent action points. As the character spends these points, they're very limited. There's a bit of restriction when and where to use them. Whenever a character spends one action point, the character receives a small boost in his or her skill checks, ability checks, level checks, or saving throws. Actions points are used by characters to affect game play greatly. One of the interesting additions to the system was the action points. Acolyte and Mage because their spell-casting abilities do not fit the GM's hard sci-fi scenario. GMs may also entirely rule out certain classes, e.g. E.g., the advanced classes might require more experience points to acquire, or some might not be available until specific objectives have been reached in the game campaign. Some gamemasters (GMs) may set restrictions on certain advanced classes in their campaign. Dividing experience and character development between too many classes results in breadth at the cost of having weaker abilities in each class. There are no limitations in the rule set as to how many classes a hero may have, but two or three are typical. For instance, a Tough Hero can be an excellent candidate for Bodyguard or Daredevil, but would have more difficulty becoming a Techie or Acolyte.Īt later levels, the player may choose to multi-class their hero for example, a Strong and Dedicated Bodyguard (two basic classes, one advanced), or a Smart Investigator and Field Scientist (one basic, two advanced). There are 14 advanced classes for which a player character may qualify over time:Īdvanced classes can be less or more easily achieved depending on the hero's basic class. Similar to basic classes but with requirements to fulfill. In addition to basic classes, there are also advanced classes. A hero with personal magnetism and a way with words.
Each basic class corresponds to one of the six ability scores in the d20 System. All heroes start with a first-level, basic class. In d20 Modern, each character is referred to as a hero.
They closed out the line in 2006 with another campaign setting, the classic Dark And afterward they extended d20 even further, with the science-fiction d20 Future (2004) and the historical d20 Past (2005).
: 288 Wizards expanded from their work with the game, developing one of d20 Modern's setting into a full sourcebook, the Urban Arcana Campaign Setting (2003). Wizards released d20 Modern in 2002 at the same time the company was revamping its Star Wars role-playing game.