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[PenguinOverlord]

Nonsense. There needs to be an offensive cheesemaker class.

[Tres_Huevos]

I'm kind of with the wet blanket on this. D&D seems like it'd be a big stretch to do justice to DF. I enjoy a good game of D&D, but it just doesn't seem to fit DF well enough. Not without a lot of finagling, and by that point you might be just as well off writing your own system.

[Sizik]

D&D is very simplistic

Uhh... what?

I know D&D has a ton of rules. I mean "simplistic" in the general way things are represented: You have levels, and hit points, and really basic weapon proficiencies instead of skills, and that sort of thing. It's gamey. Not that this is a bad thing, but it strikes me as the complete opposite of something like DF.

Could use FATAL instead. It has hit points for all attackable parts of the body.

[G-Flex]

Sure, but I'd have to burn you in effigy afterwards.

[MrCompassionate]

D&D is very simplistic

Uhh... what?

I know D&D has a ton of rules. I mean "simplistic" in the general way things are represented: You have levels, and hit points, and really basic weapon proficiencies instead of skills, and that sort of thing. It's gamey. Not that this is a bad thing, but it strikes me as the complete opposite of something like DF.

If you're looking for a hardcore, hit location based damage system for 5E here's somebody's homebrew
https://rpggeek.com/thread/649248/hit-location-damage-tables

As for overly complex Dwarf Fortress style mechanics I made this, it might even be a bit too complicated to run at a table.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T_0t5w6pCo7n55BEpyy1PZi1urBY4m7WrR5bM-BPq2k/edit

[Persus13]

That's quite possibly the biggest (longest? lengthiest?) necro I've seen.

[PTTG??]

I've seen worse, but not often on this forum...

As for the classes, I'd make everyone be fighters exactly as listed. Dwarfs aren't stuck in a narrow path; you can give a hammerdwarf a spear and they'll do OK. Simulate that with feats like Weapon Focus and such.

Aside from Fighters, I don't think any classes are thematic to DF as it is. Play with Wizards and Clerics if you want to assume that lore-style magic is in effect, though.

[Vivalas]

Bleh.

When I do DF stuff in RPG games I just use GURPS, because as designed, GURPS is adaptable to damn near everything and in-depth too.

^{Okay sorry I'll leave now}

[PTTG??]

I was going to mention GURPS, but I figured it was pretty low odds anyone had heard of it.

[Rince Wind]

I would think most people who play RPGs have heard of it, but hardly anyone plays it.

[PTTG??]

I recommend it in general. Here's the rules:

- Average people have 10 in each stat (Strength, Health, Dexterity, and Intelligence).
- Roll three dice and try to roll under the relevant stat to succeed.
- Add to your stat if there's good conditions, subtract from your stat if there's bad conditions.

I mean there's some more rules if you really want to simulate things, but that's GURPS.