Minimal Alternate Playbooks Plus (PBtA)
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Based on the " Minimalist Alternative Dungeon World Playbooks " by Brennan Reece and Jacob Randolph.
Incorporating all of the improvements from Minimal Playbooks Plus and Minimal Compendium Classes ¸ Minimal Alternative Playbooks Plus brings those same improvements to the popular Alternative Dungeon World Classes: The Mage¸ The Priest¸ The Templar¸ and The Artificer.
Why the price? Because this is based heavily off of an existing product¸ (minimalist alternative DW playbooks¸ linked above) I do not wish to harm the sales of that product by undercutting their prices. Just as Minimal Playbooks Plus matched the source material price¸ I'm using the same philosophy here. If you have questions about that¸ please reach out to me! I do plan to make everything based off of freely available information PWYW¸ like the Minimal Compendium Classes and the upcoming GM Minimal Resources.
In addition¸ a percentage of the proceeds are going to the original author¸ Jacob.
2 versions of the playbooks! One goes back to the classic roots of DW¸ the other embraces openness and the creative freedom of players:
- Vanilla Playbooks: While keeping all of the quality of life tweaks (stats¸ XP tracker¸ etc.) these playbooks bring back the name¸ look¸ race¸ alignment¸ and bond suggestions that make DW so "noob-friendly". Perfect for playing with new players.
- Open Playbooks: These go in the completely opposite direction - There are no suggestions whatsoever! Just plenty of blank line space for experienced / creative players to write out their name¸ look¸ drives¸ background¸ flags¸ and bonds (there is an especially large amount of flag and bond space). But of course¸ suggestions are still extremely helpful. That is why I've created and included¸ completely free...
Character Creation Player Handouts! These are meant to be printed¸ double sided¸ then cut in half and passed around. I scoured the DW & RPG community for Name¸ Look¸ Drive¸ Flag¸ Bond¸ and Background suggestions¸ then consolidated them into these handouts! This is somewhat of an experiment¸ so if you use these in conjunction with the open playbooks¸ please please report back to me on the pros¸ cons¸ and any other observations!
INFO
Based on the stellar original "Minimalist Dungeon Playbooks"¸ by Brennan Reece.
An ongoing and continually updated project¸ my goal is to make my ideal format for DW playbooks. Turns out¸ a lot of other people liked it as well!
This is what ideal looks like for me¸ included in these playbooks:
- Minimal Folded Booklets: These are printed on two-sides¸ then folded in half. Saves table space¸ saves paper¸ and saves time by keeping all important info close together!
- Class Headers and Icons
- Compact XP Tracker
- Compact Stat Tracker
- Tons of small Quality of Life Tweaks
- Wizard Spellbook has boxes for both "Learned" and "Prepared"
Please tell me if I've made any mistakes¸ misspellings¸ or worse! I am open to suggestions¸ and am looking to continually improve these playbooks. I would like to make more of these for the multitude of community / alternate classes.