Classless d20

[Shinizak]

I wanna play d&d (or the d20 system I guess) with the classes and levels pulled off so everyone can play what they want. I'm willing to do it myself, but If it's done already I'd prefer not to waste my time.

So, does this exist?

[JoeJ]

I wanna play d&d (or the d20 system I guess) with the classes and levels pulled off so everyone can play what they want. I'm willing to do it myself, but If it's done already I'd prefer not to waste my time.

So, does this exist?

It's not D&D type fantasy, but Mutants & Masterminds is a d20 game without classses or levels.

[Berenger]

I know of this "Customized" class for d20 Modern. It's obviously a class, but you can design your own class with a point budget at game start.

[paladinn]

I would suggest looking at the D20 version of Call of Cthulhu. It's classless, but uses the same model of feat, abilities, etc. And supposedly you can use CoC characters in D&D 3x settings.

[gijoemike]

Not exactly what you want but it was close. Back in 2005 there was a sword and sorcery game called Blue Rose that was built on True 20.

There were 3 generic classes. One was skills user, one was magic user, the other was fighter. Fighters got HP, all the feats, and was fantastic at combat. It was paladin, ranger, fighter, barbarian, tipper, exotic weapons guy, knight, crusader, defender all rolled into one. Skills guy was rogue/bard/ninja/face man/puzzle solver all rolled into one. Skills users found the traps, solved the puzzles, followed the tracks, made deductions, and were decent in combat. Magic user was cleric, sorc, wizard, healer, physic, oracle all rolled into one. Spells of all kinds, choose what you wanted. Low hp and sucked at combat unless using spells.

As a player you choose the most generic path or kit and that was what you did. You had wide swaths of options. I only played a short campaign in it and I am not 100% certain what was Blue Rose and what was True20. But it was really really generic and it had a TON of d20 concepts in it. I think there were feats and powers every level.

[Mastikator]

Apparently this thing exists. 5e Freeform, no classes or levels. You just buy the features and what not directly with EXP. Obviously it's way easier to make a mega-OP character in this system than in regular 5e so you may (as a DM) have to tell some power gamer players the ol' "no" during creation.

[paladinn]

Apparently this thing exists. 5e Freeform, no classes or levels. You just buy the features and what not directly with EXP. Obviously it's way easier to make a mega-OP character in this system than in regular 5e so you may (as a DM) have to tell some power gamer players the ol' "no" during creation.

I thought the OP asked for D20, but I guess it can be adapted?

[Vykryl]

There is a classless 5e on dmsguild that looks interesting. Haven't utilized it yet myself

[Sparx MacGyver]

There is a D20 system option called Buy the Numbers. It's for D&D 3/3.5, but I've also used it for pretty much any similar system (Pathfinder, Star Wars Saga Edition). Basically players earn exp, and spend it to improve characters.

[Fable Wright]

I wanna play d&d (or the d20 system I guess) with the classes and levels pulled off so everyone can play what they want. I'm willing to do it myself, but If it's done already I'd prefer not to waste my time.

So, does this exist?

What d20 experience do you want?

If you want 'huge numbers with a d20 roll and a variety of confounding powers' as per D&D 3.5-era, Mutants and Masterminds is a pretty good system for what you're looking for, complete with the fact that a Power Level jump is as big as a level jump in that era, despite not being flavored for medieval fantasy by default.

Call of Cthulhu is technically d20, but it's really not playing to the traditional 'grow expotentially powerful in a fantastical environment' type fantasy.

Other suggestions in the thread, I haven't heard of. If you're looking for a dungeon crawl game and aren't married to the d20, though, there's a vast array of options out there.

[paladinn]

There is a D20 system option called Buy the Numbers. It's for D&D 3/3.5, but I've also used it for pretty much any similar system (Pathfinder, Star Wars Saga Edition). Basically players earn exp, and spend it to improve characters.

Just downloaded it.. looks interesting! How does it play out? It looks like it would add a lot of complexity; and some of the reviews were a bit critical.