BlockDodgeParry (BDDP) is a ruleset designed for tabletop role-playing games featuring combat
systems inspired by Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup's Drowzil'Imperium, with focus on tactical decision
making during fights while maintaining simplicity and ease of play. It includes several new
mechanics such as the "Time" system to handle skill checks without requiring an exhaustive list of
skills for characters; a flexible framework called Fantasy Species that allows players to create
non-human creatures based upon their background history; Social Conflict, which replaces physical
combat with tense negotiations instead using dice rolls and prompts from NPCs in locations. It also
has optional rules such as Location-based critical damage system for impactful blows during battles
and Weapons mechanic where characters can choose one of three types of weapons to use that have
different special properties depending on the character's mastery level, which is acquired through
studying or finding trainers rather than randomly rolling dice like other games' skill systems.
There are also 16 careers with detailed descriptions related skills such as 97 magic-based abilities
and a system for learning new skills by training in various areas of expertise including
"Careers," a freeform magic system inspired from GLOG, where players can freely sculpt energy to
affect reality or use their powers offensively against enemies using the
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