3D&T

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3D&T is a Brazilian Roleplaying Game, created by Marcelo Cassaro, once editor of a Brazilian magazine about RPGs called Dragão Brasil.

3D&T
Designer	Marcelo Cassaro
Publisher	Trama Editorial
Publication date	unknown
Genre(s)	generic RPG
System	3D&T
the new 4D&T uses the D20 System

[edit] Origin

The name of the game is a pun on the famous "Dungeons & Dragons" or "D&D". The original "D&T" was a satirical RPG about Japanese heroes (Tokusatsu and Anime). "D&T" means "Defensores de Tóquio" which translates to English as "Defenders of Tokyo". It was a major success, being as played as Dungeons & Dragons and Vampire: The Masquerade - favorites among Brazilians. It spawned "AD&T" - as implied by the name, an ADVANCED edition. The name "3D&T" means "Defenders of Tokyo 3rd edition". The major changes between the 3rd edition and the other two is that it is no more a satirical RPG, but a generic one. With its simple rules, 3D&T allows easy access of first timers on the world of RPG. Today, D&T is on its fourth edition - 4D&T.

[edit] Overview

A game aimed at beginners, 3D&T focus on simplicity and not on realism.

As in GURPS, each character is built with a pre-determined number of "points" (typically 5) to distribute between the main stats, magic power and advantages and disadvantages.

There are 5 stats:

• "Força" - Strength (which does not measure the strength of the character, but his/her skill with weapons)
• "Habilidade" - Ability (which measures manual dextery, speed and mental abilities)
• "Resistência" - Resistance (which measures the "health" of the character, and defines its HP)
• "Armadura" - Armor (which measures how well the character can protect him/herself)
• "Poder de Fogo" - Firepower (which measures his/her skills with firearms - throwing daggers and alike included)

The magical powers of characters are defined by "Elemental Paths" ("Caminhos Elementais", in the original), which measure how well the mage can control the elements - there are 6 "Elemental Paths": Fire ("Fogo"), Water ("Água"), Earth ("Terra"), Air ("Ar"), Light ("Luz") and Darkness ("Trevas").

Advantages and disadvantages are special powers which characters can possess; advantages cost points, and disadvantages GIVE more points to spend. Finally, there is also a special kind of advantages, called "skills" ("Perícias"), which are things that your character can do, but with no relation to combat: "Arts", "Animals", "Crime", "Science", "Idiom","Investigation", "Medicine", "Manipulation", "Machine" "Survival" and "Sports".

[edit] External links

• Dragão Brasil - Official website of "Dragão Brasil" magazine (in Portuguese).
• 3D&T Fastplay - Site of "3D&T Fastplay", which contain the basic rules (in Portuguese).