The Gaming Den

My impression's that most of the discussion and homebrew work by this community involves the d20 system, but the Den has nothing against homebrew material for other rpg products & original systems. That about right?

From a purely mechanical view, stats in a traditional RPG system have two vital roles in the game's design. First, they encourage the player to focus on certain packages of abilities (someone with a high Strength has more reason to take ranks in Jump and wield a greatsword with the Power Attack feat...