Which D&D Edition Is This Game Based On?

[Reposter]

Hi guys, Its been a while since I played tabletop D&D but I was wondering which edition is Deadfire based on?

[pstone]

Pillars of Eternity doesn't use the D&D ruleset (nor any of the D&D settings). But if you are familiar with D&D, you will probably feel at home fast with the Pillars ruleset.

Edited May 8, 2018 by pstone

[Yosharian]

Cornholio Edition

[Wormerine]

PoE1 is inspired by Infinity Games, which were isometric real time interpretations of 2nd and 3nd D&D.

 

However, Deadfire uses its own ruleset, adjusted to be better suited to cRPG. A lot of mechanics should be familiar, but how they work and are calculated will be different. Especially in Deadfire, which rather than “inspired by Infinity Games” I would describe as a “sequel improving upon a game which was inspired by IE games”.

[Reposter]

Ok, thanks for the info. Does the Steam version come with a game manual explaining the rules? Or is there some other wiki or website that explains Deadfire's rule set?

[robovoid_dev]

None

[Sedrefilos]

Here https://pillarsofeternity.gamepedia.com/Official_Pillars_of_Eternity_Wiki

Although  its easier to google first then come to forums. Also the manual is not needed that much since the game has tutorials and tooltips. In addition, Youtube provides a plethora of videos explaining mechanics and everything else.

 

Welcome to 2018 friend!

[Ganrich]

In game certain keywords will have hyperlinks to explain things as well, and this shoupd cover most game mechanics. There is a good bit of the hyperlink stuff in the character creation.

[master guardian]

i wish

[JerekKruger]

I believe it's based on D&D8.5 but I might be mistaken.