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[[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]
{{quote|''"Might as well say it now. Dragonraid was an RPG put together by a Christian publisher in the early 80s', intended to provide an holy alternative to horrible Satanic games like '''[[Dungeons & Dragons|Toon]], [[Dungeons & Dragons|Traveller]],''' and, worst of all, the abominable creation known as '''[[Bunnies and Burrows]]'''."''
|'''[http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/reviews/rev_3828.html Pieter van Hiel]'''}}
''[[DragonRaid]]'' came out in 1984, in the thick of both mainstream and conservative-Christian opposition to ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''; it was [[The Moral Substitute]] at a time when the need for a substitute was deeply felt. And, indeed, almost every aspect of'' DragonRaid'' seems to be a direct response to some misconception about ''D&D''.
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Gameplay is extremely simple, and all player rolls can be done with a single d10. Skill checks are rolled as percentiles against difficulty. Attack and defense rolls have only one modifier each: Weapon Ability and Shield of Faith, respectively. Every weapon does either 1-5 or 1-10 damage.
For the curious, "archival" PDFs of the core books are available [https://web.archive.org/web/20130225022100/http://bartelsmr.bravepages.com/htm/draid.htm here], and some proposed second-edition rules can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20140406212150/http://www.dragonraid.net/web/dr2nded/ at the official site].
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* [[Prestige Class]]: In a sense, ''every'' class is a prestige class. All of the "special character roles" have fairly high stat requirements, which most characters can't meet starting out, but are expected to qualify for later.
* [[Railroading]]: Actively encouraged in the Adventure Master manual.
* [[Vaporware]]: The "second edition" (actually a non-obsoleting supplemental rule book) was announced [https://web.archive.org/web/20130223083659/http://freegroups.net/groups/dragonraid/0::3004read.html
* [[We Will Use Wiki Words in the Future]]: StarLot. WordRune. LightRaider. TwiceBorn. EdenAgain. ''DragonRaid'' itself. Typing this page was a RealPain.
* [[Wretched Hive]]: The Dragon Lands.
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