Editing Lamentations of the Flame Princess (section)

== Some Notes on the System ==
As mentioned above, LotFP is a pretty straightforward clone of [[Tom Moldvay]]'s [[Basic Dungeons & Dragons|1981 B/X D&D]]. With the following differences:

* Higher AC is better like in 3e+.
* Only the Fighter class gets an improved attack bonus.
* The <strike>Thief</strike>[[Rogue]] class is merged with the [[Expert]] into the Specialist class.
* The encumbrance system is based on item slots. You gain one point of encumbrance for each different item you carry, and past a certain threshold your movement rate is reduced.

Specialist skills are streamlined as a "roll 1d6 under your score" system. Except for ''Open Doors'' and ''Languages'', which are modified by Strength and Intelligence respectively, everyone has a score of 1 in all Specialist skills, and only the Specialist class can gain skill points when leveling up. This has the advantage of clarifying what happen when a non-Specialist attempt to use a Specialist skill (they probably fail).

These updates parallel updates current in many d20 household rules over the 2000s if not in core d20 itself, so do not feature in most critiques of the system. Just so we all have our eye on the ball here.