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Weapon damage dice is outmoded; it works with 1-minute melee rounds, but not with 6-second ones. Let it be a judgement call.

G = Try to win. S = Fit in with the game world. N = Show what you'd do in a moral dilemma.

1. The game must push the PCs so that players have to really wonder if now is the time to spend prowess points. 2. Thus recovery of PP should be a big deal. 3. How do the PCs change? (It should be tied into their decision making, so probably based on how they spend their PP.) You might want to...

What matters are the choices that the players make. So what do the rules 1. force choices for the players to make? 2. ask choices that the player may or may not make 3. suggest 4. ask the DM to force/ask/suggest choices It's complicated; something like 5e would have different answers if the...

I've found that, with written rules, players focus on the text; with rulings, players focus on the game world.

You could try Dungeons & Dragons.

I definitely used AD&D for inspiration for my morale system. One important thing to note is that the result of a failed morale check is that the NPCs need to change tactics; it doesn't necessarily mean surrender or retreat. There were a few design notes I wanted to hit: 1. Act as a flag for...

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SQL would be better than Excel, but you could probably do it like this: Data Sheet Column A: A list of all people, places, or things. e.g. A1: Rufus A2: Fletch A3: Belsornig Column B: An id value. Unique numbers, starting at 1 with an increment of 1. You can write a formula for this; enter B1...

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Adding on: An evil or mischievous faerie started the whole thing to remove the queen from power. Finds the vats, breaks the seals and lets nature take its course; then complains about it to the queen. Or maybe the evil instigator isn't a faerie at all but someone who wanted the queen removed...

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I would focus on the decisions you want the players to make. Something like this: 1. [long-term] Players choose a route based on campaign specifics and PC builds; 2. [short-term] the features of the site that they want (or not, if they don't care); 3. [short-term] how long they're willing to...

One full day of rest, not just the overnight rest. You can't get back your daily powers either. The real key to this is to make sure that time is part of the game's economy.

Okay, so what's your thinking? It would seem obvious that, if the rules force the spotlight onto certain characters, the rules would affect spotlight balance in some way.