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CSMcFarland reacted to Willie the Duck's post in the thread Resource Management, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying About Rations and Love Mana with
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I think these triangulate a large part of the issue. Generally speaking, running out of rations or lamp oil* is something that typically... -
CSMcFarland reacted to GrimCo's post in the thread Resource Management, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying About Rations and Love Mana with Like.
It depends on the type of game. If the game is about survival in post apocalyptic wasteland where resources in the game world are...
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CSMcFarland reacted to Benjamin Olson's post in the thread Resource Management, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying About Rations and Love Mana with Like.
Not only is the chance of a payoff for all this accounting busy work low, but whatever gameplay fun there is to be had from roleplaying...
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CSMcFarland reacted to Mustrum_Ridcully's post in the thread Draw Steel General Thread [+] with Like.
Warhammer 3E really had a system with basically cooldown markers, 4E just basically used something like I think Magic with...
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CSMcFarland reacted to Eyes of Nine's post in the thread What Non-D&D Would You Use For A Dungeon Focused Campaign with Like.
Also suggest Torchbearer 2e. Cairn (2e), His Majesty the Worm, or deep cut - Swords of Cepheus.
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CSMcFarland replied to the thread Draw Steel General Thread [+].Yes, I did not notice that about the Forge Steel site. Thank you. I feel this is something my players felt was/is missing from D&D 5e...
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The official character sheet has the abilities laid out as cards, clearly intended to be cut out. So, yes, the system definitely...
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CSMcFarland reacted to AdmundfortGeographer's post in the thread Draw Steel General Thread [+] with Like.
One of my players has been printing out the abilities as cards and because his work has a laminator he has laminated every one. He has...
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CSMcFarland reacted to UngainlyTitan's post in the thread Resource Management, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying About Rations and Love Mana with Like.
This and this. A lot of the traditional resources that have to be tracked are stuff that if you do not have then your characters...
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CSMcFarland replied to the thread Draw Steel General Thread [+].Has anyone tried making or using power cards for Draw Steel? The group I have mentioned running Draw Steel for started out on D&D 4e...
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CSMcFarland reacted to AdmundfortGeographer's post in the thread Draw Steel General Thread [+] with Like.
I’m the current dm for our group and we had started a new campaign using 2024 5E, and just completed getting an adventure and got to...
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CSMcFarland reacted to aco175's post in the thread Resource Management, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying About Rations and Love Mana with Like.
I find it varies group by group and a lot on the DM style. I like not worrying about these little things and find that the players just...
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CSMcFarland reacted to GobHag's post in the thread Resource Management, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying About Rations and Love Mana with Like.
(The 'ration' in the title refers to any resources that are more associated and are usually tied to the verisimilitude of the world...
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CSMcFarland replied to the thread Resource Management, or How I Learned To Stop Worrying About Rations and Love Mana.One thing is a resource that is spent to make things happen. Exciting! The other thing is a resource that is spent to not die. Boring!
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CSMcFarland reacted to Olgar Shiverstone's post in the thread D&D General Who put all this Sci-Fi in my soup!? with Like.
First time? OD&D was a gonzo mashup of sci-fi and fantasy. Most of the sci-fi elements weren't purged until 2E (and then returned in...