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I have an 8 year old and an 11 year old, and Shadowdark is their favorite system among those they've tried, including D&D.

I did. The Sentinel class from Shadows of Empire was specifically designed to handle Witchunter character concepts, among others.

Were is key word there. They aren't written like that as a matter course any more. I see no reaosn to priviledge modules from the early...

It's not really deadly. I'd probably call it unforgiving.

No, that's a bit of a canard. The goal of a tournament design in player enagement. It makes sense to ratchet up tension before killing...

I think not ratcheting tension before you spring a deadly whatsit seems like a missed opportunity. 🤷‍♂️

Tomb of the Serpent Kings does a good job of slowly ratcheting up the danger, while telegraphing that there will be deadly traps ahead.

AetherDark has a website, and quickstart rules. https://aetherdark.com/aetherdark_quickstart.pdf https://aetherdark.com/

Gary has his own thing, i get that. I'll stand by my general statement though. Killer stuff should be buried at least 20 minutes in.

Having killer stuff in the first minutes of play is just poor design for a tournament adventure.

The exact opposite of what the impulse should be for a con game. DMs should be giving more latitude in general in those cases, not less...

Last time I ran a game for kids under 12 they both said at one point they were trying to get their PCs killed. Understand that it was...

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Perpetually insisting that Shadowdark and OSR games MUST be played as ultra lethal misery tourism is just as tired though. We all love...

Advice: be easy on them. Have 0HP mean "knocked out" or "captured by the baddies" not dead as a doornail.