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Yeah, this is the main reason I didn't like the 2nd edition boxed set. It treated the setting like a physical world, not a nightmare...

Yeah, it’s a cool wrinkle to the setting. A lot of my Ravenloft games predated Curse of Strahd so I was stuck tackling the whole...

For what it's worth, the last time I ran Ravenloft as part of Curse of Strahd I played up the unreality of the place and made it more...

For a magic system designed for this purpose, this is certainly something that can be answered. Perhaps combat magic is powered by the...

Well, I mean, I cited the example in part because it effectively is a (mild) sacrifice, but it also functionally costs nothing, and yet...

Actually, yes. Bioware found with Mass Effect, where they pit wqual energy into Paragon and Renegade paths and rewards, almost everyone...

I know you are a strong proponent of the idea that players can be trained into certain behaviours by their experiences and I wonder if...

I wonder a bit if there's also an aesthetic component to this - basic stat boosting items will fit with basically every player's vision...

So, I found my mockup: Your carrying capacity is your Strength score in Zent. A Zent corresponds approximately to 10 pounds / 5...

I would say, for Inventory managment, the system by the Alexandrian - the inventory by Stonehenge 5E Encumbrance by Stone – Part 2: The...

This is generally true, but as the DD example shows it can rely on how strict those requirements are to determine the scale of the...

One of the most compelling inventory management systems I've seen comes in the computer game Darkest Dungeon - for those unfamiliar it's...

Isn't this essentially WHFRP's Fate Points?

Do you know what IMO stands for?

You can argue quite well that this is essentially already what goes on - the PC is hit by a sword, which will normally kill or maim...