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I would say, for Inventory managment, the system by the Alexandrian - the inventory by Stonehenge 5E Encumbrance by Stone – Part 2: The...
Yesterday at 5:01 PM
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Weapons should break left and right
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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...
Yesterday at 2:20 PM
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Weapons should break left and right
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One of the most compelling inventory management systems I've seen comes in the computer game Darkest Dungeon - for those unfamiliar it's...
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Dumb Idea: Hit Points As Ablative Plot Armor That Doesn't Regenerate
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Isn't this essentially WHFRP's Fate Points?
Thursday at 6:00 AM
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Hit Points are a great mechanic
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Do you know what IMO stands for?
Sep 26, 2025
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Hit points as luck
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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...
Sep 12, 2025
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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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In the same way that overland travel, time spend socialising and so on do not happen in initiative order, we just recognise that the...
Sep 4, 2025
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Yes, absolutely - and that narratively powerful entities would often still be modeled with a single hitpoint Oh, my 1st level commoner...
Sep 4, 2025
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The Player's Quantum Ogre: Warlock Pacts
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Which patron mechanics specifically?
Sep 4, 2025
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[rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting.
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Right, the alternative way to look at this is that most things should be minions and that having hit points is the unusual factor. Take...
Sep 4, 2025
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Given I'm specifically talking about hit points here, that's kind of a nonsensical ask. The whole point with talking mooks is mostly...
Sep 4, 2025
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I'm interested - let's say I come up with a new class, in which I splice the Sorcerer's narrative (which is barely linked to it's...
Sep 4, 2025
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6E But A + Thread
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While I think your overall point is fine, it's worth considering confounding factors with this - a typical MMO player will probably be...
Sep 1, 2025
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The Great Railroad Thread
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I think it could be done with 3e era psionics, something like this
Aug 25, 2025
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I think that's basically the point - a TPK doesn't have to kill a campaign - there are lots of plausible outs for this that let a game...
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