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Still IMO a valid goal to work toward in one's world/universe building, no? Well, I disagree, but so be it. :) The cynic in me thinks...

Would be, yes. PM me if it's too long to post here.

Amateur! You forgot the most important D. Divide. I want my loot!

I actually liked all that random disease stuff, but then realism in principle and in practice is very important to me. My favorite OSR...

The inclusion of parasites and diseases was, I think, largely to make rooting around in fetid areas more hazardous and-or force more...

That's why in my game, if someone blithely ignores something deadly, they are voluntarily forgoing most of their hit points. That 120...

You can't spell "Ph.D." without "HP".

Some of this looks strikingly familiar! For our 1e-adjacent system: We have body points, rolled in a narrow range determined by...

Well, given that my games have always had training requirements to level up, I'm already well on the way to doing just this. :)

I think you both forgot we're still on Earth, and it doesn't come with fantasy extras. :)

I can confirm this is accurate. My buddy and I both jumped from the roof of a 5 story building. I landed and shrugged, thanks to my...

That first concern is still kinda about hit points, to be fair. The second one is quite valid, which is why training time within the...

Levelling, and specifically how high level characters can take on multiple low level characters at no risk. Levelling, and...

True. That is probably why I'm not a fan of John Wick's fall (end of 3# and in 4) and the falling damage system within D&D.

I suppose one could say it's the opposite of damage-on-a-miss: no-damage-on-a-hit. On a rolled narrow-miss the narration might go...