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I love me some illustrations, but why is the iconic Red Box Red Dragon by Larry Elmore missing here?

I like the idea of coupling this with the old drain in HP maximum. Make the loss of HP maximum and HD permanent (a la level drain) but...

Me too. This works great and is kinda like level drain lite, hitting a sweet spot where it is terrifying without taking away your hard...

I've seen and since used hit dice drain. Target must spend 1 or 2 hit dice. If unable, immidiately reduced to zero hit points. Really...

Yeah, 2 levels on a vampire bite is a lot. I would stick to 1. But the death spiral effect does kind of imitate the feel of level drain...

My fav approach to cantrip limitation is Beyond the Wall: Make spellcasting check when you use a cantrip. If succeed, you cast it fine...

Yeah, I'd say it's over-rated these days. It started getting nerfed hard during the 3.x days, and 5e has basically nerfed it far greater.

Great points. I would say C is about right. It is highly situational and even in those situations it is rarely decisive. What it has...

I guess what I want is that lower-magic old-school vibe without the killer dungeons, quirky subsystems, and having to rely so much on DM...

Which is why official D&D is just a different animal than it once was. You're not going to get an old school feel from it.

The problem for me is that it just doesn't feel like a world in which magic is rare and/or mysterious if all the PCs cast spells...

Yeah. I know what you mean. Not the exact same boat, but a similar one. For me, the OSR was like coming home. I prefer the wing it...

So, this may feel like a strange thread, but I hope people will bear with me. I have been playing and DM'ing "Dungeons & Dragons" since...

I've been doing a lot of reading of the core books and internet forums to consider how best to approach comnbining the things I like...

I think War Machine from the BECMI Companion Set did mass combat about as well as one can expect a tabletop RPG to do it.