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Ramekin? Like what you make creme brulee in?

Well, it is kind of a white room thing. The designers assumed more exploring, and more pressure by the GM. But the typical playstyle...

I usually only make major encounters hard. It's okay for things to be a bit swingy, when the PCs know the fate of the kingdom/universe/...

The game plays better if the DM is ready for the boss to go down quickly sometimes, and if the players are sometimes attacked when they...

I'm going to preface this by saying I loved the SW WEG D6 system, but it's been a darn long time since I've played it and I didn't look...

It matches my experience, and I play with people who have Master's degrees. D&D 5E is, for most people, pretty complex.

GURPS Lite comes in at 32 pages.

Fate Core is a 310 page rulebook. The rules are challenging to teach to new players, investing new player options is difficult, and the...

I would rate Pathfinder 2e is more complex. I would rate GURPS as less complex than 5e.

Aside from the ones in your OP, Trinity Continuum, Fate.

You could have a mechanic where spell casters lose an extra spell slot when they roll a 1 on a spell attack or the enemy rolls a 20 on save.

I think sometime in the 2010s, complexity stopping being a pendulum. We are in a state of permanent diversity.

Focus on positive feedback. If they ask you a direct question about some of their rules, just be honest.

As I’ve mentioned in other posts, I’m a Forever GM who tends to be a “bad player” on the rare occasions I get to play. I don’t...