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Any "in combat" ability that costs Heroic Resources you can use once per "respite" (or again once you gain more Victories). Stuff like...

This is how 13th Age does it, and I get an amazing amount of push back from people who cannot fathom the possibility. Like removing...

You could also make rests a recharging resource based on combat. This is effectively what Draw Steel has done. Gain a spendable...

Then why are you getting involved in a side discussion about the finer points of Apocalypse World?

You also have some like really interesting random tables driving play in the most recent NSR games (I'm thinking like Electric/Mythic...

No, this is bad design. Why wouldn't you need combat to be balanced? That doesn't make any sense. How many of the fights in LotR were...

Reaction tables aren't (in my view) about reducing GM workload in generating content. They're an action resolution tool (if the players...

Just additional point, I think if Micah had said above a different response may have come, but Micah said reducing mechanical workload...

I haven't read Daggerheart, but I am inferring that experiences in Daggerheart are similar to the backgrounds in 13th Age: free...

Thanks. I apologize if I am unable to give proper dedication to your post as you give here to mine, but it's late and I am somewhat...

I am keenly aware that charts have been present prior to contemporary games: Emphasis mine in bold red. (Edit: If you are color blind...

I was honestly surprised to hear that some of the things that I listed were moving away from Micah's preferences, given that he is a...

All Aldarc did was list what he thought made dor what comes through in modern mechanics, as relates to the OP. You then came in with an...

I think it's more than just this: it's also about increasing the proportion of play time spent on the stuff that matters to the...

Respectfully, Micah. My post is not just generalities. My post does list examples. That said, it's not my responsibility to give you...