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Aren't these "skill hit points" then? The very thing you are arguing against?

Dammit. He's getting into my brain. I resisted the original KS, but he is selling me...

Then why do HP go up with level?

Definitely. I've run multiple adventures using maps from Dyson and others where a tunnel or sub-section of a dungeon level is hidden...

Or discovering the back of a secret door. Not all secret doors are secret from both sides.

Is this the first book that is going to join the million dollar club before it even funds?

Agreed. And even with their realistic goal of 1.25 million they’re probably going to hit it by the end of the day.

I will say this: it is refreshing the way MCDM does realistic funding goals, rather than chasing the "funded in 30 seconds" nonsense...

Another good one is having the bodies of guards or whatever the PCs have already killed disappear, with the only clue being a drag mark...

Clues to secret doors come in different forms; leaving them open is a clue and it also makes the dungeon seem alive, so to speak. I...

Yeah. I also like the device of having a trap or secret door early in the dungeon left open/fired, maybe with a body lying in it, as a...

Personally, I think the best way for PCs to know to look for/find secret doors is to have enemies (or allies) use them when appropriate.

Obviously we disagree. I don't think there is anything wrong with broadly applicable abstractions like Hit Points and Armor Class, but...

And this is why HP are not a sim tool: they change what they represent from moment to moment, monster to monster, encounter to...

I really like rolemaster. The Arms Law stuff is not that big a problem if you photocopy (or these days simply print) the tables the...