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I'm not caught up on the whole thread and someone else might have mentioned it, but I'm now a huge fan of Doom Points from Tales of the...

This seems like a good modification to LR because it makes burning LR useful even if the boss goes down from hp damage. Right now it can...

The only problem I see with stuff like this is that it just adds another ablative shield the PCs have to exhaust. So instead of just...

If you keep pushing the same button I just can't see it as clever. And I'd rather change the rules to suit the table.

This perfectly describes my upcoming ruleset, Oubliettes & Otyughs. I'll be self-publishing it in the next 2 to 40 years, so keep a lookout.

It stops being creative when they do it every time, which there is very little reason not to do.

Sometimes I wish I could do that. One-sided "PCs stomps the monsters" fights that aren't supposed to be that way by setting logic drive...

It's fine, but one thing to consider is that I don't think the GM is a performer there to entertain the players. The GM is a...

Not sure how much of a difference that makes. IMO, if the GM is unhappy you're not going to have a great game.

Nor mine.

You had me at going back to AD&D 😉

Well, in my game it does. I'd rather change the rules on the other end.

It's more about doing what makes sense in the setting than it is setting up an arms race.

Except that even in that city, there is zero chance that the PC's are going to meet that CR 20+ stuff because the DM will signpost it so...

It's not so much an extreme need for immersion as it is a matter of preserving the sanctity and integrity of play that has already...