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Ah, I see! In that case my main concern is void. I think there are a lot of swinginess tied to that roll still, but at leat the roll isn't as common. Indeed it seem to me more tempting than the traditional wound systems, but I still think I would like to see the damage roll being relevant. Like...

You really like your death buffers dont you? First a hp buffer, then a wounds buffer and then a death save buffer. The somewhat new thing here compared to other shield/hull based buffer systems I have seen is that you already at the wound stage essentially throw away the entire damage roll...

Beyond the current user base, and the state of internet during the 2ed era, there is one big reason there is much more tooling available online for 3ed and 5ed. One word: OGL.

Actually I strongly disagree, due to one neat feature: This appear to be fully playable using existing 5e VTTs. For comparison I tried to accomodate 5 torches deep into foundryVTT, and found that in particular the item durability mechanics caused friction. However my quick exploration into...

The cast siting at a tavern celebrating their victory. One of them ask "What are they doing over there?". The camera pans over to a table where a group in normal 2023 clothes play D&D. Camera pans back - "Haven't you heard about cos-play?"

This is an interesting fact I was not aware of. But that still mean that the basic process is that someone knowing AC looks up the target number and compare with the roll. That is, you never have anyone converting a rolled number to an AC. Offloading the lookup to the players by providing the...

Yes, and even that chart strongly indicate that the players are supposed to know the AC, as that is how charts are usualy referenced - look at the header and get the interesting number below. If the intention had been for AC to be hidden, the chart would have been inverted, with roll result on...

While I love a good escape room, I feel like they often come out as very contrived. I think one mindset that might help is to try to have the players stuck there because there are many layers of puzzles preventing eacape, but rather because there are so much fun stuff there that they get...

I am curious - did your DM announce the ACs at start of combat? I have been thinking hard about the merits of thac0, an concluded it is bad with hidden AC, but really shines with known AC. The idea is that most old school combat involve only, one possibly two, enemy types. If the DM announce AC...

How do you envision adventures and settings becoming irrelevant with the current suggested changes?

I think it is fully appropriate to market this as OSR. While the game do not force the OSR style in the same way more pure OSR games does, it appear to allow for the playstyle with ease. Moreover if you look at the big 3 triangle of current bit RPG-trends: PbtA, WotC-D&D and OSR, it is beyond a...

I think it is commonly accepted that they are pretty balanced at the first two tiers. The extreme inbalance at higher tiers doesn't cause more people to play castes to any statistically significant degree. And I believe the reason for this is that the overwhelming majority simply avoid those...

One contrast I find between those you mention and shadowdark is that shadowdark seem very light on setting and grit in comparison. To me however, this is one of the big selling ponts. I can easily see myself running classic more "clean" fantasy D&D modules using this. Not so with the ones you...

Here's another thought: How about if a druid in wild shape can chose to drop the wild shape insted of loosing concentration if they fail a concentration check? This could both emulate the 5ed effect of losing the wild shape when losing all the beast hp, and give an incentive for druids to go...

Issue with changing con is that you then get into the weeds of the details around changing HP maximum. And the less you have to interact with those outside leveling, the better I think.

This made me thinking. Wouldn't getting a scaling barkskin like effect while in wild shape solve the combat issue while not adding more complexity than wizards already have accepted with barkskin? For instance when first wild shaping, and at the start of each turn while wild shaped, you get 1...

Ah, I think the keyword here is a domain management game rather than  the domain management game. Yes, I guess the setting might have the qualities that could make it a nice lore fundation for a different game. Just have to scrap basically all the existing mechanics, and build that from scratch.

Did you miss the part where I claimed it would be a stinker as a board game? Computer tool assistance for keeping track of the relevant data would be invaluable, but I really think the game need the roleplay element to be fun. Most of the game material for Birthright is "fluff" that provide very...

One thing that stands out to me is that stat modifier do not appear to affect either hp nor damage? That is in one way quite radical, but it really comes out as a neat simplification I think. It just make sense given the con bonus is instead affecting rounds before death when knocked out.

Or even lower level - resistance. (Is there anything saying bless and resistance don't stack?)