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The game I play in is very much like an episode of Rick and Morty or early Disc World stories.

I just wing it. If the baddie side could down the goodie side’s tank in three rounds or less it’s too hard.

I had them running out of water until they found a wreck the could explore after fighting off the water trolls. Then I hand waved the rest of the journey. I never used the mechanics of pursuit: I just had them pop up when it was dramatic for them to do so.

Dunno about that. Dark sun was originally supposed to be an ice world. In all the years I played Dark Sun we never had any problem with Psionicists (and we played The Dargon’s Crown). We used The Will and the Way and never had any problems. What problems did you run into playing 2nd ed Dark Sun?

I recall the wild space was gone and the Astral Sea was the medium of travel.

Agreed. Wild space may even be a reflection of the Astral (or vice versa) but a Spelljammer isn’t a plane hopping vehicle.

In my game Spelljammer helms exist but Crystal Sphere’s don’t. The Phogiston is hyperspace and you need to get far away enough from a star to make the jump to the Phlogiston. I’ve kept the rest.

I ditched the expedition force. There was too much travelling for my group and the starting npcs were there for the RP.

Agree. I never use the encounter guidelines. I just eyeball it.

When I do Spelljammer I don’t bother with all the intricate rules of ship design or any of the esoterica. I just put my pcs on a flying ship and let the locations and monsters make the setting. And I sci if it up a bit to make the flow hyperspace and do away with Crystal Spheres. Once they get...

I have short rest happen automatically after every two encounters and a long after every six. A little artificial but it works great, balance wise.

I ask about how deadly they want it, whether rez spells work, whether they want to track arrowsand food, I explain the how’s and why’s of house rules. Having some campaign specific backgrounds on show can let the pcs tailor their abilities to the nature of the campaign. Is it going to be a bit...

I don’t get it. Does it just track initiative?

Yeah, whenever my group goes to Waterdeep it’s knocking on early Victorian times.

That rat bastard!

Pretty much. It’s gone back more or less to 3rd ed situation with a few significant changes to represent the march of time like Dragonborn.

My group ran into that problem. As the DM I let them gain the benefits of a long rest when I think it would be reasonable. That changes with the situation but it seems to work fine and no one has complained about get an out of synch long rest.

My group does a similar thing. They gain the benefit of a short rest after two encounters and a long rest after 6 encounters. Sleep is a separate thing.

I use the Psion Primer and it works very well. Dunno about the other one.

My group has just had session zero for ToD. They’ve in a stage coach heading to Greenest along the Canterbury Trail. I’m hoping all they have a story to tell on the way.