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Sacrificed bard for amusement ride

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You can do anything, but since there are an infinite amount of possible actions, the rules only cover the most typical actions. The DM judges when you act based on the actions you take. Doing something really quick would be among the first actions, while intentionally delaying until something...

Getting away is often easy as long as you're not the slowest party member. :)

Those are excellent games and C&C is rated surprisingly low there. I know some elements of the OSR really dislike d20 systems, which might explain the relatively low rating for C&C and Shadowdark. There are for sure also butt-hurt people with their own heartbreakers that for one reason or...

The combat system is a tool for determining which side wins when two opposing factions try to defeat each other. It's not intended to solve the problem of evading another group. D&D used to have rules for evasion, but it doesn't anymore. So you're going about it the right way.

I like it, but it isn't obvious from the description.

Is it an action to rage or can the barbarian attack in the same round the raging begins?

Walked Into Vampire Lair - TPK?

Yeah, I really wouldn't recommend doing it in an RPG unless you want players to feel like they're in a computer game.

That's how CRPGs do it as they don't have a DM and want to prevent the game reaching a state where it cannot be completed.

I thought the Color out of Space movie was alright, but I thought it was quite lame they went with modern-day. The Dunwich Horror is probably the story I've liked the most, but I haven't played any of the game books.

Townsfolk will obviously flee and immediately call for help upon seeing the PCs, but could there be a revenge incentive for them to uncover who set them up without having them to return to that town? That might be a way for the adventure to continue, even if they have to deal with occasional...

Looks pretty cool. I think as a CRPG it might work better action hack & slash than turn-based or pausable real-time with a party.

You can get Rules Cyclopedia as a PoD. It covers most anything you need for BECMI. But it's more of a rules reference and doesn't offer the excellent onboarding of Mentzer Basic.

If it's any comfort, I hate the crafting rules and secretly wish they were optional as I also forget them every time.

I only run it in-person. I agree it has a steep learning curve. I just handwave a lot on the spot and look up the rules for the next session if I expect it to come up again, and outsource most of the class-specific rules to my players. I've added a few simple house rules for things the book...

Lucky we had fire attacks.

Those are probably the NPCs (mostly villains) controlled by the GM, rather than the PCs. It's the GM Guide, after all. Perhaps they are scheming and planning on how to defeat the PCs.

I like the Early Access style.