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<blockquote data-quote="Charger28Alpha" data-source="post: 4671961" data-attributes="member: 53949">Hope it is ok to discuss 2 from your list.2) Survival Horror (Zombies attack, Resident Evil)6) Cthuloid Horror (&quot;Oh god, it's eating my face from the cyclopean ruins beyond time!&quot;)In the case of #2 the movie &quot;Dawn of the Dead&quot; comes to mind. I think any edition could pull it off and at any PC level.&nbsp; When facing hoards of &quot;undead&quot; management of individual and party resources is critical.&nbsp; As a fan of healing surges, I would enjoy playing this type of game with 4th Ed most.&nbsp; With healing surges the party does not really need a dedicated &quot;medic&quot; to manage the durability of PCs.For #6 keeping with the George Romero theme, I think &quot;Night of the Living Dead is a good example.&nbsp; Not for the mind destroying horror, but for the almost hopeless feeling the protagonists of both types of story face..&nbsp; I do not believe any edition could do a great job with a NotLD type scenario.&nbsp; Unless the PCs were low level. The rapid&nbsp; increase in Hit Points and fighting (with magic or mundane means) ability of PCs as they level up makes it hard to put them in a position of hopelessness.PS I agree with your assessment of&nbsp; a Dark Sun type game.&nbsp; Best way to address some of the spells you mentioned would be to go through the spell list for all classes you are going to use and remove or bump up the level of spells that would make life in the wastes of Athas too easy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Charger28Alpha, post: 4671961, member: 53949"] Hope it is ok to discuss 2 from your list. 2) Survival Horror (Zombies attack, Resident Evil) 6) Cthuloid Horror ("Oh god, it's eating my face from the cyclopean ruins beyond time!") In the case of #2 the movie "Dawn of the Dead" comes to mind. I think any edition could pull it off and at any PC level. When facing hoards of "undead" management of individual and party resources is critical. As a fan of healing surges, I would enjoy playing this type of game with 4th Ed most. With healing surges the party does not really need a dedicated "medic" to manage the durability of PCs. For #6 keeping with the George Romero theme, I think "Night of the Living Dead is a good example. Not for the mind destroying horror, but for the almost hopeless feeling the protagonists of both types of story face.. I do not believe any edition could do a great job with a NotLD type scenario. Unless the PCs were low level. The rapid increase in Hit Points and fighting (with magic or mundane means) ability of PCs as they level up makes it hard to put them in a position of hopelessness. PS I agree with your assessment of a Dark Sun type game. Best way to address some of the spells you mentioned would be to go through the spell list for all classes you are going to use and remove or bump up the level of spells that would make life in the wastes of Athas too easy. [/QUOTE]

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