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<blockquote data-quote="Aldarc" data-source="post: 8279647" data-attributes="member: 5142">Additionally, although the Alien Mythos is not my thing, I'm curious how the Alien RPG plays in action, particularly its Stress &amp; Panic mechanic. From what I have read, I could see how a similar mechanic could work for Lovecraftian, cosmic, or Cthulhu horror. I kinda like how SotDL does leveling. It's a bit more structured than &quot;GM says you leveled.&quot; It's nominally tied to completing an adventure. You finish one, then you level. Adventures are tied to one of four tiers: starting, novice, expert, master. This offloads a lot of pressure from both GMs and players regarding both XP or when's an appropriate time to bump players up a level. I'm also a fan of character-based XP from Dungeon World. Your fails, resolving bonds, actions that lean into your alignment or class, etc. provide XP. It's a bit more difficult to do when multiclassing is a thing, but this could be tied to backgrounds in 5e or drives.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aldarc, post: 8279647, member: 5142"] Additionally, although the Alien Mythos is not my thing, I'm curious how the Alien RPG plays in action, particularly its Stress & Panic mechanic. From what I have read, I could see how a similar mechanic could work for Lovecraftian, cosmic, or Cthulhu horror. I kinda like how SotDL does leveling. It's a bit more structured than "GM says you leveled." It's nominally tied to completing an adventure. You finish one, then you level. Adventures are tied to one of four tiers: starting, novice, expert, master. This offloads a lot of pressure from both GMs and players regarding both XP or when's an appropriate time to bump players up a level. I'm also a fan of character-based XP from Dungeon World. Your fails, resolving bonds, actions that lean into your alignment or class, etc. provide XP. It's a bit more difficult to do when multiclassing is a thing, but this could be tied to backgrounds in 5e or drives. [/QUOTE]

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