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<blockquote data-quote="StarFyre" data-source="post: 3979462" data-attributes="member: 26055">what we do...We have a darker, more violent, gritty tone to our games...what we do:1) use the 2E Combat &amp; Tactics/Spells &amp; Magic critical hits instead of the 3.X and ongoing, the 4.X crits....&nbsp; this means for more realistic combat in the sense that, swords can cut off limbs, any limb, maces can crush bones, fireballs will burn things and even melt stuff, including skin, etc.it requires house rules for spells - such as healing now has to be focused, so that it can be used to heal up organs/bones independantly of the rest of the general HP OR you just have to choose which spells can heal bone damage, or loss of limbs, or melted organs,etc.2) tone of the adventures....forget the regular faerie land type fantasy settings and describe them more like the 2E planescape and darksun settings...dirty, busy, lots of details but harsh as well as beautiful in their own rights.&nbsp; The description and type of adventures can also cause the gritty realism that you want.Sanjay</blockquote>

[QUOTE="StarFyre, post: 3979462, member: 26055"] [b]what we do...[/b] We have a darker, more violent, gritty tone to our games... what we do: 1) use the 2E Combat & Tactics/Spells & Magic critical hits instead of the 3.X and ongoing, the 4.X crits.... this means for more realistic combat in the sense that, swords can cut off limbs, any limb, maces can crush bones, fireballs will burn things and even melt stuff, including skin, etc. it requires house rules for spells - such as healing now has to be focused, so that it can be used to heal up organs/bones independantly of the rest of the general HP OR you just have to choose which spells can heal bone damage, or loss of limbs, or melted organs,etc. 2) tone of the adventures....forget the regular faerie land type fantasy settings and describe them more like the 2E planescape and darksun settings...dirty, busy, lots of details but harsh as well as beautiful in their own rights. The description and type of adventures can also cause the gritty realism that you want. Sanjay [/QUOTE]

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