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<blockquote data-quote="ashockney" data-source="post: 4540570" data-attributes="member: 1363">Rel, Good stuff, and thanks for throwing it out here for the entire world.&nbsp; A little trickier than many may realize.&nbsp; I'm particularly fond of your handling of milestones.&nbsp; I agree that it's better as written for &quot;all campaigns&quot; in the books, but that this will add a cool &quot;flava&quot; element to a running campaign.PC wounding - ok, I get that it's not quite gritty enough.&nbsp; Your example is a good one.&nbsp; My primary concern here is that juggling with the wounding will prove &quot;fatal&quot; to your party at some point.&nbsp; I try to avoid like the plague anything that requires me to make adjustments to &quot;pre-built&quot; encounters, because saving time is king in my gaming experience.&nbsp; If my PC's all agreed they wanted a grittier campaign, with greater threats, I would probably do something like this:1) Anytime you are bloodied or unconscious make a save.&nbsp; Failed save results in a wound.2) Steal a wound chart from Rolemaster or Hackmaster and determine randomly.I also like your thoughts on skills, and the bonus skills to begin the game.&nbsp; I agree with your assessment that the core game system leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to character creation.&nbsp; Very little beyond the basic race/class/buy generic stats.&nbsp; This is a change that is positive in that direction without worrying about unbalancing issues.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ashockney, post: 4540570, member: 1363"] Rel, Good stuff, and thanks for throwing it out here for the entire world. A little trickier than many may realize. I'm particularly fond of your handling of milestones. I agree that it's better as written for "all campaigns" in the books, but that this will add a cool "flava" element to a running campaign. PC wounding - ok, I get that it's not quite gritty enough. Your example is a good one. My primary concern here is that juggling with the wounding will prove "fatal" to your party at some point. I try to avoid like the plague anything that requires me to make adjustments to "pre-built" encounters, because saving time is king in my gaming experience. If my PC's all agreed they wanted a grittier campaign, with greater threats, I would probably do something like this: 1) Anytime you are bloodied or unconscious make a save. Failed save results in a wound. 2) Steal a wound chart from Rolemaster or Hackmaster and determine randomly. I also like your thoughts on skills, and the bonus skills to begin the game. I agree with your assessment that the core game system leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to character creation. Very little beyond the basic race/class/buy generic stats. This is a change that is positive in that direction without worrying about unbalancing issues. [/QUOTE]

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