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Message: <blockquote data-quote="drnuncheon" data-source="post: 285108" data-attributes="member: 96">So do some Story Hours, although modesty forbids me from specifying which ones. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />That same Story Hour makes use of a lot of the other techniques discussed here: a limited monster palette (mostly PC races) and more of an 'Age of Sail' feel come to mind.The fact that it's almost completely urban really changes the game a lot (one change that I haven't noticed on the list - you have 'no safe haven' but not 'everything in town'!) - from the types of encounters to the easy availability of equipment...but also the constraint of laws & morals - I don't expect the wizard to pick up fireball any time soon.Here's a another one for magic (that I haven't used):* Any caster can tap immense magical power - but it's hard to control. A first level wizard can try for that 9th level spell, but when he fails, the backlash is going to be incredible.J</blockquote>