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<blockquote data-quote="Bendris Noulg" data-source="post: 1426285" data-attributes="member: 6398">Currently, I'm using a slightly modified version of the sanity rules that are the focus of Book of Broken Dreams (Bloodstone Press).&nbsp; I'm likely going to stick with it, although there are some modifications I'm considering based on in-game events, and I've yet to examine the UA version (my copy should finally get here in the next day or two...&nbsp; Thing's taking for-ev-er...) but will do so to see if there's anything I want to add.&nbsp;One thing I didn't like about the rules in Cthulu (or, that is, the rules-variant it includes for using Insanity in D&amp;D) is that mundane things (orcs, goblins, bugbears, etc.) cause Sanity Damage, which only makes sense if these things are exceptionally rare and alien to the PCs (example: &quot;You see a horde of kobolds...&nbsp; Make a Will save.&quot;).&nbsp; Otherwise, it's a sound system (I just couldn't include it in my game over that trickly OGL deal...).&nbsp;I haven't had any actual cases of PC insanity yet, although a few have gone into &quot;Shell-Shock&quot; after being heavily wounded on occassion, one of them being in a zombie-state for about a week of game time and another on a severe paranoia kick (originally determined to be a 3-4 hour event, but ended after another PC knocked him out cold with a large plank).&nbsp; At the same time, I don't go as heavy as Cthulu does; While insanity is a &quot;real possibility&quot; in my game, it's not an over-riding theme like it is in CoC, and thus is more like a looming threat that may never actually appear rather than an eventual and unavoidable occurance.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bendris Noulg, post: 1426285, member: 6398"] Currently, I'm using a slightly modified version of the sanity rules that are the focus of [i]Book of Broken Dreams[/i] (Bloodstone Press). I'm likely going to stick with it, although there are some modifications I'm considering based on in-game events, and I've yet to examine the UA version (my copy should [i]finally[/i] get here in the next day or two... Thing's taking for-ev-er...) but will do so to see if there's anything I want to add. One thing I didn't like about the rules in Cthulu (or, that is, the rules-variant it includes for using Insanity in D&D) is that mundane things (orcs, goblins, bugbears, etc.) cause Sanity Damage, which only makes sense if these things are exceptionally rare and alien to the PCs (example: "You see a horde of kobolds... Make a Will save."). Otherwise, it's a sound system (I just couldn't include it in my game over that trickly OGL deal...). I haven't had any actual cases of PC insanity yet, although a few have gone into "Shell-Shock" after being heavily wounded on occassion, one of them being in a zombie-state for about a week of game time and another on a severe paranoia kick (originally determined to be a 3-4 hour event, but ended after another PC knocked him out cold with a large plank). At the same time, I don't go as heavy as Cthulu does; While insanity is a "real possibility" in my game, it's not an over-riding theme like it is in CoC, and thus is more like a looming threat that may never actually appear rather than an eventual and unavoidable occurance. [/QUOTE]

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