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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bloodtide" data-source="post: 9603442" data-attributes="member: 6684958">Shadowdark as it is nice and simple.I do hard, resource management heavy travel.  The world is not a safe place.  Few travel outside huge caravans.  There are lots of good exploration rules out there, and I crank them up to 11 in danger.  Character's can expect a meat and soul grinder until they (maybe) make it to some place sort of safe.  Too many more then five will often be clutter.  It just gets confusing if there are three different bandit groups for example.This is a big one for me.  I can say adding a rule like "if you ask if your character can do X, the answer will always be X, and your character will stand exposed and confused for that action round.  I should add I also do "your character can die anytime" too.  Most players, after the loose 10-20 characters by having them stand confused will get that they should stop asking.  It does work with actions too.  After 10-20 times when they say loose a potion that falls and breaks on the floor as their character stood there confused, will get it.Not counting potions and very weak items, three is a good max.  And I go for items with a lot more usage then just "the magic sword burns with fire" and add "the sword can summon a small fire fundamental 1/day.Often.  If the game has alchemy rules, it should be hard to do by the rules.  And it's not like the character can mass produce it.  At best they can make a little 'weird alchemy' stuff for personal use.  But such made explosives don't just do 100d100 damage or anything....they do damage as per alchemy 'dragon fire' or such.  And note while an alchemist could make gun powder, they are not a gun smith too.  And even if they make a primitive gun, it's damage and such is only about 'arrow' numbers.I do like a little tech in my Sword and Sorcery.....like Thundar the Barbarian.</blockquote>

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