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<blockquote data-quote="haakon1" data-source="post: 5766929" data-attributes="member: 25619">Yes, and I said so earlier, explaining why I'd want to play the MMO of D&amp;D, after seeing the lack of encumbrance rules and auto-healing for standing around.I like resource management rules.&nbsp; My favorite computer games are strategy war games, which are all about resource management.I also like encumbrance rules.&nbsp; My favorite books about the Vietnam is &quot;The Things They Carried&quot;, which actually goes pretty extensively (as you might guess from the title) about what soldiers carried with them through the jungle.&nbsp; And when I ran RECON (Vietnam War RPG) for several years, I made the player inventory every last thing they carried, following the advice in that game -- if you didn't bring enough ammo, or malaria pills, or a can open, just like in real life, your character is screwed.It's an aspect of war and expeditions that I think is FUN to think about in a game.&nbsp; In fact, my &quot;favorite moment&quot; in D&amp;D is often the moment where you can't think of any way to turn a losing situation around, and your desparately scanning the inventory on your character sheet as you await your turn, and come up with some whacky idea:&nbsp; &quot;The orcs breaking down the door, are what, 20 feet below us?&nbsp; And the floor is rough stone?&nbsp; Cool, I have 10 flasks of oil in my pack.&nbsp; I'll empty the backpack on the orcs below, then you toss the torch from the wall!&nbsp; That might drive them away from the door for a few rounds!&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="haakon1, post: 5766929, member: 25619"] Yes, and I said so earlier, explaining why I'd want to play the MMO of D&D, after seeing the lack of encumbrance rules and auto-healing for standing around. I like resource management rules. My favorite computer games are strategy war games, which are all about resource management. I also like encumbrance rules. My favorite books about the Vietnam is "The Things They Carried", which actually goes pretty extensively (as you might guess from the title) about what soldiers carried with them through the jungle. And when I ran RECON (Vietnam War RPG) for several years, I made the player inventory every last thing they carried, following the advice in that game -- if you didn't bring enough ammo, or malaria pills, or a can open, just like in real life, your character is screwed. It's an aspect of war and expeditions that I think is FUN to think about in a game. In fact, my "favorite moment" in D&D is often the moment where you can't think of any way to turn a losing situation around, and your desparately scanning the inventory on your character sheet as you await your turn, and come up with some whacky idea: "The orcs breaking down the door, are what, 20 feet below us? And the floor is rough stone? Cool, I have 10 flasks of oil in my pack. I'll empty the backpack on the orcs below, then you toss the torch from the wall! That might drive them away from the door for a few rounds!" [/QUOTE]

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