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That's down to poor systems/encounter design rather than problems with death mechanics. If an encounter is well designed, death is always deserved.

I'd like to see multiple weapon modes. As in using a spear as a piercing weapon or as a blunt weapon, for example.

Consequences make RPGs good. Consequences need choices. Artificially removing an expected choice from an RPG makes that RPG less good.

The amount of people who are against losing in games aggravate me greatly. When punishment for being bad at playing a game is as light as in many recent RPGs, enjoyment is always curtailed. Victory should be hard to achieve otherwise it's meaningless.

I approve of this goal.

IE games are not turn based, as individual actions are taken concurrently. Pausing an IE game every 6 seconds doesn't make it turn based.

Seriously? I thought the appeal of AD&D was that fighters could really kick ass, magic was a tool just as relevant as a sword and normal fighters really could beat the crap out of wizards with pure strength. It was 3.5E that made magic seriously OP, more like a "super-power". I mean in a setting where magic is common, it should be as relevant as any other style of combat. I'm not talking about making magic less relevant than physical fighting. Instead, I'd like them to be balanced appropriately, something I feel the IE games didn't do.

Actually magic, as compared to the D&D of IE games, should be seriously underpowered. Non magical characters have no way to do the damage of, say, a fireball, while resting and memorizing is a terrible way to restrict magical effectiveness.

Something like the system suggested here would tickle my fancy.

I don't think lesbian and gay cahracters should be mandated from the get go. Lesbian or gay characters should be included if the writers feel that the characters' sexual orientation is important to tell their story or show the themes that are central to their world building. Defining the sexual orientation of specific characters before doing anything else is a bad idea. If anyone has a problem with a thread or post, use the report function. Posts that are deemed belligerent and inappropriate will be deleted.

This thread is running off topic, and guns have been confirmed, so topic closed.

I would be very surprised if they don't use Onyx or a heavily modified variation of Onyx.

I've thought for a long time that a system similar to the one you suggest with exhaustion would work well. I'd add a system where higher level mages could mitigate exhaustion for low level spells. To take a D&D example, I think a 12th level mage should be able to cast magic missile as often as he wishes without a penalty with the caveat, of course, that low level spells should have limited to no use against similarly levelled enemies.

A dynamic game economy would go a long way towards improving the problems with money in RPGs.

Getting a hefty raise. I've already pledged $140 and I will probably raise that to 250.

But you have no problem going up with a sword against a guy who can shoot fire out his ass (magic user)? Makes sense. As long as the magic user has to point his bum at you to get a hit, the fight should be considered fair.

It doesn't matter, as long as it's well integrated within the setting. Enlightenment fantasy RPG?

What this guy is saying.

I only ever lurked the BIS boards. At that time my internet browsing was done mostly on my university's network so time was limited. Because we were playing LAN based Quake, instead.

A death system similar to Storm of Zehir would be ideal. Also, if magical resurrection is used, party NPC feedback to deaths and resurrections should be done, in the interest of a game world that is reactive and alive. Aditionally, repeated resurrection should have increasing costs, monetary or otherwise.

I can get behind this.

A lurker appears.

Hey Alan. See you around my city.

Hey, it's Hammertime!

That's what I'm talking about! ****, yeah.