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Gort posted:... This makes me think of the Death Box from Tenra Bansho Zero. This is a fuzzy secondhand description, but in short, there's a Death Box on the character sheet that only the player can check, and then only voluntarily. If the box isn't checked, their character can't die, but can only be knocked out or maybe captured or what have you. Checking the box indicates that their character is pushing themselves to their utmost limit and risking death - you can check the box in response to a save or incoming damage to completely negate it, or to automatically succeed at some task, and while the box is checked the character receives bonuses to checks and attacks and stuff. But if you die, you dead. Un-checking the box requires a non-trivial amount of rest and recuperation, so you can't just pull out all the stops on a whim, or every fight in a dungeon. I like this system a lot; it gives mechanical weight to the usual unwritten agreement GMs have not to let the party get accidentally TPK'd by three kobolds, but also lets your players Get Nuts and put it all on the line in a dramatic fashion.
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My Lovely Horse posted:I'm gonna have to have a talk with my buddy about his characters. He likes playing evil wizards and crazy cultists and generally aligns himself with whoever big player is known for trying to bring down the established forces of good. Which puts me in a tight spot because I want to run adventures for parties that, if they're not part of those established forces, at least work against the same enemies, which are generally, well, evil wizards and crazy cultists. Put it to him this way: once he helps the party take down the King of Liches, there's going to be the shell of a whole evil organization left over with a conveniently PC-shaped evil power vacuum at its head. And really, if you don't want to melodramatically double-cross your villainous employer, what's even the point.
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A sizable hog (with or without blue ribbon). A ship's wheel. An enormous egg. One of those person-sized chess pieces. Topiary. A stack of dishes, unwashed. A small wheelbarrow. A brass door knocker, with or without grotesque face. The giant grub of a giant insect. An amphora of high-quality olive oil.
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Make sure to tie some other element of the premade adventure into your planned apocalypse, even if it's as simple as one of the enemies also being a double agent for the Evil Cult, or mentioning the enormous comet that has been visible in the sky for the last few weeks.
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a) you go full grimdark with it, magic is a powerful force that ultimately exacts a terrible price but must be used to keep the forces of darkness at bay, etc. b) Eberron/13th age style, magic subs in for what we would consider modern technology. c) just handwave it (the d&d route) d) make your magical stuff bespoke and tie it into the thematics of your campaign (better for something more storygamey) At the end of the day I think the existence of magic would have severely bent the arc of history away from the sort of faux-medieval stuff that D&D has forced most fantasy into the shape of, so it's really about how much you want to hurt your brain thinking about hypotheticals instead of spending your effort making a world that's fun to play around in.
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