Role Playing Game Mechanics & Ideas

Category: rpg combat

Save vs Poison Or Die?

Nov 13, 2024

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Epic Empires Designer

in Game Mechanics, rpg combat, Solo role-playing games

In old school D&D when you got bitten by something poisonous you saved vs poison. If you failed, in most cases you died right there on the spot. It was wonderfully brutal and forced players to avoid directly battling creatures that were poisonous and to be very careful around things like chests that might have…
What Combat Mechanics Do You Love In An RPG?

Oct 8, 2024

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Epic Empires Designer

in rpg combat

I asked on Reddit for lovers of tabletop role-playing games to let me know what combat mechanics they loved. It’s a long thread that veers off in multiple directions so I narrowed down the repeating themes here. What’s interesting is how many of the same topics came up again and again. Yes there were people…