That’s the Pathfinder death system, if I recall correctly.

huh

your entire profile is nitpicking people’s grammar

Plot twist: The orc is saying the first one.

i dont care ❤️

This was Second Edition from the 80’s.

Not all RPG rulebooks have one of their first play examples be a guy dying from falling off his camel

alright if you want a curse placed on your entire bloodline so badly

she found a tome of eldritch lore

Opens fine in Connect

I have the opposite take. I fucking love detailed hard magic systems.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinkerton_(detective_agency)

I am joking. “Rules as guidelines” is alive and well.

Ah yes 5e, a system notoriously known for rigid rules and leaving nothing to the DM.

If you want deeper rules for things, PF2e is good. If you want simpler and more story-focused rules, picking up Index Card RPG or Knave might be good.

ayy Ars Magica

Owlbear. Rodeo.

Isn’t HackMaster very explicitly written to be funny? I’m avoiding the term ‘satire’ because HM 5th Edition is not really satire (HmB page 2)

Honestly 5e has a bit of an identity crisis. It’s trying to go just there enough to support players who want a more generic fantasy adventuring game, and just trad enough to not scare off the people who want the D&D Experience:tm: as it was in the 80’s.

they should put the pinkertons in dnd