Outside of cheering for the others, hallucinating and writing a good will, when a Player Character goes down during combat, usually, they are stuck.

A condition that means, Wait...

And, if you do so, you can still recieve a slap on the hand as the PC can die.

Some ttrpgs that I played and have this mechanic in some shape or form are:

DND, CoC, Shadowdark, IntoTheOdd, PirateBorg/Mork Borg, Savage World, Pathfinder

And I never liked it.

It waste opportunities.

I thought about removing the Uncoscious aspect and making, instead, the PC less effective during the wait

(like boromir)

Rolling with Disadvantage or Halving movent are some ideas as to the how.

Allowing Hp recovery, but still Debuffed until the original Wait... has ended

(like 1 more turn even if you activated an artifact)

Any tips?

thx in advance

A couple of hours ago i finished a short campaign that lasted 4/5 months.

The Realm

Players really didnt like to be interrupted by stuff that felt random even for me, no matter ho cool it was.

But they liked to camp outside and meeting stuff at night.

I didnt like how they might pass an hex and never find the cool point of interest depending on a roll.

I liked how Chris wrote about extra points of intrest like willow trees on his site for the map.

The Time

Even by asking each session how much time they wanted to let it pass, Players begged me to ignore that rule and start the next session on the ending of the earlier.

The roleplay

Players loved to be knights and act with a code even if goofing sometime, the respect and the fear, but also tales and honor.

I loved how the vibe of the game brought us all in the same world

(plus or minus)

The enemies

They were so weak compared to 3 knights (+1 sometimes)

I had to use schemes and factions to tie palyers hands, as i had an hard time chipping away stats for a grand finale (city siege), where they were doing anything to recover at full without time skipping

I had to use custom statblocks following a post, of someone else, to give a challenge that wouldnt flee in the second round.

The Combat

i was unable to make them plan their turn without either:

taking way to long or seeing them splitting the actions in more individual turns.

I loved how easy is to simply roll the dice and hitting with that force if above 3.

The few myths they persued never put them at risk for any other stat than Vigor.

The Myths

Cool each and everyone of them, but so many are a stand alone adventure pf wich players will skil just to end the work in progress.

liked the wilderness roll but i also added an idling roll for when they were beating around the brush

Ps

i might add more tomorrow qith a fresher mind, let me know if you had these problems and how you dealt with them

It might help someone

see ya

I'm in search of 4/5 souls who are willing to explore this cool world (pdf) that i recently brought.

I wanna do all of this on Wednesday from 21.00 to 23.30/00.00.

(Gmt+2)

I want to start in a couple of weeks and it should take around 8 sessions + Session 0

We will use Discord and Owlbear rodeo

What is requested:

-To be on time

-No antisocial Behaviors tollerated

-Avaibility to meet for a 1 on 1 videocall

-A Webcam

On me I'm Alex and I will be the GameMaster, my really strong points are improvisation, avaibility and diligence.

I would like to challenge myself in doing something a little different from my usual, following a module.

And if you wanna give it a go, hit me up either on DM or with a comment

Consider yourself warned of mature content ~(•◇•~)

I'm in search of 4/5 souls who are willing to explore this cool world (pdf) that i recently brought.

I wanna do all of this on Wednesday from 21.00 to 23.30/00.00.

I want to start in a couple of weeks and it should take around 8 sessions + Session 0

We will use Discord and Owlbear rodeo

What is requested:

-To be on time

-No antisocial Behaviors tollerated

-Avaibility to meet for a 1 on 1 videocall

-A Webcam

On me I'm Alex and I will be the GameMaster, my really strong points are improvisation, avaibility and diligence.

I would like to challenge myself in doing something a little different from my usual, following a module.

And if you wanna give it a go, hit me up either on DM or with a comment

Consider yourself warned of mature content ~(•◇•~)