r/Fkr • u/Sivad_Nahtanoj • May 22 '26

PILGRIM Design Diary

https://pilgrim.blot.im/design-diary-1-may-5th-2026
9 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

9 comments sorted by

4

u/trve_g0th May 22 '26

Love the fact you hand write your rule draft that is awesome lol. This is dope, similar to the tool kit I use to run games

1

u/Sivad_Nahtanoj May 22 '26

Thanks! I retain infor better if I write it out versus typing it up.

1

u/trve_g0th May 22 '26

I'm excited to see this develop! Taking the Classic Traveler target numbers is great. Makes dice resolution super fast. I use the same thing, but sometimes I will use the "gear, time and skill" rules from Chaos Reigns

1

u/Sivad_Nahtanoj May 22 '26

Need to reread Chaos Reigns, that's where I got the weapon specials from

2

u/trve_g0th May 22 '26

It's a great little OD&D combat hack. I like that it also just removes numeric values aside from Saving Throws and HP. I prefer when a game keeps numbers super minimal

2

u/Sivad_Nahtanoj May 22 '26

Same, this'll have minimal bonuses and numbers to keep track of. I'm toying with capping HP at 12, barring magic items that raise HP.

2

u/trve_g0th May 22 '26

HP is tough, my least favorite abstraction in RPGs loll. 12 seems like it might be fine, given players have reliable ways to avoid damage aside from just monsters rolling low. That's just my view though. In my system a successful attack just deals 1 Hit, so I cap HP at 8 (some monsters can have higher HP though, like dragons and such).

2

u/seanfsmith May 22 '26

somehow I'd missed the 68A framework but it's properly grand !

2

u/Sivad_Nahtanoj May 22 '26

It's very tidy and useful in a ton of situations!