Or magic items to encourage shenanigans, looking at you Alchemy Jug
You never know what players will do with two gallons of mayonnaise per day until they have it.
I’ve got an upcoming game. I’m stealing this. “Ring of infinite mayonnaise”
You don’t have to steal it if you use DnD, the Alchemy Jug already does this and is likely what they’re referring to.
I’m using Mini6. That system has nothing pre-made, so all I do is invent or steal ;)
Mini6
Respect! It’d be too much work for me to use a system that bare bones for what I like to run but it’s nice to see love for other systems here!
The advantage of a barebones system like Mini6 is that it effectively stops rules lawyering. If there are no rules, you can’t lawyer them.
The core rule set of Mini6 is just a few pages, so it’s easy to remember all rules.
It also gives you a lot of flexibility to do whatever you want, and if you as the GM make mistakes, they are just canon now.
I honestly couldn’t be bothered with reading through stacks of books to build a campaign ;)
A liberal framework like that means that balancing doesn’t really matter either, since I do the balancing on the fly.
The only thing that’s kinda annoying is that I can’t just give the players a pre-made list of skills/spells they can gain when leveling up, so they always kinda have to negotiate with me about what they gain. Items are a similar story as well.
Yeah, I can see the advantages but I enjoy the clean math of PF2 too much for that tbh. There’s so much material to work with and it’s all so balanced. I don’t mind reading that all either, I actually read the core rulebook for PF2 cover to cover over a few days when I first got it because I was enjoying it so much! Everything just works, but it’s definitely a bit more crunch than is necessary for people not running long complex campaigns. On that note, Shadowdark is a really fun system if you wanted to check something out that’s more robust than Mini6 but still super simple rules that are quick to pick up.
I totally get that preference as well. It’s just different philosophies each with their own advantages. Mini6 is rather limited for very long campaigns, but then again, I never had time enough for a really long campaign.
Thanks for the hint about Shadowdark, I’ll check it out!
Btw, if you want a really great system for one-off horror games, I can recommend Dread. It is seriously good! Perfect use of game mechanics to set the atmosphere. Never had such an immersive game with any other system.
