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+= Ideas
+
+== MANIFESTO
+
+* Quick, easy, simple.
+* Fun, laughter, satire, irreverent.
+
+=== THINGS WE WANT
+* Fun, laughter, humor, satire, informal rules.
+* Fast & easy to get into.
+* Fast & smooth gameplay (not too much math, not many exceptions).
+* Should feel a bit like a good, but very immersive, board game.
+* Combat that is FUN, no matter the outcome.
+* Teamwork, problem solving, resource anxiety.
+
+
+=== THINGS WE DON'T WANT
+* Arguing over technicalities.
+* Spending game time looking at the rules.
+* Internal strife or competition to be best or mow down the most monsters.
+* Power gaming and min/maxing.
+* People getting bored during combat.
+* Undetectable, unperceivable, or unstoppable events that kill adventurers
+  without player input or agency.
+
+=== UNIMPORTANT
+* "Good" roleplay.
+* Balance. Not all characters should be equally "good" on the battlefield.
+
+
+== IDEAS
+
+=== Adventurer's Blessing
+* All Adventurers have The Adventurer's Blessing.
+* They have a different eye color.
+* They have access to racial perks (ancient blood that awakens as they gain levels).
+* They don't get PTSD or any other mundane mental illnesses, get common colds
+  and other mundane diseases, they have very high pain tolerance, and they are
+  generally awesome.
+* Their gift can burn out if they do evil stuff such as:
+** Kill for fun or sadism, or killing the truly innocent, such as kids (100%
+   burnout).
+** Kill beings that aren't monsters or villains (high risk of burnout).
+** Harm beings that aren't monsters or villains (moderate risk of burnout).
+** Steal from or swindle beings that aren't monsters or villains (low risk of
+   burnout).
+** Stop actively adventuring (burnout risk increases over time).
+** Become parents (100%)
+** All these risks are cumulative.
+
+
+=== MAX (for d20 system) and 80 (for d100 system)
+
+No matter how skilled you are, your target number can’t be higher than a
+certain limit Any roll above that limit is an automatic failure.
+
+However, your skill level itself isn't capped. This matters when you score a
+critical hit. For example, if your attack skill is 22, you'll still fail on
+rolls of 16 to 20—but if you roll a 15 (a critical hit), your damage will be
+22.
+
+=== ATTACK & DAMAGE
+
+Attacks always deal at least a bit of damage.
+
+* Glancing Blow (rolled above your TN) - deals damage equal to your weapon's Base
+  Damage, and no special effects can apply to the attack.
+* Hit (rolled below your TN) Deals damage based on your roll plus the weapon's Base Damage. 
+** Hits MAY trigger ONE Hit Effect.
+*** Some weapons have Hit Effects.
+*** Most Hit Effects cost a number of Hit Points to trigger.
+*** Many Hit Effects require that the attacker be of a certain level.
+*** Only one Hit Effect may be triggered per Hit.
+* Crit (roll equal to your TN) Deals damage equal to TWICE your SKILL LEVEL
+  plus weapon's Base Damage.
+** Crits MAY trigger ANY available Hit Effects
+*** The player chooses which Hit Effects to trigger.
+*** Level Requirements are ignored (I think)
+*** They will not drain any Hit Points.
+
+** When it comes to Hit Effects, Crits count as Hits, except for the fact that 
+certain classes/abilities have Crit Effects that only triggers when you Crit. 
+** Usually only one Effect applies - and the player gets to choose.
+
+Monster Crits:: Boss Monsters (and certain Skirmisher monsters) can crit too -
+and they have random Crit Effects - each Crit-Capable monster has its own Crit
+Table of nasty effects that can be triggered on a Crit.
+
+
+=== MAGIC && SPELLS
+
+You use Wands to cast Spells.
+
+You roll your Magic skill.
+
+* Each spell should take up one page.
+* Each spell should have a description of what happens when you succeed,
+  fizzle, and crit. Also, each WAND (not spell) should have a quality rating,
+  indicating the max target number available. Here are some PARTIAL EXAMPLES:
+** Fizzle (roll above TN) - the spell fizzles, but you may try again next
+   round.
+** Success (rolled below TN) - the spell takes effect -look up the effect in
+   the spell's description. Each spell has a table where you can look up the
+   effect, based on what you rolled. The wand is usually drained after
+   successfully casting a spell.
+** Crit (roll equal TN) - The spell takes effect, but you get to choose the
+   effect; you may choose any effect tier up to, and including, one tier higher
+   than what your roll would normally grant. The wand is usually NOT drained
+   after a Crit.
+
+
+==== SPELLS
+
+Fireballs::
+Causes insane pain in the testicles of the target. Can only target testicle-havers.
+Higher effect tiers actually set fire to the balls.
+
+Revive Adventurer::
+* Only adventurers can be resurrected.
+* They can be resurrected within 1 day of their death per adventurer level.
+* When using a wand to resurrect an adventurer, you must always roll higher
+  than their level.
+* There is a high chance that the wand can never be used again.
+* There is a small risk that the adventurer will be turned into an intelligent
+  undead of a type that is determined by their stats, level, and some
+  randomness (they will typically rise as a revenant, but death knight,
+  vampire, and lich are also in play).
+* There is a risk that the adventurer will gain some otherworldly traits that
+  have followed them from the other world. These traits can be demonic,
+  angelic, necromantic, sylvan, elemental, etc.
+
+
+=== DEFENSE AND ARMOR
+
+==== ARMOR
+When an adventurer dons armor, their max HP and current HP increases by a value
+that depends on the value. When they doff the armor, their max- and current HP
+is lowered by the same amount.
+
+[WARNING]
+You can die (or at least reach Zero Hit Points) if you doff armor while close
+to death.
+
+
+==== ITEM SLOTS
+Adventurers begin play with 4d4 Item Slots. Item Slots are used to carry stuff,
+and they also  grant you Hit Points.
+
+* Normal Items take up a single Item Slot.
+* Large Items - like armors - take up more than one Item Slot.
+* Small Items - like gold and gems - take up so little space that you can can
+  squeeze a number of them into one Item Slot.
+* If you have unused Item Slots, you get extra Hit Points. You get one HP per
+  unused slot, multiplied by your level. For instance, a level 3 character with
+  4 unused Item Slots gets 3*4=12 extra Hit Points.
+
+[WARNING]
+You can die (or at least reach Zero Hit Points) if you are low on Hit Points
+and pick up heavy stuff.
+
+=== DIFFICULTY (advantage/disadvantage)
+Works just like DnD and all the others.
+
+
+=== SKILLS (THERE ARE NO ATTRIBUTES)
+
+These are the base skills that all adventurers have to begin with, and as the
+character progresses, they can attain new skills that can allow them to do more
+and fancy stuff.
+
+[%header,cols="3,9"]
+|===
+| Basic Skills          | Description
+//----------------------|------------------------------------------------------
+| Melee Attack          | Attacks against baddies in melee range.
+| Ranged Attack         | Attacks against baddies outside melee range.
+| Magic                 | Using wands to cast spells.
+// | Skulduggery           | Stealth & stuff.
+// | Knowledge             | History, geography, lore.
+// | Grit                  | Toughness, raw strength, willpower.
+// | Awareness             | Perception, comprehension, alertness, insight.
+//----------------------|------------------------------------------------------
+|===
+
+
+
+==== Skill Burning
+
+D20 Version::
+You can burn one of your skills (permanently reducing its score by 1) before
+you roll, and you can force the die roll to become whatever you want. If your
+skill score is currently 13, you can burn one point, reducing it to  12,
+but then you have the power to force the d20 to become whatever you want (in
+this case a 12 would usually be the best option).
+
+You can also do this retroactively, after you've rolled, but you must burn
+three skill points.
+
+D100 Version::
+Burn 5 skill points before you roll to force a roll to become whatever you want.
+Burn 5 skill points after you've rolled to make a reroll. 10 skill points on your
+next reroll, 15 on the next, and so on.
+Burn 2 skill points before you roll to gain advantage.
+
+
+=== ADVANCEMENT
+Advancement incentivise fast and dangerous fun.
+We want fun, fast, and toe-curlingly dangerous dungeon crawls.
+We want lots silly and "active" downtime (i.e. all the players do fun stuff).
+
+Fast-Paced Dungeon Crawls::
+We award fast-paced dungeon crawls, so
+* Each monster "defeated" (killed, pacified, or routed) gives XP.
+* Each encounter has a "bonus time" — if you defeat the encounter within that
+  time, you get bonus XP.
+** Each monster has a "bonus time" attribute - typically a number of minutes.
+** An encounter's "bonus time" is calculated by adding up all "bonus time"
+   attributes.
+
+Fast-Paced Almost-Always-Successful Environmental Encounters::
+The PCs gain experience for _cleverly_ or _luckily_ overcoming environmental
+challenges such as traps, cliffs, pits, and puzzles.
+
+All challenges should be solvable or even have an obvious/naive brute force
+solution - but using the naive solution does not grant XP - you gain XP by
+daring and by being clever.
+
+* If the PCs scale a wall by being clever (using their brains) or daring
+  (successful skill rolls), they gain XP. But even if they aren't clever or
+  lucky, the GM should consider letting them scale the wall anyway, simply by
+  brute forcing the problem.
+* If the PCs cleverly disable or daringly circumvent a trap, they should get XP
+  - but the PCs could brute force the problem, but not gaining XP. **On that
+  note** - most traps
+  should be visible - invisible traps that deals automatic damage are not fun.
+* If the PCs open a door by picking a lock, social engineering, or otherwise
+  being clever, they gain XP. But if they simply bash it to pieces, they don't
+  get XP.
+
+Fun and Silly Downtime::
+* PCs get lots XP for carousing. Especially if they get up to mischief - but
+  only if they do so as a party, and not individuals.
+** Gambling is an option
+** Prize fighting is an option.
+* PCs should only level up during downtime.
+* PCs can gain a bit of XP if they donate money to charity or invest in a
+  house, fortress, etc.
+
+Ad hoc Progress::
+* (d100) Maybe 1 XP could be converted directly into a +1 in a skill. Or maybe
+  it'll cost [current value / 10 rounded down] XP to increment a skill.
+* (d20) Maybe it'll cost [current value] XP to increment a skill.
+
+
+
+=== PERKS/ABILITIES/STUFF
+
+Monstrous Gourmand:: If a dead monster has fresh meat on it, you can probably
+eat it without issue. You can spend 1 hour preparing the meat, then you have 1
+daily ration of food. Large monsters can yield more than one ration. Be aware
+that only you can eat those rations safely - normal people could get sick from
+eating monster meat.
+
+Dwarf (level 1):: You have one extra item slot (maybe for a later dwarf perk).
+You have a lot of facial hair, no matter what gender you are. Your tolerance
+for alcohol is quite high.
+
+Assassinate (d100):: Works better for the d100 version of this game. Instead of
+rolling "attack", you roll Skulduggery. If you hit, you deal the same amount of
+damage as what you rolled on your d100, but if you fail, you miss completely,
+dealing no damage, and no special effect. *NOTE:* Assassination should have its
+own type of special effect, if any at all.
+== Stats
+* Skills - not attributes
+* Item Slots
+* Hit Points
+* Level
+* Dodge/Defense Points ???
+
+== Attack (Ideas)
+
+=== D20 Always Damage, Sometimes Effect
+
+----
+LET roll = [roll d20]
+
+// Crit
+IF roll == [Skill Level] THEN
+    damage = [weapon base damage] * 2 + roll
+    effect = [weapon's special effect, if available]
+
+// Success
+ELSE IF roll < [Skill Level] THEN
+    damage = [weapon base damage] + roll
+    effect = [weapon's special effect, if available]
+
+// Minimal Success
+ELSE
+    damage = [weapon base damage]
+    effect = none
+----
+
+=== D100 Always Damage, Sometimes Effect
+
+When you attack, roll a d100 and use the relevant skill (Melee Attack or Ranged Attack) as the
+Target Number.
+
+*Hits* happen when you roll _lower_ than your Target Number. Hits deal damage
+equal to your weapon's Base Damage plus the __digit sum__ of your roll (9 if
+you rolled 18 and 15 if you rolled 69).
+
+*Glancing Blows* happen when you roll _higher_ than your Target Number. In this
+case you deal damage equal to your weapon's Base Damage plus the _lowest digit_
+of your roll (2 if you rolled 72 or 0 if you rolled 90). Glancing blows usually
+only deal damage and don't have any fancy side effects.
+
+*Critical Hits* happen when your roll is exactly the same as your Target Number.
+Critical Hits deal damage equal to your weapon's Base Damage plus the number
+you rolled.
+
+
+=== Dual Wielding
+
+Dual weapons should be a Package-thing.
+If using two weapons, you use your best weapon first. 
+
+a. If you failed your roll, (but didn't roll a 20???) you get to make an attack
+  with your off hand weapon.
+b. You can spend HP to attack (once per round) with your off-hand weapon.
+
+==== Sword & Board
+
+If using sword'n'board, you make an attack with your main weapon first, if you roll at/under
+your TN and under your damage cap you 
+* Make a shield bash???
+* Regain some Hit Points??
+
+=== Resistance
+
+We should have a skill that allows us to resist AoE effects such as sleep or
+fireball. Even though the caster has already rolled to cast the spell, targets
+of AoE or certain effects should have a chance to avoid or reduce the effects
+(unless the casting was so powerful that the target does not get a roll).
+
+
+
+=== Exhaustion
+
+Maybe exhaustion takes up time slots. If you become overburdened, you take
+penalties.
+
+=== Consumables
+
+Torches:: 
+2 per Item Slot. Lasts 69 real life minutes.
+
+Rations::
+3 per Item Slot. Lasts an entire day, and includes both food and water.
+
+Money::
+50 Coins per Item Slot.
+
+Gems::
+2 Gems per Item Slot. (Gems scratch each other if not packed correctly).
+
+
+=== Monsters & Combat
+
+Many monsters (the majority) should have special abilities that make combat
+more interesting.
+
+* Set the adventurer on fire that must be put out.
+* Push the adventurer away, possibly knocking them on their ass.
+* Spray itching powder that must be dealt with.
+* Making an area of the battlefield uninhabitable with fire, webs, etc.
+* Temporarily able to fly or jump stupid high, possibly spending their next
+  turn up in the air.
+* Fart so badly that the adventurer MUST run away on their next turn.
+* Hover.
+* Cause adventurer to hover (or become weightless), making them unable to move,
+  and making them very queasy.
+* Randomly interrupt combat, even when it's not their turn.
+* Make opportunity attacks.
+* Randomly heal an adventurer because they can't really control their magic.
+
+
+=== Gooblin
+Slimy goblin
+
+
+== PLACES
+
+=== Ballrocks Gates