Progressive Damage

Progressive Damage

Contributed By: McChuck

Description:  Characters have few hit points, which are easily recovered outside an encounter. When hit points are exhausted in an encounter, the character takes ability/attribute damage. This may involve a saving throw to avoid being incapacitated or killed. The effects may depend upon which attribute/ability failed the save or reached zero.

Find it in: Into the Odd

Keywords : Dangerous, Gritty, Old-School, Tactical, Tense

Genre: Any Genre

Randomized Levelling

Randomized Levelling

Description: When leveling, a character rolls randomly for mechanical advancement, to make individual characters more unique. 
Find it in: Lion and Dragon, Star Adventurer, Gamma World 
Keywords: Old-School 
Genres: any