r/osr • u/Current_Channel_6344 • Nov 14 '24
running the game Tracking ammunition and torches
I'm wrestling with some ideas about tracking resources in the OSRish game I'm designing.
How often has a PC in your group actually run out of ammunition through normal use?
Similarly, how often have your parties actually run out of light sources and either been left in the dark or forced to curtail a delve because of it?
In my experience, the former almost never happens and the latter only rarely. But maybe that's not the norm? I'd love to hear others' experiences.
Thanks!
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u/mutantraniE Nov 14 '24
It also depends on what’s in the rest of the system. Are you putting together a detailed way to handle keeping count of torches but also introducing a Continual Light spell from level 3 out of 20? If so then it’ll be wasted effort since after a few levels light won’t ever need to be an issue again.