Interest Check, challenging problems as low level frontiersmen, modified pf1, discord vc

[Interesting Character]

Interest check,

Overall Concept,

The PCs are normal people in a village on the frontier. Problems occur that normally would be handled by heroes, except there are no heroes, so it's up to the players to rally the villagers and come up with creative plans and strategies to overcome problems that the PCs just won't have the raw stats to face head on.

Modified Rules,
The main reason I'm running a game is to test these modifications and see how they work in a real game.

Raw numerical power is separated out from level, so you could be a lvl 7 wizard casting fireballs that have a CL of 1 for example. More versatility amd leveling while staying in the desired range of power.

Magic is also made to be skill based, slow, and risky, to balance against martials that are faster and more reliable, but now you can use magic a lot more than standard pf1.

Combat is also skill based, but isn't all that different, mostly changes how it advances and brings the numbers in line with skills.

Health,
HP represents general damage, like bloodloss, starvation, cuts and bruises, but also morale, fatigue, etc. Lots of HP.

Injuries can be gained, which are a lot harder to heal. Are also intended to be the main form of killing. Though some things, like golems and oozes, lack vitals and so can only be killed by HP depletion.

Playstyle,
I use rules as a tool for play, not as "how to play." I favor thinking about things from the perspective of the world, use the environment, remember the opposition are living beings with their own goals, etc. If you know of Tucker's Kobolds, I want players who think like the kobolds, who rely on wits and creativity rather than stats. Game logic does not apply.

Format,
Discord voice chat, overnight according to central mountain time starting around 23:00 and going until 4 or 5 in the morning. Weekday, but which day is up to group to choose.

If you got this and decided not to join, please let me know what put you off.

[mardaddy]

VERY interested, but put off by weekday gametime of 2300-0400/0500.

Impossible to schedule that and maintain other higher-priority commitments, like earning income.

[Interesting Character]

I understand, but it's the timeslot I can manage. I work from around 14:00 till 06:00. The latter part of that has me twiddling thumbs for nearly the whole time until the last hour or so, hence why I even can run a game.

[mardaddy]

Keep me in mind if anything changes in that regard.

[Today is a good day to... halp]

Interesting Character wrote:

If you got this and decided not to join, please let me know what put you off.

Just wanted to offer my moral support for ya. :)

My own personal tendencies lie with the pbp format more than anything else (I tends to look at the unfamiliar stuff, like Discord, in the way a cat reacts to a lone cucumber lying on the floor), but that's just me. ;p

Dunno if it'll help you out, but the way I sees it... folks tend towards the more familiar ruleset stuff- kinda like how people gravitates more towards brand name fast food franchises [ie. McD's, Burger King, etc.] compared to some newly opened small business non-franchise fast food place.

mebbe ya could put up some free sample/example of your house rules up so's people could look at it first before they decides to jumps in? ;)