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Thanks William, Definitely open to house rules and modding if they make things easier or more fun. I guess it's about learning the mindset of the game, how it's meant to be played. It's not obvious how to run and play, but that may be another thread. I'm looking at stuff like: https://www.youtube.co...

Thanks for the links, it makes sense to look at it from that perspective. I'll make sure to try it this way. It's mostly solo play anyway these days, but my son likes to try new games with me as well, so we'll run something.

Ah, the 'adventure' reference is what I was missing, thanks for that! Also thanks for going down the research rabbit hole. :) Kind of a bummer, it seems to be pretty harsh, and a way for the MU to not be very fun at low levels, but I'll give it a good try, I'm guessing the MU player is meant to be a...

Hi all, new member, nice to meet you. I'm new to OSR rpgs, but I've played other more recent ones. Question about preparing spells, just wondering if I'm missing something. On youtube and google searches people keep saying that a Magic User gets to cast one spell a day, but that's not how I'm readin...