RPG good (?) ideas

 Perusing the links from this month's Glatisant, the Questing Beast newsletter.

Here are some of the good ideas I found in the links.

Tension Cheatsheet

1d10	Tension Builders
1	Constraints	The usual approach to this situation won’t work.
2	Countdowns	This situation will end, escalate, or evolve soon.
3	Hidden Dangers	While the situation appears safe, there is something unexpected below the surface.
4	Mysteries	There are tantalizing unknowns within the situation.
5	Competition	Another person or group is actively opposing the characters in the situation.
6	Moral Stances	Participating in the situation says something about the characters.
7	Retribution	Participating in the situation will anger another group, person, or faction.
8	Troublesome NPCs	The situation contains NPCs that must be navigated carefully.
9	Gates & Gatekeepers	Getting to the situation requires a test and remaining in the situation may require further tests.
10	Hard Choices	The situation has zero sum choices—choosing one locks out all the others.

The overloaded, overloaded encounter die

1	Rare Creature Trace	Rare Creature Trace	Rare Creature Encounter
2	Uncommon Creature Trace	Uncommon Creature Encounter
3	Common Creature Encounter
4	Resource Warning	Resource Consumption
5	Environment Warning	Environment change
6	(Nothing)

And my own creation, another silly way to roll hit dice:
Everybody rolls a d8 for their hit points.

• Fighter:  Remain vigilant.  Roll 2, take the best.
• Wizard:  Wait, what's going on?  Roll 2, take the worst.
• Thief:  Hedge your bets.  Roll 3, take the middle.
• Cleric:  Accept your fate.  Roll 1 die.

Minor rant:  D&D style clerics are really paladins.  Holy fighting men.  They're not Friar Tuck (although he had a mean fist).  A priest's primary attribute would be charisma, not wisdom.