http://www.abandonia.com has M&M 4 and 5 (look under "World of Xeen") which shares the same engine as 3. These are all abandonware.
I'd love to be proven wrong, but I don't think abandonware is completely legal. Most companies probably don't care or even exist anymore, but I just thought I'd ...
But then if you have enough action points you can move around your opponent (4 squares) and stab him in the back every time you attack him. That's a bit silly.
I like the trading system in fallout, where (most) people have a limited amount of money (bottle caps) and you can trade an item for another item of equal or less value.
Or, you could purchase valuable gems (basically trading in a lot of heavy gold for a few small, lightweight precious stones).
That's a good idea. You could also use coppers/iron/silver/etc coins, making gold pieces and diamons and such more valuable. I personally think it's ridiculous how some ...
Hack and slash games like diablo are great fun, for a while. But when you reach the high levels, most of them just get plain boring. All you do is hack away at big monsters with extreme hit points and all spells seem to do the same thing.