Need help picking the right system, please.

ProtoClone

First Post

• Nov 15, 2010

• #1

I am trying to find a system that can handle magic and tech in one setting. I know there is Rifts but I honestly don't want, nor do I like, that system. Is there anything else out there that has handled the two together but remained balanced?

 

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Thasmodious

First Post

• Nov 15, 2010

• #2

Savage Worlds. Magic, tech, superpowers, mutants, are presented as flavor variations around a central mechanical core and various aspects are often combined in the campaign worlds Pinnacle and 3PPs publish for the system.

 

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MortonStromgal

First Post

• Nov 15, 2010

• #3

GURPS, Hero, Shadowrun, True 20, to name a few...

 

ProtoClone

First Post

• Nov 15, 2010

• #4

Thasmodious said:

Savage Worlds. Magic, tech, superpowers, mutants, are presented as flavor variations around a central mechanical core and various aspects are often combined in the campaign worlds Pinnacle and 3PPs publish for the system.

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OK, I will check that out.

 

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Neonchameleon

Legend

• Nov 15, 2010

• #5

ProtoClone said:

I am trying to find a system that can handle magic and tech in one setting. I know there is Rifts but I honestly don't want, nor do I like, that system. Is there anything else out there that has handled the two together but remained balanced?

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GURPS is reasonable as long as you don't try to twist the system into a knot. And has some of the best sourcebooks going. (GURPS is a lot more detail oriented than Savage Worlds - and probably less of a jump for a D&D player).

Edit: If you want something different, there's always Spirit of the Century

 

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Neonchameleon

Legend

• Nov 15, 2010

• #6

Double.

 

fireinthedust

Explorer

• Nov 15, 2010

• #7

Mutants & Masterminds DCA (the new edition): really good. It's all about the concept, so don't sweat things like equipment. Really great for superpowers, and for people who hate big equipment lists. It's d20-based, so it's familiar. Any of the line of books would be great, but it's a good place to start.

 

renau1g

First Post

• Nov 15, 2010

• #8

Fallout d20?

Fallout Pen and Paper d20 - The Vault, the Fallout wiki - Fallout: New Vegas and more

 

Treebore

First Post

• Nov 15, 2010

• #9

I agree that Mutants and Masterminds, 2E or the DCA, as well as HERO, True 20 (with the right supplement), ICONS, the old Champions, Villains and Vigilantes, and others could be easily adapted to accommodate a magic and technology game.

 

Treebore

First Post

• Nov 15, 2010

• #10

MortonStromgal said:

... Shadowrun,...

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Is the only one, outside of Cyberpunk, that I can think of where it is designed from the ground up to be magic and technology. Especially if you want it set in an approximation of the modern day.