What Licensed RPG Do You Wish Used A Different System?

[Reynard]

This thread isn't "What licensed RPGs are people wrong about wishing that they used another system?"

Sure. I just sometimes want to proselytize because it's a really great game. Carry on.

 

[Umbran]

Sure. I just sometimes want to proselytize because it's a really great game.

Proselyting in negation of something someone just said, in a place where they were invited to say it, is kinda rude, though. While I get you like the system, leave space for others to say their piece without getting in their face, you get what I mean?

(And that's not so much to you, personally, as to the thread in general, because this probably won't be the only time this might happen in the thread.)

 

[Reynard]

Proselyting in negation of something someone just said, in a place where they were invited to say it, is kinda rude, though. While I get you like the system, leave space for others to say their piece without getting in their face, you get what I mean?

(And that's not so much to you, personally, as to the thread in general, because this probably won't be the only time this might happen in the thread.)

I get that perspective and admit I was a bit out of line in context of the thread I started. Mea culpa.

 

[beta-ray]

My first thought is Star Wars. I tried reading the Fantasy Flight version and just couldn't get into it.

I did like D6 a lot back in the day, not sure how I'd feel about a new version of it though.

 

[Micah Sweet]

I was going to say, that Modiphius' Star Trek could use a different underlying system. I think Cortex Prime would be a good option.

Too narrative for me. 2d20 is about as far as I ever want to go in that direction, Ns only because I love Star Trek and it's a good fit.

 

[aramis erak]

I was going to say, that Modiphius' Star Trek could use a different underlying system. I think Cortex Prime would be a good option.

Not hard to covert... the 3 labeled traits become distinctions; departmental ratings are easily done as 1=d4, 2=d6, 3=d8, 4=d10, 5=d12, and the occasional alien 6 = d14 (they're expensive, but available). Or set 1 to be d3, 5=d10, 6=d12
The 5-12 overall attribute range is more of an issue, unless you have some of the funky additional dice. Without, I'd use 4-5 = d4, 6-7 = d6, 8-9 = d8, 10-11= d10, and 12-13 = d12; with, the d = the rating.
Focuses become d6 specializations.
most traits should be d6's.
I'd use the MHRP damage mechanics, but largely build from Firefly.

 

[Umbran]

Not hard to covert...

Yep. That's part of why I think it'd be a good fit. You can preserve much of the structure (which is older than the Modiphius system), while being less fiddly.

 

[Divine2021]

Having just read it, Old Gods of Appalachia is a terrible fit for the cypher system, and is a complete mismatch when it comes to Monte Cook Games’ brand of writing style. It is legitimately not good, borderline corny as hell, and as someone from North Carolina ( and Black), borderline insulting to our cultures and peoples.

 

[Umbran]

Too narrative for me.

Trek, is, at its roots, morality play and space opera. Therefore, for me, narrative leaning is appropriate.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Trek, is, at its roots, morality play and space opera. Therefore, for me, narrative leaning is appropriate.

Sure, and 2d20 goes as far that way as I want for Trek. This was a thread about our opinions, right?