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There are many ‘generic’ systems, for sure. I have most of them since I love flexible engines. But I would agree that GURPS is...

There are a whole bunch provided and it just says to discuss with your GM if you want something different. That’s pretty much Rule 1...

This is the best typo I have seen for some time… Maybe those aliens like to snack on tasty crims… Love a Cornish Pasty 🙂 To the...

Talents are the solution to that problem. You can design a group of related skills which the bonus applies to.

Power Ups 10 basically offers a system for doing that, and Kromm is currently working on Power Ups 11 which will offer even more options...

From 3e Core revised, p51, on Guns: “This is the ability to use any type of 20th-century cartridge-type gunpowder weapon. Add 1 to your...

Indeed, as @Staffan says, within the Guns skill description it says specialisation is mandatory, and there are other limiting factors...

Another plus for Savage Worlds SPC - the core system has a Dramatic Tasks sub-system which is spot-on for this sort of thing.

This is an element where I think Savage Worlds Super Powers Companion strikes a good balance. By RAW a character’s powers (and the level...

I tried to learn Hero a few years back, using it to run a Champions campaign for a few months, and ultimately we decided the learning...

So, drilling into some of the differences in GURPS versus other game systems, one of the things which sets it apart is the available...

If Aunt May can operate alongside the Avengers, Spider-Man becomes largely irrelevant. Traditionally, even games that can model a wide...

"In the grim, dark future, there is only customs enforcement."

In my oft-mentioned (by me) Champions 1900 game, the PCs were part of the interplanetary police force known as G.A.I.A. They had...

That other thread is about system, so I would liek to keep that discussion out of this thread. here, I am more interested in what you...