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I thought I was replying to a comment about Synnibar without McCracken.. Not sure if I tagged the wrong post or edited poorly there.

There have been some attempts at that I've seen in some other games here too (I want to say Hero and BASH UE).

I don't recall having trouble figuring out what to do in the game, but then, our play was informed by years of experience with somewhat...

That is the very thing in contention though. If you are chronically rewriting the rules under the players' feet, and merely informing...

When picking the system, my answer would absolutely be "yes". If you don't understand the difference between that, house rules, and the...

True, and I am a fan and customer of that.

Though the Conan 2D20 game is pretty close to that.

That might be true. Its been long enough I probably just don't remember.

There are some clear examples of advancement in superhero comics but they’re mostly to do with growing up. Nightwing is a better...

The one general exception is the teen-supers genre, where some visible advancement is almost always present over time. That's...

Advancement is superhero fiction is so weird. Sometimes there’s an obvious skill or power increase over time while sometimes there’s...

Just a note about one thing regarding GURPS (and this isn't a major issue, but it struck me as odd): for a game that tends to be pretty...

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...

I can perhaps talk a little bit about GURPS fantasy in general, or GURPS in general compared to Hero, but while I own GDF I've done...

Was talk about that several years ago, but nothing apparently came of it. Edit: And as visible from the above, I'd completely forgotten...