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One of the things I've found with creating characters in Draw Steel is that it is very much not generic fantasy. For someone who's been...

Its still well enough known that whether its particularly active now, its design--which is the point of this thread--is relevant.

I'd have to suggest you're not sufficiently familiar with GURPS if you think there are not different rules in some of its books. They...

I know that. I was giving it as an example of a game made with a toolset (PbtA) that previously didn't exist Also, I suspect...

The point of my reference to deep research is that it isn't the result of all searches. LLMs are most effective when they compile and...

I might have mentioned Earthdawn as a zero-to-hero alternative if I'd thought of it.

Lots of great thoughtful replies. And it's time I answer my own question. Earthdawn 4th would be my current choice for a...

Yeah. As I noted earlier, Monsterhearts is a good example: I'm not quite sure what someone trying for something like that would have...

No, its really not. If you have a problem with what I said you do, but I said what I intended.

Yeah, its probably more accurate to say that the modern period is not so much represented by better tools (which only makes sense from...

Though I think you can't write-off generic systems as a group as "not modern" when things like Cortex exist. But that also may not have...

I think this is perfectly true and valid. I don't think this thread should be about what is "better overall" or "better for everyone"...

In geology, there's something called the Great Unconformity. Basically you have this one section of 1.7-1.3 billion year old rock with...

Hurm. So much of this depends on what I'm trying to do. If I'm trying for zero-to-hero, I'd probably go with Pathfinder 2e. If I want...

I think "post-apocalypse" by itself doesn't cover enough of the ground, really. There's recent, mid-term and long-after versions of...