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Dungeon Fantasy, or its older cousin, GURPS Dungeon Fantasy, is designed for this. I have some criticisms about the writing style and some of the aesthetics, but the engine definitely runs. Lots of weird creatures. Cool PC templates. Tons of weapons. Dragonbane. Honestly, a lot of the games I...

My first Runequest set had the d20 labeled 0-9, twice.

I'm actually a convert to Banestorm. Back when it was just GURPS Fantasy, I found it a little bland, SCA-inspired, and lacking in adventure opportunities. The newer versions emphasize more adventure hooks and mysteries that make it feel more like a heroic fantasy setting, and less like an...

Transhuman Space is just a neat little sci-fi setting. It has a certain Heinleinian vibe to it, despite being directly descended from more recent sources.

Everything Mike Mearls says makes me glad he's not in charge of D&D.

Just like D&D, where you might get +4 to hit a helpless foe or something.

Open Fist Drunk.

How is that different from any other game? Rifts doesn't even bother defining what your % skills do in non-adventuring situations.

Sure, but for clarification: So you needn't worry about falling out of the air when you fly the friendly skies. Also, Piloting says it is used for take-offs and landings, not every time you take off or land.

Even swerving around an accident is a Driving roll at +4.

Tracking in a desert is hard. Correctly simulating that with respect to a normal skilled person is a feature. If you have Tracking-16, you can track people in the desert pretty easily, because you are a very skilled person. Range penalties correctly reflect that a somewhat skilled person is...

I do. I enjoy it, I think other people enjoy it, but I've definitely annoyed some people over the years. I played in an Adventurer's League game at a game store where I gave my female human fighter would I would describe as Matthew McConaughey's accent by way of Holly Hunter. During the break, a...

That's not at all how GURPS works. You have four core attributes, which bounce around a very limited range for normal people in non-superheroic campaign. Characters are defined more individually by their Advantages and Skills. Armors often have different DR against different attack types, and...

Every time I see all this talk about a stripped down version of GURPS to get people into the game, I feel the need to point out GURPS Lite exists. GURPS Lite is: GURPS (the actual fourth edition rules) 32 pages Free to download Perfectly playable as-is for many genres

Why? why do you think it will take that long? Have you tested it?

Why is there no way?

... because? Anyway, here's a video of Meryl Streep drinking a potion in 3 seconds.

We're talking about a pouch with magical potions in it, not a parent of three kids' diaper bag.

How is the risk substantially different than drawing a weapon, or nocking an arrow?

Clearly, you've never seen me fight. :) I'm a little past my prime, but I assure you I can manipulate an object while doing other stuff. In fact, fencing would be more difficult, because you are fully engaged with one opponent, but in a fray, there is distance, and opportunities.