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In fact, Howard makes some comments about Conan's lack of education. In many ways Conan is an anti-Howard. He's like, what if someone was really smart but didn't have a civilized education? Conan is also really brash and violent, whereas Howard was shall we say bookish in real life; I think it's...

Classic thieves aren't just burglars, but also waylayers. There are occasions where D&D has statted gangs of robbers as thieves rather than 1 HD monsters.

Even then, being a wizard or being a warrior might be a matter of degree. Maybe the game only has two stats, Wizarding and Warrioring.

Also, backstab is a power.

You don't, but a dedicated thief is better at thieving than a fighter who just dabbles in thievery.

Counting D&D as one thing, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness, I think, followed rapidly by Gamma World and GURPS.

Nothing sells old titles like putting out new titles. No one has ever been able to explain quite how this works, but it's definitely true.

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...