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<blockquote data-quote="Synicism" data-source="post: 23165" data-attributes="member: 489">Personally, I think a universal d20 system would be an interesting idea. Then again, it all depends on how it worked.One of my biggest problems with the d20 system is that it hasn't lived up to its potential. It was supposed to be a flexible system that we could do anything with. And a lot of people have tried (Deadlands, Dragonstar, Weird War, Cthulhu).But there are just a few things (classes, levels, oodles of hit points) that really proclaim its heroic fantasy heritage. It's really very disturbing to have high powered characters shrugging off plasma bolts to the face or automatic machine gun fire just because they have lots of hit points, for example.Could a universal system fix this? Maybe. Personally, I like a single system that's versatile enough to handle multiple game settings. That leaves me time to figure out the really important stuff without having to learn about a new set of rules every time.Then again, I like GURPS. It's not perfect (what is?), but it does enough things sufficiently so I can play just about anything from wild and over the top (IOU), to gritty realistic fantasy (a converted Kingdoms of Kalamar). I think a d20 based system that was good enough to handle multiple genres would be a good idea.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Synicism, post: 23165, member: 489"] Personally, I think a universal d20 system would be an interesting idea. Then again, it all depends on how it worked. One of my biggest problems with the d20 system is that it hasn't lived up to its potential. It was supposed to be a flexible system that we could do anything with. And a lot of people have tried (Deadlands, Dragonstar, Weird War, Cthulhu). But there are just a few things (classes, levels, oodles of hit points) that really proclaim its heroic fantasy heritage. It's really very disturbing to have high powered characters shrugging off plasma bolts to the face or automatic machine gun fire just because they have lots of hit points, for example. Could a universal system fix this? Maybe. Personally, I like a single system that's versatile enough to handle multiple game settings. That leaves me time to figure out the really important stuff without having to learn about a new set of rules every time. Then again, I like GURPS. It's not perfect (what is?), but it does enough things sufficiently so I can play just about anything from wild and over the top (IOU), to gritty realistic fantasy (a converted Kingdoms of Kalamar). I think a d20 based system that was good enough to handle multiple genres would be a good idea. [/QUOTE]

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