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<blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 9392016" data-attributes="member: 6779310">The ones I've liked best are those in FFG Star Wars (specifically, in&nbsp; AoR: Fully Operational and EotE: Special Modifications... but those are not really crafting so much as modding.Traveller 5 (T5) has the most comprehensive, but I find it infuriatingly obtuse. Traveller: The New Era (TTNE) and Marc Miller's Traveller (T4) have Fire, Fusion &amp; Steel (FF&amp;S), which covers weapons, armor, and vehicles (including spacecraft), but has a hefty bit of clunkiness and excess detail.GURPS Vehicles is focused on just vehicles. CORPS we get CORPS VDS which is again just vehicles, but its native weapon design is 3G³ Guns Guns Guns, all three by Greg Porter. They're consistent. Technically, 3G³ is for Timelords, but the CORPS conversions are very simple; it's got conversions to a lot else, too.Mekton Zeta with Mekton Zeta Plus is very comprehensive, but not as much as T5; it's not as real world grounded as 3G³, FF&amp;S nor G:V. While anime focused, MZ is capable of being used for most genres. It uses the same task mechanics and attributes as Cyberpunk. (Which CP? 2013, 2020, v3, and Red.)For fantasy... they all suck. The best of the lot IME is D&amp;D 3e. And that's only because it's simple.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aramis erak, post: 9392016, member: 6779310"] The ones I've liked best are those in FFG Star Wars (specifically, in [I][U]AoR: Fully Operational[/U][/I] and [I][U]EotE: Special Modifications[/U][/I]... but those are not really crafting so much as modding. [I][U]Traveller 5[/U][/I] (T5) has the most comprehensive, but I find it infuriatingly obtuse. [I][U]Traveller: The New Era[/U][/I] (TTNE) and [I][U]Marc Miller's Traveller[/U][/I] (T4) have [I][U]Fire, Fusion & Steel[/U][/I] (FF&S), which covers weapons, armor, and vehicles (including spacecraft), but has a hefty bit of clunkiness and excess detail. [I][U]GURPS Vehicles[/U][/I] is focused on just vehicles. [I][U]CORPS[/U][/I] we get [I][U]CORPS VDS[/U][/I] which is again just vehicles, but its native weapon design is [I][U]3G³ Guns Guns Guns[/U][/I], all three by Greg Porter. They're consistent. Technically, 3G³ is for Timelords, but the CORPS conversions are very simple; it's got conversions to a lot else, too. [I][U]Mekton Zeta[/U][/I] with [I][U]Mekton Zeta Plus[/U][/I] is very comprehensive, but not as much as T5; it's not as real world grounded as 3G³, FF&S nor G:V. While anime focused, MZ is capable of being used for most genres. It uses the same task mechanics and attributes as [I][U]Cyberpunk[/U][/I]. (Which CP? 2013, 2020, v3, and Red.) For fantasy... they all suck. The best of the lot IME is D&D 3e. And that's only because it's simple. [/QUOTE]

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