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<blockquote data-quote="EditorBFG" data-source="post: 3209755" data-attributes="member: 24719"><a href="http://enworld.rpgnow.com/default.php?manufacturers_id=604&amp;filter_id=1011&amp;" target="_blank">Big Finger Games' POSTMODERN line </a> was designed with an eye for the sort of detailed Modern d20 character creation you describe. The whole line was prompting by our noticing that our 1st level Modern characters seemed, well, kind of lame, and we went forward with the idea that every player should think his character is cool, in some way; maybe not powerful or even necessarily cinematic, but interesting and resonant in a way that was reflected in game stats as well the overall story.<a href="http://enworld.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=3929&amp;" target="_blank">The Versatile Hero,</a> especially, might suit you: it is as close to point-buy as d20 can get and retain real balance among characters. And unlike other point-buy systems, <a href="http://enworld.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=3929&amp;" target="_blank">The Versatile Hero</a> is designed to completely immune to abuse by power gamers.Besides our stuff, the aforementioned RPO products are great, as are Grim Tales and Spycraft. As for firearms, a house rule I've been toying with is halving Massive Damage Thresholds against ballistic damage. Simple but it does the job if you want guns to be deadlier/more realistic.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EditorBFG, post: 3209755, member: 24719"] [URL=http://enworld.rpgnow.com/default.php?manufacturers_id=604&filter_id=1011&]Big Finger Games' POSTMODERN line [/URL] was designed with an eye for the sort of detailed Modern d20 character creation you describe. The whole line was prompting by our noticing that our 1st level Modern characters seemed, well, kind of lame, and we went forward with the idea that every player should think his character is cool, in some way; maybe not powerful or even necessarily cinematic, but interesting and resonant in a way that was reflected in game stats as well the overall story. [URL=http://enworld.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=3929&]The Versatile Hero,[/URL] especially, might suit you: it is as close to point-buy as d20 can get and retain real balance among characters. And unlike other point-buy systems, [URL=http://enworld.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=3929&]The Versatile Hero[/URL] is designed to completely immune to abuse by power gamers. Besides our stuff, the aforementioned RPO products are great, as are [I]Grim Tales[/I] and [I]Spycraft[/I]. As for firearms, a house rule I've been toying with is halving Massive Damage Thresholds against ballistic damage. Simple but it does the job if you want guns to be deadlier/more realistic. [/QUOTE]

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