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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mercule" data-source="post: 1480073" data-attributes="member: 5100">My preferences:1) d20.  It's simple to learn and play, while still complex enough to allow customization of characters.  It's also incredibly modular.  You can unplug one [group of] classes and/or plug in another.  Likewise for races, feats, and skills.  Even the magic system is modular, although you'd have to adjust the casting classes.   Stangely enough, after several years away from D&D playing classless, levelless systems; I discovered I actually like classes and levels.  These are part of what add ease-of-play to the d20 system. 2) Hero/Champions.  Well, with the clarification on looking for flexibilty, this should have been my top pick.  This is just plain a nice system.  The down side is that the rulebook reads like a dictionary.  The mixed blessing is that you really only need the core book to play; which is good on the pocketbook, but bad for corporate solvency. 3) Shadowrun.  Okay, I like dice pools.  I'd initially ranked Storyteller above Shadowrun.  Then I realized that I like the WoD setting better than the SR setting, but I think the SR system is better than WoD/ST.  It is pretty fast and flows well, once you get the hang of it.  Plus, I like the way magic works with initiates, fatigue, etc. 4) Storyteller.  In truth, I often call ST, "The worst system that remains playable."  I would never unplug it from a specific setting and make it generic, nor would I want to convert it to a new setting.  Really, I just enjoy some aspects of the WoD and find the system compliments it well by by fairly loose and unobtrusive.  I hear good things about the Exalted version, but I loathe the anime tone.  Still, I have high hopes for WoD 2.0. 5) Aria.  This is a horridly convoluted system.  Still, it is great for depth of character -- if you have an unusually dedicated group of players.  This game makes WoD Storyteller look stable, and Hero look basic, but it owns a small piece of my heart.</blockquote>

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