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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ourph" data-source="post: 1749092" data-attributes="member: 20239">"Cinematic" seems to mean that an RPG mimics the action in all of the really horrible, low budget action flicks we all love to hate (A'nald's Commando for instance) where the story essentially has three levels of character; the Good Guy, the Bad Guy and Mooks.  Mooks can fire 10,000 rounds of ammo and shoot missiles at the Good Guy all day long without killing him, whereas the Good Guy can use a snub-nosed .38 to hit and explode the gas tank of an SUV at 300 yards, killing everyone in a 50ft radius (except the Bad Guy of course).  Then the Good Guy and the Bad Guy fight it out one-on-one in the end.D&D does a decent job of this with HP, saving throws, etc.  The only place it's really lacking in "cinematic" feel is special rules for Mooks that make them considerably less able than PCs and BBEGs.</blockquote>