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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ahnehnois" data-source="post: 6214382" data-attributes="member: 17106">If I were rewriting d20 Modern today, I'd hybridize it with the Cortex system games and try to create something a little less hackneyed and more of a simplistic reality simulator.In short:*Get rid of BAB and saves and make everything a skill.*Make a set list of basic skills that advance a finite amount, followed by an open-ended list of subspecialties.*Flatten the math enough so that ability scores are always relevant.*Get rid of classes and make it strictly point buy.*Covert feats into the point buy approach.*Add in active defense and a more robust action system.*Get rid of hp and replace them with something more naturalistic and more deadly.*Add in a bunch of modules for specific genres and settings.*Get rid of the spiky-haired art and redo the tone of the book to something more appealing.*Keep most of the basic skill/feat/combat mechanics as they are.Then we'd have an rpg worthy of the title "d20 Modern".</blockquote>