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Message: <blockquote data-quote="arscott" data-source="post: 2974844" data-attributes="member: 17969">I've played in a three month long Stargate (Powered by Spycraft 1.0) game, and ran a d20 modern game for about six months.I played a doctor in the Stargate game, and was a bit frustrated by that--The Vitality/Wounds system leaves very little for the medic to do.  I was also a bit unimpressed by the skill system in general.  The skills seemed oddly focused--for instance, there was a spot skill, and then an entirely seperate surveillance skill.  I understand that the skill system was revised significantly in 2.0, though.  I was also ambivalent on the action dice system--Though the dice themselves were more versatile than their d20 Modern equivalents, Having spend dice to confirm criticals sucks a lot of the fun out of rolling a nat 20.On the other hand, spycraft had some stand-out mechanics as well.  The Car chase system seemed really cool (though with no wheelman in our party, the coolest stuff was automatically out of our reach).  Likewise, the gear pick system was great, and I've developed spycraft-like rules for character gear in my d20 Modern game.d20 Modern has a few weak spots itself--First, it's close enough to D&D that it carries over some of the D&D wonkyness--If you have problems with certain D&D rules (except for those rules that specifically relate to a fantasy setting), you'll probably have the same problems with Modern rules.  The Wealth system, while vastly superior to gold and silver pieces, has some very rough edges.  Nonlethal damage is a joke.  And despite it's encouragement of multiclassing, lack of fractional BAB can really hinder combat advancement for certain class-combos.Still, modern is outstanding in many ways--The Basic/Advanced class structure is very good at making flexible and organic characters, and you'll never take empty levels of anything.  I'm a bit more impressed with the Modern's firearms and armor rules as well.  Modern is close enough to D&D overall that it's much easier for new players to pick up on.  And there's a lot of excellent support, from both WotC and third-party publishers.</blockquote>

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