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<blockquote data-quote="Dragonhelm" data-source="post: 3813660" data-attributes="member: 3867"><p><strong>Shadowrun</strong></p><p></p><p><em>What hooked me into the setting:</em></p><p>It was kinda like D&D in a near-future world. Cybernetics, magic…it was all good.</p><p></p><p><em>Why I didn’t keep up with the setting.</em></p><p>The GM we had couldn’t look beyond the modules. She was a bit dull, sad to say. Vampires around every corner. I’m not sure I liked the geography either. I also don’t like games where you’re hired to do a job. I’d rather have some greater, personal motivation and see some good vs. evil going on.</p><p></p><p><em>What would bring me back.</em></p><p>A better GM (or me GM’ing the setting), making it a bit more like Urban Arcana. </p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Legend of the Five Rings</strong></p><p></p><p><em>What hooked me into the setting:</em></p><p>Great flavor! Love the clans, love the magic.</p><p></p><p><em>Why I didn’t keep up with the setting.</em></p><p>My character died, and I couldn’t come up with a good replacement. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> Also, I played in several Heroes of Rokugan (Living Rokugan) games, and I disliked that they weren’t heroic in nature. Some, you had to let a murderer go.</p><p></p><p><em>What would bring me back.</em></p><p>GM’ing it my way (heroic!). Adding a little more D&D flavor to it. I’m one of those rare fans who likes the d20 version, though I also like the d10 version. Both are great.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dragonhelm, post: 3813660, member: 3867"] [b]Shadowrun[/b] [i]What hooked me into the setting:[/i] It was kinda like D&D in a near-future world. Cybernetics, magic…it was all good. [i]Why I didn’t keep up with the setting.[/i] The GM we had couldn’t look beyond the modules. She was a bit dull, sad to say. Vampires around every corner. I’m not sure I liked the geography either. I also don’t like games where you’re hired to do a job. I’d rather have some greater, personal motivation and see some good vs. evil going on. [i]What would bring me back.[/i] A better GM (or me GM’ing the setting), making it a bit more like Urban Arcana. [b]Legend of the Five Rings[/b] [i]What hooked me into the setting:[/i] Great flavor! Love the clans, love the magic. [i]Why I didn’t keep up with the setting.[/i] My character died, and I couldn’t come up with a good replacement. ;) Also, I played in several Heroes of Rokugan (Living Rokugan) games, and I disliked that they weren’t heroic in nature. Some, you had to let a murderer go. [i]What would bring me back.[/i] GM’ing it my way (heroic!). Adding a little more D&D flavor to it. I’m one of those rare fans who likes the d20 version, though I also like the d10 version. Both are great. [/QUOTE]
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