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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TGryph" data-source="post: 1675230" data-attributes="member: 19651">Well, coming from someone who has not only bought and read through but actually PLAYEd Harp, I feel obliged to put my two cents in.First, I am a long time (25+) years D&D player who was rapidly losing my love affair with the current edition, and was looking for something different. I tried several systems (about 5) with my current group before we settled on HARP.First, all rules in one book..you gotta love that. And for those of you who say that it seems like there would be a lot of looking for the books for rules, you didn't when you first started (and quite possibly still do) playing D&D?  HARP is a heckuva lot rules-lighter than D&D 3.5, while staying a LOT more open to a wide variety of player options. The Magic system is a treat - you can actually DECIDE how powerful your spell needs to be and scale it to power...at the risk of a fizzle or even a Fumble. More excitement in spellcasting.Combat is superior in my opinion...the open-ended rolls make even a high-level fighter think about his strategy and concern himself with every combat he enters...one lucky swing can seriously hurt or kill even the most doughty warrior.And I have nothing but respect for the support...great live chat support with the designer himself, as well as very quick replies on the message boards. Now some of my players are very set in their ways, and prefer the rules heavy, very High Fantasy (or as I call it Video Game Style) rpin'g of 3.5 D&D, which is fine if that is your preference. For me, I wanted something a little less restrictive, and a little more gritty without adding a ton of rules. So, don't condemn the system on a quick read-through of the rules. Give the game a try..keep an open mind...and you may just be as pleasantly surprised as I was!</blockquote>

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