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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jhaelen" data-source="post: 7447844" data-attributes="member: 46713">Well, in general I prefer it if RPG system are custom-designed to fit a particular setting. Assuming the designers know what they're doing, the result will always be better than trying to shoe-horn an existing, generic rule system into the setting; see "The One Ring" as a perfect example.There's a second aspect to your question, though:When using a setting based on novels or movies, you often have the problem of overwhelmingly powerful protagonists. I think this is the case with the Witcher. It's also a problem in the Star Wars setting: what if everyone wants to play a jedi master? Imho, the best solution is to either set the campaign world in a time where these overwhelmingly powerful characters don't exist or relegate them to npc status; working in the background with as little (direct) contact to the PCs as possible.I don't think an RPG where every PC is as powerful as the Witcher would work well or be much fun. (Although there are RPG systems that have found a way to make something like this work, e.g. "Amber - the diceless RPG".)</blockquote>