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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Master of the Game" data-source="post: 2314965" data-attributes="member: 9220">I agree that a lot of people say their games are cinematic, but in this game it's an actual game-play mechanic.  I'd say it really hits dead on here, in a way not seen since Feng Shui, and in a way that easily outstrips that much-beloved system.As for Starwars, I love both the d6 and d20 systems, but I think you could do it better with Fireborn.  Karma and Taint are great substitutes for the force/darkside, and powers could mimic many physical abilities, while spells take care of the mental ones.  The only downside, is you would have to get rid of the excellent advancement system (dual advancement).  Not hard to do, but it's fabulous, and would be missed.Other than combat mechanics, it has a great character advancement system that drips with flavor.  Basically, you gain two types of experience, noral experience you get as a day-to-day human that can be used on skills and edges (think feats), and experience you get from the flashbacks that can be spent on powers and adapting to your draconic form.  Further, you have to bring them all together, this is done by using flashbacks to locate portions of your horde.  As you gain mystic experience, normal experience, and uncover your horder you come closer to meeting your true potential... becoming a dragon again.Beyond mechanics, the story is great.  The initial adventure, for instance starts you off in the ancient past, helping to broker a peace treaty.  Then you wake up from the dream and you are a normal human.  You go about you life, but things have changed, you're just a little bit better than everyone else... then, flashback, bad stuff in ancient times.  All this leads to an enemy you barely stopped before, that is coming back to confront you now.Before I go any farther, I should point out, I'm just an avid fan, and have nothing to do with this game, but I am glad to answer questions.  The more it catches on, the more they print, and the more goodies I get to play with.Next, is the interesting way you play a group of characters in the past and present.  You are all members of a brood... a group of dragons raised together so closely that you are karmically bound to one another.  You can communicate mentally, and each time you reincarnate you eventually find one another... even if you're not trying or don't know it's happening.The intersting thing is, because dragons are eternal they always reincarnate.  You can die in a flashback, but still be there during the next one.  Only dragons in human form don't remember their past lives.  Of course, you get a lot more experience if you survive the flashback....Other than the fact you have to make two characters (scion and dragon) it's pretty easy.  Assign your attribute points, pick your human background, choose your draconic nature (think Avatar from White Wolf's Mage), add a few bonus points to skills (your basic skills are free from your background), pick a few edges (initial edges are based on draconic nature), then pick spells and/or fighting styles.Dragons are much the same, just choose your breeds in place of background and nature, and powers in place of edges.</blockquote>

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