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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AIM-54" data-source="post: 1794003" data-attributes="member: 15633">I'm going to use Rodrigo's template here as it's well put together and should make comparing this all easier.  That's the hope at any rate. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />Character I was playing Artorius, a Strong 1/Charismatic 5/Fast 1, character.  I like this system better than standard d20 because it is more flexibility.  That said, I prefer even more flexibility, such as that found in classless systems.  This is a preference and not really a criticism as such.  I like talents.  I wish Artorius could have been a somewhat more accomplished fighter (beyond my abysmal rolling, I mean! <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" />).  The charisma feats (frightful presence) were cool as well as the talents coordinate and inspire.  Very cool option, that.  Combat I liked the combat system, including Fewer Dead Heroes.  I'm usually not a huge fan of the defensive bonus thing, but I think it's necessary in a low magic game for survivability reasons.  It certainly made our characters more survivable, along with FDH, which I also like.Action PointsI'm going to disagree with RB and say that I loved the way action points worked.  In my current D&D game we've been using a version that isn't quite as flexible.  I guess it reminded me of the various pools from my favorite system (Shadowrun) and I enjoyed having that sort of ability to influence what happened...except when I was rolling 1 after 1 after 1. Horror Check Oops!  See below.SpellcastingCan't talk too much about this, as I was not a spellcaster, but I generally agree with RB on the flexibility issue.  I think spellburn is a little harsher than I would prefer it, but were I to run GT, I'd probably house rule it a bit.To conclude, I really enjoyed this encounter with Grim Tales.  While some of it is certainly attributable to the pleasure of the company, I do think it showed me how good D&D fantasy can be, something I have often found myself questioning over the last six months or so.  I had intended to cease my purchases of d20 material in favor of other games, but I believe the next time I have cash to burn, I will seriously consider purchasing Grim Tales.Anyway, hope some of that makes sense and is useful.  I'm certainly willing to entertain further, more specific questions.  I've had a long day, so I may have not been as eloquent as I might have liked. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>

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