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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rodrigo Istalindir" data-source="post: 1794091" data-attributes="member: 2810">I guess Old One would have to answer that, but it wasn't a horror oriented game, so maybe he figured it wasn't appropriate.  The situation, now that I think back, didn't really offer us a 'retreat and regroup' location, so we probably would have stayed and fought, anyway.Unlike AIM-54, I actually prefer class-oriented systems over classless ones.  I've had too many games devolve into a munchkiny min-maxing of perks/drawbacks where no one ever took anything that wasn't considered 'the best'.  I really disliked the 'generic classes' when I saw them in D20 Modern (which I continue to dislike), and they were almost enough to make me pass on GT.  Fortunately, I'm rational enough to understand that doing a generic grim and gritty rule book kinda required it  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />   I think, though, that if I were to run a GT campaign in a specific setting, I'd twiddle with the classes a bit to make my own (eg an Archeologist that combines levels of Smart with levels of Fast with a couple other things thrown in).  (And, damn you, 'Slavelords of Cydonia' has given me this Barsoom vibe that is making me reconsider my quitting DM'ing!)I don't have a beef with Action Points -- I've been using the mechanic since Star Wars d6 in college back in the 80s.  I just prefer them to feel a little more 'special'.  Plus, as a GM, an abundance of them makes gauging encounters difficult.  I've had players hit some bad die rolls in an encounter that was intended to be a warmup, and have them blow all their action points.  Then they hit the BBEG and have none, and he ends up being a lot tougher than I intended.  If you keep them rare, the players are more likely to save them for life-or-death emergencies.</blockquote>

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