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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 6583720">I like to choose the best RPG for what it is I want in the campaign. Right now I am using my own system and I tailor it to each campaign or setting I work with. So sometimes that means totally mundane, grounded, gritty stuff (i.e. characters can die from a single gun shot, combat is quite lethal and focus tends to be more on characters). Other times I go more for a history setting that feels real but allows for the occasional epic moment (so think the old sword and sandals movies, where characters still bleed but big important stuff still happens). However other times I want super powerful magic wielders who are imbued with supernatural energy and very difficult to kill (campaigns where players are effectively immortal-like beings who can achieve greatness simply by virtue of having 'the gift'). Right now I am doing a wuxia game. This is pretty much modeled on the action of the wuxia movies from the late 60s to today and wuxia TV series. So dodging arrows while sliding down a bridge is a potential thing that might happen, taking two daggers in the gut also something that might happen (if you are a master, it might do nothing, if you are just starting to learn martial arts it might kill you). This is very much over the top, larger than life, epic swordplay. However despite all this there is still a great deal of focus on character interaction, politics, and role-play. The wuxia genre tends to operate that way. You have these action driven sequences but you also have interesting characters and story lines. I also play games like D&D, Savage Worlds, Shadows of Esteren, etc. For each of these I find I want different things (in terms of epic potential).</blockquote>

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