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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(Psi)SeveredHead" data-source="post: 3789350" data-attributes="member: 1165">I haven't played SAGA, but I have played d20 Modern. A lot of SAGA things, like non-magic item/equipment based Defenses have already been used in Modern, and they work!Other things, like simplifying skills, are a house rule I immediately snapped up and used for Modern. There's a bit of a hole in that set of rules, in that it's too difficult to take skills that aren't class skills (or, for that matter, learning new class skills is fiendishly difficult) but it makes NPC creation a synch. It's certainly a cool GM tool.I like the removal/reduction of multiple attacks. I didn't really like the Two-Weapon Fighting rules or the "make two attacks at -5 rules" but the base rules reduce the number of dice rolls and level-based bonuses to damage rock. Maybe the bonus should be based on BAB and not strictly character level but that's a minor issue ... IMO.As for talents, I found that Modern sometimes overused ability scores for talents. For instance, the Inspiration talent requires a Charisma check and the duration is also based on Charisma. I didn't like the latter aspect; a Charisma 12 character is already going to be worse at it than a Charisma 16 character, and now they're being punished by having their ability last only one round! That makes designing a character like a sergeant very difficult.I'm a bit worried about "roll to set DC rather than roll saves" - for Star Wars, it works fine for things like autofire and grenades, but I fear how overpowered that would be with Mind Blast. (I've already tried that before with Mind Blast. A spell or effect that "nerfs" multiple characters get overpowered if you roll a 20 on the attack.)</blockquote>

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