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Message: <blockquote data-quote="argo" data-source="post: 1754749" data-attributes="member: 5752">I couldn't disagree more.  BESM d20 is a great system, just one that requires the DM to customize it to the game he wants to play.  Which makes sense, BESM is supposed to support any type of anime roleplaying which means it has to be flexible enough to cover a lot of ground.  They expect the DM to say things like "ok, this is a Gundam inspired setting so the Mecha Pilot class is in but the Jumping attribute (leap tall buildings) and the Ninja class are out".  If you tried playing a campaign with the entierity of BESM you'd get, well I don't know but it would sure be interesting.  As for having one character buy combat attributes and another buy social atributes, well that is the same problem you get in any ads/disads based char gen system.  At least it is prety easy to control in BESM: just cap the number of ranks a character can take in a single attribute to fit the power level you want in your campaign.Though I will admit that the "combat skills" are poorly implemented, they are a holdover from the old Tri-Stat system and its best if you just ignore that part of the system.Speaking to the origional poster now: luckily you can download the <a href="http://www.guardiansorder.com/games/d20/srd/" target="_blank">BESM SRD</a>  from the guardians of order website (and the Mecha d20 SRD too!) to see what you think of the system before you buy.Hope that helps.</blockquote>