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<blockquote data-quote="amerigoV" data-source="post: 5319646">Dragon Age RPG looks really interesting to me and hits a lot of your requirements. Where it fails is that only levels 1-5 are out. I just saw something about levels 6-10 will be available for free as Beta - I am not sure if that is a good thing (they are just testing the fine minutiae) or it is a bad thing (they do not know where they are taking the system). It is also somewhat tied to the DA world, but they did not hit you over the head with the history - almost assuming that you have played the video game from that perspective.Not skill heavy - uses the prime attributes for resolution. You can get specializations that help with the checks. The resolution is all 3d6 + attribute + specialization vs. TN. One of the dice (the Dragon Die) determines how well you did something. It also used in the combat system to generate Stunts (if you roll doubles, the dragon die gives you Points that you can use to choose interesting combat/magic stunts in combat - mixes things up a bit).From reading, it just feels like AD&amp;D 2e house ruled to work - magic is a mana pool not Vance, Proficiencies that make sense, fast combat play, etc.I'll also throw in a vote for Savage Worlds. Fantasy may not be its pure sweet spot (although I need to pick up Hellfrost and see what goodies it has) - the Toughness/Parry combo can get grindy if you are not careful. I love it because I can easily genre hop - something I NEVER did before Savage Worlds. I am running a SW Ravenloft game side by side with a PF game (another GM) and the players seem perfectly comfortable switching between the games.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="amerigoV, post: 5319646"] Dragon Age RPG looks really interesting to me and hits a lot of your requirements. Where it fails is that only levels 1-5 are out. I just saw something about levels 6-10 will be available for free as Beta - I am not sure if that is a good thing (they are just testing the fine minutiae) or it is a bad thing (they do not know where they are taking the system). It is also somewhat tied to the DA world, but they did not hit you over the head with the history - almost assuming that you have played the video game from that perspective. Not skill heavy - uses the prime attributes for resolution. You can get specializations that help with the checks. The resolution is all 3d6 + attribute + specialization vs. TN. One of the dice (the Dragon Die) determines how well you did something. It also used in the combat system to generate Stunts (if you roll doubles, the dragon die gives you Points that you can use to choose interesting combat/magic stunts in combat - mixes things up a bit). From reading, it just feels like AD&D 2e house ruled to work - magic is a mana pool not Vance, Proficiencies that make sense, fast combat play, etc. I'll also throw in a vote for Savage Worlds. Fantasy may not be its pure sweet spot (although I need to pick up Hellfrost and see what goodies it has) - the Toughness/Parry combo can get grindy if you are not careful. I love it because I can easily genre hop - something I NEVER did before Savage Worlds. I am running a SW Ravenloft game side by side with a PF game (another GM) and the players seem perfectly comfortable switching between the games. [/QUOTE]

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