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<blockquote data-quote="innerdude" data-source="post: 6621533" data-attributes="member: 85870">Well, it is sort of a &quot;goes with the territory&quot; kind of thing. All of the Runequest/BRP variants are going to be the same way. Runequest does at least vary the flavor and available spell lists. If the OP didn't care about balancing each type of magic against each other, that becomes a whole other story. Suddenly there's all kinds of other options available. But these kinds of threads are always fraught with peril for the OP. How do you decide amongst any of the suggestions? A lot of times these threads just turn into a &quot;Try system X that really works for me!&quot;I actually think it's more useful when you're looking for a system to let people know the style/feel/vibe you want from the game, rather than to give a laundry list of mechanics. If a game &quot;feels&quot; right, the mechanics often become less relevant. So what if that system you chose only has 3 distinct kinds of magic instead of 8 or 9? If it does everything else you want, are you really going to care? (For some, of course, the answer is a definite &quot;maybe,&quot; lol.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="innerdude, post: 6621533, member: 85870"] Well, it is sort of a "goes with the territory" kind of thing. All of the Runequest/BRP variants are going to be the same way. Runequest does at least vary the flavor and available spell lists. If the OP didn't care about balancing each type of magic against each other, that becomes a whole other story. Suddenly there's all kinds of other options available. But these kinds of threads are always fraught with peril for the OP. How do you decide amongst any of the suggestions? A lot of times these threads just turn into a "Try system X that really works for me!" I actually think it's more useful when you're looking for a system to let people know the style/feel/vibe you want from the game, rather than to give a laundry list of mechanics. If a game "feels" right, the mechanics often become less relevant. So what if that system you chose only has 3 distinct kinds of magic instead of 8 or 9? If it does everything else you want, are you really going to care? (For some, of course, the answer is a definite "maybe," lol.) [/QUOTE]

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