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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GMMichael" data-source="post: 7896892" data-attributes="member: 6685730">I'd like to give an honorable mention to my game, <a href="https://modos-rpg.obsidianportal.com/" target="_blank">Modos RPG</a>, for the following reasons (while the search for Best continues). . .First, the magic rules are in a module.  Pull out the module and the remainder is, basically by default, low-fantasy.Magic swords don't get damage or attack bonuses.  Actually, they don't exist in the book, except for the suggestion that a sword with increased damage has that feature by virtue of being on fire.There aren't mass combat rules, but you can use the Engage skill to captivate your troops, Persuade to make them risk their lives, and Detect to decide how combat-ready they are.  The extended conflict rules support mass combat in the abstract.Rampaging through a village is a bad idea; unopposed attacks (pitchforks) deal a minimum of one point of damage.  A tenth-level rampager, for example, with about 22 physical health, would come very close to a draw in a fight against six villagers in three rounds of combat.  Provided the villagers don't have much respect for their own lives <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f608.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":devilish:" title="Devil    :devilish:"  data-smilie="29"data-shortname=":devilish:" /></blockquote>