Modiphius 2d20 Advice

[coyote6]

Is there a 2d20 game suitable for a fantasy campaign? Not necessarily D&D style, could be urban etc., but a decent, player-accessible magic system is a must. Conan is very low-magic by RPG standards, and most of the others, from what I know of the settings, seem to have no overt magic at all, though Dune has some narrow, specific things that approach it. (Trek has it in all but name, but rarely if ever wielded by "PCs".)

Heroes of Might and Magic is a 2d20 game based on the video games; the Kickstarter ran earlier this year. A quickstart is available here (or here, or here). I haven't checked it out yet, though.

 

[aramis erak]

Yeah, in my opinion Dune as an RPG setting really suffers from Paul (and later Leto II) being such massive presences that it's easy for PCs to feel unimportant. Agents of Dune works around it by being set in an alternate timeline where the Emperor gives control of Arrakis to the PCs' House (Nagara) instead of the Atreides.

I haven't had a chance to run Dune (it's #1 on my list when I get the time though), but my tentative plan is to set the game a couple of centuries before Paul's birth and just have a big ol' Game of Thrones in space.

The starter set puts the PCs as a House Minor in place of House Atreides. Same time, same basic situation, but whether or not there's a Kwizats Haderach involved is a group decision, and there's room for Leto in the background, still on Caladan.

 

[aramis erak]

Fallout.

I have never played the video game, but have seen the TV show and this made it easy to get into. Conan, Dune and Star Trek have quite lot twiddly bits.

It's closer to Conan than to Dune or STA. Or to S:1999.
It does one thing VERY differently: level based advancement.
Every level is a perk, an extra HP, and a skill level.