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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 3577174" data-attributes="member: 19675">My first suggestion for non-D20, as always, is HERO.As I just posted elsewhere:Mutants & Masterminds, a HERO-esque, rules-light(er) version of D20 would be my next suggestion.Good superhero games, which M&M and HERO both are, must be able to simulate a wide variety of character archetypes since the source material is full of characters of all kinds- guys in power armor, deities, swordsmen and sorcerers can be found in almost any published comic book world.However, Star Wars, Dragonstar, DragonMech, Shadowrun or Deadlands: Hell on Earth would also be good systems to use, since they are dedicated to the kind of sci-fi/fantasy melded campaign you're going to be running.In a perfect world, RIFTS should be just about ideal...but its mechanics suck due to (allegedly) insufficient/nonexistent playtesting.  You might want to scope it out for source material, however.Among older games, Alternity and Torg might work, and dropping a magic system into something like Traveller shouldn't be too difficult.</blockquote>