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Message: <blockquote data-quote="prosfilaes" data-source="post: 5672467" data-attributes="member: 40166">One of the big advantages of D&D is that it's a known set of rules. You want to play Nobilis or In Nomine, or even GURPS or Rifts, there's a good chance some or even all of your players won't have books and won't be familiar with the system; they'll need help in creating a character, and you'll constantly have deal with misunderstood rules and rules you need to look up in game.With D&D? Many, even most, of the players have their own book. The players all know the rules; if someone forgets how crits work, almost anyone else can explain, without going back to the book. It gets run sometimes just because that's the fallback default that everyone knows.With your system? What if you want your character to be able to swim? Is it a straight Strength check? Are we using the optional skills rules? What about the advanced swimming rules? Oh, I see, we're using the variants from Dragon 451, so all those points I put in swim are wasted because I'm a dwarf. Why don't we just play GURPS where the swimming rules are clear?From the other side, I'm not a bloody game designer. If I wanted to have to consider two dozen different variants to make my game, I'd be one of the people with a 3-ring binder full of house rules. I want a nice set of balanced, workable rules, not to constantly be making decisions on what set of variant rules to be using. As a DM, I want a system that works out of the box.</blockquote>

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