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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 5242726" data-attributes="member: 2209">D&D 4e is not anime enough for my group. We are converting our campaign to BESM 3e. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />About three weeks after I got a year long subscription to DDI <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/erm.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":erm:" title="Erm    :erm:" data-shortname=":erm:" />The DM came to hate running 4e combat, one player hates combat but 4e combat in particular, and another got really bored at super-effectively locking monsters down with his fighter powers. I was loving it as is but I'm flexible and willing to try different things.We debated a lot about what to do next, new DM (me) vs our current one, new campaign vs converting the current one, and different systems (Call of Cthulhu, Pathfinder, BESM, Eclipse Phase, Palladium Fantasy RPG 1e, GURPS).I would have happily run a heavily house ruled Pathfinder Freeport or general fantasy game but I wanted more to keep going with our current save the world campaign. The consensus came around to a more quick running rules light system with conversions of our characters and continuation of the ongoing plot. So BESM.Big Eyes Small Mouth is the now defunct Guardian of Order's quick running rules light anime RPG using a version of the Tri-Stat rules system.The DM is the only one with the 3e BESM book. Another player has a mechanically incompatible 2e book and I just got the 3e pdf. Unfortunately the hardcovers are running from $130-200 used on Amazon and Ebay even though it is a 2007 book so it looks like that's it for now. I'll be converting my paragon level ranger (paragon multiclassed wizard).I've never played any Tri-Stat before so its new to me.The skill set is a little wierd. The closest diplomacy analogue seems to be etiquette and seduction. It seems to be a lot of background flavor stuff and not much that will actually get mechanically used (social sciences and administration for my former merchant prince). I'm not entirely sure yet how skills will be actually used.I also have to make a bunch of choices in turning D&D magic (scorching burst, lightning bolt, rituals, utility magics, items) and ranger combat powers into effects based stuff for the new system. I think I'll be going for one basic physical melee attack and one magical ranged attack with some variant options each plus one magical defense and maybe some minor low power random magic stuff.Anybody have any experience to share about the Tri-Stat system, BESM, or BESM 4e?</blockquote>

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