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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 2369146" data-attributes="member: 19675">GASP!  RIFTS offers lots of choices!You say that like its a bad thing.  Talisanthna lists, in its core rulebook, 125 archetypes, including something like 80 races or nationalities.  Open ended systems like M&M, HERO, and GURPS are limited only in your imagination and your GM's leniency.Heck, even D20 has lots of races...especially after Savage Species was printed.When I ran my first RIFTS campaign, I made a cheatsheet for my players, consisting of a 1-2 line summary covering each RCC and OCC I would allow the players to play, and where to find it, sorted by book.  It was about 7 pages long (I didn't eliminate many classes).Lots of weapons & equipment?  YAY!  A lot of sci-fi games suffer because they are equipment poor.  Ever wander through a gun store or gun & knife show?  Do it and you'll see THOUSANDS of weapons from hundreds of manufacturers, and that ignores the custom-made stuff or the experimental prototypes.It is the rare established product that is unique in its field.  At some point, a competitor will try to grab some of its market share- instead of 1 armed hoverbike used worldwide, you'd expect to see several designs, each with strengths and weaknesses...ESPECIALLY in a setting that presumes multiple alien and cross-dimensional civilizations living in close proximity.</blockquote>