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<blockquote data-quote="Summer-Knight925" data-source="post: 5698178" data-attributes="member: 80297">People always trash MDC but with a little imagination, it is the single greatest way of converting energy weapons to a tabletop game, and Mega Damage armor gives players a certain 'away from statistical' feel for their health, not to mention I have a few rules about rolling with the blows of energy weapons (if you roll high enough, it is translated to SDC damage, which may seem cheap or unrealistic, but...well its a laser gun, what part of that is realistic? but back on topic, its like moving so it just grazes the target, something like that)And before you become critics on MDC melee weapons, have you ever seen a vibro-saber duel? It is still legendary at my table.&nbsp;Also if you have Heroes Unlimited you can make SDC firearms more interesting and if the GM gives someone a chance to have their SMG turn into a terrifying weapon (another legendary moment at my table)&nbsp;I consider it a heavy role-play system, on all sides. And the combat system is &quot;clunky&quot; to some, but again, if enough role-play is applied it adds enough options to keep your character interesting.If we compare it to newer games (4e) then I see a huge split, which IMO the biggest problem with 4e (this is again my own opinion, if you want to call me an idiot please keep it to yourself) is the role play&nbsp;I honestly feel that 4e took a lot of role-play away and moved into dice, 3e did this too, I feel having 'class skills' is best done with A. a lot of options and B. categories rather than specifics. So I like systems with either a huge amount of skills (palladium) or no skills (OD&amp;D).Of course you could come back and argue &quot;But the thief always had skills!&quot;So to wrap this up, the Palladium system is great with narrative play, where the players and GM both take time to narrarate, a system where simply saying &quot;I aim for the head&quot; is a matter of life and death, while some may dislike this system, I do enjoy it, I see the Palladium system putting power in the hands of the players, enough to have the players either dominate the world or fail horribly.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Summer-Knight925, post: 5698178, member: 80297"] People always trash MDC but with a little imagination, it is the single greatest way of converting energy weapons to a tabletop game, and Mega Damage armor gives players a certain 'away from statistical' feel for their health, not to mention I have a few rules about rolling with the blows of energy weapons (if you roll high enough, it is translated to SDC damage, which may seem cheap or unrealistic, but...well its a laser gun, what part of that is realistic? but back on topic, its like moving so it just grazes the target, something like that) And before you become critics on MDC melee weapons, have you ever seen a vibro-saber duel? It is still legendary at my table. Also if you have Heroes Unlimited you can make SDC firearms more interesting and if the GM gives someone a chance to have their SMG turn into a terrifying weapon (another legendary moment at my table) I consider it a heavy role-play system, on all sides. And the combat system is "clunky" to some, but again, if enough role-play is applied it adds enough options to keep your character interesting. If we compare it to newer games (4e) then I see a huge split, which IMO the biggest problem with 4e (this is again my own opinion, if you want to call me an idiot please keep it to yourself) is the role play I honestly feel that 4e took a lot of role-play away and moved into dice, 3e did this too, I feel having 'class skills' is best done with A. a lot of options and B. categories rather than specifics. So I like systems with either a huge amount of skills (palladium) or no skills (OD&D). Of course you could come back and argue "But the thief always had skills!" So to wrap this up, the Palladium system is great with narrative play, where the players and GM both take time to narrarate, a system where simply saying "I aim for the head" is a matter of life and death, while some may dislike this system, I do enjoy it, I see the Palladium system putting power in the hands of the players, enough to have the players either dominate the world or fail horribly. [/QUOTE]

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