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<blockquote data-quote="Primal" data-source="post: 4688785" data-attributes="member: 30678"><p>Derren,</p><p></p><p>like others have suggested, <strong>WFRP 2nd Edition</strong> might work for you, if you replace the crits with some sort of houserule (e.g. you die when you are at negative amount of Wounds). The setting is absolutely great, if you're into Dark Fantasy spiced with humour.</p><p></p><p>However, I'd also suggest <strong>Burning Wheel</strong> by Luke Crane -- it's a great and simple system, which allows for a lot of customization. It *is* a bit rules-heavy, but then again, so is D&D. The combat and debate systems are certainly unique.</p><p></p><p>Then there's <strong>Conspiracy of Shadows</strong>, which is basically a "narrativist" fantasy RPG about conspiracies (each campaign begins by designing the conspiracy). The combat system is "gamist", though. The implied setting is Slavic in nature, but it is very well written -- and it's easy to change if you prefer more "generic" fantasy (i.e. it is not "hardwired" into the mechanics).</p><p></p><p>I'd also like to mention<strong> Epic RPG</strong> as a potential "candidate", but I don't know much about it -- it may be too "gritty" for your taste? Also, if you're willing to try non-traditional "narrativist" RPGs, try<strong> Dogs in the Vineyard</strong> or <strong>Polaris</strong> -- I can't even recommend them enough (the latter, though being a "Mormon Western" RPG, can easily be tweaked to work as a fantasy RPG -- and, in fact, <strong>Princes' Kingdom</strong> *is* a fairy tale/fantasy "mod" of DitV).</p><p></p><p>EDIT: <strong>Fantasy Hero</strong> and <strong>GURPS</strong> which were both suggested by others are both also great games which I would recommend for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Primal, post: 4688785, member: 30678"] Derren, like others have suggested, [B]WFRP 2nd Edition[/B] might work for you, if you replace the crits with some sort of houserule (e.g. you die when you are at negative amount of Wounds). The setting is absolutely great, if you're into Dark Fantasy spiced with humour. However, I'd also suggest [B]Burning Wheel[/B] by Luke Crane -- it's a great and simple system, which allows for a lot of customization. It *is* a bit rules-heavy, but then again, so is D&D. The combat and debate systems are certainly unique. Then there's [B]Conspiracy of Shadows[/B], which is basically a "narrativist" fantasy RPG about conspiracies (each campaign begins by designing the conspiracy). The combat system is "gamist", though. The implied setting is Slavic in nature, but it is very well written -- and it's easy to change if you prefer more "generic" fantasy (i.e. it is not "hardwired" into the mechanics). I'd also like to mention[B] Epic RPG[/B] as a potential "candidate", but I don't know much about it -- it may be too "gritty" for your taste? Also, if you're willing to try non-traditional "narrativist" RPGs, try[B] Dogs in the Vineyard[/B] or [B]Polaris[/B] -- I can't even recommend them enough (the latter, though being a "Mormon Western" RPG, can easily be tweaked to work as a fantasy RPG -- and, in fact, [B]Princes' Kingdom[/B] *is* a fairy tale/fantasy "mod" of DitV). EDIT: [B]Fantasy Hero[/B] and [B]GURPS[/B] which were both suggested by others are both also great games which I would recommend for you. [/QUOTE]
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