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Message: <blockquote data-quote="thastygliax" data-source="post: 5501850" data-attributes="member: 9825">Of the systems mentioned so far (that Mouse hasn't already ruled out), I have the most experience with Buffy/Angel, having played for a few years in a spinoff-style series. While these two naturally focus on Buffyverse canon, the base system and char-gen can be used pretty much as-is for any heroic modern-day horror game. Buffy has the most support, with supplements on magic, monsters, and Slayers. Of those three, The Magic Box is most useful for a non-Buffy game; the spell list is drawn directly from the series, but many are suitably generic, and the book has rules for creating new spells and weird science devices. The Angel book is invaluable for its detailed rules for building supernatural races for use as both PCs and NPCs. Buffy and Angel both default to a very simple monster stat block, but with the Angel book, more important demons can be fleshed out as thoroughly as the PCs.If you want a more thorough magic system, however, try the Ghosts of Albion RPG (also Cinematic Unisystem; PDF only). It includes a much more balanced (and generic) spell list, multiple magical traditions, and more detailed spell creation rules. GoA is set in Victorian England, but most of the magic and monsters can be used as-is in any time period. (The treatment of ghosts and faeries is especially nice, as Buffy/Angel barely touch on either category.) And of course, the various Cinematic Unisystem games are fully compatible with each other, so you can mix and match elements as needed.</blockquote>

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