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<blockquote data-quote="Xandercrisp" data-source="post: 176204" data-attributes="member: 2069">I have just what you are looking for.&nbsp; It's called TORG.&nbsp; It's a role playing game where the mechanics of the game include a deck of cards that (among other things) give bonuses to specific activities during combat and out of combat, dictate how many actions each person can take each round, create plot twists out of combat, and give the TORG equivalent of EPs at the end of an adventure. You can only have a limited number of cards in your hand.&nbsp; The cards change combat from &quot;do the most effective monster killing thing same way each time&quot; to &quot;fight in such a way as to take advantage of the card influencing combat this round&quot;&nbsp; I really like the system, despite two very real problems with it.Problem one: The ninja-splat effect.&nbsp; Because of the way hitting and damage are linked, anyone with a high dodge can only be hit by something that also does a huge amount of damage.&nbsp; So ninja type characters are either untouched, or splattered across three city blocks.Problem two: The game was put out by West End Games, now defunct so the game is out of print, and has been for quite some time.&nbsp; There was noise at one point about someone buying the rights, but I haven't seen anything.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Xandercrisp, post: 176204, member: 2069"] I have just what you are looking for. It's called TORG. It's a role playing game where the mechanics of the game include a deck of cards that (among other things) give bonuses to specific activities during combat and out of combat, dictate how many actions each person can take each round, create plot twists out of combat, and give the TORG equivalent of EPs at the end of an adventure. You can only have a limited number of cards in your hand. The cards change combat from "do the most effective monster killing thing same way each time" to "fight in such a way as to take advantage of the card influencing combat this round" I really like the system, despite two very real problems with it. Problem one: The ninja-splat effect. Because of the way hitting and damage are linked, anyone with a high dodge can only be hit by something that also does a huge amount of damage. So ninja type characters are either untouched, or splattered across three city blocks. Problem two: The game was put out by West End Games, now defunct so the game is out of print, and has been for quite some time. There was noise at one point about someone buying the rights, but I haven't seen anything. [/QUOTE]

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