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Message: <blockquote data-quote="trancejeremy" data-source="post: 514380" data-attributes="member: 924">I like the original Stormbringer a lot better than Elric/Stormbringer 5th edition.The original one is actually not unlike d20 in a lot of ways, only with d100. Probably the best implementation of BRP I've seen.  Not very balanced though - as others have mentioned, some people could end up with Melniboneans (who tend to kick ass) and another person could end up playing an ex-farmer. Elric/Stormbringer 5th edition fixes the balance problems, but also does a lot of things I don't like, like removing abilities bonuses for skills.The trouble is, I don't think either version does a great job of capturing the feel of the Elric (or any other Moorcock) novels. They tend to be epic fantasy.  Elric and company hack down dozens of lesser opponents, travel planes, confront gods, etc.BRP, OTOH, is relatively realistic and gritty. Characters die quite easily, even tough characters.  This is okay for Call of Cthulhu, but not good for epic fantasy. Or campaigns in general, where you have characters live from one session to the next.This resulted in size inflation in NPCs in Chaosium products. Just about every NPCs has a size of 15 or greater to improve their survival chances. (Size is averaged with Constitution to get hit points).Also, there's demon inflation in NPCs.  For some reason, just about everyone has demon possessed equipment. Demon swords, axes, etc. But because this is even more deadly, just about everyone also has demon armor. This is worse in the Elric/Stormbringer 5th edition stuff</blockquote>

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