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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Banshee16" data-source="post: 2764523" data-attributes="member: 7883">This sounds really cool....I flipped through Blue Rose in the store, but because it wasn't entirely interchangeable with regular D20, and partly because of the setting, which I was reading really conflicting reviews about, I held off, in favour of waiting to see what True20 would be like.I did find the magic system kind of neat.  IIRC, it was a skill-based spellcasting system, that does require a roll to cast successfully, included a fatigue mechanic, and was point-based or something where you'd have a type of effect (ie. conjure fire) and how high you made the success DC determined whether you were casting a fireball or a burning hands, etc.  Is that correct?  Is the True 20 spellcasting system like that?Am I correct in thinking that the combat system basically means that it relies more on movement, parrying etc., that those defenses go up in level, and that if you *do* get hit, it's possible for even a high-level character to get dropped by a lower level one with a lucky hit?Banshee</blockquote>