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<blockquote data-quote="Psion" data-source="post: 1479858" data-attributes="member: 172"><p>I put other because I don't see games as a contintuum. Different games have different applications. Though there certainly are a number of games I consider quite a bit worse (harder to play or run, harder to understand, etc.), I do see it as one of many competitive and modern solutions.</p><p></p><p>I do think that the general ability to find a group and the support are definite boons to be had when using it.</p><p></p><p>More to the point, if one were to ask the question "why does d20 get played at your table and not other systems:"</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">My players like, understand, and are comfortable and familiar with it. We can all agree on it. (I like the flexibility of HERO as a system, but find it is above the heads of most players.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I don't like dice pool systems, rules-vacuous systems, diceless systems, card-driven or pente-stone driven systems, and d20 is none of these.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">OTOH, I do prefer games that use a simple and easy to ajudicate dice system with easily understood probablities (linear or two dice, no changes in die types), and d20 is one of those.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I do like systems with structure that the players can use as sources of ideas and to minimize handholding, and d20 does that.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I have less time these days to write new add ons for existing systems, so I find that the broad support for d20 is a boon to me as a GM.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Psion, post: 1479858, member: 172"] I put other because I don't see games as a contintuum. Different games have different applications. Though there certainly are a number of games I consider quite a bit worse (harder to play or run, harder to understand, etc.), I do see it as one of many competitive and modern solutions. I do think that the general ability to find a group and the support are definite boons to be had when using it. More to the point, if one were to ask the question "why does d20 get played at your table and not other systems:" [list] [*]My players like, understand, and are comfortable and familiar with it. We can all agree on it. (I like the flexibility of HERO as a system, but find it is above the heads of most players.) [*]I don't like dice pool systems, rules-vacuous systems, diceless systems, card-driven or pente-stone driven systems, and d20 is none of these. [*]OTOH, I do prefer games that use a simple and easy to ajudicate dice system with easily understood probablities (linear or two dice, no changes in die types), and d20 is one of those. [*]I do like systems with structure that the players can use as sources of ideas and to minimize handholding, and d20 does that. [*]I have less time these days to write new add ons for existing systems, so I find that the broad support for d20 is a boon to me as a GM. [/list] [/QUOTE]
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