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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 9265549" data-attributes="member: 6779310">Ars Magica and Mechwarrior 2nd ed both have significant downtime activities that, in the right circumstances...Wait, I know pushback is inevitable. So... Explicating:In Ars Magica, it's entirely possible, if uninspired, to play the character who takes his 1-2 pawns of Vis from the covenant's distribution, and whose biggest adventure is surviving the botched research rolls. Now, given that GMing is shared, it's quite possible for anyone in the group to hit the covenant grounds with some adventure, but that's not itself a given, either.In Mechwarrior 2e with Mercenary's Handbook (MHB), it's entirely doable to RP the "Paper Colonel" (or in Brit-Speak, "Regimental Colonel") - the organizer of the merc unit who never themself take the field. All the fighting can be abstracted with the MHB's abstract combat system. The only adventure said Colonel is facing is negotiating the next contract and paying the bills. Both of which ALSO have abstraction mechanics. (I'm talking the 1980's MHB, for reference)</blockquote>