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Originally Posted by Joseph Paul
What else is trendy? Apparently I am behind the times because names like Exalted, L5R, Wushu, etc don't mean anything to me.
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Maybe trendy is the "minigame-in-game" approach of so many new rule systems. The most people dont like to die or even "loose" as character and game-in-game tweaks and little dice thingies (fate points and other crap) help them to be super duper. Now with the new dice switch they are able to master every situation. (at least two last chances after fumbling and thereafter then they pull out their optional last ditch lifer saver dice trick from page 442 of the clan splatbook #7)
Eg. I was forced (yes forced!!!) to play Warhammer FRPG 2nd and in this game you have 3 times per day a reroll (in case you cannot dogde or dont hit this elephant etc.) Additionally you have 3 times per character a life safer "fate point" which you can use if you are getting a deadly hit. What a crap system. Totally idiotic.
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Originally Posted by Joseph Paul
Examining what is being sought by the market may lead to a better understanding of how to present BRP to those 'hip' gamers without having to actually change the game.
Joseph Paul
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Well this is basically a good idea. The question is just if BRP is BRP anymore after such a treatment. If it is possible just by presentation then I am for it. (at first down with this ugly cover
) But if they do any minigame madness, rule and dice tweaking then I am against it. Its more than enough that DBRP has over 350p. I dont want to read more pages, just to have some trendy rules.
BTW: Am I the only one who thinks that the page count of the new DBRP is high? I dont hope too high. I mean is it a minimalistic rule system or not? What the hell do they describe on 350+p?