As a person who's only experienced BRP through Call of Cthulhu, I must say that this is terribly confusing.
I think I'm understanding the concept. Unknown Armies uses a comparable (but heavily simplified) approach to rolls as well, where you want to roll under, but try to get the highest possible roll at the same time (that is, if I'm understanding this correctly).
However, I must admit that having to explain this system to my group has dimmed my enthusiasm a bit. My group is made up of people with great characterization and enthusiasm for expanding characters, but they aren't interested in complex mechanics that suck them out of their imaginary world and put them into the unwelcome realm of numbers and statistics. And I admit, off the cuff my arithmetic is atrocious and will probably slow things down considerably.
How tough is this system to learn for "casual" gamers playing it the first time?
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Last edited by Ars Mysteriorum; January 16th, 2008 at 16:24.
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