Role playing elitism

Evil Sadistic Bastard · Post by **Evil Sadistic Bastard** » 2002-11-22 04:46am

Are there any RPGs out there that use a skill-based system? I think that would be a better than class-based. You get more control.

Eleas · Post by **Eleas** » 2002-11-22 04:54am

Evil Sadistic Bastard wrote:Are there any RPGs out there that use a skill-based system? I think that would be a better than class-based. You get more control.

Are there any skill-based systems?

Well, yeah, just about every game played outside of the US. Västmark, DoD, GURPS (however bland & boring its system is), WEG SW, Eon, NEOtech, Mutant, FUDGE (highly recommended), BtVSRPG, Kult, Call of Cthulu, Shadowrun, Twilight 2000, MERC, Rimworlds, Terra Draconis... I probably forgot some.

So I think there shouldn't be much trouble getting a hold of a skill-based system. I recommend FUDGE myself, as it is free, but be advised it's more like a self-assembly system than a complete game.

Ok, admittedly, it should be possible to make a decent level-based game. Look to the Fallout computer games for a nice example of this.

EDIT: Made a link to the FUDGE homepage, to ease the transition.

Hendrake · Post by **Hendrake** » 2002-11-22 05:13am

Eleas wrote::shock:

Are there any skill-based systems?

Well, yeah, just about every game played outside of the US. Västmark, DoD, GURPS (however bland & boring its system is), WEG SW, Eon, NEOtech, Mutant, FUDGE (highly recommended), BtVSRPG, Kult, Call of Cthulu, Shadowrun, Twilight 2000, MERC, Rimworlds, Terra Draconis... I probably forgot some.[/size]

And Tiers Age, Castle Falkenstain, Over the Edge, Witchcraft, Unknown Armies, Continuum, Elish...

Anyway, Fudge is both good and free. I recomand that.