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Ever go "light" and find yourself flopping back to "medium or heavy?"

Started by PoppySeed45, March 15, 2010, 10:32:03 AM

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Spike

#30
March 16, 2010, 06:37:42 PM
Eh. Close enough, Ian... close enough.
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warp9

#31
March 17, 2010, 05:36:05 PM
Quote from: Spike;367388My experiences as a GM have taught me this: As a GM I'd rather have rules that I then (mostly) ignore than not have the rules and have to make up shit to fill in the gaps.
I agree.

That is also my way of looking at things.  

To me, the rules are a sort of common agreement about how things should work, but that doesn't mean you have to rigorously apply them to every and all situations.

HERO System has rules for knock-back, but I don't bother with rolling for knockback when a pixie punches a storm giant. HERO also has endurance rules, yet I don't bother with tracking END most of the time, unless the characters are involved in a situation where their stamina is really in question.

Still, the rules are still there if they are needed.

Kinetic

#32
March 17, 2010, 06:09:09 PM
I prefer a rules-medium sort of game.  I came from Hero to Savage Worlds and found that Savage Worlds has the right amount of crunch for me.  Mechanics I prefer to be fairly simple but I like it when the characters have enough options to make sure they are unique and the advancement scheme shouldn't slow things down.

Silverlion

#33
March 17, 2010, 08:09:05 PM
Answering the Op:

Not really. I pick the game rules based on what I want out of it, if it is too heavy I may adjust to lighter systems but I've never gone back the otherway.
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jeff37923

#34
March 17, 2010, 09:00:00 PM
I gave True20 a try, but didn't like it. I got hung up on the wealth mechanic, just didn't feel right. The rest of True20 seems great in concept but just felt flat when played.
"Meh."

Silverlion

#35
March 17, 2010, 09:29:31 PM
Quote from: jeff37923;367918I gave True20 a try, but didn't like it. I got hung up on the wealth mechanic, just didn't feel right. The rest of True20 seems great in concept but just felt flat when played.

I loved True20, converted a Basic D&D game over to it--I may go back to D&D, but not for any fault of True20.

Wealth mechanic isn't something I use often. I usually assume PC's have reasonable gear for their jobs, anything else will be an adventure getting..:D
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jeff37923

#36
March 17, 2010, 09:59:25 PM
Quote from: Silverlion;367922Wealth mechanic isn't something I use often. I usually assume PC's have reasonable gear for their jobs, anything else will be an adventure getting..:D

I was trying to get away from the bean-counting in the games and wanted to try True20 for the Wealth mechanic, but when it came to treasure and other rewards my Players really liked seeing the numbers increase. I found it easier for adjucating things from the other side of the GMs screen.
"Meh."
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