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My first hands on experience with BRP.

Started by Darrin Kelley, January 20, 2024, 06:07:49 AM

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Darrin Kelley

#30
January 21, 2024, 06:29:41 PM
Quote from: Aglondir on January 21, 2024, 03:53:43 PM
So it's like Gurps, where dodging is automatic? (Upthread, LLew mentioned it was rolled as a reaction.) Meaning combat is two rolls: I roll to hit, and the defender rolls to dodge?
Or is it like Hero, where dodging requires me to sacrifice an action? (Usually my next attack, since I "abort" to dodge.)
And if dodge is a skill, what is to stop me from maxing out that single skill, so my character can never be hit?

(Maybe I need to crack open that PDF of the Gold Book I have, somewhere on my hard drive...)

It's a reaction. Assumed in most cases to be automatic.
 

yosemitemike

#31
January 22, 2024, 03:12:20 AM
Quote from: Aglondir on January 21, 2024, 03:53:43 PM
So it's like Gurps, where dodging is automatic? (Upthread, LLew mentioned it was rolled as a reaction.)

It's not technically automatic but people always do it if they can because there's every reason to do it and no reason not to do it the vast majority of the time. 
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S'mon

#32
January 22, 2024, 09:25:27 AM
I find Rune quest too fiddly but I love GMing Dragonbane, my players sing its praises too.

Brad

#33
January 31, 2024, 03:45:57 PM
Well...Amazon had it for $37 so I went ahead and bought it. Claimed "softcover", arrived today and clearly hardback, albeit looks like POD. One thing I don't care for is the type of paper they used, would have preferred the slicker paper, book would have been much thinner.

Hopefully I didn't waste my money!
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Darrin Kelley

#34
February 16, 2024, 04:09:23 AM
I finished reading the book tonight. And I am pleasantly surprised. It delivered everything I wanted in a universal game system. Straight up.

So yeah. I am very happy with my purchase.
 

Hixanthrope

#35
February 23, 2024, 01:21:24 AM
I've played various BRP games for years, you can get a wide array  of genres by tuning the options. I have one system I use for our tactical combat scifi game with wild psionics, another for one-shots or after-work games, and another for horror. Whether it's strike ranks and gear or porn or simple initiative and rituals, it's easy to get what you want out of it. If you have the BGB you don't really need the BRP UGE, but if you're publishing for BRP, it's the best SRD ever made.

Rhymer88

#36
February 23, 2024, 04:53:30 AM
Quote from: swzl on January 21, 2024, 08:38:13 AM
Give Open Quest a shot. Simple, clean, d100 chassis. Then add any detail you want.

https://d101games.com/

https://openquestrpg.com/

Bonus the Open Quest SRD is licensed under CC 4.0 - BY.
Yes, I've had my eye on this and will eventually get it. As for Dragonbane, I don't like that monsters automatically hit. Can't the player characters dodge or something?

Hixanthrope

#37
February 23, 2024, 10:17:08 AM
Agreed, the problem with that kind of thing is it makes a swarm of flies the most dangerous enemy in the world.

S'mon

#38
February 23, 2024, 02:38:57 PM
Quote from: Rhymer88 on February 23, 2024, 04:53:30 AM
Quote from: swzl on January 21, 2024, 08:38:13 AM
Give Open Quest a shot. Simple, clean, d100 chassis. Then add any detail you want.

https://d101games.com/

https://openquestrpg.com/

Bonus the Open Quest SRD is licensed under CC 4.0 - BY.
Yes, I've had my eye on this and will eventually get it. As for Dragonbane, I don't like that monsters automatically hit. Can't the player characters dodge or something?

Yes, they can dodge.

catspaw

#39
May 04, 2024, 07:14:11 PM
Mythras is definitely the best iteration of BRP. I suggest you take a look at it - there's an ORC-licensed version of the rules called Mythras Imperative.
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