Sam Ecorners
Arcane
Been playing 5e for about 6 months now, first as a player, now as a DM. I'm getting to the point where I'm getting interested in other PnP games. So what's a good logical move from DnD? I'd prefer to move away from fantasy.
That is a complex and very difficult question to answer on scant information. Moving away from D&D is hard, because it's what everyone and their mother knows. It's the crutch that never seems to break. Finding another game that you can organize an entire group around and keep them coming is a pain in the butt like you wouldn't believe. That is, unless you live near one of the major metropolises, and can pull from a large body of people. If you're lucky, and your entire group likes to experiment with different games, and no one in the group is hemmed in about genre, I bow to you as you are a god among men.Been playing 5e for about 6 months now, first as a player, now as a DM. I'm getting to the point where I'm getting interested in other PnP games. So what's a good logical move from DnD? I'd prefer to move away from fantasy.
life sucks when you don't live in a major kwan city
The question is, how much rules are you willing to read through? Because Shadowrun is a crunch system with a lot of rules, while having a great setting. Vampire isn't rule heavy. Eclipse Phase is kinda rule heavy, but not that much, also great setting. Call of Cthulhu, I didn't have the honor to play, but it's d100 so it's not that hard. RECON i don't know.
About prewritten adventures. Vampire has some, but they are pretty railroaded. The newer ones (closer to 2001) are less railroaded. Eclipse Phase and Shadowrun have a lot of free adventures. Call of Cthulhu, you don't need anything prewritten - people die, the end.
RECON is a game very nearly as old as D&D that was bought out by Palladium (they of Rifts and Robotech), who reformatted and re-released it as RECON: Advanced Warfighter. There's been a couple of editions since, including the ubiquitous Deluxe Revised RECON. There were some scenario packs as well. But if you ever do it, there's no real need for them your first time out. In fact, it's better to do something real simple first time. Because a fantasy group entering into RECON is so far out of its element, it's like they're in one of the really oddball Planescape realms where up is down and in is out, and yet at the same time the world is really real. For many fantasy gamers, it's like a reverse Alice in Wonderland.4. RECON (couldn't find it online, is it same thing as MERCS?)
Call of Cthulhu's latest edition is 7th but it's not widely available yet (mostly only to Kickstarter backers and pre-orders so far). 6th edition works fine, if you don't mind not having the latest changes.Which versions for the first 3?
Vampire. Fuck Requiem.
How does Dark Heresy compare to Rogue Trader?