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Drachnon · 05-17-2008, 12:30 PM

Sure played I've also played GURPS and World of Darkness from White Wolf (Vampire the masquerade, werewolf the apocalypse etc)

Both have their perks and flaws though. GURPS is annouying because you need a few hours to make a character (too many skill and abilities to memorize like I did with D&D). However once you get it going it plays pretty easy also the large amount of options and freedom with selecting what you're character learns (not bound to a class like D&D) is great for specializing. Though it also means you can minmax quite a bit.

Vampire and the rest of the World of Darkness setting is easier with character creation however where D&D was focused on classes in the WoD everything depends on your race. And the races are not really balanced so trying to mix Vampire with Werewolf is pretty impossible (except as badguys). Also the progression of characters is quite slow with awards of only 2 to 3xp a session while increasing an ability can cost up to 50xp (with 1 session every 2 weeks it would take about 8 months to see only a little bit of progress in your character).

05-17-2008, 12:30 PM	#5
Drachnon Ifrit Join Date: May 2008 Gender : Location: Netherlands Posts: 83	Re: Greetings and salutations Sure played I've also played GURPS and World of Darkness from White Wolf (Vampire the masquerade, werewolf the apocalypse etc) Both have their perks and flaws though. GURPS is annouying because you need a few hours to make a character (too many skill and abilities to memorize like I did with D&D). However once you get it going it plays pretty easy also the large amount of options and freedom with selecting what you're character learns (not bound to a class like D&D) is great for specializing. Though it also means you can minmax quite a bit. Vampire and the rest of the World of Darkness setting is easier with character creation however where D&D was focused on classes in the WoD everything depends on your race. And the races are not really balanced so trying to mix Vampire with Werewolf is pretty impossible (except as badguys). Also the progression of characters is quite slow with awards of only 2 to 3xp a session while increasing an ability can cost up to 50xp (with 1 session every 2 weeks it would take about 8 months to see only a little bit of progress in your character).