• 5too@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I haven’t played a lot of other RPGs, but GURPS is one of my faves - I didn’t realize the turns went quickly compared to other systems!

    Shadowrun can drag though - I felt guilty as a rigger unleashing my drones, didn’t realize when I set them up I’d be monopolizing combat time the way I did…

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      4 days ago

      Quick grain of salt: when I say combat in GURPS goes faster than other systems, I’m only comparing it to other games that focus on tactical combat. The fastest combat I’ve seen was in Trail of Cthulhu, which paid so little attention to combat rules that your combat turn can be summarized as “roll 1d6 and pray”

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        3 days ago

        Horror RPGs in general have very succinct combat. Prolonged battles don’t really fit the vibes. It’s pretty much either you die quickly, kill the monster quickly, or run away.

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        4 days ago

        Completely agree on both counts, though I can’t speak to 6th edition.

        Some of the community likes a Blades in the Dark conversion for Shadowrun, though.