> Be me > Play 4e, but really unsatisfied with it. Feels too much like WoW, with it's mandatory magic items, not-spells for everyone and other shit. > Don't want to play 3.5, because it's fucking boring and has a lot of the same problems. > "user, come play Pathfinder with us! It fixed everything! They buffed fighter and monk, it's all great now!" > Fall for the meme > Join their party, get the player handbook, play a few sessions. > It's literally all the same as 3.5. > mfw
I just want to play a game that feels like fantasy, like Lord of the Rings, where my character can't jump to fucking heavens or fight spellcasting supersonic teleporting dragons as mooks. I want a bear or a squad of orcs to be a threat to me, and I want my rookie fighter armed with his late father's sword to be an actually viable character.
I've heard all the same things about 5e, but don't want to get burnt again. Is it better?
Play OSR games or WHFRP if you are interested in a low key, but playable game.
Alternatively, go riddle of steel or the burning wheel. They're harder to get into, but very enjoyable once you do.
Jeremiah Davis
I feel like Burning Wheel fits your criteria pretty well. Shame there's no pdf for it.
Aaron Mitchell
> I want a bear or a squad of orcs to be a threat to me, and I want my rookie fighter armed with his late father's sword to be an actually viable character.
user - just play WFRP2e (Just don't get too attached to your characters)
Jonathan Ramirez
I believe they just reprinted the Burning Wheel, as my local game store has just got in like 7 copies of it, all new. Might want to check out your local stores or online if you want to try it.
William Myers
Legends of the Wulin has most of this, especially if you start a rank lower then default. Pretty much any enemy can be fatal (or cause you to change your ways- the damage system isn't just for physical wounds!) due to the way the system works, and people can do barely supernatural things. Does come with a very Eastern setting that you can't really switch out due to how the system uses XP.
Zachary Jones
>frogposting >edition shitflinging
Guve it a rest, you fag.
Noah Lewis
Shame on me for responding to a frogpost, but
The One Ring Rune Quest/Legend Savage Worlds
William Sanders
3.5 is fucking boring as shit and Pathfinder is just some money grubbing dickheads attempt at "re-inventing" it but it's the same crap repackaged.
