My friend wants to run a campaign but wants to set it in coliseum/gladiatorial arena. He also doesn't want to use D&D because he wants a very minimal amount of magic involved. Are there any systems which might fit this kind of setting.
My friend wants to run a campaign but wants to set it in coliseum/gladiatorial arena...
Leo Allen
Jeremiah Russell
Dark Heresy ruleset has very nitty-gritty combat, just limit everyone to non-Psykers.
Ayden Hall
I think the fact that most of the people playing won't know much about 40k will hurt interest. I know this from experience of trying to introduce DH to my own group.
Jeremiah Cox
Song of Swords/Riddle of Steel is meant to have the best low fantasy combat system in roleplaying games, although it's a bit crunchy.
Logan Ramirez
Mythras/RQ6 and a secondhand copy of MRQ's Monster Coliseum? You'll even get stats for Dibbler.
Isaac Walker
Song of Swords is literally perfect for this.
Gavin Powell
Iron Heroes.
It's by Monte Cook and Mike Merals but it's actually pretty decent. Yeah it's not!D&D but let's face it that's what your newb friend wants anyway.
BTW, why not just run D&D without mages allowed? Fucking retard.
Aiden Jenkins
It's a rules-heavy mess of a game that is perfect for nothing.
> runequest
Fuck off Lindybeige
> muh 40k
Goddamn you people are worse than GURPSfags. Just because your setting is full of obnoxious proselytizers doesn't mean you have a right to be one.
Josiah Cruz
SoS is the biggest clusterfuck I've ever laid eyes on.
Anthony Adams
Use the LaTeX document.
Being rules-heavy isn't inherently bad. Being messy is an artifact of being in development.