Re: [dq-rules] DQ vs. newer systems

[phaeton_nz@yahoo.co.nz]

> I still run a DQ version 1 campaign on the rare occasions when
> the old group gets together. I stick with DQ because I know the
> rules cold, have added my own variations, and out of affection for
> old times and the glory of SPI. But I was wondering if any of you
> have kept up with the development of RPGs over the last 20
> years, and still think that DQ, while it was once an infinite
> improvement over AD&D for flexibility, offers real advantages over
> systems like GURPS (I also hear that the new WOTC D&D is
> quite good). Or do you all still play DQ for the same reasons I
> do?

I think that DQ is one of the few systems where your character can grow in 
diverse ways as you can select what ranks you obtain in skills and spells. 
D&D Third ed is now also allowing something like this, especially with the 
concept of the sorcerer.



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