Favorite TTRPG Systems

[IsabellaRose]

Traveler is the only game I know of where you can die during character creation. It's so much fun! I tried emulating the system when I designed my own game years ago, but I never got where I wanted it to go.

Ironsworn is amazing for solo play! I've created some amazing characters and worlds using it as a base.

I never played PF2e, just PF1 back with my in person group. I've heard good things, but I lost interest in the d20 simulation style games. 

[WickedCadrach]

1 hour ago, LewdiKris said:

Tried Traveller for the first time too, recently, and I think it might have the most fun character creation of all time!

Traveller has the most bonkers character creation. I have a friend who always brings up his character that died during character creation so he had to start over, lol

[LewdiKris]

Its not just the dying! You start off thinking, "I'm going to make a bad ass space pirate. Probably in his thirties, experienced but not old, you know."

Hard cut to:

You start the adventure as a 56 year old with one arm, who spent 20 years in jail, and whos primary skill is reading poetry. 

And the best part, is that they;ll be fun to play, and it will all kind of make sense how you got there. Honestly, the character creation is a game in of itself.

 

[AJoeOfSubjectiveQuality]

Traveler is one of those games that I'd heard a lot of good things about back in the day but just never had a chance to look at, and I'd completely forgotten about it until now. Hopefully I'll remember and look for a cheap copy knocking about somewhere so I can check it out. I'll also take a look at the freebie materials for Ironsworn, but $70 for a core rulebook is a bit off-putting to be honest.

[IsabellaRose]

$70? Holy crap. The PDF is free on drive thru rpg

 

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/238369/ironsworn

[WritesNaughtyStories]

I have my old three book boxed set of Traveller that I bought in England a million years ago. I absolutely love that first generation Life Path Character Creation system. Sure, maybe you die. Probably too weak to succeed anyway...

Remains one of my favorite games, but I'm not as enamored of the canon setting as I once was.