So with DnD going down, is there any replacement?
I don't play PnP anymore, but if there should be some new big RPG, is there a good deep setting for it?
DnD was great for all kind of writing from different authors. It was a place for your own stories, but it got so deep that I'm not sure if there could be anything else more unique.
Here is PnP ranked list I have found: https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-pen-and-paper-rpg_s-v1
Possible candicates with good lore and good skill/class system:
Tolkien world - I would actually say that it is not good setting, because it is too much restrictive, it is good for telling stories/movies, but I'm not sure how innovative it could be. The proof is that it is not that used as much as DnD.
It is too much "grounded".
Warhammer - there is a lot of really good books and combat games, but no RPG games with good stories. I actually liked the professions from their rule book, but it was too much complicated - it felt like created more for war groups than 1 player. And I think it was never reworked to be functional.
World of Warcraft - owned licence reworked for mainstream, but I liked their class system - the good and bad version of it, similar system is in Star wars. It does leave out duplicates, still you can choose and RP your chosen class - easier to implement this into a PC game I would say without knowing much about it. Also the classic progression from 1 class into multiclasses.
Elderscrolls - same problem as WoW
Drakensang/Dark eye - I don't know much about it
Malazan book of the fallen - I was told that it does have rich lore, but nobody tried to tranfer it into gaming/PnP
I will leave out half human worlds like Dune, Harry Potter or Game of Thrones - for me it is interesting for a while, but then it does hit a wall of too much reality.
Dragon Age - very troubled franchise, but still the lore was quite deep and I liked the classic class progression.
Edit:
Shadowrun - modern setting with fantasy addition.
Star Wars - fantasy scifi
I don't play PnP anymore, but if there should be some new big RPG, is there a good deep setting for it?
DnD was great for all kind of writing from different authors. It was a place for your own stories, but it got so deep that I'm not sure if there could be anything else more unique.
Here is PnP ranked list I have found: https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-pen-and-paper-rpg_s-v1
Possible candicates with good lore and good skill/class system:
Tolkien world - I would actually say that it is not good setting, because it is too much restrictive, it is good for telling stories/movies, but I'm not sure how innovative it could be. The proof is that it is not that used as much as DnD.
It is too much "grounded".
Warhammer - there is a lot of really good books and combat games, but no RPG games with good stories. I actually liked the professions from their rule book, but it was too much complicated - it felt like created more for war groups than 1 player. And I think it was never reworked to be functional.
World of Warcraft - owned licence reworked for mainstream, but I liked their class system - the good and bad version of it, similar system is in Star wars. It does leave out duplicates, still you can choose and RP your chosen class - easier to implement this into a PC game I would say without knowing much about it. Also the classic progression from 1 class into multiclasses.
Elderscrolls - same problem as WoW
Drakensang/Dark eye - I don't know much about it
Malazan book of the fallen - I was told that it does have rich lore, but nobody tried to tranfer it into gaming/PnP
I will leave out half human worlds like Dune, Harry Potter or Game of Thrones - for me it is interesting for a while, but then it does hit a wall of too much reality.
Dragon Age - very troubled franchise, but still the lore was quite deep and I liked the classic class progression.
Edit:
Shadowrun - modern setting with fantasy addition.
Star Wars - fantasy scifi
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