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My partner and I enjoy worldbuilding and we like bringing our world to different systems and seeing how our world looks and acts through the lens of that system.

For simplicity sake, imagine a typical fantasy setting. Elves, dwarves, orcs, magic, yadda. What would be your system of choice for playing in it?

If you don't like your standard fantasy, obviously this question is not directed at you.

Bonus points if you tell me what you like about your chosen setting in relation to a fantasy setting.

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[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 5 points 4 days ago

My current game infatuation is Fate. It's a general purpose game so you can use it for any setting. It's not very crunchy, so you can delegate a lot of stuff to Aspects.

Can the elf talk to the trees? Well, his "Elf Prince of the Eldest Forest" aspect makes that plausible. The dwarf with his "Royal Gemcutter of Moria" not so much.

Of course, this is a very different mode of play than the "I took 3 levels of ranger and took 'Speak With Plants' as my 4th level special power" or whatever you'd find in a crunchier system.