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Blind Mapmaker · 04-21-2012, 01:29 PM

Well, it's hard to say which one is going to be more fun for someone else, but GURPS is certainly more realistic by far. It has a lot of support for modern-day settings, too. D20 is going to be similar to D&D and from the few things I've heard about it that is not necessarily a good thing.

The short pro and con list for GURPS:

Pros:
-lots of realistic gear and rules that produce results close to real-life
-no levels or character classes; you can make any character you want
-makes it easy to insert martial arts/magic/superpowers/psionics/whatever to your campaign if you decide you want to spice up things
=>a toolbox that lets you create any campaign you like

Cons:
-no standard modern campaign setting included in the Basic Set
-different rules than D&D; will take some time to learn
-no easy way to see whether an encounter is balanced
-can be pretty deadly if firearms are involved
-not that much in the way of pre-made adventures (though I'm not sure how D20 Modern does in this regard)

It would be easier to give better advice if you could say what is especially important to you. I'm also not sure there are a lot of people here who tried d20 Modern.

04-21-2012, 01:29 PM	#6
Blind Mapmaker Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Mannheim, Baden	Re: GURPS or Modern D20? Well, it's hard to say which one is going to be more fun for someone else, but GURPS is certainly more realistic by far. It has a lot of support for modern-day settings, too. D20 is going to be similar to D&D and from the few things I've heard about it that is not necessarily a good thing. The short pro and con list for GURPS: Pros: -lots of realistic gear and rules that produce results close to real-life -no levels or character classes; you can make any character you want -makes it easy to insert martial arts/magic/superpowers/psionics/whatever to your campaign if you decide you want to spice up things =>a toolbox that lets you create any campaign you like Cons: -no standard modern campaign setting included in the Basic Set -different rules than D&D; will take some time to learn -no easy way to see whether an encounter is balanced -can be pretty deadly if firearms are involved -not that much in the way of pre-made adventures (though I'm not sure how D20 Modern does in this regard) It would be easier to give better advice if you could say what is especially important to you. I'm also not sure there are a lot of people here who tried d20 Modern.