High fantasy RPGs that are not OSR or PbtA
Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2022 9:04 am
So I have this weird problem where I want to branch out from D&D 5e, but I can't really find a system that excites me enough to do it.
A lot of highly recommended systems are made for genres I just don't care about, like sci-fi or modern day. They don't excite me and I don't have the brain to DM those kinds of settings.
A lot of the cool "weird fantasy" ones seem to be OSR, and I just don't enjoy that style of play (I don't like rules-lite "rulings over rules", I like a good amount of crunch)
And PbtA or other such "fiction first" games are just not my thing at all. I really don't find them satisfying in the slightest.
On the other hand Pathfinder 2e is also so similar to D&D that it hardly feels worth the effort to switch, using all the same stats and dice and most of the same classes and spells.
What are some good RPGs that stay within the same fantasy genre and medium-to-high crunch of 5e, but also aren't extremely similar to it?
A lot of highly recommended systems are made for genres I just don't care about, like sci-fi or modern day. They don't excite me and I don't have the brain to DM those kinds of settings.
A lot of the cool "weird fantasy" ones seem to be OSR, and I just don't enjoy that style of play (I don't like rules-lite "rulings over rules", I like a good amount of crunch)
And PbtA or other such "fiction first" games are just not my thing at all. I really don't find them satisfying in the slightest.
On the other hand Pathfinder 2e is also so similar to D&D that it hardly feels worth the effort to switch, using all the same stats and dice and most of the same classes and spells.
What are some good RPGs that stay within the same fantasy genre and medium-to-high crunch of 5e, but also aren't extremely similar to it?