What's a good system for running low fantasy games? I'm

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>>53330567

Define low fantasy.

>>53331348
Going off of OP's post, fantastical elements exist but are rare

>>53330605
Have to agree. Its pretty good for being a shitty human, the only bad thing is that there is no location damage/wounds.

>>53330567
GURPS. Basic Set is more than enough to run low fantasy. GURPS Fantasy helps you make your own setting, and Low-Tech is full of helpful information and lots of gear.

>>53330567

Riddle of Steel.

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>>53330567
>>53332234

GURPS

>>53330567
RuneQuest 6/Mythras

Fantasy craft makes magic optional, so adjusting it for low magic is easy.

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>>53330567
>I'm not against having elves and magic and all that jazz, but I want it to be rare.
literally Harnmaster

>>53330567
Burning Wheel the modular nature of the game means you can remove all the magical elements and just run it as a straight medieval europe setting and it works fine, obviously you're not going that far but still. Hell, in this system your sorcerer doesn't have to able to do magic, by default they just know about magical stuff.

>>53333469
GURPS is a non-answer though since you can run anything in GURPS.

>>53330567
WFRP 2ed. The land is ripe with daemon princes and foreign races, but initial adventures are about solving problems with roving bandits that stab you with rusty knives that cause you to contract a disease that will force you to amputate your arm. Magic is powerful, but extremely risky. Play with random char generation and it's unlikely to become a death-defying fighter or a mage, you're much more likely to become a variant of peasant, rat catcher or, at best, a noble with a lot of starting gold.

It's a system about dwelling in shit. When you get around 1000 XP, you might start doing something much less mundane, and even then, you are still liable to die in one turn.

>>53337615
But it is actually one of the things GURPS actually does decently well. Low Fantasy, Modern, and Harder Sci-Fi are what GURPS does best.

>>53330567
Either the paladin fell from grace, or he has trouble sleeping at night...