Snorkack
Arcane
For the past decade I didn't play much pnp at all. It was The Dark Eye and Warhammer 2ed.
Now I and a few friends who have no pnp experience want to start a campaign. Neither of the two mentioned seem to be fit. DSA is quite complicated for beginners, and Wh2ed just sucks. So I looked into easier to pick up systems, of which I only know two: Pathfinder and DnD. After skimming through the core rules, both leave me quite disappointed because both feel more like boardgames without boards than rpgs. Characters are 99% defined by their combat capabilities.
So my question is: What are good pnp systems with rather simple rules?
Stuff I'm particularly interested in:
-Native high fantasy setting
-Rulebooks available as pdf and hardcover(at least the core rules)
-character system that reflects social or knowledge skills as well (dancing, history,...)
-Active development, i.e. last publication isn't from '97 or so.
-Edit: German translation is a bonus because my friends are worser in the english even than I
None of those are hard criteria, so feel free to recommend anything that fits the 'noob' requirement.
Now I and a few friends who have no pnp experience want to start a campaign. Neither of the two mentioned seem to be fit. DSA is quite complicated for beginners, and Wh2ed just sucks. So I looked into easier to pick up systems, of which I only know two: Pathfinder and DnD. After skimming through the core rules, both leave me quite disappointed because both feel more like boardgames without boards than rpgs. Characters are 99% defined by their combat capabilities.
So my question is: What are good pnp systems with rather simple rules?
Stuff I'm particularly interested in:
-Native high fantasy setting
-Rulebooks available as pdf and hardcover(at least the core rules)
-character system that reflects social or knowledge skills as well (dancing, history,...)
-Active development, i.e. last publication isn't from '97 or so.
-Edit: German translation is a bonus because my friends are worser in the english even than I
None of those are hard criteria, so feel free to recommend anything that fits the 'noob' requirement.
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