Anima kind of straddles a line here, where, while the system was inspired by Rolemaster, it was simplified enough that there are still frequent topics about it here on RPG.net, but still a lot of people complaining that the rules are still too complicated. But frequently, rules-lite systems, or narrative systems such as fate with mechanics for handling things without doing any dice rolls at all are seen as a huge plus, and rules heavy systems like Palladium Rifts and Rolemaster are hardly ever talked about. Obviously not everyone who posts here has that opinion. Honestly, RPG.net has kind of a rules-lite fetish when it comes to games. If you can get that, you'll have a great time. The key is having players willing to put in the effort to deal with a system that deals primarily in 3-digit number calculations. Also have a player who is new to the hobby entirely and he seems pretty psyched about the game. I had one player who played Pathfinder/D&D exclusively before I invited him to the game, so it's his first non D20 game and he's enjoying it. And the game is playable, very enjoyable, and definitely worth your time. I've been GMing it for over a year with no complaints in regards to the rules (actually, there have been a few complaints, but they were more complaining about the concepts behind the rules, rather than the difficulty of the system itself). So anyway I'm here to ask, how difficult do you and your group find the rules for Anima? And from what I've heard the Core Exxet simplifies a lot of stuff that needed to be simplified from the core rulebook, although it has yet to be released in English, if it ever will be. Arcana Exxet appears to do the same thing.
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Dominus Exxet gives a much better explanation of Ki and how to use it, in addition to optional rules for martial arts and Ki abilities. The monster compendium "Those Who Walked Amongst Us" introduces nearly a hundred monsters for use, along with rules for mass combat. So I don't know, maybe I'll run the game and find the rules to be as clunky as people are claiming it to be.Īnd it seems that with recent books they've put some early grievances of the system at rest. And, of course, this is all personal opinion. I have yet to run a game, although that will shortly change because I'm generating interest for it at my college. I do have problems with the organization of the book and certain odd rules, but overall I didn't find the system to be particularly clunky.but bear in mind I have not put the Anima ruleset into practice. I've found the Anima rules to be surprisingly simple after character creation, and I didn't run into as many grammar or spelling errors as I thought I did (though there were quite a few times where they worded it funnily and I had to read several passages over because it didn't make sense).
Some of us love crunchy rules, others don't. To some of us, rulesets might be more difficult to others, a breeze. Now every one of us has different tastes of roleplaying games. It's a clunky, complex system, period, and its translation is horrendous. it has a steep learning curve but is easy to get into afterward OR most of its complexity lies in character creation OR Before investing in Anima and getting its books, I've heard varying views on how complex Anima is.
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