This is like a dream system for me! Simple, brutal, elegant.
I just finished reading this book through, constantly flipping backwards and forwards to make sure what I was reading was real. Magic-users can cast their spells multiple times a day (if their dice are nice), warriors generally beat the stuffing out of opponents, specialists are lucky and skillful, monsters aren't stat blocks, spells are variable in power and only a line or two of text. Love it all!
SS&SS distills and synthesizes some of the best parts of my favorite old school games, and it is glorious to behold!
And the tables at the end to create adventure ideas is really great. Extremely inspirational.
Also, just for fun, the art in the book is incredible. It really puts the reader in the right headspace for the awesome and simple rules they are reading.
Get this book and pay for it! You'll be happy you did.
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