Fallout’s creator reveals you could have played as a snoring cow hater who believes in UFOs, had Black Isle stuck with its original licensed roleplaying system
via pcgamer.com
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The character system used in Fallout is famously based upon its roleplaying system called SPECIAL. But this wasn’t always the case. In fact, for most of the original game’s development, Fallout’s mechanics were based upon a licensed, table-top roleplaying system called GURPS, which, yes, sounds more like a digestive tract disorder than a TTRPG ruleset. […]