RP on the Brain

Every so often my brain seems to go through phases of obsession. This last week my brain has been in a serious RPG mood. I wouldn't mind so much only these phases rarely seem to get me anywhere. I don't get a second wind on a project that I have already started, instead my mind deviates to some other, completely different idea. Currently I'm stuck on Savage Worlds.

I first looked at Savage Worlds maybe a year and a half ago. I eventually fobbed it off as too random. But something about the simplicity of the dice mechanics intrigues and interests me. You roll a type of die from d4 all the way to d12, you don't need to combine dice but you might roll a wild dice (d6) as well. Your just looking to roll high on one dice. I really like the concept, its so efficient and easy to understand. The system then build some nice rules on top of that for abilities and all the other things you need in a generic rules system. It has depth where its needed and reading various setting books gives numerous modular systems to tweak the system one way or another. Its rules light, but with enough crunch to keep things like combat interesting. But then thats one of my problems with the system.

Its based off a miniatures game (the great rail wars), but modified to add a bigger RP element. Only its pretty plain how much emphasis on combat there is in the game. And that leaves me in a bit of a rut. Its not like I'm against combat. And in fact I think this is one of the finest rules light combat systems I've read (it even makes me want to run bigger miniature skirmishes). But I like to emphasis good RP and I'm not sure how well that aspect is represented in the game. RP though is best done without rolling dice, or worrying about system, so maybe it doesn't need too many skills or rules that help promote it.

I suppose the main problem I have at the moment is that the system easily interests me enough for me to want to give it a go. But I don't have anyone here to test it with. This is very frustrating to say the least. Still at least I can blog about it and give myself a chance to order my thoughts a little.....