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Picked up my book today. I am in love with what I have read so far! Really like the magic system as well.

You all absolutely RULE! Thank you so much for the insight! Damn this meeting I am stuck in at work or I would be in my car on the way to the store right now! I am sold. Thanks again for all of your answers - it was very informative. Carl

Fantastic - I guess I will be picking this system up tomorrow! Thanks for taking the time to answer!

So here is the deal. I've played D&D (among others) for about 30 years now. 4th Ed came out and I am simply sickened by the changes. It is just too far from the original inspiration of the game for me. So I've been looking for a new system - something I can really sink my teeth (and my groups teeth) into. We have VAST experience in game systems and we have, of course, played Call of Cthulhu. CoC was my first introduction to the Chaosium System as I was never really into RuneQuest. I LOVE the basics of the system. Here is my problem/question though - CoC is EXTREMELY lethal. Does BRP include any adjustments/rules/concepts that can increase the character life expectancy? It is very hard to run games that are slightly combat intensive if the characters are dying every round. I would love for something slightly more "Heroic" than CoC. Thoughts? Suggestions? I am VERY interested in this game system - I am just tired of buying & trying systems only to have one or the other not meet expectations. Thanks