DSA (aka The Dark Eye, as it's international release is called) does tend towards a low power level so magic is severely limited compared to e.g. D&D. You can throw fireballs but not as frequently. High-level magic can take days to recover from. I have my own criticisms of how the magic system works but it does work if you accept that a high-level TDE caster is at a lower power level than a mid-level D&D caster. The overall complexity was insane in the 4th edition; 5th ed did a lot to fix that. There are still a lot of skills but it actually feels manageable now. I actually like that the system can model mundane professions; it can be pretty cool to play a regular person who gets forced into adventure but is still competent at *something*, even if that something is not generally applicable to adventuring.

"Dragons? Even less so!" "What if there are gryphons?" "Now you've got my interest."


Plus all the other sweeties that the great old one warlock attracts from other dimensions.

I like math and dragons, but hate live improv, do I'm playing Baldurs Gate.

There are rpgs with little/no math.