I understand that the Laundry RPG (based on Stross' books) utilizes a modified version of the BRP (Call of Cthulhu). What changes/differences with the BRP? Additions?

Suppose I have an effect that gives me resist 5 to all damage until the end of my next turn. Do I have to also reduce the self-inflicted damage done by Bolstering Blood and therefore the extra damage that is done by my power?

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In this question about forced movement into dangerous spaces, an answer refers to "hindering terrain", which is a category I haven't seen before. It included a quote from a WotC faq that stated Hindering terrain refers to more permanent features like pits, cliffs or pools of lava. What ...

For many players and referees the characteristics of a Roleplaying Game are important. Does it allow for extensive character creation or it is quickly resolved, is it rules light or does it cover many situation with detailed mechanics? For some how realistic the combat system is an important cons...

I noticed today that some questions on the Parent site seem highlighted in blue, but I can't find an obvious differentiator between these and other questions. Was there a recent change to the system? What qualities causes a question to be highlighted?

Sometimes, when the gods of gaming are smiling upon your party, impressive things can happen. With the mix of creative players and lucky rolls, what's the most impressive thing that you've ever seen done? What kind of skills checks did the party or player have to do, and what were the results...

We were fighting something last weekend (umber hulks, I think) and they could put an effect on us that gave us -2 to defenses(save ends). This effect was an escalating effect (I'm not sure that is the official term) where if you failed your saving throw it became -2 to attacks and defenses and yo...

I've ran a bunch of times with players that took very diverse characters. I made them use their own rolls (which often ended up giving them awesome stats for some reason). Eventually I had to increase the difficulty of fights or challenges, they usually kicked ass, but sometimes it was obvious ...