Haven: City of Violence

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.City of Violence is a "gritty crime" roleplaying game by Louis Porter Jr. It is notable not just for its racism, but its unweildy title, which from this episode and onward became a bit.

Opening Monologue
"Greetings, sheep. Welcome to System Mastery, the podcast where we review a dead roleplaying game and blow your mind about how freakin' real shit is. This week, we review Haven: City of Violence [Sic, no pause is said] and take a trip through the mind of the, the presumably trench coat wearing metal badass who wrote it."

Return to the Episode
"Welcome back, Sheep. My name's Hardcase and I'm here with my partner Spider [Jon interrupts: Fuck Yeahhhh]... Okay, how ya doin', Jon?"

Resolution Mechanic
To show that this game is for hard mofos and is realistic, you roll a d20 trying to get below your stat, as opposed to other d20 System games. If Jef's math can be believed, you will mostly only have a 40 to 60 percent success rate on any given check. Strangely, if you don't automatically succeed you roll at a -2, with no extant circumstances where you do not add that -2.

Character Creation
Stats are point buy, with a bunch of stats and sub stats.

Notably Terrible Aspects

 * At least four pages are dedicated to a list of suggested media, with everything badass Louis Porter Jr. could think of. Most of the books are DC comics and edgy Image comics. The only marvel comics picked are in Nights, their mature imprint. The movie selection contains a load of action movies with each movie and all of its sequels listed separately.
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The Bits
This episode marks the birth of the Haven:     City of Violence gag and all of its permutations, though the first 3 times it is said, they do not pause.

References to other Episodes
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Trivia

 * Somehow Louis Porter Jr. still writes books that people buy. Crazy, huh.