# In Defense of the Weak - More fodder for the systems debate
**URL:** https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/in-defense-of-the-weak-more-fodder-for-the-systems-debate/3465
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**Created:** [February 15, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/in-defense-of-the-weak-more-fodder-for-the-systems-debate/3465 "2026-02-15T21:05:59Z")
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### Author:  [@Hilander](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/Hilander)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/in-defense-of-the-weak-more-fodder-for-the-systems-debate/3465/1 "2026-02-15T21:05:59Z")
> **[In Defense of the Weak](https://hilanderrpgs.bearblog.dev/in-defense-of-the-weak/)**
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> There's something special about being ordinary.
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### Author:  [@presgas](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/presgas)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2026, 10:56pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/in-defense-of-the-weak-more-fodder-for-the-systems-debate/3465/2 "2026-02-15T22:56:21Z")
I really like that story and you talking through your friend’s character gen. I remember an actual play from Judd the Librarian using Burning Wheel rules and it was about an ordinary person (look up The Shoeless Peasant on YT).
Burning Wheel is suuuuper crunchy but was definitely something that made me think the ordinary would be “playable”. Looking forward to hearing about the adventures!!
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### Author:  [@Hilander](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/Hilander)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2026, 11:48pm UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/in-defense-of-the-weak-more-fodder-for-the-systems-debate/3465/3 "2026-02-15T23:48:15Z")
I wrote a Burning Wheel hack once!
It really caught my attention with it’s focus on narrative, but I never could parse it all, so I tried to make something a bit simpler, but it probably lost the magic along the way… I’m sure I could dredge it up.
[Burning Stars](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-t8FUP06sq1V-XyHnhT_3aF4ZBbKuo4Du1p5nUQyyNg/edit?usp=sharing) - Here it is!
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### Author:  [@presgas](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/u/presgas)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2026, 12:59am UTC](https://discourse.rpgcauldron.com/t/in-defense-of-the-weak-more-fodder-for-the-systems-debate/3465/4 "2026-02-16T00:59:52Z")
Yeah! It’s definitely something that I want to love… but is so much.
I’m going to need to give BW it a real good read again and see what I can steal for parts