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Pick a different old school game that incorporates this stuff? Runequest is a very old school game that easily supports life paths.

If we talk about introducing people to RPGs in general, it’s hard to beat Call of Cthulhu. IIRC in Japan it’s more popular than D&D and this has spilled over into China. The top three RPGs in China are D&D, Call of Cthulhu, and Fate and in a surprising number of cases game peripherals (like dice, dice towers, dice trays, GM screens, etc.) are sold as aids for Call of Cthulhu on Taobao, the country’s premiere online shopping system.