Detailed character creation system and well thought out ability and skill system. Contains intricate magic system. However, complexity maybe too much for a novice role-player. Priest/Clerical magic is very general.

Chivalry and Sorcery labels itself as a "Medieval Re-Enactment Game." This very much describes the game, as it's a highly detailed system.

Even at character creation the details show through. Your background is based on your parents' social class and determines what skills you start with and, to a lesser extent, what vocation (class) you may follow. Your status within the world and family is determined and you may gain special talents, abilities, and curses to round out your character.

Most actions in the game are determined by the Skill Skape system. Every skill has a difficulty factor that determines its base chance of success (BCS) and cost to improve. Based on the character's level, you pay a certain multiple of that cost to advance levels in that skill. This increases your personal skill factor (PSF), which is added to your BCS to determine your total success chance (TSC). You role percentile dice to determine success and an additional D10 (called the crit die) to determine how well you succeed or fail. Many skills can be opposed or resisted. Successful resistance subracts the opponents PSF from you TSC for that action. Sound simple? I didn't think so. The magic system is just as detailed and as complex.

Not for the inexperienced, but probably worth the effort anyway. I love the level of detail. Magic users have different modes with authentic bonuses and minues, but the complexity scares me and I have been doing this for a while. It's a beautiful system but only playable by those with experience. If you have that, pick it up.