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<blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 4691141" data-attributes="member: 18280"><p>When I was devising my own house rules (later to evolve into RCFG), I began by using a Vitality/Wounds system. However, a lot of discussion of the pitfalls on EN World made me change my direction. If you follow the link in my sig, you can steal the "Shake it Off" mechanic from RCFG (said mechanic is OGC, so this follows even in something you wish to publish).</p><p></p><p>SiO allows a character, with 5 minutes rest, to "shake off" a certain amount of damage done since the last time he "shook off" damage. In playtests thus far, SiO drastically reduces the need for healing magic, even at low levels, while still allowing healing to become necessary (either through magic or rest).</p><p></p><p>I'm currently in the process of a higher-level playtest (using a modded <em>Against the Giants</em>), so there might be changes to the base SiO calculation to make higher-level play more challenging (they've been skulking around the <em>Steading of the Hill Giant Chief </em>so far, so no real info gained).</p><p></p><p>If you do decide to go V/WP, the biggest problem you will have is that, especially at higher levels, some attacks will go around the "buffer" of Vitality and directly into WP. Unless WP are significant enough, this means that character deaths can become very swingy. Smart characters will avoid combat altogether. If monsters use V/WP, too, the PCs will have to coup-de-grace all their fallen foes, or potentially face them again later.</p><p></p><p>If you want a goblin with a crossbow to be a real threat to higher-level PCs without using V/WP, you can also use RCFG's "Getting the Drop" mechanic, which, thus far, has playtested enormously well.</p><p></p><p>Best of luck.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>RC</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raven Crowking, post: 4691141, member: 18280"] When I was devising my own house rules (later to evolve into RCFG), I began by using a Vitality/Wounds system. However, a lot of discussion of the pitfalls on EN World made me change my direction. If you follow the link in my sig, you can steal the "Shake it Off" mechanic from RCFG (said mechanic is OGC, so this follows even in something you wish to publish). SiO allows a character, with 5 minutes rest, to "shake off" a certain amount of damage done since the last time he "shook off" damage. In playtests thus far, SiO drastically reduces the need for healing magic, even at low levels, while still allowing healing to become necessary (either through magic or rest). I'm currently in the process of a higher-level playtest (using a modded [I]Against the Giants[/I]), so there might be changes to the base SiO calculation to make higher-level play more challenging (they've been skulking around the [I]Steading of the Hill Giant Chief [/I]so far, so no real info gained). If you do decide to go V/WP, the biggest problem you will have is that, especially at higher levels, some attacks will go around the "buffer" of Vitality and directly into WP. Unless WP are significant enough, this means that character deaths can become very swingy. Smart characters will avoid combat altogether. If monsters use V/WP, too, the PCs will have to coup-de-grace all their fallen foes, or potentially face them again later. If you want a goblin with a crossbow to be a real threat to higher-level PCs without using V/WP, you can also use RCFG's "Getting the Drop" mechanic, which, thus far, has playtested enormously well. Best of luck. RC [/QUOTE]
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