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<blockquote data-quote="Crazy Jerome" data-source="post: 5772726" data-attributes="member: 54877"><p>What they will actually end up doing, I don't know. But I think being a lot like GURPS would be a huge mistake. Don't get me wrong, I like GURPS a lot. But the one drawback to systems like GURPS or Hero System is that the they are a <strong>lot</strong> of little parts that you assemble. </p><p> </p><p>For D&D, I see a much coarser form of modularity being the way to go. For example, you either use no skills (and ad hoc "skill" attempts with ability scores) or use a simple set of adventuring skills or use a more complicated and comprehensive set of skills. Then if you want to tweak from there, that is mainly house rules. (However, to make that work, I wouldn't necessarily make the skills work as they do in 3E or 4E. Rather, I'd tie them to ability scores more closely using a feat-like system. That makes varying the number of skills without changing the underlying math possible.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crazy Jerome, post: 5772726, member: 54877"] What they will actually end up doing, I don't know. But I think being a lot like GURPS would be a huge mistake. Don't get me wrong, I like GURPS a lot. But the one drawback to systems like GURPS or Hero System is that the they are a [B]lot[/B] of little parts that you assemble. For D&D, I see a much coarser form of modularity being the way to go. For example, you either use no skills (and ad hoc "skill" attempts with ability scores) or use a simple set of adventuring skills or use a more complicated and comprehensive set of skills. Then if you want to tweak from there, that is mainly house rules. (However, to make that work, I wouldn't necessarily make the skills work as they do in 3E or 4E. Rather, I'd tie them to ability scores more closely using a feat-like system. That makes varying the number of skills without changing the underlying math possible.) [/QUOTE]
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