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That is correct. (Well, mostly.) But my entire statement was: If a combatant with Dex 20 has Weapon Finesse with a flashing rapier, should he get his full Dex bonus to attack with that weapon while wearing platemail? (If that were the case, then fighters in the late Renaissance period wouldn't...

Wrong! The primary effect of armor *is* absorbing damage; its secondary effect is deflecting damage. Wearing armor makes you harder to damage, not harder to hit. I want it "that way" because I'm hoping that if enough DMs and players switch over to some kind of "armor DR" house rules system...

Well, now, *that* is also something about D&D that's fundamentally screwy, and is a throwback that goes all the way to ol' 1st Edition D&D. But I'll not get into a debate over that. At least, not tonight. I'm tired and going to bed...

"Mildly" evil or not, I'd still go in there swinging first and asking questions later, if I were a paladin. (My epic-level paladin, brandishing his super holy avenger: "I will brook NO eee-villl! Back, spawns of Hell -- back to Hell with you! Oh, wait... you're already there.... ") :mad...

Let's see... the ones that I can think, off the top of my head, are GURPS, Hero, Ars Magica, Vampire: The Dark Ages, and Mage: The Sorcerers Crusade.

If Intelligence and Wisdom can be calculated as independent variables, why can't Str and Dex? You "know"... ? What, you make this personal assumption about my non-RPGing endeavors based on my debate, here? P-lease. Give me a break. Irrelevant? Don't you realize, most of the "innovations"...

Okay, then, since you want an *exact* ruling on this matter: I'd handle it like temporary hit points... with a caveat: a paladin can heal a maximum number of hit points equal to his Charisma times his level, *per day*, no matter how often his Charisma is buffed, then returned to normal, then...

The point I was trying to make is: If out of twenty of the leading RPGs, nineteen of those RPGs use Dex as the primary attribute for attacking with weapons (regardless of whether they're melee or missile weapons), and only one of those RPGs uses Str, then maybe the oddball RPG is more wrong than...

Avoiding the "touch attack" of a 10-year-old has less to do with your superior Str than it does your superior height and reach. Besides: If you "deflect" his attempts, you probably still have been "touched" by him. (That's why your shield bonus, if you had one, wouldn't be counted toward your...

Well, gee! Judging from the replies here, it looks like D&D is the only RPG that has it right, and all those other RPGs are wrong. :p What if that "target's defenses" are due mostly to his Dex, the Dodge feat, a Tumble bonus, and so forth. What if you're attacking a monk wearing no armor at...

But he's already used the extra healing points for his higher Charisma, for that day. So, he cannot get those extra points back again until the next day, no matter how many times he takes off the cloak and puts it back on again in a single day. Even if he takes off the cloak and then someone...

Ah, but as a PC progresses in levels, his Str bonus becomes less and less a factor in his melee attack rolls, and his BAB becomes more and more a factor. So, that assumption is faulty. Really, it's only during a PC's first few levels that his Str bonus is a lead contributing factor in his melee...

I'd handle the temporary healing points (used or unused) that a paladin gains from Eagle's Splendor the same way that the rules handle temporary hit points, as given on pages 129 of the PH.

I'm sure this question has been asked before, but here goes again... Why is Str used for melee attack rolls instead of Dex, in D&D? I can see how Str might help an attacker penetrate heavy armor, thus giving him an attack bonus against a defender wearing that. And I can even see how Str might...

To me, the Run feat is something an athletic type such as a modern day track runner or football running back would take. Thus, wearing heavy armor would negate this feat. I'd allow an alternate feat, Armored Run, which would enable, say, an experienced knight or man-at-arms to "run" in his...

Yes, but it's backwards. The "to hit" roll against a humongous dragon should be easy; it's the damage roll that should be hard. Besides, with 3E D&D the way it is, a fighter armed with a dagger or armed with halfling nunchakus has the same chance of "penetrating" the dragon's hide as that...

I don't want greater realism so much as I want greater detail. I want situations like: a PC confronts a black knight clad in full plate armor, and the PC decides to switch from his longsword to his mace, which he carries to better deal with situations such as this. Or situations like: the PC...

I don't think this is necessary. D&D already has a mechanic that reflects a character's defenses increasing with levels. That mechanic is called hit points. Re-doing the whole BAB thing isn't necessary either. Yes, characters with heavy armor will be easier to hit -- but they'll be harder to...

If the alternate rules are done right, it's possible to maintain that abstraction while using DR for armor. The whole idea for using armor DR, in the first place, is because it "feels" right, it makes more sense, and because it opens the game to a whole new set of interesting options and viable...

Time and time again, on these message boards, I've seen people asking about and discussing alternate rules for armor giving DR bonuses (instead of, or in addition to, AC bonuses) in 3E D&D. This seems to be something that many DMs and players want. Myself, I was disappointed that 3rd Edition...