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I'm afraid I've led this thread in the wrong direction. This should be an objective look at what the said rule (5' step not provoking AoO) does to the game. It should not be a subjective look, meaning whether you or I think those effects are good or bad. Mods correct me if I'm wrong, but I...

That's exactly what I'm thinking. Well, obviously not literally moving their feet at the same time, but the combat system is supposed to represent everything happening at once. It is NOT supposed to represent one person doing something, while everyone else stands still, then another person doing...

Hence the reason for the attack roll on the AoO: Successful attack roll-- you noticed what they were doing, and successfully exploited their lapse of defense. Failed attack roll-- you failed to notice what they were doing in time, and they managed to defend themselves when you finally tried to...

Perfect, thanks :). Yes, and when one person makes a small movement, the other person also makes a small movement in response. If you circle me, I might counter-circle you (at the very least, I rotate to face you). If you step back, I step forward after you. If it still doesn't make sense...

Perhaps we have different opinions on what an AoO means. Picture someone, in the middle of a sword-fight, pulling a bottle out of a belt, then uncorking and drinking it. During that time, would they be able to defend themselves just as well as if they were only fighting? I have a hard time...

That's what I thought, though I don't think my players are so wimpy that they can't think ahead about not casting spells or drinking potions in melee :0. Anyway, this confirms my belief that the rule makes no sense. If a character wants to get away from a fight, they should take a withdraw...

I'm just curious as to the purpose behind the 5' step not provoking an attack of opportunity. It seems odd that a spellcaster can just step back from a fight, and cast a spell no sweat. In my mind this makes no sense at all, assuming everybody's action is supposed to happen at the same time. Is...

Not to advertise another thread... but here goes anyway. I've made a spell-free bard variant, which I've posted in this thread here: http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=157794 To help compensate for removing the bard's spells, I've greatly expanded the class's music abilities, without...

This is a followup to an old thread I posted. I had been looking for a variant bard that didn't have spells (similar to the spell-free ranger and paladin variants in the Complete Warrior). Not finding one, I made one of my own. Here's the basic rundown: *Spells removed *Skill points upped to...

I totally don't like this idea. I'm not trying to be offensive, but it just doesn't make any sense with the existing DnD method of character improvement. Currently, your character only improves when he gains a level. Then he improves in a whole bunch of different stuff. This is how a class...

I like this rule. Simple expansion on the existing rules, not too easy, not too hard to utilize. I can't see anything wrong with it. Actually, I'm going to use it, if the situation ever comes up.

That would be simplest. That's why my solution is to cank PC magic entirely :).

I think that 1d6 damage from some burning pitch is WAY too much. Would a few ounces of pitch on your skin be as damaging as a stab from a short sword? And what about the differences between a sword dipped in pitch vs a spear tip vs an arrow vs a club vs... Unless the PCs are spraying greek fire...

I don't see how increasing casting time would help this situation, unless you turned it into a matter of days, instead of seconds. The problem isn't round-by-round combat, it's the simple fact that a bunch of low-level spells completely outclass pretty much every mundane skill. Spells are...

Heh heh heh... I ran into this same dilemma when planning for my upcoming campaign, which, like yours, will not be combat-based, but more skill/thinking based. Suddenly, a 1st lvl spell like 'charm person' becomes incredibly powerful, when dealing mostly with humans. Same goes for basically...

No need to apologize, you bring up some excellent questions. For simplicity's sake, I'd just say that 1 attack = 1 wound. So a flaming longsword would deal 1 wound (think of the fire as just increasing the damage of the blade; not as a separate attack of its own). Rend would just be extra...

Thanks for the reply. Here goes my reply to your reply: :D Correct. You would have your standard chicken-scratch to keep track of your current HP, and then you have a separate tally to keep track of the # of times you've been damaged (wounded). Like I said, I've played with a variation of...

I meant it to be a hyphen, not a minus sign. :P

Err... okay, now this is making even less sense, although only with regards to knowledge skills. IIRC you can't take 10 if you are 'under pressure'. So let's say you are fighting a monster, and you want to recall some common knowledge about it, to better fight it. Okay, you are under pressure...

Doh! Of course, they say that BEFORE they describe what an ability check is. Why wouldn't I think to look there? :P The main reason I asked was because of knowledge skills. They are trained-only, yet it says that "an untrained knowledge check is simply an intelligence check". That makes me...