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WSmith-- In my Basic D&D campaign, criticals are more a result of skill than of luck. I suppose one way you could introduce this into 3e would be to say a critical occurs whenever the target's AC is exceeded by X points. X would vary based on the threat range of the weapon. The damage...

I feel the same way, and use basically the same solution--I treat the shortspear as being one size smaller when wielded with martial skill. (A medium sized character posessing only simple skill would suffer a non-proficiency penalty when wielding it one-handed.) This is perfectly true. FWIW, I...

Hey, Colonel H...you beat me to the punch, I was going to post that tidbit as well! Anyway, I'm glad he did include them. Guess that makes me either a "combat buff" or a masochist, depending on your point of view ;) I wonder if his comment will alter the outcome of the poll, which seems to be...

You can check out my site by clicking on my sig below. It's mostly a collection of rules for modifying Basic Dungeons & Dragons. Once I have the time I should be adding some material for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (1e) as well. Hope you enjoy :)

I've posted some rules for helmets that you may, or may not, have seen... Helmet Rules Basically, helmets don't add to normal AC; instead, they add to AC when confirming a critical with a threat roll. Penalties apply to various skill and spell-failure (verbal) checks.

That's not bad :) To convert to the table above: Light->Soft Medium->Light Heavy->Plate Though I'm not sure about putting Breastplate into the same category with Full Plate--but it's certainly a reasonable alternative. As another option, since Hide seems to be the major problem, you could...

Larcen-- Yeah, that always bugged me a little too--then I decided it was one molehill that I could ignore ;) Besides, it's better than the current system which doesn't even attempt to account for the differences--a dagger is as likely to hit vs plate as a mace is vs no armor, and...

I'm pleasantly surprised to find that, so far, nearly 25% of the repondents miss the 1e weapon vs armour type adjustments--at least to some extent. BTW, as long as the values were listed down beforehand on the N/PC sheets, I never found them to slow play--certainly not to the extent that the...

Forlorn-- I concur. I don't want to put words in Valorian's mouth, but I think he might be thinking of the tuck/estoc and the rondel--or something similar--weapons of an earlier age (though I think many would argue that the rapier was the direct descendant of the tuck/estoc.

That would be me :)... I was enthusiastic when I heard that 3e would be coming out (I didn't really care for Unearthed Arcana or anything that came thereafter) and gave it a try for about a year, but it just didn't "feel" right to me--for a variety of, albeit, very subjective reasons. In any...

This is why I still like the modifiers from 1e, they treat each weapon on an individual basis. Incidentally, as long as these values are recorded beforhand on the N/PC sheets, I never found them to slow play. As for "monsters", I tended to ignore them in all but the most unusual cases--for...

Actually, not if you're careful to include an armour type "none", with a few bonuses for piercing and/or slashing weapons versus it ;) Kenjib-- I think it would work fine, just be careful to balance things. As you probably already know, I love the modifiers from 1e, but I think they got things...

Everyone seems to be doing one, so I thought I'd give it a try ;) I was thinking that reintroducing the adjustments found in the 1e PHB would be a good way to add a bit of individuality to weapons; and, since most characters are proficient with a wide range of weapons now, it would also allow...

There's a (somewhat) related idea being discussed in the House Rules Forum that would allow armour to convert some portion of normal damage to subdual damage, while providing actual DR versus subdual attacks--perhaps allowing a particularly skillful or lucky blow to bypass such protection.

Here's what one of the designers has to say about it... SWRPGNETWORK

Thanks :)... That is certainly reasonable, but I'd be tempted to tone it down a bit. Given your 2-3 Skills per Feat standard, the extra 2 skills gained over the standard Fighter can be said to be balanced by the loss of the Hvy Armour Prof Feat. Assuming the reduction in HD balances the...

I introduced something similar to account for Swashbucklers, Skirmishers, non-magical "Rangers", etc. Sort of a compromise between the Fighter and Rogue (or Fighter and Expert) classes... LIGHT FIGHTER (as Fighter, except where otherwise noted) Hit Die: d8 BAB: +1 Save: REFL SPs: 4+/lvl...

She'll be sadly missed :(... ...but fondly remembered. Her characters will be with us always :) Thanks for the link Frostmarrow.

I don't know anything about Dragonstar, but I thought I'd return the favor ;) By the way, I liked your suggestion on my helmet thread. I vaguely remember considering something similar, but I can't remember why I decided against it--anyway, it appears to be a perfectly workable alternative.

Good memory :)... "These small, evil dog-like men usually live underground. They have scaly, rust-brown skin and no hair..." Unfortunately, this only serves to confuse the situation further... Dog-like, Scaly, MEN! For what it's worth, Monsters & Treasures says to treat them exactly as...