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4E is too balanced - options to replace all martial dailies?
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<blockquote data-quote="Pickles JG" data-source="post: 5393407" data-attributes="member: 61501"><p>A couple of years ago I was working on a combat system that wanted to reflect the way fights occcur in movies & even UFC. Fighters do not just spam one move they use a variety of attacks & look for opportunities to open up with big combinations or in movies cool finishing moves. I was trying for a system where each attack would apply some simple status effects to the targets & the bigger moves would require that their target was suffering form a particular status effect. Some of these status effects might have other consequences like 4es dazed but they could also make their targets vulnerable eg "Exposed". </p><p> </p><p>I felt that 4es power system achieved the effects of this system without the admin & procedure.</p><p> </p><p>As mentioned Iron Heroes has systems like this sitting on top of d20. I felt that the work involved in getting the beneifts in IH was not worth the effort involved - those benefits were often pretty small. It was a very intriguing look at how to make martial characters more interesting & I suspect it informed 4e design. </p><p> </p><p>I still feel there is scope for a system like this that uses these combinations as the main driver of the system but probably not layering it no top of 4e.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pickles JG, post: 5393407, member: 61501"] A couple of years ago I was working on a combat system that wanted to reflect the way fights occcur in movies & even UFC. Fighters do not just spam one move they use a variety of attacks & look for opportunities to open up with big combinations or in movies cool finishing moves. I was trying for a system where each attack would apply some simple status effects to the targets & the bigger moves would require that their target was suffering form a particular status effect. Some of these status effects might have other consequences like 4es dazed but they could also make their targets vulnerable eg "Exposed". I felt that 4es power system achieved the effects of this system without the admin & procedure. As mentioned Iron Heroes has systems like this sitting on top of d20. I felt that the work involved in getting the beneifts in IH was not worth the effort involved - those benefits were often pretty small. It was a very intriguing look at how to make martial characters more interesting & I suspect it informed 4e design. I still feel there is scope for a system like this that uses these combinations as the main driver of the system but probably not layering it no top of 4e. [/QUOTE]
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