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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sonofapreacherman" data-source="post: 248749" data-attributes="member: 2315">Yes. Third edition as a necessary transition to a more logical system.The immediate snag I foresee with this system (regardless of the equation) is that Dungeons and Dragons will become permeated with cloned characters who all have the same "golden mean" weight for their race. The perfect balance of Strength and Dexterity.To be honest, I still want to roll my attributes (that's a part of the fun for me) but I want those attributes to be accountable within a logical game mechanic. Right away this means diminishing the importance of Weight in the Hit Point equation, but not eliminating it altogether (to allow for more disparity between characters).-----For example:Weight / 25 (rounded up) gives you a multiplier.Let's say I weigh 180 pounds. 180 / 25 (rounded up) = 8. This will be my base Weight multiplier.Let's say I'm playing a ranger with 16 Constitution. That's a +3 multiplier.8 x 3 = 24.24 would be my base Hit Point total.Let's also say that my ranger is quite strong, having an 18 Strength. That's a +4 modifier to my Hit Point total.24 + 4 = 28.Finally my character chooses the Toughness feat, adding 3 more Hit Point to my total.28 + 3 = 31.You get the idea. With such a system, you could even say that all characters with fighter base attack bonuses (+1 to +20) add +3 to their Hit Point total every level...All characters with cleric/rogue base attack bonuses (+1 to +15) add +2 to their Hit Point total every level...And all characters with wizard base attack bonuses (+1 to +10) add +1 to their Hit Point total every level...That way additional levels and experience can still make your character more "hardy" in the physical sense.Yes, there is a moderate amount of calculation involved, but the imposition is minor when you consider how often such a calculation will be made. In the end it will seem like nothing.Keep in mind as well, this system is only meant for a system that used armor damage reduction, dodge, and parry rules. Speaking of which, this can be resolved really easily.-----To parry, you have to roll a value equal to or greater than your opponent's attack roll to successfully parry. Your character can parry the same number of times per round that they can attack. That means two weapon fighting characters can parry at least twice per round. You can also forsake an attack roll to make an additional parry roll, or forsake a parry roll to make an additional attack roll.To dodge (a full round action), your have to roll a value equal to or greater than your opponent's attack roll to successfully dodge. Essentially, dodging works the same as parrying, but is the recourse of characters who are either unarmed or do not have the feat Improved Unarmed Combat to parry armed characters.-----And now for Carrying Capacity. This is how I would change it.Your weight x 1/10 of your Strength.Let's use my ranger example again, who weighs 180 pounds and has a Strength of 18.180 x 1.8 = 324.For the various loads that characters can carry, divide this amount by 3 and round down for light, medium, and heavy increments.That would be... up to 108 for a light load, 109-216 for a medium load, and 217-324 for a heavy load.Again, not a calculation you will have to make all the time, so hardly an imposition.Now to go a step further...We can now base additional melee damage on Carrying Capacity using an exponential system. Your character would inflict an additional die value of damage for each increment.The amount to the left is your Carrying Capacity range. The amount to the left (after the semi-colon) is your additional die value to melee damage (and the average amount in parenthesis).0: -1d12 (-6)1: -1d10 (-5)2-3: -1d8 (-4)4-6: -1d6 (-3)7-10 -1d4 (-2)11-30: -1d2 (-1)31-60: 041-100: +1d2 (+1)101-200: +1d4 (+2)201-300: +1d6 (+3)301-400: +1d8 (+4)401-500: +1d10 (+5)501-600: +1d12 (+6)601-800: +2d8 (+9)801-1000: +2d10 (+11)1001-1200: +2d12 (+13)1201-1600: +4d8 (+18)1601-2000: +4d10 (+22)2001-2400: +4d12 (+27)2401-3200: +8d8 (+36)3201-4000: +8d10 (+44)4001-4800: +8d12 (+52)4801-6400: +16d8 (+72)6401-8000: +16d10 (+88)8001-9600: +16d12 (+104)9601-12800: +32d8 (+144)12800-16000: +32d10 (+176)16001-19200: +32d12 (+208)...You get the idea. Suffice it say, it scales ad infinitum.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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