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<blockquote data-quote="Jack Haggerty" data-source="post: 58222" data-attributes="member: 89">Several months I thought about a similar system...Instead of BAB, you'd have skills that looked like:Unarmed AttackMelee Attack (swords)Melee Attack (axes)Melee Attack (clubs)Ranged Attack (bows)Ranged Attack (thrown weapons)And so on...Melee Attacks would be Str-based skills, and Ranged would be Dex-based.&nbsp; Which ones were class-skills or cross-class skills would depend on class.&nbsp; Weapon Focus would revert to Skill Focus for the appropriate attack skill.I also thought about a Dodge skill, and a Parry skill to use as opposed skill checks against the Attack rolls.And I also thought about turning the Saving throws into skills.The idea was that now you could become very good at a single weapon to the exclusion of all others, or become competent in many weapons.Skill points, epecially for fighter-types, would necessarily have to be increased.I never really got past the &quot;thinking about it&quot; stage, though.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jack Haggerty, post: 58222, member: 89"] Several months I thought about a similar system... Instead of BAB, you'd have skills that looked like: Unarmed Attack Melee Attack (swords) Melee Attack (axes) Melee Attack (clubs) Ranged Attack (bows) Ranged Attack (thrown weapons) And so on... Melee Attacks would be Str-based skills, and Ranged would be Dex-based. Which ones were class-skills or cross-class skills would depend on class. Weapon Focus would revert to Skill Focus for the appropriate attack skill. I also thought about a Dodge skill, and a Parry skill to use as opposed skill checks against the Attack rolls. And I also thought about turning the Saving throws into skills. The idea was that now you could become very good at a single weapon to the exclusion of all others, or become competent in many weapons. Skill points, epecially for fighter-types, would necessarily have to be increased. I never really got past the "thinking about it" stage, though. [/QUOTE]

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