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<blockquote data-quote="Jack Haggerty" data-source="post: 58312" data-attributes="member: 89">UnDfind, Perhaps you missed the bit of my post where I mentioned a Dodge skill and a Parry skill?This would essentially make combat an opposed roll...&nbsp; Melee Attack (swords) vs. Parry, or Ranged Attack (bows) vs. Dodge, for example.And Skill Focus (Melee Attack (weapon)) would replace Weapon Focus for the same, not stack with it.So, at first level, you could have a human fighter with Skill Focus (Melee Attack (swords)) and Skill Focus (Dodge) and one other &quot;fighter&quot; feat.&nbsp; Let's say he has a Str of 16 and a Dex of 14, and he's maxed those two skills out.&nbsp; That would give him Melee Attack (swords) +9 and Dodge +8.&nbsp; For a wizard, these might be cross-class skills, and so a 1st level wizard with a strength of 12 and a dex of 14 might have Melee Attack (swords) +3 and Dodge +4.So, if the fighter attacks the wizard, its 1d20+9 vs. 1d20+4, and if the wizard attacks the fighter it would be 1d20+3 vs. 1d20+8.&nbsp; That seems pretty reasonable.&nbsp; On average the wizard would hit the fighter 30% of the time, and the fighter would hit the wizard 75% of the time.The other tricky part is that you'd have to find another mechanic for Armor (using DR, for instance).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jack Haggerty, post: 58312, member: 89"] UnDfind, Perhaps you missed the bit of my post where I mentioned a Dodge skill and a Parry skill? This would essentially make combat an opposed roll... Melee Attack (swords) vs. Parry, or Ranged Attack (bows) vs. Dodge, for example. And Skill Focus (Melee Attack (weapon)) would replace Weapon Focus for the same, not stack with it. So, at first level, you could have a human fighter with Skill Focus (Melee Attack (swords)) and Skill Focus (Dodge) and one other "fighter" feat. Let's say he has a Str of 16 and a Dex of 14, and he's maxed those two skills out. That would give him Melee Attack (swords) +9 and Dodge +8. For a wizard, these might be cross-class skills, and so a 1st level wizard with a strength of 12 and a dex of 14 might have Melee Attack (swords) +3 and Dodge +4. So, if the fighter attacks the wizard, its 1d20+9 vs. 1d20+4, and if the wizard attacks the fighter it would be 1d20+3 vs. 1d20+8. That seems pretty reasonable. On average the wizard would hit the fighter 30% of the time, and the fighter would hit the wizard 75% of the time. The other tricky part is that you'd have to find another mechanic for Armor (using DR, for instance). [/QUOTE]

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