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<blockquote data-quote="C. Baize" data-source="post: 3220441" data-attributes="member: 4571">I only played Rolemaster a handful of times, and don't own those books. But the system was so simple and realistic, it was awesome. The only thing that's missing in the D20 skill system is averaging the ability modifier of multiple abilities for a skill. Otherwise (if you take it as D20 instead of D100) it's identical, really.For instance... if done in D20, it would be like this:Jump [Str/Dex]Gamble [Cha/Int/Wis]Computer Use [Int]So if a person had: Str: 16Dex: 12Con: 12Int: 16Wis: 12Cha: 8Then for Jump, you'd average the modifiers for Str and Dex for a total of 5 divided by two skills for +2.5, rounded down to 2. For Gamble, you'd have -1, 3, and 1 for a total of 3 divided by 3 for a total modifier of +1. Etc... A SHADE more math, but ultimately much more representative of what attributes are required for differing skills. It reads cumbersome because it's an extra step, but it's only that extra step at creation and level-up. I could live with that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="C. Baize, post: 3220441, member: 4571"] I only played Rolemaster a handful of times, and don't own those books. But the system was so simple and realistic, it was awesome. The only thing that's missing in the D20 skill system is averaging the ability modifier of multiple abilities for a skill. Otherwise (if you take it as D20 instead of D100) it's identical, really. For instance... if done in D20, it would be like this: Jump [Str/Dex] Gamble [Cha/Int/Wis] Computer Use [Int] So if a person had: Str: 16 Dex: 12 Con: 12 Int: 16 Wis: 12 Cha: 8 Then for Jump, you'd average the modifiers for Str and Dex for a total of 5 divided by two skills for +2.5, rounded down to 2. For Gamble, you'd have -1, 3, and 1 for a total of 3 divided by 3 for a total modifier of +1. Etc... A SHADE more math, but ultimately much more representative of what attributes are required for differing skills. It reads cumbersome because it's an extra step, but it's only that extra step at creation and level-up. I could live with that. [/QUOTE]

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