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<blockquote data-quote="JohnSnow" data-source="post: 8073288" data-attributes="member: 32164">I've watched most (okay, a LOT) of Shad's stuff. We share similar sensibilities in terms of the balance between realism and playability.&nbsp; I have a slightly more narrative background to my HEMA than Shad does, because I both train HEMA and perform it for stage combat, so rule of cool is a thing.My inclination and intention here is NOT to create a system for gritty/lethal combat, but to model one where it's possible enough (while being avoidable by PCs, if they're careful) to make combat a real threat that makes players face the &quot;do we?/don't we?&quot; dilemma based on how confident they feel and how important the combat is.I hate having to create a kludge to get around &quot;Julius Caesar was stabbed to death by a group of low-level nobodies, because they all got close and had daggers.&quot; And if Caesar is only 4th to 6th-level, but the system goes to 10 or 20, then the system has a serious problem modeling anything remotely approaching &quot;the real world.&quot;Which is fine. Some people like superhero fantasy. And because I think that can be cool, I'll try to make the system scaleable enough to support it, because playing as Thor or Hercules is awesome. But that's not its primary intent. If it's not your cup of tea, there's plenty of systems for people who like to be able to swim through lava.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JohnSnow, post: 8073288, member: 32164"] I've watched most (okay, a LOT) of Shad's stuff. We share similar sensibilities in terms of the balance between realism and playability. I have a slightly more narrative background to my HEMA than Shad does, because I both train HEMA and perform it for stage combat, so rule of cool is a thing. My inclination and intention here is NOT to create a system for gritty/lethal combat, but to model one where it's [I]possible[/I] enough (while being avoidable by PCs, if they're careful) to make combat a real threat that makes players face the "do we?/don't we?" dilemma based on how confident they feel and how important the combat is. I hate having to create a kludge to get around "Julius Caesar was stabbed to death by a group of low-level nobodies, because they all got close and had daggers." And if Caesar is only 4th to 6th-level, but the system goes to 10 or 20, then the system has a serious problem modeling anything remotely approaching "the real world." Which is fine. Some people like superhero fantasy. And because I think that can be cool, I'll try to make the system scaleable enough to support it, because playing as Thor or Hercules is awesome. But that's not its [I]primary[/I] intent. If it's not your cup of tea, there's plenty of systems for people who like to be able to swim through lava. [/QUOTE]

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