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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Randalthor" data-source="post: 6094916" data-attributes="member: 6706950">Yes, but it is a natural part of the system, that relies more on a character's skill* and not a completely random (1 in 20, in old D&D) event. In D&D, you do not base your combat tactics on the idea that you can be killed by any attack, you base them on gamist rules (like chess). I prefer to approach situations in a more realistic manner; I may be a 7th level fighter, and while I am most likely going to be able to beat that orc over there fairly easily, he could do some serious damage, and it wouldn't take complete ill-luck on my part. In D&D, that scenario might as well not happen, and because the orc poses so little threat, the PC fighter would just walk up and take him out, no tactical thought whatsoever. I don't like that. Just my preference.Look at it this way: In D&D you fight more like Superman: you just walk up and start duking it out, not worrying about a thing until the last few HP are remaining (your enemy finally pulled out the kryptonite); in a game like RM you fight more like Batman: you attack from surprise and you think all manner of different tactics in order to not die because a single - and the first - bullet can kill you. I much prefer the second route, it just gets my creativity/imagination going more.*At least the crits do, fumbles less so.</blockquote>