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<blockquote data-quote="LostSoul" data-source="post: 6071025" data-attributes="member: 386">This is kind of the system that I use in my 4e hack and it works well enough for us, but I wonder if that's just because we haven't pushed it that hard.&nbsp; Anyway.&nbsp; I think that you can make this kind of combat system work but you need to put a lot of emphasis on judgement calls.&nbsp; Someone - well, the DM, more or less - needs to determine if &quot;I stab him in the eyes&quot; is a valid move for your PC against that NPC or monster in this situation.If you want I could go through a quick combat in that style with you.&nbsp; That would probably be pretty helpful for me, actually.I don't have much to add to the &quot;mother-may-I&quot; discussion.&nbsp; I think page 42 requires the DM to make a judgement call when applying mechanics to resolve the player's stated action for his PC; while the other players can assist the DM with the mechanics, the final judgement is the DM's responsibility.&nbsp; I'm not sure exactly what &quot;mother-may-I&quot; means, so I don't know if page 42 fits or not.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LostSoul, post: 6071025, member: 386"] This is kind of the system that I use in my 4e hack and it works well enough for us, but I wonder if that's just because we haven't pushed it that hard. Anyway. I think that you can make this kind of combat system work but you need to put a lot of emphasis on judgement calls. Someone - well, the DM, more or less - needs to determine if "I stab him in the eyes" is a valid move for your PC against that NPC or monster in this situation. If you want I could go through a quick combat in that style with you. That would probably be pretty helpful for me, actually. I don't have much to add to the "mother-may-I" discussion. I think page 42 requires the DM to make a judgement call when applying mechanics to resolve the player's stated action for his PC; while the other players can assist the DM with the mechanics, the final judgement is the DM's responsibility. I'm not sure exactly what "mother-may-I" means, so I don't know if page 42 fits or not. [/QUOTE]

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