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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hakon Blum" data-source="post: 7014776" data-attributes="member: 6871471">the problem with a d20 is the dice gods take way longer to even out their dice resultslast night in my 5e session i rolled 4 20's skill crits in a row, on things my character sucks at 2 other new players to the game at the other end had a miserable combat, one rolled 2,2,2,2 for his 4 rounds of combat on attack rolls, the other rolled 2,2,2,1 luckily he was a halfling and re-rolled the 1but the problem was it almost TPK the groupin a 2d6 system, yes most of the time you will roll a 7, but with tighter bound dc's the game stays just as interestingpeople don't go to the casino and gamble on d20 games, the roll 2d6 and pray they don't roll snake eyes.my system will be a rules heavy system, but even with lots of rules i intend to keep things lean, the most complex roll in the game at present is a ranged shot, with negatives for range, visibility, moving vs stationary etcbut the way i make it rules heavy but lean it, is have all the calculations done at creation leaving a nice sheet character sheet which you simply look at to know what you need to roll.the complexity of combat will be somewhere between a game of mordheim and a 3.5e but i intend to include skirmish/war style rules which simplify things (abilities become just their bonuses)the skirmish rules will work 90% like mordhiemthe war rules will work like a hybrid of mordhiem and SW:EOTE with their grouped minions system.which will let people who love just the combat and not the rpg side of things play that kind of gameor allow DM's who want to push things to run a campaign on a battle field, having troops work like the war-game, but zooming in and using the rpg rules for all roles affecting the players.i think this option is great as rpg's set on a battle field are so cool but rarely done due to complexityimagine using these rules to play a hero set in the WH40k universe, as you see the tide of battle weakening in areas you use your sniper rifle to take a heavy weapon out of a squad wrecking havoc on your side, swing the way the fight goes in that area.</blockquote>

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