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<blockquote data-quote="KenHood" data-source="post: 1471128" data-attributes="member: 4413">I'm a fan of bell curves in task resolution, but the d20 system is the d20 system, so I takes whats I gots and does whats I musts.To quote Tyler Durden, &quot;Skinny guys fight until they're burger.&quot;The suggestions about strength are logical, but they add complexity. The goal of the new GnG is to revise and simplify. The Dexterity as primary attack stat is a variant rule. That way, if you think Dex should be prime, use that. If you think Strength should be prime, use that. For the Dex as prime attack stat variant, I added a Brute Force feat to cover the issue of strength blasting through parries, etc. Keep it simple. Keep it simple.Our tendency, as gamers, is to add complexity, because reality has a lot of variables, and we want to imitate it. Butterfly wings aflutter in Mexico cause hurricanes in China. Sometimes it's best just to sit back and imitate life in broad strokes, rather than details. Get the spirit, not the letter.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KenHood, post: 1471128, member: 4413"] I'm a fan of bell curves in task resolution, but the d20 system is the [b]d20[/b] system, so I takes whats I gots and does whats I musts. To quote Tyler Durden, "Skinny guys fight until they're burger." The suggestions about strength are logical, but they add complexity. The goal of the new GnG is to revise and simplify. The Dexterity as primary attack stat is a variant rule. That way, if you think Dex should be prime, use that. If you think Strength should be prime, use that. For the Dex as prime attack stat variant, I added a Brute Force feat to cover the issue of strength blasting through parries, etc. Keep it simple. Keep it simple. Our tendency, as gamers, is to add complexity, because reality has a lot of variables, and we want to imitate it. Butterfly wings aflutter in Mexico cause hurricanes in China. Sometimes it's best just to sit back and imitate life in broad strokes, rather than details. Get the spirit, not the letter. [/QUOTE]

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