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<blockquote data-quote="doghead" data-source="post: 2951337" data-attributes="member: 8243">I think that I would just going to ditch the whole critical hit stuff. The mechanics already incorporate the idea of landing a good blow through the overkill mechanism.I did have an idea regarding an alternative approach, but it is dependent on using the 3d6 rules variant (which I do) as well as an alternative approach to BAB.It probably should be in a new thread, but I'll stick it here for the moment. Its still very much in the conceptual stage. * Characters roll 3d6 rather than 1d20.* BAB represents the number of extra dice the character has at their disposal. So a character with BAB +3 could roll 6d6 (Take.Highest.3). Strength, enchantment and other bonuses are added to the total as usual.Instead of Criticals, the charaters can sacrifice dice to achieve an Effect. For example:* sacrifice 1 dice, bypass light Armour; * sacrifice 2 dice, bypass medium armour; * sacrifice 3 dice, bypass heavy armour; * sacrifice 1 dice, successful strike reduces Spd by 10 ft.* sacrifice 2 dice, successful strike reduces Spd by 20 ft.* sacrifice 1 dice, daze target (one round, one round per overkill?).Other Effects could be incorporated. For example, characters could sacrifice dice to change the characteristics of their weapon. For example: * sacrifice 1 dice to change a slashing weapon to a bludgeoning weapon.* sacrifice 1 (2?) dice to effective gain reach (5 ft.)Humm. There was a thread about a alternative combat system along these lines. I think I'm going to see if I can hunt it down.thotd</blockquote>

[QUOTE="doghead, post: 2951337, member: 8243"] I think that I would just going to ditch the whole critical hit stuff. The mechanics already incorporate the idea of landing a good blow through the overkill mechanism. I did have an idea regarding an alternative approach, but it is dependent on using the 3d6 rules variant (which I do) as well as an alternative approach to BAB. It probably should be in a new thread, but I'll stick it here for the moment. Its still very much in the conceptual stage. * Characters roll 3d6 rather than 1d20. * BAB represents the number of extra dice the character has at their disposal. So a character with BAB +3 could roll 6d6 (Take.Highest.3). Strength, enchantment and other bonuses are added to the total as usual. Instead of Criticals, the charaters can sacrifice dice to achieve an Effect. For example: * sacrifice 1 dice, bypass light Armour; * sacrifice 2 dice, bypass medium armour; * sacrifice 3 dice, bypass heavy armour; * sacrifice 1 dice, successful strike reduces Spd by 10 ft. * sacrifice 2 dice, successful strike reduces Spd by 20 ft. * sacrifice 1 dice, daze target (one round, one round per overkill?). Other Effects could be incorporated. For example, characters could sacrifice dice to change the characteristics of their weapon. For example: * sacrifice 1 dice to change a slashing weapon to a bludgeoning weapon. * sacrifice 1 (2?) dice to effective gain reach (5 ft.) Humm. There was a thread about a alternative combat system along these lines. I think I'm going to see if I can hunt it down. thotd [/QUOTE]

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