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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 8355098" data-attributes="member: 42582">[USER=7031709]@Sam Crow[/USER]I  think your system is potentially interesting. I wouldn't worry too much at this stage about criticisms of your exposition - it could be improved but I found it clear enough and was able to get the general gist. Setting out the action and resolution process in dot point form might help. Or charts for the different defensive options (eg what gear is needed?; how is the withdrawal handled?; what posture can it be used in?; etc).One thing I missed - does using Block force the character into defensive posture?Another thing I missed - what is the significance of shifting between postures?A third thing - how is action declaration handled?And a suggestion: your system is close to, though not identical to, Burning Wheel's detailed melee resolution system, Fight! I would suggest you might want to look at that.Some features of BW:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">action declaration is blind, mutual, and extends for 3 volleys (each volley normally has one or two actions);</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">it is possible to change declared actions down the track, but this soaks actions;</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">there are three "postures" - called "stances" in BW - aggressive, defensive and neutral: being in aggressive stance penalises defensive actions and augments attacks; vice versa for defensive stance; and neutral stance imposes no modifications;</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">changing stances itself costs an action;</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">BW doesn't have an analogue to your momentum, but it does have positioning - the rules for this have changed over editions, and I'm more familiar with the 2004 (Revised edition) version, which requires an opposed check at the top of each volley (which does not itself count as an action) to determine (depending on who tries to do what and who wins the check) whether the distance between fighters opens, closes or is maintained (weapon length is an important factor here),</li> </ul></blockquote>

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