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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zustiur" data-source="post: 6142056" data-attributes="member: 1544">I've recently been tinkering with a system which runs on percentages rather than traditional hit points.Every creature has 100 HP. Their attack bonuses, armour etc affect their combat rating. Then essentially it goes:Attack: Roll d100, add your combat rating. Compare this with your opponent's combat rating. Damage is a strict Attack minus Defence score.A slight twist on the same (I said I'm tinkering didn't I? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue    :P"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" />) Is to keep Attack Rating and Defence Rating separate. Still D100, + attack rating (which doesn't include anything from your armour now), vs opponent's static Armour Rating (or AC if you like)Combat would look something like: (I used real dice for this and rolled very badly for the fighter)Orc has 30 ACFighter has +10 from level/class and +8 from longsword.Fighter rolls d100, adds 18 and scores 36. This deals 6 damage to the orc (a very poor hit).Fighter has Scale and some benefit from just being a fighter (equal to his attack bonus??) giving him an AC of 50.The orc also has +10 from level/class and +8 from its longsword.Orc rolls d100, adds 18 and scores 76, resulting in 26 damage for the fighterRound 2Fighter rolls 35+18 = 53 -30 = 23 damage to the orc.Orc rolls 2+18 = 20 which is a miss.R3Fighter rolls 9+18 = 27, this is also a missOrc rolls 39+18 = 57 dealing only 7 damage to the fighterR4Fighter rolls 12+18 = 30, again a missOrc rolls 47+18 = 65, dealing 15 damage to the fighterR5Fighter rolls 2+18 = 20 which is a miss.Orc rolls 67 + 18 = 85 dealing 35 damage to the fighter, who is now looking very unhealthy.R6Fighter rolls 45+18 = 63 finally doing some decent damage to the orc (33)Orc rolls 9+18 = 27, a missCurrent HPOrc = 100-6-23-33=38 Fighter = 100-26-7-15-35=17 A very close battle so far.R7Fighter rolls 50+18 = 68 dealing 38 damage to the orc, exactly enough to slay it (yes I rolled this!)I'm not happy with how swingy the combat is at the moment but that example of play should give you a  fair idea of what I'm aiming for.</blockquote>

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