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Message: <blockquote data-quote="3catcircus" data-source="post: 6244292" data-attributes="member: 16077">Agreed - but my intent isn't to simplify things, but to provide a different way of doing things.  While I don't want it to be overly-complex, I also don't want it to be necessarily simplistic by virtue of being abstract.  I want mechanics that support a more "realistic" narrative.  Yes - "realistic" is a loaded word, but when I say realistic, I mean mechanics that will end the "full capability until 0 hp" scenario that currently exists.  I want combat to wear down an opponent with really lucky or really good hits causing significant damage.  Basically - either one side loses due to exhaustion or one side loses due to taking a mortal wound.  How so?  If I use d20s and limit the dice pool size by basing the number of dice on a multiple of numbers of skills ranks, it seems that it would work without being overly-complex.  I'm talking no more than 6 d20s or so.  I like this, but the question is how many more skill points?  I would want to avoid the "fighter-types get more skill points to buy attack and defense skills" type of scenario.  I'm not so sure that saving throws should be skills for all things.  What about making them derived attributes instead?A Fort save is based on Con, so maybe turn this into a set of fatigue trip-points?A Ref save is based on Dex, so why not base it on the higher of Sense Motive or Acrobatics or even base it on initiative?A Will save is based on Wisdom - but Will implies mental toughness - the ability to face danger (i.e. a Morale check).  Maybe make this equal to 1/2 his Wisdom score.Likewise - initiative is based on Dex - maybe make his initiative check based on 1/2 his Dex.So - when a guy with Dex 18 is entering combat and carrying a light load rolls initiative, he'd roll 2d20L and compare to his Init score of 9.  Let's say he rolls a 3 and a 12.  One of them is below 9, so he succeeds.  His margin of success is 9 - 3 = 6.    Because he is carrying a light load, his base initiative is 15.  So - his final initiative is 15 + 2 x 6 = 27.I prefer using hit points, not as a "subtract until dead" but as "this attack does x amount of hp damage.  At different thresholds that are multiples of a base hp score, different wound effects occur."  So - a character would have a base hp score that is solely dependent upon his physical attributes (Str and Con).  At various trip points (say, 1 hp, base hp, 2 x base hp, 3 x base hp), different wound effects would occur.  You could have this as-is or do different multiples for different hit locations.  I'd keep it simple and say head, torso, each limb (counting wings, tails, tentacles, etc. as limbs).I'd expect slow progress from natural healing.  In real life, breaking your leg equals months in a cast (or several weeks if you get pins put in).  My proposed house rules would mean that since you have different wound levels, you'd be able to magically heal those wound levels.  The question becomes how.  I'd think that the standard Cure Light, Mod., Serious, and Crit. would match to the proposed wound levels of Light, Mod., Serious, and Crit.  But - should a Cure Lt. only be able to turn a light wound level into no wound, or should it allow the ability to bump a wound level down by one (i.e. casting cure light on a serious wound makes it a moderate wound.)</blockquote>

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