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Message: <blockquote data-quote="haran.banjo" data-source="post: 4581310" data-attributes="member: 80876">Thank you, this thread is so full of good points and constructive criticism that I really don't know where to start! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Me and my group tried a couple of changes (Dispose and Flat Damage), leaving the other ones to future session.I love to introduce changes at a slow pace, to allow players and myself to attune to the "new" system.So, I'll start discussing the two changes on which I have a first-hand test.DisposeThe Dispose mechanic was introduced mainly to speed up the "clean-up" phase of the battle.As <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/4579554-post2.html" target="_blank">Alex319 says</a>, I found out that I too am not inclined to force the players into spending an Healing Surge, but then I have players that like to speed up things and aren't very upset by having to spend an HS to obtain this.Turning the enemy into a minion (like many suggested) often doesn't cut my flavor of "speeding up" gameplay, since you can always miss that monster or having to pay attention to micro-management such as "I have to heal character B because if C misses then the monster can kill B!", that at that point of battle (I feel) are pointless and more a frustrating exercise of concentration.Obviously, this cannot be stated enough, you should use it WITH CARE, only when the last opponent/couple of opponents are in and you're pretty sure they don't stand a chance to really injure PCs, nor reinforcements are arriving and so on... Get a feeling, I'm sure you'll find a way to work it out. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Flat DamageActually, what I did was to take the 75% of the maximum obtainable value, and not an average of sort.I am still evaluating how to implement rules for Vorpal Weapons and the like. For critical hits, they do +50% of the damage. So, if a hit will strike for 13 damage, will crit for 19. A bit "spiker" than the original system, but less lethal than double damage.The most notable thing, like <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/4579554-post5.html" target="_blank">Harr said</a>, is that the improvement of using flat damage in the game is really incredible. Players actually spend more time thinking what to do than finding the appropriate die and rolling dices!---I still need a few thoughts and ideas for APs, Milestones and Healing Surge mix. Yet I read a couple of good ideas in this thread that I intend to develop further.Thank you very much <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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