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<blockquote data-quote="ExploderWizard" data-source="post: 4613496" data-attributes="member: 66434">Without being edition specific at all, D&amp;D combat is abstract and largely ablative in nature. The original intent was for the combat system to resolve conflicts quickly and return to the exploration/adventure.&nbsp;The basics of D&amp;D combat were never designed for complex movement/actions. As more detail was added to the simple system the more repetitive everything seemed. D&amp;D has always featured classes, levels, and ever increasing pools of hp as the basic foundation for combat. &nbsp;This system works great as long as it stays simple and quick. Attacks need to do decent damage in relation to hp and hp pools need to stay fairly low. &nbsp;Everything seems so repetitive because it is. No matter how flashy a name you give to feats or powers the base system is still one of abstract ablation. Bogging things down with loads of extra mechanics only brings the repetition into stronger focus, to the point of being very noticable.&nbsp;If the focus of the game is indeed going to be tabletop combat then it needs to redesigned from the ground up with that in mind. What we have with both 3E and 4E are a collection of overly complex modifications hitched to a simple abstract system that was never intended to pull such a load.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ExploderWizard, post: 4613496, member: 66434"] Without being edition specific at all, D&D combat is abstract and largely ablative in nature. The original intent was for the combat system to resolve conflicts quickly and return to the exploration/adventure. The basics of D&D combat were never designed for complex movement/actions. As more detail was added to the simple system the more repetitive everything seemed. D&D has always featured classes, levels, and ever increasing pools of hp as the basic foundation for combat. This system works great as long as it stays simple and quick. Attacks need to do decent damage in relation to hp and hp pools need to stay fairly low. Everything seems so repetitive because it is. No matter how flashy a name you give to feats or powers the base system is still one of abstract ablation. Bogging things down with loads of extra mechanics only brings the repetition into stronger focus, to the point of being very noticable. If the focus of the game is indeed going to be tabletop combat then it needs to redesigned from the ground up with that in mind. What we have with both 3E and 4E are a collection of overly complex modifications hitched to a simple abstract system that was never intended to pull such a load. [/QUOTE]

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