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<blockquote data-quote="DammitVictor" data-source="post: 7388529" data-attributes="member: 6750908">I am currently designing my own contribution to the world of OSR-- Sellswords &amp; Godwars: Old-School Player's Options for Fantasy Roleplaying-- that attempts to model AD&amp;D Player's Option (with ICE and Palladium influences) using the core mechanics of the d20 System.One nod that I would like to give to the game's ICE heritage is enhancing the damage of a successful attack based on the margin on the attack roll.The attack roll is pretty solidly defined at this point: you roll d20 and add two ability mods (DEX and another) + your Attack Bonus (from feats) + your Proficiency bonus. Other attack bonuses are possible, but pretty limited.Right now, I'm thinking that I can replace special combat maneuvers by giving each attack form (weapon/spell) a list of bonus options. You get 1 option for a successful option, and 1 option for every five full points you beat Armor Class. Other options are +X damage per +Y margin, or +1d damage per +Y damage, with Y defaulting to 5.Have any other d20 games done this well?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DammitVictor, post: 7388529, member: 6750908"] I am currently designing my own contribution to the world of OSR-- [i]Sellswords & Godwars: Old-School Player's Options for Fantasy Roleplaying[/i]-- that attempts to model AD&D [i]Player's Option[/i] (with ICE and Palladium influences) using the core mechanics of the d20 System. One nod that I would like to give to the game's ICE heritage is enhancing the damage of a successful attack based on the margin on the attack roll. The attack roll is pretty solidly defined at this point: you roll d20 and add two ability mods (DEX and another) + your Attack Bonus (from feats) + your Proficiency bonus. Other attack bonuses are possible, but pretty limited. Right now, I'm thinking that I can replace special combat maneuvers by giving each attack form (weapon/spell) a list of bonus options. You get 1 option for a successful option, and 1 option for every five full points you beat Armor Class. Other options are +X damage per +Y margin, or +1d damage per +Y damage, with Y defaulting to 5. Have any other d20 games done this well? [/QUOTE]

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