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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 4556117" data-attributes="member: 710">I think the framework of Torgs damage system is nice, and I would use something in that direction.Current idea:You deal "shock" or "fatigue" damage and "wounds". Shock damage doesn't kill, but if you took shock damage equal to CON + WIS (or rather: Constitution + Willpower), you drop unconscious. If you take 5 wounds, you are dying, and the next 5 wounds just determine your chance of actually dying. Wounds of 3 or higher cause penalties.In addition, you get something like action points, conviction or possibilities. These are a big in-game resource you have to manage. It can be used for a variety of things, and one of them is reducing damage. Basically, the player takes narration in his own hands and says "This attack doesn't actually hit my artery and instead I fend it off in the last minute due to dumb lock or superior training" (players choice <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=";)" /> )So, you might spend one point to negate up to 3 wounds (and can exchange wounds vs shock points at a 1:3 ratio)I would probably also add two "defenses" in the attack process.1) Roll to hit. This deals shock damage on a hit.2) Roll to damage. This deals wounds and shock if you penetrate the enemies armor.I would also try to setup the system in a way to avoid "excessive" damage and reward skill instead of just rolling well. My current idea is to use the roll to generate "result points". Roll low, and you get a lot of result points (but you might fail, so the result points can't be used), roll high, and you get very little result points. (but at least you hit).A light, agile weapon would have a high attack bonus, but a low armor penetration value. I prefer "cinematic" combat, so I would try to balance armor and weapons so that it is equally effective to wear heavy armor or light armor, though you still would notice specific differences.My concerns are: 1) Two rolls for resolving a combat is bad. D&D does this with attack + damage,but at least the second roll doesn't need to beat any DCs.2) Can this really be balanced?</blockquote>

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