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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 6174615" data-attributes="member: 42582">Interesting thread.HARP works on a very short round (2 seconds) and makes both bowfire and spellcasting take longer (drawing, nocking etc for bowfire; prep for spellcasting), which compensates for the reduced active defence against those attack modes (HARP, as a stripped-down version of Rolemaster, uses parrying rules for melee). Arguably balanced, but tending towards boring play for the archer/caster player.Burning Wheel uses a different resolution system for archery skirmishes (Range and Cover) compared to melee (Fight!). Fight! also works on very short rounds, and so archery and a lot of spellcasting become less effective once melee breaks out.The 4e approach seems fine balance-wise - ranged PCs tend to have weaker defences and hit points compared to melee PCs - although is a bit wonky from the verisimilitude perspective, with a ranger PC shooting 2 to 3 arrows per round, or 1 arrow per 2 to 3 seconds.</blockquote>