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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ashrem Bayle" data-source="post: 3497313" data-attributes="member: 3103">The abstract nature of D&D's combat system is what turned me to GURPS. Because it is so abstract, all too often a player's planning is for naught because of the result of the dice roll.For example,If a players is playing a rogue, and he has been stalking his target, watching their every move, hides in the corner of the room and waits for the target to get sleepy, sneaks up behind them, and then drives a knife into the base of the unfortunate soul's skull...it's what? A few extra d6's?He gets the EXACT same result if he just flanks Joe Shmoe in a random encounter.And that just sucks.The abstract nature of the game often defies logic* and renders a lot of creative player decisions moot as I pointed out with the sneak attack example.* Try explaining why a cure light wounds potions heals a 1st level character from the brink of death, but can't do squat for a 20th level character.</blockquote>