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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tai" data-source="post: 4939474" data-attributes="member: 84238"><p>3rd had lots of rules, certainly, but it didn't have the fine table control that 4th does, and it certainly didn't have as many interrupts or reactions as 4th does - and those are the ones that will be difficult. In fact, aside from the ridiculous spell lists (which most CRPGs trimmed down significantly), most characters didn't really have a lot of options each combat round. The general action a martial character will take in NWN 2 is "hit the guy in the face", with a few special moves that do more damage, and a pile of buffs you have to use every time you rest. In 4th, a 16th level character has at least 14 abilities to choose from, not counting powers from class features, feats, races etc. Choosing from a power list that extensive in realtime isn't very practical, so you'd have to prune that down a bit. In order to make the game even remotely accessible to non P&P players, you'd also have to reduce the level of choice, and rebalance the powers to take into account the reduced tactical complexity of realtime combat without squares... And while you could do all that, why would you? You could just as easily make a new system and use the same names for stuff - that's all you're likely to end up with if you try and convert a battlemap-heavy, turn-based combat game into a realtime game without squares.</p></blockquote><p></p>