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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustrum_Ridcully" data-source="post: 4480016" data-attributes="member: 710">Action Points work in different ways in different systems. D20 Modern and Eberron use them to gain a bonus (+1d6, at higher levels you may roll more then one die and select the highest). Both use a "regain only when leveling" approach and have mechanics to use them for different purposes (Artificers can cast infusions as a standard action for example). Arcana Evolved uses "Hero Points" and allows you to add +1d20 to a roll. D&D 4E uses Action Points to get you an extra attack action (and certain abilities improve what you can do on them or are triggered with action points) Action Points are resetted each day and you gain them by reaching milestones. (basically, the more encounters you make per day, the more action points you will get - which can help you compensate loss of other resources)Torg uses Possibilities to allow you improve your rolls. It uses a bonus chart for your d20 roll (so rolling a 1 causes a -8 penalty,  rolling a 12 a +0 bonus, and rolling a 20 a +8 bonus) with diminishing returns at higher values (which can be only reached by getting rerolls). There are many approaches to handle action point. The core idea seems always to be to introduce an extra resource that you can and have to manage. Some are more or less "tacked on" (D&D 3E, D20 Modern) - the system might work without them. Other systems (Torg) rely on them as the primary player resource (and in use overall they are strategic - the tactical resource in Torg are more the Drama Cards)</blockquote>

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