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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GMMichael" data-source="post: 6252558" data-attributes="member: 6685730">Good points.  The degrees of success rule is actually more of a guideline, and it states that degrees of success can be as little as a 1-point spread.  Degrees of success (and a clarification that I need to add) are far more important in one-roll conflicts than in extended conflicts, because they provide additional information about the outcome of a conflict, which is scarce (almost by definition) in the one-roll conflict.D6 versus d6 would be great for establishing degrees of success.  However, going with a d20 allows the GM to include difficulty modifiers to one or both sides of a roll that don't add up to a full degree.Great idea!  If I can figure out a way to reconcile DoS, damage, and weaponry's lethality, I'll add it.I'm guessing, with the unhittable character example, you're referring to a defender who is so good at Parrying that he can take 10 and still have a result higher than what the attackers can roll.  If that's the case, consider that taking half represents a mediocre effort.  If an enemy can carelessly defend against attackers' best efforts, those attacker should really have a better game plan.  Further, don't forget that the combat system allows a finite number of defenses, so if an unhittable opponent is outnumbered 2 to 1, he'd only be able to parry most of the attacks at best.Gotta run.  Great analysis...</blockquote>