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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SpiralBound" data-source="post: 2984747" data-attributes="member: 8396">Thanks for the compliment.  My "payment" is that you do a like kindness to the next person you see who could use some help. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />I'm almost ready to do my testing now, just have to finish cleaning up the reference sheet for your combat system.  In case anyone wants to follow along, here are my test subjects (courtesy of Jamie Buck's NPC generator, plus some modifications to allow for this alt. combat system):Mujibur, male human Ftr1, hp 10Init +1 (+1 Dex)AC 14 (+1 Dex, +2 leather armor, +1 Shield)BAB/BDB: +1Attack: Shortsword, +2 melee, 1d6+1 (19-20/×2); Shortbow, +2 ranged, 1d6 (x3)Defense: +4 (+1 Dex, +0 Con, +2 Armor)Str 12, Dex 13, Con 11, Int 11, Wis 6, Cha 10Equipment: Shortsword, Shortbow, Quiver (10), Leather Armor, Light Wooden Shield-----------------------------Vigdis, female human Ftr2, hp 15Init +2 (+2 Dex)AC 15 (+2 Dex, +2 Armor, +1 Shield)BAB/BDB: +2Attack: Shortsword, +4 melee, 1d6+2 (19-20/×2); Shortbow, +4 ranged, 1d6 (x3)Defense: +8 (+2 Dex, +2 Con, +2 Armor)Str 15, Dex 15, Con 14, Int 12, Wis 12, Cha 10Equipment: Shortsword, Shortbow, Quiver (10), Leather Armor, Light Wooden Shield-----------------------------Glum, male human Ftr5, hp 48Init +1 (+1 Dex)AC 14 (+1 Dex, +2 Armor, +1 Shield)BAB/BDB: +5Attack: Shortsword, +9 melee, 1d6+4 (19-20/×2); Shortbow, +6 ranged, 1d6 (x3)Defense: +9 (+1 Dex, +1 Con, +2 Armor)Str 18, Dex 13, Con 13, Int 12, Wis 10, Cha 11Equipment: Shortsword, Shortbow, Quiver (10), Leather Armor, Light Wooden Shield-----------------------------Erika, female human Rog1, hp 6Init +3 (+3 Dex)AC 16 (+3 Dex, +2 Armor, +1 Shield)BAB/BDB: +0Attack: Shortsword, +0 melee, 1d6 (19-20/×2); Shortbow, +3 ranged, 1d6 (x3)Defense: +5 (+3 Dex, +0 Con, +2 Armor)Str 11, Dex 17, Con 10, Int 13, Wis 15, Cha 14Equipment: Shortsword, Shortbow, Quiver (10), Leather Armor, Light Wooden Shield-----------------------------Herdis, female human Rog3, hp 17Init +3 (+3 Dex)AC 16 (+3 Dex, +2 Armor, +1 Shield)BAB/BDB: +2Attack: Shortsword, +1 melee, 1d6-1 (19-20/×2); Shortbow, +5 ranged, 1d6 (x3)Defense: +9 (+3 Dex, +2 Con, +2 Armor)Str 8, Dex 16, Con 15, Int 10, Wis 14, Cha 16Equipment: Shortsword, Shortbow, Quiver (10), Leather Armor, Light Wooden Shield-----------------------------Sheherazad, male human Rog4, hp 27Init +2 (+2 Dex)AC 15 (+2 Dex, +2 Armor, +1 Shield)BAB/BDB: +3Attack: Shortsword, +1 melee, 1d6-2 (19-20/×2); Shortbow, +5 ranged, 1d6 (x3)Defense: +8 (+2 Dex, +1 Con +2 Armor)Str 6, Dex 14, Con 13, Int 12, Wis 15, Cha 7Equipment: Shortsword, Shortbow, Quiver (10), Leather Armor, Light Wooden Shield-----------------------------I've adjusted their AC and Attacks to reflect the equipment I've given them, and I'm ignoring any feats they would/should have at their levels.  There's enough to test for without tossing in Improved Init., Power Attack, Weap. Focus, etc.  They shouldn't act any differently as a result of this alternate combat system, so there's no advantage to including them in this test.  For BDB, I'm giving them the same value as their BAB just to have a starting number to work from.  Since all the NPCs are wearing the same leather and using the same weapons, all of which are Piercing weapons, I'm just listing one Defense bonus.  For an actual campaign where you're guaranteed to encounter different weapons, you would simply list this as three numbers, probably like this: "Defense (P/S/C): +8/+6/+7" for an armor that granted a +2/+0/+1.  For reference sake, my definition of "standard combat rules" are the ones in the D&D Player's Handbook v.3.5.</blockquote>

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