No damage roll

[diaglo]

i've tried in the past introducing a no damage roll.

instead everything is based on your roll to hit.

if you needed say 15. and you roll 15. you do 1 pt. damage
16 - 2 pts
17 - 3 pts
18 - 4 pts
19 - 5 pts
20 - 6 pts max damage

based on weapon type.

so in the above example 18, 19, 20 do 4 pts with a dagger. or with a longsword. the minimum would be 3 pts


and if you roll 1, you miss... but you are so off balance you are open to an attack... your ac is reduced.

would a system like this interest you?

 

[Seeten]

I played Rolemaster for 5 years, and this is rolemaster with a d20, so, sure!

 

[Henry]

If done so that it was intuitive in calculation, it would speed up combat dramatically. I'd be interested in giving it a whirl!

 

[diaglo]

I played Rolemaster for 5 years, and this is rolemaster with a d20, so, sure!

yeah, it has some elements of other systems involved.

 

[BiggusGeekus]

I don't get it.

How does this differ from taking the average roll of a weapon and assuming that's the roll you get?

 

[Mirage_Patrick]

I think the idea is that the better you beat the AC, the more damage you do...overall I like the idea. May need some tweaking to be a bit more intuitive though

 

[domino]

And what does this do to Power Attack?

 

[diaglo]

And what does this do to Power Attack?

well... you reduce your to hit.... attack.

so since 20 = max.

it means when you hit you do gobs of damage. when you miss... well you miss more often just like normal with power attack.

 

[diaglo]

I think the idea is that the better you beat the AC, the more damage you do...overall I like the idea. May need some tweaking to be a bit more intuitive though

true it could use some help.

and thus why i posed the question.

it is open to interpretation and additional comments.

 

[BiggusGeekus]

true it could use some help.

and thus why i posed the question.

it is open to interpretation and additional comments.

Maybe start the damage based on the weapon size?