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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ibram" data-source="post: 2277212" data-attributes="member: 17640">I've been using a class based defense progression ever since Conan d20 came out.  Its taken me a while to refine the system (and I'm still tweaking it a bit).as it stands now there are 3 defense value progressionsPoor: used by primary caster classesAverage: used by front line fighter typesGood: used by Rogues, Monks, and other "quick" classesDodge adds a flat +1 to defenseArmor provides DR, which can be very high for the higher end gear (which is also very expensive) but weapons do more damage (usualy 1 dice higher then in regular d20)Shields add to defense, with +1 for small shields and +2 for large shields.I used to have a feat that allowed for parrying, you could attempt to parry a number of attacks equal to your AoO for that turn.  a natural 20 hit could not be parried, a natural 20 on parry always blocked regardless and a natural 1 on parry always failed.  you could only parry attacks by creatures one size catagory larger one size larger then yourself or less (no parrying attacks by a huge dragon).I've recently ditched that in favor of having it add a +4 bonus to defense that does not stack with dodge.  This was done to simplify combat a bit,  as well as allowing me to make the requirements for parry easier to meet, and to simplify a complex feat (as you can see by my above description).</blockquote>