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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 4626849" data-attributes="member: 2209">AD&D style initiative, everybody announces actions for the round then rolls initiative and DM resolves.Can be applied to most RPGs with no problem, including 3e.In 3e there are 1/round AoOs, which I generally resolve with assuming PCs take them at first opportunity against foes when in combat and use normal attacks as a default unless they have made ahead of time provisions otherwise. Only when it is not clear if the PC considers them a foe do I ask if they take it. As DM I make these automatic reaction rolls to keep the game flowing quick.There is also those type of actions like the elan damage negation ability that can be activated in response to a situation, but those are not numerous or common.IME few nonautomatic reactive actions come up in the 3e games I've run.GURPS and palladium have parry and dodge reaction options but the optimal choice is usually obvious and can be assumed.3e generally resolves quick for number of rounds but each round is complicated. Basic D&D generally has few rounds that are straightforward.I've only done 3e ones but I expect Basic/Expert D&D would work well.PBP allows long time in between posted actions so it can handle complicated systems well. The sticking point is how much the system requires PC/DM interaction decision making to resolve actions. Most people IME post about once a day so that number of posts is the sticking point. If the system requires going back and forth to handle multiple PC options to resolve a round then it will slow combats down significantly, regardless of how complicated mechanically the system works to resolve an action.For example cleric turning in 3e requires a d20 roll with its own chart to find a modifier to a second roll that affects might or might not affect undead either of two ways based on their hit dice and positioning. This is mechanically complicated but is resolved by two simple pbp posts, the PC declaring his action and the DM describing the effect after offscreen resolving it. The other players can then follow up with their actions.If it was just one straight mechanically simple die roll for the cleric turning but the undead had an optional power to counter it at the cost of a few hp which in turn the PC could negate by using a hero point this could require four posts before other characters can go.An example of this in core 3e would be using a nonstandard attack in an AoO which provokes its own AoO.</blockquote>

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