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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DammitVictor" data-source="post: 8118156" data-attributes="member: 6750908">Make it a skill, make it INT based. Classes that fight get proficiency for free, classes that are fast get to add a different ability or get Expertise.In Rolemaster, armor actually makes you easier to hit-- in a system where margin of success matters-- but significantly reduces the severity of most hits. There's a tradeoff there with armor being a massive advantage against smaller attacks, and a slight disadvantage against "gonna kill you anyway" attacks.Dexterity and Unarmored Defense class features add to AC. Armor adds to AC and reduces any damage that targets AC and/or Dex Save.Tools and languages I can definitely see working here. Skills is awkward, because as in 3.X you get the situation where being smarter makes you better at everything simply because you have more skill points-- Fighters don't get enough skill points to max out Climb, Jump, Swim, Balance, and Intimidate unless they are high INT humans.In Shroompunk, which is (mostly) based on B/X rulesets with some adjustments, I'm using playing with some ideas:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You add your Constitution score (plus rolled HD) to hit points at 1st level, but not your Constitution modifier.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You add/subtract your Constitution modifier to your daily Hit Dice, 5e style. (Which limit magical healing, too, 4e style.)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You reroll your HD every level, taking the better of the new result or the old result plus a value derived from either class or CON.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Some healing abilities, especially self-healing, are improved by CON.</li> </ul>I don't mind this, but it makes Dwarves the best Sorcerers unless you're using the new ASI rules.I am all about these. Friendly reminder that in 3.X, Concentration was actually a skill, and it was CON based. I frequently ruled that the Endurance feat was a skill, and that Concentration was a separate skill combined with Autohypnosis from Expanded Psionics Handbook.This has the added benefit of making classes that are proficient in Constitution saves extra hard to kill-- and you look at those classes, Fighter, Barbarian, Sorcerer, high-level Monks (others I'm missing?) that is entirely appropriate.That is so elegant, I am awestruck and I am stealing this. Also key this into the function of the -5/+10 feats.</blockquote>

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