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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Smoss" data-source="post: 5258989" data-attributes="member: 82115">Another thing I have found that helps is how a system's rules tie together.  For example - 3E with its options like grapple, etc.  They do not have the same flow and ease as other rules - are completely separate.  Now make that grapple the same as any other attack and give it a different effect than damage.  Simpler, easier to use if it follows the same rule conventions.That is just a simple example but the point is that good integration of rules makes them easier (and faster) to use.  There is a reason psionics felt tacked on in most of D&D.  It was not integrated with the rest of the system.  Grapple feels that way in 3e.  One of my main goals when creating my system was to find a "paradigm" and to follow it for all rules and roles.Of course for me, in the end it came down to TWO similar paradigms (1 - Match a target number.  2- Beat a Threshold).  But it has made all the bits of the system work together.  And makes balance easy (Same targets/thresholds for all skills, attacks, etc).It seems one could add a LOT of things someone could do (options) without adding much complexity if the way to resolve it remains the same.  Thoughts?-------------------------------------Smoss<a href="http://sites.google.com/site/doulairen/" target="_blank">Doulairen</a>Or go directly to details on my RPG system:<a href="http://sites.google.com/site/doulairen/Doulairen/sixth-age/rpg-system/" target="_blank">Doulairen: RPG System</a></blockquote>

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