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Message: <blockquote data-quote="igavskoga" data-source="post: 3435817" data-attributes="member: 41188">Hey look, its iwatt too.  You guys are making me miss the great old debates on the IH forums. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />That's a fair point, and one to take well into mind.  As I said, I think if you're inserting it into standard d20 it will take a fair bit of tinkering around to get to a good range.  However, I have an inkling (and only an inkling mind you) it will only start to really fall apart once there's a 15 point disparity.  Even given a +10 vs a +0, you roll a 2, he rolls a 13, he wins.  The chances are much greater that you will win but that's what something like a 10+ point disparity is supposed to represent, no?  Also, honestly, you have a +15 to-hit vs a 14 (the +4 from above) AC, isn't that really more of an unofficial auto-hit than +15 vs +4?Also, the ability for the tide of battle to turn a lousy roll of an 8 on a d20 into a hit cuz the target dodged even worse is awesome. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />In the end, after mulling it s'more, it may not be worth it in standard d20 - but giving it a whirl can't hurt if one really enjoys the mechanic.  I really like it, but when I started playing 3.x when it hit the shelves after an extended hiatus from gaming in general, I kept instinctively wanting to make dodge rolls for some reason.  Maybe it was all those summers playing Rifts at camp resurfacing, who knows. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />I think that's a fast and simple way to handle those eventualities.  I like it.  Would Dan's AoO count against his normal total?Given any thought to what happens if Al rolls a 17 and Dan rolls a 17 (or Al rolls a 15+2 and Dan rolls a 14+3)?  Given my inherent nature to trample all over KISS when a cool idea pops into my head I had the following idea a few months ago:  In the constant tinkering and mulling I do on the homebrew I'm going to eventually run again (No really, I will, I swear!  Check's in the mail!) I stumbled over the idea of weapon lock.  Essentially both combatants become momentarily entangled in eachother's movements to the point where just pulling away would leave them open... there's then a brief struggle (opposed something, BAB?  Reflex?  I have it written down somewhere) with a sudden victor who is given an AoO.  This, of course, spiralled off into a potential series of feats (maybe PrC) that would allow someone to expand the range at which they could trigger a weapon lock (turning misses into locks = easy, turning hits into locks = difficult and higher level pre-reqs).</blockquote>

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