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<blockquote data-quote="Mattachine" data-source="post: 5850908" data-attributes="member: 6678226">I contend that &quot;simpler combat&quot; could be the optional system. I don't see each module or system as an add-on. There can be different ways to do something-- that doesn't necessarily mean more complex.For instance, the gridded tactical system could be the default, and a simplified system could be described as an option. Both could easily be presented in the same PHB or DMG, and the game could use one or the other, or even both, depending on the combat.Burning Wheel does this--two combat systems are described. One is very simple, and one is very complex (think hit-locations and damage to armor). One or the other can be used in the game, or even both (one for run-of-the-mill combat and one for BBEG fights, for instance).Again, an option or a module does not, by default, have to present &quot;more&quot; or &quot;complex&quot;; it could just as well present &quot;less&quot; or &quot;different&quot;. See past the idea of a rules module as an addition. It can be a transformation, instead.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mattachine, post: 5850908, member: 6678226"] I contend that "simpler combat" could be the optional system. I don't see each module or system as an add-on. There can be different ways to do something-- that doesn't necessarily mean more complex. For instance, the gridded tactical system could be the default, and a simplified system could be described as an option. Both could easily be presented in the same PHB or DMG, and the game could use one or the other, or even both, depending on the combat. Burning Wheel does this--two combat systems are described. One is very simple, and one is very complex (think hit-locations and damage to armor). One or the other can be used in the game, or even both (one for run-of-the-mill combat and one for BBEG fights, for instance). Again, an option or a module does not, by default, have to present "more" or "complex"; it could just as well present "less" or "different". See past the idea of a rules module as an addition. It can be a transformation, instead. [/QUOTE]

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