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Message: <blockquote data-quote="slobster" data-source="post: 5912299" data-attributes="member: 6693711">If I want to play with one person over another, it's because I like the person and enjoy playing the game with them. This is true whether we are talking about D&D, some other pen & paper system, or Monopoly. I don't need the game to invent reasons why I'd prefer playing with one group of people over another.My preferred "sweet spot" in the power vs. stunt debate is for a mechanic that lets you perform pretty much any maneuver you can think up, with a singular, streamlined resolution step and results based on a few examples. If someone attempts a maneuver whose results are more powerful than the example stunts, apply penalties to the resolution roll. Feats and class abilities would exist that let you accomplish certain powerful stunt-like effects as more codified powers, with the benefit that the results are more reliable or more powerful than those obtained using the stunt rules alone.Pathfinder makes a good start with their maneuver system, but I'd like to do away with the CMB and CMD, replacing them with good old-fashioned ability checks. I'd also like to encourage creativity by opening up the kind of effects that can be accomplished with a combat maneuver/stunt/whatever you want to call it, perhaps to include simple status effects or FATE-style temporary status effects that can be used for combat advantage..</blockquote>