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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stormonu" data-source="post: 5625300" data-attributes="member: 52734">Personally, I hope that the system will go back to a Basic/Advanced structure.  Perhaps selling the Basic system as a boxed set and the advanced features being hardback/splatbook tack-ons.For example, the base game would have the traditional races and classes.  Race would modify ability scores and give you a simple racial ability or two.  Classes would determine how quickly you advance at combat ability, skills and spells.  Combat resolution would be throw d20 + attack modifiers vs. AC, deal damage (or some sort of stunt).  Skills would be ability checks.  "You want to swim across the river?  Sound like that's a Strength check - roll d20 + ability modifier."  Even spells could be generalized into d20 + spell modifiers vs. Defense, and a general list of what can be done (damage, charm, stun, heal, illusion, item/monster creation, etc.).Then, have an add-on book of advanced options for each part of the game.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Advanced Races - more races and complex tricks for each race.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Advanced Classes - utilizing powers and other tricks unique to each class.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Advanced Skills - expanding the skill system out into individual skills and tricks and powers associated with those skills.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Advanced Combat - adding tactical movement and advanced stunts.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Advanced Spells - options to create individual spell effects instead of the prepackaged ones we're used to.</li> </ul>And so on.It actually sounds very Rolemasterish [Arms Law, Spell Law, Campaign Law]* (or perhaps GURPSish) to me.* Which oddly enough, back in the 80's these books were designed to be expansions for D&D before they became their own system.</blockquote>

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