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<blockquote data-quote="Luddite" data-source="post: 178718" data-attributes="member: 4099">V/WP and Defense v. HP and ACEach of these have their uses.&nbsp; In a traditional High Fantasy Power Monger DnD game (which I like to play) then HP/AC is great.&nbsp; Yet when I want to create a low-magic (or even rare to no magic) there is a problem.&nbsp; As characters level, their Attack values increase, but their defencive ablity does not.&nbsp; DnD solves this by assuming that a Character of a particular level will have various magical bonuses to AC.&nbsp; But if we do not have that &quot;Magic&quot; then when two high levels meet in the street, the first to go will kill the other character.&nbsp; So in low-magic&nbsp; games I would like to have character level based defense values.&nbsp; And my preference is that Armour provides DR.&nbsp; Is one system better then the other? no.&nbsp; Each one provides a different feel to the game and combat.&nbsp; Throw in Ken's &quot;Grim and Gritty&quot; and you now have yet another option.But back to the topic.&nbsp; HP/AC is simple, and provides a heroic model that many people are comfortable with.&nbsp; What we have now, is that WotC is able to add different methods (VWP/Def) that gamers can mix and match to meet their requirements.&nbsp; d20 could be come the Legos of the RPG world.&nbsp; Which in my mind would be the next step of Genius-The Luddite</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Luddite, post: 178718, member: 4099"] [b]V/WP and Defense v. HP and AC[/b] Each of these have their uses. In a traditional High Fantasy Power Monger DnD game (which I like to play) then HP/AC is great. Yet when I want to create a low-magic (or even rare to no magic) there is a problem. As characters level, their Attack values increase, but their defencive ablity does not. DnD solves this by assuming that a Character of a particular level will have various magical bonuses to AC. But if we do not have that "Magic" then when two high levels meet in the street, the first to go will kill the other character. So in low-magic games I would like to have character level based defense values. And my preference is that Armour provides DR. Is one system better then the other? no. Each one provides a different feel to the game and combat. Throw in Ken's "Grim and Gritty" and you now have yet another option. But back to the topic. HP/AC is simple, and provides a heroic model that many people are comfortable with. What we have now, is that WotC is able to add different methods (VWP/Def) that gamers can mix and match to meet their requirements. d20 could be come the Legos of the RPG world. Which in my mind would be the next step of Genius -The Luddite [/QUOTE]

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