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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cyvris" data-source="post: 7013890" data-attributes="member: 81262">Currently working on a pair of rules, mostly aimed at making combat a bit meatier.  Both are very rough. Short Rest Casting VariantUnder this variant, characters alter their spells, expanding less energy to cast, but also producing less potent effects. Whenever a character casts a spell using a spell slot of 4th level or lower, they can decide to cast a less powerful version of that spell. If they do so, the spell slot recharges after a short rest instead of a long rest. •    If the spell deals damage, the player still rolls all the dice, but it only inflicts half of the total damage rolled, rounded up. •    Similarly, any healing is only half as effective. Players roll dice normally, but only restore half the total amount of hit points, rounded up. •    The spell deals no damage on a miss or if the target succeeds on its saving throw. •    Any concentration spell lasts until the end of the player’s next turn.  •    Likewise, any bonuses, effects, or changes to the environment for the spell also expire at the end of the player’s next turn, even if the spell lacks the concentration keyword.Fighting Styles-instead of picking a single fighting style, players select two (three if a fighter). The effects of a fighting style are not always "on". Instead, they are triggered by a player making an attack and the effect, if any, lasts until the start of the players next turn. I added a few more, movement or pushing for example, and found it to fill the "At-will" power hole pretty well. The math needs some tweaking (Defensive became +2 against the next attack, Protection I'm still playing with), but it helped make Fighting Styles feel fare more dynamic than something so static.</blockquote>

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