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<blockquote data-quote="Kisanji Arael" data-source="post: 2756088" data-attributes="member: 20056">I'm not in this for an argument, because if you have a problem with a rule then it's your game. But I do martial arts, I practice three sword styles, and I wrestle. As for that last one, I pinned three people yesterday, one in under twenty seconds. I feel I have something to say on realism in a fight.When I shoot on someone who I am not grappling without setting up my shot, they are (EDIT: If they are decent) going to throw their legs back, and I am going to fail. If I shoot in on someone who is already taking a step back, then I am probably going down really fast unless I'm death on wheels (three or more levels their superior). Are they going to be able to drink water? I don't know. We can't have water on the mat. But we do have headgear and kneepads. And I know that I am fully capable of adjusting one of those while I take a step back. He knows that if he takes a step toward me, I will have an opening. ---That being said, I would recommend that a character may &quot;move with&quot; a five foot step, but doing so provokes an attack of opportunity. If they're good enough, it won't matter. If they're good enough, it's more important that they threaten than that they keep their defenses at their peak, such as against a mage. However, if they haphazardly throw themselves at a character who steps back to drink a potion, they're going to get themselves skewered, because there is nothing more dangerous than going at someone who just put distance between himself and you. In a real fight, one without healing potions and spells, taking a step back is a tactical movement.&nbsp; You, as a DM of a fantasy setting, should not simply assume that they're going to do something unrealistic. This is also a compromise against the current system, which favors the mage, and the system that you propose, which heavily favors the fighter. Just my 2 CP.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kisanji Arael, post: 2756088, member: 20056"] I'm not in this for an argument, because if you have a problem with a rule then it's your game. But I do martial arts, I practice three sword styles, and I wrestle. As for that last one, I pinned three people yesterday, one in under twenty seconds. I feel I have something to say on realism in a fight. When I shoot on someone who I am not grappling without setting up my shot, they are (EDIT: If they are decent) going to throw their legs back, and I am going to fail. If I shoot in on someone who is already taking a step back, then I am probably going down really fast unless I'm death on wheels (three or more levels their superior). Are they going to be able to drink water? I don't know. We can't have water on the mat. But we do have headgear and kneepads. And I know that I am fully capable of adjusting one of those while I take a step back. He knows that if he takes a step toward me, I will have an opening. --- That being said, I would recommend that a character may "move with" a five foot step, but doing so provokes an attack of opportunity. If they're good enough, it won't matter. If they're good enough, it's more important that they threaten than that they keep their defenses at their peak, such as against a mage. However, if they haphazardly throw themselves at a character who steps back to drink a potion, they're going to get themselves skewered, because there is nothing more dangerous than going at someone who just put distance between himself and you. In a real fight, one without healing potions and spells, taking a step back is a tactical movement. You, as a DM of a fantasy setting, should not simply assume that they're going to do something unrealistic. This is also a compromise against the current system, which favors the mage, and the system that you propose, which heavily favors the fighter. Just my 2 CP. [/QUOTE]

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