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<blockquote data-quote="Theory of Games" data-source="post: 9483349" data-attributes="member: 7042201">This is correct: no ttrpg can simulate actual combat. The verisimilitude I'm looking for focuses on genre emulation.With a system like GURPS, I have defensive choices: dodge, block, or parry and I can improve those abilities to make a character more distinct in combat style. D&amp;D has never offered this level of customization, with Armor Class being a lazy abstraction. D&amp;D feats added a small level of customization, but GURPS has combat maneuvers that outshine D&amp;D's combat feats.The only real attempt to balance D&amp;D was with TSR, and they failed. WotC has gone backwards, making D&amp;D as unbalanced as possible. We know this from the many threads across the web of GMs complaining about their failure in creating balanced combat encounters. Finding balance in games that rely on random task resolution is not easy, regardless of system.MOST ttrpg campaigns have combat-action, which is expected because that matches the genre (Heroic Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery, Sword Opera, et al). PbtA systems tend to be more cinematic and that works for how genre-focused PbtA is.Nothing wrong with PbtA or FATE or any other combat-lite system. They just fail to deliver the verisimillitude I get from more complete systems.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Theory of Games, post: 9483349, member: 7042201"] This is correct: no ttrpg can simulate actual combat. The verisimilitude I'm looking for focuses on genre emulation. With a system like GURPS, I have defensive choices: dodge, block, or parry and I can improve those abilities to make a character more distinct in combat style. D&D has never offered this level of customization, with Armor Class being a lazy abstraction. D&D feats added a small level of customization, but GURPS has combat maneuvers that outshine D&D's combat feats. The only real attempt to balance D&D was with TSR, and they failed. WotC has gone backwards, making D&D as unbalanced as possible. We know this from the many threads across the web of GMs complaining about their failure in creating balanced combat encounters. Finding balance in games that rely on random task resolution is not easy, regardless of system. MOST ttrpg campaigns have combat-action, which is expected because that matches the genre (Heroic Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery, Sword Opera, et al). PbtA systems tend to be more cinematic and that works for how genre-focused PbtA is. Nothing wrong with PbtA or FATE or any other combat-lite system. They just fail to deliver the verisimillitude I get from more complete systems. [/QUOTE]

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