A New Idea??

[Martin Gallo <martimer@mindspring.com>]

While laying in bed last night trying to figure out how to resolve my 
lifes latest disaster, I  mentally wandered to DQ. I got this idea. I 
have not developed it very far, and am not playing ANY RPG right now 
so have no true way to test the idea, but here goes...

I am thinking about completely changing the turn sequence. Players 
will still roll for initiative as before, but now when an engaged 
figure activates, the combat for both characters is resolved. If the 
acting or non-acting character wishes to withdraw and still have half 
an action, that is fine. If both fight, that is it for the pulse for 
both of them. My reasoning is that time is a little more interwoven 
that way. It may not kake a difference, but I found it idly curious.

I am also thinking of changing combat so that defense includes a 
modification for the weapon. I was looking at adding something to 
every weapons BC and then granting a defensive modifier for each 
weapon that would be multiplied by rank and added to defense.

These changes seem to satisfy my 'craving' for realism without 
overburdening the game system. I hope to someday get to test it out, 
and I have not figured out the defensive values for each weapon. I 
know that weapons like rapiers are not very defensive, but a good old 
broadsword can defend pretty well (not quite like a shield, but 
some). I may even add an offensive bonus for shields since some of 
them are used more offensively (bucklers) than others (towers).

Feel free to try and talk me out of this. It may just be a sleep 
deprived vision of madness (and I am pretty angry today).
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