tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707455220399106053.post5766247184995383723..comments2023-04-13T11:42:54.334-04:00Comments on RetroRoleplaying: The Blog: Getting Rid of Attack Rolls; or Save vs Damage for D&D?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707455220399106053.post-27004060936158798932013-08-13T08:42:51.345-04:002013-08-13T08:42:51.345-04:00I think it was Dungeon World, or some other game I...I think it was Dungeon World, or some other game I read recently but wasn't really inspired by, that said the players should do 100% of the rolling. <br />Although I wasn't super keen on whichever game it was, I think that one idead was quite good and it should apply here too: roll to smash, roll to defend. That would give the players more to do and the DM less to do (as a DM I support this wholeheartedly, because we are busy motherfuckers) and preempt any complaints about the players having their die rolling agency taken away or w/e.<br />Anyway I think this would be worth developing.<br /><br />ps. TSK aren't you overreacting a bit brolrdrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01900523416216122890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707455220399106053.post-60327091556790371022013-08-07T14:49:19.417-04:002013-08-07T14:49:19.417-04:00"I also occasionally see people saying fighte..."I also occasionally see people saying fighters should automatically hit because missing is boring and means they've wasted a turn."<br /><br />The sense of entitlement some people have makes me want to vomit. I mean, it really is sickening.TheShadowKnowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11073693648569864707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707455220399106053.post-28637066507239712772013-08-07T02:01:35.304-04:002013-08-07T02:01:35.304-04:00IMO this is a bad idea. The reason being that you ...IMO this is a bad idea. The reason being that you still end up rolling the same amount of dice, but without the feeling of agency. When you roll the dice to hit, you feel like you are smiting your opponents. You would not feel the same if DM rolled a critical failure with his saving throw as opposed to you scoring a critical hit with your attack roll!newsalorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12407247452119657221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707455220399106053.post-35402252781928387392013-08-06T23:09:28.403-04:002013-08-06T23:09:28.403-04:00@Rachel Ghoul: Both Green Ronin games use attack r...@Rachel Ghoul: Both Green Ronin games use attack rolls. <br /><br />Mutants and Masterminds has a save vs massive damage.<br /><br />True20 is great on a couple levels for me. You roll to hit vs the enemies attack bonus +10. On a hit your enemy makes d20 + con + armor value (which basically acts as DR) to avoid damage. It's a pretty sweet system where you're doing pretty good until the damage boxes (white wolf style) start ticking off then you plunge into a death spiral.Seth Drebitkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03307176802338669808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707455220399106053.post-31733201339075864272013-08-06T22:14:56.955-04:002013-08-06T22:14:56.955-04:00@Sam Holden: I don't play with players who thi...@Sam Holden: I don't play with players who think missing means "wasting a turn". :) Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13879930955049101533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707455220399106053.post-21844705638956565752013-08-06T22:07:04.691-04:002013-08-06T22:07:04.691-04:00I doubt players are going to like it that the DM w...I doubt players are going to like it that the DM would be effectively rolling their attacks...<br /><br />If you want all attacks to hit, you can convert the attack roll into a damage roll. So AC would reduce damage instead of reducing hits, and instead of attack roll bonuses going up with level damage roll bonuses would. <br /><br />You could do the math and make the probabilities the same - needing to roll 10 to hit for d8 damage and always hitting for d4 damage are the same in the long term. In the short term the d4 approach is less "swingy", you won't miss for 5 straight rounds, but you also won't do 15 damage in two. Or just wing the numbers and see what works out for similar combat results.<br /><br />You may need dcc style weird dice of course or have some mathy modifiers.<br /><br />And of course fighter players will then complain about wasting their turn when a high AC results in 0 damage for a turn...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04508767530403560194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707455220399106053.post-80928595277415494422013-08-06T21:07:38.606-04:002013-08-06T21:07:38.606-04:00I used a save vs combat in an ice age era game to ...I used a save vs combat in an ice age era game to good effect. It's a great system for an armorless low-magic setting. It never felt too reactive (we had the attacker roll damage simultaneously with the save, so both sides had agency in combat,) but it did make combat drag a little much at higher levels, and ranged combat never felt quite right. The game ended before I could tinker a solution for those problems.BlUsKrEEmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05050270487818381832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707455220399106053.post-48276545476271196742013-08-06T19:21:10.008-04:002013-08-06T19:21:10.008-04:00I think Green Ronin put out several games like thi...I think Green Ronin put out several games like this, including Mutants and Masterminds, which I was fond of. Not sure if True20/Blue Rose used it too but I think they might.Rachel Ghoulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04765944479141792643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707455220399106053.post-5341361329339765272013-08-06T16:04:33.842-04:002013-08-06T16:04:33.842-04:004th Edition D&D pretty much did this exact thi...4th Edition D&D pretty much did this exact thing. Except instead of making attacks operate like saves to keep it simple, they made saves operate like attacks. This basically pushed most of the dice rolling to the players, whereas the save only method would push the dice rolling to the DM. Personally, I like having 2 systems, one for physical attacks and one for spells. Seems to me, they SHOULD work differently. I've written about this very subject on my blog in the past, as I see this subject pop up every 6 months or so. To read my more indepth comments, see the link below.<br /><br />http://huntersquarry.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/active-defenses-or-get-your-hands-off-my-dice/mbeacomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03674702605226704063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6707455220399106053.post-4275372295341231482013-08-06T15:07:25.033-04:002013-08-06T15:07:25.033-04:00It has merit, and I could see this working if enou...It has merit, and I could see this working if enough care was put into facilitating it. That said I don't think I would dig it all that much. This makes combat almost completely reactive and sort of takes away from the awesome feeling of rolling a nat 20.Seth Drebitkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03307176802338669808noreply@blogger.com