Re: Good initiative mechanics?

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          Simon Smith <simon_smith_news@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> I'm thinking we need to turn the hit point system on its head and
replace it
> with a damage point system. Hurting everybody a little needs to be a
more
> effective tactic that hurting one guy lots, but without provoking a
> party-wide death spiral. PCs and NPCs can survive getting hurt a little
and
> be driven off. But as soon as the PCs have one of their guys down (a
likely
> consequence of ganging up), they're chained to the area, because they
won't
> generally want to abandon a fallen comrade.

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Qucik follow-up before I forget; maybe something to look at is to give
unengaged opponents a significant skill bonus? Then there's an incentive
to
spread one's attacks as widely as possible.

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