okpokalypse
2010-06-16, 10:01 AM
Hello All,
I've been working on my own game system for the last few years here and there. However, I'm stuck where one aspect is concerned. That is doing actions as event-based. Everything has an preparation time, action time and recovery time (mundane tasks have recovery 0). I've got attacking and defending pretty well worked out, however, incorporating movement into combat has been a real pain and just doesn't feel right.
First off, Attacking and Defending is very much akin to Maneuvers and Stances. I literally have hundreds of them. Most high-damaging maneuvers consist of an amount of preparation time depending on the stance one is in as well as the previous action / maneuver executed. 1s is Common, 2s isn't wholly uncommon as a preparation time. Now...
Movement in this system is very much like WarHammer. Races have a base walking movement depicted as anything from 3/4" to 1 1/2" and some classes can bolster that along the way. Walking movement for a 1" move is approx 4 MpH (So it scales with 5' moves in D&D well). The movement modes are Walk (Base), Hustle (x2), Run (x3) and Sprint (x4). There are rules around these that aren't of any merit wrt this issue, so I won't get into them save one... Every "Run" action starts with a Hustle for 1s. Then one can, then next second, accellerate to a Run or Sprint. So for all intents and purposes, a Hustle is the fastest Combat-Mode of Movement without fully breaking off.
Each weapon has it's own reach, and some Maneuvers increase or decrease that reach. For the most part, consider 1" a standard reach for medium-sized one-handed melee weapons.
My problem is incorporating movement into attacks via feats and class abilities.
As every movement is a Single Action (1s) with no preparation or delay, one could potentially Hustle out of range of an attack which has a 2s preparation (Warlord's Overhand Cleave; 2s Prep; 1s Action; 1s Recovery; Weapon Damage x3; DC 25 Daze vs Struck Foe). As I'm trying to incorporate a method which allows for a movement within the Prep Time, the system starts to break down. If I allow a Hustle (via specific Maneuvers or Feats) per Prep Second, the game takes an insane shift towards Melee. If I allow a Walk, anything with a better movement rate than the attacker hustles and is unhittable by the time the Attack Occurs.
I guess this might be a good thing as it's a bit more realistic - but I want to avoid a system that has many "useless" attacks because they can never land except upon a foe that might be dazed, stunned or slowed. Hmmm.. Maybe that's the answer...
I realize that I've basically just been ranting here - but mostly I want to know if anyone's worked with an event-based system for movement and combat that has worked well for them? And if so - what were your big hurdels and how did you overcome them....
Thanks...
I've been working on my own game system for the last few years here and there. However, I'm stuck where one aspect is concerned. That is doing actions as event-based. Everything has an preparation time, action time and recovery time (mundane tasks have recovery 0). I've got attacking and defending pretty well worked out, however, incorporating movement into combat has been a real pain and just doesn't feel right.
First off, Attacking and Defending is very much akin to Maneuvers and Stances. I literally have hundreds of them. Most high-damaging maneuvers consist of an amount of preparation time depending on the stance one is in as well as the previous action / maneuver executed. 1s is Common, 2s isn't wholly uncommon as a preparation time. Now...
Movement in this system is very much like WarHammer. Races have a base walking movement depicted as anything from 3/4" to 1 1/2" and some classes can bolster that along the way. Walking movement for a 1" move is approx 4 MpH (So it scales with 5' moves in D&D well). The movement modes are Walk (Base), Hustle (x2), Run (x3) and Sprint (x4). There are rules around these that aren't of any merit wrt this issue, so I won't get into them save one... Every "Run" action starts with a Hustle for 1s. Then one can, then next second, accellerate to a Run or Sprint. So for all intents and purposes, a Hustle is the fastest Combat-Mode of Movement without fully breaking off.
Each weapon has it's own reach, and some Maneuvers increase or decrease that reach. For the most part, consider 1" a standard reach for medium-sized one-handed melee weapons.
My problem is incorporating movement into attacks via feats and class abilities.
As every movement is a Single Action (1s) with no preparation or delay, one could potentially Hustle out of range of an attack which has a 2s preparation (Warlord's Overhand Cleave; 2s Prep; 1s Action; 1s Recovery; Weapon Damage x3; DC 25 Daze vs Struck Foe). As I'm trying to incorporate a method which allows for a movement within the Prep Time, the system starts to break down. If I allow a Hustle (via specific Maneuvers or Feats) per Prep Second, the game takes an insane shift towards Melee. If I allow a Walk, anything with a better movement rate than the attacker hustles and is unhittable by the time the Attack Occurs.
I guess this might be a good thing as it's a bit more realistic - but I want to avoid a system that has many "useless" attacks because they can never land except upon a foe that might be dazed, stunned or slowed. Hmmm.. Maybe that's the answer...
I realize that I've basically just been ranting here - but mostly I want to know if anyone's worked with an event-based system for movement and combat that has worked well for them? And if so - what were your big hurdels and how did you overcome them....
Thanks...