Over on another forum, I was discussing Novus with a fellow when he made a suggestion of having me look at another set of rules (home grown rules that modified D&D from way way back...).
Anyways, in doing so, I saw a couple of things that intrigued me and I wanted to discuss potential changes with you guys before I implemented them...
Combat Skill -- As it currently stands, we have every 5 ranks in your best melee skill giving a +1 to your DEF.
One of the ideas in this other set of rules included damage reduction from armor, and basic in both on the armor itself AND on the character's level. Now, we don't have very much that depends on level, but since we have this bonus to DEF based on the melee skill, why not have it apply to AR as well? It would be recorded on the same row as the bonus to DEF since it comes from the same spot.
And it would basically represent the character being able to roll with the blow to reduce the damage slightly.
Note: I really like this idea and I want to add it to the rules, but I might be missing some sort of pitfall - hence, asking to see if I am missing anything that you guys might see...
Base Damage -- The more I think about this, the more I think that perhaps Base Damage is a bit too low. Those other rules I looked at would have had weapons doing about 5-8 times what Novus weapons/attacks do now. Personally, I was thinking about increasing the Base Damage of weapons and spells by about 50% of what they are now.
On this, I am thinking that that might still be too much. That I may only need to increase damages by 2 points across the board.
What I am wanting is opinions from you guys on this.
Thanks
