Combat by Chess

[Culture20]

I played a game of Archon* within D&D before. It gave something for the wizards and the combat monster to do instead of just an opposed skill roll.
*An old but amazing chess-like computer game where taking a square became a test of skill in real-time combat.

[dcarson]

Strategy and Research can matter on a meta level. The end roll can be on Chess but knowing the opponent is Lecherous and having Beautiful women around to distract him, or that they have a mild Phobia and wearing a shirt that reminds them of the phobia to rattle them gives a bonus or penalty in the Chess roll.

[tbone]

Originally Posted by Shostak

I'm not so sure about using Tactics or Strategy or whatever to accumulate bonuses; I think that stuff is all in the Chess skill.

I agree; the Chess skill is Strategy (Chess) and Tactics (Chess).

Still, I could see allowing generic Strategy and Tactics as complementary skill rolls. That'd represent employing some non-Chess lessons from real-world strategy/tactics to enhance chess play. (Or screw it up, if the rolls go poorly...)