Attack and Step with Wait Maneuver?

[Anders Gabrielsson]

That may work well for some groups, but unless you know the rules really well AND everyone's mental speed in playing the game is well-matched to their characters' reflexes in combat it's going to distort things badly, I think.

[Ze'Manel Cunha]

Originally Posted by Anders Gabrielsson

That may work well for some groups, but unless you know the rules really well AND everyone's mental speed in playing the game is well-matched to their characters' reflexes in combat it's going to distort things badly, I think.

Just makes it more realistic, people hesitate all the time in real life, in games characters often behave as if they're omniscient.

[Kromey]

Originally Posted by Ze'Manel Cunha

Just makes it more realistic, people hesitate all the time in real life, in games characters often behave as if they're omniscient.

Exactly. Olympic-caliber fencers have lost to much less skilled fencers because they hesitated when something unexpected happened. I've beaten a national champion in this way (not that I was any slouch -- state champion two years in a row -- but I wasn't anywhere near his same level).

[Anders Gabrielsson]

My point is that you mix character competence and player competence. It's like that never-settled discussion on playing out talky scenes or using social skills.

I'm not saying You're Doing It Wrong, just that it's not for everyone.