Melee fighting variant: Dash & Slash

Variant:

Melee attackers no longuer require to stand still to make a full-attack. A full attack can be distributed against as many opponents as the combattant wishes, with the only limit being his number of attacks and his move speed.

Example: A lvl 18 Fighter moves 10 feet, attacks 2 times a Troll, then moves 5 feet, lands an attack on a Minotaur and finally moves 5 feet and hits a lone standing archer.

Full-attacks can also be made after a move action against a single target.


What is stopping them now?

Any damage the combattant receives during his round stops this ability where he stands at the moment he took the damage. If I take the first example: A lvl 18 Fighter moves 10 feet, attacks 2 times the Troll, then moves to the Minotaur. But! When he tries to leave the threat zone of the Troll, he gets an attack of opportunity. If it hits, the Dash & Slash failed, only two options remain: Continue his full attack on the Troll (because it is the only target available), or abandon his remaining attacks to move to the archer in order to get closer (but lose his attack because he already attacked during his round).


Is there any way I can stop them of reaching my allies?

With Combat Manoeuvers. As an alternative attack, you can trip your foes, bull rush them, disarm them or even grapple them in an Attack of Opportunity, or in a readied action.

Moi et Syd on a élaboré cette variante là autour d'un café hier. Selon moi, ça rendrait les melee fighters plus menaçants tactiquement sur le champ de bataille, pouvant ainsi neutraliser des adversaires moins physiques qu'eux. Ça vient un peu dans la ligne d'idée d'un "tank" qui "disrupt" les gros spells ou les attaques d'adversaires. Se basant sur cette nouvelle mécanique de melee, on peut élaborer de nombreux dons et habiletés tactiques tournant autour de ça. Toute la logique de cette variante est de rendre plus tactiques tous les rôles de combat dans un groupe d'aventuriers. Qu'il n'y ait pas de rôle plate à jouer.

Combinée avec la variante du playtest de D&D Next en ce qui concerne le casting, notre nouvelle mécanique de combat melee rendra le jeu beaucoup plus complexe à la fois pour les casters et les non-casters.

Merci pour la correction bénévole!

Always ready to help sir!