Old School vs New School: RPG Edition

[A Black Falcon]

I still like the D&D armor system. Sorry. :)

I know it's a little strange (armor doesn't actually reduce damage, but just the likelihood that you get hit), but for a pen & paper game that's easier to deal with than reducing all damage by some percentage I think, and the overall effect is pretty much identical, in terms of how much actual damage you do. So you're missing a lot and hitting for full damage sometimes instead of hitting all the time for low damage... the end result is the same.