corbindebec wrote:In the game it would be easy for a player to acuse the MD of cheating at hand to hand, so to be fair, I made up little cards (doesn't really matter as long as it can be concealed under your hand), each one has a manuver in hand to hand rules, for example, one may have buttstroke, another may have parry and so on, you make two sets for each hand to hand style, really just unarmed, boyonet, and knife fighting will do, one set goes to the players the other the MD keeps. the player involved in the fight picks his style, and takles the appropriate set of "cards" the MD takes the enemy's style, each picks a move and places it face down under the hand then makes the roll, then after die is rolled you reveal your choice, this keeps the fight fair and you'd be surprised at how much fun the players have during breaks playing with the cards.
I remember something similar from "Best of Dragon Magazine" ages ago.