A whole wall of text to read so early in the morning
I just would like to contribute one small thing. I have never played a pen-and-paper RPG, so I had not known anything about Dungeons and Dragons rules before starting Baldur's gate and Planescape Torment. So, as a result I had no idea what was going on during combats. What is 1d8 or 1d6 damage? Why is a smaller armor class value better than a bigger - it is completely confusing! What the hell is the thac0 value? A weapon proficiency - what is it good for? What is my hit chance based upon? These is just a few questions by which I was completely overwhelmed! (Not to mention that you have to manually choose the option to see the dice rolls). Of course, for a veteran D&D player these questions may seem ridiculous, but just imagine a newbie who has no idea about the existence of D&D at all! The end of my story: I think I spent almost 10 hours googling and reading and trying to understand how D&D works! Therefore, I think D:OS with its percentages is much more user friendly for new players.
