In post 2, inspiratieloos wrote:
Range vs. melee combat:
Ranger has a 'out of melee range CMoS', the ranger fires/casts at the opponent's 'health' while the opponent is moving in closer.
CMoS 0 -> steps closer
CMoS 1 -> Cover (ranger -1 next attack roll)
CMoS 2-4 -> Out of effective range (Ranger -1 all attacks)
CMoS 5-6 -> Almost there (Ranger -2 all attacks)
CMoS 7+ -> Melee range (Ranger can't use ranged attack, if no other weapon, an arrow counts as a extremely bad knife)
Melee character counts as defending against all ranger attacks, ranger is at -3 for movement rolls as long as he's firing. Ranger does not gain anything for winning movement rolls. Roll for movement is athletics or similar. Ranger can not get back out of melee range except by fleeing (however that works).
I went for maximum realism and balance here maybe at a (too high) cost of simplicity.
On movement step: Since you always only roll 1 skill in a check you can't take advantage of a higher skill in whatever you have (acrobatics, athletics, agility, running etc.) if you'd have just combat. It makes more sense to have an exchange and then reposition, so the faster/more agile character can actually take advantage of that fact.
A melee character having to move first to get close to a ranger just makes sense.