Balancing the game, stats, formulas, etc, where i do start?

[Amarok]

Hello there, basically i want to make the game closer to dungeons and dragons (think baldurs gate) or Fire emblem.
This means really low stat inflation where every single digit counts, im going trough the different tutorials on the site and also trying stuff inside the editor, but i guess there is no harm to ask.

So for starters i would like to eliminate most random elements from battle, lets say your character has 30 defense and the enemy 28 attack, you will get 2 damage. Just an example, but thats the kind of game im going for.

 

[FleshToDust]

You can set the variance of each skill to 0% so there's no fluctuation in damage.

a.atk - b.def;

30atk - 28def = 2dmg

if the target has more def than you have attack you will do no damage.

 

[Amarok]

@FleshToDust thank you! that makes things easier than i thought, since i only need to reduce the numbers for each stat/skill,etc to make it work to my liking.