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Introduction
I've read through and don't really understand how the battle system really works, but I'm going to post up a suggestion anyway.
This battle system I've came up with is compiled by various things used in Trading Card Games and Steve Jackson's SORCERY! series (his role-play story book uses dices too). Apparently, they have very good role-play systems to make their games/books stand out. I took their good points and implemented into my Battle System, making use of Gaia's Roll Dice action, Steve Jackson's SORCERY! battle style can actually be imitated as well as improved here to make things more interesting and fun.

@Bate: By the way, you did say that you were a big fan of YUGIOH and yeah, I find their battle system is quite suitable in this case. So, I did implement YUGIOH's battle system into mine, except with a twist.
Right now, YUGIOH's battle system is somewhat like this:

I'm not sure if I'm correct, because I don't play YUGIOH or watch the anime, though I have a bit of knowledge on it. But I think those are the basics.
I find their battle system very interesting, though the Attack/Defense stance can't really be implemented into this Battle System, I came up with something very similar. Take a look and you will know. blaugh




The Basic Battle System

Note: Read rules below

Each player starts off with these basic stats:

Level: 1 (Pool - 9)

Pool: 10 (like the current one)

Attack/Defense: Players get to distribute their pool stats into both Attack or Defense.

A minimum of 2 must be distributed among Attack and Defense, both Attack and Defense must add up to a total that is equivalent to your pool. Example:
A: 5 or D: 5 (for all rounded characters) (total : 10)
A: 8 or D: 2 (for offensive types) (total : 10)
A: 2 or D: 8 (for defensive types) (total : 10)

Health: Pool + Defense

It is not wise to put too much into Defense or Attack, you will know why later.

Battle style: So how do you battle?
Like the current system, the person with the lower level (or pool) get to choose who to attack first. Lets get 2 players, shall we (A and B)?


A, having a lower level, gets to choose and chose to start first.

The battle style go by rounds.
Each round will have 3 posts.

So first round, A attacks and B defends.
Next round, A defends and B attacks.
Third round, A attacks and B defends.
So on and so forth, until someone gets defeated.

So A post a new topic and rolls the dice.
A rolls 10 4-sided dice and gets: (Let's give A the maximum) 40 points. This will be his chance on a successful attack.
B rolls 10 4-sided dice also and gets: (Let's give B the minimum) 10 points. This will be his chance on a successful defend.

Since A's roll is bigger than B's (40 > 10), B will have to defend with his Defense stats.
The string will go:
{Defender's Defense} - {Attacker's Attack} = {Damage dealt by Attacker}
So we get:
7 - 6 = 1

Now A has to post up the current stats. Example:


What happens if B's roll is higher than A's?
B will defend using his Attack stats.
String will go:
{Defender's Attack} - {Attacker's Attack} = {Counter Damage dealt by Defender}
So you get: 6 - 7 = -1

What's the difference?
This will be his counter. If it is 0 or negative number, nothing happens. If it is a positive number, A gets damaged instead.

So a possibility:


Requires a bit of mathematics, but subtraction and addition doesn't hurt right?

So a round will look like this:





Spells
Hey, what are wizards/mages without spells? So let's get to it.
First of all, players get to create 4 spells for their character. You start off with 4 spells, you get to create one extra spell as you gain levels. One can have a maximum of 10 spells created.
2 of the spells are Attack-based and the other 2 are Defense-based.
Example:


Wait, what do Attack +3 or Defense +1 mean?
Don't mistake this, it does not mean you gain +3 Attack or +1 Defense permanently. It just means you get +3 Attack or +1 Defense for that round.

How do you distribute the points? Can't I do Attack +55?
No. It will be too unbalanced for everyone else isn't it?
To distribute the points among your spells, you must first look at your Pool. Divide your Pool by 2.
So, since you start off with a Pool of 10, dividing it by 2, you get 5 points for each category of spells.
So you have 5 points to distribute among your Attack spells as well as 5 points to distribute among your Defense spells.
Each spell must have a minimum of +1 (stat). So once again, example:


What if your Pool is an odd number?
Divide it by two and round it down.
So example.
13/2 = 6.5 (rounding down) you get 6.

How do spells work together with basic attacks/defense?
You can use a maximum of three spells in one round. Just make sure you have at least one Defense Spell and one Attack Spell.
I will pull the example from above:


More mathematics? Yeah, well but it is still simple addition and subtraction. Get a calculator if you are too lazy to count.

Can I use one spell or no spell at all?
Yeah, you can. Just that you will be at a disadvantage.

Can I use a spell over and over again?
No. If not, one would create a spell like

and keep using Flaming Punch together with Fire Shield. It would unbalance the battle system.
Let's just say all spells have a "One Round Cooldown".
Example:


What is the maximum number of spells I can create?
As I've mentioned, 10 spells maximum.
You may create 1 spell after each level up.
Be warned though.
More spells means they are less effective.
Less spells means you can't use them as often.

Is there a limit to how many Attack/Defense spells I can created?
Yes. You can only create a maximum of 5 Attack spells. Same goes for Defense spells. So if you did create 10 spells. You only have a maximum of 5 Attack Spells and 5 Defense Spells.






Level System
As for Level system. I'm somewhat ripping it off from Air Gear. I find their Ranking system quite suitable for my Battle System. xp
Anyway, if you are unfamiliar with Air Gear's ranking system, I'm going to explain it.

To level up normally, you have to win 3 battles in total. Once you have done that, you level up. Losing a battle does not affect your leveling process, unlike Air Gear.

*I'm not sure if this can be implemented but just take a look*


So will my pool reduce to 10 when I Rank Up?
This really depends on how majority view this. I have two system plotted out.

Note: Each time you level up, you get a point to add to your Pool.
So a Level 4, Rank F member will have 14 points in his/her Pool.




Note: In my Battle System, dice does not determine your damage, rather your chance in winning.




Rules
4 very simple rules.
1) Each round consist of two people, the Attacker and the Defender.
2) Attacker rolls first. Defender rolls afterwards.
3) There will be three outcomes in each round: Successful, Countered or Repelled



4) Every member begins with 4 spells. Members get to create more spells later on (one spell on each level up). Maximum 10 spells can be created, 5 for each category (meaning: 5 Attack Spells and 5 Defense Spells maximum).




Effects with implementation of this Battle System
Here I will say how will implementing this Battle System change the original Battle System.

To my understanding, right now the current Battle System is dependent on luck and Rank, other than that, it is all quite confusing to me (as I have mentioned).

Correct me if I'm wrong
A Rank S member with 3 lives can actually lose a Rank F member with 300 lives.
Given situation if a Rank S member rolls 10 100-sided dice and got a 20 for instance (very unlucky) and a Rank F member rolls 10 4-sided dice and got 40 for instance (super lucky).
The Rank F member wins immediately?

Anyway, for my Battle System, I made it so that a battle is quite like a real RPG, based on stats, spells as well as a bit of luck.

The dice is merely a tool to determine the outcome: Successful or Countered (since there's only two outcomes in a battle). It is quite impossible to get the third outcome, Repelled, though it is possible, you are rolling a minimum of 10 4-sided dice after all. The chance of two person getting the same number is 1 in 31.
The stats determine the damage and survivability of a member.
The Pool determines the Rank and Level.
The spells make things interesting and more fun.

So when battling, just remember the four simple rules.





Basic Skeleton
So here are some examples what a skeleton would look like. I included two examples (same profile, one for System A and one for System B) and a skeleton. I left out the Appearance, Biography and Personality though.







So here's the skeleton:



So, tell me what you guys think of my suggestion for the Battle System?

I'm thinking yu gi oh but my Idea, is every person has a set exp, at each rank, however we have attack and Defence, if the defence is higher then the attack, the opponent loses the difference to his defence, for example I have 27 Defence and My attack roles 26 he loses 1 to his defence, his defence was 24 he loses, as for that as many spells can be created as they have no effect, and the system is very similar to the old, which was very simple compared to the new ones, to most people they are just walls of text, and on to exp like any good rpg exp you need to level up increase as you get higher, anyway the dice rolls will still go up so will your defence.