Another (better?) way to express rounds and actions

This is an attempt to analyze and clarify the rules as they stand. I'm not looking for house rules, but rather for a deeper understanding of the rules by examining them from all angles and re-phrasing them in equivalent ways.

IMO, the current rules for rounds and actions are confusing, full of unclear areas and appearent contradictions. I've toyed with an alternate way of describing the same mechanism.

First of all, a new definition.

Turn: Your opportunity to act in each round. Think of a turn as a timeslot which you can fill with actions. There are two kind of turns; Standard turns and Reduced turns. A Standard turn is what you normally get in a normal round. A Reduced turn is what you normally get in a surprise round.

Now we redefine the different actions:

Free action: What today is listed Free actions.

Short action: What today is listed as a single move (now simply called Move) or a move-equivalent action.

Normal action: What today is listed as a Partial action (in table 8-3) plus those miscellaneous actions listed under Standard actions (in table 8-4)

Long action: What today is listed as Full-round actions.

Charge and Partial Charge need some re-working. Possibly the best solution is to rename "Charge" to "Full Charge" and "Partial Charge" to "Quick Charge". Full Charge should then be added to the list of Long actions and Quick Charge should already be on the list of Normal actions.

Run and Partial Run are also reworked to Full Run (a Long action) and Quick Run (a Normal action) respectively.

Ready will now be a Normal Action, and will allow you to take a Reduced Turn at your trigger.

Now to the number of actions per turn.

If you like math, Action Points (AP) is one way of describing it:

Standard Turn: 5 AP, Reduced Turn: 3 AP

Short Action: 2 AP, Normal Action: 3 AP, Long Action: 5 AP

Or we could list the possible combinations:

Standard Turn
-------------
Short Action + Normal Action or
Short Action + Short Action or
Long Action

Reduced Turn
------------
Short Action or
Normal Action

Some final things:

• Haste will give you an extra Reduced Turn to be taken before or after your regular Standard Turn. In no way can these two turns be combined to create an extra large super-turn, but each turn has to be filled with actions separately.
• Acting in the surprise round, being the victim of a Slow spell, being staggered, or being a Zombie gives you a Reduced Turn only.
• The Normal action Ready can only be taken on a Standard Turn.
• The Normal action Quick Run can only be taken on a Reduced Turn. Suggested house rule: Allow Quick Run to be taken on a Standard Turn, but it cannot be combined with a Move.
• Normal 3E rules are very confusing on the relation between Charge and move-equivalent actions. If you feel that Charge prohibits the use of an MEA, the Normal action Quick Charge can only be taken in a Reduced Turn. If you feel that Charge can include an MEA (replacing half of the move), the Normal action Quick Charge can be taken in a Standard Turn, but cannot be combined with a Move (since that would allow for non-straight movement while charging). Suggested house rule: Allow Quick Charge to be taken as any other Normal action, but remove the +2 attack bonus from it since it doesn't have the momentum of the Full Charge.
• According to 3E rules, on any round that you don't actually move, you're allowed one free 5' step to be taken before, after, or between any other actions. Exactly what constitutes a round in this regard is a deeply philosophical question. Suggested house rule: On any Turn that you don't actually move, you're allowed one 5' step as a Free action to be taken before, after, or between any other actions.

So what do you say, is this Good, Bad, or Ugly?