Recent content by nennafir

So? Someone with 110 really is not much better than somone with 99, so I don't really see a problem here that my system reflects this. The person with 110 is slightly more likely to crit (and definitely won't be giving up 100 for a reroll.) This will give those epic people something to look...

After some thought (and looking at other people's ideas) here's my idea to replace the halving mechanic. I freely give it up and assign all copyright and ownership of it to Mongoose. 8) RULE: In any skill test (opposed or not, in combat or not) you have the option (if your skill is over...

No, bluejay has it right here. It's a summation. Of course, as we all know, summation i=1 to n of i is n(n+1)/2. -nennafir

Sigh... Whether or not it was you, someone did. To prevent this from devolving into "he said...she said" I'll stop now. Thanks for replying to me. I appreciate that.

A while ago, I posted that I did not like the current system where in an opposed skill test if both characters fail then whoever rolls lowest in their skill test wins. This assumes that if someone who is normally very talented fails then they fail catastrophically and will lose the test. Much...

But the rule book clearly does two rolls in the combat examples section on pages 60-61. The rulebook very consistently wants you to do two rolls, as it says this in the actual combat rules area around pages 50-51 and then reinforces it with the examples of pages 60-61. I guess our point is...

Note also that my example assumed that the text on page 20 is correct when it says "Both characters fail--Whoever rolled the lowest in their skills test wins the opposed test." This rule is also completely bass-ackward I think. It means that if a highly skilled person fails their attempt, they...

?? I did not half things in example 1 Doc. That was the whole point of the example. In the first case, where things weren't halved, the trollkin only had aroun d a 9% chance of winning. But when the human increased his skill and the trollkins stayed the same, the trollkin's chance of winning...

With apologies if there have already been too many of these. Lets do an example of an opposed skill check using some non-combat skills (since combat skills are supposed to not be halved.) We have a trollkin and a human using the skill. Warning: I did this using the windows calculator which is...

I am asking for claification from Mongoose or a specific place where the rule book mentions this. I am not asking for off the cuff speculation, or what D&D3.5 does, etc., so please leave that out. On page 53 is says that a characters damage modifier may or may not apply to a ranged attack. It...