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<blockquote data-quote="garrowolf" data-source="post: 6308738" data-attributes="member: 31900"><p>I love good fumble rules. I have them in my Nexus D20 system. </p><p>I don't have a problem with the percentage change for even skilled people to mess up in combat. If you are not under stress then you don't need to roll to accomplish a normal action for your character's skill level. People who are practicing with their weapons on a range are not under stress. You will do an average job for your skill. Once you are under stress, things get dicey (see what I did there!). </p><p>For an example I direct you to the show Top Shot. These are people that have an Olympic level of skill with ranged weapons and they made hilarious mistakes! They even said that 90% of the shots they fired to get this good were under no stress. Even people in combat said that they were not trying to make a specific shot (unless they were snipers) most of the time. They were trying to get the enemy to duck back and they were shotting in a general direction. </p><p>SO I don't think that 5% is that bad if you consider it is not 5% of all the shots you fired but 5% of all the shots you fired under stress. </p><p>Even if we think of movies we remember the times that the heroes screw up better then the dozen times they shoot someone successfully. It is more entertaining.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="garrowolf, post: 6308738, member: 31900"] I love good fumble rules. I have them in my Nexus D20 system. I don't have a problem with the percentage change for even skilled people to mess up in combat. If you are not under stress then you don't need to roll to accomplish a normal action for your character's skill level. People who are practicing with their weapons on a range are not under stress. You will do an average job for your skill. Once you are under stress, things get dicey (see what I did there!). For an example I direct you to the show Top Shot. These are people that have an Olympic level of skill with ranged weapons and they made hilarious mistakes! They even said that 90% of the shots they fired to get this good were under no stress. Even people in combat said that they were not trying to make a specific shot (unless they were snipers) most of the time. They were trying to get the enemy to duck back and they were shotting in a general direction. SO I don't think that 5% is that bad if you consider it is not 5% of all the shots you fired but 5% of all the shots you fired under stress. Even if we think of movies we remember the times that the heroes screw up better then the dozen times they shoot someone successfully. It is more entertaining. [/QUOTE]
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