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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jasonsol" data-source="post: 8642770" data-attributes="member: 7036296">Hello all! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />     I search for alternatives to scale the difficulty for a count success system with d6 or d10 dice pool, where characters' stats form the pool (ex: dext 3 + guile 3 = 6 dice pool).Raising difficulty should: - not affect player's capacity (increase % of failure) - preserve the system unvariability (example: 6+ are always success; 0 success is always fail, 1 is always partial fail, 2 is always success...) - not requiere additional steps once the roll is made - have a logic/fair feel to itThe ways I do not want to use:<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">remove dice from the pool<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">example: "it is hard, remove 2d from your pool"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">pro: applied before the rolls, so the result of the roll will not be modified afterwards, making assessment of the result faster</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">con: increase % of failure, while I only want to decrease the likelihood to happen, not the capability of the characters</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">con: the psychological effect is "unfair" (for my players at least)(to have less "skill" because it is difficult)</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">changing the number of success requiered<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">example: "it is hard, make 3 success instead of 2"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">pro: do not increase % of failure</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">pro: the psychological effect is "fair" (to make extra efforts to succeed)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">con: it makes the system variable (in the example, 2 would be no more a full success but a partial success; while I want 0 success = always fail, 1 success = always partial success, 2 success = always full success...)</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">changing the pip that qualify as success<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">example: "it is hard, successes are 6 instead of 5 and 6"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">con: increase % of failure</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">con: it makes the system variable (in the example, 5 would be no more a success; while I want 5,6 to be always success)</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">to remove success after the roll<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">example: "it is hard, remove 2 success from the roll"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">pro: do not increase % of failure</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">con: modifier is applied after the dice rolled, so it slows the assessment of the result</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">con: the psychological effect is "unfair" (for my players at least)</li> </ul></li> </ol>What I tried (only applied if task is inherently hard):<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">any 1 in the result automatically make it a partial success but it is not good because the bigger the dice pool (meaning competent), the bigger the chance of rolling ones</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">to add "difficulty dice" in the players' pool, where 1 on those dice makes it a partial success, but it slows the assessment of the result and I prefer to avoid to add stuff like different dice, cards, token...</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">to make 2 success merge as 1, but it slows the assessment of the result and it is not elegant for 3 success (merged as 1 or 2?) or 5 success (merged as 2 or 3?)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">to reroll(s) and take the lowest result, but it slows the game</li> </ul>Is that even possible ahah? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Thanks!</blockquote>

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