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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jdrakeh" data-source="post: 2716066" data-attributes="member: 13892">Yes, it's a clarification. I assumed that it was well known that all skills in BRP work in a certain manner (i.e, must roll under rating on d% in order to succceed) and so didn't mention it in the earlier post that you responded to. If you fail to roll under your skill rating in BRP you fail, period. So if both players fail to roll under their skill rating, they both fail their action... for example:Butch Johnson is attempting to sneak past the Museum security guard by quietly skulking through the shadows. He has a Move Quietly skill of 45% and the guard has a Listen skill of 62%. Both roll dice - Butch's player rolls a result of 73% and the Keeper rolls a result of 82%. Butch makes some noise, but luckily the guard fails to notice it.This is just one example, of course, in a contest that involves covering distance (such as a race) both character's failing may simply indicate that neither gains any time/distance on their opponent. So the answer is - it's always a failure, but how that failure is described depends largely on the specifics of the situation. Sure, it's not written in stone - but the beauty of that is that implementing rules that make sense for a given situation, is really simple. Which is the problem with rules very specifically defiend and set in stone - sometimes they make no sense at all, but that's what you're stuck with.</blockquote>