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<blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 9049079" data-attributes="member: 12731">A very reasonable thought.However, what really sets DCC Thieves apart, I found, is their ability to jump right in, heedlessly and with abandon, fairly secure in their faith that luck will always bail them out in the end.Perhaps not so much during a prolonged combat encounter, but definitely during off-screen downtime activities. When you make a lot of rolls and each individual roll doesn't matter very much (like in combat) Luck is not a great decider. But when an entire day's story is resolved by maybe three rolls, it's a very different matter.The ability to actually spend Luck is key here. Otherwise having 18 Luck only means you're unlucky 10% of the time, or 17% compounded over three rolls, which doesn't cut it.If, however, you're allowed to spend Luck, the probability of being Lucky three rolls in a row come much much closer to the ~99% which a player character that is subjected to repeated such sequences really need for it to make sense to &quot;trust&quot; ones luck.To be clear: the worst-case scenario here is that you'll end up two Luck points shorter, so you know you can no longer trust your luck the next time. And not that you actually are Unlucky now, if that could cost you your life (or pride or whatever).I hope that made sense, otherwise we'll discuss an example.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CapnZapp, post: 9049079, member: 12731"] A very reasonable thought. However, what really sets DCC Thieves apart, I found, is their ability to jump right in, heedlessly and with abandon, fairly secure in their faith that luck will always bail them out in the end. Perhaps not so much during a prolonged combat encounter, but definitely during off-screen downtime activities. When you make a lot of rolls and each individual roll doesn't matter very much (like in combat) Luck is not a great decider. But when an entire day's story is resolved by maybe three rolls, it's a very different matter. The ability to actually spend Luck is key here. Otherwise having 18 Luck only means you're unlucky 10% of the time, or 17% compounded over three rolls, which doesn't cut it. If, however, you're allowed to spend Luck, the probability of being Lucky three rolls in a row come much much closer to the ~99% which a player character that is subjected to repeated such sequences really need for it to make sense to "trust" ones luck. To be clear: the worst-case scenario here is that you'll end up two Luck points shorter, so you know you can no longer trust your luck the [I]next[/I] time. And not that you actually are Unlucky [I]now[/I], if that could cost you your life (or pride or whatever). I hope that made sense, otherwise we'll discuss an example. [/QUOTE]

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