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<blockquote data-quote="maddman75" data-source="post: 4847073" data-attributes="member: 2673">Depends what you are trying to be immersed in.&nbsp; The Buffy RPG does not make any allusion to simulating being a real teenager in a world full of monsters.&nbsp; It emulates the PC being a Cast Member on a teen drama full of vampires and demons.&nbsp; The Hard Bright Line helps this - these guys roll dice instead of static values, because their names popped up during the opening credits.You *can* roll dice for everyone, or just for Big Bads, if you like.As for speeding up play, reducing the times dice are rolled will do that.&nbsp; Not that rolling a die takes very long, but the result of that roll has to have modifiers added to it, compared to a target result, then determine the results.&nbsp; Having the roll already done eliminates one of those three and simplifies the second.&nbsp; For illustration, we can look at multiple systems to see how this works.D&amp;D (any edition, reall) - Roll attack versus static value, if hit, roll damage.&nbsp; 2 rolls, kinda fastCinematic Unisystem - Roll attack versus static value or defense against static value.&nbsp; Result determines damage.&nbsp; 1 roll, fast.New Wod - Roll attack versus static value, if hit determine damage, subtract Soak, apply damage - 1 roll but lots of calculations, kinda fast.Old WoD - Roll attack versus rolled dodge.&nbsp; Roll damage versus rolled soak - 4 rolls, slow.And so on.&nbsp; I've certainly found it to be faster.&nbsp; Note that D&amp;D already has static values, and it really wouldn't be a big change to have the PCs roll everything.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="maddman75, post: 4847073, member: 2673"] Depends what you are trying to be immersed in. The Buffy RPG does not make any allusion to simulating being a real teenager in a world full of monsters. It emulates the PC being a Cast Member on a teen drama full of vampires and demons. The Hard Bright Line helps this - these guys roll dice instead of static values, because their names popped up during the opening credits. You *can* roll dice for everyone, or just for Big Bads, if you like. As for speeding up play, reducing the times dice are rolled will do that. Not that rolling a die takes very long, but the result of that roll has to have modifiers added to it, compared to a target result, then determine the results. Having the roll already done eliminates one of those three and simplifies the second. For illustration, we can look at multiple systems to see how this works. D&D (any edition, reall) - Roll attack versus static value, if hit, roll damage. 2 rolls, kinda fast Cinematic Unisystem - Roll attack versus static value or defense against static value. Result determines damage. 1 roll, fast. New Wod - Roll attack versus static value, if hit determine damage, subtract Soak, apply damage - 1 roll but lots of calculations, kinda fast. Old WoD - Roll attack versus rolled dodge. Roll damage versus rolled soak - 4 rolls, slow. And so on. I've certainly found it to be faster. Note that D&D already has static values, and it really wouldn't be a big change to have the PCs roll everything. [/QUOTE]

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