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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 8286288" data-attributes="member: 23751">Number 3 doesn't mesh, though, with the “one roll represents your best effort” method.&nbsp; Under the “one roll represents your best effort” method it's really...1. Under “one roll represents your best effort” model, the result of the die roll determines whether or not your character’s best effort is enough to succeed at the task, given the current circumstances.2. A 2 is objectively not the highest result you can achieve on a d20 roll, but it doesn't matter since the number has nothing to do with whether the effort is best or not.3. Therefore, if you roll a 2, “your character’s best effort given the current situation” could not have been better, since objectively you could have rolled a higher result, which would then have represented “your character’s best effort in the current situation.” only if it had been rolled the first time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 8286288, member: 23751"] Number 3 doesn't mesh, though, with the “one roll represents your best effort” method. Under the “one roll represents your best effort” method it's really... 1. Under “one roll represents your best effort” model, the result of the die roll determines whether or not your character’s best effort is enough to succeed at the task, given the current circumstances. 2. A 2 is objectively not the highest result you can achieve on a d20 roll, [B]but it doesn't matter since the number has nothing to do with whether the effort is best or not.[/B] 3. Therefore, if you roll a 2, “your character’s best effort given the current situation” could [B]not [/B]have been better, since objectively you could have rolled a higher result, which would then have represented “your character’s best effort in the current situation.” [B]only if it had been rolled the first time[/B]. [/QUOTE]

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