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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 6660438" data-attributes="member: 1">Playing around, this is where I am so far.&nbsp; I've adapted it for my own WOIN system, since that's the place I'm most likely to find a use for it.I do very much like the idea of assigning a property to each item in the below table, but that may not be feasible.&nbsp; Maybe a property to the verb column is doable.&nbsp; The set 1 minute per check is also not ideal, since some really tough stuff might take far longer.&nbsp; There's an issue there with increasing difficulty increasing both the attribute check AND the time simultaneously, which is a bit clumsy.&gt;&gt;DOING SCIENCEAny character can attempt to do science in order to solve a problem.&nbsp; Doing science involves making a sequence of attribute checks which, when complete, forms the solution to a problem in the form of a sentence.&nbsp; When the solution is formed, the character can then proceed to do the science.Four attribute checks are required, and each takes one minute (some careers, such as the scientist, offer exploits which allow a character to spend LUCK dice to reduce this time to one round).&nbsp; A failed check can be retried, but the minute is wasted.The GM sets the difficulty of the problem. For example, escaping a locked duranium cell might be a Demanding [21] check. The attribute used for science is LOGIC.Applicable skills depend on the situation.&nbsp; Botany will be unlikely to help a character escape a cell, but engineering might.&nbsp; Similarly, robotics won't help cure a disease, but medicine will.WHAT CAN BE ACHIEVED?A character may attempt any action, however unlikely, by doing science.&nbsp; The GM is responsible for setting the difficulty of the task, and is within her rights to set the difficulty prohibitively high.&nbsp; For example, if a character decides he wants to blow up a planet, the GM&nbsp; might set that at a benchmark in the region of 100 or more.COMBINED EFFORTSDifferent characters may attempt to solve different parts of the solution simultaneously.&nbsp; The constituent parts can still be combined by the group to form the complete solution.[ATTACH]69170[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 6660438, member: 1"] Playing around, this is where I am so far. I've adapted it for my own WOIN system, since that's the place I'm most likely to find a use for it. I do very much like the idea of assigning a property to each item in the below table, but that may not be feasible. Maybe a property to the verb column is doable. The set 1 minute per check is also not ideal, since some really tough stuff might take far longer. There's an issue there with increasing difficulty increasing both the attribute check AND the time simultaneously, which is a bit clumsy. >>DOING SCIENCE Any character can attempt to do science in order to solve a problem. Doing science involves making a sequence of attribute checks which, when complete, forms the solution to a problem in the form of a sentence. When the solution is formed, the character can then proceed to do the science. Four attribute checks are required, and each takes one minute (some careers, such as the scientist, offer exploits which allow a character to spend LUCK dice to reduce this time to one round). A failed check can be retried, but the minute is wasted. The GM sets the difficulty of the problem. For example, escaping a locked duranium cell might be a Demanding [21] check. The attribute used for science is LOGIC. Applicable skills depend on the situation. Botany will be unlikely to help a character escape a cell, but engineering might. Similarly, robotics won't help cure a disease, but medicine will. WHAT CAN BE ACHIEVED? A character may attempt any action, however unlikely, by doing science. The GM is responsible for setting the difficulty of the task, and is within her rights to set the difficulty prohibitively high. For example, if a character decides he wants to blow up a planet, the GM might set that at a benchmark in the region of 100 or more. COMBINED EFFORTS Different characters may attempt to solve different parts of the solution simultaneously. The constituent parts can still be combined by the group to form the complete solution. [ATTACH=CONFIG]69170._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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