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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ekb" data-source="post: 4149276" data-attributes="member: 60999">From the draft of "d100" aka "GrittyDarkness" (at present), the core mechanic:A C T I O N SAnytime a player or NPC needs to do something (use a skill,perform a task, etc.), they are attempting an Action. D100uses a novel system for calculating a character’s ability in anygiven activity. To determine a character’s level of competence,the character’s specific Skill is added to a Co-Attribute, whichmay be any one of the character’s basic attributes. Thesevary from situation to situation. Any given Skill may havea number of Co-Attributes, each one to be used for a specificcircumstance.MAKING Action ROLLSA character makes Action rolls with a D100, adding both thevalue of the Co-Attribute and the Skill to the number rolled.This generates a number between 0 and 199, referred to as theAction Total, which determines both failure or success, anddegree of success.Attribute + Skill Score + D100 Roll = Action Total    31     +     26       +     68      =      125Reading the results: First digit: Success or Failure (1/0) - simple yes/no determinationSecond digit: Rank of success (0-9) - multiplier for damage/"number of successes"Third digit: Hit location (0-9) - might/might not have application for all rollsAs shown above, each digit of the Action Total representssome aspect of the attempted action. The first digit is like abinary number - either zero or one - and represents basic successor failure. A one (1) is positive, and indicates a successfulaction. A zero (0) is negative, and indicates the action hasfailed. When successful, the second digit then determinesthe Rank of success - the higher the Rank the more successfulthe action. And in combat situations, the third digit is usedto determine the hit location.Very simple, straightforward character actions may onlyrequire the first digit (succeed/fail) to be resolved. Others willbe open-ended, where higher Ranks reflect greater and morecomplete successes — and sometimes these may be opposedby another PC or NPC’s roll. Still others will be assigned aRank Target, which must be equalled or exceeded to achievesuccess. Remember, a total of 100 exactly (a Rank 0 success),while not an outstanding or impressive display of skill, is stilla success.(Even if I don't run this as the engine for a "zombie invasion" game on the 26th, I'm still finishing it up as a 24 Hour Game to be dumped into the lap of 1KM1KT...)</blockquote>

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