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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 9158409" data-attributes="member: 6779310">There are two issues with difficulty and success rate...issue 1: most player-only types don't realize that PC's are built on 18d atts and 7d skills, while normal people are 12d atts and 5d to 7d skillsIssue 2: poorly named difficulties, and based upon PC levels. In core skill, a PC will have 4d to 6d.Using 1E as exemplar for simplicity. The issue isn't fixed in 2e, but there are isues with the open-ending that I don't want to fight into anydice nor brute force calculate in python or QB64 via iteration. In other words, Anydice's precision to nearest 0.01% is good enough.<table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>SW  label</td><td>1e TN</td><td>RU & 2e TN</td><td>2e opp dice</td><td>Range</td><td>2d</td><td>3d</td><td>4d</td><td>5d</td><td>6d</td></tr><tr><td>Very Easy</td><td>5</td><td>3-5</td><td>1d</td><td>Point Blank</td><td>83.33%</td><td>98.15%</td><td>99.92%</td><td>100.00%</td><td>100.00%</td></tr><tr><td>Easy</td><td>10</td><td>6-10</td><td>2d</td><td>Short</td><td>16.67%</td><td>62.50%</td><td>90.28%</td><td>98.38%</td><td>99.82%</td></tr><tr><td>Moderate</td><td>15</td><td>11-15</td><td>3d-4d</td><td>Medium</td><td>0%</td><td>9.26%</td><td>44.37%</td><td>77.85%</td><td>93.92%</td></tr><tr><td>Difficult</td><td>20</td><td>16-20</td><td>5d-6d</td><td>Long</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>5.4%</td><td>30.52%</td><td>63.69%</td></tr><tr><td>(not labeled)</td><td>25</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>3.24%</td><td>20.56%</td></tr><tr><td>Very Difficult</td><td>30</td><td>21-30</td><td>7d-8d</td><td></td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0.01%</td><td>1.97%</td></tr><tr><td>(2e) Heroic</td><td>(35)</td><td>31+</td><td>9d+</td><td></td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td>0%</td><td><0.01%</td></tr></table>My general take on labeled difficulties is they should be based upon normal person in their competent field.The standard specialist is 4d in field; 2 from att and 2 from skill.The task odds feel wrong for the labels - but replacing them with 4 points per makes it feel much more correct to me... note that this would also change range TNs down...as that would make ... (% is for 4d specialist)<table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>Label</td><td>TN 4 per</td><td>% for 4d</td><td>Range</td></tr><tr><td>Very Easy</td><td>4</td><td>100.00%</td><td>Point Blank</td></tr><tr><td>Easy</td><td>8</td><td>97.30%</td><td>Short</td></tr><tr><td>Moderate</td><td>12</td><td>76.08%</td><td>Medium</td></tr><tr><td>Difficult</td><td>16</td><td>33.56%</td><td>Long</td></tr><tr><td>Very Difficult¹</td><td>20</td><td>5.40%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Formidable¹</td><td>24</td><td>0.08%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Staggering¹</td><td>28</td><td>0%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Heroic¹</td><td>32</td><td>0%</td><td></td></tr></table>¹: adjusted to be more consistent of a ladderIt's a case of a minor fail at the developer's level. Note also, Hercules & Xena uses 8 attributes, 24 dice for them, and 10d for skills, max 2 per skill. It has a human range of 2d to 5d. Hercules himself is written with 24d atts 228d skills (90d of which are knowledge skills), max skill 13d over att. Herc also has a +8 mod to Strength - a gridle from dad...The Thugs entry is 2d in 7 atts, 3d in one att (reflexes), and 1d in fighting over that.  That gives an idea of the scope of the starting character, and all the key recurring non-deific characters from both series are statted in the players' book. It takes an approach of raising skills only.</blockquote>

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