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<blockquote data-quote="canucksaram" data-source="post: 6905819" data-attributes="member: 6778026">Thanks for the replies, folks.As for my own game, I'm tinkering with the idea of eliminating variable difficulty numbers and using a roll-under-a-fixed-rating mechanic, with easier or harder tasks having advantage or disadvantage. It's not fully developed and needs playtesting...but the seed of it is like this:(incomplete version...just a taste...)For a static test, any task that is easy or routine is rolled with advantage, or just declared an auto-success. Something that is challenging or hard or &quot;not easy&quot; requires you to roll under a derived &quot;skill rating.&quot; If it's much harder than normal, roll with disadvantage. Basically, ask yourself this: &quot;Could a person with life experience and/or training do this?,&quot; and depending on the answer, modify the degree of advantage or disadvantage applied.
Could a person with life experience and/or training do this? <ul>
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[*=1]Yeah, it's easy. No roll. 
[*=1]Yes, but's it not easy. Make a roll. 
[*=1]I think so, but it's hard. Roll with disadvantage. 
[*=1]Are you kidding? Dollars to donuts you're gonna fail. Roll with double disadvantage (roll 3d20, use worst value).</li>
</ul>Throwing some dice around I quickly realized that using a full attribute as the target number is overpowered, so I borrowed a formula already in the game: 8 + Ability Mod + Proficiency Bonus.For an &quot;average&quot; person, this results in a &quot;skill rating&quot; of 8 if unskilled and 10 if skilled. A bit too slanted toward failure, for my taste, so I changed the formula to 10 + Ability Mod + Proficiency Bonus. Now the &quot;average&quot; skill ratings are 10 for an unskilled person and 12 for a skilled person.Now...what about a dynamic contest? Here, I borrowed from The White Hack: whoever rolls closest to their skill rating without going over wins.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="canucksaram, post: 6905819, member: 6778026"] Thanks for the replies, folks. As for my own game, I'm tinkering with the idea of eliminating variable difficulty numbers and using a roll-under-a-fixed-rating mechanic, with easier or harder tasks having advantage or disadvantage. It's not fully developed and needs playtesting...but the seed of it is like this: (incomplete version...just a taste...) For a static test, any task that is easy or routine is rolled with advantage, or just declared an auto-success. Something that is challenging or hard or "not easy" requires you to roll under a derived "skill rating." If it's much harder than normal, roll with disadvantage. Basically, ask yourself this: "Could a person with life experience and/or training do this?," and depending on the answer, modify the degree of advantage or disadvantage applied.[INDENT] Could a person with life experience and/or training do this? [/INDENT] [LIST] [*=1]Yeah, it's easy. No roll. [*=1]Yes, but's it not easy. Make a roll. [*=1]I think so, but it's hard. Roll with disadvantage. [*=1]Are you kidding? Dollars to donuts you're gonna fail. Roll with double disadvantage (roll 3d20, use worst value). [/LIST] Throwing some dice around I quickly realized that using a full attribute as the target number is overpowered, so I borrowed a formula already in the game: 8 + Ability Mod + Proficiency Bonus. For an "average" person, this results in a "skill rating" of 8 if unskilled and 10 if skilled. A bit too slanted toward failure, for my taste, so I changed the formula to 10 + Ability Mod + Proficiency Bonus. Now the "average" skill ratings are 10 for an unskilled person and 12 for a skilled person. Now...what about a dynamic contest? Here, I borrowed from The White Hack: whoever rolls closest to their skill rating without going over wins. [/QUOTE]

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