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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GMMichael" data-source="post: 9190910" data-attributes="member: 6685730">Is it straight-line percentile?  I have a slight problem with rules that impose incompetence on competent characters, i.e. swingy die rolls.  This gets into the game designer's math responsibilities.  Fireball-blowing-up-in-face is great for low-level mages (well, not really) but I'd hope rolling rules make an accurate representation of just how likely this is to happen to a more experienced mage, if at all.  Disadvantage is a good mechanism for modeling declining abilities.  No subtraction needed.  I can also see the removal of bonuses (versus the addition of penalties) as a way to keep maths down while conveying the concern of character health loss.</blockquote>