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<blockquote data-quote="Jhaelen" data-source="post: 6264699" data-attributes="member: 46713">Well, how do you define 'effectiveness'? If my normal chance of success is 15%, then an increase of 15% means I will succeed twice as often. That's what I'd call doubling my effectiveness, i.e. the increase in effectiveness is relative to my normal chance.If my normal chance of success is 30%, then increasing the chance by 15% means I'll succeed 1.5 times as often (on average). If my normal chance is 0%, it's a non-decision, since I can only ever succeed if I take the 15% bonus. If my normal chance is 90% I normally wouldn't bother imporiving the chance by 15%.All of this is of course assuming I actually consider the check important enough that I want to succeed. There are also situations in which it might be more important _not to fail_. Taking my last example of a base chance of 90%: If my character's life depended on that single roll, I'd definitely take the 15% bonus to ensure automatic success.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jhaelen, post: 6264699, member: 46713"] Well, how do you define 'effectiveness'? If my normal chance of success is 15%, then an increase of 15% means I will succeed twice as often. That's what I'd call doubling my effectiveness, i.e. the increase in effectiveness is relative to my normal chance. If my normal chance of success is 30%, then increasing the chance by 15% means I'll succeed 1.5 times as often (on average). If my normal chance is 0%, it's a non-decision, since I can only ever succeed if I take the 15% bonus. If my normal chance is 90% I normally wouldn't bother imporiving the chance by 15%. All of this is of course assuming I actually consider the check important enough that I want to succeed. There are also situations in which it might be more important _not to fail_. Taking my last example of a base chance of 90%: If my character's life depended on that single roll, I'd definitely take the 15% bonus to ensure automatic success. [/QUOTE]

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