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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ren1999" data-source="post: 5916955" data-attributes="member: 85179">I don't see how opposed rolls slow the game down. If the GM chooses to always have static defenses but the player is bored and wants to roll some dice when he or she is being attacked, why would that slow the game down? The player just quickly adds the 1d20 result to his or her own defense modifiers and tells the group. The GM announces his or her attack roll. They are compared. The player is doing all the extra work, not the GM. It is just as fast for the GM to take the player's defense roll as it is for the GM to take the player's dynamic opposed defense roll. Now if the GM had to do all the rolls, or the player had to do all the rolls, that would slow the game down. I only see opposed rolls as giving players more fun things to do when it isn't his or her turn! It keeps everybody alert and interested. Now if a player has to go to the bathroom, then a static base 10 can be used with the defense mods and the game can go on.</blockquote>