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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 8431083" data-attributes="member: 42582">I think it depends on context.Classic Traveller doesn't have a uniform system for action resolution (some people don't like that about it; I think it's a strength), other than defaulting to 2d6 for the throw.Here is the advice on setting required throws for Streetwise, again quoted from Book1, p 15:the name of an official willing to issue licences without hassle =5+, the location of high quality guns at a low price =9+ . . . DMs based on streetwise should be allowed at +1 per level. No expertise DM = -5.Now I prefer to adjust the numbers to set the base for no expertise at +0, which results in the following:the name of an official willing to issue licences without hassle =10+, the location of high quality guns at a low price =14+ . . . DMs based on streetwise should be allowed at +6 for Streetwise-1 and +1 per additional level of expertise.So you can see that the suggested difficulties make it impossible for those without expertise to find shady gun dealers! That sort of reasoning from the fiction is acceptable: in effect, the game says only someone who "is acquainted with the ways of local subcultures" can find them (whereas even the naive have a 1-in-6 chance to stumble across a helpfully corrupt official!). These examples obviously set a basis for extrapolation to novel cases. What is going to be harder than finding a shady gun dealer? Not nothing, but not a lot either.But setting an impossible difficulty for the purpose of stopping the player getting what they want would not be acceptable in my view. That is not reasoning about the fiction. It's just blocking the action declaration.</blockquote>

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