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<blockquote data-quote="seusomon" data-source="post: 4284399" data-attributes="member: 68641">It's not true that more complex challenges are easier in general. They are easier if the probability of success on an individual skill check is above a critical value. If the probability of success is around 0.5, then the more complex challenges are much more difficult than the less complex ones.I mentioned this on the other thread, but I don't think it was noticed. Higher complexity benefits extremely skilled characters and hurts less skilled characters. This makes some sense from an in-game perspective: highly skilled characters are more likely to succeed if their skills are tested repeatedly, as this gives them an opportunity to overcome a random bit of bad luck.The XP awards seem OK to me. More complex challenges are more involved, more significant in narrative terms, AND more difficult unless the PCs are highly skilled in the appropriate areas. It's much harder to get through them by relying on luck.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="seusomon, post: 4284399, member: 68641"] It's not true that more complex challenges are easier in general. They are easier if the probability of success on an individual skill check is above a critical value. If the probability of success is around 0.5, then the more complex challenges are much more difficult than the less complex ones. I mentioned this on the other thread, but I don't think it was noticed. Higher complexity benefits extremely skilled characters and hurts less skilled characters. This makes some sense from an in-game perspective: highly skilled characters are more likely to succeed if their skills are tested repeatedly, as this gives them an opportunity to overcome a random bit of bad luck. The XP awards seem OK to me. More complex challenges are more involved, more significant in narrative terms, AND more difficult unless the PCs are highly skilled in the appropriate areas. It's much harder to get through them by relying on luck. [/QUOTE]

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