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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Storm Raven" data-source="post: 2682550" data-attributes="member: 307">No, the problem is that, using the rule variant, under any circumstance in which Bob's roll helps, they would have just been better off rolling seperately. The variant rule simply means that the Aid Another action is always useless. Any time Bob's result would help, his result is actually better than Adam's, meaning that there is never a reason to use Aid Another.Adam (Search check +9) is going to Search a 5 x 5 area.Bob (Search check +3) is going to roll. Should he Aid, or just check for himself? He needs to roll higher than Adam does to actually give him any assistance, and if he does, the total combined score will be reduced by averaging his (higher) result with Adam's (lower) result. If he does not roll higher than Adam, his Aid has no impact at all.Why would Bob ever choose to Aid Another? Look at it this way, using the rule variant, can you give me a circumstance in which Bob and Adam are better off working together?</blockquote>