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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 4922310" data-attributes="member: 82106">Hmmm, there is no incentive in the Obsidian SC system for a player not to take a roll since there is no tally of fails. In fact you're just hurting your chances of success. I think that is the main mechanical benefit of that system. Even if you could make an Aid Another check instead it is generally preferable not to do that unless you have only really bad skill bonuses you could apply.And that system already assumes the high bonus characters WILL spam their best skills. They better or else the chance of success is going to go down drastically. Given that a party of 5 PCs only makes 15 total die rolls in Obsidian I don't really see it as a problem either. Each player rolls 3 times. Its not like there's a real chance of it getting tedious before its over.You COULD prevent it by restricting each character to a single roll on a given skill, or restricting the number of times a given skill can be used in each round of the challenge. I don't think it is usually necessary to do that. Another thing you can do is encourage people to use powers during the challenge. That tactic is pretty much naturally limited to one use per challenge unless its a very long challenge.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 4922310, member: 82106"] Hmmm, there is no incentive in the Obsidian SC system for a player not to take a roll since there is no tally of fails. In fact you're just hurting your chances of success. I think that is the main mechanical benefit of that system. Even if you could make an Aid Another check instead it is generally preferable not to do that unless you have only really bad skill bonuses you could apply. And that system already assumes the high bonus characters WILL spam their best skills. They better or else the chance of success is going to go down drastically. Given that a party of 5 PCs only makes 15 total die rolls in Obsidian I don't really see it as a problem either. Each player rolls 3 times. Its not like there's a real chance of it getting tedious before its over. You COULD prevent it by restricting each character to a single roll on a given skill, or restricting the number of times a given skill can be used in each round of the challenge. I don't think it is usually necessary to do that. Another thing you can do is encourage people to use powers during the challenge. That tactic is pretty much naturally limited to one use per challenge unless its a very long challenge. [/QUOTE]

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