[UA] [OT] Non-UA Rules Wankery

[Gareth Hanrahan]

>Basically, what I'm toying with is a variation on the standard pool
of
>d10s, just like WW and AEG.  Only instead of aiming for a target
number,
>you hope that your dice match.  So if you roll 5d10 and get 1, 3, 3,
3, 9,
>that's a success because you got three dice the same.  If you got 1,
2, 5,
>6, 10, that's a fail because none of them match.


'kay so far.

>So far it passes the sniff test because you don't need to do any
addition,
>subtraction or multiplication on the fly.

I'm not sure if that's an inherently good thing. True, there are no
maths, but I'm so used to playing L5R I instinctively add d10s when I
roll lots of 'em, and mentally translate 2 numbers to a percentile if
I'm rolling 2d10. Systems that are different to systems that a player
is used too feel slighly off or jarring...

>However, it does create an
>interesting situation because there are two ways to succeed.
>
>One is to have larger matches -- for instance, four dice the same
instead
>of two.  The other is to have matches with bigger numbers -- two
tens
>instead of two ones.
>
>This is a complication.  Pointless complications are bad.
Complications
>that DO something are good.  So, how do I make it possible to
succeed in
>more than one way with the same roll?  Any bright ideas?


We need a bit more context. What determines the number of dice in the
pool? Stat+skill?

Maybe you could equate the size of the numbers with "power" and the
number of matches with "finesse" or level of success. For example, I
throw a punch at Greg for inflicting yet another d10 system on the
world. I roll 1,1,5,7,7. I take the sevens. 2 matches is a bare
sucess in terms of actually hitting Greg, but 7 is a chunky enough
number. Call that a solid punch to Greg's body. Greg uses his vicious
ninja skillz and attacks me back. He rolls 3,4,5,5,5,5,8. He takes
the fives. Five is only an average result - but four matches is
*really* good. Greg pokes me in the eye, knocking me back into the
Abyss of Lost Dice.

>-G.
Gar
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You bet your life it is"  - Tori Amos



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