[UA] [OT] Non-UA Rules Wankery

[Nick Wedig]

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

I just thought I'd say... Damn, that's a cool mechanic.  You'd need lots of dice to have a good chance, though, wouldn't you (not having actually figured out probabilities here, but my gut instinct says thats so).

You could just make one or the other not matter.  So rolling matching 2s and matching 9s are the same, or extra matches don't do anything. (I don't like this system, but it's an option)

Or let additional matching pairs count as another success at the same level.  I imagine this mainly in combat... I roll four 2s, so I do two attacks at 2 damage (or whatever), as oppsoed to a pair of 9s, which'd be one bigger attack (at 9 damage or some such).  Out of combat, a similar system would apply, but multiple successes are less useful most of the time.

Mr. Teapot
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