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Message no. 1
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Damion Milliken)
Subject: Rule of 6
Date: Mon Dec 3 05:05:03 2001
John Coughlin writes:

> I don't know if anyone else has used this, but something we have used from
> SR1 that came from a 15 year old misreading the rules (me), that has worked
> stupendously and seems kinda crazy in the beginning but tends to work out
> real well is that if you get a six on a roll and the target number is less
> than six, it gives you another die for success and you can extrapolate this
> out to TN#'s higher than 6 as well by following the system.

<grin> This happens to be a house rule that I actually use. It helps
alleviate some of those annoying situations like killing someone with a
Light Pistol... I believe that you'll find many groups use some sort of
similar house rule, although most probably do so intentionally <grin>.

--
Damion Milliken University of Wollongong
Unofficial Shadowrun Guru E-mail: dam01@***.edu.au
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