Message no. 1

From:	Carsten Gehling <alvion@****.UNI2.DK>
Subject:	Sv: A rules question
Date:	Mon, 8 Dec 1997 10:10:18 +0100

> Ben Murray wrote:

> / Are there any house rules presenting an alternative way of dealing =
with
> / difficulties and dice rolling based situations? Has anyone come up =
with,
> / had experience using, or even shaken the Pointy Sticks of Wrath at =
any
> / alternative difficulty/dice rolling system type thang. If so, where =
can
> / such a beast be found?

Well, one of the things that has always irritated me is the fact that, =
raising the target number from 6 to 7 or from 12 to 13 doesn't make the =
test any harder, so a friend and I came up with another idea:

Normally when you make a test, any 6's are rerolled, and the new result =
is added to the old. That is why rolling a 6 and a 7 is not different. =
Instead you should rule, that when you reroll a 6, first subtract 1 from =
the original result (= 5) and do so again is you roll another 6. That =
way it DOES make a statistical difference to get a target number of 6 or =
7. Note that is does also change the statistics so that ALL target =
numbers from 7 and up are a little more difficult.

- Carsten

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