From:	Damion Milliken <adm82@***.EDU.AU>
Subject:	Re: Phys Ads and perception
Date:	Sun, 16 Apr 1995 00:21:02 +1000

Gurth writes:

> Ah. Now I see what you mean. I'd say it's an opposed test between the
> Stealth skill of the character and the Perception of the guard. And, as the
> SR2 book explains, in an opposed test the person with the highest number of
> successes wins.

It runs into a couple of problems when you begin defaulting to other skills
or attributes though. I think the opposed success test with both sides
looking for a TN of 4 (modified by various effects) is a better solution.

As an example, say we have Paul, the unstealthy, but very quick magician,
who has a Quickness of 10 but no Stealth skill. Say he's trying to sneak past
Mr Bozo the grumpy guard, who has an Intelligence of 3. Paul rolls his 10
Quickness dice against a TN of 8 (base 4 +4 for defaulting), and Bozo rolls
his 3 dice against a TN of 4. This is assuming no modifiers for other
effects such as wounds or visibility. You see the difference between this
and an opposed success test using each others Skill/Attribute as the TN? [If
we were to use your suggested method, then Paul would be needing 7's, and
Bozo 10's].

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