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From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: The Wild Die and Ammo (Was Re: the uac dilemma)
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 12:07:31 +0100
Bull said on 18:04/21 Jul 97...

> The effects are varied in SW, depending on the GM, but basically rolling a
> 1 is BAD, and rolling 6 is GOOD. Since SW doesn't use an open ended d6, I
> always used a 6 on the wild die as an open ended 6

Unless I'm severely mistaken, the wild die _is_ open-ended in the SW
RPG...

> Now, I've been thinking of instituting something similar for SR, though I'm
> not sure exactly what a 6 result could be since there already are open
> ended sixes... Howeverm a 1 could definately mean something like out of
> ammo, or a gun jam...;]

Maybe you should get one of those D6s that have a skull (or whatever)
instead of a 1. That way players won't have to ask "Which die is it again
that I shouldn't roll a 1 on...?" :)

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