From:	korishinzo@*****.com (Ice Heart)
Subject:	SR4 Conversion
Date:	Wed, 27 Jul 2005 08:54:58 -0700 (PDT)

> > In any case I still think a fixed T# is one of the bad things
> > from SR4.

> It does speed up a play a lot, though. Instead of:
>
> "What were your rolls?"
> "1, 1, 3, 4, 5, 5, 7 and 13."
> "Okay, wait a sec while I figure out how many successes you
> have against a TN I'm not going to tell you..."
> *brain noises*
> "Okay, such and such happens."
>
> you have:
>
> "How many hits did you roll?"
> "Two."
> "This and that happens."

Ahhh, the wonders of a scratch pad. Players are issued little note
pads, usually Post-It. Once we figure out what they are rolling, and
while I am working with the next person in turn, they roll and write
their "1, 1, 3, 4, 5, 5, 7 and 13" on the note pad. Then they toss
it to me, and I compare it to the TN I've already figured out, back
while I was reminding them that they roll the SMG active skill when
shooting an SMG. I toss it back and tell them what happens. Simple
and functional. We typically go through a couple of dozen pads of
Post-Its in a campaign, but they are cheap so it is feasible to do.
I am eagerly awaiting the day all of them have laptops they can
bring. Replacing Post-Its with some flavor of IM client will be
nice. :)

======Korishinzo
--making 3M richer one scratch pad at a time



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