| From: | zebulingod@*******.net (Zebulin) |
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| Subject: | SR4 Conversion |
| Date: | Wed, 27 Jul 2005 21:19:43 -0700 |
#
#So how do you handle Karma Pool rerolls?
#
#In the example above, say you had determined the TN was 5, and
#the player wants to really put his target down so wants to
#reroll looking for extra successes... do you tell them to
#reroll everything under 5? or juast say roll 4 dice? Do they
#still have their dice laid as they rolled so they can see what
#they already had, or do you hand back the post-it... what if
#you hand back the wrong post-it...
#
#Doesnt it get confusing if you are in the middle of dealing
#with people acting on a later initiative number already,
#especially if the karma reroll puts down a target that the
#later guy was going to shoot at to finish them off, but if the
#target was already down they'd have shoot at a different threat?
#
#Far simpler to just say to the first player his TN in the
#first place so he can roll, do any rerolls he wants and then
#just tell you how many total successes he got.
#
#Frankly you seem to be playing with players who seem to have
#the mental ability of 6 year olds (or at least that is the
#level you seem to credit them with...) if they can't even
#figure how many dice they get to roll and can't simply compare
#their rolls against a single target number and say how many
#die rolls beat it...
#
#I get the feeling that if I ever played with you as the GM it
#would only be for one session... you seem far to much of a
#control freak for my taste.
#
#Matt
#
I'm going to weigh in here. I do the same as Kori, ie, I don't tell my
players their target number until the dice have stopped rolling. At that
point, they will pull their hands away so everyone, including myself, can
see the results. If they need to reroll sixes, I tell them to. I'll tell
them what the TN is at this point, too, and they can make the choice to
reroll for karma or not.
It doesn't help or hinder to not know the target number. Actually, it's more
reflective of real life, since you don't always *know* you're going to
succeed (and sometimes, knowing the target number is enough to have someone
say "nah, I don't think I'll do that").
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