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From: graht1@*****.com (Graht)
Subject: More mods than dice (was Re: SR4 Conversion)
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 08:31:38 -0600
On 7/28/05, Matthäus Cebulla <The_Sarge@***.de> wrote:
>
> > In your example, the Dice Pool would be six dice; 3 from a skill, 3
> > from an attribute. If modifiers lowered the Dice Pool to 0 or below,
> > the character would be allowed to make the test *if* she spent a point
> > of Edge to do so. She would then make the test using the character's
> > Edge rating as the Dice Pool.
>
> Sweet. This will also mean, that in some cases one will roll a higher
> number of dice, right? Frex: I have Edge 4, Cha 2 and Intimidation 1.
> Modifiers bring this down to -4 (I wanted to intimidate an ice-cold,
> top-noth killer in his own turf.). So I spend the edge point, and then
> roll with four dice, right?

Yep. There are some things that adrenaline is better at than you ;)

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-Graht

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