GrayPennell
SOC-12
I know that some people have taken issue at the ways critical success is handled. How can you have a better chance at critical success as the difficulties get higher? Well I have thought about it and I ll have to agree with one of my favorite writers Terry Pratchett
"Traditionally, one has to say "it's a million-to-one chance, but it might just work!" to invoke this rule. It also has to be exactly a million to one - none of this fiddly "995,351 to 1" business, or whatever other number you might end up with. So while the list of things that people have accomplished with million to one chances is quite impressive, the list of things they have failed to accomplish with odds a few percentage points off in either direction is probably a lot longer and involves a lot more fatalities."
What we see is as it gets harder to accomplish something you will either fail or achieve great success. A house painter could paint a house with their eye close and often do. They rarely face a challenge so their work is just done. On the other hand if you never painted a house everything is challenge so to actually finish could really only be a critical success. Call it beginners luck. Same goes for firing PA or using body armor or dancing a jig.
"Traditionally, one has to say "it's a million-to-one chance, but it might just work!" to invoke this rule. It also has to be exactly a million to one - none of this fiddly "995,351 to 1" business, or whatever other number you might end up with. So while the list of things that people have accomplished with million to one chances is quite impressive, the list of things they have failed to accomplish with odds a few percentage points off in either direction is probably a lot longer and involves a lot more fatalities."
What we see is as it gets harder to accomplish something you will either fail or achieve great success. A house painter could paint a house with their eye close and often do. They rarely face a challenge so their work is just done. On the other hand if you never painted a house everything is challenge so to actually finish could really only be a critical success. Call it beginners luck. Same goes for firing PA or using body armor or dancing a jig.