The Universal Game Mechanic (revised)

[Supplement Four]

BTW, Emp,

The other thing I like about just listing the task DM without a name tag is that is promotes "non-standard" DMs to the task roll.

Have the standard UGM task numbers kinda funnels GMs into multiples of two (+4, +2, -2, -8, etc).

Heck, there's nothing wrong with having +3 or -7 on a task roll. (And, that's even more friendly with CT...where you'll find odd numbers sometimes "roll 9+" instead of "roll 8+" and things like that).

I like how just having the mods encourages a GM to use non-standard DMs.

 

[Supplement Four]

BTW, Emp,

The other thing I like about just listing the task DM without a name tag is that is promotes "non-standard" DMs to the task roll.

Have the standard UGM task numbers kinda funnels GMs into multiples of two (+4, +2, -2, -8, etc).

Heck, there's nothing wrong with having +3 or -7 on a task roll. (And, that's even more friendly with CT...where you'll find odd numbers sometimes "roll 9+" instead of "roll 8+" and things like that).

I like how just having the mods encourages a GM to use non-standard DMs.

 

[Supplement Four]

Those non-standard DMs, BTW, also provide even more opportunity for differentation between stats using UGM too.

I like it. I like it.

(Can you tell?)

 

[Supplement Four]

Those non-standard DMs, BTW, also provide even more opportunity for differentation between stats using UGM too.

I like it. I like it.

(Can you tell?)

 

[Golan2072]

Something that came out in another thread might be worthy of you attention:

Originally posted by Jeffr0:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Employee 2-4601:
Hell, you could even forget about difficulty names (routine, standard etc) and write your "task profile" as a skill, attribute and difficulty DM, i.e. Computer/INT/-2.

Nah.... Do Skill, Attribute, and target

Computer/INT/10+

Ah... a thing of beauty.... </font>[/QUOTE]

 

[Golan2072]

Something that came out in another thread might be worthy of you attention:

Originally posted by Jeffr0:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Employee 2-4601:
Hell, you could even forget about difficulty names (routine, standard etc) and write your "task profile" as a skill, attribute and difficulty DM, i.e. Computer/INT/-2.

Nah.... Do Skill, Attribute, and target

Computer/INT/10+

Ah... a thing of beauty.... </font>[/QUOTE]

 

[Supplement Four]

Originally posted by Employee 2-4601:
Something that came out in another thread might be worthy of you attention:

Skill, Stat, and target number?

Is that what you're referring to.

If so: I like. I LIKE!

 

[Supplement Four]

Originally posted by Employee 2-4601:
Something that came out in another thread might be worthy of you attention:

Skill, Stat, and target number?

Is that what you're referring to.

If so: I like. I LIKE!

 

[Golan2072]

Yes, that is what he meant.

 

[Golan2072]

Yes, that is what he meant.

 

[Supplement Four]

Originally posted by Employee 2-4601:
Yes, that is what he meant.

What about you? What do you think about it?

 

[Supplement Four]

Originally posted by Employee 2-4601:
Yes, that is what he meant.

What about you? What do you think about it?

 

[Golan2072]

I love that too

 

[Golan2072]

I love that too

 

[Supplement Four]

Problem doing it that way, Emp...

It's the Crit Success/Crit Failure rule.

I like putting the roll in the task line, but that's going to make it harder for the CS/CF check.

For example: We roll boxcars, and we need to roll our stat or less on 3D, using all modifiers used during the roll.

If our task was Computer/INT/10+, that's kinda hard to figure out.

But, if we leave it like it was--Computer/INT/-2--then we know we use a -2DM on the CS check.

I'm thinking we've got to keep the modifier, not the roll, in the task line.

Thoughts?

 

[Supplement Four]

Problem doing it that way, Emp...

It's the Crit Success/Crit Failure rule.

I like putting the roll in the task line, but that's going to make it harder for the CS/CF check.

For example: We roll boxcars, and we need to roll our stat or less on 3D, using all modifiers used during the roll.

If our task was Computer/INT/10+, that's kinda hard to figure out.

But, if we leave it like it was--Computer/INT/-2--then we know we use a -2DM on the CS check.

I'm thinking we've got to keep the modifier, not the roll, in the task line.

Thoughts?

 

[Golan2072]

Hmmm... Good point. And not that difficult to stick with the Computer/INT/-2 rule either - it's like the CT combat system (for combat, just replace this difficulty DM with the Range Matrix DM).

 

[Golan2072]

Hmmm... Good point. And not that difficult to stick with the Computer/INT/-2 rule either - it's like the CT combat system (for combat, just replace this difficulty DM with the Range Matrix DM).

 

[Jeffr0]

Computer/INT/10+

My INT is 6. Computer skill is +1. Add 8 for the base... and subtract the target of +10. 6 + 1 + (8 - 10).

Yep. Kinda ugly.


But... isn't there a problem with the critical failure.

High stats and skills and low difficulty all increase my chance for a critical success... AND they increase the chance of failure, too.

Maybe you should roll against (12 - stat) + (5 - stat) - Difficulty? Or maybe for Critical Success... you roll low, but for Critical Failure you roll HIGH.

 

[Jeffr0]

Computer/INT/10+

My INT is 6. Computer skill is +1. Add 8 for the base... and subtract the target of +10. 6 + 1 + (8 - 10).

Yep. Kinda ugly.


But... isn't there a problem with the critical failure.

High stats and skills and low difficulty all increase my chance for a critical success... AND they increase the chance of failure, too.

Maybe you should roll against (12 - stat) + (5 - stat) - Difficulty? Or maybe for Critical Success... you roll low, but for Critical Failure you roll HIGH.