Combined Actions rules flaws - how do you get around them?

[DougRed4]

[jamz]

A more logical rule for combined actions and effects would be to add a bonus for each step of doubling the amount of participants. This works only for participants/effects of same or higher die codes.
1 character with 3d.
2 characters with 4d.
4 characters with 5d.
8 characters with 6d and so on.

The same with weapons and such things.

[tetsuoh]

In our house rules we have an offshoot of the 3pip=1D mojo of the d6 system that works as follows.

1. There is no need for a command roll to get people to work together and help, that is for military commanders only and works as normal.

2. for every 3d a helper has in the associated skill the starter receives 1d.

3. the starter only benefits from up to twice his #D in the associated skill.

4. force points and character points may be used during these actions by ANY of the people involved but the starter only receives the helpers original skill total to help (these are used only for the helpers to make their rolls as they must roll to know what they are helping with in our games - ie - they must succeed on the same difficulty as the starter to give the starter their bonus dice.)

[garhkal]

One rule i often use is that both the ones being commanded, AND the one doing the commanding, need to possess the skill they are being coordinated to perform.

So if 5 people are getting coordinated for a 'group computer hack', the one using the command skill, as well as the others ALL need to have the computer programming repair skill.
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[atgxtg]

[garhkal]

[atgxtg]

[garhkal]

Just had a crazy thought. How's about instead of adding dice in combining actions, every one gets to roll the highest skill D of those in the combined group, and the result taken is whom gets the highest roll?

So if say you had 7 storm troopers shooting at a wookie (ave 5d+2 blaster), all 7 roll 5d+2.
Trooper 1 rolls real poorly only getting a 11
Trooper 2 rolls a 19
Trooper 3 rolls a 20
Trooper 4 gets only 15
Trooper 5 sucks out with a 1 on the wild, so barely hits a 10
Trooper 6 on the other hand, explodes 3 times on his wild die getting a 43 overall
and trooper 7 gets a 22.

So the 43 is the used target # for the troopers combined shot..
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[atgxtg]

Then what is the advantage of combining? If they had all made separate attacks you'd still get that 43, and it is possible that the 22, 20, 19 would be hits as well.

[garhkal]

How's about the additional dice is on ALL rolls, via just one?
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[atgxtg]

[atgxtg]

Hey, how about:

Everyone rolls their dice, and the most skilled character gets to pick the best dice from the mix?

For example, if we had one guy at 6D being helped by 6 guys at 2D, everyone would roll their dice, and the player would take the six best dice out of the 18D rolled?

You could also do the same with the wild die,or just let the player pick 5D and keep his own wild die.

[garhkal]

[atgxtg]

[garhkal]

Happens to the best of us.
But i like the suggestion of letting say the 'leader who has 6d in the skill' get to use the best 6 dice rolled by all shooting. Would make all rolls be higher in general.
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