The Wild die when not using CPs to boost rolls..

[ZzaphodD]

As some might remember we dont use CPs to boost dicerolls.

This means that the Wild die can be especially merciless. Some tactics become useless resulting in unneccessary combat situations. For example, the whole party wants to sneak by a sentry. Its not right behind the back, but with some difficulties sneaking about some boxes 20m away. Someone will roll a 1 on the wild die and give away the whole group. This is, by the RAW, fixed by spending a few CPs if availible. How do you manage this with no CPs.

I propose that every situation will be classified into three levels of danger.

Critical:
This would be sneaking right past the sentry behind his back. More or less impossible for a group. The slightest mistake will alert the guard.
Here the Wild die will work as normal, even though you cant save yourself with CPs.

Dangerous:
This would be the above example of sneaking 20m away among some boxes. You still have to know what you are doing, but kicking a small pebble or can will not automatically give you away.
In these situations the Wild die will result in a complication at the most. The guard might hear something forcing the character to freeze in the shadows, only to roll again to move on.

Normal:
This would be most situations where you have to take a test, but theres no immediate danger. In the above situation it might be moving between two buildings at a good distance while the guard looks the other way.
In these situations there is no Wild die.
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[atgxtg]

IMO it is "fixed" with the CP. Without CP I think D6 isn't going to work too well.

The Wild Die comes up much too often. One in 6 chance per roll. If you have a half dozen PCs in your group, then there is only a 33% chance of somebody not rolling a 1. With mutiple opponents it gets even worse, since there is awalys the chance of a foe rolling a 6 or series of sixes and getting an abnormally high PER roll. Even Obi-wan is going to have trouble sneaking up on the guy who rolled a 56 PER roll.

What you might want to do is to replace the Wild Die mechanic with something a bit less common. An all 1s roll might work better for fumbles.

[ZzaphodD]

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[garhkal]

Remember Z.. The dm gets to determin if a 1 on the wild dice is a failure or a complication.. Just cause you rolled a 1 when sneaking say, doesn't mean you alerted the enemy. You still (after taking the 1 and the highest die out by the RAW) might make the diff...

[atgxtg]

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[atgxtg]

[quote="garhkal"]Remember Z.. The dm gets to determin if a 1 on the wild dice is a failure or a complication.. Just cause you rolled a 1 when sneaking say, doesn't mean you alerted the enemy. You still (after taking the 1 and the highest die out by the RAW) might make the diff...

Complications are usually worse than losing the dice. When the 1-in-6 chance of comming up, it can turn a Star Wars game into something like Abbott & Costello go to Mars.

[ZzaphodD]

[garhkal]

[adamlumina93]

I don't always assume that a one on the wild is a botch, I have players just subtract the 1 and the highest die and add their total from there. Usually I will call it a botch if the difficulty is missed by like 10-15 points and even then I try to make is very specific to what action is occurring. Like when using stealth for example, a botch doesn't always have to signify that the player has alerted a guard. Maybe they dropped an important piece of equipment or think that they have been spotted when they really haven't been. I try to mix it up all the time so it doesn't become stale.
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[ZzaphodD]

I usually just let the player roll a new die, subtracting it from the total. If its a 6 keep rolling.

However, just doing it this 'light' version often tend to screw moderately easy tasks up, especially if all party members must succeed at something.

The reverse also applies. For exampel players with high KNO skills seldom gets to shine, as its not unusual that someone else (with low KNO skills) rolls a 6 and gets to add to their skillroll. This can of course occur in combat, but as combat often requires lots of rolls it evens out. Also, the mechanics for combat means that a single good roll wont let you dominate combat oriented characters.
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