Game Rules

Task Resolution

When called upon to perform a task, you'll roll a pool of dice. This is generally a single attribute and one or more skills, but it can be two attributes, the same attribute twice, or any other combination.

Task Resolution

The largest number rolled is your result. Apply any bonuses or penalties, then compare this to the target number you were trying to match or beat. The results can be interpreted as follows:

Result	Roll Required
Botch	Fail by 4+ or roll the Risk or less unmodified
Failure	Roll less than the target number
Partial Success	Roll the target number or higher
Success	Beat the target number by 4+
Critical Success	Beat the target number by 8+
Extraordinary Success	Beat the target number by 12+

If the rules don't say what difficulty to roll against, you can assume that the target number is 4. That's the standard difficulty for tasks in Nuclear Beasts. Thus, we have the Standard Task Resolution table below.

Standard Task Resolution

If the rules don't specify a particular difficulty, just roll against difficulty 4. Apply any bonuses or penalties, then check the table below for the results:

Result	Roll Required
Botch	Risk or less unmodified, or less than 1 after modifiers
Failure	1-3
Partial Success	4-7
Success	8-11
Critical Success	12-15
Extraordinary Success	16+

Technically, if you beat the target number by 16+ (a 20 on a standard test), it's an Extra² and beating it by 20+ (a 24 on a standard test) is an Extra³, but these won't come up much in play. The GM is encouraged to think up appropriate effects for such phenomenally high rolls.

Posted by Kiz at April 26, 2004 07:33 AM