Jump to content
Black Chicken Studios Forums

How do rolls work?


Hatlo

Recommended Posts

ModTools shows the main adventure (pirate) 02 having the option:

Acting. Roll: Charm + Acting vs. threshold of 6

 

My Acting is 2.

My Charm is 20, 10 base without equip/emotion/clique/spell bonuses

 

The option is blue.

 

Since charm+acting = 12 if we go conservative and ignore the bonii (if so, why even have them?),

shouldn't the option be so green that it starts lobbying against GM crops, global warming and tar sands?

 

So how do they work?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Its skill + 1/2 Familiar skill + Random (0 - 2x Attribute)

But if on of your clique member have a better chance in this roll they make it for you in Adventures and Events.

 

Edit: But there also some hidden factors like Chance of Success, Glory and some other.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

1/2 Familiar skill up to a maximum of 1/2 of your Familiar's Bond skill, I don't know if it rounds up or down.

 

BTW, that option is blue for you because you only have a...~90% chance of succeeding on the roll. The only time an option is green is when you cannot fail on the roll, or when there isn't a roll to fail.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I see..

 

So the high 20s threshold rolls will nearly always be blue? I can't see how to practically raise a subskill to 30 or even 25 even with equips.

 

Is the only way to use spells for those hard final adventure steps? Pheme stacking?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

If you want a near 100% chance to make the roll then yes you have to get your skill very high (the spell Revision of Skills can help here a lot).

But given the hidden bonus you can gain trough the game you might even make it trough purple checks from time to time.

Keep in mind that because of the hidden modifications even a green check might fail, but this is very, very rare.

For this game the player saying "save often and keep different save files " is especial true so you can go back.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

From Novice to Master (Spell), Intense Focus (Spell) if you either don't have Revision or can't assemble all the Phemes, and Animalistic Empathy (Action) for when you go through your Familiar adventure. For Pheme buffing there's 6th Finger (Spell) along with Enhance (Pheme).

 

And if all else fails, there's Cleanse and Remake (Spell). Some might dispute that CaR is the "last" resort as opposed to the "first" resort, but I prefer to rely on From Novice to Master.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Well, unless the ability modifier is zero, high abilities will make the higher DCs accessible - I've had green options for abilities that I don't have in the past.

 

I would note however that the colour of the options is less than 100% reliable...

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

×
×
  • Create New...