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RobW · 11-01-2020, 05:23 AM

TLDR
On rolls for success, include 3 colored "critical dice". Add up all the dice and compare to the required stat as usual, but the result on the critical dice may override that.

The critical dice can be read for auto/critical success and failure just as in a 3d roll. For example, an 18 is a spell backfire, a 3 is a triple success.

The chance of automatic failure increases with the number of dice rolled according to the rule of 19, if the total on the critical dice + the number of dice rolled >= 19, automatic FAILURE

This works out virtually identical to the table on TFT p9, but it's much easier to interpret critical success and failure (and no table required).

11-01-2020, 05:23 AM	#3
RobW Join Date: Mar 2018	Re: Auto success and failures, rule of 19 TLDR On rolls for success, include 3 colored "critical dice". Add up all the dice and compare to the required stat as usual, but the result on the critical dice may override that. The critical dice can be read for auto/critical success and failure just as in a 3d roll. For example, an 18 is a spell backfire, a 3 is a triple success. The chance of automatic failure increases with the number of dice rolled according to the rule of 19, if the total on the critical dice + the number of dice rolled >= 19, automatic FAILURE This works out virtually identical to the table on TFT p9, but it's much easier to interpret critical success and failure (and no table required). Last edited by RobW; 11-01-2020 at 07:47 AM.