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Old 01-12-2017, 04:01 AM   #10
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Default Re: Reworking IQ-based advantages

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Originally Posted by Phil Masters View Post
Saying "You're not sure" on an ordinary failure, and only lying on a critical failure, makes much more sense. Even then, as a relatively kind-hearted GM, I'd drop broad hints about the critical failure lie. I don't want some kind of roleplaying clusterfudge, with my helpful plot-driving information-giver NPC being knifed in the kidneys, just because my dice decided to come up 17 and the players weren't even aware of it.
Yeah, that's solid advice.
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