Quote:
Originally Posted by ArchonShiva
That’s shorthand, it does add to skill.
Nothing in DFRPG (or GURPS) modifies actual success rolls. You can add or subtract from damage rolls or reaction rolls, by success rolls are always unmodified — the skill (or other target) is the number that gets modified.
If any rule is telling you to modify a success roll (the Bless spell has the same issue), it means to modify the effective skill.
|
Thanks, that's how my memories of running GURPs 1st through 3rd edition were telling me, but it's been a long time and memory can be faulty. Plus for all I knew 4th edition could have changed this.