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Old 05-17-2018, 01:43 AM   #21
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Default Re: Some questions on Luck with modifiers.

The value of a single extra roll instead of 2 varies with how hard what you're trying to do is. Basically, the odds of the first roll helping is (chance you succeed), the odds of the second roll helping is (chance you succeed) * (chance you fail the first roll).

My experience is that players save luck for the rolls they're expected to make and fail at, and for negating criticals (at least 91% chance the first reroll does the job), so the second reroll is a lot less valuable. I'd probably say:
  • One reroll and pick the better: -20%.
  • One reroll and you must keep it: -25% (most of the time, you're rerolling something that was already a failure, so unless you crit fail or margin of failure matters, keeping the second roll is NBD).
  • Cannot reroll criticals: -20% (even if rerolling a critical would be the best use for the luck, it's highly probable that you'll find some use for that luck).
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Old 05-17-2018, 03:17 AM   #22
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Default Re: Some questions on Luck with modifiers.

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"I sneak up behind the Siege Beast and backstab it to death in one blow from my magical war pick! Then I throw drop it, throw down a smoke nagateppo, and vanish into the fog and shadows like a Ninja!"
Wait, since when do Tauren go rogue?

Otherwise, yeah, that's one of the uses of meta-abilities - a 'soft', limited-use way of fudging the game when you really care about it (but not at other times). Personally I consider that much better than 'hard' vetoes achieved through negotiation, at least for more 'everyday' events in game.
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Old 05-17-2018, 06:49 PM   #23
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Default Re: Some questions on Luck with modifiers.

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Wait, since when do Tauren go rogue?
Paint your hooves red and hide in an apple tree.
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