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Old 01-25-2021, 04:29 AM   #20
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Default Re: Skills - maybe this game isn't what I'm looking for

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Originally Posted by RedMattis View Post
In short, don't roll for everyday routine stuff.
One can usefully take this further. The PC detective is examining the crime scene and makes a Search roll. In my game that's not "did you find the clue or not": I want you to find the clue. It's the quality: how quickly did you do it, did you find anything else that might help you more, and so on. So the character who put lots of points into the skill still does a better job than the one who didn't, but the game isn't held up for want of the gatekeeper piece of information.
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