The End of Days [OOC]

[Skullcrusher]

bump still waiting for GM to answer my question before I post my actions.

[ThatMusicWriter]

Sorry, you can either run past them, or run upstairs. Savvy?

[Skullcrusher]

So your saying the 3 came up from the way we came?

[the_matrix_walker]

Carlos has had his hands up for a week, his arms must be getting tired.


And just for future reference....

Spoiler:  

Originally Posted by Gold & Appel Inc

Everybody who thinks a regular failure on a Driving roll means "you screw up in some minor way like miss an exit, get a traffic ticket, have to make a Vehicular Dodge to avoid possible minor body damage, or any of the million other minor fails that happen to millions of regular commuters every day, and even most critfails are just a trip to the mechanic, not the ER, unless you were doing something truly adventurous or roll terribly on the critfail table," raise your left hand.

[left hand up]

Originally Posted by Kromm

That is what the game intends. A regular failure is at worst a little lost time, wasted gas, etc. A critical failure might be an accident if you were doing something accident-prone. Usually it's just a ticket or a chipped windshield or another slightly expensive annoyance. Only critical failures in combat or a chase, or when large penalties cause them (e.g., your skill 12 becomes skill 4 thanks to -8 for road conditions, and you roll 14+), lead to true disasters. That's because Driving, like all GURPS skills, is normed to use under adventuring conditions (p. B171). Here that means battle, pursuit, heroic speed runs through blizzards to bring medicine to the village, etc.

Example: In my high-powered secret-agents campaign (see .sig), I always require Driving rolls when the PCs – who do illegal things under false IDs – travel from A to B by ground vehicle. All that measures is the quality of their driving. I treat it as a Quick Contest against the average policeman's professional skill of 12, and if the PCs win, they manage to make the trip without any LEO or traffic camera ever realizing they did it; that is, they arrive unexpected, with the element of surprise, no matter how much trouble they're in. If they lose, they still don't get intercepted . . . they just gave a cop or a camera a clear look at their plates or faces, which means that if their enemies have the right contacts, they might be expected. Only a natural 18 means something worse: a traffic stop, a breakdown, a wrong turn into a bad area that gives me an excuse to liven up the adventure with a gang attack, etc. I usually roll 1d for what actually happens and only call it an accident if that comes up higher than the vehicle's SR (that's 4-5 for most automobiles), in which case I still allow a vehicular dodge to avert disaster.

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In short, it's hard to really, truly mess up Driving. That's why most people can get by on default.

[ThatMusicWriter]

Originally Posted by Skullcrusher

So your saying the 3 came up from the way we came?

Yeah. They're not so single-minded as to bang on one door for very long. Some will, and some will just happen to leave.

[ThatMusicWriter]

Originally Posted by the_matrix_walker

Carlos has had his hands up for a week, his arms must be getting tired.

Oh crap, I'm sorry. My life's been a tad hectic lately, but yeah, I'll move him along.

[Darklim]

Alright, I'm sorry, but I have the most important exams of my life coming in less than 50 days. So I'm kinda sorta going to shut down Internet completely until I passed said exams. Which means Emmanuel can go be killed by a zombie, and if I return, I'll make another character if the GM is lenient enough to let me do it. Sorry again.

Bye!

[Skullcrusher]

Are we still going with this game?

[ThatMusicWriter]

Yes, sorry, I lost all of my notes, but I just found them a second ago.

[Gwythaint]

sorry about the absence, got booted from forums for a bit.