Reality-testing / Playtesting the Guns Default . . .

[vicky_molokh]

Originally Posted by fifiste

Yeah the repeated attempt section kinda fails my reality check there - if nothing deleterious happens from repeated attempts - then I'd just be able to learn and adjust and make it better next time.

It'll get worse if I ruin something, or strain myself - lost FP etc. or will rolls for tedium esp. given disadvantages like lazy, impulsive, absent minded. (Something deleterious happened in my noggin then )

Otherwise just being able to to the same thing again after a "practice run" or two just seems to make things better. Kind of the whole point of practising stuff actually.

I thought repeated attempt penalties are meant to represent a mix of frustration and exhausting the list of possible useful approaches. E.g. if you fail to open a complex lock, you shouldn't be allowed to just make 20 more unpenalized attempts fishing for a critsuccess until you actually improve your skill. This is, of course, counterbalanced with the removal of penalties for not having as much 'recon data' on the first attempt - but for many things, you try your first attempt when you finished the recon.