Dec 4, 2023 8:32 pm
How do we roll dice? And what do we roll?
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Dec 5, 2023 12:38 am
Remember in gumshoe there are two types of skills investigative and general.
Investigative you get the clue automatically if you have the skill; if you want to spend a point, you can get above and beyond. You do not roll for these.
General Abilities you will roll a d6 to use it, you must always spend at least 1 point to use. You can spend more than 1 to increase your odds of success.
From the rules:
relevant General Ability.
2. Roll an ordinary six-sided die.
3. Add the number of points spent to the
number rolled on the die.
4. If the total is higher than or equal to a
Difficulty Number set by the GM, you
succeed. If it’s lower than the Difficulty,
you fail, and something bad happens to you.So when you roll:
In the reason, put what skill you are using (note how many points you are spending). Then in the roll, put 1d6+whatever you spend.
so you will always have at least a +1.
Investigative you get the clue automatically if you have the skill; if you want to spend a point, you can get above and beyond. You do not roll for these.
General Abilities you will roll a d6 to use it, you must always spend at least 1 point to use. You can spend more than 1 to increase your odds of success.
From the rules:
Quote:
1. Spend any number of points from therelevant General Ability.
2. Roll an ordinary six-sided die.
3. Add the number of points spent to the
number rolled on the die.
4. If the total is higher than or equal to a
Difficulty Number set by the GM, you
succeed. If it’s lower than the Difficulty,
you fail, and something bad happens to you.
In the reason, put what skill you are using (note how many points you are spending). Then in the roll, put 1d6+whatever you spend.
so you will always have at least a +1.
Dec 5, 2023 12:39 am
So when I asked for the BS detector, that was NOT a roll. I should have asked if you wanted to spend a point!!
I am going to edit my post now.
I am going to edit my post now.
Dec 5, 2023 12:53 am
Formatting the game forums
I am just now reading through this, so we might change some stuff up.
I am just now reading through this, so we might change some stuff up.
