Basic Conflict Resolution

Often, there can be no need to roll dice at all. If you have a Strength of 10 and you want to lug a small TV into the living room then the GM can rule that a success, no roll needed. This is the Game Master's prerogative, but it should be used to speed up game play, not to manipulate the players. Only rarely should a GM tell a player that some action is flat-out impossible. The GM should always allow a character to attempt something, no matter how improbable it seems -- after all, the character might always experience divine or infernal Intervention.

Basic conflict resolutions requiring die rolls are resolved by the GM ruling which characteristic is involved (Strength, Agility, etc.) and the player rolling the d666. If the first two dice are equal to or less than the given characteristic, the roll succeeded. If not, it failed. The last digit rolled, as mentioned earlier, is the check digit , and determines the degree of success or failure.

Usually, players will make their own rolls. This not only gives them a greater feeling of control over their character's action, but increases the tension of the moment. There are times, though, that a character might not immediately know the result of an action. In these cases, the GM may roll for the player, keeping the results secret.

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