In reply to Project Director (msg # 9):

How many points: 80?   100? Something else?

I'm looking at the Method 2: Point Purchase on page 32.

For 80 Point Build         For 100 Point Build
STR  25                        STR  25
CON  25                        CON  25
DEX  25                        DEX  25
AWA  25                        AWA  25
EXP  10                        EXP  20
REA  15                        REA  25
FOC  25                        FOC  25

Let me know if either is acceptable.

I'm thinking he'd be using bow and arrows that he made himself.

His Great-Great-Great-Great(-Great?) Grandparents were part of the initial invasion,

Opps. I just noticed the "No weirdo, loner." comment.

In reply to Sidney (msg # 10):

14:16, Today: Sidney rolled 12 using 3d6+6 with rolls of 3,1,2.  For fun FOC.
14:15, Today: Sidney rolled 14 using 3d6+6 with rolls of 1,6,1.  For fun REA.
14:15, Today: Sidney rolled 18 using 3d6+6 with rolls of 3,4,5.  For fun EXP.
14:15, Today: Sidney rolled 18 using 3d6+6 with rolls of 2,4,6.  Fur fun AWA.
14:14, Today: Sidney rolled 20 using 3d6+6 with rolls of 2,6,6.  For fun DEX.
14:14, Today: Sidney rolled 14 using 3d6+6 with rolls of 6,1,1.  For Fun CON.
14:13, Today: Sidney rolled 17 using 3d6+6 with rolls of 5,2,4.  For fun Abilities Roll STR.

Yep. POINT BUY was better for me.

In reply to Sidney (msg # 11):

Them dice sure do seem to love to roll 1's.

I need to take time to sit down and make a character.  I have the book, thankfully.  Just came off a series of 12 hour night shifts that demand all of your time for work and sleep.

Yeah.  It's good if you're playing GURPS but not for char gen.

Looks like the dice did ok to me?

21:28, Today: James (Jimmy) Gerrold MacGuire rolled 27 using 4d6+6 with rolls of 6,3,6,6.  Roll 7 - Final - Focus.
21:28, Today: James (Jimmy) Gerrold MacGuire rolled 24 using 4d6+6 with rolls of 6,5,4,3.  Roll 6 - REason.
21:28, Today: James (Jimmy) Gerrold MacGuire rolled 34 using 6d6+6 with rolls of 5,6,3,4,6,4.  roll 5 - EXP.
21:27, Today: James (Jimmy) Gerrold MacGuire rolled 23 using 5d6+6 with rolls of 2,4,4,5,2.  Roll 4 - AWA.
21:27, Today: James (Jimmy) Gerrold MacGuire rolled 17 using 3d6+6 with rolls of 5,4,2.  Roll 3 - Dex.
21:26, Today: James (Jimmy) Gerrold MacGuire rolled 16 using 3d6+6 with rolls of 2,6,2.  Test Roll 2 - CON.
21:26, Today: James (Jimmy) Gerrold MacGuire rolled 18 using 3d6+6.  Testing roll method - STR.

STR - 18
CON - 16
DEX - 17
AWA - 23
EXP - 34
REA - 24
FOC - 27

1:47, Today: James (Jimmy) Gerrold MacGuire rolled 35 using 4d6+16.  age.
21:43, Today: James (Jimmy) Gerrold MacGuire rolled 1 using 1d6.  RH.
21:43, Today: James (Jimmy) Gerrold MacGuire rolled 4 using 2d6.  Blood Type.
21:35, Today: James (Jimmy) Gerrold MacGuire rolled 15 using 4d6.  Height + 165.
21:33, Today: James (Jimmy) Gerrold MacGuire rolled 11 using 2d6.  Mass.

09:10, Today: Mahalina Rae Powell rolled 18 using 4d6 with rolls of 4,5,5,4.  weight.

09:09, Today: Mahalina Rae Powell rolled 12 using 2d6 with rolls of 6,6.  Mass.



08:58, Today: Mahalina Rae Powell rolled 9 using 2d6 with rolls of 4,5.  Blood type.

08:58, Today: Mahalina Rae Powell rolled 6 using 1d6 with rolls of 6.  Blood RH.

08:57, Today: Mahalina Rae Powell rolled 30 using 4d6+16 with rolls of 4,3,4,3.  age

14:23, Fri 13 May: Mahalina Rae Powell rolled 6 using 2d6 with rolls of 4,2.  Do-over.  Mass.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:00, Sun 15 May 2016.

Please post skill rolls here (unless they fit with an IC post).

Tony

21:43, Today: Mahalina Rae Powell rolled 51 using 1d100 with rolls of 51.  Communications.

I should draw your attention to an important aspect of the rules.

In most percentile-based systems, it's best to roll low, especially if the system incorporates some form of degrees of success. However, in this game, you want to roll as high as possible to your skill without going over. If you succeed, the tens result is your "Degree of Success" or DoS.

I.e. Mahalina is rolling on her Communications skill of 60%. There is no modifiers. She rolls a 51, which is under 60%, in fact, just under. This is very good! The tens die came up a 5, so this is a 5 DoS result. Very good! Prime replies right away.

01 is an automatic pass, 00 automatic failure. Rolling 01-09 is only the bare minimum success. If you fail, the lower you roll when you miss the worse it is as Degree of Failure (DoF) is calculated by subtracting the result on the tens die from 10. I.e. let's say Mahalina rolled 67, a failure. 10 - 6 = 4 Degrees of Failure, pretty serious.

In combat, Degrees of Success are very important. You can use them to add to damage, or shift a damage location (from shoulder to head, say).

Tony

In reply to Project Director (msg # 19):

For cleaning your weapons, make a Firearms skill roll (with specialty as it applies to that specific weapon).

Add +20% for it being a Routine task. Even a failure isn't that serious unless it's at least a couple Degrees of Failure.

Tony

In reply to Project Director (msg # 20):

20:26, Today: Alice Maura McCloud rolled 54 using 1d100 with rolls of 54.  cleaning weapons.

14:38, Today: James (Jimmy) Gerrold MacGuire rolled 88 using 1d100 with rolls of 88.  Weapons Cleaning.

That's a miss by 9 =(

Do I get to roll more, per weapon?

14:51, Today: James (Jimmy) Gerrold MacGuire rolled 81 using 1d100 with rolls of 81.  Empathy/bargain.

Tina's reply... thinking he probably picked up on her tenseness, if that is ok?

Tim Charles White rolled 55 using 1d100 with rolls of 55.  Cleaning weapons.

In reply to James (Jimmy) Gerrold MacGuire (msg # 22):

Yikes!

This should probably be a Secret roll by me for weapon cleaning, eh?

There really should be one roll per weapon. Jimmy's FA is 66. With the +20 that's 86. An 88 is a failure. 10 - 8 (the number you rolled on the 10's) is 2 Degrees of Failure (DoF).

Unfortunately, I should have mentioned that doubles (like 88) are exceptional <b>Successes/Failures. They double the DoS/DoF. In this case, it's 4 DoF.

Regarding reading her expression, this would be a straight check vs EXP skill base, plus Psychology if you have the skill (but no penalty if you do not). It's rather simple to do so add +40% to your skill. That is, Jimmy automatically succeeds. With a roll of 81 that's 8 DoS. He understands that she was taken aback, and why, but that she's not holding it against him.

Tony
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:21, Tue 17 May 2016.

In reply to Project Director (msg # 25):

Yeah.  Can I get a reroll on that cleaning with an inspection?  I am assuming he started with his M16/203.

Here are rolls for the other two guns...
Apparently he gets that PPK done RIGHT!  (7 degrees of success, doubles.. a 14?)

15:38, Today: James (Jimmy) Gerrold MacGuire rolled 77 using 1d100 with rolls of 77.  clean ppk.
15:37, Today: James (Jimmy) Gerrold MacGuire rolled 72 using 1d100 with rolls of 72.  hp 35.

In reply to James (Jimmy) Gerrold MacGuire (msg # 26):

Just RP it! If you didn't know a roll was blown, would you want another roll?

When the team thoroughly checks their gear in a bit you can make another roll.

Tony

22:43, Today: James (Jimmy) Gerrold MacGuire rolled 26 using 1d100 with rolls of 26.  Bargaining on Binocs.


A bit low of a roll, seeing as he has.. gah.. like 88% on this, but might pass?

In reply to James (Jimmy) Gerrold MacGuire (msg # 28):

In all cases, a roll under your skill or the modified target number passes.

You passed your skill roll. In doing so you rolled a twenty (2 on the tens die) and so have 2 degrees of success.

Let's say he managed to trade some supply officer in a Bundeswehr unit for a couple pairs of Zeiss-Hensoldt Fero-D 19 10x50 binoculars. Come to think of it you could add your Scrounge skill into that making your final skill level 103.

Tony

Scrounge has ALWAYS been useful in the military!

In reply to James (Jimmy) Gerrold MacGuire (msg # 30):

That's not scrounging.  It's called a midnight requisition.

Scrounging is an important skill IRL too. I took a potty break at a convention once andccame back to the booth with drinks and snacks. They left alltthat stuff in a conference room after the meeting.

15:15, Today: James (Jimmy) Gerrold MacGuire rolled 91 using 1d100 with rolls of 91.  chopping roots.. survival?

Well, let's hope a roll wasn't needed, or this has like a +25

In reply to James (Jimmy) Gerrold MacGuire (msg # 33):

Jimmy can make another roll to dig out the Emergency Exit tunnel. STR Task Base plus any skill in Survival and Athletics. It's a Challenging task, no bonus.

Jenna can make a Navigation roll for her route knowledge, and to see if she knows any trails in that area. Call it a Routine check (+20% skill bonus) because she's ridden through that area many times en route to the town of New West in BC. Navigation is an Awareness (AWA) skill, her Task Base for AWA is 34. She has 20 points in Navigation. This gives her a 54%, plus the 20% bonus is a task number of 74%.

Kim and Filat may also roll on Navigation but as they are not familiar with that area, they get no bonus for familiarity (straight Task Base + Skill roll.

Tony
This message was last edited by the GM at 03:07, Fri 20 May 2016.