Mahalina Rae Powell:
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