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action vs stat? and 1 or 20 die roll?
Mar 31st, 2011 at 12:40am
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How would you normally roll an action vs. a stat? Like if it was throw vs. agility, would i have to roll better than my agility for it to hit? Also...

I dont really know when a 1 is a failure or a successful roll because the book doesn't always specify it (or atleast I don't see it). I played with Jack Herman at CoastCon and sometimes a 20 would be successful and another time a 1 would be successful. I'm sorry but this confuses me Sad
  
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Re: action vs stat? and 1 or 20 die roll?
Reply #1 - Mar 31st, 2011 at 1:03am
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Izlos wrote on Mar 31st, 2011 at 12:40am:
How would you normally roll an action vs. a stat? Like if it was throw vs. agility, would i have to roll better than my agility for it to hit? Also...I dont really know when a 1 is a failure or a successful roll because the book doesn't always specify it (or atleast I don't see it). I played with Jack Herman at CoastCon and sometimes a 20 would be successful and another time a 1 would be successful. I'm sorry but this confuses me 


When you roll vs. an ability score d20, all numbers lower than and equal to the ability score = success. All numbers higher than the ability score = failure.

Usually 1 = automatic success, and 20 = automatic failure.
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Reply #2 - Mar 31st, 2011 at 1:31am
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Oh ok, thanks! Just a bit of confusion there!
  
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Re: action vs stat? and 1 or 20 die roll?
Reply #3 - Mar 31st, 2011 at 1:45am
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If you played with Jack at this years CoastCon he may have been using the updated saving throw rules from the MHG website or possibly some of the stuff they have in the works for V&V 3.0.

Your standard 2nd edition rulebook or even the 2.1 rulebook won't have those rules. The way polarboy explained it is the way it is in the current rulebooks.
  
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Reply #4 - Mar 31st, 2011 at 2:30am
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Yea, he did say he was letting us playtest something. That may be what he was doing. That was the first time i ever played V&V so I was confused when I first read the rulebook.
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Re: action vs stat? and 1 or 20 die roll?
Reply #5 - Mar 31st, 2011 at 11:48am
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The only other time I can think of that a d20 roll of a 20 is a success in V&V is when you are rolling damage (say, from a Power Blast).

Other than that - even from what Jeff showed us of 3.0 - a "20" is usually a miss in V&V (though Jack could have been showing / testing some other mechanic that I'm not familiar with).
  
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Reply #6 - Mar 31st, 2011 at 6:25pm
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That maybe where I got things mixed up because I was casting disintegration ray. Maybe that was it.
  
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