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Originally Posted by Lord Twig
So let me see if I can work this out...
In the default rules, if player A gets a Special success and B gets a normal success then A wins, but is downgraded by B regular success so A just succeeds and doesn't get a special success. But if A and B both got a simple success then whoever rolled highest would win. Does that mean that the loser could still downgrade his success to a failure? 
In the first optional rule, if player A rolls a Special success and B rolls a regular success, then A wins and that's it. But if A rolled a regular success also, then the highest roll wins. Also, if both A and B rolled a Special success then the highest roll would win.
So I guess they are different.  |
One method that I've tired is going with the greater degree of success winning, but the
low roll wins on tied success levels. That keeps the low roll feel and seems to be fair, since the increased special chance and success range.
For instance if a chanracter with 40% opposes a character with 70%, they will only both roll a normal success 17.92% of the time (32x56). The advantage that the 30% character has when both roll a success (about 64/36) is offset by losing all the tests when both roll between 40-70.