Thread: Opposed rolls
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Old January 9th, 2008
Nightshade Nightshade is offline
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Originally Posted by AikiGhost View Post
In this situation you need to decide which is the active (IE: attacking skill) and the which is the defending skill, then err on the side of the defending skill when equal success levels are attained.

EG: Sneaking past a guard, attacker = sneaker, defender = guard
The problem is its not clear which is which, and frankly, there's no absolute need to make the decision here. Doing so inevitably ends up favoring either people who use stealth or punishing them.
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