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Originally Posted by frogspawner
Absolutely! And there's no way I'd resist the temptation to use houserules either. But this issue may make the difference between whether I call what I'm playing "houseruled BRP" or "houseruled RQ"...
Please could you, or anyone, tell us when The Book says we should be using Opposed Rolls (e.g. in combat, or just for sneaking etc.)? And is there an option to not use them?
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Well, if you're not careful here you're gonna get bogged down in semantics. "The Book" doesn't say anywhere you *should* be using Opposed Rolls. However, they are part of the Core Rules; there are also Optional rules which present different takes on Opposed Rules.
However (again!), saying that ORs are part of the Core Rules means little; in the descriptions of skills like Hide, Listen, etc, you get wordings like "Most Hide checks are resolved as opposed skill rolls against the Spot of a guard or pursuer" or "Oppose Listen to Stealth to resolve attempts to sneak past a wary or unwary listener". So, in both cases, if you just wanted to use a single skill - roll Hide and you're hidden, roll Listen and you heard the guy - then of course you can. You just might lose some of the sublety from the system if you do (like what the Spot and Stealth rules actually mean, for example).
I think it's best not to read too much into this issue. Even in old RQ our guys used to have to make a successful Spot roll to see a guy who had successfully Hidden himself - you might not call it that, but as far as I can see, that's an opposed roll.
Don't take it the wrong way, but I'm not entirely sure what the problem is
