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ERRATA Skill rolls vs Skill checks

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ERRATA Skill rolls vs Skill checks

Postby viziel » Mon Aug 30, 2010 8:56 am

I was pouring through the material, and as you guessed I am now in the skill section.

So, I noticed some inconsistency in terminology on the verbage for skill resolution.

I felt this was kinda important so I wanted to post here about how it should be referenced...

In RPG PnP game systems, dice rolls are used to resolve skill failure or success are called Skill checks.

A decision may be necessary to decide between a "skill roll" or a "skill check". And adjust all text accordingly.

Also,

You are using a difficulty labeling system to associate modifiers to your dice rolls. This is a common system of "Hard", "Very Hard", etc.,

You may want to consider that any reference to a "skill roll" or "skill check" include the appropriate label.

(ie "will require a Hard skill check" or "will require a Hard skill roll").

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Re: ERRATA Skill rolls vs Skill checks

Postby Rob Lang » Tue Aug 31, 2010 2:25 am

Yep, you're right. One of the nomenclatures I changed and didn't catch anywhere. Thanks, I will tidy that up.
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