Posts Tagged by open rolls
| August 3, 2012 | Posted by Kurt "Telas" Schneider |
I like big dice and I cannot lie You other GMs can’t deny That when an attack rolls up at a critical place, And that 20’s in their face, You get sprung… With my most sincere apologies to Sir Mix-A-Lot, I like big dice when I’m GMing. No, not the monster ones that should sit on a shelf, but the 28mm “Jumbo” size. No, they don’t fit in most dice towers, nor do they transport as easily as their smaller brethren, nor do they come…
| October 24, 2008 | Posted by Scott Martin |
In the suggestion pot, Clem asks How about an article on ways to handle sense/detect type rolls? The spectrum goes from “player knows what attribute to roll against, what number is needed for success, and what is being checked for” to “player knows attribute only” to “just roll the dice” to “gm rolls openly” to “gm rolls secretly” to “gm rolls before the session and applies the result if/when needed”. Perhaps some discussion on which methods players are likely to accept and when to use…
