Rolling a Skill Check

This command rolls one or more d20s for a skill check and displays the results of the roll. Skill checks are used when a character needs to overcome an obstacle, notice things, or attack something.

Additional Reading

For more information on this type of roll, please refer to pg. 13 in the core rule book.

Definition

Base Command: /rolls skill

Required Parameters

Parameter	Purpose
quantity	The number of d20s to roll. Typically this will be 2 for a normal check, unless AP are spent to add additional die. If the skill check is to assist, it is only 1
tn	The Target Number. If a die result is at or below the TN then it is considered a Success

Optional Parameters

Parameter	Purpose	Default
crit-max	The highest number that can be rolled to be considered a Critical Success. This is typically 1 unless the Skill being used it a Tagged Skill, then it is usually equal to the Rank in that Skill. For instance, if a player wants to attack and they have Small Guns 5 (Tagged), then they would enter 5	1
complication-min	The lowest number that can be rolled to be considered a Complication. This is typically 20 unless the action is riskier or there are other modifiers, like an Unreliable gun (which increases the complication range by 1). In that case, the player would enter 19	20
notes	Notes about the roll, generally to give context to why the roll is occurring

Response

Successful Response

The response contains the total number of Successes and Complications. It also shows all of the individual results, in case they are needed for other purposes.

The results are determined using the following logic on each individual die:

• If the roll is at or below the crit-max the roll is considered a critical success and is worth two Successes
• If the roll is above the crit-max but below or at the tn it is considered a normal success and is worth one Success
• If the roll is above the tn but below the complication-min it is considered a Failure but not a Complication
• If the roll is above or at the complication-min it is considered both a Failure and a Complication

Failure Responses

If any of the parameters are invalid, the user will be notified