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Niagra Falls

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A normal college

2 (9.5%)

New York

2 (9.5%)

Tokyo

7 (33.3%)

Hell

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Other? Post in thread

1 (4.8%)

I'm GM and want to see the results.

4 (19%)

Total Members Voted: 21

[SOLDIER First]

Eclipse Heights -- Skirting The Forum Guidelines Constantly Edition

[Twinwolf]

Ok, who votes for a time skip now?

[IamanElfCollaborator]

Aye.

[BlitzDungeoneer]

Would be neat, I suppose.
I don't care either way.

[kj1225]

Fuckin' do it. I really want James to fight someone.

[Adragis]

May as well.

[Happy Demon]

If a bonus would be applied, then it's not a situation where luck would really apply.

They're better at it.

Unless the other guy can somehow bring it down to their level, the athlete would probably win without rolling anything unless the other guy is just really really good phsycially, which would nullify the bonus anyway.

Twice as strong =/= twice as likely to succeed.

Maybe the athlete was a bit tired, maybe the newbie had a burst of energy.
And there's other things as well, such as sports, where the best can lose to the worst.

Though trained things, like tying your shoe laces and field stripping an AK-47 would always succeed.

Except sports are trained things.

A person that can run at 10 mph for 3 minutes will almost ALWAYS beat a person that can run for 7 mph for 10 minutes in a sprint, and opposite for extended runs. The 'weakest' are almost never going to win simply because they CAN'T RUN THAT WELL AND HAVE NOT TRAINED FOR IT.

The runner being tired or the other guy suddenly gaining superpowers can happen, but you should only roll if the only thing that has bearing on the thing is chance and the players themselves. Circumstances can cause things to even out, but barring those specific circumstances, a roll really shouldn't be required.

By that logic, a trained soldier would never be killed by civilians and rebels.

But in a marathon or other physical tests, they work to eliminate luck advantage and instead focus on pure skill.
So I'll give you that one, there it's all about physical capability.
Though if it's just done randomly, the terrain could be a factor, or something hit you in the face.

[SOLDIER First]

...ur ruining my YAOIZ!! DX

[BFEL]

Can we make a quick note of how good we would do in certain "normal" classes? Since we're probably skipping that.

Eclipse Heights-...ur ruining my YAOIZ!! DX Edition

FTFY

[ragnarok97071]

If a bonus would be applied, then it's not a situation where luck would really apply.

They're better at it.

Unless the other guy can somehow bring it down to their level, the athlete would probably win without rolling anything unless the other guy is just really really good phsycially, which would nullify the bonus anyway.

Twice as strong =/= twice as likely to succeed.

Maybe the athlete was a bit tired, maybe the newbie had a burst of energy.
And there's other things as well, such as sports, where the best can lose to the worst.

Though trained things, like tying your shoe laces and field stripping an AK-47 would always succeed.

Except sports are trained things.

A person that can run at 10 mph for 3 minutes will almost ALWAYS beat a person that can run for 7 mph for 10 minutes in a sprint, and opposite for extended runs. The 'weakest' are almost never going to win simply because they CAN'T RUN THAT WELL AND HAVE NOT TRAINED FOR IT.

The runner being tired or the other guy suddenly gaining superpowers can happen, but you should only roll if the only thing that has bearing on the thing is chance and the players themselves. Circumstances can cause things to even out, but barring those specific circumstances, a roll really shouldn't be required.

By that logic, a trained soldier would never be killed by civilians and rebels.

But in a marathon or other physical tests, they work to eliminate luck advantage and instead focus on pure skill.
So I'll give you that one, there it's all about physical capability.
Though if it's just done randomly, the terrain could be a factor, or something hit you in the face.

... Soldiers die because they're either surprised or overwhelmed, or the other guys have equipment that evens the scales.

as for terrain stuff...

hell, and the training stuff too.

See, this game is something called a Role-playing game.

It's expected that you will role-play that shit when it happens

[SOLDIER First]

Eclipse Heights -- Definitely Not "TA 2" Edition

[BlitzDungeoneer]

Eclipse Heights -- Fuck You I'm A Dragon Edition

[Twinwolf]

Can we make a quick note of how good we would do in certain "normal" classes? Since we're probably skipping that.

Sure.

...ur ruining my YAOIZ!! DX

You can continue the conversation if you separate the "last night" from the "today".

[SOLDIER First]

Eclipse Heights -- Fuck Me, We're BOTH Dragons? Edition

That was assumed, actually. Go ahead with the skip.

[Adragis]

Larissa'd do very well in normal classes. Rosa probably wouldn't be in normal classes, but if she were she'd probably just ask Larissa for answers and double-team all the questions.