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Old 08-07-2007, 11:48 AM
theemrys theemrys is offline
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Re: [RPG]: Aces & Eights: Shattered Frontier, reviewed by Galadrin (5/5)

In reference to the skill system, at first it through me off, but the more I looked at it the more I loved it. The idea behind the "reversing" is so that all rolls to be made always mean high is for success. By making "lower" skill percentages mean more skilled, you always want to roll high... be it for skill checks, to hits, etc. Also, that means if you have a bonus on your roll, you ADD it to the roll instead of subtract it (like you would if you had to roll under your skill percentage).

It's a bit of a mind shift, but it really does work really well once you wrap your head around it. that being said, it's easy enough to reverse if you like, but then you'll have to convert any modules and such before they can be used...
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