RE: FMA Simple Skills

Sounds solid and workable. Simpler than a RPG solution but can be
further
modified to enable adoption for RPG with characters having multiple
skills
even.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Martin [mailto:Al.Bri@xtra.co.nz]
> Sent: Thursday, 19 August 1999 2:52
> To: GZG List
> Subject: FMA Simple Skills
> 
> 
> I've been thinking about a simple skills system for FMA.
>	Each figure can have one speciality skill, such as Demolitions,
> Sniping, Communications, Leadership and so on. What the skill allows
> the figure to do, is to reroll either their quality dice or the
> opposing difficulty dice, but not both, on a skill action.
>	This means that the skill can be used to attempt to 
> avoid a failure
> and possible check for fumble when rolling a "1" on the figure's
> quality die.
>	Using the skill to force a reroll of the target 
> difficulty dice, means
> the figure is more likely to succeed.
> 
> Some skills and figures, using an impressionistic MOS:
>	Green Sniper, Regular CommsTech, Veteran Leader, Elite Demo.
> 
>	For example, the Elite Demo figure is setting a charge 
> to blow a door
> open. Setting the charge is assumed to be of below average difficulty,
> so a D6 is chosen and rolled as the difficulty. The Elite Demo figure
> rolls their quality die, a D12. Say, the D12 result is a "1", 
> while the
> difficulty D6 is a "3". Normally this would be a check for a fumble. A
> fumble result might mean the charge blows up the demo expert rather
> than the door. Not wanting this, the player rerolls the D12, using the
> Demo skill, and lets the second result be the success or failure
> result.
>	So a figure having a skill means that the figure is 
> more likely to
> succeed in the chosen task that relates to that skill.
> 
> I welcome comments, additions, suggestions and enhancements.
> 
> Andrew Martin
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