RE: Threshold Checks was: Cinematic vs. Vector movement

On Thursday, August 28, 2003 10:13 AM, Mike Hillsgrove
[SMTP:mikeah@cablespeed.com] wrote:
> I've been told not. The first row is free for critical hits.	We like
the
> criticals as it gets us to the deadly kind of combat we see in B5.
With
> multiple ships per player - it really isn't too deadly.

You may be thinking of "Core System" Threshold checks (Bridge, Life
Support,
Reactor).  Effectively these systems apply a -1 modifier to the die roll
for
your normal threshold checks (ie: 6+ is no roll, 5+ fails on a 6, 4+
fails
on a 5).

Brendan
'Neath Southern Skies

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