> Yes, assuming both roll a success, the lower roll *does* have a better
> chance of rolling lower, but it has to be compared against that initial
> chance of rolling a failure.
Not the lower roller, the character with the lower TARGET NUMBER; the character with the LOWER ability rating has a HIGHER chance at a marginal victory. This doesn't make any sense. If both sides succeed, why should the LESS skilled character win MORE often?
Michael W. Ryan, MCP, MCT | OTAKON 2000 mryan_at_... | Convention of Otaku Generationhttp://www.netaxs.com/~mryan/ | http://www.otakon.com/
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I'm the one that tells the voices in your head what to say.
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