The option for HW of choosing to "take" a roll of 10 rather than rolling is not likely to be as useful, due to the resistance roll and the low roll wins convention - Now a "Take 5" might be useful, on the other hand! - On the whole I think deciding on what conditions need to be met, and checking them is more effort than just rolling the dice!
The "Take 20" option sounds more interesting - If time is no object then your chance of succeeding in some skills will be greatly increased - although again I think in HW the best solution is to adjust the resistance roll in these cases
Searching the room will find the key to the merchants strongbox if you beat a resistance of 15. Spending at least an hour to search methodically will lower this to 5.
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