LAST EDITED ON Apr-21-01 AT 02:26 PM (EDT)

>>And I won't even talk about the unnecessary headaches I got reading
>>about the Step system...
>
>The phrasing behind the Step system is whacked, but what it comes down
>to is the step number is the average number you will roll at that
>level. I like having an idea of what I'm likely to roll, I think its
>a pretty snazy way to do things. It is alot more difficult than say
>THAC0, but it allows for more robust combat schemes with knockdown
>rolls, and exceptional hits, and armor defeating hits.

Again, this goes back to why I'm such a big fan of GURPS. Using 3d6 as your basic mechanic means that you know the bellcurve well, and that means that if you have a skill of, say, 12, you're good enough to be able to pull it off without a roll if there's no stress factors, and still good enough to likely be able to pull it off with low-grade stress factors (i.e., roll with no penalty), but if, say, you've got a Blaster Rifle skill of 13 and you're in a firefight, trying to snipe someone 300ft away who's hiding behind a car, you're almost certainly not going to do it, but the guy next to you who has Blaster Rifle-21 can probably do it.

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