Roll 1d6 (Risk) and 2d10 (Challenge)<\/span><\/p>\n Apply any mods to Risk, usually 1 to 4<\/span><\/p>\n If Risk > BOTH Challenge = Strong Hit<\/span><\/p>\n If Risk > Challenge A && Risk <= Challenge B = Weak Hit<\/span><\/p>\n If Risk <= BOTH Challenge = Miss<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n It’s a little complex, but much faster than D&D and all the side-charts and whatnot.<\/p>\n When I finally got around to looking into pbta, I was surprised to find that in it’s original – and still current – version, it goes like this.<\/p>\n Roll 2d6 and sum<\/span><\/p>\n Apply mods<\/span><\/p>\n 1-6 = Miss<\/span><\/p>\n 7-9 = Weak Hit<\/span><\/p>\n 10+ = Strong Hit<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n I initially looked at that and thought, well, of course they “upgraded” the system for IS\/SF, bc the original is just too simple and can’t possible yield playable spreads…<\/p>\n But the maths don’t lie!\u00a0 Bear in mind that in IS\/SF, there is really no +0 – you are always rolling against a stat, so the progression really starts at +1.<\/p>\n When I line up IS\/SF +1 with pbta +0, as you can see, the differences in the distributions are negligible in the context of play, particularly solo play, at least imo.<\/p>\n\n
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