Quick Quiz

[bluegargantua]

Hi,

For those of you who game (even a little bit, even board game):

When you roll dice against some target number does it feel more "correct" to try and roll higher than the target number (like d20) or to try and roll lower than the target number (like Call of Cthulhu)?

If you're reading a game and they do it differently than the way you feel comfortable with, are you less likely to try the game out?

later
Tom

Comments

[kadath.livejournal.com]

As a rule, higher. With some exceptions, lower is usually a closed test, and those feel wrong and limiting to me, both as GM and player. It won't turn me off the game if the setting is good, but I will likely rip it out and replace it with a homebrew mechanic, like I'm doing with Fading Suns.