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One more thing: please ignore the start of the penultimate paragraph in my original post; I forgot that the rules state that if the roll's target number is 12 or more, a double-6 is only a normal fail, not a fumble. Even so, only having a 1 in 36 chance of failing a roll still makes that skill prett...

Yes, now I think of it, you're right about leaving SKILL as something that the player can tailor before its value becomes "fixed;" it also has the advantage of not needing to tinker with the CharGen rules as written. I think I was being overly influenced by Heroquest in having a "one size fits all" ...

A topic that comes up every now and again is the problem of over-powered Heroes, and how quickly thay become over-powered. A number of solutions have been suggested, including adding more characteristics/attributes (slowing down progression by having to spread X.P.s more thinly,) tables for effectiv...