Alternity rules

[Daniel McSorley]

> From: Tim Nutting
> Dan? Your favorite new setting? Alternity or Spell Jammer? Just
curious.
> Alternity is just absolutely awesome, but BR is still the best!
>
Alternity == favorite new game
BR == favorite setting. I'm working on including some Alt style stuff in
BR (extra levels of success for domain actions, for one). BR may have some
competition when the next Alt campaign setting (Dark•Matter) comes out, but
that's a whole year off anyway. (Did I even mention Spelljammer? I didn't
recall doing so.)

BTW, what I mean by extra levels of success:
In Alternity, there are four levels of success: Marginal, Ordinary, Good,
and Amazing. All Alternity skills and stuff are set up like proficiencies,
roll under a certain number to succeed. The Good target number is half of
the Ordinary, Amazing is half of Good (round down in both cases). Marginal
(aka failure in most cases) is any roll above the Ordinary target, and a 20
can be a Critical Failure. So if I have a score of 14 in attacking, for
instance, then my MOGA set would look like: 15+/14/7/3
Meaning:
If I roll a 15 or above, failure (Possible Critical Failure on a 20).
If I roll a 14 to an 8, Ordinary success.
7 to 4, Good success.
3 or less, Amazing success.

Now this could be useful in AD&D, in proficiencies for example, as was
pointed out in a recent Dragon mag article. I also see it being useful in
BR. Domain Actions seem ready made for this kind of treatment. I've been
working on guidelines, for each action, as to Ord, Good, and Amaz. results.
Does it sound workable?

Daniel McSorley- mcsorley.1@osu.edu

[James Ray]

From: Daniel McSorley
BTW, what I mean by extra levels of success:
In Alternity, there are four levels of success: Marginal, Ordinary, Good,
and Amazing.
Now this could be useful in AD&D, in proficiencies for example, as was
pointed out in a recent Dragon mag article. I also see it being useful in
BR. Domain Actions seem ready made for this kind of treatment. I've been
working on guidelines, for each action, as to Ord, Good, and Amaz. results.
Does it sound workable?

Sounds VERY workable to me :)

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BTW, what I mean by extra levels of success:
In Alternity, there are four levels of success: Marginal, Ordinary, Good,
and Amazing. All Alternity skills and stuff are set up like proficiencies,
roll under a certain number to succeed. The Good target number is half of
the Ordinary, Amazing is half of Good (round down in both cases). Marginal
(aka failure in most cases) is any roll above the Ordinary target, and a 20
can be a Critical Failure. So if I have a score of 14 in attacking, for
instance, then my MOGA set would look like: 15+/14/7/3
Meaning:
If I roll a 15 or above, failure (Possible Critical Failure on a 20).
If I roll a 14 to an 8, Ordinary success.
7 to 4, Good success.
3 or less, Amazing success.

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I haven't played Alternity yet, but it seems they've pretty much ripped off
the Traveller (MegaTraveller version I believe) system.
BOO! HISSSSS!
The catcalls are not for the system. I liked the system. My disgust is
aimed at the plagerism. Previously, I was under the impression that Alternity
was a new and exciting roleplaying system. It sounds like Traveller to me.

Randax