I don't remember nor were my notes detailed enough give me a hint as to why we had to roll. The notes say we failed with some detail, of course I probably was going to review the notes to figure out why and never did.
Of course most of the time we started on a planet and did not need refueling.
From: "Bruce Johnson" <xxxxxx@Pharmacy.Arizona.EDU>
To: "TML" <xxxxxx@simplelists.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 1:00:37 PM
Subject: Re: GM discretion; wasRe: [TML]Tracking spaceships inJump TU, was: Instantcity
> On Feb 18, 2016, at 1:39 PM, Postmark <xxxxxx@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
> That's not the problem with the scenario as stated, the problem is that, with a target number of 7+, even a DM +4 will give a 1 in 36 chance of losing the ship with all hands
That’s an insanely high risk, but is an excellent illustration of the difference between role-playing and roll-playing :-/
I’ve never played in any game where we actually rolled out skim refuelling unless it was being done under fire or with a damaged ship or with some other handicap “Your path takes you into the eye wall of the great red spot”...
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