[Torg] Possibilities: Better Results Now VS Character Advancement

[Kansas Jim]

Benn writes:

[I wrote:]

>> In my experience though, most players never actually think it through
>> that much. If it's a really bad roll they'll accept the failure but if
>> it's close they'll agonize over whether to spend the point now or to
>> save it for later - not for advancement later but in case they need
>> to spend it on a more important roll later in the adventure! I've had
>> only a couple of players who were focused on saving their points for
>> advancement, and the rest of the players would bitch at them for being
>> so stingy about spending their points on rolls.

> Is there a fix for stingy/advancement minded players?  Or does this gap in
> the mechanics necessitate selecting one's gamers so as not to have this
> issue?

I don't think it requires either a fix or selective choosing of players.
When I say they bitched it wasn't in a mean or spiteful fashion, it was
good-natured ribbing. If it became a real problem between the players I
suppose then it would be necessary to try and resolve it within the
group, I don't think I would try to fix a conflict of playing styles by
tinkering with game mechanics.

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