[Torg] Back in the Storm again

[Kansas Jim]

On 2/21/2010 10:12 PM, Jasyn Jones wrote:
>> On Feb 21, 2010, at 9:24 PM, Tommy Tanaka wrote:

>> DSR? Dramatic Skill Resolution?

> Yes. Reading back, it isn't even a DSR but rather a use of the DSR lines to track how close a 3-way fight is getting to the crowd of onlookers. A = far away, B = closer, etc. No skill rolls, presumably just flip the card and if A's there, it happens.

> I hated it because 1.) it isn't a DSR and 2.) Using the DSR seems like a bad way to model a gradually approaching fight: What about Possible Setback or ABCD? Does the fight just teleport from "so far away you can barely hear it" to "destroying the bandstand, killing innocents" in 10 seconds?

It appears to be modeled on the R&E's suggestion (p121) of using DSR to 
randomly determine a number of combat rounds that pass before some event 
happens, though it also assigns events to each step as if it were a 
regular DSR but without requiring a successful skill check of any kind 
before proceeding to the next step.

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