Lysander
March 24th, 2012, 14:35
Okay, I just got what I wished for on the new Savage Worlds Ruleset, 'The Box', but I seemed to have overlooked a vital gameplay aspect.
Savage Worlds uses bennies. They are often used to reroll bad rolls at the players discretion. However, 'The Box' is sort of a tool to limit metagaming by players. If they know their notice roll sucked, they could reroll, avoiding an ambush that fate otherwise would inflict. Whereas in a non bennie system with 'The Box', they roll but don't know, and it raises the possible anticipation factor.
What to do?
I don't have an answer as to how best to utilize both features. Do you? Could you tell me what balance you may have struck between these diametrically opposed ideas?
:confused:
(BTW - I do sometimes use the box for some GM rolls [did the guard see the sneak?] but I tend to roll the attacks out in the open more than not...)
Savage Worlds uses bennies. They are often used to reroll bad rolls at the players discretion. However, 'The Box' is sort of a tool to limit metagaming by players. If they know their notice roll sucked, they could reroll, avoiding an ambush that fate otherwise would inflict. Whereas in a non bennie system with 'The Box', they roll but don't know, and it raises the possible anticipation factor.
What to do?
I don't have an answer as to how best to utilize both features. Do you? Could you tell me what balance you may have struck between these diametrically opposed ideas?
:confused:
(BTW - I do sometimes use the box for some GM rolls [did the guard see the sneak?] but I tend to roll the attacks out in the open more than not...)