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Skill Checks

• I will always post a Difficulty Level (DL) for any required checks.
  
• To save time, I'll roll all initiative checks, please respect this and post according to your initiative when posting in combat scenarios.
  
• Unless you botch, or achieve a natural 19 or 20, you're free to RP the success/failure of the check. In the case of 19/20 or 1, I'll indicate the effects in my next post.
  
• Edge cannot be applied to both Effort and Skill costs, it can only be applied to one or the other.
  
• For skill checks you are trained in, add 3 to your skill roll (1d20 + 3), if specialized (1d20 + 6), etc.
  
• For rolls that you have assets, benefits, or anything that reduce the difficulty of a roll, instead add 3 to your roll. (Ie.  a D4 task is reduced to a D3 for Character X because of their cypher's current effect. Character X rolls 1d20 + 3.)
  
• If you use effort, indicate on the roll in the log, add 3 to your roll, and reduce your associated pool by the required amount. I will be checking this
  
• Example:
  Basic Jump D6 Check: 1d20
  Trained Jump D6 Check: 1d20 + 3
  Trained with Effort D6 / Specialized Jump D6 Check: 1d20 + 6
  Specialized with effort Jump D6 Check: 1d20 + 9
  Specialized with effort and asset Jump D6 Check: 1d20 + 12

Combat Scenarios

• I will roll initiative for all PCs in combat scenarios to save time.  This will become the posting order.
  
• Players roll all attack rolls.
  
• The GM will post a round response after each PC has a chance to post their action.
  
• In the advent of a stall in posts, I reserve the right to temporarily NPC the character and roll basic actions for the round.
  
• I will roll defense rolls for the players to save time.
  
• If you want to use effort to defend, indicate as much in your post.
  
• Enemy HPs will not be displayed.  Killing blows will be indicated in a GM post and the description of the killing strike will be handed to the appropriate character.

Skill & Combat Check Difficulties

	Difficulty / NPC Level (DL)		Description		Target Number		Guidance
	0		Routine		0		Anyone can do this basically every time
	1		Simple		3		Most people can do this most of the time
	2		Standard		6		Typical task requiring focus, but most people can usually do this
	3		Demanding		9		Requires full attention; most people have 50/50 chance to succeed
	4		Difficult		12		Trained people have a 50/50 chance to succeed
	5		Challenging		15		Even trained people often fail
	6		Intimidating		18		Normal people almost never succeed
	7		Formidable		21		Impossible with skills or great effort
	8		Heroic		24		A task worthy of tales told for years afterward
	9		Immortal		27		A task worthy of legends that last for lifetimes
	10		Impossible		30		A task that normal humans couldn’t consider (but doesn’t break laws of physics

More information and options can be found at this cheat sheet: http://thealexandrian.net/creations/numenera/numenera-cheat-sheet-draft1.pdf