EDITOR'S NOTE 11 July 2004: I only just realised how pointless this rule is a few months ago - adding Emergency
Dice to an unskilled test simply turns it into a skilled test! Nonetheless, should a GM still wish to make life somewhat
harder for the players, and for posterity's stake, I'm keeping the rule up.
Last year (2001), I wrote a Heavy Gear module for a local roleplaying convention. While going through the rules, I noticed
something interesting about adding emergency dice to an unskilled test.
When an Unskilled Test is made, any die that comes up as a 1 automatically makes the test a Fumble. Adding Emergency Dice
to an Unskilled Test actually increases the chance that it will result in a Fumble!
To counter this, I created the following House Rule: When adding emergency dice to unskilled tests, divide the total
number of dice rolled by 2, rounding up. The result is the minimum number of ones that will cause a Fumble. Remember, of
course, that the maximum number of emergency dice you can add to any single test is five.
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Test
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Total Dice Rolled
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Fumble On:
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Unskilled Roll
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2
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One or more 1s
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Unskilled Roll +1 Emergency Die
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3
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Two or more 1s
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Unskilled Roll +2 Emergency Dice
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4
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Two or more 1s
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Unskilled Roll +3 Emergency Dice
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5
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Three or more 1s
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Unskilled Roll +5 Emergency Dice
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7
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Four or more 1s
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