MGT Only: Does anyone know the Task Difficulties for these?

[whartung]

I hydroplaned into a retaining wall, vehicle a gonner. I was merging onto the freeway, but that retaining wall was rushing at my vehicle in slow motion. Even the passenger side view mirror exploded in slow motion. Really weird.

Do you think you could have done anything different here? Hydroplaning takes most everyone buy surprise. Happened to a friend of mine, he spun out onto the median of the freeway. Nobody hurt, thank God.

Was rear ended twice, thankfully I was wearing a seatbelt both times.

I got rear ended twice. Once by a Honda Accord or Civic, they were badly damaged, my Explorers rear bumper was lightly tweaked. Then, later, obviously, it happened again by an F-150. It was a love tap on the freeway, he bent my bumper back. I hopped out, checked it, gave him a thumbs up and went along my merry way.

I was also rear ended once at a stoplight on my motorcycle. The car got stuck between the rear wheel and the sub frame. I got off the bike, and it was just standing there. Held down the front brake, and they backed out.

I wasn't hurt in any of those (handy, since my hands flew off the handlebars when I got hit on the bike, but, because of the car, the bike didn't go down, and neither did I.

Skidded in mud off of highway onramp after spilling large cold drink in lap, took out a few sprinklers while fishtailing with screaming passengers before reaching safety of pavement.

"I want to die in my sleep like my Grandfather, rather than yelling and screaming like his passengers."

 

[bookwyrm]

Do you think you could have done anything different here? Hydroplaning takes most everyone buy surprise. Happened to a friend of mine, he spun out onto the median of the freeway. Nobody hurt, thank God.

I got rear ended twice. Once by a Honda Accord or Civic, they were badly damaged, my Explorers rear bumper was lightly tweaked. Then, later, obviously, it happened again by an F-150. It was a love tap on the freeway, he bent my bumper back. I hopped out, checked it, gave him a thumbs up and went along my merry way.

I was also rear ended once at a stoplight on my motorcycle. The car got stuck between the rear wheel and the sub frame. I got off the bike, and it was just standing there. Held down the front brake, and they backed out.

I wasn't hurt in any of those (handy, since my hands flew off the handlebars when I got hit on the bike, but, because of the car, the bike didn't go down, and neither did I.

"I want to die in my sleep like my Grandfather, rather than yelling and screaming like his passengers."

Skidding in the mud was not long after I learned to drive, a scary early driving lesson where no one got hurt. I make sure anything I drink is someplace safe now, and don't eat anything while driving that is messy, needs two hands, or requires utensils.

For the hydroplaning, I was worried about getting rear ended or hitting someone and so had foot on accelerator instead of taking foot off of the gas and coasting a little until regaining control, instead I was trying to get off of the freeway quickly to regain my breath and calm down and over corrected into the retaining wall. I didn't get hurt, but had to get a new vehicle and my insurance went up a little. Mid 20's for this one.

 

[Spinward Scout]

How many accidents, anything less than 1/36 and there is no roll necessary.

But they pull all non-essential personnel off the flight deck. Which shows that it is dangerous.

 

[Badenov]

But they pull all non-essential personnel off the flight deck. Which shows that it is dangerous.

Maybe the skipper is embarassed at how his crew manages things? Or the uniform of the day changes to swim shorts and it's Miller Time.

 

[mike wightman]

But they pull all non-essential personnel off the flight deck. Which shows that it is dangerous.

How many accidents in the last year, less than one in thirty sux or more? If less then there is no need to roll for this sort of task in a 2d6 based system unless ther is some other factor making things completely out of the ordinary.

I maintain my position, the task based games set the difficulties of "routine" higher than they should be in order to facilitate rolling dice rather than any stab at "realistic" probabilities.

I have been in one too many games where the "crashed the ship on the way out of spacedock" is hilariously laughed at at the table, caused by a bad roll - a roll that should never have been necessary in the first place.