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When do mishaps happen? Failure Table?

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Cymew

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I sat down and took a look at Grand Survey today, and found that on the one page summary of the DGP Task System, there was a Failure Table.

When I checked my MT rules, I couldn't find the Failure Table there, and the rules is a bit hazy on the subject when a Mishap occurs.

So, is the Failure Table MIA or is there another procedure I have missed, or are Hazardrous and Fateful the only tasks that can result in a mishap?
 
I sat down and took a look at Grand Survey today, and found that on the one page summary of the DGP Task System, there was a Failure Table.

When I checked my MT rules, I couldn't find the Failure Table there, and the rules is a bit hazy on the subject when a Mishap occurs.

So, is the Failure Table MIA or is there another procedure I have missed, or are Hazardrous and Fateful the only tasks that can result in a mishap?
 
I sat down and took a look at Grand Survey today, and found that on the one page summary of the DGP Task System, there was a Failure Table.

When I checked my MT rules, I couldn't find the Failure Table there, and the rules is a bit hazy on the subject when a Mishap occurs.

So, is the Failure Table MIA or is there another procedure I have missed, or are Hazardrous and Fateful the only tasks that can result in a mishap?
 
Some. On page 14, right-hand column under the heading Automatic Failure talks about Mishaps from Hazardous and Fateful tasks. It also says that if you roll "snakeyes" this is a fumble mishap which confused me a bit. Is this a special kind of mishap and there is a not-so-severe mishap as well? Or is Fateful and Hazardous the only other possibilities for a mishap?

Maybe I'm overinterpreting that fumble...

The thing is on the previous page, under Confrontation there is a mishap if the Offender is successful and the defender isn't, the latter should roll for mishaps. It mentions hand-to-hand combat as an example of this but in h2h you don't roll for mishaps!

Maybe I'm reading to much into these rules...

I am often not understanding things that are clearly written out, and misinterpreting things out of a subordinate clause that wasn't meant to mean much. Thanks for helping out! If I actually got to play these rules I might have learnt then after a while.
 
Some. On page 14, right-hand column under the heading Automatic Failure talks about Mishaps from Hazardous and Fateful tasks. It also says that if you roll "snakeyes" this is a fumble mishap which confused me a bit. Is this a special kind of mishap and there is a not-so-severe mishap as well? Or is Fateful and Hazardous the only other possibilities for a mishap?

Maybe I'm overinterpreting that fumble...

The thing is on the previous page, under Confrontation there is a mishap if the Offender is successful and the defender isn't, the latter should roll for mishaps. It mentions hand-to-hand combat as an example of this but in h2h you don't roll for mishaps!

Maybe I'm reading to much into these rules...

I am often not understanding things that are clearly written out, and misinterpreting things out of a subordinate clause that wasn't meant to mean much. Thanks for helping out! If I actually got to play these rules I might have learnt then after a while.
 
Some. On page 14, right-hand column under the heading Automatic Failure talks about Mishaps from Hazardous and Fateful tasks. It also says that if you roll "snakeyes" this is a fumble mishap which confused me a bit. Is this a special kind of mishap and there is a not-so-severe mishap as well? Or is Fateful and Hazardous the only other possibilities for a mishap?

Maybe I'm overinterpreting that fumble...

The thing is on the previous page, under Confrontation there is a mishap if the Offender is successful and the defender isn't, the latter should roll for mishaps. It mentions hand-to-hand combat as an example of this but in h2h you don't roll for mishaps!

Maybe I'm reading to much into these rules...

I am often not understanding things that are clearly written out, and misinterpreting things out of a subordinate clause that wasn't meant to mean much. Thanks for helping out! If I actually got to play these rules I might have learnt then after a while.
 
The reason I asked is that when reading about Jump malfunctions, I couln't make out how it was actually caused, and if a mishap occured then or not.

I'm a bit confused, you see. It's the way I am.
 
The reason I asked is that when reading about Jump malfunctions, I couln't make out how it was actually caused, and if a mishap occured then or not.

I'm a bit confused, you see. It's the way I am.
 
The reason I asked is that when reading about Jump malfunctions, I couln't make out how it was actually caused, and if a mishap occured then or not.

I'm a bit confused, you see. It's the way I am.
 
A mishap occurs when:
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  • the task is fateful and fails</font>
  • a natural 2 is rolled and the task is not safe, and not (easy taking extra time.)</font>
  • failed by 2+ points (4+ is what I use).</font>
 
A mishap occurs when:
</font>
  • the task is fateful and fails</font>
  • a natural 2 is rolled and the task is not safe, and not (easy taking extra time.)</font>
  • failed by 2+ points (4+ is what I use).</font>
 
A mishap occurs when:
</font>
  • the task is fateful and fails</font>
  • a natural 2 is rolled and the task is not safe, and not (easy taking extra time.)</font>
  • failed by 2+ points (4+ is what I use).</font>
 
Thanks for setting the record straight, guys! As it usual is the rules makes sense, reading them again after someone tells me they are not as complicated as I thought.

Now I'm going to re-read the rules about starship malfunctions and hopefully it will all make more sense this time...
 
Thanks for setting the record straight, guys! As it usual is the rules makes sense, reading them again after someone tells me they are not as complicated as I thought.

Now I'm going to re-read the rules about starship malfunctions and hopefully it will all make more sense this time...
 
Thanks for setting the record straight, guys! As it usual is the rules makes sense, reading them again after someone tells me they are not as complicated as I thought.

Now I'm going to re-read the rules about starship malfunctions and hopefully it will all make more sense this time...
 
Keep in mind: if one doesn't take extra time on the uncertain tasks, implement a warning light. Likewise, a minor mishap should also implement a warning light.

The mishap rules are in the Ref's Manual.
 
Keep in mind: if one doesn't take extra time on the uncertain tasks, implement a warning light. Likewise, a minor mishap should also implement a warning light.

The mishap rules are in the Ref's Manual.
 
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