Most overlooked rule?

[garhkal]

For all our Dms out there, what do you find is the most overlooked rule in the game?

One i often fail to catch myself forgetting is the missile/torp speed mods from how fast targets are going.
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[Raven Redstar]

I don't know if it's an overlooked rule per say, or more of an abuse on the part of GMs, and that's inflating difficulty numbers for people with high skill levels.

I remember playing in a game back in the day, where if you didn't roll heroic on everything, you failed your rolls. That was because the GM decided to ramp up difficulties even on routine stuff, so that we as players felt the need to continue to dump points into raising skills to ridiculous levels just to be able to pull of heroic rolls all the time. It was very frustrating.

A moderate roll should be a moderate roll, not bloated because the person rolling has 8D+ in a skill.
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[Barrataria]

How about the one that says the GM can ignore the Wild Die result? Every message board discussion about d6 seems to end up with some story of a jerk GM that misused the Wild Die.
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[Kytross]

In regards to the wild die:

Just as a six always explodes and you alway give me the total, I always have my players subtract highest and lowest on a one and give me the total. I let the dice choose an epic fail or an epic success.

If, because of the wild die, you roll a 25 on four dice, so be it. I describe the results of a Very Difficult total for what should have been a moderate total.

If, because of the wild die, you roll a 3 on four dice, so be it. I describe the results of a Very Easy total for what should have been a moderate total.

Yes, when you're rolling 8D it's usually less of a hit to roll a one, but it's also less of a bonus to roll a six.

[Kytross]

Weapon ranges. Especially in vehicles. And relative velocity modifiers.

I guess mostly details that slow down combat and make it more about the numbers than having a good time.

[Zarm R'keeg]

[garhkal]

[TheDoctor]

[atgxtg]

What we should do is make the player come up with the complication. If it sounds good enough to the GM he gets the complication and avoids losing the dice.

Something like:

GM: A one on the wild die! Hmm, if you drop the wild die and the higest die Luke is going to blow his piloting roll and sideswipe that gun tower.

Player: I don't like that! Hey, what idf that stupid stabilizer thing breaks loose again and I suffer 1D penalty to piloting and gunnery until it gets fixed?

GM: That sounds good, okay.

Player: "R2, that's stabilizer's broken loose again! See what you can do to fix it."

[Whill]

atgxtg, I like the idea of that. I already do things like having players create their own NPC contacts, and sometimes roleplaying their PC's droid in addition to their PC. I encourage players add to the narration of the story and add continuity like creating their own food and drink menu items, improvising live as they roleplay, etc.

As long as player complication suggestions don't slow down the game, I think it can be a good thing.
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[Barrataria]

Yeah, I think that's not a bad idea but of course it depends on the player(s) and how much they've played d6 before.

[DougRed4]

Getting the players to participate in the narration is a fantastic tool for drawing the players into the story more.

As for the Wild Die, remember too that it doesn't have to be a complication or a "remove that die and the highest". It can also be just a "add them up normally". I actually do that latter one quite a bit, and often my players then wonder if something is going to bite them down the road (assuming that it might be a complication that's merely lurking now...).
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[shootingwomprats]

I ask my players to narrate quite often. I find that it draws them into the game, they feel as though they contributed to the story and lets be honest, the players already have an idea in their head about how something is going to appear. So something I do it narrate out the bare minimum then pick someone to add to the narration from what their character sees.

Example: Okay guys the blast door open to the dark interior of a cantina. You hear music coming from inside. As your eyes begin to adjust to the darkness you see a devaronian bartender behind the counter serving a herglic. Up on the stage is a twi'lek dance. Nomi, tell me what you see when you walk into the cantina.

This has the added benefit that sometimes the players think of something really cool I did not or would not have thought of. If they do an especially good job at narrating I will award a Character Point.

As for a '1' on the Wild Die. I find that I roll a D6 and: 1-3: add up normally, 4-5: subtract Wild and next highest die, 6: complication. I also allow myself to give a complication if dramatically appropriate. Typically I will ask the player to narrate out their own complication. Others can make suggestions as well. If I find the complication especially clever I will some times award a Character Point for a great narrative.

I also do this with Spectacular Successes and Epic Failures. I will have them narrate it out.
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