Difficulty
To determine the difficulty of a roll, here are some benchmarks; these are merely guidelines. An actual difficulty may vary anywhere from 1-20.
| result | difficulty sample |
|---|---|
| 20 | Autonomic: breathe; if you can't succeed here, you're probably dead. |
| 16 | Trivial: cook Hamburger Helper; work a VCR; scrub a floor. |
| 12 | Basic: program a VCR; change a car tire; climb onto a roof. |
| 10 | Challenging: repair a car; leap from roof to roof; advanced computing. |
| 8 | Difficult: make a bomb w/cleaning supplies; build a car from a scrapyard. |
| 6 | Olympic-level: jump a Canyon on a motorcycle; crack a gov't database. |
| 4 | Legendary: cross Antarctica with few supplies; flip a car single-handedly. |
| 2 | Near-Impossible: run the 3-minute mile, build a better mouse trap. |
The default difficulty for most rolls is 6.
