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CrazyThang wrote:Can you point to the page that defines "taking the test"? Can you refrence actual rules?

pg 8 of the rulebook is the only part of the book that discusses taking tests. Says nothing like what nosferatu1001 said....

Either way i'd have to give it Crazythang in this arguement it seem that 3d6 is rolled and that satisfies both rules and then one gets dropped at the end so i can't understand why this is a continual arguement

BRB pg8 wrote:a Leadership test, roll 2d6 (two dice added together, as explained earlier). If the result is equal to or less than the model#s leadership, the test is passed.

BRB pg2 wrote:You may also be told to roll a number of dice in one go, which is written as 2d6, 3d6 and so on. Roll the indicated number of dice and add the score together

Hence you can see that the test is defined by rolling the dice adding the dice together and comparing to Ld. Taking the test on 3d6 means you have to add 3d6 together to compare to your Ld. It is hardly rocket science.

Erm, not sure how

BRB page 8 wrote:In the case of a leadership test, roll 2D6 (two dice added together, as explained earlier). If the result is equal to or less than the models Leadership, the test is passed

So this defines how to take a leadership test - you roll dice, add them up, and compare to leadership. That is "how you take the test"

So, when you read SitW, it tells you to take the test on 3D6. So, when you substitute that into the rules for taking leadership tests above you find that you roll 3D6 and add three dice together. You then compare the result of adding these three dice together to your leadership.

So, SitW *requires* that you compare the result of adding 3 dice together to your leadership. Dropping 1 dice before comparing your total to the leadership value means you have not complied with the rules for SitW

Is that clearer now? "taking the test" is defined in the rulebook as rolling 2 dice and adding them up, then comparing to leadership. When SitW tells you to take the test on 3D6 you substitute in the value "3D6" into the rules above. It's *exactly* how I paraphrased earlier, so it is rather disingenuous to say it is "nothing" like.

So, please find some *rules* that show that dropping one dice before comparing the result to leadership complies with SitW rules.

Guys I just rang Jervis from my Batphone, he told me the answer!

What you do is roll an extra dice. On a 2, 3 or 6, you add the remaining 3 dice and use that for the test.

On a 1, 4 or 5 you take only the two lowest of the remaining 3 dice!

So simple I am amazed no-one else saw it!

</sarcasm>

In other news, nos is right as ever.

Gwar! wrote:
In other news, nos is right as ever.

Seems that nos has been beating you to the punch a lot lately. competitor?

nosferatu1001 wrote:Erm, not sure how

BRB page 8 wrote:In the case of a leadership test, roll 2D6 (two dice added together, as explained earlier). If the result is equal to or less than the models Leadership, the test is passed

So, when you read SitW, it tells you to take the test on 3D6. So, when you substitute that into the rules for taking leadership tests above you find that you roll 3D6 and add three dice together. You then compare the result of adding these three dice together to your leadership.

That actually makes a lot of sense. If only someone would have quoted that rule earlier... Teaches me not to argue without my rulebook handy.