U62: переводы

→WHAT TO ROLL
Whenever a character attempts to per­form an action (e.g., use a skill), roll three dice to determine the outcome. This is called a success roll. The task in question succeeds if the total rolled on the dice is less than or equal to the number that governs the action – most often a skill or an attrib­ute. Otherwise, it fails. For example, if you are rolling against Strength, and your ST is 12, a roll of 12 or less succeeds. Thus, the higher the stat you are rolling against, the easier it is to make the roll.
Regardless of the score you are rolling against, a roll of 3 or 4 is always a success, while a roll of 17 or 18 is always a failure.
In general, the player makes the die rolls for his character’s actions. However, the GM may always choose to roll the dice in secret – see When the GM Rolls, below.

→2.
When the player shouldn’t know what’s going on.

→When the GM Rolls
There are two sets of circumstances under which the GM should roll for a PC and not let the player see the results:
1.
When the character wouldn’t know for sure whether he had succeeded.

→•
Daily work at a mundane, non-adventuring job.

→•
Utterly trivial tasks, such as crossing the street, driving into town, feeding the dog, finding the corner store, or turning on the computer.

→The GM should not require rolls for . . .

→•
A PC stands to gain allies, information, new abilities, social standing, or wealth.

→WHEN TO ROLL
To avoid bogging down the game in end­less die rolls, the GM should only require a success roll if . . .
•
A PC’s health, wealth, friends, reputa­tion, or equipment are at risk. This includes chases, combat (even if the target is station­ary and at point-blank range!), espionage, thievery, and similar “adventuring” activities.

→A “success roll” is a die roll made when you need to “test” one of your skills or abil­ities. Sometimes you roll; sometimes the GM rolls for you. For instance, you might test, or roll against, your Strength to stop a heavy door from closing.