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Why do many people prefer roll-high to roll-under?
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<blockquote data-quote="Aldarc" data-source="post: 9278002" data-attributes="member: 5142"><p>People add faster than they subtract, but you are not usually subtracting when you roll under; you are comparing a roll with another number. As it turns out most people can compare the higher/lower of two numbers quicker than they can do addition. </p><p></p><p>Saying that "you have to teach people to compare two numbers and prefer the lower one" takes about once sentence: i.e., "you want to roll lower than the number on your character sheet." That's it. IME, it's actually easier teaching roll under than teaching people that you have to roll higher than whatever arbitrary number the GM decides upon and then adding up all the various bonuses you have to the roll and waiting to find out from the GM whether you did the thing or not. I may not have to teach people that "higher=better" but I still have to teach them the rules of the game regardless of whether it is roll high or not. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤷♂️" title="Man shrugging :man_shrugging:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937-2642.png" data-shortname=":man_shrugging:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aldarc, post: 9278002, member: 5142"] People add faster than they subtract, but you are not usually subtracting when you roll under; you are comparing a roll with another number. As it turns out most people can compare the higher/lower of two numbers quicker than they can do addition. Saying that "you have to teach people to compare two numbers and prefer the lower one" takes about once sentence: i.e., "you want to roll lower than the number on your character sheet." That's it. IME, it's actually easier teaching roll under than teaching people that you have to roll higher than whatever arbitrary number the GM decides upon and then adding up all the various bonuses you have to the roll and waiting to find out from the GM whether you did the thing or not. I may not have to teach people that "higher=better" but I still have to teach them the rules of the game regardless of whether it is roll high or not. 🤷♂️ [/QUOTE]
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