Opposed Rolls

• I'm not a fan of opposed rolls.
• Especially opposed dice pool rolls!
• The worst example has to be Exalted, where after countless rolls the result is that nothing happens.
• To give White Wolf their due, they did fix this in NWoD/Chronicles of Darkness, making all modifiers apply to the pool before rolling.
• Things have bogged down when I played Fate due to opposed Attack / Defense rolls too.
• Conversely, I love the fact that in DCC there is a fixed DC for the Thief's Sneak Silently skill based on conditions, not an opposed perception roll.
• I think there are two basic problems with opposed rolls:
• Increasing the number of times dice need to be rolled.
• The rule of averages meaning as a net result nothing happens.