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.

Hero Kids Review

• Brilliant premise - kids solve troubles closer to home whilst parents off adventuring.
• Generally I like "setting as a reason to do stuff".
• My nine year olds hooked from outset.
• Very well supported with adventures, which  all have maps and paper standee miniatures.
• Colouring them can be an additional parent child activity.
• Uses dice pools and opposed rolls, which I am generally against, but seems to work OK here.
• Maybe as target numbers are low, and ties broken in favour of attacker / child.
• No official levelling rules, though I've been doing it ad hoc.