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Post #3730127
2026-07-11 02:04 UTC
Recent discussion reminded me of a blog post I wrote in 2013 about how there is a connection of sorts between Alternity and FASERIP. Sadly, the wayback machine seems to have lost my images.
https://web.archive.org/web/20170101063703/https://www.kirith.com/random-wizard/articles/faserip-alternity.html
But I have backups!
FASERIP is a roll high on 1d100 with a chart to have degrees of success. (Image 2)
If you flip FASERIP to a roll low on 1d100 and plot the dgrees of success, you get (Image 3)
Alternity is a roll low on a 1d20 with a formula to figure out degrees of success which I will not go into here but you can read in the wayback machine if you are interested. If you convert that formula to a chart you get (Image 1)
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@controlc@mstdn.ca 2026-07-11 02:08
@randomwizard@social.vivaldi.net I remember the Star Frontiers supplement Zebulon's Guide to the Galaxy revamped the combat rules to include such a chart. Possibly where Alternity got theirs.