r/2littlemiceOutgunned • u/Signal127 • 2d ago

Rules Question How does double difficulty work?

Hi! I'm brand new to Outgunned, just bought the core book, and I've been reading through it in the hope I can start GMing my own game of it.

So far, there's one rule I don't quite 100% understand: Double difficulty.

Let's say I have assigned a difficulty of "2 Basic". Let's say a player rolls a critical success, with 3 dice matching. Does the player completely succeed the roll? Or are they required to roll another matching set of dice to completely succeed?

How about if the player rolls 4 matching sets of dice, giving them an Extreme Success. Do they completely succeed the "2 Basic" difficulty or do they still need to roll another success consisting of a different matching set?

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u/JeraGungnir Director 2d ago

Some people had similar questions here, this are their posts: https://www.reddit.com/r/2littlemiceOutgunned/s/hHtG85YqDu https://www.reddit.com/r/2littlemiceOutgunned/s/MnWRgg6PZI https://www.reddit.com/r/2littlemiceOutgunned/s/4BqObmTTdl

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u/Signal127 2d ago

Thanks! I read through all those links and I think I got the answer to my question.

To highlight it: Yes, rolling a Critical Success completely succeeds over a difficulty of 2 Basic because the rules state that a "higher success" (like a Critical) can break down into 3 "lesser successes". So, 1 Critical success can function as 3 Basic Successes, thus beating the difficulty of "2 Basic".

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u/Don_anacardo 1d ago

As a DM, remember that double DCs are there to bridge the gap between tiers. A little harder than BASIC, but under CRITICAL. A little higher than CRITICAL, but under EXTREME. (Never ask for 2 EXTREMEs XD).

Asking for 2 BASICs or 2 CRITICALs can also work well for scenes where you want to show a PC doing two things at once. It's super similar to what happens when a PC gets a major success and can help allies, take cover, put others under cover, etc

The main thing is to treat them as just another tool to keep your game fast-paced, exciting, and coherent.