Dice rolling is loosely based upon the Star Wars (TM)

system. A skill is rated with a 'D' value that may or

may not also have a '+' value trailing it. When 

rolling that skill, the player or GM takes a number 

of 6-sided dice equal to the 'D' value (the number

preceding the 'D') and adds the '+' value directly to

it. Thus, if the skill value is '3D+1' the player

rolls 3 6-sided dice and adds 1 to the result.



This is complicated by use of the 'wild' die. The

wild die can drastically affect dice rolls for better

or worse. Designate 1 die out of every roll to be the

wild die (if you're only rolling 1 die, it is 

automatically the wild die). Make sure that it is

different from the rest so you can tell which one it

is. Classically, it has been black, but other popular

ones have included a black one with a skull instead 

of a 1 (for reasons we'll see below), a radically

different colored die, a die with music notes, or 

even a die with a squirrel as the 1.



If the wild die rolls a 6, add a 6 to the total and

then roll the wild die again, adding that number 

ALSO to the total. This is known as a success.

If the wild die rolls a 1, subtract the highest rolled

die from the total and then roll the wild die again, 

BUT DO NOT add that number to the total. This is known 

as a botch.



Successes and botches cancel each other out. So, if a

6 was rolled on the wild die, and then a 1, that would

cancel out the +6 given by the success. Also, if a 1

is rolled on the wild die, then a 6, the highest die

would NOT be subtracted. In all cases, the wild die

MUST be rerolled, keeping an account of the number of

successes and botches, until a number that is not a 1

or a 6 comes up on the die.



Let's do an example.

we roll 3D. We get:

3

4

1 --wild

This is a botch. Next, we reroll the wild die. IF the 

wild die is a 2,3,4, or 5, we discard the wild die AND 

THE HIGHEST NON-WILD DIE ROLLED. In this case, we would

discard the 4, and get a total of 3. IF we rolled a 1

on the wild die, we would also subtract the 3 and keep

rolling. BUT, if we rolled a 6, we would cancel the 

botch (allowing us to keep the 4) and we would roll the

wild die again. Note that the success cancels only 1

botch. If we were to roll 1,1,6,5 in sequence on the

wild die, that would still be a botch, because the 6

only cancels one of the botches. Likewise, if we rolled

6,6,1,5, we'd still accrue 1 success, because the 

botch only cancels 1 success. Also, we'd get to add the

5, for a total of +11 to the other dice rolled.



Another example.

we roll 3D. We get:

3

6

1 --wild

reroll wild

1 --wild

reroll wild

3

We have 2 botches and no successes. This means that we

discard the wild die, AS WELL AS the TWO highest dice

rolled, which in this case is both dice. Thus, the 

total is zero, which is (needless to say) bad. You 

cannot botch enough to get a negative value. However,

if you botch more than you have dice to discard, this

may result in unpleasant affects. If you are rolling

initiative and botch for 2 more dice than you have,

you may not go that round. Generally, botching results

in horrible consequences and may cause character death.



Another example.

we roll 3D. We get:

3

6

6 --wild

reroll wild

6 --wild

reroll wild

3

The other side of the coin. We have 2 successes, which

are worth +6 each, for a total of +12. we also add the

3, which results in a +15 modifier to the roll, for a

total of 24. Note also that if we were attacking

something, we would have critically hit it (at least

1/3 of the dice rolled must be a 6, minimum of 3 6's).

That would be assuming that we'd even hit it--high

dexterities can evade a roll of 24.



If 1/3 of the dice rolled are 6's this is a critical

success--something good happens. If 1/3 of the dice

rolled are 1's, this is a critical botch. Something

bad happens.