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FAQ: Multiple Actions

As the "Multiple Actions" rules state in the GODLIKE main rulebook (p. 12), any character can attempt to use more than one skill or power in a single round—but at a hefty penalty.

The character must use the lower of the two (or more, if applicable) dice pools involved, then subtract one die from the pool per extra action being attempted. (If you attempt three actions, you lose 2 dice.) If rolling the remaining pool gets more than one match, you can place them on your actions as desired.

Hard Dice and Wiggle Dice can make it much easier to attempt multiple actions, just as they improve ordinary actions, but there are limitations to what they can accomplish.

WHICH POOL TO USE?

If you're choosing between pools of equal size, use the pool with the fewest (or the least effective) special dice. Hard dice are more effective than normal dice, and wiggle dice are more effective than hard dice.

So if you have one skill at 6d and another at 3d+3hd, your pool will be 6d minus the penalty die. If you have one at 3d+3hd and another at 3d+3wd, use 3d+3hd as your pool, minus 1hd as the penalty die.)

 

 

 

 

If the pool with hard dice or wiggle dice is the smallest pool, then that is the pool you use.

For HD or WD to apply, the pool that contains them must be the one being used.

If you have 5d in Drive and 3d+3wd in Hairstyling, you roll the 5d (minus a die for attempting a multiple action) because it's the lowest dice pool of the actions being attempted.

Example: Late for class at the Tolliver School, Mandy splits her action between Drive (7d) and Hairstyling (3d+3hd). She uses the Hairstyling pool (minus a die) even though 3d+3hd is more effective than 7d.

WHICH DIE
GETS DROPPED?

If you are using a pool with hard dice, the die you lose must be a hard die. If you are using a pool with wiggle dice, however, you can drop a normal die instead.

If your pool has all three kinds of dice, then you drop hard dice first, then normal dice (if you run out of hard dice to drop), then finally wiggle dice if that's all you have left.

 

Example: Mandy, rolling a pool of 3d+3hd, must drop a hard die for 3d+2hd. If she was rolling 3d+3wd, she would drop a normal die instead for 2d+3wd.

WHICH ACTIONS SUCCEED?

If you get a single match with a multiple action using hard dice or wiggle dice, the skill or stat or power using the special dice must be the one that succeeds.

If you get multiple matches, you can place them wherever you like.

Example: Mandy rolls her 3d+2hd pool for 5, 4, 2, 10, and 10: one match. She must place the success on Hairstyling, since it is the pool with the hard dice.

The next round, she lucks out with 10, 10, 2, 10, and 10! She splits the 10s for two sets of 2x10 each, one on Drive and one on Hairstyling. Mandy pulls into the school almost on time and looking sharp.