A "Whiteboard" Mechanic I've been Contemplating

[Legbreaker]

Originally Posted by swaghauler

Situation 1: A comrade has stepped on a mine. The character is attempting to disarm the mine. His EOD Skill is 4.

Small point. If somebody steps on a mine, it WILL go bang.
There's no "if's", "buts", "maybes" or delays. It WILL go BOOM!
If for some reason it doesn't immediately detonate, almost nothing will make it go off - it's either fake, a dud, or an AT mine and the person wasn't heavy enough to trigger it in the first place.

Originally Posted by swaghauler

I haven't used it yet but I feel it would add another dimension to task rolls. My biggest concern is that it would "complicate" Skill rolls too much.

Seems to me the Outstanding Success/Catastrophic Failure mechanism already covers this.