Editing FANGS: Using Skills (section)

==The Skill Check==

In order for your character to succeed in a skill, roll a 20-sided die (abbreviated 'd20') and add your character's skill plus any bonuses, penalties and difficulty modifiers-- if the total is greater than or equal to 20, then your character has succeeded in his Skill Check. 

It is possible to have a skill greater than 20, but this does not mean that your character automatically succeeds. (See the sections on Skill Modifiers, Failure & Fumbles below.) 

:Example: ''If Gru wishes to climb a tree, you would roll against his Climb skill. Gru's ability to climb is 9, a low average. Thus if you rolled an 11 or greater, adding the skill of 9, Gru would succeed in climbing the tree.

A Skill Check under 20 means that Gru did not succeed -- however, lack of success with a roll less then 20 does not mean that Gru failed! (See the sections on Failure & Fumbles below.) ''