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-2 circumstance penalty (or+2 to DC).
"One handy rule to keep under your belt is the Fiat Rule—simply grant a player a +2 or a –2 bonus or penalty to a die roll if no one at the table is precisely sure how a situation might be handled by the rules." CRB 403.
Ajaxis
Thanks for the Fiat Rule. Why is it called this?
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Daryl MacLeod wrote:Probably because it's small & you'll get great mileage with it.Ahhh,*Light bulb turns on over head*
No, it's a proper english word. Maybe it's a little obscure, but it has nothing to do with cars.
Collins English Dictionary:
Fiat
1. official sanction; authoritative permission
2. an arbitrary order or decree
3. Chiefly literary any command, decision, or act of will that brings something about
[from Latin, literally: let it be done, from fierī to become]
Definition 2 is the relevant one.
andrew

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Daryl MacLeod wrote:PS: My comment was made in jest.I know that, I don't think the person who responded to you did. I may be wrong about that.
Just re-read this thread and realized that was where you were coming from. Not sure how I gapped out and missed it the first time through.