Can you force a Glitch on a Timeworn item?

[Optimistic Cynic]

The rules state that there is a 50% chance of a glitch occurring with a Timeworn item if certain conditions are met. But what if you *want* a glitch to happen? I have a Numerian Scavenger with the trait where you can roll twice on a glitch. In my group we decided that meant I could roll three times on a glitch and take the result I want.

So I kind of *want* glitches to happen. My archetype and trait are based around their manipulation.

Has there any comment on forcing glitches at all? Thanks!

[Karui Kage]

Not by the written rules, no. It has a chance to glitch when specific conditions are met, and that's that. With weapons, your GM might rule that you could automatically trigger a natural 1 when firing, but I'm not sure about the others.

[Optimistic Cynic]

Well, that is a bummer. I mean, there is a whole archetype and a feat that makes you able to modify the glitch roll. But with only a 50% chance of a glitch happening under one of a few situations, it will not use those abilities often.

Ah well. Thanks for the help!

[Misroi]

I think you're looking at this wrong. The archetype isn't about causing glitches and profiting off them. It's about mitigating the glitches when they happen.

I ran some quick numbers on the charts, and on any given rolls on any sort of technological item, there's a 42.25% chance you get something bad, a 16.75% chance you get a result that's both good and bad, an 18.25% chance you get a result that's neither good nor bad, and a 22.75% chance you get a good result. Roughly half the time, you have a bad result, and roughly a quarter of the time, you have a good result. With a single reroll, you more or less halve the bad result chance and double the good result chance, flip-flopping the averages. That's probably why there's no "cause a glitch" mechanic - it'd be a bit overpowering.