So what happens if you succeed in the 99 roll (spoilers)

[Muado 93]

When trying to control the mother brain there is a roll condition of getting a 99, which I doubt is possible.

But with the power of WeMod and various other cheat engines we can actually achieve such a roll. So what happens when you hit 99? Does the mother brain call you a cheater?

[Lord Adorable]

It says you succeed but otherwise plays out the same.
Probably the only time in the game where success dosn't mean you win.

[Cat]

You still fail as it's not meant to be passable. Which contradicts the rule of nat 20, but it is what it is. There is no way to roll a 99.

[Naamtar]

Really only need to roll a Nat 20 to succeed it. Keep reloading until you do and find out for yourself. A Critical Success is a successful roll no matter what.

[Settings]

20 is auto win. You don't need 99, you need a nat 20.

[Gingermonkey]

Theres actually a video on youtube of it. You can "succeed" as it is now with a nat 20, but you are still beaten by it

[把光荣属于俄罗斯]

nothing - with critical success roll (20) you still gonna fail the check. I think its just massive trolling from devs to save/load crowd.

Still - swen lied - failed check in 99% cases wont lead to interesting and new content - you jsut gonna lose content or start battle- thats it.

[WOKEGOD]

Same cutscene as when you failed

[jasons073]

I read on reddit that if you get a nat 20, you still have to fight the brain, but that its HP gets reduced 10%

[WOKEGOD]

Originally posted by jasons073:

I read on reddit that if you get a nat 20, you still have to fight the brain, but that its HP gets reduced 10%

I had crit success too and everything is full hp

[Calculus]

Originally posted by Sunricer:

You still fail as it's not meant to be passable. Which contradicts the rule of nat 20, but it is what it is. There is no way to roll a 99.

Rule of nat 20... it's not always respected rule, not with all gms, but usually it's discussed before the campaign... but gms still have their ways of playing around it.

[ragga]

I just googled this as I got a 20 - I assumed getting a 20 there was a scripted event. I actually got 3 x Critical Successes in the Elder Brain beam scene.. just assumed it was supposed to go that way

[berrako]

You can success the 99 roll with a crit, as aleays

If you make it it does the same at the rest of the rolls on that scene: nothing change history or dialogue wise but it get a little less health in the final confrontation

[id795078477]

In this case devs fell into the classic game design trap I hated so much in JRPGs - i.e. "pre-conditioned event", which in those games normally manifests as "the fight you will lose no matter what". So wasting a lot of resources like potions and whatnot in such fights and then losing them "because the boss has the plot armor" was a major letdown. For the 99 roll it's not that bad - just a loss of time, though - so the correct way of designing it is .. surprise! Just remove the roll altogether and make it a single cutscene!

[Nanami]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.