Will Rolls

When you are faced with a stressful
situation or a distraction, the GM may
require you to roll against your Will to
stay focused. On a success, you may
act normally. On a failure, you submit
to the fear, give in to the pressure, are
distracted from your task, etc.
The effects of a failed Will roll in a
stressful situation are often identical
to those of a failed self-control roll for
a mental disadvantage. This does not
make Will rolls and self-control rolls
interchangeable. Which kind of roll
you must make depends on the cause
of the stress, not on its effects.
If a game-world event causes nega-
tive effects (distraction, stunning, etc.)
for anyone who fails a Will roll, you
roll against Will just like anyone else –
even if your self-control roll to resist
identical effects from a mental disad-
vantage would be easier or harder.
If a mental disadvantage causes a
negative effect on a failed self-control
roll, you roll against your self-control
number to resist – even if your Will
roll to avoid that same effect under
other circumstances would differ.
However, modifiers to self-control
rolls and Will rolls to resist a particu-
lar effect are usually interchangeable.
For instance, a drug that gives +2 to
Will rolls to resist distraction would
also give +2 to self-control rolls to
resist disadvantages that result in dis-
traction.