The Number Is Already There
You roll percentile. If you roll equal to or under the number on the sheet, it works. Over, it doesn’t. You already wrote that number down when you made the character, or the last time a level ticked and a skill got a little better. You are not sitting there inventing a challenge rating because the room feels tense. You are not negotiating a DC with the table. The book printed the chance. Roll under it. That is most of the skill system. The list is the same whether you opened Palladium Fantasy, Heroes Unlimited, Ninjas & Superspies, Nightbane, Dead Reign, or Beyond the Supernatural. A lock is still a lock. Climbing is still climbing. You learn the sheet once. When the book changes, the fiction changes. The d100 stays put. I keep running into people who come off 5E and expect a little menu here too. The skill is a proficiency. The scene gets a number. Somebody can argue the modifier. The whole thing turns into a short negotiation about how hard the moment should feel. Palladium does...