Dialogue checks

Disco Elysium: a dice roll succeeds and Visual Calculus explains traces of an incident.The dice result is confirmed as a successSuccess reveals a new deduction in the dialogue
Disco ElysiumA successful check reveals a deduction
  1. The dice result is confirmed as a success
  2. Success reveals a new deduction in the dialogue
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A reply’s outcome depends on abilities, conditions or a random roll. A check turns the player’s intention into success, failure and the next conversation state.

Design tips

  • Show what determines the chance of each outcome.
  • Failure can continue the scene with new consequences.

Examples