Botch

A botch is a disastrous failure at an attempted action. It is a feature of the Storyteller and Revised Storyteller systems.

In the original Storyteller System, a botch occurred when a character rolled more 1s than successes on a roll. This actually made botches more likely for characters with large dice pools when the difficulty of the roll was high. In the Revised Storyteller System, this was changed so that a botch only occurred when a roll garnered at least one 1 and no successes at all. This botch mechanic was used in the Revised Edition games using the Storyteller System.

The Storytelling System equivalent of a botch is a dramatic failure.