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If a test has a required number of successes, do extra successes matter, and does a partial result reduce the penalty?

The rulebook covers this, and forum replies agree.

  • The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth rulebook · Rulebook · Using Successes
  • thorbot · Community · 2025-09-22
  • Pantheiros · Community · 2025-09-22
  • Birdman137 · Community · 2022-03-18
  • mil05006 · Community · 2022-03-18

No. A test with a target number is pass or fail, and surplus successes have no effect. A failed test with a fixed penalty costs the full penalty even if you were one success short. Tests that count successes, such as negate, are different: each success negates one damage or fear.

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