Nuclear Beasts

Dice Summing

Here's a thought, if we did want to use a Savage Worlds-like roll just one stat system.

d4 < d6 < d8 < d10 < d12 < d10+d4 < d12+d4 < d12+d6 < d12+d8, etc.

Here when you have multiple dice, the results really are added together.

Alternately...

d4 < d6 < d8 < d10 < d12 < d12+1 < d12+d4 < d12+d6, etc.

Both of these are slightly off of the expected +1 average per step. d10+d4 is average 5.5+2.5 = 8.0 instead of 7.5. d12+d4 is 9.0 instead of 8.5. But both would be doable if I wanted to.

Of course, that system would probably require you to roll stuff separately and take the highest, rather than summing all dice together. So if you wanted to combine stuff, it would be more like, "Roll your highest rating. If that comes out to less than the max of the next highest rating-that-applies, roll it too and use the highest. Keep going until you run out of ratings-that-apply or you can't possibly beat your result."

Posted by Kiz at June 8, 2004 04:23 AM