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I'm glad this is not a face-to-face conversation, or I'd have to point out that this is all wrong. A d30 averages a 15.5 result. A d20+d10 averages a 16. And none of the 'suggestions' work.

~whew~ Glad it's just a forum!

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Here Be DCC Monsters...

General Yoros, Warrior, Str 13, Agl 8 (10), Stm 17, Per 13, Int 11, Lck 8; Law, HP 39, AC 17, R+2, F+4, W+2, band/shld, warhammer, longsword, longbow, pitchfork

Han Dee, (Weaver) Neutral Thief, Str 10, Agi 13, Stm 11, Per 11, Int 15, Lck 14, AC 13 (Leather), HP 25, Luck Die d6, Backstab 3, Sneak Silently 10, Hide In Shadows 9, Pick Pocket 10, Climb Sheer 10, Pick Lock 9, Find Trap 9, Disable Trap 9, Forge Doc 10, Disguise 3, Read Lang 5, Handle Poison 3, Cast Scroll d14+2, birth augur (Born under the loom) +1 to all skill checks (including thief skills), Banepicks (auto pick lock/disable trap, but lose 1d3 random ability loss, if a 3 then 1 pt is perm)

Yea I checked weeks ago and didn't bother to recheck when posting.

Don't stress over it. Lots of folks get probabilites messed up. Heck, I've posted some stuff in a hurry myself, then later did the "head-slap" thing and wondered what I was thinking when I posted it.

In general, any time you add dice together you get an uneven probability curve.

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DCC RPG playtester 2011, C&C playtester 2003,T&T since 2003,
ADRP Since 1993, OD&D player since 1975

"The worthy GM never purposely kills players' PCs, He presents opportunities for the rash and unthinking players to do that all on their own."
-- Gary Gygax
"Don't ask me what you need to hit. Just roll the die and I will let you know!"
-- Dave Arneson

Here is my solution to the dice issue.

Use a permanent marker to 'connect the dots' on standard issue casino D6 dice. You can create 3 types of dice:

D3: for standard D3 rolls

D0-2: for D24, D26, and D28

D0-1: for D14, D16 and D18. You can also use the D0-1 as a modifier die with the 1 indicating +1 or -1 as required for D5, D7 or D9.

See the attached image.

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This was a nice idea for getting a d3... but the suggestions at the bottom are absolutely wrong.
How can you think of rolling a d24 by rollin a d0-2 ALONGSIDE a d4?
That would only create 01, 02, 03, 04 , 11, 12, 13, 14, 21, 22, 23, 24.
The correct use for a D0-2 (or any other d0-X) is as a control die.
For a d24 you can roll
(12 * d0-1) +d12
or
(8 * d0-2) +d8

This works exactly as the D%, which is
(10* d0-9) + d0-9

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Doh! I'm an idiot.

And thank you for correcting me! Your method is great!

G

Don't worry This is what the forums are for...!
Otherwise we would all try our (often dumb) houserules in our games, messing everything up!

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He obviously meant a d12 renumbered: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2 rolled along with a d20 that was dual numbered: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5/1, 6/2, 7/3, 8/4, 9/1, 10/2, 11/3, 12/4, 13/1, 14/2, 15/3, 16/4, 17/1, 18/2, 19/3, 20/4. (That was annoying to type. )

Or he wanted to roll it with a d10 to make a d30.


What I want to know is why the d3 uses angled lines over the 5-pip face but backward E over the 6-pip face. Would backward E look more consistent on both dice? Likewise draw the 1 diagonally on the 1-pip face so it looks the same as the 1 drawn on the 3-pip faces. (And is consistent with the 0-1 die.)

..or if you really don't want a d6 numbered 123123
(i just bought one for like 1€..) you can just fill with white paint the extra dots to make the 6 a 3, the 4 a 1, and the 5 a 2... It doesn't look extra-cool but you can clearly see the result you got.

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Switch the 2 and 5 on the D0-1. I do not like those naked pips.

I have considered using a d4, d6, and d8 to simulate the d3, d5, and d7, and if you get the high number (I.e. 4, 6, or then just use the average result instead of re-rolling. It would skew the result slightly to the average but wouldn't change the average.

why would you do that?
It's like having a d5 numbered 1,2,3,3,4,5.... It messes things up!

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Just an easy way to simulate the funky dice without rerolls. It doesn't change the average and skews to the average a little bit.

It skews it by 25%, 16.6%, and 12.5%. That's a lot!

Just throwing out an idea.

Don't worry we weren't criticizing the idea we were pointing out that it's not really a "slight" change...

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You guys just hate me.

Seriously, the d3 and d5 are easy enough to simulate with d6s and d10, but using the d8 to simulate a d7 (with an 8 = 4) wouldn't be that big of a deal. Instead of 14% prob for each number you would have 12.5% for most and 25% for a 4. For a MDoA to succeed the prod would change from 71% to 75%. But I guess we have each had our say so I won't keep beating a dead horse.

*Dead horse's widow sighs with relief*

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I just wanted to say that suggestions in this thread will come really handy when playing with the Beta rules, I especially like the simple conversion of normal casino d6 to d2 and d3.

1. You're right that it probably wouldn't be a big deal.
2. Why mess with the probabilities at all? Just roll the d8 and re-roll all 8's that come up.

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Marv / Finarvyn
DCC Minister of Propaganda; Deputized 6/8/11

DCC RPG playtester 2011, C&C playtester 2003,T&T since 2003,
ADRP Since 1993, OD&D player since 1975

"The worthy GM never purposely kills players' PCs, He presents opportunities for the rash and unthinking players to do that all on their own."
-- Gary Gygax
"Don't ask me what you need to hit. Just roll the die and I will let you know!"
-- Dave Arneson

I imagine rerolls could be annoying.

i don't see them happening too often, since they
1) don't have huge chances (1/6 to say with d5)
2) the dice you're simulating are not widely used: you might have to roll a d5 not more than 3-4 times a session, and that's if the warrior is level 3 and uses it for MDoA

I mean, i hated to roll a d14 or d16 with a d20 rerolling 1/3 or 1/4 of the times! (wasting 19s and 20s!!) but with d7 i wouldnt mind rolling a d8.

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How about trying it first and then you would know for sure if it is annoying or not.

Well I have done rerolling before. In AD&D I would roll a d8 instead of 2d4 (I have always disliked the standard d4) and rerolled ones (yes I know the distribution is totally different but his was when I was young and didn't understand these things yet). The rerolling was annoying but less annoying than d4s.

My 3rd level warriors and dwarves are going to be rolling a d5 more than 3-4 time a session.

I will probably just get the actual dice. I picked up a d30 this weekend from a local game store.