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Re: general gaming Q: multiple dice vs. die+bonuses
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lugnet.gaming
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Sun, 6 Jan 2008 00:49:26 GMT
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In lugnet.gaming, Joe Strout wrote:
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But these considerations are all pretty academic -- you guys are actually out
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there in the trenches; what’s your view?
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Wow. I opened this thread expecting to defend the 1d6+A option, but Dave
presents a convincing argument for the Ad6. Even with an opposing defense roll
(with a defense value also 1-4), a ship with defense 1 would (with a 1-6 range)
dodge once in a rare while.
Though I’m used to the d+bonus from other experience, I can see how the Ad6 plan
could work. And if I read correctly you would not end up in the scary scenario
of 9d6 or 90d6 because your stats are likely to be only 1-4...? The stat of the
ship is how many you throw. You get to learn your addition from there (good for
kids!).
If you did not have the opposing defense roll, I might feel differently, because
one advantage of d+bonus is that it creates a creeping advantage on results
charts. Also, (such as in d20 role playing games), the d+bonus allows a slow
development of stats (such as character skills) over time. If your game needs a
ship to slowly improve in small ways, again this option might be better. But
you mention nothing like that, so I am swayed to side with Dave.
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Incidentally, the larger plan is for both attacker and defender to roll,
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using whichever scheme is chosen, and consider the attack to have succeeded
if its roll is equal to or greater than the defense roll. In that case, the
defender takes one point of damage. There are also “special damage” >and
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“special failure” tables that are invoked when a successful attack rolled >a
natural 6, or a failed attack rolled a natural 1; these are special effects
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like more damage, loss of an attachment, or changing a ship’s heading. Any
feedback on this general scheme would also be also appreciated.
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I’m a fan of critical hit and critical failure rolls and charts. I just find
them fun. Keep in mind that with d6’s, you’d see a higher number of natural
lows and highs though, so perhaps the result of a critical might be impressive,
but not immediately deadly or game-altering.
Good to see you are continuing with this idea!
-Hendo
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 | | Re: general gaming Q: multiple dice vs. die+bonuses
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| (...) Another difference is that there's a large variance in Ad6, and very little variance in 1d6+A. With A=4 (for instance) you get Ad6 resulting between 4 and 24, which is a huge range. With 1d6+A, you get between 5 and 10. For that reason, I'd (...) (16 years ago, 19-Dec-07, to lugnet.gaming, FTX)
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