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Jan 29th, '09, 03:00 AM
Just a 2 cents idea.
Have you ever try or think about using Earthdawn rolls in HERO ?
It could be fun, for instance for an explosive High Fantasy campaign (====> just for the fun of it)
As you may know, in Earthdawn it works this way =>
step/roll
1/1d4-2 (min: 1)
2/1d4-1 (min: 1)
3/1d4
4/1d6
5/1d8
6/1d10
7/1d12
8/2d6
9/1d8+1d6
10/1d10+1d6
11/1d10+1d8
12/2d10
........
15/1d20+1d6
.......
20/1d20+1d8+1d6
........
25/1d20+1d10+1d8+1d4
........
30/1d20+1d10+1d8+1d6+1d6
.........
35/1d20+1d12+1d10+1d10+1d8
..........
40/2d20+1d12+1d10+1d8
"1" on every die = pathetic result.
Maximum result on any dice = reroll this dice and add (open-ended)
For instance:
Step 18 = 1d20+1d12
d20 : 20 -> 13
d12: 12 -> 12 -> 4
Total: 61 (!)
The average result = the step.
Even a very high step may roll a very low result.
Even a very low step may roll a very high result.
In Hero we may directly convert Rolls- to Steps and roll versus a 10(+modifiers) target.
Roll 6- = Step 6 = 1d10 =====> 10 % versus 10 or better
Roll 8- = Step 8 = 2d6 =====> 30% versus 10 or better
Roll 11- = Step 11 = 1d10+1d8 =====> 56 % chance versus 10 or better (6% less than with 3d6...)
Roll 18- = Step 18 = 1d20+1d12 =======>85 % chance versus 10 or better
To convert OCV to Step : add +11.
Ex: OCV 3 => Step 14
OCV 0 => Step 11.
DCV(+10) are to be seen as straight Target Numbers (DCV work like modifiers)
Ex:
OCV 4 vs DCV 5 =====> Step 15 vs target number 15
For information:
at Step 11 (1d10+1d8) (on 1000000 rolls)
# Result ------- Proba ----------- Chance to roll equal or better
# 2 ----------- 1,2549% ----------- 100%
# 3 ----------- 2,4614% ----------- 98,7451%
# 4 ----------- 3,7117% ----------- 96,2837%
# 5 ----------- 5,0053% ----------- 92,572%
# 6 ----------- 6,2604% ----------- 87,5667%
# 7 ----------- 7,5186% ----------- 81,3063%
# 8 ----------- 8,7658% ----------- 73,7877%
# 9 ----------- 8,7847% ----------- 65,0219%
# 10 ----------- 8,8815% ----------- 56,2372%
# 11 ----------- 7,8204% ----------- 47,3557%
# 12 ----------- 6,8347% ----------- 39,5353%
# 13 ----------- 5,863% ----------- 32,7006%
# 14 ----------- 4,8956% ----------- 26,8376%
# 15 ----------- 3,8994% ----------- 21,942%
# 16 ----------- 2,9797% ----------- 18,0426%
# 17 ----------- 1,8505% ----------- 15,0629%
# 18 ----------- 1,9981% ----------- 13,2124%
# 19 ----------- 1,8671% ----------- 11,2143%
# 20 ----------- 1,7161% ----------- 9,34720000000002%
# 21 ----------- 1,4834% ----------- 7,63110000000002%
# 22 ----------- 1,2586% ----------- 6,14770000000001%
# 23 ----------- 1,0316% ----------- 4,88910000000001%
# 24 ----------- 0,7892% ----------- 3,85750000000002%
# 25 ----------- 0,5298% ----------- 3,06830000000002%
# 26 ----------- 0,4292% ----------- 2,53850000000003%
# 27 ----------- 0,3042% ----------- 2,10930000000003%
# 28 ----------- 0,3012% ----------- 1,80510000000004%
# 29 ----------- 0,2822% ----------- 1,50390000000004%
# 30 ----------- 0,2483% ----------- 1,22170000000004%
# 31 ----------- 0,2053% ----------- 0,973400000000041%
# 32 ----------- 0,1652% ----------- 0,768100000000047%
# 33 ----------- 0,1229% ----------- 0,602900000000048%
# 34 ----------- 0,0983% ----------- 0,480000000000047%
# 35 ----------- 0,0727% ----------- 0,381700000000052%
# 36 ----------- 0,0552% ----------- 0,309000000000054%
# 37 ----------- 0,0411% ----------- 0,253800000000055%
# 38 ----------- 0,0405% ----------- 0,212700000000055%
# 39 ----------- 0,0313% ----------- 0,172200000000061%
# 40 ----------- 0,0297% ----------- 0,140900000000059%
# 41 ----------- 0,0232% ----------- 0,111200000000053%
# 42 ----------- 0,0207% ----------- 0,0880000000000507%
# 43 ----------- 0,0115% ----------- 0,0673000000000457%
# 44 ----------- 0,0107% ----------- 0,0558000000000476%
# 45 ----------- 0,0073% ----------- 0,0451000000000477%
# 46 ----------- 0,0068% ----------- 0,0378000000000469%
# 47 ----------- 0,0047% ----------- 0,0310000000000485%
# 48 ----------- 0,0052% ----------- 0,0263000000000488%
# 49 ----------- 0,004% ----------- 0,0211000000000467%
# 50 ----------- 0,0028% ----------- 0,0171000000000419%
# 51 ----------- 0,0029% ----------- 0,0143000000000484%
# 52 ----------- 0,0017% ----------- 0,0114000000000516%
# 53 ----------- 0,0014% ----------- 0,009700000000052%
# 54 ----------- 0,0017% ----------- 0,00830000000004816%
# 55 ----------- 0,0012% ----------- 0,00660000000004857%
# 56 ----------- 0,0004% ----------- 0,00540000000005136%
# 57 ----------- 0,0012% ----------- 0,0050000000000523%
# 58 ----------- 0,0003% ----------- 0,00380000000005509%
# 59 ----------- 0,0006% ----------- 0,00350000000005934%
# 60 ----------- 0,0004% ----------- 0,00290000000005364%
# 61 ----------- 0,0005% ----------- 0,00250000000005457%
# 62 ----------- 0,0004% ----------- 0,00200000000005218%
# 63 ----------- 0,0005% ----------- 0,00160000000005311%
# 64 ----------- 0,0001% ----------- 0,00110000000005073%
# 66 ----------- 0,0001% ----------- 0,00100000000004741%
# 67 ----------- 0,0002% ----------- 0,000900000000044088%
# 68 ----------- 0,0001% ----------- 0,000700000000037448%
# 69 ----------- 0,0002% ----------- 0,000600000000034129%
# 70 ----------- 0,0002% ----------- 0,000400000000027489%
# 75 ----------- 0,0001% ----------- 0,00020000000002085%
# 86 ----------- 0,0001% ----------- 0,000100000000017531%
Have you ever try or think about using Earthdawn rolls in HERO ?
It could be fun, for instance for an explosive High Fantasy campaign (====> just for the fun of it)
As you may know, in Earthdawn it works this way =>
step/roll
1/1d4-2 (min: 1)
2/1d4-1 (min: 1)
3/1d4
4/1d6
5/1d8
6/1d10
7/1d12
8/2d6
9/1d8+1d6
10/1d10+1d6
11/1d10+1d8
12/2d10
........
15/1d20+1d6
.......
20/1d20+1d8+1d6
........
25/1d20+1d10+1d8+1d4
........
30/1d20+1d10+1d8+1d6+1d6
.........
35/1d20+1d12+1d10+1d10+1d8
..........
40/2d20+1d12+1d10+1d8
"1" on every die = pathetic result.
Maximum result on any dice = reroll this dice and add (open-ended)
For instance:
Step 18 = 1d20+1d12
d20 : 20 -> 13
d12: 12 -> 12 -> 4
Total: 61 (!)
The average result = the step.
Even a very high step may roll a very low result.
Even a very low step may roll a very high result.
In Hero we may directly convert Rolls- to Steps and roll versus a 10(+modifiers) target.
Roll 6- = Step 6 = 1d10 =====> 10 % versus 10 or better
Roll 8- = Step 8 = 2d6 =====> 30% versus 10 or better
Roll 11- = Step 11 = 1d10+1d8 =====> 56 % chance versus 10 or better (6% less than with 3d6...)
Roll 18- = Step 18 = 1d20+1d12 =======>85 % chance versus 10 or better
To convert OCV to Step : add +11.
Ex: OCV 3 => Step 14
OCV 0 => Step 11.
DCV(+10) are to be seen as straight Target Numbers (DCV work like modifiers)
Ex:
OCV 4 vs DCV 5 =====> Step 15 vs target number 15
For information:
at Step 11 (1d10+1d8) (on 1000000 rolls)
# Result ------- Proba ----------- Chance to roll equal or better
# 2 ----------- 1,2549% ----------- 100%
# 3 ----------- 2,4614% ----------- 98,7451%
# 4 ----------- 3,7117% ----------- 96,2837%
# 5 ----------- 5,0053% ----------- 92,572%
# 6 ----------- 6,2604% ----------- 87,5667%
# 7 ----------- 7,5186% ----------- 81,3063%
# 8 ----------- 8,7658% ----------- 73,7877%
# 9 ----------- 8,7847% ----------- 65,0219%
# 10 ----------- 8,8815% ----------- 56,2372%
# 11 ----------- 7,8204% ----------- 47,3557%
# 12 ----------- 6,8347% ----------- 39,5353%
# 13 ----------- 5,863% ----------- 32,7006%
# 14 ----------- 4,8956% ----------- 26,8376%
# 15 ----------- 3,8994% ----------- 21,942%
# 16 ----------- 2,9797% ----------- 18,0426%
# 17 ----------- 1,8505% ----------- 15,0629%
# 18 ----------- 1,9981% ----------- 13,2124%
# 19 ----------- 1,8671% ----------- 11,2143%
# 20 ----------- 1,7161% ----------- 9,34720000000002%
# 21 ----------- 1,4834% ----------- 7,63110000000002%
# 22 ----------- 1,2586% ----------- 6,14770000000001%
# 23 ----------- 1,0316% ----------- 4,88910000000001%
# 24 ----------- 0,7892% ----------- 3,85750000000002%
# 25 ----------- 0,5298% ----------- 3,06830000000002%
# 26 ----------- 0,4292% ----------- 2,53850000000003%
# 27 ----------- 0,3042% ----------- 2,10930000000003%
# 28 ----------- 0,3012% ----------- 1,80510000000004%
# 29 ----------- 0,2822% ----------- 1,50390000000004%
# 30 ----------- 0,2483% ----------- 1,22170000000004%
# 31 ----------- 0,2053% ----------- 0,973400000000041%
# 32 ----------- 0,1652% ----------- 0,768100000000047%
# 33 ----------- 0,1229% ----------- 0,602900000000048%
# 34 ----------- 0,0983% ----------- 0,480000000000047%
# 35 ----------- 0,0727% ----------- 0,381700000000052%
# 36 ----------- 0,0552% ----------- 0,309000000000054%
# 37 ----------- 0,0411% ----------- 0,253800000000055%
# 38 ----------- 0,0405% ----------- 0,212700000000055%
# 39 ----------- 0,0313% ----------- 0,172200000000061%
# 40 ----------- 0,0297% ----------- 0,140900000000059%
# 41 ----------- 0,0232% ----------- 0,111200000000053%
# 42 ----------- 0,0207% ----------- 0,0880000000000507%
# 43 ----------- 0,0115% ----------- 0,0673000000000457%
# 44 ----------- 0,0107% ----------- 0,0558000000000476%
# 45 ----------- 0,0073% ----------- 0,0451000000000477%
# 46 ----------- 0,0068% ----------- 0,0378000000000469%
# 47 ----------- 0,0047% ----------- 0,0310000000000485%
# 48 ----------- 0,0052% ----------- 0,0263000000000488%
# 49 ----------- 0,004% ----------- 0,0211000000000467%
# 50 ----------- 0,0028% ----------- 0,0171000000000419%
# 51 ----------- 0,0029% ----------- 0,0143000000000484%
# 52 ----------- 0,0017% ----------- 0,0114000000000516%
# 53 ----------- 0,0014% ----------- 0,009700000000052%
# 54 ----------- 0,0017% ----------- 0,00830000000004816%
# 55 ----------- 0,0012% ----------- 0,00660000000004857%
# 56 ----------- 0,0004% ----------- 0,00540000000005136%
# 57 ----------- 0,0012% ----------- 0,0050000000000523%
# 58 ----------- 0,0003% ----------- 0,00380000000005509%
# 59 ----------- 0,0006% ----------- 0,00350000000005934%
# 60 ----------- 0,0004% ----------- 0,00290000000005364%
# 61 ----------- 0,0005% ----------- 0,00250000000005457%
# 62 ----------- 0,0004% ----------- 0,00200000000005218%
# 63 ----------- 0,0005% ----------- 0,00160000000005311%
# 64 ----------- 0,0001% ----------- 0,00110000000005073%
# 66 ----------- 0,0001% ----------- 0,00100000000004741%
# 67 ----------- 0,0002% ----------- 0,000900000000044088%
# 68 ----------- 0,0001% ----------- 0,000700000000037448%
# 69 ----------- 0,0002% ----------- 0,000600000000034129%
# 70 ----------- 0,0002% ----------- 0,000400000000027489%
# 75 ----------- 0,0001% ----------- 0,00020000000002085%
# 86 ----------- 0,0001% ----------- 0,000100000000017531%