5d6 Hero

[Thrakazog]

Re: 5d6 Hero

 

What's the practical reult of moving to 5d6? Would you need to adjust the differential value between cv's? Assume 8 OCV targeting 7 DCV. I need a twelve or less on 3d6 to hit. I need a 19 or less to hit on 5d6. Are they truly equivalent chances to hit?

[Gary]

Re: 5d6 Hero

 

What's the practical reult of moving to 5d6? Would you need to adjust the differential value between cv's? Assume 8 OCV targeting 7 DCV. I need a twelve or less on 3d6 to hit. I need a 19 or less to hit on 5d6. Are they truly equivalent chances to hit?

 

Not completely equivalent, but reasonably close. 74.1% vs 69.5%. It's the 3rd chart in the first post of this thread.

[Dust Raven]

Re: 5d6 Hero

 

An interesting concept. I don't see much in the way of only a little change though. I see larger changes. Especially when attack at range or applying time modifiers. Telescopic and DCV Levels are now worth less (or rather, have less effect for the same cost). Maneuver modifiers have less effect as well it seems.

[PhilFleischmann]

Re: 5d6 Hero

 

I like it. I've wanted to increase the granularity of attack rolls (and skill rolls) for a while. I think there is a little too much gained with OCV/DCV differences relative to the value of Defenses. If your OCV is 3 more than your opponent's DCV, you've got better than 90% chance of hitting. And if your opponent's OCV is three less than your DCV, he's got only about a 25% chance of hitting you. So you hit him 9 times out of 10, and he hits you 1 time out of 4. How much more DEF does he need to make up for that? Let's say you're both using 12d6 attacks, and the lower-CV guy has 30 DEF and the higher CV guy has 10 DEF. The lower-CV guy then takes 12 STUN nine times out of ten, that's an average of 10.8 STUN per attack. The higher-CV guy takes 32 STUN once every four attacks, an average of 8 STUN per attack. Assuming they have the same speed, a guy with 10 CV and 10 DEF seems to beat a guy with 7 CV and 30 DEF. But of course, the guy with 10 CV probably has a higher speed as well. A number of people have said that DEX is underpriced - there may be something to that.

 

My proposed method for increasing the ganularity of these rolls (which I have posted before) is to use 3d12 (target number is a nice, round 20), but 5d6 is also an interesting choice. (Or you could use 3d8 or 3d10.)

[Cosmosemeritus]

Re: 5d6 Hero

 

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Haven't worked out the figures, but I suspect that increasing the size of the dice used won't increase granularity in the same manner as increasing the number of dice. I think the distribution will differ. Is such a difference sizeable?

[Gary]

Re: 5d6 Hero

 

Probabilities with 3d8, 3d10, and 3d12.

 

3d6	5d6	3d8	3d10	3d12
-5	9.3%	15.2%	16.4%	22.0%	26.2%
-4	16.2%	22.1%	23.4%	28.3%	31.7%
-3	25.9%	30.5%	31.6%	35.2%	37.6%
-2	37.5%	40.0%	40.6%	42.5%	43.8%
-1	50.0%	50.0%	50.0%	50.0%	50.0%
0	62.5%	60.0%	59.4%	57.5%	56.3%
1	74.1%	69.5%	68.4%	64.8%	62.4%
2	83.8%	77.9%	76.6%	71.7%	68.3%
3	90.7%	84.8%	83.6%	78.0%	73.8%
4	95.4%	90.2%	89.1%	83.5%	78.9%
5	98.1%	94.1%	93.2%	88.0%	83.4%

[CBikle]

Re: 5d6 Hero

 

I think this rule will make it harder to play a Daredevil-type character (high OCV and skills; low defenses and damage) as it'll be harder to hit and make skill rolls.