Tedology Posted March 5, 2020 Report Share Posted March 5, 2020 Hello all, I'm wondering if anybody uses a dice (randomizing) app instead of actual dice when playing Champions. Seems like it could save room/time. Don't get me wrong, I love rolling dice, but I'm just curious if anybody goes 'new school'. And I'm also wondering if it's truly as random as with good ol'-fashioned dice. And don't tell @Duke Bushido about this post. I just read how much he loves dice! Duke Bushido 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsatow Posted March 5, 2020 Report Share Posted March 5, 2020 There are a lot of dice rolling apps out there but none that do what I want. The dicenomicon used to be good but the developer mucked it up getting greedy. Tedology 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted March 5, 2020 Report Share Posted March 5, 2020 Herosystem Mobile has a Die Roller that works well. The best Die Roller though is probably the one in Brenall's Tabletop Simulator Module for Hero system that he's working on, as it's physics based, so it's probably more random that the pseudo-random number generators. His also calculates body and stun. Tedology 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedology Posted March 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2020 20 minutes ago, Scott Ruggels said: Herosystem Mobile has a Die Roller that works well. The best Die Roller though is probably the one in Brenall's Tabletop Simulator Module for Hero system that he's working on, as it's physics based, so it's probably more random that the pseudo-random number generators. His also calculates body and stun. Thank you, @Scott Ruggels. I'll have to look for that. I appreciate your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted March 5, 2020 Report Share Posted March 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Tedology said: Thank you, @Scott Ruggels. I'll have to look for that. I appreciate your help! Welcome. Look for references in Other Software in these forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnome BODY (important!) Posted March 5, 2020 Report Share Posted March 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Scott Ruggels said: Herosystem Mobile has a Die Roller that works well. The best Die Roller though is probably the one in Brenall's Tabletop Simulator Module for Hero system that he's working on, as it's physics based, so it's probably more random that the pseudo-random number generators. His also calculates body and stun. Being "physics based" doesn't make something "more random" unless it's using a better source of randomness than a PRNG. It might make it less random, if players have tight control over how they throw the dice. If you want really random you need a TRNG, like random.org. Lee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaon Posted March 6, 2020 Report Share Posted March 6, 2020 I made my own in Google sheets. Change the value of A1 (or any empty cell) to reroll. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jYsdakt1gEeXQlRUjpb4BW1kFeQF6zbqWouW9Vzsbbk/edit?usp=sharing Tedology 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted March 6, 2020 Report Share Posted March 6, 2020 Posted in the past, but the Die Roller from HERO Central: dieRoller.html Instructions included onscreen. As far as TRNG vs PRNG, PRNG is all you need -- you're not dealing with cryptography, you're mimicking dice. Dice are not a source of random numbers....they're not even a good replacement for a PRNG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedology Posted March 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2020 Thanks very much for all the help and input, everybody! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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