Re: [DL] dice-o-rama

[TobyAkers@aol.com]

Remember that an easy tn is 3 and fair is 5.  This means that the 1d4 char. 
will fail at the simplist of tasks, and the 1d12 or even 1d10 will succeed at 
the fair ones.  Besides these charecters are likely to be rolling more than 
one die, which when combined with the chance to ace a die roll really messes 
with averages.  There's a big difference in acing a d4 and acing a d12.  That 
being said I certainly don't find the system unrealistic.

In a message dated 8/29/01 11:55:02 PM US Mountain Standard Time, 
spiritmast@globaldialog.com writes:

<< For character stats you mean?  I disagree.  The average roll for a d4
 (ignoring aces) is 2.5, the average roll for a d12 is 6.5, for a
 difference of 4.  Now, considering that it normally takes 5 points (one
 raise) to do signaficantly better, on average, a person with a d12 in a
 stat, won't do significantly better than a person with a d4.  Which,
 IMHO, is about right.
  >>