Re: [HOE] Massive Damage ... lookin for a good discussion ...

[Kirt Dankmyer aka Loki <xiombarg@earthlink.net>]

> See previous example.  It is not that it is difficult to calculate, it is
> that there are _more_ calculations to roll.  Math is not relevant here as an
> issue - only the amount of die rolling necessary.  As per previous example,
> a 6d20 damage massive explosion under the old rules requires you to roll...6
> dice.  Period.

Wonderful. I repeat, however, that the sum amount of time for me is about the
same. A touch longer, perhaps, but not enough to be a bother -- certainly not
enough that I've noticed. Now, you can argue that my ability to deal with the
new massive damage system is impossible, but I'm afraid I'd have to differ on
that one. ;)

> Unless you're using a computer and/or some kind of micro for die-rolling
> (you say you're not using a calculator above), I'd be curious to know how
> you roll 6d20 as quick as you roll 80-90 d6/8/10/20s

Hmmm, it seems that you are arguing that.

Ah, so now I'm a liar, yes? I'm just repeating my experience. I have run using
both systems, using ordinary polyhedral dice. I hate to ruin your mathematical
proof with actual experience, but there it lies. In general, over the course
of the combat, it makes little difference to me, time and trouble-wise, which
system is used, especially when we're not talking people at ground zero.
Perhaps it's because the system more closely resembles the ordinary system for
damage, which I already have down pat, and can deal with very quickly.

Perhaps it also helps that since I don't enjoy combat a whole lot, I've done
everything I can do to speed it up in the first place, such as having
appropriate groups of dice at the ready before combat begins. Again, if I
wanted to concentrate on combat, I'd be running Hell on Earth using an adapted
version of _Feng Shui_, or I'd be playing a wargame. Now, if the games I ran
were nothing but explosions, I could see how the trivial difference in time
could add up, but as it is, so what?
	-Loki