Re: [HOE] explosion "reduction"?

[Matt Crawford <matt@severian.chi.il.us>]

> > Has it occurred to anyone else that the reduction in die type for
> > things like Nuke have actually made them MORE deadly?  ...  The
> > lower die type results in an increased chance of aces, ...
> 
> It all depends, d12's win out up until about 14 or so (Matt?) then the
> d20's start taking over in a big way. 

Matt went on vacation for three weeks.  But, if it isn't already
moot, the average open-ended damage roll on one d-sided die is
E(d) = d(d+1)/2(d-1), which is strictly increasing for d >= 3.
E(12) = 7 1/11, E(20) = 11 1/19.  If we're going to hurl dice at each
other, I'll throw the d20's.