Dreaming of another RPM tool

Edges · 10-13-2011, 01:28 PM

So there's this for calculating how much a ritual costs, there's this for finding how much energy one can accumulate from a given number of rolls, and there's that table in MH4 for making charms, but what we need at our table is something different.

We need something that we can input the ritual cost and effective skill level and have an output of whether it succeeded (and if so how many quirks) or crit failed and how many rolls it took either way. (Ideally, it would also have a "chances of success" that could be calculated before hitting the "roll" button so a caster can know if they want to try it at all.)

RPK's calculator is great. But number of rolls is one of the unknowns at our table, not one of the knowns. And ritual cost is one of the knowns, not one of the unknowns. We can use his calculator for when someone get's interrupted to find out how much energy they gathered prior to interruption. But without knowing how long it would take in the first place, we can't know if they even got interrupted without rolling longhand.

Any chance there's an eager programmer out there that wants to make my dream come true?

mlangsdorf · 10-13-2011, 01:57 PM

You can use the MH4 charm table to estimate the success rate of any spell, hurried or not. You don't have to limit it to charms.

Edges · 10-13-2011, 02:08 PM

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Originally Posted by mlangsdorf

You can use the MH4 charm table to estimate the success rate of any spell, hurried or not. You don't have to limit it to charms.

Yeah, we use that table for a variety of things when time (in-game or real) isn't a factor. For the times when it is a factor, I created this thread.

Thanks though.

Bruno · 10-13-2011, 02:17 PM

I've got a maptools macro that does this.

But what would be useful is knowing what operating system you want it for, and whether you're happy with command-line interfaces :)

shawnhcorey · 10-13-2011, 02:18 PM

I thought he was looking for a web/Javascript interface.

Bruno · 10-13-2011, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by shawnhcorey

I thought he was looking for a web/Javascript interface.

He doesn't specify, just "at the table".

Edges · 10-14-2011, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Bruno

I've got a maptools macro that does this.

But what would be useful is knowing what operating system you want it for, and whether you're happy with command-line interfaces :)

I actually don't know much about computers. The images on wikipedia's command-line interface page are reminiscent of middle school computer class which I was good at but promptly forgot about by high school. While I work in a technical field, I've somehow managed to get by mostly on paper and chalkboard.

I think the most convenient thing would be something that players could use on an ipad. Although, I think one player has an android smartphone that he brings to the table. So something that would work on that would be an alternative.

I feel like I'm sitting on Santa's lap.

Bruno · 10-14-2011, 10:46 AM

Eheh. I'm afraid I can't program for any of the smartphones directly yet - I don't know how. Do you have Internet access at the table? That web-page based application might work best. I think I can get some hosting for a little CGI script too.

Edges · 10-14-2011, 10:54 AM

We could get internet access at the table.

ULFGARD · 10-14-2011, 11:50 AM

why not just use yum?

10-13-2011, 01:28 PM	#1
Edges Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: GMT-5	Dreaming of another RPM tool So there's this for calculating how much a ritual costs, there's this for finding how much energy one can accumulate from a given number of rolls, and there's that table in MH4 for making charms, but what we need at our table is something different. We need something that we can input the ritual cost and effective skill level and have an output of whether it succeeded (and if so how many quirks) or crit failed and how many rolls it took either way. (Ideally, it would also have a "chances of success" that could be calculated before hitting the "roll" button so a caster can know if they want to try it at all.) RPK's calculator is great. But number of rolls is one of the unknowns at our table, not one of the knowns. And ritual cost is one of the knowns, not one of the unknowns. We can use his calculator for when someone get's interrupted to find out how much energy they gathered prior to interruption. But without knowing how long it would take in the first place, we can't know if they even got interrupted without rolling longhand. Any chance there's an eager programmer out there that wants to make my dream come true?

10-13-2011, 01:57 PM	#2
mlangsdorf Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Austin, TX	Re: Dreaming of another RPM tool You can use the MH4 charm table to estimate the success rate of any spell, hurried or not. You don't have to limit it to charms.

10-13-2011, 02:17 PM	#4
Bruno Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Canada	Re: Dreaming of another RPM tool I've got a maptools macro that does this. But what would be useful is knowing what operating system you want it for, and whether you're happy with command-line interfaces :) __________________ All about Size Modifier; Unified Hit Location Table A Wiki for my F2F Group A neglected GURPS blog

10-13-2011, 02:18 PM	#5
shawnhcorey Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The Great White North	Re: Dreaming of another RPM tool I thought he was looking for a web/Javascript interface. __________________ How do you keep a fool busy? Turn upside down for answer. ˙ɹǝʍsuɐ ɹoɟ uʍop ǝpısdn uɹnʇ ¿ʎsnq ןooɟ ɐ dǝǝʞ noʎ op ʍoɥ

10-14-2011, 10:46 AM	#8
Bruno Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Canada	Re: Dreaming of another RPM tool Eheh. I'm afraid I can't program for any of the smartphones directly yet - I don't know how. Do you have Internet access at the table? That web-page based application might work best. I think I can get some hosting for a little CGI script too. __________________ All about Size Modifier; Unified Hit Location Table A Wiki for my F2F Group A neglected GURPS blog

10-14-2011, 10:54 AM	#9
Edges Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: GMT-5	Re: Dreaming of another RPM tool We could get internet access at the table.

10-14-2011, 11:50 AM	#10
ULFGARD Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Seattle	Re: Dreaming of another RPM tool why not just use yum? __________________ Seven Kingdoms, MH (as yet unnamed), and my "pick-up" DF game war stories, characters, and other ruminations can be found here.