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Old 04-09-2021, 01:09 PM   #34
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Default Re: table make why does random hit location hitting left side more likely?

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Originally Posted by kirbwarrior View Post
Actually, a better change to what I said; Roll twice and take the average, rounding towards 10. Sadly, it still takes two rolls to do, but it makes torso hits much more likely and the extremes much less likely.
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Originally Posted by RyanW View Post
That pretty closely approximates 3d4+3. Other than the fact that 3d4+3 completely eliminates head, neck, and feet (instead of just reducing them to sub-1%).
Another option to renormalize the table is to roll 3d+xd and then remove the min/max dice from the roll. E.g. roll 4d and remove the highest die will skew the results towards higher numbers while roll 5d and removing the min and max die will skew the results towards the center. Keeps the d6 while not completely eliminating any specific results and not requiring two rolls or extra math - it's easier to remove a die then count the rest than to average two die rolls together.
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