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Old 05-28-2022, 12:35 AM   #120
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Default Re: Gaming philosophy conundra

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Originally Posted by TGLS View Post
Of course, this is probably wrong for two reasons:
1) Both die rolls are independent events, thus knowing what the GM rolled can have no effect as to whether you roll higher than what the GM rolls.
2) This is coming from arbitrarily plugging in infinity into a formula.
I might add something along the lines of:
3) There's a difference between probability and possibility. It might be infinitely improbable to roll below the GM's target, but it's not impossible. In other words, probability theory is a flawed model of reality.
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