New Pole Weapon Rules

Skarg · 07-05-2019, 01:10 PM

It's a trade-off between more or less likelihood of extreme results versus average doubled or tripled results.

We always rolled more dice. That also has the advantage of making more specific damage numbers possible (e.g. if you triple the result, the only possible damage amounts are multiples of three: 3, 6, 9, 12... never 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11...). (And the most important consideration: the fun, awe rumble and vibration of many dice pouring onto the table!)

There is actually at least one published example I know of that shows multiplying the dice, but it's buried inside Death Test, where it says that 1d-2 torches hitting creatures who take double damage from fire would be rolled as 2d-4.

07-05-2019, 01:10 PM	#10
Skarg Join Date: May 2015	Re: New Pole Weapon Rules It's a trade-off between more or less likelihood of extreme results versus average doubled or tripled results. We always rolled more dice. That also has the advantage of making more specific damage numbers possible (e.g. if you triple the result, the only possible damage amounts are multiples of three: 3, 6, 9, 12... never 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11...). (And the most important consideration: the fun, awe rumble and vibration of many dice pouring onto the table!) There is actually at least one published example I know of that shows multiplying the dice, but it's buried inside Death Test, where it says that 1d-2 torches hitting creatures who take double damage from fire would be rolled as 2d-4.