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Old 11-05-2024, 04:35 PM   #11
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Default Re: Game mechanic purupse of xd6 roles

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Originally Posted by Shostak View Post
I recall having read that a feature of adding more dice is that the likelihood of rolling very close to the average expected value increases as the number of dice increases.
If I was doing an RPG I'd make the rolls on around 5 or 6 dice.
This way the players have a very good grip that they can set things up to almost always work and that once a play session outlier becomes the big deal of the session.
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