(TFT) Bell Curve

[<Gavin@TheFantasyQuest.com>]

The bowling model works only on a task where the range of success involves 
an increasing difficulty-factor or opposing difficulty.  This may apply to 
solo tasks, but not at all in swapping blows during melee combat.

Allow me to phrase the question another way:

Why does it become that much harder in the upper register to swing a sword 
and connect with an opponent?  That would imply that "chance-to-hit" is 
somehow affected by a counter-force (which is clearly not the case in TFT).

Where, then, is the bell curve application in swinging a sword?  Does a 
higher DEX or wider range of success mean greater damage potential?  The 
"to-hit" roll is only obliquely tied to the resulting damage (i.e., on a 
result of "2" or "3").  That probability is affected purely by the 
luck-of-the-dice, not proficiency.

Is my logic flawed?

Gavin Gossett
The Fantasy Quest
TFQ Games

Gavin@TheFantasyQuest.com
www.TheFantasyQuest.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Gavin@thefantasyquest.com>
To: <tft@brainiac.com>
Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 10:21 AM
Subject: Re: (TFT) Bell Curve


> NOPE, and NOPE.
>
> Degree in Finance, A- in "Probability & Statistics" (both I & II), but 
> that was 25 years ago.
>
> Frankly, my mind just doesn't work that way.
>
> Gavin Gossett
> The Fantasy Quest
> TFQ Games
>
> Gavin@TheFantasyQuest.com
> www.TheFantasyQuest.com
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <dwtulloh61@cox.net>
> To: <tft@brainiac.com>
> Cc: <Gavin@thefantasyquest.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 10:14 AM
> Subject: Re: (TFT) Bell Curve
>
>
> > ---- Gavin@TheFantasyQuest.com wrote:
> > > Joe, Kirk, and the Gang,
> > >
> > > OK-I want to understand.  I really, really do!  It would make my life
> > > easier if I could grasp the mysteries that you speak of...
> > >
> > > But, for the life of me, I can't figure out what is so magical about
> > > using the Bell Curve "to hit".
> >
> > Are you a statistician or do you have a strong math background?
> > It would help in the explanation ...
> >
> > Dan
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