Re: (TFT) Polyhedral Weapon Heresy

[Mark Tapley <mtapley@swri.edu>]

At 15:33 -0400 8/7/13, TFT Digest wrote:
>  Battle Axe 1D12+1 (we've reached the end of our Polyhedral dice 
> progression...

... and start having to add a constant, thus warping that weapon back 
toward club status.

Alternately, you might try:

1d6 * 2 (roll one 6-sided polyhedra, multiply by two) or
1d4 * 3 (roll one 4-sided polyhedra, multiply by 3)

That still allows the uniform distribution of hit probabilities, it 
just leaves out odd numbers (first case) or non-multiples of three 
(second case). Add or subtract integers to slide the average hit 
value up or down as desired. Extends to 1d8 * 2, etc.

One other possibility is: 1d4 * 4 + 1d4 (roll two d4; multiply the 
white one by 4, add the red one). That gives you equal probability 
distribution, but over values running from 5 to 20, so there's still 
some minimum damage, which I think is the effect you are trying to 
escape for this weapon. As above, add or subtract to slide the 
average value to where you want it (but don't subtract too much, or 
you will have invented the mythical healing spell)  :-) .

1d4 * 4 + 1d4 - 4 : min damage 1, max damage 16, all numbers equally likely.

But it's a lot of math, especially when you start subtracting for 
armor, etc afterward.
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