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From: fritzz@sdcc3.UUCP (fritzz)
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Subject: Re: dice throws?
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Date: Thu, 14-Feb-85 12:29:01 EST
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Keywords: dice throws

>>For example, what does '2d8' mean when people talk losing
>>hit points?
>>-- 
>2d8 means roll 2 8-sided dice.  1d4/1d4 means roll 1 4-sided die twice.

ummm, kinda. in general, the number before the d indicates the number of
dice to be thrown, the number after the d indicates the number of faces
the dice has. The notation 1d4/1d4/1d10 is used to denote the damage
done by monsters. In this case the monster gets 3 attacks per round, 
(2 claws and 1 pair of fangs) in which case you roll 1d20 for _each_
attack to see if it hits, and then find the damage due to that attack if
it did. (this means rolling to hit 3 times. In hack this shows up as a
monster hitting three times to your one. In rogue it just sees if any of
the attacks were succesful for its message.)

(I suppose that i should mention that you need to get a 10 on a d20 to
hit, modified by such things as attackers dexterity, strength, weapon,
level enchantments,weight of pack, and opponents armorclass and dexterity)

(Oh yeah, i don't know if it ever comes up,but XdY+Z means X Ysided dice
plus Z points added to the total.)
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