Dice

[slev]

Whereas for defense, reliability is better. In attack a random high result is quite piercing and good. But in defense you avoid the zero at all cost.

I don't know that's true. Is the chance of getting two shields at once worth the risk?

Mo? Can you maths this?

[Count Mohawk]

Whereas for defense, reliability is better. In attack a random high result is quite piercing and good. But in defense you avoid the zero at all cost.

I don't know that's true. Is the chance of getting two shields at once worth the risk?

Mo? Can you maths this?

Anderas is correct. For Heroes, Green dice defend better than Purples. Excel proof:


In this case, the difference between colors becomes less pronounced the more Attack Dice the monsters roll against you.

[slev]

And for teh monsters?

[Count Mohawk]

And for teh monsters?

What about them? It seems pretty obvious that Masterful Defense > Orange > Blue > other.
Edit: Oh, right, the Purples now have one face with a double Walrus. In that case Masterful > Orange/Yellow > Blue > Purple > other.

[cornixt]

Has anyone considered dice that have two different symbols on a side? Say, replacing one skull side and one shield side with two skull/shield sides. The dice then becomes better for both defense and attack, reducing the need for more different dice.

[Anderas]

It would be my favorite!

I would like one with 1-2-2 and one with a 1-2-3 of everything.

But on the other hand, that is already far away from Heroquest.

[slev]

Has anyone considered dice that have two different symbols on a side? Say, replacing one skull side and one shield side with two skull/shield sides. The dice then becomes better for both defense and attack, reducing the need for more different dice.

I considered something like this when starting designing a new game. Partially inspired by the dice from Runebound and/or Descent.

Symbols would include arrow, sword, armour, helm, shield, & star (spell). Each face would have up to three symbols on it. Roll, and if the symbol matching the action/equipment is rolled, count that die.

[cynthialee]

Any chance you number crunching demi-gods care to do some number analysis with just one or two of the custom dice in a dice roll for common dice rolls?

[clmckay]

Hi Count, how do you calculate the body points of damage percents. I can follow the rest, but that's eluding me....

[Count Mohawk]

Hi Count, how do you calculate the body points of damage percents. I can follow the rest, but that's eluding me....

OK, Body Points of Damage is referring to how much damage the attack roll deals, after subtracting the shields from the defense roll. Let's look at my example of "Monster with 4 Whites attacks Hero with 3 Greens", which is the first image in my first post on this page. In order for 1 damage to be dealt, the Monster must roll exactly 1 more Skull than the Hero rolls Shields. So we sum the probabilities for all of those cases: P(1 Skull / 0 Shields) + P(2 Skulls / 1 Shield) + P(3 Skulls / 2 Shields) + P(4 Skulls / 3 Shields) = 3.13% + 14.06% + 9.38% + 0.78% = 27.3%, as shown on the chart.

The other probabilities for different amounts of damage work the same, except for the 0 damage case, which includes all possibilities where the defending figure rolls at least as many shields as the attacker rolls Skulls. (Or, in other words, it folds into itself the sum of not just 0 damage, but -1, -2, etc as well.)

Any chance you number crunching demi-gods care to do some number analysis with just one or two of the custom dice in a dice roll for common dice rolls?

I'll get to this in a little while. If there's a specific set of combinations you want, let me know; otherwise, I'll probably pick and choose sets of colored dice at random.