• teft
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    335 months ago

    Alternative text on the sad one:

    It’s in a roll under system.

  • @Jorgelino@lemmy.ml
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    255 months ago

    In D100 systems that’s usually good. You typically want to roll under a certain number to pass.

    For example, if i have a 70% chance of sucess, i want to roll a 70 or under on a D100.

    It’s actually a much better way to visualize your odds than with a D20.

    • The Picard ManeuverOP
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      95 months ago

      Yes, but it’s not what you’re picturing probably. They count up by 10 from 00-90 and are usually rolled with a d10 so that you can get all the numbers between 1-100.

      • @Jorgelino@lemmy.ml
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        Just to clarify, that’s usually 2 d10s. One with the decimals (10,20…90) like you said, and another with the units. (1,2…9).

        Also, zeroes in both dice are considered 100.

        On another note, there are actually single dice that go from 1 to 100, but they’re more of a novelty thing and don’t roll super well.

        • @Eagle0600@yiffit.net
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          25 months ago

          It depends whether you want 00-99 or 1-100. Eclipse Phase, for example, uses 00-99 so that criticals (which are on doubles) are evenly distributed. It compensates by making success only on a roll strictly less than, not less-than-or-equal-to, your target.

      • @TIMMAY@lemmy.world
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        55 months ago

        So the “D100” has 00-90 and goes up by tens and works in tandem with a D10 to fill in the single digits? That makes a lot of sense but I still want a disco ball sized die with 100 sides

        • @orbitz@lemmy.ca
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          It’s either 2 D10s (one for each digit) or a single D100 but D10s are so common that two dice are usually the way to roll it. So yes there are D100 out there.

        • @Kichae@lemmy.ca
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          35 months ago

          The 00-90 is what’s called a percentile die. A d10 and a percentile die are commonly rolled together to generate numbers between 0 and 99 (where 00 is usually read as 100).

          But the true d100 disco balls exist.

    • @vsh@lemm.ee
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      25 months ago

      I don’t think so. My group always used 3 D10. One for every number.