minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•1 year agoWhat is 4d as a numeric format prefix? I only know 0b and 0x. Is it some 4-24 system?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 year agoIt’s a random number based system with iterations at 4, 8, 10, 12, and because they want people to go insane, 20. So everything can randomly be 1-20 at any point in time, and then sometimes you add them together and there’s maniacal laughter.
minus-squareGinny [they/she]linkfedilink4•1 year agoHere 4d6 is Dungeons and Dragons (etc.) shorthand for “roll four six-sided dice and add up the numbers”.
What is 4d as a numeric format prefix? I only know 0b and 0x. Is it some 4-24 system?
It’s a random number based system with iterations at 4, 8, 10, 12, and because they want people to go insane, 20.
So everything can randomly be 1-20 at any point in time, and then sometimes you add them together and there’s maniacal laughter.
Aren’t there some d6 stuff too?
Oh how could I forget!
Here 4d6 is Dungeons and Dragons (etc.) shorthand for “roll four six-sided dice and add up the numbers”.
And what range can that sum cover?