oldkat
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Post by oldkat on Nov 3, 2015 12:54:06 GMT -6
My GH print says 1-16!
Now, is it supposed to be 1-6? or 2-16? Or (zots!) what it says?
Anyone have a different printing with a different damage listing?
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mindcontrolsquid
Level 4 Theurgist
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Post by mindcontrolsquid on Nov 3, 2015 13:19:41 GMT -6
Mine says that too. Strange that I hadn't noticed that. Perhaps you're supposed to roll a twenty-sider and reroll all results above 16? Or you could just house-rule it to two eight-siders and call it a day...
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Post by Punkrabbitt on Nov 3, 2015 15:16:46 GMT -6
5d4 gives a range of 1-16.
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Post by kesher on Nov 3, 2015 16:06:29 GMT -6
Um, I'm no math guy, but wouldn't 5d4 give you a range of 5-20?  I have to imagine that it's simply a misprint for 2-16... |
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riftstone
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Post by riftstone on Nov 3, 2015 17:13:54 GMT -6
5d4 gives a range of 1-16. yeah, one control die to determine how many of the other d4s to roll. |
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Post by scottyg on Nov 3, 2015 18:25:53 GMT -6
5d4-4 is 1 - 16, but I'm sure that's not what was meant.
Probably 1-6, but maybe 1-12, which is what the 1E MM has listed. The MM is almost OD&D+.
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Post by kesher on Nov 3, 2015 19:35:36 GMT -6
5d4 gives a range of 1-16. yeah, one control die to determine how many of the other d4s to roll. I think by the time I figured that out, the unicorn would've killed me... |
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Post by Punkrabbitt on Nov 3, 2015 20:12:41 GMT -6
Yes yes I meant 5d4-4 is 1-16, I got distracted by my kids while I was typing that out.
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Post by kesher on Nov 3, 2015 20:26:41 GMT -6
Interestingly, I just happened to be looking at the Ready Ref sheets a few minutes ago and, in the monster compendium section, unicorn horn damage is listed as--you guessed it--1-16...
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Post by coffee on Nov 4, 2015 8:37:00 GMT -6
The WOTC reprint also still has 1-16.
I think it's a typo for 2-16, but have absolutely no evidence for that whatsoever.
(Then again, I'm content to stick with 1d6 per hit for most circumstances...)
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Post by aldarron on Nov 4, 2015 14:04:55 GMT -6
yeah, one control die to determine how many of the other d4s to roll. I think by the time I figured that out, the unicorn would've killed me... ROTFL! |
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