Re: [GZG] Opposed roll randomness (Was: [SG3]: What if?)

[Robert N Bryett <rbryett@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bad rolls? Good rolls? In an opposed-die system, how can any roll  
that *wins* be called bad? Rolling a two to beat an opponent's one is  
no different from rolling a twelve to beat a six, except perhaps in  
the player's head.

With opposed rolling, I believe that we have to let go of the idea  
that somehow the number we roll represents the performance of our  
troops; that rolling a six with a d6 represents super-heroic  
performance, while rolling a five with a d12 means our troops are  
having an off day. It seems to me that the odds are such that *any*  
result in which a d6 beats a d12 represents the green troops "doing  
well".

Best regards, Robert Bryett


On 01/02/2008, at 19:55 , Samuel Penn wrote:

> However, what I don't like is that if the d12 rolls badly, then a  
> bad roll on the d6 can still beat it. Where there's a big  
> difference in troop quality, I would prefer that the poorer quality  
> troops have to do well in order to take advantage of the good one's  
> bad luck. This doesn't happen in SG. A bad roll from good troops  
> can result in the other side's roll being almost meaningless -  
> they're going
> to win.


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