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I never claimed to be a statistician, I asked experts for their advice/knowledge/solutions. I'm also not discussing probabilities, just the bare 4d6 = x PB. However in my thinking, the higher the PB, the more common certain abilities become. For example with 25 PB, you will see an 18 less...

I never said that Monte Carlo was wrong, just that you didn't have to generate your own sample space. And if you take the average of 4d6 to be 12.2 then you can argue that you will get more 12s than 13s but you'll get some 13s. Getting 6 x 13s, then you would have a 30 PB character and thus...

Perhaps I didn't explain to them what I wanted ... I originally did for the "what PB is the same as 4d6" question. What I stated was the following: If i roll 4d6 and discard the lowest, then apply these rules (shows them the PHB) then I tell you that you may build your set of scores by using...

Well the funny thing is I've consulted a total of 5 statiticians (both professors and professionals) and each one arrived to different answers because of their view points on the matter. The only conclusion I could come to was that it was a point of view thing. Do you look at the set of stats...

The point is that the average indicates a 12. And it isn't incorrect to do it this way ... it doesn't matter how many times you roll the bones you will get an average of 12 for each stat. The question of: which PB is 4d6 equivalent to is answered from one viewpoint by doing this. In a finite...

This kind of discussion appears regularly on these boards. The problem is your "view" of what you are trying to accomplish. For example: 1. roll of 4d6 generates 12.5 as an average, since you can't have fractional abilities = 12. Point buy for 12 is 4 per stat thus 24 point buy. 25 is a...

Just remembered another one ... took place at Sizzlers ... We were there for someone's birthday and discussing the Shadowrun Game we had just played, and I was going into intricate details how we dismembered 5 members of a gang sent to kill us and "we sold their body parts for $40,000" at...

I don't know if it is embarrassing ... but it has lost its power to affect me so I guess it was back then ... Way back in 1st edition days ... describing the village the party had come ... "As you move into the village, the village people come out cheering." Think about that for a second ...

Already ordered mine so that I'd get it on release day. I'm stoked. I didn't move from 10.2 to 10.3 so the new features are just fantastic for me ... plus the stuff I was missing from 10.3 of course. I'm actually interested in Dashboard/Widgets, the new xcode2 environment, and that fact that...

As someone who has written/run games at conventions, I have run into various teams that want to do one method or another. For example: 1) the hardcore dice monkeys - they play their games as written, all power gaming allowed if it is in the book, etc etc. 2) the average table-topper - they...

What I like about d20: - it's a simple system ... if you don't know the rule you can pretty much guess what it should be ... roll a d20 add appropriate ability/skill/adjustment ... compare to an opposed roll or a scaled DC using 5/10/15/20/25 (d20 modern has a great chart for average DCs by...

Unearthed Arcana Action Points are d20 Modern with extras. Eberron is Unearthed Arcana with extras (or the same ... not 100% sure without both books in front of me).

Way back in the old days (OD&D, 1st ed, etc) I used to play XP as it stood. Now and then I would grant a level with a "wave of the hand" if they were one goblin or so within a level. Nowadays I don't use XP anymore anyway. I just say "you have all experienced enough to gain a level". No one...

What you want is available but may need a little extra work. Look at things like MoveableType (blogging software). You can store your data as text files with this system, you don't need a database, and it generates static HTML from your content so you can run locally and upload final product...

If you use Thunderbird as well (the email program) you will find a nice feature that blocks graphics in emails. So you can view the email quickly, and if it is somethign you normally would get, you can activate the graphics for viewing. If it's an attempt at selling something, you just hit...

I have many NPCs that I have liked and admired ... *** Run by Other DMs It would have to categorically be Jeeves, Bodyguard and Butler to our party's nemesis. Our DM then is a Bond fan. He knew every movie, villain, scenario, setting, gadget, read every book, owned every DVD etc etc. Jeeves...

You have obviously planned for them to flee the scene and have to hunt the mummy down later, however by stealing the staff you've triggered the "it's mine" syndrom in all adventurers. So now you have a dilema. They're not meant to be down there now. They're meant to be running away. You have a...

The 3.0 version of the Devoted Defender works pretty well in 3.5 without change. D

The standing agreement we have is "What is good for the goose, is good for the gander". This boils down to: If you min/max your PC, the DM will do likewise with the subtext of "and trust me the DM knows more than you about min/maxing". so in effect that's a "don't min/max" understanding. We...

I've had this situation occur many times, however it has had many reasons ... 1. the name I gave the BBEG was a pain to remember/pronounce for some players ... I used to have a particular player who was there "to win" the pen and paper version of diablo essentially. He thought that all NPCs...