"A user-friendly d100"

[Barendd Nobeard]

The current issue of Dragon has a bit on "Revamping the Red Box."

It mentions using a "user-friendly" d100. They have changed the numbers on the percentile die to use 10 - 100, so you only have to add the two numbers (d10 and d%) together.

Will that give you 1-100? No. It will give you a number from 10 (0 on d10 + 10 on d100) to 109 (9 on the d10, 100 on the d100).

Or am I just stupid?

 

[Napftor]

The current issue of Dragon has a bit on "Revamping the Red Box."

It mentions using a "user-friendly" d100. They have changed the numbers on the percentile die to use 10 - 100, so you only have to add the two numbers (d10 and d%) together.

Will that give you 1-100? No. It will give you a number from 10 (0 on d10 + 10 on d100) to 109 (9 on the d10, 100 on the d100).

Or am I just stupid?

I saw this as well. Seems like your interpretation is correct. Seems rather strange.

 

[Bendris Noulg]

Essentially, rolling 100 and 9 would be read as 9, that same as rolling 00 and 9 is now.

Or am I just stupid?

I'm still trying to figure out if so many people are so stupid that the change was necessary. And if they're that stupid, is making something that works that same friggin' way that user friendly? Wouldn't idiots be better off buying a d100? Nearly every gaming store I go into has 3-4 sitting on the shelf. Hell, I got one, 2 d30s, and a d3.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

Essentially, rolling 100 and 9 would be read as 9, that same as rolling 00 and 9 is now.

I'm still trying to figure out if so many people are so stupid that the change was necessary. And if they're that stupid, is making something that works that same friggin' way that user friendly? Wouldn't idiots be better off buying a d100? Nearly every gaming store I go into has 3-4 sitting on the shelf. Hell, I got one, 2 d30s, and a d3.

So now, instead of one exception (treat a roll of 00-0 as 100), we will have 9 exceptions (treat a roll of 100-1 as 1, 100-2 as 2, etc.). Yeah, that's more user-friendly.

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

Ummm. Let's see

d10: 0 + d% 00 = 0
d10: 1 + d% 00 = 1
d10: 0 + d% 10 = 10
d10: 5 + d% 20 = 25
d10: 9 + d% 90 = 99

So I see it as a range of 0-99, although I agree that it seems kind of stupid that anyone would need another way of figuring this out. Of course i had to get my wife's dice to check that I was correct that the d% runs from 00-90 since I never use these anyway, I just use two d10 and designate which one is 10s and which one is 1s, and since I always use the same two d10s in the same pattern (red is 10s, green is 1s) my DM (or my players) knows I am not fudging to make the number more suitable.

OOPS, I just reread the original post and noticed the little piece I missed about changing the d% to 10-100. You're right-never mind my math...

Boy, that is a stupid change...

 

[eris404]

The current issue of Dragon has a bit on "Revamping the Red Box."

It mentions using a "user-friendly" d100. They have changed the numbers on the percentile die to use 10 - 100, so you only have to add the two numbers (d10 and d%) together.

Will that give you 1-100? No. It will give you a number from 10 (0 on d10 + 10 on d100) to 109 (9 on the d10, 100 on the d100).

Or am I just stupid?

When I read about this in Dragon, my first response was "Huh?!?" It seems so counterintuitive to me, but I thought it was just because I've been using the "old" d100 dice for so long. Most of the time, we still use 2 regular d10s of different colors in our group and specify which one is "high."

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

When I read about this in Dragon, my first response was "Huh?!?" It seems so counterintuitive to me, but I thought it was just because I've been using the "old" d100 dice for so long. Most of the time, we still use 2 regular d10s of different colors in our group and specify which one is "high."

Sometimes, the classic methods are the best!

But do you have the old d20s that have 0-9 on them twice, so you have to fill in one set of the numbers with a crayon?

 

[der_kluge]

That section totally confused the hell out of me.

How it is any different then the pair of d10s that I have now? I have one marked 1-10, and another marked 00-90? This isn't a new innovation as far as I could tell.

 

[UltimaGabe]

Wouldn't idiots be better off buying a d100? Nearly every gaming store I go into has 3-4 sitting on the shelf. Hell, I got one, 2 d30s, and a d3.

In my opinion, Golf balls should stay where they belong- on the golf course.

d100's were probably the best idea in theory, but the worst idea when actually used. Unless your rolling surface was perfectly smooth and level, it'd never stop rolling (and even if it WAS smooth and level, it still kept you waiting for a minute or so). Plus, once it DID stop rolling, if you still remembered what you were waiting for after the months have gone by since the time you rolled it, five people could look at it and get five different interperetations for what number it was on.

The percentile dice are FAR easier and faster to use, provided you can add.

 

[Trainz]

Sometimes, the classic methods are the best!

But do you have the old d20s that have 0-9 on them twice, so you have to fill in one set of the numbers with a crayon?

Huh... I'm sure you're trolling, but just in case:

The d20's with 0-9 twice on them are meant to be used as d10.:\