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<blockquote data-quote="swrushing" data-source="post: 2746117" data-attributes="member: 14140">Again, since so many seem to maybe not get it, there is often more meaning to a die roll than its most extreme result. Deciding to drop the most extreme result doesn't equate to throwing away all the other bits you get from it.An orc swinging an axe at my fighter can get a miss, a hit with damage between 5-16, or a crit with damage between 15-48 damage, Even if i as Gm decide &quot;this hit wont do more than 39 since more than that would kill the character outright&quot; and I will fudge the offchance result of 40-48, that DOESN'T (even tho it seems repeated often here) mean I also ought to or have to or have effectively removed the die roll's meaningor &quot;might just as well forget the dice&quot; since it provides me all those other ranges that chime in resulting in less than 40 damage which are easily 90% or more of the outcomes.Just because the bar has a half bottle of scotch and i won't drink scotch doesn't mean i am throwing out the entire bar and the bottles of tequila and rum and vodka to boot.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="swrushing, post: 2746117, member: 14140"] Again, since so many seem to maybe not get it, there is often more meaning to a die roll than its most extreme result. Deciding to drop the most extreme result doesn't equate to throwing away all the other bits you get from it. An orc swinging an axe at my fighter can get a miss, a hit with damage between 5-16, or a crit with damage between 15-48 damage, Even if i as Gm decide "this hit wont do more than 39 since more than that would kill the character outright" and I will fudge the offchance result of 40-48, that DOESN'T (even tho it seems repeated often here) mean I also ought to or have to or have effectively removed the die roll's meaningor "might just as well forget the dice" since it provides me all those other ranges that chime in resulting in less than 40 damage which are easily 90% or more of the outcomes. Just because the bar has a half bottle of scotch and i won't drink scotch doesn't mean i am throwing out the entire bar and the bottles of tequila and rum and vodka to boot. [/QUOTE]

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