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Seesaw: Yet Another Dice Method
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<blockquote data-quote="Zeddok" data-source="post: 8187874" data-attributes="member: 7029495"><p>Edit: Suddenly I can see my deleted post again! It's a miracle, perhaps I am not a noob and the system is flawed...?!</p><p></p><p>Mods, you can delete this post (because I can't, right?</p><p>-----------------------------------------------------------------</p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px">(It seems that I accidentally deleted my first post, call me a noob<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60f.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":sneaky:" title="Sneaky :sneaky:" data-smilie="21"data-shortname=":sneaky:" />!)</span></p><p></p><p>For DnD-Characters, I want some high attribute values, and single-digit values may be there sometimes. Point-buy is the fairest method, sure, but some randomness in the values would be nice, as long as the dice method doesn't produce results that are too far apart.</p><p></p><p>I'd like to introduce you <span style="font-size: 10px">(again)</span> to another dice method that produces typical six values between 7 and 18 in a simple way, and always comes up with generally playable attributes:</p><p></p><p>1. Roll 6D6 and sort the dice by value.</p><p>2. <span style="color: navy">Add</span> "12" points to the highest result, <span style="color: purple">subtract</span> the second highest result from "13", <span style="color: navy">add</span> the third highest result back to "12" and so on.</p><p>3. Freely assign the final results to the attributes as you like.</p><p></p><p>If you initial 6D6 is 12 or less in sum, you are allowed to reroll.</p><p></p><p>Here are three of my sample runs:</p><p></p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>6D6</td><td>Seesawed</td><td>Sorted by Value</td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: navy">5</span></td><td>17</td><td>17</td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: purple">3</span></td><td>10</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: navy">2</span></td><td>14</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: purple">1</span></td><td>12</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: navy">1</span></td><td>13</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: purple">1</span></td><td>12</td><td>10</td></tr></table><p></p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>6D6</td><td>Seesawed</td><td>Sorted by Value</td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: navy">6</span></td><td>18</td><td>18</td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: purple">5</span></td><td>8</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: navy">4</span></td><td>16</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: purple">4</span></td><td>9</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: navy">3</span></td><td>15</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: purple">3</span></td><td>10</td><td>8</td></tr></table><p></p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>6D6</td><td>Seesawed</td><td>Sorted by Value</td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: navy">5</span></td><td>17</td><td>17</td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: purple">5</span></td><td>8</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: navy">4</span></td><td>16</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: purple">4</span></td><td>9</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: navy">2</span></td><td>14</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td><span style="color: purple">1</span></td><td>12</td><td>8</td></tr></table><p></p><p>What do you think <span style="font-size: 10px">(again)</span>?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zeddok, post: 8187874, member: 7029495"] Edit: Suddenly I can see my deleted post again! It's a miracle, perhaps I am not a noob and the system is flawed...?! Mods, you can delete this post (because I can't, right? ----------------------------------------------------------------- [SIZE=2](It seems that I accidentally deleted my first post, call me a noob:sneaky:!)[/SIZE] For DnD-Characters, I want some high attribute values, and single-digit values may be there sometimes. Point-buy is the fairest method, sure, but some randomness in the values would be nice, as long as the dice method doesn't produce results that are too far apart. I'd like to introduce you [SIZE=2](again)[/SIZE] to another dice method that produces typical six values between 7 and 18 in a simple way, and always comes up with generally playable attributes: 1. Roll 6D6 and sort the dice by value. 2. [COLOR=navy]Add[/COLOR] "12" points to the highest result, [COLOR=purple]subtract[/COLOR] the second highest result from "13", [COLOR=navy]add[/COLOR] the third highest result back to "12" and so on. 3. Freely assign the final results to the attributes as you like. If you initial 6D6 is 12 or less in sum, you are allowed to reroll. Here are three of my sample runs: [TABLE] [TR] [TD]6D6[/TD] [TD]Seesawed[/TD] [TD]Sorted by Value[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][COLOR=navy]5[/COLOR][/TD] [TD]17[/TD] [TD]17[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][COLOR=purple]3[/COLOR][/TD] [TD]10[/TD] [TD]14[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][COLOR=navy]2[/COLOR][/TD] [TD]14[/TD] [TD]13[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][COLOR=purple]1[/COLOR][/TD] [TD]12[/TD] [TD]12[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][COLOR=navy]1[/COLOR][/TD] [TD]13[/TD] [TD]12[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][COLOR=purple]1[/COLOR][/TD] [TD]12[/TD] [TD]10[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE] [TR] [TD]6D6[/TD] [TD]Seesawed[/TD] [TD]Sorted by Value[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][COLOR=navy]6[/COLOR][/TD] [TD]18[/TD] [TD]18[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][COLOR=purple]5[/COLOR][/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]16[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][COLOR=navy]4[/COLOR][/TD] [TD]16[/TD] [TD]15[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][COLOR=purple]4[/COLOR][/TD] [TD]9[/TD] [TD]10[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][COLOR=navy]3[/COLOR][/TD] [TD]15[/TD] [TD]9[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][COLOR=purple]3[/COLOR][/TD] [TD]10[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE] [TR] [TD]6D6[/TD] [TD]Seesawed[/TD] [TD]Sorted by Value[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][COLOR=navy]5[/COLOR][/TD] [TD]17[/TD] [TD]17[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][COLOR=purple]5[/COLOR][/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]16[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][COLOR=navy]4[/COLOR][/TD] [TD]16[/TD] [TD]14[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][COLOR=purple]4[/COLOR][/TD] [TD]9[/TD] [TD]12[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][COLOR=navy]2[/COLOR][/TD] [TD]14[/TD] [TD]9[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][COLOR=purple]1[/COLOR][/TD] [TD]12[/TD] [TD]8[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] What do you think [SIZE=2](again)[/SIZE]? [/QUOTE]
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