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    Sigtrygg replied to the thread Imperial Battleships.
    The term dreadnought as a catch all term for bestest battleship didn't last very long in naval parlance, it remained a media term for a...
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    Sigtrygg replied to the thread Traveller 5E.
    I think the penny has finally dropped as to what you are saying, upon running the numbers I have to conceed that 3d keep 2 and 2d then...
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    Sigtrygg replied to the thread Traveller 5E.
    Ok but it will be long and read like a maths lesson No sleight is intended but you don't understand probability if you thing roll 3d...
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    Sigtrygg replied to the thread Traveller 5E.
    Mea culpa, yes 11. I should learn to count the results in the tables I produced. What you are describing are not pobabilites. There is...
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    Sigtrygg reacted to Endie's post in the thread Traveller 5E with Like Like.
    Sure, but the players will get slightly cynical after a time when every task turns out to be at Impossible. Without at least the chance...
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    Sigtrygg replied to the thread Traveller 5E.
    They also more than trivialise standard and difficult tasks) This leads to difficulty creep where suddenly the routine task of skimming...
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    Sigtrygg replied to the thread Traveller 5E.
    This is similar to how MT handled rolling higher than the target number, but in MT it was for every multiple of 2 above the target...
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    Sigtrygg replied to the thread Traveller 5E.
    It's not the referee allowing it, it is the game rules allowing in. If the referee bans it under rule zero you are not playing bu the...
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    Sigtrygg replied to the thread Traveller 5E.
    This is simply incorrect Result23456789101112 No. of possible ways12345654321 There are 36 outcomes It is the number of...
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    Sigtrygg replied to the thread Traveller 5E.
    No, a roll of 2d6 has 12 outcomes, a roll of "d66" has 36 outcomes, each with a flat percentage of ~3% Not the same thing at all, stop...
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    Sigtrygg replied to the thread Traveller 5E.
    The 2d6 system breaks down when you have a bonus of +6 before adding characteristic and skill for a standard target number of 8+
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    Sigtrygg replied to the thread Traveller 5E.
    You don't have 36 "outcomes" you have 12 "outcomes" with a not quite standard distribution spread. A roll of 1 and 3 is different to a...
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    Sigtrygg replied to the thread Traveller 5E.
    I have one group who refused to play Traveller with 2d6. They will play it if I use BRP rules, Aftermath rules, d20M/F, YZE dice pool...
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    Sigtrygg replied to the thread Traveller 5E.
    For context the best Mongoose Traveller kickstarters come in at around the 1,200 backers.
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    Sigtrygg replied to the thread Traveller 5E.
    It looks like there is a new incentive to sign up. pay a $2 reservation (non-refundable) and you get a coin as well as the patch...
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