#(side note the double rng thing is actually why d20-based ttrpgs frustrate me so much. in any given skill check you are exactly as | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

pathetic-gamer · 6 months

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my favorite ongoing tradition in the fire emblem subreddits is new people showing up to ask why the displayed hit rate %s never actually add up (e.g. a 90% hit rate hits more than 90% of the time while a 20% hit rate hits less than 20% of the time), because they invariably get two answers:

someone explaining mathematics behind double-RNG and how it makes for a better player experience psychologically so while the devs obviously want to provide a challenge that still has some degree of luck, they also want people to not rage-quit, and

someone saying it's bc it's funnier that way

#it's also a perfect illustration of the different types of tactics rpg players #those who show up to a duel of wits with a chessboard #and those who show up with a baseball bat #wont say which is which #tactics rpg #fire emblem #(side note the double rng thing is actually why d20-based ttrpgs frustrate me so much. in any given skill check you are exactly as #likely to roll a 1 as you are a 20 - from a gameplay standpoint while this does mean that you have a 25% chance of beating a dc 15 vs a #75% change of beating a dc 5 check (which makes sense) you want the critical rolls (1 and 20) to actually be rare #10% chance of rolling one of them is not rare #HOWEVER: if you instead rolled 2d10s and added the result (a crit fail become a 2 obviously) youve gone from 5% to 1%#significantly more rare and therefore more exciting!! youre also slightly more like to get a 10 than you would be if you rolled 1d20 #so your chances of either passing an extremely difficult check OR failing an extremely easy check have both decreased #resulting in more consistent (and realistic) gameplay #okay thats all thank u for listening to my rant lol #oh in saying as likely to roll a 1 as a 20 i meant that in the sense of being as likely to roll either of them as any other given number #ok bye for real now

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