| From: | Justin Pinnow <vanyel@*******.NET> |
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| Subject: | Shadowrun Statistics |
| Date: | Wed, 18 Feb 1998 17:33:57 -0500 |
I have finally finished my 2 and 1/2 year project of calculating all the
necessary statistics for Shadowrun. (Well, I took some breaks during that
time, of course.) ;)
So, I now have an Excel Workbook (version 7.0) that has 16 different
tables. Each table covers a Target Number (2-20) and figures for between 1
and 20 dice. They also calculate chance of generating any possible amount
of successes with those dice, the chance of failing, chance of botching,
and average number of successes expected.
These were difficult, yet fun to work on and I would like to share them
with anyone who wants to know what the chances of pulling off a success
test really are. Once I get motivated enough to design a web page, they
will go up there. Until then, the ONLY way to get these tables is from
this list.
Also, if you want to cut down the die rolling in SR, you can use these
tables to roll percentile dice instead of handfuls of 6-sided dice. It
will speed up the game, while keeping the accuracy. However, I like
throwing lots of dice, so I don't do this....it's just a possibility.
If you are interested, please send me a PRIVATE e-mail (do NOT mail the
list) in order to keep wasted bandwidth to a minimum.
Note: While I am fairly sure everything is correct, these results have not
yet been verified. If anyone is interested in doing so, PLEASE PLEASE
PLEASE let me know.
Justin :)
(vanyel@*******.net)
