The mad dwarven smith Flokker Copperarse offers you a special suit of armour to replace your trusty platemail (dR10).
Dwarven fancymail has 2dR6 protection, knowing that a double dR is only stepped down when both dice are 3 or less. So better average protection, better odds of keeping it intact, but only two steps til it's destroyed.
Do you take it?
I like dwarven crafts !
ReplyDeleteWhat elves propose ?
A kind of magic light armour : 1d6 (but only step down with 1 and 2) ?
Elves have faerie armour that doesn't align properly with the material plane: they start at dR20, but on an odd result you have no protection at all.
ReplyDeleteWhat you describe, guillaume jentey, is black hackmail, and it can be obtained fairly cheaply in most Albion trading posts.
ReplyDeleteYes!
ReplyDeleteOn average, the 1dR10 armour will soak up 40.67 HP of damage, while the 2dR6 one is only at 36.89 HP. I would gowith the 1dR10 one, fuck the dwarves.
ReplyDeleteWhidou I knew I needed a more math capable brain than mine to solve this!
ReplyDeleteOne more reflexion about differences between d10 and 2d6 :
ReplyDelete2d6 makes average score of 7 and it's 50% of the rolls
1d10 makes average score of 5,5 and it's 10% of the rolls
So 2d6 is a mre reliable armour than d10 wich is more chaotic
On 1d10, one could argue that a result of 5.5 occurs in 0% of the rolls ;-).
ReplyDeleteYes, you're right !
ReplyDeleteIt's the beauty of math's theory !
The real thing we, rpg players, have to know is that 2d6 make a better sound that a d10 when they roll !
Is it branded armour? I'm not walking around in something that says 'Copperarse' in giant, embossed letters....
ReplyDeleteRobbert Raets The unbranded model is actually more expensive =)
ReplyDeleteEric Nieudan
ReplyDelete, ugh, it's like when they charge you to take the cheapass radio out of the new car they just sold you....