fin
2nd Level Troll
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Post by fin on Aug 19, 2011 17:47:35 GMT -5
Hello this is kind of random but i was reading the inheritance and background table and it didn't makes sense to me at all. First of all what do inheritance points even do? And how are we expected to get 66 out of 2d6?  ? Can anyone help me? ( This is trollzine # 3 ) |
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Post by ProfGremlin on Aug 19, 2011 18:15:12 GMT -5
Fin, the inheritance article is an optional rule to help first level characters get a better footing before starting their career as an adventurer. It also has the secondary effect of giving the player a couple of seeds to help with the characters back story.
Each point means you get a roll on the table. Points are determined by kindred. So if you're playing a dwarf, you get two rolls on the table. You roll two d6's, one die is for the tens place the other is for the ones place. If, say you roll a 3 and a 5 then you've rolled 35 and you look at that entry in the table. Now as a dwarf you get to roll again.
That's pretty much it, nothing complicated though the d66 table can be a little confusing at first glance.
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fin
2nd Level Troll
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Post by fin on Aug 19, 2011 18:18:58 GMT -5
oh, Wow i feel awfully stupid... I mustve missed that part... Thanks.
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Post by ProfGremlin on Aug 19, 2011 18:28:50 GMT -5
No worries, Fin, it's always simple when you understand it. Now you have the opportunity to teach someone else  |
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devadasi
5th Level Troll
maiden voyager
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Post by devadasi on Aug 20, 2011 7:16:39 GMT -5
Fin, i think its so awesome you have been reading trollzine! Maybe you are TnT's youngest true fan!
Kit and Hannah Jane just got back from California yesterday. Hopefully we can play within the next week or so..... but school starting time is going to make things hectic. Also I'm moving next week....
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Post by mahrundl on Aug 20, 2011 7:32:30 GMT -5
Agreed, Devadasi. It's great to see another generation discovering the fun of T & T! Fin, you'll find the 'D66' style of table around in a number of places. It's a good way of having a larger number of options available than if you just rolled 2 dice and added them. A friend of mine uses a D6 / D10 combination for determining the radial direction of missile weapons in his home-brew system, breaking the circle into 60 parts. I used three dice in this way to determine gem type in my random treasure generator (which can be found here if you're interested). |
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Post by skathros on Aug 20, 2011 8:04:48 GMT -5
Fin, an exalt for giving T&T a shot! We have enough crusty old gamers here! What we need is younger folks to carry the torch.
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Post by cartomancer on Aug 20, 2011 8:40:18 GMT -5
Crusty! I'm only 26... Cranky and cantancerous however.  |
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fin
2nd Level Troll
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Post by fin on Aug 20, 2011 14:24:46 GMT -5
Mahrundl exalt on the on the random treasure generator! Im also going to roll of a character with the inheritance right now.
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Post by Billiam Babble on Aug 20, 2011 18:07:41 GMT -5
Ah yes, the D66, one of the arcane mysteries! The first time I saw anything as absurd as a table marked 11 to 66 was in a Wandering Monster table in Warlock magazine - at least I think so. Percentile dice in D&D and RQ used to pretty much blow my mind in a probability/maths sense. (*Waves at Fin* Watch out for these guys, they're all quite mad. ) |
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Post by mahrundl on Aug 21, 2011 1:35:08 GMT -5
We are not!
Wait...
Yes we are. OK, carry on.
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Post by zanshin on Aug 21, 2011 3:55:31 GMT -5
Hi Fin, glad you read my article. SSorry it was not clear enough! An Exalt coming profgremlins way for translating so admirably
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Post by mahrundl on Aug 21, 2011 8:02:34 GMT -5
Also, thanks for the Exalt, Fin. I was going to do a similar sort of thing for magic items, but never got around to it. Maybe I should look at that again...
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fin
2nd Level Troll
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Post by fin on Aug 21, 2011 8:22:30 GMT -5
Yea, You should do the magic items part too I think it would make a good edition to it.
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