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BESW

00:19

Adira Slattery wrote a twitter thread about how "nothing needs to fit a mechanical framework, rules are just scaffolding that support play."

Thomas Manuel wrote a twitter thread about "a GM technique to try out when you're running games where you are the "consequence generator.""

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AncientSwordRage

01:36

@BESW I vibed with this thread a lot

Ben

02:20

I have a question, the answer may be the same as what I think it is, but I just want to confirm.

AncientSwordRage

@Ben go for it

Ben

If I use a d8 and a d10 to simulate 10d8/8d10, will that give me the same outputs?

I compared 10d8 and 8d10 on anydice, and that's roughly the same

AncientSwordRage

Assuming you don't mean division by that solidus, then no they won't be exactly the same.

"mean"
"10d8",45.0
"8d10",44.0

"deviation"
"10d8",7.25
"8d10",8.12

"maximum"
"10d8",80
"8d10",80

"minimum"
"10d8",10
"8d10",8

10d8 skews higher on average and is more consistent

Ben

I compared 10d8 and 8d10 on anydice, and that's roughly the same

AncientSwordRage

@Ben oh, roughly the same, sure

But not exactly

Ben

02:34

Yeah, but I want to simulate that using a d8 and a d10

so the d8 will gives me the "tens", and the d10 will give me the "ones"

d8 d10

Dice Service

AncientSwordRage

(also those stats are lifted from AnyDice)

Ben

so that would be a 65

AncientSwordRage

OH I SEE

It won't really be the same

Your example gives a uniform distribution pretty much

Ben

Ok cool. I thought it'd be close-ish

Just wanted to confirm :D

Oh wait, I read that wrong

wait, no, that is what I wanted.

Awesome

AncientSwordRage

02:41

Brilliant...!

Ben

I'm asking cos I had a d100 table to roll on, but I removed some, leaving only 80

AncientSwordRage

Ahhh

That has much much better

Ben

It's a table of raccoon antics xD

AncientSwordRage

Even better

Ben

Stares unblinkingly, pretends not to stare, constantly rubs hands, impersonates someone behind their back, tries to barter with someone, tries to steal something, "STEVE", and so on

Lol

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Adeptus

06:23

I found the contrast between these HNQs amusing

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BESW

07:57

@Ben A common thing I see, is to have a d100 table where some outcomes have a wider distribution than 1. Like, the racoon only tries to barter with someone on a 10, but on any result from 20 to 25 it tries to steal something.

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Ben

09:03

Ahh yes, that's true :D

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AncientSwordRage

10:35

@BESW that's clever

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BESW

13:15

@AncientSwordRage I first encountered it in the D&D 3e DMG, where they used it for things like determining the monsters encountered in a given terrain type.

4% chance of a beholder, 17% chance of 1d3 frost giants, 11% chance of 2d4 trolls, and so on, expressed as ranges of outcomes on a d%.

The idea there was that they'd have a bell curve of encounters from reasonable for both location and level, to dramatically unreasonable. Of course we know the flaw in that is, the party never gets to experience the bell curve; they only get maybe a half-dozen results, at most, rolled by the GM while they're in that table's purview.

AncientSwordRage

@BESW it can still serve as an indicator of what is or isn't reasonable?

BESW

Two issues with that. One, it shouldn't a roll table if it's a guide. Two, the DMG doesn't provide such tables for every situation; it provides examples and then tells the DM to go make their own.

(5e didn't invent the "we can't be troubled, do it yourself" mentality toward GM support.)

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nitsua60

15:17

@Ben A fun thing that lots of 1e-era products had would be a table like this, but different rolls for different situations. Like roll 2d20 during the day, 2d20+20 during the night, 1d12+4 if the party positively interacted with the raccoon, &c. Use the composition of the roll to create a sliding window of possible results on the table....

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AncientSwordRage

15:49

Dungeon Masters Guild has a section dedicated to resources for DMG creators. In particular there is an official template you can download for free along with artwork you can use for DMS Guild production, even sample maps. Please read the license agreement to see if DMs Guild is the right approach...

Is this answer worth salvaging the question for?

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KorvinStarmast

16:18

@AncientSwordRage IMO, yes, at least for the next year and a half. DMs Guild may be at risk when the D&Done thing gets released in 2024.

AncientSwordRage

16:28

@KorvinStarmast I had a go

KorvinStarmast

I think that probably does the job. :)

AncientSwordRage

hi and bye Miss Misinformation

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MissMisinformation

18:47

@AncientSwordRage hello! apologies for the meerkat impression, I have never shaken my internet lurker habits fully

AncientSwordRage

@MissMisinformation no worries, I just wanted to greet you properly

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Thomas Markov

20:19

@GroodytheHobgoblin I didnt directly address your questions from that meta post, but I hope it's clear how my perspective should apply to them. But let me know if you want a more explicit discussion about it, I can give more thoughts here.

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