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====== Dominions Random Number (DRN) ====== | ====== Dominions Random Number (DRN) ====== | ||
- | Most Dominions game mechanisms use something called the **Dominions Random Number (DRN**). When a random number is called for, the number used is actually a DRN. This is a roll of two six-sided dice (2d6) but with an additional bonus: if any individual die roll is “6,” one is subtracted, and then that die is re-rolled and added to the result. This is referred to as an “open-ended” 2d6 roll. | + | Most Dominions game mechanisms use something called the **Dominions Random Number (DRN**). This includes virtually all Damage rolls, [[attack skill|Attack]] rolls, [[Precision|Missile Hit]] rolls, and so on. When a random number is called for, the number used is usually |
Example: The game calls for a DRN. Two dice are rolled and they come up 2,6. Because one of the | Example: The game calls for a DRN. Two dice are rolled and they come up 2,6. Because one of the | ||
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result for this DRN is 16. | result for this DRN is 16. | ||
- | Note that if both original dice came up as 6, both would be re-rolled and added as above. If a die keeps coming up 6, it keeps getting re-rolled and added, which can very occasionally lead to large numbers. Dominions has a lot of situations where something is very unlikely to happen, like a militia soldier hitting an ethereal monster. However, in the real world of Dominions, very few things are actually impossible. To model this fact as closely as can be, the Dominions Random Number was created. With it, it is always possible for such an event to occur, which would not be the case if the roll was not openended. In some very few cases, there may only one six-sided die rolled. It is still open-ended, but in this case, the rules refer to it as a drn, in lower-case letters. An example is the dispelling of global enchantments. | + | Note that if both original dice came up as 6, both would be re-rolled and added as above. If a die keeps coming up 6, it keeps getting re-rolled and added, which can very occasionally lead to large numbers. Dominions has a lot of situations where something is very unlikely to happen, like a militia soldier hitting an ethereal monster. However, in the real world of Dominions, very few things are actually impossible. To model this fact as closely as can be, the Dominions Random Number was created. With it, it is always possible for such an event to occur, which would not be the case if the roll was not openended. In some very few cases, there may be only one six-sided die rolled. It is still open-ended, but in this case, the rules refer to it as a drn, in lower-case letters. An example is the dispelling of global enchantments. |
====== Probabilities in Dominions 5 ====== | ====== Probabilities in Dominions 5 ====== | ||
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+ | ===== Understanding the DRN ===== | ||
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+ | Due to how the DRN works, there are few skill checks that are utter guarantees, and determining what the result of a roll will be is even more difficult. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== drn Math (One Die) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | You could zoom in on the odds of an open-ended six-sided die's results an infinite number of times, but let's just say you only expand twice at most: | ||
+ | |||
+ | <WRAP group> | ||
+ | <WRAP half column> | ||
+ | **Out of 216 Closed Rolls...** | ||
+ | * 36 will be 1's (16.67%) | ||
+ | * 36 will be 2's (16.67%) | ||
+ | * 36 will be 3's (16.67%) | ||
+ | * 36 will be 4's (16.67%) | ||
+ | * 36 will be 5's (16.67%) | ||
+ | * 36 will be 6's (16.67%) | ||
+ | **Average: 3.5** | ||
+ | |||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | <WRAP half column> | ||
+ | **Out of 216 Open Rolls...** | ||
+ | * 36 will be 1's (16.67%) | ||
+ | * 36 will be 2's (16.67%) | ||
+ | * 36 will be 3's (16.67%) | ||
+ | * 36 will be 4's (16.67%) | ||
+ | * 36 will be 5's (16.67%) | ||
+ | * 6 will be 6's (2.778%) | ||
+ | * 6 will be 7's (2.778%) | ||
+ | * 6 will be 8's (2.778%) | ||
+ | * 6 will be 9's (2.778%) | ||
+ | * 6 will be 10's (2.778%) | ||
+ | * 1 will be an 11 (0.463%) | ||
+ | * 1 will be a 12 (0.463%) | ||
+ | * 1 will be a 13 (0.463%) | ||
+ | * 1 will be a 14 (0.463%) | ||
+ | * 1 will be a 15 (0.463%) | ||
+ | * 1 will be at least 16 (0.463%) | ||
+ | **Average: 3.930** (if the 16+ roll is ignored; **~4** otherwise) | ||
+ | |||
+ | </ | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== DRN Math (Two Dice) ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | <WRAP group> | ||
+ | <WRAP half column> | ||
+ | **Out of 1296 Closed Rolls...** | ||
+ | * 36 will be 2's (2.778%) | ||
+ | * 72 will be 3's (5.556%) | ||
+ | * 108 will be 4's (8.333%) | ||
+ | * 144 will be 5's (11.11%) | ||
+ | * 180 will be 6's (13.89%) | ||
+ | * 216 will be 7's (16.67%) | ||
+ | * 180 will be 8's (13.89%) | ||
+ | * 144 will be 9's (11.11%) | ||
+ | * 108 will be 10's (8.333%) | ||
+ | * 72 will be 11's (5.556%) | ||
+ | * 36 will be 12's (2.778%) | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Average: 7** | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | <WRAP half column> | ||
+ | **Out of 1296 Open Rolls...** | ||
+ | * 36 will be 2's (2.778%) | ||
+ | * 72 will be 3's (5.556%) | ||
+ | * 108 will be 4's (8.333%) | ||
+ | * 144 will be 5's (11.11%) | ||
+ | * 180 will be 6's (13.89%) | ||
+ | * 156 will be 7's (12.04%) | ||
+ | * 132 will be 8's (10.19%) | ||
+ | * 108 will be 9's (8.333%) | ||
+ | * 84 will be 10's (6.481%) | ||
+ | * 60 will be 11's (4.63%) | ||
+ | * 51 will be 12's (3.935%) | ||
+ | * 42 will be 13's (3.241%) | ||
+ | * 33 will be 14's (2.546%) | ||
+ | * 24 will be 15's (1.852%) | ||
+ | * 15 will be 16's (1.157%) | ||
+ | * 12 will be 17's (0.926%) | ||
+ | * 8 will be 18's (0.617%) | ||
+ | * 7 will be 19's (0.54%) | ||
+ | * 3 will be 20's (0.231%) | ||
+ | * 4 will be 16's with another roll (0.309%) | ||
+ | * 4 will be 17's with another roll (0.309%) | ||
+ | * 4 will be 18's with another roll (0.309%) | ||
+ | * 4 will be 19's with another roll (0.309%) | ||
+ | * 4 will be 20's with another roll (0.309%) | ||
+ | * 1 will be a 20 with two more rolls (0.072%) | ||
+ | **Average: ~8** (assuming the extra rolls add either drn average) | ||
+ | |||
+ | </ | ||
+ | </ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Dueling DRNs ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | //Most// DRN rolls are in opposition to another DRN roll. The Damage roll, for example, is opposed by a [[Protection]] DRN roll. The Attack roll is opposed by a [[Defence Skill|Defence]] roll, the Penetration roll to make many [[magic]] spells work is opposed by a [[Magic Resistance]] roll, and so on. In these three cases, a base value (typically matching the name of the roll) is added on to whatever the result is, and what happens next is determined by the value. | ||
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+ | * A hit is considered to hit if the Attack roll **beats** (doesn' | ||
+ | * A hit is considered to **do damage** if the Damage roll **beats** the Protection roll. The difference determines the damage done, but some attacks have "side effects" | ||
+ | * A Penetration roll succeeds if it **at least ties with** the opposing Magic Resistance roll. |