Thread: Rolling the D20
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Old October 9th, 2007, 09:16 PM
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The reason for my interest in this in the first place is that when I draft and army, I avoid figures with D20 abilities like the plague. For the most part, I prefer units with "bread and butter" type attributes that I can more easily rely on, and not chance my battle to a roll of the D20.

That said, even though there have been posts saying that both theories are correct...I have to hold on to mine being "more" correct. You can't subscribe to the other theory because you don't know how many rolls it will take for a successful Chomp. Each roll must be treated independently, as if it were the first and last roll needed, at 25%. If you knew going in that it was going to take at least 3 rolls to be successful, then things would be different.

Their math is correct. I'm not debating that. But (unless I'm wrong) they are saying that in a Kaemon vs. Grimnak battle, Grimnak's success rate for Chomp makes him a bigger threat than Kaemon's "bread and butter" type stats.
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