Which is a much better way of doing it, I'll agree, but when you're in a group full of math nerds you're bound to come up with a solution like ours :D
David Churvis -----Original Message----- From: Loathe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 2:18 PM To: cf-community Subject: RE: startrek We always rolled 2 d10 for percentage. > -----Original Message----- > From: David Churvis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 1:55 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: RE: startrek > > Man, I hate d100s. The only two I've ever found that were > worth anything were a weird model that was shaped like a > barrel, meant to be rolled on one axis; the faces were bigger > than ordinary so it was easier to stop, and another one that > was a foot in diameter. It was made out of cardboard and > you'd roll it on the floor. We always used to just roll 5d20 > + 1d6 and subtract 5. If the d6 showed a 6, we'd reroll. > Mathematically it's identical, but it's much less of a > headache. Do they still use d100s, or were they phased out > at some point? > > David Churvis > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Grant [Modus I.S.] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 1:28 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: RE: startrek > > Ah 2nd edition. Every play with 1d100? If you don't have a > flat surface you're never going to finish your roll. > > -----Original message----- > From: "David Churvis" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:23:25 -0500 > To: cf-community cf-community@houseoffusion.com > Subject: RE: startrek > > > I've been known to engage in a little D&D action every now > and then. > > I > just > > don't have the attention span to run a campaign, so it's > hard to find > people > > to play with. Plus I haven't played since 2nd Edition, and > apparently > > they've fubar'd everything in 4th now, so I don't even bother. > > > > David Churvis > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 12:06 PM > > To: cf-community > > Subject: RE: startrek > > > > Woo! > > > > +10 Direct damage! > > > > Sorry.... wrong geek club. > > > > Rick > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: David Churvis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 11:00 AM > > To: cf-community > > Subject: RE: startrek > > > > And yet you still misspelled "Troi". Hmm... > > > > David Churvis > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Adam Churvis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 11:56 AM > > To: cf-community > > Subject: RE: startrek > > > > I can actually out-Trek David, believe it or not. > > > > I have a friend named Wayne Hamberg who was one year ahead of me at > > Marine Military Academy and graduated in '78. His mother > divorced her > then-husband > > (my old Geometry and Trig teacher) and remarried Gene Roddenberry's > brother. > > (Majel Barrett was at the wedding and was as spritely as her "Troy's > Mother" > > character in TNG.) > > > > So I'm not only a couple degrees of separation from Obi-Wan Kenobi, > > I'm > only > > a couple of degrees separated from the Father of Star Trek! > > > > Respectfully, > > > > Adam Phillip Churvis > > President > > Productivity Enhancement > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Scott Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 11:37 AM > > > To: cf-community > > > Subject: Re: startrek > > > > > > Wow..... > > > > > > Y'all have officially out-geeked my brother, who I > thought was the > > > biggest trek-nerd on the planet. > > > I bow to your nerd-ness... > > > > > > (This coming from someone who can recite most Marvel > Comics origin > > > stories from memory) > > > > > > David Churvis wrote: > > > > But I go to Star Trek conventions! That's getting out! > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Adam Churvis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 11:07 AM > > > > To: cf-community > > > > Subject: RE: startrek > > > > > > > > David, son, you *really* need to get out more... > > > > > > > > Respectfully, > > > > > > > > Adam Phillip Churvis > > > > President > > > > Productivity Enhancement > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:281306 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
