[Rq-rules] RQ for D&D players

[Tom Cantine]

I don't think it's odd at all. Seems quite reasonable, actually. This 
is quite a low number, in my view. Bear in mind, however, it's just a 
single melee round. Over the course of 10 minutes of battle, there's be 
lots more...

On 12-Mar-07, at 4:05 AM, Thomas Zunder wrote:

> Tom Cantine wrote:
>> Yes, I remember the analysis. It was the fumble tables. Imagine ten 
>> thousand warriors in a big battle. Assume they're all over 70%, and 
>> only fumble on 00. In the first round of combat, 100 will fumble. Six 
>> will hit "nearest friend", six will "hit self", not counting those 
>> two who must roll two or three times on the table.
>>
>> Twelve hits on friendlies, two of them effectively criticals (maximum 
>> damage ignoring armour).
> Now, ten thousand men, all heavily armed and battle crazy, how many do 
> you think might hit a 'friend' by mistake, possibly fatally?
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> How often does it happen now? Not often, but often enough.
>
> I suspect this isn't all that odd.
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