[In a Wicked Age] Help me understand dice matching
hix:
Thanks guys, your answers have been helpful and I think they've helped me locate the source of my confusion.
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I roll 10,5 and you roll 10,6 we're comparing 105 to 106.
Once the second die comes into play, is the person who rolled 10,5 trying to double 16 (the total of the two dice), 10 (the highest die), or 6 (the lowest die)?
Alan:
You have to double the highest die. If that ties, there's no chance of doubling anything.
lumpley:
Check the first section on page 16. You want your high die to double my high die, low dice irrelevant.
On page 23, I'm going to add a new first item to the "when you compare dice" list: compare high dice; use low dice only to break ties.
-Vincent
hix:
Thanks everyone for your patient responses.
Vincent, I think that change clarifies things.
I'm also wondering if there's potentially a clearer way of phrasing the 'When you compare dice' instructions. For instance, on page 14 (in the 'Your answer' section) does a phrasing like this capture your intention better?
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"If your highest die matches mine my highest die or better, but not by double, then Amek takes the advantage,..."
Alan, I thought this was an excellent observation.
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You have to double the highest die. If that ties, there's no chance of doubling anything.
It took me a night of physically rolling a whole bunch of different pairs of dice to figure out the truth of that.
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