• Attaxalotl@ttrpg.network
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    The average peasant (so all of us) has 4hp. A lucky d4 roll can instantly kill a peasant in game. An unlucky d4 roll (i.e. going off the table) can instantly kill a peasant (D&D player) irl.

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      I looked it up on Anydice and it would have a 31.25% chance of killing a random Commoner. Unless they get death saves, in which case it’s only a 12.5% chance.

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          I did not. But if you get a nat 20, it’s not a d4, is it? I assume they were accounted for in the death saves, but I just looked up the answer for that part.

    • Baby Shoggoth [she/her]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      No, it’s LEGO bricks. LEGO is the brand name. If you want to be pedantic AND correct, you should be referring to them as “LEGO Brand construction bricks”, though if you’re referring to a boxed set, it’s “LEGO brand construction brick playset”.

      Or you could just not be douchey about it. Either way there is no connection to dice/die.

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        I suppose the correct pedantic way to say it is “Lego bricks” even in the plural. But brevity in titles is a thing I strive for. Less so in the comments section. Also marbles. Marbles feel surprisingly sharp for spheres when stepped upon.

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          I mean, i just say legos and don’t get all fucking judgy about what other people say.

          I do also get all judgy about other people getting judgy about what people say in this case, but i feel justified in that behavior.

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        You could also just say legos, because the only reason the company cares about it is to prevent genericization of a term that makes them money.

  • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
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    I mean, at level 9, 5d (4+1) guaranteed damage is still pretty good. Especially for a 1st level spell. I did feel the need to make a 9th level guaranteed hit spell though.

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      Magic missile can become a lot more potent than that (on average):

      1. Make a Scribes wizard
      2. Take the Elemental Adept feat and pick something that very few creatures are immune to, e.g. thunder.
      3. Change the MM’s damage to thunder.

      Now you can pew-pew to your heart’s content with each pew doing a guaranteed 3 damage instead of 2, and puming the average damage of the pews from 3.5 to 3.75. Not a huge jump, but if you upcast it to level 5 with 7 pews, that’s 26.25 on average instead of 24.5 with a minimum of 21 instead of 14.