As I've played and discussed Baldur's Gate 3 with both Real Angela and Actual Sabrina, the subject of "dice checks" often comes up. Their interest comes from different places. Actual Sabrina is new to gaming, and is learning how die-rolling works. Real Angela is an experienced gamer, and wants to understand how a flat bonus compares with…
As a coda to my series of posts on die rolls in Baldur's Gate 3, I present to you a die roll that might be even harder to get than a 67: No analysis this time. If you want to know how I got that, you'll have to figure it out for yourself.
This post is a follow up to An “honest” 66!! It's what I think will be the final post in a series that began with 46! I'm not going to recap those earlier posts. If this post doesn't make sense to you, I suggest you glance at the older ones. Of course, you can do whatever you'd…
This is a follow-up post to my last one, 67!!, in which I describe a potentially dubious approach I took to rolling a 67 on an Ability Check in Baldur's Gate 3. I strongly suggest you read that post before reading this one; otherwise my following remarks may not make sense. I got a roll of 66…
If you've been following along these "die roll" posts, you may be confused. If you've haven't been following these posts, I strongly advise you to start with 46! and read them in order. That will put this post in context. What's the confusion? Clearly I've rolled a 67 in an Ability Check in Baldur's Gate 3: There…
At this point, I think one of these applies to you: You've been following the series of posts that began with 46! and you're thinking, "Yeah, more of the same." You've come directly to this post, probably due to one of my social-media links. Or perhaps you're looking through the posts in the order they're listed in…
Just a few days later, I surpass the unexpected! C'mon, Mattis! You saw the post title. I rolled a 57 Ability check in Baldur's Gate 3! Again, the game didn't give me the image of the die with the number displayed. I didn't think I'd get this far! Can't I get some more enthusiasm? How about another…
After writing that long post on rolling a 46 in Baldur's Gate 3 yesterday, I though it would be a long time (if ever) before I'd write a follow-up post on rolling higher than that. I didn't think it would possible that I'd beat the roll the next day. The Goddess of Luck had other plans. I…
If you read the title of this post as "46 factorial," you are an amazing human being who deserves to be loved. If you didn't read the title of this post as "46 factorial," you are an amazing human being who deserves to be loved, but you know less math than the category of people listed above.…