What are the most common dice rolls for D&D 4th edition?
I’m planning on starting a campaign with a few of my friends during lunchs. I have this app for my iPod Touch that has a variety of dice to roll.
Now instead of fumbling around selecting the dice and how many die to roll. I can program it to select from a preset list of die rolls that I use often. I.E. 4d8 or something like that.
What are the most common dice rolls used in 4th edition D&D? So I can program these for quick and easy use.
Well, obviously a D20 roll is going to come up most often for attack rolls and skill checks, albeit with some sort of modifier 99% of the time. Problem is, what that modifier might be can vary wildly from moderate negative values (rarely much below -5) to positive values easily reaching +20 or more. When you start talking damage rolls, the possibilities expand exponentially, with both number and type of dice coming into play along with modifiers. Throw bonus dice for most strikers into the mix and you make things even more complicated.
That said, I would rate the most common sets of dice rolls taking all classes, weapons and common powers into account would be (in order of use) 1d20, 1d8, 1d6, 2d6, 1d10, 1d12, 2d8, 2d4, 1d4.
It depends on many things: the power you have selected, the feat bonuses, the weapon you wield, your level, etc. But once your character is made, you’ll be able to find what are the ones you use the most. For sure, you’ll need 1d20. But I suggest you to play with real dices
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Well, obviously a D20 roll is going to come up most often for attack rolls and skill checks, albeit with some sort of modifier 99% of the time. Problem is, what that modifier might be can vary wildly from moderate negative values (rarely much below -5) to positive values easily reaching +20 or more. When you start talking damage rolls, the possibilities expand exponentially, with both number and type of dice coming into play along with modifiers. Throw bonus dice for most strikers into the mix and you make things even more complicated.
That said, I would rate the most common sets of dice rolls taking all classes, weapons and common powers into account would be (in order of use) 1d20, 1d8, 1d6, 2d6, 1d10, 1d12, 2d8, 2d4, 1d4.
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