I'm new to the D&D system, so i'm not familiar witht he weapon system.
Can someone please explain how it works?
For examples:
1. Which weapon is better: 1d4 or 2d4?
2. Which weapon is better: 2d6 vs. 1d10?

d4 means a dice with 4 sides, so 2d4 means two dices, a range from 2 to 8
same as 1d4, it means a range from 1 to 4

so which one do you think is better?

Ok...
The 'd' is for dice...
a weapon with 1d4 can make min. 1 damage and max. 4
a weapon with 2d4 rolls two dices an can make min. 2 damage and max. 8
Therefor a weapon with 2d4 is better than one with 1d8.
The first have min. 2 damage and a better chanse to get high added results.
1. 2d4 is better.
2. 2d6 is better

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May Helm smile upon thee..

dont go dissing d8.

min on d8 : 1 max:8
mon on 2d4: 2 max: 8

now lets look at odds.

odds of getting 8 on d8. 1/8
odds of getting 8 on 2d4 1/16.
so you have a better chance of getting max dam on a d8. but equal chance getting min dam. a 2d4 will give you better average results than a d8 but a d8 gives greater chance of max dam

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Master Of Sorcery... Slave To Darkness

Thats correct.
Just another mathematic http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...iles/smile.gif

Heh...

AD&D.

I guess it's a sort of intelluctual type of game.

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A Drawn Sword;
A Trickle Of Blood;
The Tempest Is Brewing.
Nemesis....

Not particularly. For newbies, think of it like this:

Take 2D6

The minimum is 2 (on the left) and the maximum is 12 (or 2*6).

I personelly think a 2d6 is better then a 1d12
But think about it an averige vor a 1d12 is 6.5
the averige of a 2d6 is 7
Thus a 2d6 is better
But not only that
it's more consistant
And the mininum of a 1d12 is 1 and 2d6 is 2

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The Legend Rikard T'Aranaxz
Master Necromancer
Clanmaster and Mental Father of the OHF

Im with Rikard on that. I prefer a good average damage rather than a damage with more high/low variances.

* Ertai wonders if someone understood what he said http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...miles/conf.gif

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http://www.angelfire.com/anime2/memnoch/ertai.gif "Let my spells do the dirty work" Ertai, High Sorceror of the Holy Flame

Agrees..
Though there is not just as plain as that I was tought during a Matematic Pobability class.. http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...iles/smile.gif
But who needs to count.. A real warrior uses the sword instead of the mind http://www.tgeweb.com/ironworks/cgi-...es/biggrin.gif

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May Helm smile upon thee..