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Hayashi 05-29-2001 12:30 AM

Some spell descriptions (like the animal/monster summonings) say "summons a 10 hit dice monster" or something like that. Some other spells say they effect only enemies with less than x hit dice.
How does it work? I know what, say 2d4, is but I have never come across hit dice before BG2.

Thanks.

Desuma_Malevois 05-29-2001 12:34 AM

It's a D&D term. Essentially, it is how many dice you roll to determine the monster's hit points; in addition, it controls how easily the monster hits other things in combat (kinda like levels).

BladeMaster 05-29-2001 12:34 AM

Hit Dice is the number of dice rolled for a monsters hit points. They usually go with a fighters hit dice of a d10 for rolling hip points. So if they say 10HD it means they roll 10d10 for hit points.

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Hayashi 05-29-2001 12:40 AM

So in BG2 the dice are 10-sided? Or 6-sided?

Lifetime 05-29-2001 12:50 AM

It depends. For weapons and damage they can be anywhere from 4 sided to 12 sided
I believe that rolling for hitpoints for your characters uses different dice..fighters get d10, barbarians get d12 and so on.

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Why?

Kerlyssa 05-29-2001 12:52 AM

Heh...I take it you've never seen one of thos P&P type deals with the shoeboxes full of different dice, eh? LoL

BladeMaster 05-29-2001 12:53 AM

I have. I have played P&P for 15 years

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Kerlyssa 05-29-2001 12:58 AM

I meant Hayeashi. http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...iles/smile.gif

BladeMaster 05-29-2001 01:04 AM

I know.

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RudeDawg 05-29-2001 01:09 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Hayashi:
So in BG2 the dice are 10-sided? Or 6-sided?
http://www.tgeweb.com/cgi-bin/ubb/no...miles/dice.gif
d20 games use dice ranging from 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 & 20 sided....



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