[chinese noodle]

1d8 is from original role playing, it means it will do 1 8 sided dice of damage, ie you role 1d8 sided dice and what ever comes up is the damage, also 1d8+5 has a minimum of 6 (1 +5) and a max of 13 (8+5)

thaco stands for To Hit Armour Class Zero, so if you hav a thaco of 15
and your facing a bad guy with AC 0, you have to role a 15 or higher to hit him, everything is worked out by this so An AC of 1 would need 14, AC 2 would need 13 etc.also it works upwards AC -1 needs 16 to hit, and once you get to a point where u woould need higher than 20 whenever you role a 20 you will always hit

saving throws are just what you have have to role EQUAL TO OR OVER on a 20 sided dice if you have a spell or whatever cast at you (that can be saved against), so if you have a save vs spell of 15 and someone casts a spell that you can save against, you must role a 15,16,17,18,19 or a 20

there you are...

[ 11-14-2001: Message edited by: chinese noodle ]