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Old 03-28-2003, 10:06 AM   #21
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A late post , sorry, but to clear for it for me:

If I have a saving throw of -6, does that mean that I always save vs "x" except maybe for spook (with -6 penalty) ?

Because I can't roll lower than 1.
Correct. Unless you have some kind of a penalty imposed (which alot of spells do have), you won`t fail.
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Old 03-28-2003, 01:06 PM   #22
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Yes, but most of the spells have a penalty of -2 or -4, dont' they ?

So basicly I am safe unless some undead throw at me Greater malison, Doom and Spook and even then I fail only on rolls (-6 + 4 + 2 + 6 = 6) lower than 6.

Correct ?

Besides, my Cavalier is immune to fear so that's cool too.
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Old 03-28-2003, 02:56 PM   #23
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ya, makes sense. can you have negatice thac0? Ex. (thac0 - ac = roll number) -2 - 4 = -6, who could you roll a -6???? or -2 - (-5) = 3, rolling a 3 or higher. that make sense? for ac 4 you have to roll a - number, meaning any number you roll works, right? but if they have a - ac then you have to roll a 3. haha am i even making sense? i dont know, its been a hard day. am i right on ANY of this? thanks

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Old 03-28-2003, 03:17 PM   #24
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IIRC the game actually "rolls" numbers below 0 also.
I'm not 100& sure, but it's been stated in a post a very long time ago, someone gave the example of him failing his save, with the text window saying
-1 I believe. So the computer "rolled" a negative number, which he didnt beat.
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Old 03-28-2003, 04:16 PM   #25
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ya, makes sense. can you have negatice thac0? Ex. (thac0 - ac = roll number) -2 - 4 = -6, who could you roll a -6???? or -2 - (-5) = 3, rolling a 3 or higher. that make sense? for ac 4 you have to roll a - number, meaning any number you roll works, right? but if they have a - ac then you have to roll a 3. haha am i even making sense? i dont know, its been a hard day. am i right on ANY of this? thanks

Edit: haha, edited some stupidity here
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Old 03-28-2003, 04:45 PM   #26
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IIRC the game actually "rolls" numbers below 0 also.
I'm not 100& sure, but it's been stated in a post a very long time ago, someone gave the example of him failing his save, with the text window saying
-1 I believe. So the computer "rolled" a negative number, which he didnt beat.
Yes I noticed that too.
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Old 03-28-2003, 10:37 PM   #27
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Hm. In that case, I think it's more likely that the computer rolled a normal 1D20 roll, but there were negative modifiers in place (Such as a spell that imposes a Save penalty--the penalty might have been carried into the roll itself).
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