Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83 based; site hound.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxb!mhuxn!mhuxm!mhuxj!houxm!hound!pearse From: pearse@hound.UUCP (S.PEARSE) Newsgroups: net.games.hack Subject: dice throws? Message-ID: <892@hound.UUCP> Date: Sun, 10-Feb-85 20:20:00 EST Article-I.D.: hound.892 Posted: Sun Feb 10 20:20:00 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 11-Feb-85 06:27:16 EST Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 8 I don't know much about dice throws in games like hack and rogue. Could someone please explain how probabilities are done in these games? For example, what does '2d8' mean when people talk losing hit points? Thanks -- Steve Pearse ihnp4!hound!pearse