This is pretty much confirmation that any strange behavior is the result of some other systemic flaw, like the specialist factor mentioned earlier. The rolls themselves are fair, it's just that they … (View Post)

It either is fair or isn't, "most of the time" doesn't really make sense unless you're positing that the behavior changes dynamically (in which case it would in fact be: unfair). As a defau… (View Post)

I don't quite remember the unmodded Ravager. Is it immune to backstabs? If not, use Mislead + backstab. If it is immune to backstab, use a scroll of Black Blade of Disaster and go to town with Improv… (View Post)

Physicists would probably phrase it more carefully. "Randomness" is a very tricky thing, actually. Many things we casually call "random" are simply outcomes of processes we cannot… (View Post)

Well, let's go with "The save-rolling mechanism is assumed to be fair, unless you have some solid statistical indication that it isn't (emphasis SOLID)." (View Post)