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Posted By: thatguy303 Math not adding up - 18/10/20 06:55 AM
Its doing that 'funny' math..

I had a couple different instances where the rolls performed did not add up correctly. I have screenshots of the following issues below, I just don't know how to link to this post.

1: While performing an Intimidation check, I succeed where I should have failed.
Roll Target = 10. My character had +2 Charisma and +3 Roll Bonus thus making the Target Roll reduced to 5. I ended up rolling a 4 yet I succeeded when I shouldn't have.
This was when I was trying to save the captured NPC from torture in the Goblin Hideout


2. While performing a Performance check, I failed where I should have succeeded.
Roll Target = 15. My character had +2 Charisma and +4 Roll Bonus thus making the Target Roll reduced to 9. I ended up rolling an 11 yet I failed when I should have succeeded.
Again this was when I was trying to save the captured NPC from torture in the Goblin Hideout


3. While performing an Animal Handling check, I failed where I should have succeeded.
Roll Target = 3. I rolled a 4 yet I failed the check. (I didn't mouse over dice to see the original roll target and by how much it was reduced.
This was when I was running the owl bear cub through the obstacle course in the Goblin camp, convincing the cub to go through the two goal posts



Posted By: Amaunator43 Re: Math not adding up - 18/10/20 07:08 AM
Might be a problem in informing the player about what is happening, but you're probably mistaken. If the game says the target number is 10, it is the target _after_ modifiers. So if you have +2 and +3 for a total of +5 and the game says you need a 10, then you need a 10 because the actual target number is 15 and you have +5.

IDK about the last 2, seems you should be able to pass if you roll above the number given.
Posted By: Nyanko Re: Math not adding up - 18/10/20 09:28 AM
It seems the game doesn't know well its own target numbers sometimes.

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Posted By: RutgerF Re: Math not adding up - 26/10/20 08:50 AM
Looks like the issue is actually the Target number being off. The following screen shows the actual breakdown:

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The check succeeds (correctly) because I rolled above the actual target, which (appears to be) 10, and the displayed 12 is just bogus.
Posted By: Baraz Re: Math not adding up - 26/10/20 03:37 PM
Originally Posted by RutgerF
Looks like the issue is actually the Target number being off. The following screen shows the actual breakdown:

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The check succeeds (correctly) because I rolled above the actual target, which (appears to be) 10, and the displayed 12 is just bogus.

The image is a clear demonstration. Pretty much impossible to doubt something is off.
At least the actual math is right (i.e. game registers a success).
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