Comments on: Minigames: Knifey-Dicey http://www.pyresofvam.com/concoctions/minigames-knifey-dicey/ Roleplaying, ramblings and other good stuff Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:43:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Vam http://www.pyresofvam.com/concoctions/minigames-knifey-dicey/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Vam Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:41:10 +0000 http://www.pyresofvam.com/?p=444#comment-12 <div style="color:#ffcc99;">It was actually I who devised this game, weeks ago. But there were no "Dexterity checks" just the wicked flash of blades. It is only a real game if there is real danger. I recall my satisfaction as you spent days pondering your tattered hands. Fool. I shall try this deadly variant next time. </div><br /> It was actually I who devised this game, weeks ago. But there were no “Dexterity checks” just the wicked flash of blades. It is only a real game if there is real danger. I recall my satisfaction as you spent days pondering your tattered hands. Fool. I shall try this deadly variant next time.

]]> By: Mockingbard http://www.pyresofvam.com/concoctions/minigames-knifey-dicey/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Mockingbard Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:25:46 +0000 http://www.pyresofvam.com/?p=444#comment-10 <div style="color: #99ccff;">After writing this post I started thinking about how this would translate to Savage Worlds and have come up with the following quick and dirty conversion: <br /> Change the DC to TN 3 + rounds so far + d6 Instead of Dexterity roll Agility or Gambling, whichever is highest <br /> -2 penalty for losing still applies, and of course the Fortitude save in Knifey-Dicey-Drinky becomes a Vigor roll against TN 4 + number of drinks consumed. <br /> It seems more brutal, but you've got the Wild Die and the dice can Ace as usual. I just played a few rounds with varying Agility scores. Playing with an Agility of d8 and on the round that the TN reached 8, I rolled an 8 on the Agility die and a 6 on the Wild Die. I even lasted a while with d4 Agility, thanks to aces. Die size matters, but it really still comes down to luck.</div><br /> <div><em><a href="http://www.pyresofvam.com/announcements/savage-worlds-license/" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#ffaa22;">(Compatible with Savage Worlds)</span></a></em></div><br /> After writing this post I started thinking about how this would translate to Savage Worlds and have come up with the following quick and dirty conversion:

Change the DC to TN 3 + rounds so far + d6
Instead of Dexterity roll Agility or Gambling, whichever is highest

-2 penalty for losing still applies, and of course the Fortitude save in Knifey-Dicey-Drinky becomes a Vigor roll against TN 4 + number of drinks consumed.

It seems more brutal, but you’ve got the Wild Die and the dice can Ace as usual. I just played a few rounds with varying Agility scores. Playing with an Agility of d8 and on the round that the TN reached 8, I rolled an 8 on the Agility die and a 6 on the Wild Die. I even lasted a while with d4 Agility, thanks to aces. Die size matters, but it really still comes down to luck.

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