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xkcd #3015: D&D Combinatorics (xkcd.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/xkcd

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Look, you can't complain about this after giving us so many scenarios involving N locked chests and M unlabeled keys.

https://explainxkcd.com/3015/

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[–] okamiueru 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (9 children)

I have never played ~~R&D~~ D&D (or, I did once, but had a bad experience), so bear with me.

Is it ever allowed to simply do the thing, instead of rolling dice? For example in this case, to place 5+5 tokens upside down, and pick two of them? Or fold pieces of paper, etc?

Edit: I meant D&D of course. Don't know where the R came from.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

The dm can make up whatever rules they want! That’s the great thing about it. I’ve never heard of anyone doing that, but in this case it sounds like a great idea to simplify the whole thing.

Edit: that’s also the terrible thing about it and if you have a bad DM they can make you miserable. That could be why you had a bad experience?

[–] okamiueru 1 points 3 weeks ago

I was joining a group of people who I didn't know all that well. I was keen to try the D&D experience, and somewhat follow the implied path by the DM. The others were more into the "sandbox" experience. So we ended up doing little more than burn down a tavern after 4 hours of playing. Probably helps if the DM goes through and figures out people's expectations. We were just kids tho. This was 20 years ago.

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