High Variance is an extension for CoreRPG which changes the results of the dice to the more extreme end of the spectrum.
Cursed Dice
All 20s on a d20 roll will be changed to 1
Blessed Dice
All 1s on a d20 roll will be changed to 20
Crit Fumble
All rolls on a d20 at or above the Critical Fumble Line will be changed to 20. All rolls below the Critical Fumble line will be changed to 1
High Variance
The overall average of the result is the same but possible outcomes shifted to the extremes. Possible results on dice are as follows.
d4 - 1,1,4,4
d6 - 1,1,2,5,6,6
d8 - 1,1,2,3,6,7,8,8
d10 - 1,1,2,2,3,8,9,9,0,0
d12 - 1,1,2,2,3,4,9,10,11,11,12,12
d20 - 1,1,1,2,2,3,3,4,5,6,15,16,17,18,18,19,19,20,20,20
Global Settings
The global settings chan be changed in the settings menu
- Dice Set Dice set as described above or off (default)
- Apply to Actors Apply the dice set to all actors, friends only, foes only
- Apply to Rolls Which rolls to apply to. DMG/HEAL only applies to High Variance dice set
- CritFumble Line The value at which the Critical Fumble dice set determines success or failure
Effects
Effect
Effects can be applied to indvidual actors and will override the global setting for this actor. Effects are formatted as follows
(label); HVROLL: (type); CRITLINE: (N)
(label) is type of one of the following:
- highvariance
- blesseddice
- curseddice
- critfumble
HVROLL is optional and will use the global setting if omitted. If used the type must be one of the following:
- all
- d20
- atkdmgheal
- dmgheal
- dmg
CRITLINE is optional and will use the global setting if omitted. If used the type must be a number between 1-19. Only applies to dice type critfumble
Notes
- This extension does not change the graphical numbers displayed on the dice, only the results
- Changes in rolls only apply to rolls that have an actor source. Rolls not rolled from a character sheet will not be modified.
