Welcome!

[Kakita Sugita]

Magic is 10x more expensive. This does not mean that L5R's cost is low. :-/

[Usagi Zenko]

Wouldn't know, never really played much Magic.

Highest cost Magic cards go into the 800-900 and even above a $1000. Highest L5R cards are $30 or so.

[Kakita Sugita]

Magic cards also cycle out faster.

[Usagi Zenko]

Magic cards also cycle out faster.

Except they have support for tournament styles that include all previous editions of the game.

I work in a game store.

[Kakita Sugita]

Yes. I'm aware. Are those as popular as the normal format though?

[Hida Musasha]

That's most likely because the highest cost magic cards are needed by every deck, and the highest priced l5r cards are only needed by (at most) 3 factions. Also, if l5r had the game hinging so precariously on 1 or 2 cards, people would stop playing, bankrupting the game.

[Usagi Zenko]

Yes. I'm aware. Are those as popular as the normal format though?

Depends on which of the older formats you mean. Standard is easily the most popular, but at the same time is not the predominate factor in the sale of single cards. Formats like Elder Dragon Highlander/Commander, Legacy, Vintage and Modern dominate; and most casual players tend not to care what set cards are from, just that they can build decks that are fun.

[elonweis]

/blinks at Invisible Castle and starts to laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh

[Usagi Zenko]

/blinks at Invisible Castle and starts to laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh

Is completely afraid.

[Mirumoto Tomoe]

I am afraid too Zenko. I think there will be sharks and all manner of unpleasant things for those that fell! And the rest of us will have it even worse! Eeeeep *Afraid*

[Hida Musasha]

Meh, whatever. I figured more would have taken the gangplank. 3 or 4 of us climbing the ship would have been fine.

[Kakita Sugita]

I figured 6k3 with emphasis would get me up the side. :-/

[Hida Musasha]

Not with 3 rolls. Average is about 20, which means you are gonna roll between 15-25 most rolls, with the most common outliers being between 10-15. TN was 20, and you had to roll 3 times. Likely that you'd get at least 1 roll under 15.

[Kakita Sugita]

Average of 6k3 with emphasis is about 27-28. Hits a 20 ~90% of the time.

http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/6/6/5 ... yChart.pdf

That has them before the emphasis.

[Hida Musasha]

You don't ever factor in the emphasis as what the real world results are going to be. All the emphasis does is prevents very low outliers.

82% to hit 20 is about right. You will get a few more upper ended outliers due to rerolled dice that COULD result in a 10. If you look at the upper ended outliers too closely, you're going to roll terribly a LOT. I suggest you use this grid as is, and just trust the emphasis to keep you from getting something absurdly low. You should hit a 15 almost every time, a 20 will be common, but far from guaranteed. 80% to hit 3 times is very very far from guaranteed.

[Akodo Amuro]

Bah. I missed the assault sign up >.<

For the GM's what can the rest of us assume we are doing?

I hope we have more shots ;-;

[Kakita Sugita]

Eliminating 1's changes increments from 1/10 to 1/9. That is a difference.

[Rixy]

Watching from the Crow's nest and readying to go assist the wounded when it's over

[Usagi Zenko]

Don't tell Invisible Castle the odds! It only infuriates it!

[Mirumoto Tomoe]

Could they be acting as a second wave or coordinating other ships or the locals?