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minus-squarebrian@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 days agoRight but the way I took the meme was that you would roll until you get a 1, then deciding the next roll is the “real” one.
minus-squareCavemanfreak@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·23 days agoThat’s what the meme says, but probability doesn’t work that way. If you want the result from a roll, what you’ve roller before has no bearing on the result from this roll. Thus the chance for a single d20 roll is always 1/20, or 5%.
minus-squareKichae@wanderingadventure.partylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·21 days ago[email protected] The die doesn’t know it just rolled a 1. History doesn’t matter to it.
Right but the way I took the meme was that you would roll until you get a 1, then deciding the next roll is the “real” one.
That’s what the meme says, but probability doesn’t work that way. If you want the result from a roll, what you’ve roller before has no bearing on the result from this roll. Thus the chance for a single d20 roll is always 1/20, or 5%.
[email protected] The die doesn’t know it just rolled a 1. History doesn’t matter to it.