Current Version: 1.2

Last Updated: 01/20/24

High Variance is an extension for CoreRPG which changes the results of the dice to the more extreme end of the spectrum.

Comments and Bug Reports

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

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.