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Wow, that's some really good explanations.! Thank you! That really helps.

So the hex size is basically what ever we want. Cool, I can work with that.

And a setting of "Mountains probability is × 3" would basically be 33% or x 4 would be 25%? Got it.

As for the re-rolling, that's really interesting. Really sounds like an ingenious way of doing it. I didn't think about how things are linked together. I can see how that would be a can of worms to mess with. lol. Though it would still be nice to have anywhere its possible. Also even though changing one thing could cause other things to change, some might not have a problem with that. It'd be worth it to me to have the option. Now if its a chain reaction that would break the tool... Yeah, don't do that. lol. ;-)

Thanks again for the reply. Really appreciate it.

Nightghaunt2 years ago

Ok, so I've tried to make some maps using what I thought you meant about probability, that is that 1 x 3 is 1 in 3 = 33%. But I must not understand it correctly because the numbers didn't seem work that way. The higher I make the number should make the chance lower. i.e. 1 x 10 would be 10% while 1 x 1 would be 100%. But the higher I make the number the more I see that item. So its not 1 in 3 (33%) it's 3 times as much, right? So if, lets say I make caverns, temples, and tombs probability all the same it won't matter what number I have because they will all be the same relative to each other. But if I put caverns at 10 and the rest at 1 there will be a 10 times greater chance of getting caverns than the others. And the same chance of getting either temples or tombs. Do I have that right? I must be dense because this is confusing to me.

Pen, Dice & Paper2 years ago

Sorry - I messed up explaining this :)

Here's how it works; If you have a set of options:

X x 3

Y x 3

Z x 2

then Hexroll will roll a d8 (3+3+2) on a table containing 3 Xs, 3 Ys and 2 Zs. So X has a 3 in 8 chance of being selected and Z has a 2 in 8 chance of being selected.

Nightghaunt2 years ago

Ah, ok. That makes more sense. Thanks.

Sorry to keep bugging you (I'm very inquisitive). lol. But I was thinking about the re-roll thing. And thought of another thing it would be nice to be able to do. Add more/specific shops to a city. I can see right away my group going into a village and asking about a blacksmith or something and it not having included one. I realize that also might not be possible but it sure would be nice. Sure I can just make one up but then I'd have to edit the MD file to add it and... yeah, that's not happening. lol. I downloaded Notepad++ and took a look at that file. And... dear god please no! lol

Pen, Dice & Paper2 years ago

The 'random generator' way I would do this I guess would be to add some control over the probability of certain shops in settlements.

Yes, the markdown file can be a bit.. intimidating, but it's there if you need it :)

Nightghaunt2 years ago

Well that is better than nothing, but being able to add additional shops would be more useful. But if it can't be done that's cool. :-)

Thanks for the reply!

Pen, Dice & Paper2 years ago (3 edits)

Gladly - I also forgot mentioning that when you download the ZIP file, you get a markdown file you can edit - so you can change names of things, add content to rooms etc..

You can then use https://pendicepaper.com/hexroll/convertor/ to regenerate the HTML file.

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