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Jan 6, 2025 9:17 am
OK um upon looking at what everyone else has done I'm fairly sure I am quite confused about how to calculate rolls in this system... could someone give me a brief rundown if possible I am very confused
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Jan 6, 2025 10:10 am
From Playing The Game in the Welcome to Yokai Academy subforum:
Moyreau says:
When you want to take an action, roll two dice and take the highest one. If they end up the same, add them together. This number represents how well you did. It’s then compared to a Difficulty Number set by the Game Master or to a roll made by someone else. If you beat it, you succeed!

Two dice are your basic pool, but it can increase or decrease depending on Bonuses or Penalties:
* Bonuses: When you have an appropriate Ability for the thing you're trying to do, add a number of dice equal to your level in that Ability, sometimes, more than one Ability are relevant for an action, in this case, you use the bonuses of both or more! Otherwise, situational Bonuses can also work in your favor, these are decided by the GM.
* Penalties: The same way Abilities give you dice, Weaknesses take them away from you, and the situation also can give you a Penalty.

More dice are handled the same way. With doubles, add them together and compare the sum to any other number rolled. If the added dice are highest, use them. If not, use the other highest die. Triples, quadruples, and so on are all added together.
Let's say I roll 6d6 and get... 1, 2, 2, 2, 4, 4. I'd add the 2s together, and add the 4s together, then take the highest sum, which is 8. That is then considered the result of the roll.
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Jan 6, 2025 10:45 am
As Eltesla said, you roll a number of dice equal to 2 plus all your traits minus all your penalties, then add all the matches together and take the highest result. It's possible for a single die to make more than matches.

So if you want to parkour and have Agile 2, you roll 2+2=4 dice. If you roll 1,3,3,5, you add the 3s together and get a 6. If you roll 2,2,4,6, you get a 6.
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Jan 6, 2025 11:51 am
Thanks and also yep I've been completely fudging everything up
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Jan 7, 2025 4:18 am
@jollycooperative that meta-pun is glorious. Thank you for sharing it.
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Jan 7, 2025 5:47 pm
Hmm, I have no idea what's Thurible+Frankeinstein, and google searches doesn't show nothing? Is this something extremely esoteric, or am I being silly?

And Tacokarp has been fudging masterfully until now, congrats!
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Jan 7, 2025 7:30 pm
Moyreau says:
Hmm, I have no idea what's Thurible+Frankeinstein, and google searches doesn't show nothing? Is this something extremely esoteric, or am I being silly?
Er, it doesn't exist. It's a play on the name of the manga/anime this game is based on, Rosario + Vampire.
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Jan 7, 2025 10:41 pm
Dracula and Frankenstein are sort of a set, being published about the same time and making the foundations of their genre of fiction.

Rosaries and thuribles are both religious implements, primarily but not exclusively Catholic. (Buddhists also use both.)

Also Sumeryu's defense is 2d6, but she took a -1 penalty this round from the attack I made up, so 1d6. I rolled her defense preemptively to save time and got a 5.
Last edited January 7, 2025 10:43 pm
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Jan 8, 2025 11:59 am
i hope no one saw me mess up my post 3 times in a row...
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Jan 8, 2025 12:04 pm
tacokarp says:
i hope no one saw me mess up my post 3 times in a row...
The e-mails see everything.
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Jan 9, 2025 12:52 am
Ibuki has combat expertise 5?

Did Ibuki actually get larger?

Whoa!

And 10 dice for Hanami's barrier! Wowzers. I need up up my game somehow. I'm jealous. =p
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Jan 9, 2025 2:15 pm
BlondeDragonGenie says:
Ibuki has combat expertise 5?
she gets a bonus when she's attacking with her martial arts
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Jan 9, 2025 4:05 pm
Oooooh. Okay. Neato burrito!
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Jan 9, 2025 10:45 pm
Hey everyone. Sorry for my sporadic participation lately.

I know we've barely gotten started, but my life is going in a very complicated direction right now, and I can't maintain my focus on the game anymore.

It's been a real blast, but I'm afraid I'll have to step away, at least for a good while. I hope you have tons of fun.
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Jan 10, 2025 5:02 am
jollycooperative says:
Hey everyone. Sorry for my sporadic participation lately.

I know we've barely gotten started, but my life is going in a very complicated direction right now, and I can't maintain my focus on the game anymore.

It's been a real blast, but I'm afraid I'll have to step away, at least for a good while. I hope you have tons of fun.
It's understandable, I'm glad you enjoyed your time, and hope everything goes well with your life. And well, it's been what, 3 months? Not exactly barely started, heh heh
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Jan 10, 2025 5:13 am
Eltesla says:
Moyreau says:
Hmm, I have no idea what's Thurible+Frankeinstein, and google searches doesn't show nothing? Is this something extremely esoteric, or am I being silly?
Er, it doesn't exist. It's a play on the name of the manga/anime this game is based on, Rosario + Vampire.
Gee, I'm embarrassed now. In my defense, the name is so clever that I thought it was a real thing! Besides, thurible is a very specific vocabulary XD
BlondeDragonGenie says:
Rosaries and thuribles are both religious implements, primarily but not exclusively Catholic. (Buddhists also use both.)
Well, I'm gonna be a bit smug right now to see if I regain some honor (and maybe suffer everyone's hate), but what Buddhists use are prayer beads, rosary being a specific form of prayer bead (in Catholicism), as well as censers being the general term to the specific thurible used by Christinas!
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Jan 10, 2025 10:34 pm
I apologise for being clueless, I tend to be that way once frantic action starts. Is it OK to make action posts again for everyone, or should some of us wait?
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Jan 10, 2025 10:51 pm
I've been waiting a bit, just going off initiative rolls since I'm dead last really
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Jan 11, 2025 2:26 am
Mine just happens to be in the right order. I posted when I had the chance.
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Jan 11, 2025 2:36 am
There's no need to wait. Actions will be resolved in order of initiative.
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